5/3 Cubs (Maddux) at Arizona (Batista) 8:40PM CSN; XM188

[Fred Hornkohl]

Tracy flied out to right center field, Byrnes scored

[Flames24Rulz]

*sigh*

 

that was a nice grab by Pierre though.

[Rusch33]

Not sure if this has been posted or not.. Maybe it has..

 

Just to cheer the board up a little bit.

 

Schaumberg: Assigned the contract of RHP Nigel Thatch (Rookie) to Fullerton of the Golden Baseball League in exchange for 1 pallet (60 cases) of Budweiser beer.

 

No joke. 2nd one down.

 

http://www.northernleague.com/transactions/

[Fred Hornkohl]

Gonzalez singled to right center field

[Flames24Rulz]

Not sure if this has been posted or not.. Maybe it has..

 

Just to cheer the board up a little bit.

 

Schaumberg: Assigned the contract of RHP Nigel Thatch (Rookie) to Fullerton of the Golden Baseball League in exchange for 1 pallet (60 cases) of Budweiser beer.

 

No joke. 2nd one down.

 

http://www.northernleague.com/transactions/

 

:lol: :lol: :lol:

 

that is hilarious.

 

can we do the same with Neifi please?

[cheapseats]

Not sure if this has been posted or not.. Maybe it has..

 

Just to cheer the board up a little bit.

 

Schaumberg: Assigned the contract of RHP Nigel Thatch (Rookie) to Fullerton of the Golden Baseball League in exchange for 1 pallet (60 cases) of Budweiser beer.

 

No joke. 2nd one down.

 

http://www.northernleague.com/transactions/

 

60 cases?! :shock:

[badger1679666666]

Not sure if this has been posted or not.. Maybe it has..

 

Just to cheer the board up a little bit.

 

Schaumberg: Assigned the contract of RHP Nigel Thatch (Rookie) to Fullerton of the Golden Baseball League in exchange for 1 pallet (60 cases) of Budweiser beer.

 

No joke. 2nd one down.

 

http://www.northernleague.com/transactions/

 

:lol: :lol: :lol:

 

that is hilarious.

 

can we do the same with Neifi please?

 

Let's not get greedy. Let's ask for one keg.

[abuck1220]

if it makes anyone feel better, the guy the cubs traded for freddy bynum -- he of the sub-.600 OPS -- threw 8 1/3 innings of one run ball in arlington.

[badger1679666666]

if it makes anyone feel better, the guy the cubs traded for freddy bynum -- he of the sub-.600 OPS -- threw 8 1/3 innings of one run ball in arlington.

 

Who did we trade for him?

[cheapseats]

if it makes anyone feel better, the guy the cubs traded for freddy bynum -- he of the sub-.600 OPS -- threw 8 1/3 innings of one run ball in arlington.

 

But Bynum is helping us win THIS YEAR.

 

oh wait.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

if it makes anyone feel better, the guy the cubs traded for freddy bynum -- he of the sub-.600 OPS -- threw 8 1/3 innings of one run ball in arlington.

 

Who did we trade for him?

 

Koronka

[sunnydoo]

if it makes anyone feel better, the guy the cubs traded for freddy bynum -- he of the sub-.600 OPS -- threw 8 1/3 innings of one run ball in arlington.

 

Exactly where would you have liked to have inked him into the rotation, 10th???? Zambrano, Prior, Wood, Maddux, Hill, Guzman, Marshall, Rusch, Miller???

[Fred Hornkohl]

Green singled to right field, Gonzalez to second

[cheapseats]

if it makes anyone feel better, the guy the cubs traded for freddy bynum -- he of the sub-.600 OPS -- threw 8 1/3 innings of one run ball in arlington.

 

Who did we trade for him?

 

Koronka

 

Hendry fleeces another team. One day we'll speak of the Bynum trade in hushed tones the same way we do Aramis for Hill or Lee for Choi.

[Rusch33]

Pitching isn't that big of a problem.

 

You aren't going to win too many games when you only score one run a game.

[sunnydoo]

The Sox just won in the bottom of the 11th.

[UMFan83]

We have one good starter now, and he pitched in double A last year.

[abuck1220]

if it makes anyone feel better, the guy the cubs traded for freddy bynum -- he of the sub-.600 OPS -- threw 8 1/3 innings of one run ball in arlington.

 

Exactly where would you have liked to have inked him into the rotation, 10th???? Zambrano, Prior, Wood, Maddux, Hill, Guzman, Marshall, Rusch, Miller???

 

any trade that brings in freddy bynum is a bad trade. i'd rather have koronka in iowa than bynum in chicago.

[badger1679666666]

if it makes anyone feel better, the guy the cubs traded for freddy bynum -- he of the sub-.600 OPS -- threw 8 1/3 innings of one run ball in arlington.

 

Who did we trade for him?

 

Koronka

 

doh. that's right. I really don't care. Koronka's not going to be good anywhere.

 

Then again, we could have gotten someone better than bynum for him.

[sunnydoo]

any trade that brings in freddy bynum is a bad trade. i'd rather have koronka in iowa than bynum in chicago.

 

He was out of options, hence the trade.

[badger1679666666]

We have one good starter now, and he pitched in double A last year.

 

I don't think you can write off Maddux's whole season because of this one game dude.

[Flames24Rulz]

Maddux with a K. We need runs quickly.

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE FIFTH INNING

 

Byrnes singled to right field

Byrnes stole second base, took third on a throwing error, E2

Tracy flied out to right center field, Byrnes scored

Gonzalez singled to right center field

Jackson flied out to left field

Green singled to right field, Gonzalez to second

Estrada struck out (called)

 

1 runs, 3 hits, 1 errors, 2 men left on base

 

              1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9    R  H E
CUBS          0 0 0 1 0            1  7 1 
Arizona       0 1 3 0 1            5 10 0 

 

Home runs: Arizona: Tracy (5)

 

pitcher     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Maddux     5.0 10  5  5  0  5  1  85 

[oldstyle81]

Pitching isn't that big of a problem.

 

You aren't going to win too many games when you only score one run a game.

 

you arent going to win many games giving up 5+ runs a game either

[cheapseats]

if it makes anyone feel better, the guy the cubs traded for freddy bynum -- he of the sub-.600 OPS -- threw 8 1/3 innings of one run ball in arlington.

 

Who did we trade for him?

 

Koronka

 

doh. that's right. I really don't care. Koronka's not going to be good anywhere.

 

Then again, we could have gotten someone better than bynum for him.

 

I agree. He could have been packaged with some other arms. Just because we don't need 10 SP doesn't mean we should just give them away.