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

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Prediction:

 

Murton walks, Neifi GIDP.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Murton flied out to left field, Ramirez scored

[E.J.]

Crap. Murton smoked that, but a nice play by the LF. Still a sac fly though.

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Murton flied out to left field, Ramirez scored

 

Nice play by Borchard, but Ramirez scores.

[Big Fergie J]

If we can hold this lead maybe a monsoon will hit Miami after the 5th inning.

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Neifi gets brushed back off the plate and promptly adjusts himself.

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE FOURTH INNING

 

Walker singled to right field

Barrett singled to right field, Walker to second

Jones flied out to left center field, runners holding

Ramirez tripled to the right field corner, Walker & Barrett scored

Murton flied out to left field, Ramirez scored

Perez grounded out to first, 3-1

 

3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base

 

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

[E.J.]

Neifi would be a good lead-off hitter for a women's fast-pitch softball team. He can slap it with the best of them.

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 4-4 when they hit a sacrifice fly.... 14-23 when they don't

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[mul21]

Neifi would be a good lead-off hitter for a women's fast-pitch softball team. He can slap it with the best of them.

 

No, that would be Pierre, he even throws the ball like a, ok, no I won't do that, a four year old.

[cjbucks]

Pat Hughes says " and the Cubs settle for 3" - it would be better said " the cubs are astounded that they could get 3".

[Balsa]

Neifi is just terrible. That's all there is to it. He swings even worse than Pierre and he swings at pitches that would take off someone's foot.

[Banedon]

I'm just amazed how deep rock bottom is. We just keep on sinking...

 

I posted this at the end of yesterdays game thread, but here it is again.

 

If we lose today, we'll be 18-28. The exact same record as 2002 on the same date. Don Baylor was fired on July 5th, 2002.

 

Quote from 2002:

"We're terribly disappointed in our season. It was unexpected. We have to hire the right manager and make improvements personnel-wise." - Cubs General Manager Jim Hendry

 

What's the difference between Baker and Baylor?

Edited May 24, 2006 by Banedon

[Fred Hornkohl]

Cabrera walked

[Master Shake]

Perhaps we win today? :shock: :shock:

 

Nah. We'll blow it in the 9th, like we usually do. At least then Maddog will be off the hook.

[beersoakedivy]

Neifi is just terrible. That's all there is to it. He swings even worse than Pierre and he swings at pitches that would take off someone's foot.

 

The CUBS paid him 5 million over two years...remember he saved us last year.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Borchard flied out to center field

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Cabrera walked

 

Don't worry. He has no speed.

 

As Hawk Harrelson would say, getting on base isn't important. It's what you do when you get on base that's important.

 

Therefore:

 

Pierre > Cabrera

[mul21]

I'm just amazed how deep rock bottom is. We just keep on sinking...

 

I posted this at the end of yesterdays game thread, but here it is again.

 

If we lose today, we'll be 18-28. The exact same record as 2002 on the same date. Don Baylor was fired on July 5th, 2002.

 

Quote from 2002:

"We're terribly disappointed in our season. It was unexpected. We have to hire the right manager and make improvements personnel-wise." - Cubs General Manager Jim Hendry

 

What's the difference between Baker and Baylor?

 

Wow. Just wow. Amazing how history repeats itself. Well, maybe not in Hendry's eyes.

[Master Shake]

 

What's the difference between Baker and Baylor?

 

Baker has 2 vowels, and in Baylor, the Y could be considered a vowel?

[E.J.]

I'm just amazed how deep rock bottom is. We just keep on sinking...

 

I posted this at the end of yesterdays game thread, but here it is again.

 

If we lose today, we'll be 18-28. The exact same record as 2002 on the same date. Don Baylor was fired on July 5th, 2002.

 

Quote from 2002:

"We're terribly disappointed in our season. It was unexpected. We have to hire the right manager and make improvements personnel-wise." - Cubs General Manager Jim Hendry

 

Quote from 2006 from one of Bruce's articles:

 

“Under the circumstances we’re in and with the people out there, I think it’s unfair to be critical of the manager over what’s happened the last couple weeks, Hendry said. “Dusty and (my) conversations, obviously, should remain private. And he understands that the process, how I’m going to do it, and he doesn’t have an issue with it. If he doesn’t have an issue with it now, I don’t see why anybody else would.

 

“When you’ve gotten beat the way we have the last couple weeks, I don’t think it’s something (where) you want to lump all the blame on the manager.”

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What's the difference between Baker and Baylor?

 

One of them beat cancer?

[Fred Hornkohl]

Hermida flied out to left center field

[Master Shake]

Thinking of which, what IS Baylor doing these days?

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Thinking of which, what IS Baylor doing these days?

 

Laughing at the Cubs.