5/16 Nationals (Hernandez) @ Cubs (Zambrano) 7:05 PM WCIU

[E.J.]

Hairston trying to break the record for most ball hit off your shin in one at-bat.

[soccer10k]

good call dusty. thankfully williamson didn't get in there to blow this...

now the $27 million arms are ready for the next 2.

 

please save this dempster.

 

maybe you need to heed your own advice and not be pessimistic, eh?

 

all star pitcher vs. 4th man in the pen. hmmmm

 

Williamson has a 3.71 ERA. The 4th man in our pen this year is FAR better than the 4th man in the pen in years past. You can't make that comparison.

[ToupeeOnFire]

would be great to get a win.

Fixed.

[brinoch]

good call dusty. thankfully williamson didn't get in there to blow this...

now the $27 million arms are ready for the next 2.

 

please save this dempster.

 

maybe you need to heed your own advice and not be pessimistic, eh?

 

all star pitcher vs. 4th man in the pen. hmmmm

 

Riii-iiight. After more than 100 pitches? Give me the 'pen please.

[JC]

Hairston trying to break the record for most ball hit off your shin in one at-bat.

 

Is it that "I"ll pull it or die" swing of his?

[Omar]

Good AB by Hairston.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Hairston, pinch hitting for Zambrano, singled to left field, Mabry to second

[sunnydoo]

The Jerr-O-Meter now reads .279

[brinoch]

Are you kidding me??? Z has thrown 105 pitches, and we didn't even have anyone warming up? I've tried to give Dusty the benefit of the doubt for quite some time, but this guy is proving to be a moron...

One thing I've noticed about Baker. He'll never preemptively have the bullpen warming up in these situations. He always waits until the first sign of trouble and usually doesn't pull the pitcher until it's too late. Baker is reactive rather than proactive.

 

perhaps it's a show of confidence in z??? the guy's quite proven. no need to be pessimistic.

 

You know Z is at 100 pitches. You know you have one of the best bullpens in the league. It is inexcusable to not have somebody warming up just in case. It's not pessimism. It's called being prepared.

 

it's called ticking an all star pitcher off.

 

It's called winning games.

[CubinNY]

Are you kidding me??? Z has thrown 105 pitches, and we didn't even have anyone warming up? I've tried to give Dusty the benefit of the doubt for quite some time, but this guy is proving to be a moron...

One thing I've noticed about Baker. He'll never preemptively have the bullpen warming up in these situations. He always waits until the first sign of trouble and usually doesn't pull the pitcher until it's too late. Baker is reactive rather than proactive.

 

perhaps it's a show of confidence in z??? the guy's quite proven. no need to be pessimistic.

 

Z looked terrible, and he was clearly tired. The Cubs, and Zambrano, got very lucky there. And who cares about showing confidence in him? The Cubs need to win, not make Zambrano feel better by having no one up in the 'pen.

 

That's plain old bad managing. Not replacing Z was a mistake, and it was then compounded by leaving him in there for 20 pitches.

 

I wonder if Rothschild says anyting to Dusty.

 

Larry: Hey, Skip Z looks a little gassed.

Dusty: You think?

Larry: Well, he walked the first guy and the next two tatooed the ball

Dusty: Really, I wasn't paying attention. I guess I should get someone up in the pen.

[CubfaninCA]

Are you kidding me??? Z has thrown 105 pitches, and we didn't even have anyone warming up? I've tried to give Dusty the benefit of the doubt for quite some time, but this guy is proving to be a moron...

One thing I've noticed about Baker. He'll never preemptively have the bullpen warming up in these situations. He always waits until the first sign of trouble and usually doesn't pull the pitcher until it's too late. Baker is reactive rather than proactive.

 

perhaps it's a show of confidence in z??? the guy's quite proven. no need to be pessimistic.

 

Z looked terrible, and he was clearly tired. The Cubs, and Zambrano, got very lucky there. And who cares about showing confidence in him? The Cubs need to win, not make Zambrano feel better by having no one up in the 'pen.

 

That's plain old bad managing. Not replacing Z was a mistake, and it was then compounded by leaving him in there for 20 pitches.

 

amazing. washington gets zero runs and it's a mistake.

 

i give up.

[Banedon]

Are you kidding me??? Z has thrown 105 pitches, and we didn't even have anyone warming up? I've tried to give Dusty the benefit of the doubt for quite some time, but this guy is proving to be a moron...

One thing I've noticed about Baker. He'll never preemptively have the bullpen warming up in these situations. He always waits until the first sign of trouble and usually doesn't pull the pitcher until it's too late. Baker is reactive rather than proactive.

 

perhaps it's a show of confidence in z??? the guy's quite proven. no need to be pessimistic.

 

You know Z is at 100 pitches. You know you have one of the best bullpens in the league. It is inexcusable to not have somebody warming up just in case. It's not pessimism. It's called being prepared.

 

it's called ticking an all star pitcher off.

 

It's called winning games.

 

Hey...doubts about the management skills of the guy that has led us to 2 wins in the last 16 games are not allowed!

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING

 

Eischen in to pitch for Washington

Jones flied out to deep right field

Mabry walked

Cedeno struck out swinging

Hairston, pinch hitting for Zambrano, singled to left field, Mabry to second

Pierre flied out to left field

 

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

 

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

[erik316wttn]

Are you kidding me??? Z has thrown 105 pitches, and we didn't even have anyone warming up? I've tried to give Dusty the benefit of the doubt for quite some time, but this guy is proving to be a moron...

One thing I've noticed about Baker. He'll never preemptively have the bullpen warming up in these situations. He always waits until the first sign of trouble and usually doesn't pull the pitcher until it's too late. Baker is reactive rather than proactive.

 

perhaps it's a show of confidence in z??? the guy's quite proven. no need to be pessimistic.

 

You know Z is at 100 pitches. You know you have one of the best bullpens in the league. It is inexcusable to not have somebody warming up just in case. It's not pessimism. It's called being prepared.

 

it's called ticking an all star pitcher off.

 

It's called winning games.

 

It's called needlessly abusing your best pitcher.

[sunnydoo]

That kid the Phiting Phils replace Rowand with is unstoppable.

 

.413 in 46 ABs and just tripled

[Banedon]

i give up.

 

I doubt it.

[minnesotacubsfan]

Are you kidding me??? Z has thrown 105 pitches, and we didn't even have anyone warming up? I've tried to give Dusty the benefit of the doubt for quite some time, but this guy is proving to be a moron...

One thing I've noticed about Baker. He'll never preemptively have the bullpen warming up in these situations. He always waits until the first sign of trouble and usually doesn't pull the pitcher until it's too late. Baker is reactive rather than proactive.

 

perhaps it's a show of confidence in z??? the guy's quite proven. no need to be pessimistic.

 

You know Z is at 100 pitches. You know you have one of the best bullpens in the league. It is inexcusable to not have somebody warming up just in case. It's not pessimism. It's called being prepared.

 

it's called ticking an all star pitcher off.

 

It's called winning games.

 

 

hey..no fighting in here..READ THE GUIDLINES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

:P

[brinoch]

Are you kidding me??? Z has thrown 105 pitches, and we didn't even have anyone warming up? I've tried to give Dusty the benefit of the doubt for quite some time, but this guy is proving to be a moron...

One thing I've noticed about Baker. He'll never preemptively have the bullpen warming up in these situations. He always waits until the first sign of trouble and usually doesn't pull the pitcher until it's too late. Baker is reactive rather than proactive.

 

perhaps it's a show of confidence in z??? the guy's quite proven. no need to be pessimistic.

 

Z looked terrible, and he was clearly tired. The Cubs, and Zambrano, got very lucky there. And who cares about showing confidence in him? The Cubs need to win, not make Zambrano feel better by having no one up in the 'pen.

 

That's plain old bad managing. Not replacing Z was a mistake, and it was then compounded by leaving him in there for 20 pitches.

 

amazing. washington gets zero runs and it's a mistake.

 

i give up.

 

Cool. Glad to see you giving up on ridiculous contrarian positions.

[soccer10k]

Are you kidding me??? Z has thrown 105 pitches, and we didn't even have anyone warming up? I've tried to give Dusty the benefit of the doubt for quite some time, but this guy is proving to be a moron...

One thing I've noticed about Baker. He'll never preemptively have the bullpen warming up in these situations. He always waits until the first sign of trouble and usually doesn't pull the pitcher until it's too late. Baker is reactive rather than proactive.

 

perhaps it's a show of confidence in z??? the guy's quite proven. no need to be pessimistic.

 

Z looked terrible, and he was clearly tired. The Cubs, and Zambrano, got very lucky there. And who cares about showing confidence in him? The Cubs need to win, not make Zambrano feel better by having no one up in the 'pen.

 

That's plain old bad managing. Not replacing Z was a mistake, and it was then compounded by leaving him in there for 20 pitches.

 

I wonder if Rothschild says anyting to Dusty.

 

Larry: Hey, Skip Z looks a little gassed.

Dusty: You think?

Larry: Well, he walked the first guy and the next two tatooed the ball

Dusty: Really, I wasn't paying attention. I guess I should get someone up in the pen.

 

Dusty: Ok let's bring a reliever in.

Larry: You don't have anyone warming up.

Dusty:

Larry: Would you like me to have Howry and Eyre warm up?

Dusty: Whatever, I'm getting another toothpick.

[ToupeeOnFire]

Are you kidding me??? Z has thrown 105 pitches, and we didn't even have anyone warming up? I've tried to give Dusty the benefit of the doubt for quite some time, but this guy is proving to be a moron...

One thing I've noticed about Baker. He'll never preemptively have the bullpen warming up in these situations. He always waits until the first sign of trouble and usually doesn't pull the pitcher until it's too late. Baker is reactive rather than proactive.

 

perhaps it's a show of confidence in z??? the guy's quite proven. no need to be pessimistic.

 

Z looked terrible, and he was clearly tired. The Cubs, and Zambrano, got very lucky there. And who cares about showing confidence in him? The Cubs need to win, not make Zambrano feel better by having no one up in the 'pen.

 

That's plain old bad managing. Not replacing Z was a mistake, and it was then compounded by leaving him in there for 20 pitches.

 

amazing. washington gets zero runs and it's a mistake.

 

i give up.

Bad managing is bad managing. Just because it worked (but not without having Z toil for 120 pitches), doesn't it make it less so.

[JonnyRed]

Are you kidding me??? Z has thrown 105 pitches, and we didn't even have anyone warming up? I've tried to give Dusty the benefit of the doubt for quite some time, but this guy is proving to be a moron...

One thing I've noticed about Baker. He'll never preemptively have the bullpen warming up in these situations. He always waits until the first sign of trouble and usually doesn't pull the pitcher until it's too late. Baker is reactive rather than proactive.

 

That strategy didn't work too well in 03 when a certain moron reached out to catch a foul ball.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Dempster in to pitch for the CUBS

[Balsa]

Dangit, I think Len was reading these threads....they've started turning off the mics in between innings.

 

Now we can't hear about Brenly's weekend or Kasper's favorite band.

[Banedon]

Peter Gammons: The Cubs are a disgrace.

[CubinNY]

How could Zambrano possible get upset. He walked the first guy and had thrown over 100 pitches and he is trying to protect a lead.

 

Your logic is so bad it isn't even wrong. In fact it is beyond absurd and into sublime.