5/24: Cubs (Maddux) @ Marlins (Moehler) - 12:05 p.m. CT- WGN

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Fish 47 - Cubs 1

[Sammy Sofa]

On an upside, I usually try and time my workout for the day when baseball is on, and if it's the Cubs, it ends my making me work that much harder out of sheer fury. At this rate, I'll be in the best shape of my life by the ASB!

[ManCrushOnNomar]

Go away Cubs, just go away.

 

I am SOlucky that the World Cup is on this summer, otherwise I'd be having a very boring and depressing sports summer.

Watching soccer might be the only thing more boring than watching this Cubs team.

[Master Shake]

Prediction:

 

Cubs lead 205 - 0 until the 9th, when they blow the lead.

[C.C.]

I'm calling out a win today dammit! Cubs win this game 5-1. Then get swept by the Braves this weekend...

[gflore34]

The relevant question is how many walks will the Cubs issue and draw today?

 

Maddux is going today so, I'm going with the Cubs issuing 6 walks today. Maddux 1 over 6+ and the bullpen 5 in 2+.

 

As for drawing walks - 2, 1 for Walker and 1 for Murton.

[IWU_CUBS_FAN]

i think the cubs will win today 10-9 in the hits category that is...as for runs it will be 9-0 fish cuz they will hit 9 solo homeruns to our 10 singles (which will all occurr after the score is 9-0)

[UMFan83]

Go away Cubs, just go away.

 

I am SOlucky that the World Cup is on this summer, otherwise I'd be having a very boring and depressing sports summer.

Watching soccer might be the only thing more boring than watching this Cubs team.

 

False. I'm sure you know this, but as the average ignorant European what they think about baseball and they will tell you it is eleventy billion times more boring then soccer (football)

[Derwood]

I recently witnessed a Clines hitting session. It went something like this:

 

CLINES: Okay Matt, we need you to be agressive out there. I know you like taking pitches, but that only gets the pitcher's confidence up. So let's try this again.

 

MURTON:

 

CLINES: C'mon now! Why didn't you swing at that?

 

MURTON: It was 2 feet out of the zone

 

CLINES: Zone, Shmone. If you can reach it by stepping across the plate and diving, it's in the zone cracker! Not let's try this again.

 

CLINES:

 

MURTON:

 

CLINES: Gawd almighty! You some kinda ginger kid? Swing at that!

 

MURTON: You almost earholed me!

 

CLINES: You need to change your panties now? Pull that bat back and tomahawk that ball!

 

CLINES:

 

MURTON:

 

CLINES: That's my boy!

[gflore34]

Don't know if it'll get a look but, I just Emailed the Cubs:

 

To Jim Hendry and the whole of Cubs management:

 

Your refusal to acknowledge and address the dual problems of low OBP and high issuance of BB is beyond Baseball stupid.

 

 

I'm certain many of us have attempted the same perhaps, a steady stream of such will finally get through to Hendry and Company...

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Bullpen Rest  Dempster   Eyre      Williamson   Howry   Ohman     Novoa      Wuertz      
May 23       .2IP/18p  1.1IP/22p   .2IP/16p    .2IP/9p  .1IP/9p    DNP        DNP 

May 22         DNP       DNP        1IP/12p     DNP    1IP/13p   1.2IP/28p   1IP/46p

May 21        1IP/12p  .1IP/13p      DNP       .2IP/8p   DNP       DNP        DNP

May 20        1IP/13p    DNP        .2IP/5p     DNP    .2IP/11p  1.2IP/30p    DNP

May 19         DNP       DNP         DNP        DNP      DNP       DNP      1.2IP/25p(AAA)

May 18         DNP      1IP/22p      DNP       1IP/9p   1IP/21p  1IP/20p      DNP

[gerby23]

The good news is with a day game, I don't have to have my hopes up all day, I can get on with my day after about 1:30 when it is 6-0. Either that or I will be really drunk by then, not too sure.

p.s. God Bless the World Cup!

[gerby23]

Lineups:

1. J Pierre, CF

2. R Cedeno, SS

3. T Walker, 1B

4. M Barrett, C

5. J Jones, RF

6. A Ramirez, 3B

7. M Murton, LF

8. N Perez, 2B

9. G Maddux, P

 

1. H Ramirez, SS

2. D Uggla, 2B

3. M Jacobs, 1B

4. M Cabrera, 3B

5. J Borchard, LF

6. J Hermida, RF

7. R Abercrombie, CF

8. M Olivo, C

9. B Moehler, P

[Balsa]

Don't know if it'll get a look but, I just Emailed the Cubs:

 

To Jim Hendry and the whole of Cubs management:

 

Your refusal to acknowledge and address the dual problems of low OBP and high issuance of BB is beyond Baseball stupid.

 

 

I'm certain many of us have attempted the same perhaps, a steady stream of such will finally get through to Hendry and Company...

 

I can't wait until they hold the press conference on it.

[Big Fergie J]

Ahhhhhh...good to see Neifi in the ol' 8 hole.

 

I think Maddux deals a good game....7 solid innings but to no avail.

 

Fish 4 Cubs 1.

 

End of story.

[Master Shake]

Don't know if it'll get a look but, I just Emailed the Cubs:

 

To Jim Hendry and the whole of Cubs management:

 

Your refusal to acknowledge and address the dual problems of low OBP and high issuance of BB is beyond Baseball stupid.

 

 

I'm certain many of us have attempted the same perhaps, a steady stream of such will finally get through to Hendry and Company...

 

What's the address?

[gerby23]

slow thread day. maybe if i just post and respond to myself...nope the Cubs will still lose.

[gflore34]

Don't know if it'll get a look but, I just Emailed the Cubs:

 

To Jim Hendry and the whole of Cubs management:

 

Your refusal to acknowledge and address the dual problems of low OBP and high issuance of BB is beyond Baseball stupid.

 

 

I'm certain many of us have attempted the same perhaps, a steady stream of such will finally get through to Hendry and Company...

 

What's the address?

 

Went to the official Cubs site, used the Help/Contact Us link to navigate to a Help page, clicked Other. Saw an About the Game-Baseball Basics link-maybe Dusty could use Carlos' laptop during the game to study this page.

[UMFan83]

"Dude Neifi can't get rusty, gotta make sure he gets in there."

[Fred Hornkohl]

"Dude Neifi can't get rusty, gotta make sure he gets in there."

 

Come on.... Perez has started 1 out the last 8 games. Aren't you kind of stretching a point here ?

[goonys evil twin]

"Dude Neifi can't get rusty, gotta make sure he gets in there."

 

Come on.... Perez has started 1 out the last 8 games. Aren't you kind of stretching a point here ?

 

Perez has multiple at bats in 7 of the last 9 games. That's far too many.

[BRASKYS SCOTCH]

I'm thinking about going to get lunch but am well aware of the risk of eating and then listening to Cubs baseball on gameday audio at work. Nothing's worse than being known as the "puking guy" at work.

[woodchip2153]

I'm thinking about going to get lunch but am well aware of the risk of eating and then listening to Cubs baseball on gameday audio at work. Nothing's worse than being known as the "puking guy" at work.

 

crap, I didn't think of this. I should have read your post before I ate. :twisted:

[coldsteel]

this time for sure.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Pierre walked :shock: