5-6 Cubs (Marshall) @ Padres (Peavy) 9:05 CT WGN TV

[fallingpieces]

Can I puullleeassseee swear?

[stitchface]

ramirez grounds out when the padres are trying to walk him.

[ToupeeOnFire]

Hilarious...and sad, but 'oh so hilariously sad.

 

Cubs suck.

[JGalt73]

Why do we even have leadoff hitters?

[cheapseats]

 

actually, it does. of course, you still have to get a hit.

 

Do you have numbers for that?

 

BP did a study that showed pretty conclusively that the only good times to sac bunt when playing for one run are 1) when there are no outs and a runner on second and 2) when the pitcher (or someone who hits just as poorly as a pitcher - Neifi Perez for example) is batting.

[stitchface]

Captain Konerko? :lol:

[Transmogrified Tiger]

PS- .367/.409/.533/.942

 

Walker v. RHP this year

[killthegoat06]

Hey if it wasn't for ARAM the scoreless inning streak would be in the 30's.

[RonnieWooWooSanto]

Jones moved to cleanup and gets goes 0-5 including Golden Sombrero

 

Ramirez moved to fifth and gets a homer tonight.

 

Interesting the way that works out.

Edited May 7, 2006 by RonnieWooWooSanto

[fallingpieces]

I wish I could do that with spaghetti. Plus I wouldn't let my teenage daughter(never having kids, happily married) go out with a dude before inspecting his car. Plus with my hours of life, she would never be able to sneak in.

[Laura]

JJ actually looks like he has a clue, not.

 

I wonder if anyone has told him he is opening his front side way to early.

 

I haven't heard a lot about Cubs coaching affecting any player's hitting.

 

Jon posted this in yesterday's game thread, though:

 

This will make someone on the board happy:

Cubs.com[/url]"]The reason for his resurgence? Zambrano has found a better, higher arm slot. He sat down with Rothschild and looked at video from a start last July against St. Louis' Chris Carpenter and discovered the difference.

 

"There was a big difference with my body," he said. "My outing against [Milwaukee], I was throwing with my arm only and wasn't using my body. When I'm using my legs and my body, everything's different because I can drive the ball where I want."

 

Rothschild lives!

[CubfaninCA]

Bunting with Walker to set up Jones is a thought process so far beyond deranged it makes my head spin.

 

yep, don't want to set up a guy w/ a .934 ops vs. righties. i

[oldstyle81]

go figure

[stitchface]

 

actually, it does. of course, you still have to get a hit.

 

Do you have numbers for that?

 

BP did a study that showed pretty conclusively that the only good times to sac bunt when playing for one run are 1) when there are no outs and a runner on second and 2) when the pitcher (or someone who hits just as poorly as a pitcher - Neifi Perez for example) is batting.

 

Same study shows that bunting a runner to second with not outs increases your chances to score one run slightly. You generally don't want to do it because it significantly decreses your chances to score more than one.

[Flames24Rulz]

this team SUCKS.

[abuck1220]

i've missed the last half of the game. do my eyes deceive me or have the cubs been 0-3 the last three innings w/ the 'get the leadoff guy on and then bunt him over strategy'? i mean, seriously, how many times does it have to NOT work before you quit trying it?????? unreal!!!!!!!

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Why not?

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Predictable. Bah.

[ToupeeOnFire]

Of course, how much more can they not suck?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Bunting with Walker to set up Jones is a thought process so far beyond deranged it makes my head spin.

 

yep, don't want to set up a guy w/ a .934 ops vs. righties. i

 

By bunting with a guy who hits just as well against RHP, and isn't having a terrible game/season/worse career.

[JGalt73]

SD broadcasters called that one...

[fallingpieces]

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

[wastra]

This team has got worse every year for the past 3 now.

 

I cannot understand for the life of me how most of our management is still employed.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I hope Dempster made what's left of the bullpen laugh really hard while he was out there.

[OleMissCub]

you gotta be shi**in me.