6/17 Detroit Tigers (Verlander) @ Cobs (MARMOL!) 4:05 PM CSN

[Fred Hornkohl]

Rodney in to pitch for Detroit

[Balsa]

Over/under on pitches this inning: 13.

 

Under.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Jones singled to right field

[ToupeeOnFire]

Len "Cubs get a break". .. .

 

Um. . . does it 7#<#*% matter?

This is why I am really starting to hate the TV broadcasters.

 

I know they are trying to ingratiate themselves with Cub fans, but you are not going to win them over by being all rah-rah when the team is playing atrociously. Or maybe they are just worried about keeping their jobs, which is a sad commentary on the people that run this team.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Mabry flied out to shallow left field

[Fred Hornkohl]

Cedeno struck out swinging

[Balsa]

Holy crap, Len is taking Hendry's "low RISP" argument to the trash can!!!

[Fred Hornkohl]

Jones took second base on a wild pitch

[YearofDaCubs]

Len "Cubs get a break". .. .

 

Um. . . does it 7#<#*% matter?

This is why I am really starting to hate the TV broadcasters.

 

I know they are trying to ingratiate themselves with Cub fans, but you are not going to win them over by being all rah-rah when the team is playing atrociously. Or maybe they are just worried about keeping their jobs, which is a sad commentary on the people that run this team.

I'm not goign to lie, I am getting sick of Len and Bob cherry coating everything they say. What, are we idiots? This is a terrible team playing terrible baseball.

[ToupeeOnFire]

Holy crap, Len is taking Hendry's "low RISP" argument to the trash can!!!

What's he saying?

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING

 

Rodney in to pitch for Detroit

Jones singled to right field

Mabry flied out to shallow left field

Cedeno struck out swinging

Jones took second base on a wild pitch

Blanco struck out swinging

 

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

 

              1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9    R  H E
Detroit       3 0 1 0 0 0 0 3      7 11 0 
CUBS          0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0      1 10 0 

 

Home runs: Detroit: Guillen (8 )

[Fred Hornkohl]

Aardsma in to pitch for the CUBS

 

04/03 - 06/16        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Aardsma            13.7   13   11   10   12   10    4   309  7.90  6.59  2.63  1.83  6.59

 

 

Edit: Nevermind.... he left Eyre in !!

Edited June 17, 2006 by Fred Hornkohl

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 0-13 when they trail by 6 or more runs at the end of 8 innings.

 

Go CUBS !!

[Balsa]

Holy crap, Len is taking Hendry's "low RISP" argument to the trash can!!!

What's he saying?

 

To paraphrase:

 

*When looking at numbers, even with low RISP, if you get enough runners on base, you can drive them in

 

*Cubs need to more patient and work counts

 

*If the Cubs improve OBP, they will score more runs, you can be good at RISP but bad at OBP and not score many runs

 

But then Brenly came back and played devil's advocate.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Granderson popped out to shallow right field

[Fred Hornkohl]

Now Aardsma is coming in.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Polanco grounded an IF single to third base

[ToupeeOnFire]

Holy crap, Len is taking Hendry's "low RISP" argument to the trash can!!!

What's he saying?

But then Brenly came back and played devil's advocate.

....and some people want him to be the new Cub manager. He is far too Dustyish for my liking.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Rodriguez flied out to right field, Polanco holding second

[Fred Hornkohl]

Ordonez doubled to right center field, Polanco scored

[Fred Hornkohl]

Guillen doubled (ground rule) to the left field corner, Ordonez scored

[ToupeeOnFire]

Is this yet another new low?

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING

 

Granderson popped out to shallow right field

Aardsma in to pitch for the CUBS

Polanco grounded an IF single to third base

Rodriguez flied out to right field, Polanco holding second

Ordonez doubled to right center field, Polanco scored

Guillen doubled (ground rule) to the left field corner, Ordonez scored

Rodney grounded out to the pitcher, 1-3

 

2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base

 

              1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9    R  H E
Detroit       3 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2    9 14 0 
CUBS          0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0      1 10 0 

 

Home runs: Detroit: Guillen (8 )

 

pitcher     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Marmol     6.0  7  4  4  2  4  1  86 
Ohman      1.0  0  0  0  0  1  0  13 
Howry      0.7  4  3  3  0  2  0  18 
Eyre       0.7  0  0  0  0  1  0  08 
Aardsma    0.7  3  2  2  0  0  0  23 

[Balsa]

Holy crap, Len is taking Hendry's "low RISP" argument to the trash can!!!

What's he saying?

But then Brenly came back and played devil's advocate.

....and some people want him to be the new Cub manager. He is far too Dustyish for my liking.

I'm not sure I agree. He may have just been playing devil's advocate, as they often do on baseball talk shows.

[Balsa]

Is this yet another new low?

At a certain point once I've realized we've lost a game (sixth inning today), I almost happy to be getting blown out like this. Certainly makes a bad case for keeping the coaches (sans Spiers) around.