4/9 Cubs (Marshall) vs Deadbirds (Fat Drunk) 7:05 ESPN

[Omar]

I'm on Dusty's side on this one. If he left him in, and someone got a big hit, everyone here would be all "WHY DIDNT HE TAKE HIM OUT?! FIRE EM!" but I'm all up for not ruining a rookie's first start, and keeping a close game. We're better safe than sorry I guess. Edited April 10, 2006 by Omar

[Fred Hornkohl]

OK..... so let's rough up Ponson some more, and life will be good, eh?

[ToupeeOnFire]

Wuertz warming up in the pen.

 

Hey, I have an idea. Let's wait until the most difficult situation of the year and bring Wuertz in for the 1st time.

 

^

Dude, fish...boat...skunk.

[Jon]

Glad I don't live on Joe Morgan's block.

[brinoch]

OK..... so let's rough up Ponson some more, and life will be good, eh?

 

Yep. Let's get it started.

[Yeti]

Joe Miller: "Ponson is a big strong guy"

 

:lmao:

[Rob]

Should have left the kid in there to finish the inning. What a moron.

 

Sorry not buying that. Say Marshall remains in the game and gives up the long ball? Then it's "stupid Baker why leave the rookie in the game?"

 

The manger is damned either way. He leaves the starter in too long or pulls them too soon? It's all so subjective. Nobody has a crystal ball.

 

The manager certainly isn't damned either way.

 

The fact of the matter is that leaving Marshall in gave us a better chance to get out of it. You're acting as if the only choices were to let Wuertz let two in or Marshall give up the longball. With Marshall being an extreme groundball pitcher, there was more than a decent chance that he could've kept anything from happening at all.

[Blueheart05]

I'm worried about Wiliams in the next inning. :cry:

[Coach C]

SAFE!!!

[Flames24Rulz]

finally the 1B ump gives us one our way.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

They finally caught you cheating off the base Pujols.

[Rob]

Boot him!

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Cedeno beats out the throw from the rag armed SS.

[ToupeeOnFire]

OMG, the Cubs get a call!

 

Shut up Morgan.

[MeatampPotatoesMan]

Hey Morgan, STFU. Murton was safe and you didn't take his side.

[soccer10k]

Speed. It's about time a call goes our way.

[da bears]

Karma for the last missed call.

[abuck1220]

eckstein's arm never hurts the cardinals b/c he hustles so much.

[sherwood921]

Sit down, you got one earlier

[Coach C]

Toss him!

[Omar]

Cedeno singles. I think we finally found a shortstop that can stay healthy and consistent.

[hawkcub]

Your out of your mind Morgan.

[Warpticon]

Okay, that was safe, and the other two weren't?

[Rob]

Don't take that crap, ump!

[rawaction]

I think you leave him in there vs. Encarnacion, who hasn't hit anything all year. No way does Marshall face Pujols in that situation, either way. Give a groundball pitcher the chance to get a groundball. And I don't even mind putting Wuertz in. I'd rather throw him out there than to waste Williamson or Howry that early in the game.