The Cubs got a good start from Carlos Villaneuva, who struck out 6 and gave up one run in 6.2 innings. Rizzo and Valbuena homered off of Braves starter Julio Teheran, and Nate Schierholtz was inches from adding one of his own. The Cubs were prepared to pour even more on, loading the bases in the top of the eighth with no outs but somehow managed to score zero runs. Then it was time for the bullpen. Kyuji Fujikawa''s fastball looked pretty good but the Braves hit it all over the park, bringing the score to 5-4. Marmol came out for the ninth throwing nothing but fastballs. He missed his location and B.J. Upton put it in the center field seats. Two batters later, his little brother ended the game.
Tomorrow, Shark takes on Tim Hudson.
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Ronnie would have shit himself.
joshQuote Reply
The gif isn’t showing up for me, for whatever reason. Weirdly, it showed up fine in my RSS feed.
joshQuote Reply
Glad I didn’t watch. 5 runs in the last two innings. (dying laughing)
Best chance of sniffing .500 again is tomorrow.
dmick89Quote Reply
dmick89 wrote:
I only tuned in for the last inning or so.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
I may have jinxed the Cubs by watching that. Sorry.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Milb recap will be late tomorrow.
dmick89Quote Reply
@ Rizzo the Rat:
I feel bad for you.
dmick89Quote Reply
@ dmick89:
Eh, it’s not as if I expected Marmol to close it out. Lowered expectations makes it harder to be disappointed.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
In other news, Clayton Kershaw is now up to 16 scoreless innings for the year. He’s also batting .250/.400/1.000.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
justin may be bigger, but b.j. is older
GWQuote Reply
@ GW:
thanks. fixed,
BerseliusQuote Reply
Small sample size, but Marmol looks clueless so far. Maybe its like when everyone freaked out about Derek Lee, then it turned out D Lee was just fine.
And then he sucked really hard for two years after that before retiring.
I can’t remember my point. Perhaps I punched it out of my skull; odds are good I wouldn’t remember if I did.
joshQuote Reply
You…you remember that one time…where Carlos Marmol was pitching really bad, and then…and then Dale Sveum took him out of the game and the Cubs won? And then people started arguing over whether it was the proper move for Dale Sveum to take Carlos Marmol out of a high leverage situation?
That was awesome.
GBTSQuote Reply
@ GBTS:
Yeadbut, he put in Fujikawa, who did as bad as Marmol tonight. Worse, maybe? Shitty, to say the least.
joshQuote Reply
@PWSullivan 37s
In only 5 games, Sveum’s Q-rating has dropped below Quade’s Q-rating in 2011, thanks to sticking w/ Marmol.
*shrug*
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
I don’t know why everyone gives a shit. We need to brand Marmol as a Closer to help deal him. This team is not going to win, even with 2008’s Marmol.
joshQuote Reply
@ josh:
And by “we” I mean Theo and me. I’m not secretly Jed Hoyer, I’m just a normal guy who tries to astrally project my thoughts and being into Theo’s mind. With some success, I like to think.
joshQuote Reply
The Cubs really should try closer by committee. If only we had Jim Leyland!!
mobile svbQuote Reply
Remember we had an NCAA bracket contest? @ GBTS:
That was awesome!
(dying laughing)
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@ Rice Cube:
I like how he doesn’t even mention Fujikawa shitting the bed. (dying laughing). Cubs bullpen sucks ass.
dmick89Quote Reply
New shit http://obstructedview.net/minor-leagues/journeymen-of-tomorrow-4-6-13.html
dmick89Quote Reply
Yesterday, WaLi and I were discussing decorating the twins’ nursery a Cubs theme. Last night, we realized it would be too depressing every time we walked in there.
WaLi’s SWMBOQuote Reply
GBTS wrote:
As I pointed out, it wasn’t about Marmol per se, it was about whether a few batters should change your mind on a pitcher. If pulling Marmol was the right decision, he shouldn’t have been out there in the first place.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply