Opening Day 4-3 Cubs (Zambrano) v. Reds (Harang) 1:10 CT WGN

[sethuel1]

I have an annoucement:

 

Jimmy Rollins has doubled.

[goonys evil twin]

Maybe Baker doesn't have confidence in the guy.

 

That's my point. You can't use lack of confidence in one pitcher as an excuse to misuse another. If the guy is on the team, and you've clearly given him the role, use him. Don't carry a long man if you are afraid to use him with a 6 run lead in a game when your pen was hit early.

 

The Cubs have an off day tomorrow and a pretty relaxed week, I don't see why you have a problem with Dusty taking advantage of the schedule and using the best pitchers available. Seems a little nit picky of an otherwise well managed game.

 

It is nitpicky, but it's still symptomatic of the same stupid mistakes Dusty makes all the time.

 

The off day tomorrow doesn't excuse extending an important set-up man in a 6 run lead. If you want to take advantage of the off-day, use more guys, don't use one guy longer than he should be going, in the first game, in temperatures much lower than they were playing in during the spring, when the biggest concern about that guy is the overuse in recent years. Go to Williams to start the 7th. If you get in trouble, you still have Howry and Dempster, not to mention Wuertz.

 

These little things might seem unimportant, but this is the kind of stuff that hurts the team down the line. Will Eyre be ready in 2 days? If he is used Wednesday, will he be available Friday. It's these little things that lead to things like Farnsworth throwing in 6 straight games, and falling apart in that 6th game. Or Wuertz pitching in 6 of 7 games, and going from dominant to terrible during that stretch. I'm happy Dusty didn't foolishly try to "get Zambrano the win", but I wouldn't say that's great managing, it's just common sense. That should extend to other players as well.

 

 

 

On another note, these guys have given up 10 freaking walks.

[Flames24Rulz]

alright Ryan, lets get this final out plz.

[CP_414]

Has anyone mentioned that Rollins got a hit?

 

Rollins got a hit!

[soccer10k]

I know that Pagan will have his bad stretches, but my point was if he does end up starting over Jones towards the end of the season that it will have been an impressive rookie year.

 

Or a really, really bad year by Jacque.

 

Excellent point. I'm hoping that my situation comes true.

[badger1679666666]

Pagan is 2-3. I like it. I still maintain that the young guys like Murton and Cedeno are the keys to the team.

Nice bunt by Slappy.

I wouldnt be surprised to see this guy take over for Jock Strap by end of season if he keeps it up.

 

That would mean he obviously played well enough to earn it based on Dusty's past use of young players so if Pagan does pass Jones by the end of the year I would be ecstatic.

 

Dusty was quoted as saying he is really excited by the youth of his squad. However, I agree with you.

 

Let's not get too high on Pagan here. It's only 1 game.

 

I know that Pagan will have his bad stretches, but my point was if he does end up starting over Jones towards the end of the season that it will have been an impressive rookie year.

 

Jones is making way to much money to be replaced. However I'd love to see Pagan in against all Lefty's.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Anyone know if Rollins got a hit?

[LoneStarCubFan]

Marty still hammering Adam Dunn.

 

Any word on how Rollins did today?

[BeerHere]

Anyone know if Rollins got a hit?

 

LOL!!!

[C.C.]

Just in case you guys didn't hear Rollins got a hit today to extend his streak.

[Vinestal]

Pagan should have a pre-game routine or something. Then we can talk about Pagan rituals.

 

Or when he sacrifices we can talk about Pagan sacrifices lol

[Chris]

CUBS WIN!!!!!!!!!

 

UNBEATEN!!!!!!!!!!

[Coach C]

CUBS WIN! CUBS WIN!

[Blueheart05]

Cubs Win! Cubs Win! Cubs Win!

[YearofDaCubs]

CUbs WIN!!

[soccer10k]

Anyone know if Rollins got a hit?

 

double in the eighth fora 37 game hitting streak.

[Flames24Rulz]

CUBS WIN!

[BeerHere]

CUBS WIN!!!!!

 

1-0

1.000

[C.C.]

Cubs win and Rollins extends his streak! What a great first game! Yahoo!

[ManEatingTarp]

Good win for the Cubs.

 

Rollins got a hit btw.

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE NINTH INNING

 

Dempster (7th) in to pitch, Bynum (8th) in at lf for the CUBS

Kearns grounded out to short, 6-3

Valentin struck out swinging

Abad, pinch hitting for White, walked

Aurilia singled to center field, Abad to second

Lopez grounded into a FC, 6-4, Aurilia out at second

 

0 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 2 men left on base

 

              1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9     R  H E
CUBS          5 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 4    16 18 1 
Cincinnati    1 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 0     7 11 2 

 

CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !!

 

W: Ohman (1-0)

S: none

L: Harang (0-1)

 

T: 3:38

A: 42,591

 

Home runs: CUBS: Murton, Cincinnati: Hatteberg, Dunn

 

pitcher     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Zambrano   4.7  7  5  5  5  5  2 105 
Ohman      0.3  0  0  0  0  0  0  04 
Williamson 0.0  1  1  1  2  0  0  18 
Eyre       2.0  1  1  0  2  3  0  37 
Howry      1.0  1  0  0  0  1  0  12 
Dempster   1.0  1  0  0  1  1  0  17 

Edited April 3, 2006 by Fred Hornkohl

[soccer10k]

FIRST PLACE CHICAGO CUBS. Get used to it.

[fiver]

Cubs win! Me like the Cubs and me like MLB TV...the game is over about 10 mintues BEFORE i get out of work.

[Garwilly]

Magic# 162

[goonys evil twin]

The Cubs used 19 of 25 active players in just 9 innings.