The Cubs have recalled Jeff Stevens and officially placed Randy Wells and Andrew Cashner on the DL. Casey Coleman will be called up prior to Sunday’s start and presumably James Russell will get the start on Tuesday in Cashner’s place. Onto the game tonight.
| Cubs | wOBA | wRC | RS | Brewers | wOBA | wRC | RS | |
| Jeff Baker | .312 | .477 | -0.13 | Rickie Weeks | .349 | .631 | -0.02 | |
| Starlin Castro | .332 | .546 | -0.03 | Carlos Gomez | .297 | .405 | 0.04 | |
| Marlon Byrd | .338 | .565 | -0.01 | Ryan Braun | .378 | .723 | -0.07 | |
| Aramis Ramirez | .350 | .595 | -0.03 | Prince Fielder | .404 | .804 | -0.03 | |
| Geovany Soto | .362 | .625 | -0.01 | Casey McGehee | .331 | .508 | -0.02 | |
| Carlos Pena | .378 | .665 | -0.01 | Yuniesky Betancourt | .309 | .414 | -0.05 | |
| Alfonso Soriano | .339 | .509 | 0.00 | Nyjer Morgan | .305 | .388 | 0.04 | |
| Tyler Colvin | .318 | .426 | 0.00 | George Kottaras | .317 | .425 | 0.00 | |
| Carlos Zambrano | .175 | .000 | 0.00 | Randy Wolf | .175 | .000 | 0.00 | |
| 4.4 | -.2 | 4.3 | -0.10 |
Interesting that as much as Cubs fans make fun of the Brewers defense that the Cubs defense is quite a bit worse this season. I’m just as guilty as anyone here.
| Starting Pitcher | IP/GS | FIP |
| Carlos Zambrano | 5.81 | 3.92 |
| Randy Wolf | 6.19 | 4.42 |
| Bullpens | xFIP | |
| Cubs | 3.94 | |
| Brewers | 4.74 | |
Cubs score 5.3 and Brewers score 4.7. Cubs win probability is 50.8%.
Comments
Theriot —–> stuff of legend
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]Theriot —–> stuff of legend[/quote]
Suburban kidQuote Reply
Go-ahead run-scoring single against Brian Wilson in SF. 12-pitch AB, even. Color me surprised.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Did you do these pregame numbers back at ACB? They rule. WE and everything.
How do you do the wRC again? Take the season so far and scale down to 5 PA or something? And something similar for RS?
I’ve always wished fangraphs showed wRC per PA so that you can say “Every time so-and-so comes to the plate, we can expect X runs.” But what’s above is also a great way to present the data.
fang2415Quote Reply
We did them in the early part of the 2010 season and then by mid-May when the team was out of contention it seemed kind of pointless. I hope we keep doing them here all season regardless, but people lose interest when the team is out of contention so we’ll see.
mb21Quote Reply
The Cardinals blew the save. Game still going on in the 10th now.
mb21Quote Reply
I agree with DJ that Branyan is a good idea for the Rays, but they already dug a big hole and they were behind the Yankees and Sox in the talent department before. At $2M I think Manny was still a decent gamble (unless we find out everyone knew about this 2nd test).
That said, my interest I guess will turn back to the process. It is almost a foregone conclusion that James Shields and BJ Upton would be starting Opening Day 2012 on some other team, but now the midseason trade is more possible. Really, anyone not part of the core (Price, Hellickson, Longoria, Zobrist, one of SRod/Brignac) could be traded (or hopefully plays into FA compensation at the end of the year).
Also, my attention turns more to the draft and the shitload of picks they have.
MishQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]We did them in the early part of the 2010 season and then by mid-May when the team was out of contention it seemed kind of pointless. I hope we keep doing them here all season regardless, but people lose interest when the team is out of contention so we’ll see.[/quote]
The turn the blog took last year after y’all stopped giving a shit was still pretty fun (though I agree it’d be nice to have daily game threads).
MishQuote Reply
I know it’s probably not true, but it always seem to me that Randy Wolf just kills the Cubs.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]I know it’s probably not true, but it always seem to me that Randy Wolf just kills the Cubs.[/quote]
Except that one night in 2008…
Rice CubeQuote Reply
I hope it’s vintage Z tonight.
mb21Quote Reply
I thought Gomez got all of that one. (dying laughing)
mb21Quote Reply
I know it’s early and small sample blah blah, but Soto must be trying too hard to impress or something because he pops up unusually often.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Boston ———–> no longer winless
mb21Quote Reply
Cubs lose
melissaQuote Reply
[quote name=Mish]The turn the blog took last year after y’all stopped giving a shit was still pretty fun (though I agree it’d be nice to have daily game threads).[/quote]
What I really want to know is whether TGIF is more like Jack Benny season 3 or Jack Benny season 21
fang2415Quote Reply
You’ll have to ask SK. he’s the OV expert on Jack Benny.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=fang2415]What I really want to know is whether TGIF is more like Jack Benny season 3 or Jack Benny season 21[/quote]
I think TGIF would be more comparable to According to Jim.
melissaQuote Reply
too many pitches so far
mb21Quote Reply
As good as Z’s pickoff move is, if I’m a manager and any player gets picked off, he’s getting benched. There’s no excuse.
mb21Quote Reply
It’s truly inexcusable to get picked off with Braun at the plate. That’s Cub Dumb.
melissaQuote Reply
55 pitches through 3 for Z
melissaQuote Reply
(dying laughing)
(dying laughing)
(dying laughing)
“Hit” for Ramirez.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Hanley Ramirez —–> carried off field
Aisle424Quote Reply
GEOOOOOOOOO
melissaQuote Reply
RC —> no longer worried about Soto
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[quote name=Aisle424]Hanley Ramirez —–> carried off field[/quote]
That sucks. Knee?
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Geo —–> dinner
Aisle424Quote Reply
(dying laughing) a bloop and a blast
melissaQuote Reply
The job of a catcher is to catch, not hit. Expect Hill in the line up for the next week.
CormsQuote Reply
[quote name=Aisle424]Hanley Ramirez —–> carried off field[/quote]What happened?
mb21Quote Reply
.
Aisle424Quote Reply
[quote name=Corms]The job of a catcher is to catch, not hit. Expect Hill in the line up for the next week.[/quote]
Winning percentage when Koyie Hill starts ———-> 1.000
ZappBranniganQuote Reply
There was some sort of collision with Bill Hall.
Aisle424Quote Reply
Winning percentage when Geovany Soto starts ———–> .400
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Winning percentage when Geovany Soto starts ———–> .400[/quote]
The choice for starter is clear.
ZappBranniganQuote Reply
[quote name=Aisle424]There was some sort of collision with Bill Hall.[/quote]I’m surprised Bill Hall was able to make contact with Hanley Ramirez. That’s not easy for Hall.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=ZappBrannigan]The choice for starter is clear.[/quote]Also clear, Kerry Wood should go to the rotation because, you know, he’s made 14 starts since 2005 (10 in 2005, 4 in 2006).
I still can’t believe Al suggested that with a straight face.
mb21Quote Reply
I don’t understand why McNutt hasn’t pitched yet.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Winning percentage when Geovany Soto starts ———–> .400[/quote]
Did we hire Ari away from the Cubs?
Aisle424Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Also clear, Kerry Wood should go to the rotation because, you know, he’s made 14 starts since 2005 (10 in 2005, 4 in 2006).
I still can’t believe Al suggested that with a straight face.[/quote]
Did he really suggest that? The world’s collective IQ drops with his every keystroke.
CormsQuote Reply
[quote name=Aisle424]Did we hire Ari away from the Cubs?[/quote]Yeah, he’s planning to introduce himself tomorrow with numbers that are sure to “blow us away.”
mb21Quote Reply
Yeah, Corms, he really suggested it. Wood could start once a week for 3 weeks.
mb21Quote Reply
Did Colvin bat better against LHP last year than Fukudome? Mish told me he didn’t have much of a platoon split last season.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Colvin’s career platoon splits are about the same vs lefties and righties. Same thing in the minor leagues too. He can hit lefties.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Also clear, Kerry Wood should go to the rotation because, you know, he’s made 14 starts since 2005 (10 in 2005, 4 in 2006).
I still can’t believe Al suggested that with a straight face.[/quote]
That’s the beauty of Al’s theory, Kerry’s arm is well rested because he hasn’t started for so long. You need to start thinking outside the box.
melissaQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Also clear, Kerry Wood should go to the rotation because, you know, he’s made 14 starts since 2005 (10 in 2005, 4 in 2006).
I still can’t believe Al suggested that with a straight face.[/quote]
That had to have been done as a means to get traffic. It just had to be. Anybody who has watched this team for any period of time, or has watched baseball for any period of time, or has ever even heard of Kerry Wood could not ever say that and mean it without being seriously brain damaged.
Aisle424Quote Reply
the real question is whether or not Tyler Colvin can hit. I think he has enough power to stay in the league for awhile, but it’s possible his power drops and he proves to be incapable of staying in the big leagues.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Colvin’s career platoon splits are about the same vs lefties and righties. Same thing in the minor leagues too. He can hit lefties.[/quote]
Okay. I just figured he struck out about the same against both handednesses (dying laughing)
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Yeah, Corms, he really suggested it. Wood could start once a week for 3 weeks.[/quote]
(dying laughing). Babe Ruth hit six homers as recently as 1935. Dig him up and he’d be good for a homer a month.
CormsQuote Reply
Z is such a BAMF
ZappBranniganQuote Reply
I mean, I know he’s an idiot and all, but I can’t fathom anyone suggesting that. It’s like someone still insisting that the world is flat.
Aisle424Quote Reply
I am relatively certain Al has suffered brain damage, 424. This is the same guy who suggested we trade for Matt Cain and then flip him for Ricky Nolasco. I haven’t been to BCB in quite awhile, but I don’t think Al has ever suggested a realistic trade and he doesn’t know why it’s stupid.
mb21Quote Reply
GONE
mb21Quote Reply
Castro is also a BAMF
ZappBranniganQuote Reply
[quote name=Aisle424]I mean, I know he’s an idiot and all, but I can’t fathom anyone suggesting that. It’s like someone still insisting that the world is flat.[/quote]It’s not? Why did nobody tell me this?
mb21Quote Reply
Jeff Baker is GOD
Horny GoatQuote Reply
[quote name=Corms](dying laughing). Babe Ruth hit six homers as recently as 1935. Dig him up and he’d be good for a homer a month.[/quote]
Babe Ruth didn’t play against black people though. Will zombie Babe Ruth have extra powers to overcome this deficiency?
Also, the Cubs have gotten to OVBlog’s predicted runs scored.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=Aisle424]Anybody who has watched this team for any period of time, or has watched baseball for any period of time, or has ever even heard of Kerry Wood could not ever say that and mean it without being seriously brain damaged.[/quote]
-Alvin
melissaQuote Reply
“It just might work” could be a new meme.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]As good as Z’s pickoff move is, if I’m a manager and any player gets picked off, he’s getting benched. There’s no excuse.[/quote]
Z varies his delivery time really well and that helps a lot. Surprised more pitchers don’t.
Horny GoatQuote Reply
Have you guys seen The Fighter yet? Great movie. Especially the first half of it. The way it depicted an addict was superb compared to anything I’d seen before from Hollywood.
mb21Quote Reply
Let’s see what happens…
It just might work
mb21Quote Reply
I think the Cubs should trade for Mark Prior and send him to the rotation 3 times in 3 weeks. It just might work.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]”It just might work” could be a new meme.[/quote]
And… it just might work is science, to suggest otherwise is blasphemy.
melissaQuote Reply
lazy Soriano should’ve taken more flies in BP. would’ve caught that ball.
Horny GoatQuote Reply
[quote name=melissa]”Go for it, Jim Hendry and Mike Quade. Demonstrate some original thinking. It’s three games in three weeks. And… it just might work.”-Alvin[/quote]
But since Alvin’s already suggested it it wouldn’t be original thinking if Hendry and Quade ran with it.
CormsQuote Reply
[quote name=Horny Goat]lazy Soriano should’ve taken more flies in BP. would’ve caught that ball.[/quote]
Reed Johnson would’ve bodyslammed a trench in the ground for that ball.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Have you guys seen The Fighter yet? Great movie. Especially the first half of it. The way it depicted an addict was superb compared to anything I’d seen before from Hollywood.[/quote]
I loved it. I thought Christian Bale might have been over-acting a tad until I saw the real dude at the end of the movie. Bale was spot on and I loved Melissa Leo as the Mom.
melissaQuote Reply
It just might work (dying laughing) That completely ignores that it might now work. This is awesome. I’m going to use it for everything from now on. Rob a bank. Just might work.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Rob a bank. Just might work.[/quote]
(dying laughing) Set It Off
melissaQuote Reply
[quote name=melissa]I loved it. I thought Christian Bale might have been over-acting a tad until I saw the real dude at the end of the movie. Bale was spot on and I loved Melissa Leo as the Mom.[/quote]I had seen the HBO documentary before so I was really impressed with how well he played Eklund. The second half of the movie was pretty good too, but the first half is what I loved about it. Without that, It’s just a good movie. I think it’s going to be seen as a boxing movie by too many people, but I didn’t see as that. Personally, i don’t think it should be considered a boxing movie. It was about far more than that.
mb21Quote Reply
Why is Yuni getting on base? This should not happen.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Without Corey Hart, the Brewers lineup has a ton of holes.
Gomez, Morgan, Betancourt, C and P is pretty bad.
Hector VillanuevaQuote Reply
Wolf crushed that pitch. I was pretty sure it was gone off the bat.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]Why is Yuni getting on base? This should not happen.[/quote]A gift from the Z Foundation. Carlos is a charitable guy.
CormsQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Wolf crushed that pitch. I was pretty sure it was gone off the bat.[/quote]
Gameday shows it in the bleachers.
ZappBranniganQuote Reply
yesterday I met another Cubs fan and he thinks they’ll win 85 games, loves the team…
…but he hates Soriano. He’s never been to Wrigley so I told him he would fit right in (dying laughing)
Horny GoatQuote Reply
Jesus are they going for the three pitch inning?
ZappBranniganQuote Reply
If Mark DeRosa said this stuff, Cubs fans would demand his number be retired. Since it’s Soriano, it will be ignored.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110408&content_id=17521102¬ebook_id=17526026&vkey=notebook_chc&c_id=chc&partnerId=rss_chc
mb21Quote Reply
I’m pretty sure I could hit a HR at Miller Park tonight, in BP at least.
Horny GoatQuote Reply
[quote name=Horny Goat]yesterday I met another Cubs fan and he thinks they’ll win 85 games, loves the team…
…but he hates Soriano. He’s never been to Wrigley so I told him he would fit right in (dying laughing)[/quote](dying laughing)
Hey, are you excited the Iowa/Nebraska games are going to be on Friday for at leas the next couple years? I know you guys played on that day, but I think that’s huge for Iowa.
mb21Quote Reply
Did Pena really just swing and miss at a curveball that was at his eyebrows?
Oh wait, GameDay glitch.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
I didn’t see The Fighter as a boxing movie either. It was more about overcoming family and addiction to me.
melissaQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21](dying laughing)
Hey, are you excited the Iowa/Nebraska games are going to be on Friday for at leas the next couple years? I know you guys played on that day, but I think that’s huge for Iowa.[/quote]
I’m glad they agreed to do that, yes. Lots of exposure for the B1G and all that, and of course it’s a NEB tradition so that’s great. I think the rivalry will be huge and exciting as well.
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[quote name=melissa]I didn’t see The Fighter as a boxing movie either. It was more about overcoming family and addiction to me.[/quote]Yeah, but I’ve read far too many times about how it’s a boxing movie. Just because it has some boxing doesn’t mean it’s about boxing. That’s like saying Unforgivable Blackness is a documentary about boxing.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=Horny Goat]I’m glad they agreed to do that, yes. Lots of exposure for the B1G and all that, and of course it’s a NEB tradition so that’s great. I think the rivalry will be huge and exciting as well.[/quote]I think so too. The games in 2013 and 2014 haven’t been announced for Friday games yet, but I imagine it will be announced as permanent before the end of this coming season.
mb21Quote Reply
Wait, the Cubs have had plenty of dumb ideas in the past. I guess Wood to the rotation isn’t just dumb it’s colossally stupid. 1908 is a recent championship I’ve enjoyed.
melissaQuote Reply
Don’t knock it, Melissa. It just might work.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Don’t knock it, Melissa. It just might work.[/quote]
Shut me right up
melissaQuote Reply
I like Al wants them to think outside the box. I just want them to think inside a different box.
mb21Quote Reply
Al is a fan of innovation. Unless it involves any sort of statistical analysis.
Aisle424Quote Reply
Gotta get Z out of there. He’s already at or above 100 pitches, isn’t he?
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Gotta get Z out of there. He’s already at or above 100 pitches, isn’t he?[/quote]
I think they should get someone up for the sixth. Z shouldn’t start the sixth.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
This lefty/lefty platoon in RF and righty/righty platoon at 2nd is innovative and outside-the-box. It just might work.
Aisle424Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Gotta get Z out of there. He’s already at or above 100 pitches, isn’t he?[/quote]
Correct
melissaQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Gotta get Z out of there. He’s already at or above 100 pitches, isn’t he?[/quote]
He is now. I didn’t realize it myself until Len mentioned it.
Horny GoatQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Gotta get Z out of there. He’s already at or above 100 pitches, isn’t he?[/quote]
103 pitches.
Aisle424Quote Reply
At least Woody and Marmol are well rested. I figure they’ll each go 2 IP tonight (dying laughing)
Horny GoatQuote Reply
[quote name=Aisle424]103 pitches.[/quote]
I say let him go to 150, it just might work.
melissaQuote Reply
So glad to see Sori get a leadoff single instead of a selfish homer.
melissaQuote Reply
Let’s have a hit-and-run here with Soriano and Colvin. It just might work.
Aisle424Quote Reply
[quote name=melissa]I say let him go to 150, it just might work.[/quote]
Now you’re on the trolley.
Aisle424Quote Reply
[quote name=Aisle424]Now you’re on the trolley.[/quote]
Or the short bus.
melissaQuote Reply
I thought you had to be on the bag for the pitcher to throw it to 1st. Fielder is several feet off the bag. Isn’t that a balk?
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=Aisle424]This lefty/lefty platoon in RF and righty/righty platoon at 2nd is innovative and outside-the-box. It just might work.[/quote]
I think maybe you guys are making too big a deal about it..not really a platoon as it is just getting each of them playing time? maybe I’m wrong.
For 2B I would just play Barney but if they were contending I would go with a straight Baker/DeWitt platoon.
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[quote name=Horny Goat]At least Woody and Marmol are well rested. I figure they’ll each go 2 IP tonight (dying laughing)[/quote]Why use Woody for 2 when you can use him for 5? It just might work. (dying laughing)
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]I thought you had to be on the bag for the pitcher to throw it to 1st. Fielder is several feet off the bag. Isn’t that a balk?[/quote]
If Fielder is approaching 1B before the initial throw to first it won’t be a balk. That is my understanding. If there’s no fielder (haha, pun) there though, then it is a balk.
Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but I think that’s how it works.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]I thought you had to be on the bag for the pitcher to throw it to 1st. Fielder is several feet off the bag. Isn’t that a balk?[/quote]
It should be but I didn’t see it.
Horny GoatQuote Reply
Let Carlos bat for himself with a runner in scoring position and over 100 pitches thrown. It just might work.
Aisle424Quote Reply
I think the platoon is actually more about getting guys like Colvin and Barney some regular at-bats, but not giving them a starting job. I’m OK with that, but it’s still pretty damn funny.
mb21Quote Reply
It didn’t work. Shit.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=Aisle424]Let Carlos bat for himself with a runner in scoring position and over 100 pitches thrown. It just might work.[/quote]
Is Z better than any pinch-hitter we couldn’t thrown out there? (dying laughing)
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]I think the platoon is actually more about getting guys like Colvin and Barney some regular at-bats, but not giving them a starting job. I’m OK with that, but it’s still pretty damn funny.[/quote]
But the important thing is they thought outside the box and that it just might work.
Aisle424Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]It didn’t work. Shit.[/quote]
We never said it would. We just said it MIGHT. Dipshit.
Aisle424Quote Reply
See? It worked out.
ZappBranniganQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]I think the platoon is actually more about getting guys like Colvin and Barney some regular at-bats, but not giving them a starting job. I’m OK with that, but it’s still pretty damn funny.[/quote]
right, but why not give Colvin some time in CF? that’s what I don’t get.
wow, Baker again?
Horny GoatQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]It didn’t work. Shit.[/quote]
Wrong. The runner scored hence it worked.
melissaQuote Reply
Jeff Baker —–> dinner with dessert tonight
Aisle424Quote Reply
The Cubs need to start thinking outside the universe.
Horny GoatQuote Reply
[quote name=Aisle424]Jeff Baker —–> dinner with dessert tonight[/quote]
Duh. He’s white.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=melissa]Wrong. The runner scored hence it worked.[/quote]
Yeah. Hence.
Aisle424Quote Reply
[quote name=Aisle424]Yeah. Hence.[/quote]
(dying laughing)
melissaQuote Reply
[quote name=Aisle424]We never said it would. We just said it MIGHT. Dipshit.[/quote]I didn’t really think about what he said earlier, but now that I have I just can’t stop laughing. Al is like a child trying to talk his parents into doing something they’re hesitant to allow him to do. “Mom, I really want to ride this motorcycle by myself. I know I’m only 8, but it might work out just fine.”
mb21Quote Reply
Can you imagine how easy a non-lazy Latino would have made that play look?
mb21Quote Reply
eat shit Kaplan
Horny GoatQuote Reply
A facebook friend just checked in to TGIF and I’m (dying laughing) over here.
melissaQuote Reply
[quote name=Horny Goat]eat shit Kaplan[/quote]
?
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Six full for Z.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=melissa]A facebook friend just checked in to TGIF and I’m (dying laughing) over here.[/quote]You should have them read my dissertation on the subject. They just might find it interesting.
mb21Quote Reply
only 8 pitches that inning
Horny GoatQuote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]?[/quote]I think he’s talking about Dave Kaplan who likes to take his shots at Soriano to feel like a better man than he is.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=Horny Goat]only 8 pitches that inning[/quote]Much needed quick inning. Did they have anyone up in the pen?
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]?[/quote]
Isn’t David Kaplan still Soriano’s biggest critic? I dunno because I never pay attention to that stuff anymore.
Horny GoatQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Much needed quick inning. Did they have anyone up in the pen?[/quote]
I heard Grabow and that was about it.
Soriano’s had some good defense this game.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Much needed quick inning. Did they have anyone up in the pen?[/quote]
all those sausage racers
Horny GoatQuote Reply
[quote name=Horny Goat]Isn’t David Kaplan still Soriano’s biggest critic? I dunno because I never pay attention to that stuff anymore.[/quote]
I thought you were listening to the game on the tube and he said something stupid.
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[quote name=Rice Cube]I heard Grabow and that was about it.
Soriano’s had some good defense this game.[/quote]
Grabow is the surest way to blow this lead.
Soriano has his legs back this year.
Horny GoatQuote Reply
Really interesting to leave Z in for the 6th, especially after he had a bad inning and was up to bat in a RBI situation.
I wonder if Quade is trying to tell him he has faith in him.
ZappBranniganQuote Reply
[quote name=ZappBrannigan]Really interesting to leave Z in for the 6th, especially after he had a bad inning and was up to bat in a RBI situation.
I wonder if Quade is trying to tell him he has faith in him.[/quote]
I think Quade just forgot to have anyone up and ready in the bullpen.
Aisle424Quote Reply
[quote name=Aisle424]I think Quade just forgot to have anyone up and ready in the bullpen.[/quote]
We’ll never know because it didn’t backfire so he won’t get asked about it.
Aisle424Quote Reply
[quote name=Aisle424]I think Quade just forgot to have anyone up and ready in the bullpen.[/quote](dying laughing)
Damn you and your common sense
ZappBranniganQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]You should have them read my dissertation on the subject. They just might find it interesting.[/quote]
I so wanted to leave the link as a comment but I try to be nice in real life. On occasion.
melissaQuote Reply
According to gameday, Z’s velocity looked pretty low. Was the gun just cold, or was he actually topping out around 90?
PerkinsQuote Reply
[quote name=ZappBrannigan](dying laughing)
Damn you and your common sense[/quote]
That may be the first and last time that sentence is ever written or spoken about me.
Aisle424Quote Reply
[quote name=melissa]I so wanted to leave the link as a comment but I try to be nice in real life. On occasion.[/quote]Understandable, but it wasn’t mean or anything, was it? I didn’t intend for it to be. I was just trying to basically state the facts and I don’t think anyone can really argue that those places are cheap as fuck. I’m pretty sure their business plan went something like this: spend as little money as possible because it just might work.
Further evidence that Wood should be in the rotation.
mb21Quote Reply
I thought of another reason Al could want Kerry to be a starter: He might be in a pool where he has something like April 25th as the day Kerry suffers his career-ending injury.
Aisle424Quote Reply
[quote name=Perkins]According to gameday, Z’s velocity looked pretty low. Was the gun just cold, or was he actually topping out around 90?[/quote]His velocity was down quite a bit in his last start too, but it’s early in the season.
mb21Quote Reply
Quade wants Z to not throw as hard because it just might work.
Aisle424Quote Reply
[quote name=Aisle424]I thought of another reason Al could want Kerry to be a starter: He might be in a pool where he has something like April 25th as the day Kerry suffers his career-ending injury.[/quote]That would make sense, but I’m pretty sure Al would never be in such a poll. He couldn’t bet money on something that would hurt his cubbies.
mb21Quote Reply
I hope Quade will finally realize that Marshall is not just a LOOGY.
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[quote name=mb21]That would make sense, but I’m pretty sure Al would never be in such a poll. He couldn’t bet money on something that would hurt his cubbies.[/quote]
I’m not entirely convinced that Al isn’t a split personality with SWL, who I could see in such a pool.
Aisle424Quote Reply
Wait, Al wants Woody to be a starter again or am I missing a joke?
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[quote name=Horny Goat]I hope Quade will finally realize that Marshall is not just a LOOGY.[/quote]That would be nice, but we’ll see.
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[quote name=Aisle424]I’m not entirely convinced that Al isn’t a split personality with SWL, who I could see in such a pool.[/quote]That would be awesome.
mb21Quote Reply
Yeah, HG, he suggested Wood fill in until the two injured return. Seriously. Ignoring the fact that he made 10 starts in 2005, 4 in 2006 and none since, he’s also never pitched a full season since 2004. Not even as a reliever. So naturally Al wants him to start.
mb21Quote Reply
Make that 2003 since he pitched a full season.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Yeah, HG, he suggested Wood fill in until the two injured return. Seriously. Ignoring the fact that he made 10 starts in 2005, 4 in 2006 and none since, he’s also never pitched a full season since 2004. Not even as a reliever. So naturally Al wants him to start.[/quote]
It just might work.
Aisle424Quote Reply
Al is fucking retarded then. I mean, wow. I don’t know what to say.
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[quote name=mb21]Understandable, but it wasn’t mean or anything, was it? I didn’t intend for it to be. I was just trying to basically state the facts and I don’t think anyone can really argue that those places are cheap as fuck. I’m pretty sure their business plan went something like this: spend as little money as possible because it just might work.
Further evidence that Wood should be in the rotation.[/quote]
You weren’t mean or insulting in your post but I did make a comment to the effect that I don’t know why anyone would ever want to eat there. I just thought she might find it insulting even though your post wasn’t intended to be a put down. I decided not to based on what I wrote more than anything.
melissaQuote Reply
[quote name=Aisle424]It just might work.[/quote]
(dying laughing) I’m slowly picking up on the 2011 stuff here.
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[quote name=melissa]You weren’t mean or insulting in your post but I did make a comment to the effect that I don’t know why anyone would ever want to eat there. I just thought she might find it insulting even though your post wasn’t intended to be a put down. I decided not to based on what I wrote more than anything.[/quote]I just wanted to make sure I didn’t go too far. I certainly didn’t mean to.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=Horny Goat]Al is fucking retarded then. I mean, wow. I don’t know what to say.[/quote]
I still think he is saying that to get traffic. He might want to believe it would work. He might even dream about it happening. But I just can not believe he actually thinks there is even a .00001% chance that Wood’s arm would not fall off in the process. Forget that he probably wouldn’t even be very good at it anymore.
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[quote name=Horny Goat](dying laughing) I’m slowly picking up on the 2011 stuff here.[/quote]That one just started today or yesterday. As a meme, it just might work.
mb21Quote Reply
Did Al think Woody could go 6-7 innings, or merely start the game, go 3 innings and have others finish, sort of a starters by committee thing, so to speak.
Horny GoatQuote Reply
Go to BCB to find stupid shit…
…
see what happensit just might work.Aisle424Quote Reply
[quote name=Aisle424]I still think he is saying that to get traffic. He might want to believe it would work. He might even dream about it happening. But I just can not believe he actually thinks there is even a .00001% chance that Wood’s arm would not fall off in the process. Forget that he probably wouldn’t even be very good at it anymore.[/quote]You’re probably right. I think a lot of what he writes over there is about getting traffic and he does a good job at that. Then again, when you’re target audience is as large as Al’s it’s pretty easy to get traffic. His target market is the same as the mlb.com message boards.
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[quote name=Horny Goat]Did Al think Woody could go 6-7 innings, or merely start the game, go 3 innings and have others finish, sort of a starters by committee thing, so to speak.[/quote]5 innings once a week is what he said.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=Horny Goat]Did Al think Woody could go 6-7 innings, or merely start the game, go 3 innings and have others finish, sort of a starters by committee thing, so to speak.[/quote]
I don;t want to go back over to look, but I think he felt Kerry could stretch out to go 5 or so by Tuesday.
Aisle424Quote Reply
Damn you, HG. You made me go to BCB to get the link: http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2011/4/8/2098346/a-modest-proposal-kerry-wood-for-the-cubs-rotation
mb21Quote Reply
it’s only a modest proposal though.
mb21Quote Reply
Blackhawks over Detroit to clinch a playoff spot.
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[quote name=Horny Goat]Did Al think Woody could go 6-7 innings, or merely start the game, go 3 innings and have others finish, sort of a starters by committee thing, so to speak.[/quote]
He meant it as a regular starter. He said it would only be 3 starts once every 7 days. And…it just might work.
melissaQuote Reply
Stupid Nyjer Morgan.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Damn you, HG. You made me go to BCB to get the link: http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2011/4/8/2098346/a-modest-proposal-kerry-wood-for-the-cubs-rotation%5B/quote%5D
I’m certainly not gonna do the dirty work (dying laughing)
Horny GoatQuote Reply
I’m going to go to a loanshark, borrow $100,000 and put it all on black 17 at the casino. It just might work.
Aisle424Quote Reply
Do you guys think Wood is warming up for the 8th or just doing side work to prepare for his start on Tuesday?
Hector VillanuevaQuote Reply
What does Peenyuh have to do for a HR?
Horny GoatQuote Reply
[quote name=Hector Villanueva ]Do you guys think Wood is warming up for the 8th or just doing side work to prepare for Tuesday?[/quote]
(dying laughing)
(dying laughing)
Aisle424Quote Reply
(dying laughing)
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[quote name=Hector Villanueva ]Do you guys think Wood is warming up for the 8th or just doing side work to prepare for Tuesday?[/quote]
Both!
Horny GoatQuote Reply
Kerry Wood is the new Terry Mulholland, apparently.
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[quote name=Horny Goat]What does Peenyuh have to do for a HR?[/quote]
Hit it harder. It just might work.
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“I’m a dreamin’ man, and that’s my problem…”
-Neil Young
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[quote name=Aisle424]I’m going to go to a loanshark, borrow $100,000 and put it all on black 17 at the casino. It just might work.[/quote]That’s some outside the box thinking.
mb21Quote Reply
I’m gonna play the powerball tonight. It just might work.
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Why on earth do the Cubs have to be outside the box? The Yankees aren’t outside the box. They’ve shown the box works just fine. Perhaps the Cubs need to get in the box. Maybe that’s the problem.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Why on earth do the Cubs have to be outside the box? The Yankees aren’t outside the box. They’ve shown the box works just fine. Perhaps the Cubs need to get in the box. Maybe that’s the problem.[/quote]
The Cubs have misplaced the box.
Aisle424Quote Reply
Yeah, I can’t think of even a single reason why Woody couldn’t do that.
melissaQuote Reply
If I were the Cubs and I knew I had a shitty bench I would’ve just left Marshall in to bat for himself so he could pitch to Fielder. Who knows, he probably puts the ball in play anyway.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=Aisle424]I thought of another reason Al could want Kerry to be a starter: He might be in a pool where he has something like April 25th as the day Kerry suffers his career-ending injury.[/quote]
I skimmed through the thread. Even amongst the brain-dead posters there, I didn’t see anyone that agreed with Al.
My best explanation is that he was just testing his minions to see if he could come up with an idea that was even too stupid for them.
Hector VillanuevaQuote Reply
this looks too easy. eye of the hurricane.
Horny GoatQuote Reply
All great minds in history have thought outside the box. Al is among the very few, yet… go flight a kite, Al.
Horny GoatQuote Reply
Someone lit a fire under Baker’s ass.
ZappBranniganQuote Reply
[quote name=ZappBrannigan]Someone lit a fire under Baker’s ass.[/quote]
(rimshot)
Aisle424Quote Reply
Fortunately for Al, he can always find some doofus to agree with him.
melissaQuote Reply
[quote name=ZappBrannigan]Someone lit a fire under Baker’s ass.[/quote]
are the cubs goosing each other on the bench again?
Horny GoatQuote Reply
[quote name=melissa]Fortunately for Al, he can always find some doofus to agree with him.[/quote]
Correct.
Hector VillanuevaQuote Reply
[quote name=Aisle424]The Cubs have misplaced the box.[/quote]Amusing, but incorrect.
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[quote name=Rice Cube]If I were the Cubs and I knew I had a shitty bench I would’ve just left Marshall in to bat for himself so he could pitch to Fielder. Who knows, he probably puts the ball in play anyway.[/quote]I wasn’t paying attention. Was Marshall leading off?
mb21Quote Reply
Let us praise basic baserunning, Bob
Horny GoatQuote Reply
[quote name=Horny Goat]Let us praise basic baserunning, Bob[/quote]
He has to point out the few times they don’t fuck it up.
Aisle424Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]I wasn’t paying attention. Was Marshall leading off?[/quote]
Reed Johnson batted for Marshall to end the 8th.
Hector VillanuevaQuote Reply
Mitre sighting.
Aisle424Quote Reply
For any of you nervous Nellies that think Woody might be more likely to get hurt as a starter:
melissaQuote Reply
“Kottaras would be the first to tell you he just spiked an 89 mph sinker in the dirt in front of home plate.” — Bob Brenly.
Why would Kottaras be the first to tell us something we all saw?
mb21Quote Reply
Who told Yuni he was good at defense? Dammit.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Kottaras would be the first one to tell you that was not a strike.
mb21Quote Reply
This is fun.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
here we go…
SERENITY NOW!!!
Horny GoatQuote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]Who told Yuni he was good at defense? Dammit.[/quote]
dayton moore.
GWQuote Reply
throw a strike. it just might work.
gaius mariusQuote Reply
Double play please.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
maddog better brush off his Marmol to AA rant
dylanjQuote Reply
ok. marmol vs gomez i like much better than marmol vs braun.
dylanjQuote Reply
I can’t judge the ball worth a shit tonight. I thought that was hit a lot better than it was. That’s the third or fourth time that’s happened tonight.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=gaius marius]throw a strike. it just might work.[/quote]
That might be thinking too far outside the box.
Aisle424Quote Reply
Why do they show whether or not a batter’s bat crossed the plate? That’s not the rule.
mb21Quote Reply
no problemo
Horny GoatQuote Reply
[quote name=gaius marius]throw a strike. it just might work.[/quote]
It just worked!
mb21Quote Reply
everytime i watch the brewers i just think about running them down in the 07 season. that was great
dylanjQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Why do they show whether or not a batter’s bat crossed the plate?[/quote]
Because it just might work?
Aisle424Quote Reply
Alright, an interview with Jeff Baker!
Horny GoatQuote Reply
Just how Quade drew it up on the white board before the game. Something special about that dude.
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Yeah, dj, when the Cubs turned it around in 2007, we saw what will likely be the best ten months of Cubs baseball in our lifetimes. This team will piss you off, but that was an awesome stretch.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=dylanj]everytime i watch the brewers i just think about running them down in the 07 season. that was great[/quote]
was that the 4 game sweep at Miller park late in the season? Yeah. Good times.
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[quote name=mb21]I can’t judge the ball worth a shit tonight. I thought that was hit a lot better than it was. That’s the third or fourth time that’s happened tonight.[/quote]
It must be the camera angles there or something. I had the same problem.
BerseliusQuote Reply
[quote name=Horny Goat]was that the 4 game sweep at Miller park late in the season? Yeah. Good times.[/quote]
I think Ramirez hit somewhere around 30 HRs in that series.
BerseliusQuote Reply
[quote name=Horny Goat]Just how Quade drew it up on the white board before the game. Something special about that dude.[/quote]
jesus, kaplan actually just said “that’s just how you draw it up…” — did he watch or was he sucking beers and ogling chicks?
gaius mariusQuote Reply
you always want your closer to let the tying run come to the plate. keeps the game more interesting
dylanjQuote Reply
anyone still have the Aramis walk off Uecker radio call in June of 2007? That was a big turning point. I can still recite those words I heard it so many times.
Horny GoatQuote Reply
the best part of 07 is that game where Aramis hit the walkoff. we were still 8 games back and it was late june but i remember thinking we were gonna get the division after that.
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[quote name=gaius marius]jesus, kaplan actually just said “that’s just how you draw it up…” — did he watch or was he sucking beers and ogling chicks?[/quote]
(dying laughing) I didn’t even hear that
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[quote name=Horny Goat]anyone still have the Aramis walk off Uecker radio call in June of 2007? That was a big turning point. I can still recite those words I heard it so many times.[/quote]I think it’s in the ACB audio archives, HG
http://www.anothercubsblog.net/2009-articles/december/audio.html
BerseliusQuote Reply
the 2nd best part was watching Ryan Braun play 3B. (dying laughing) man he was something awful
dylanjQuote Reply
What did I miss. Did the Cubs play tonight? Did Jeff Baker rule the world like expected?
AndCountingQuote Reply
Cordero, with a runner on first, here’s the pitch, Ramirez just won the game for the cubs.. gone.. (crowd noise)
Aramis Ramirez.. has just.. hit a 2 run home run.. with 2 outs… in the NINTH INNING.. and the Cubs have beaten the Brewers.. final… Six-Five, Chicago.. back with the totals and summaries after this.. on the brewers radio network.
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[quote name=Horny Goat]Cordero, with a runner on first, here’s the pitch, Ramirez just won the game for the cubs.. gone.. (crowd noise)
Aramis Ramirez.. has just.. hit a 2 run home run.. with 2 outs… in the NINTH INNING.. and the Cubs have beaten the Brewers.. final… Six-Five, Chicago.. back with the totals and summaries after this.. on the brewers radio network.[/quote]
The postgame show is brought to you by…Christ, I can’t find it…the hell with it!
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]I think it’s in the ACB audio archives, HG
http://www.anothercubsblog.net/2009-articles/december/audio.html%5B/quote%5D
thanks, b!
Horny GoatQuote Reply
Methinks the Raysfags will be happy tonight.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
I was a couple of words off. damn. but that was the most exciting 2 years of Cubs baseball in my life. I wonder if it’ll ever happen again (dying laughing)
Horny GoatQuote Reply
The Pat and Ron call of Sori’s walk off Grand Slam is amazing.
ZappBranniganQuote Reply
Harry and the other guys going apeshit over Sandberg’s homerun still gives me goosebumps.
Aisle424Quote Reply
[quote name=Aisle424]Harry and the other guys going apeshit over Sandberg’s homerun still gives me goosebumps.[/quote]
Nothing for me will ever top hearing Pat’s calls of Sosa’s home runs in 1998. Every time he was at-bat, you just knew he was going to go yard.
Hector VillanuevaQuote Reply
HP preview of tomorrow’s game
http://www.cubsfx.com/2011/04/chris-narveson-pitchfx-notes-saturday.html
BerseliusQuote Reply
New: http://obstructedview.net/chicago-cubs/articles/there-have-been-worse-ideas.html
Aisle424Quote Reply
Guys the platoon at second is because Jeff Baker is basically Albert Pujols when he’s facing lefties but can’t hit worth a crap vs righties.
I know you’re just making jokes but not everything the Cubs do is outrageously stupid. I mean, his career OPS vs LHP is .907 while vs RHP it’s an abysmal .677, something even Barney can likely manage, and will play better defense doing it. That platoon, while both are righties, makes perfect sense.
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