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Can there ever just be a 1-2-3 ninth for a Cubs win?

 

JoBo once set down Pujols-Edmonds-Rolen in order in the 9th when his stuff was in the tank.

 

That was an awesome moment.

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TOP OF THE NINTH INNING

 

Dye singled to left field

Pierzynski popped out (foul) to first base

Gload, pinch hitting for Politte, singled to left field, Dye to second

Mackowiak singled to left field, Dye to third, Gload to second

Uribe flied out to right field, Dye scored, Gload to third, Mackowiak holding first

Crede grounded into a FC, 4-6, Mackowiak out at second

 

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

 

              1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9     R  H E
white sox     2 0 0 3 0 0 2 3 1    11 14 2 
CUBS          7 0 0 0 4 0 2 2 x    15 20 0

 

CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !!

 

W: Zambrano (7-3)

S: Howry (2)

L: Buehrle (9-5)

 

T: 2:53

A: 40,919

 

Home runs: CUBS: Barrett (9), Zambrano (3), Perez (2), Pagan (1 & 2)

white sox: Uribe (10), Thome (27), Crede (16), Iguchi (9)

 

pitcher     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Zambrano   6.0  7  7  7  3  6  2 112 
Novoa      1.0  1  0  0  0  1  0  13 
Williamson 0.3  2  2  2  0  1  1  07 
Eyre       0.3  1  1  1  0  1  0  07 
Howry      1.3  3  1  1  0  0  0  25

Edited by Fred Hornkohl
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That's not going to endear him to Baker...

 

I was just listening to Sox radio (670) and Farmer commented on Williamson's comments today (intimating that Baker was playing favorites). Right before the homerun Farmer said, player should stay out of the manager's head and go out and play). I have to agree...

 

If a player is willing to go out and say those things, the manager has more problems that a player getting in his head.

 

I think it says a lot about the player (and it isn't positive). IIRC, it was Williamson who fueled the rumor that the Cubs might try to trade him at the beginning of the season because he said he still wanted to close. I didn't think that was appropriate (just like today's comments). The guy has the ability to be a great pitcher but with his injury past and propensity for wildness he should just shut up...

 

I agree with you on one level that players should play and not call out thier manager in public. However he isnt the onlyone and since it is more than him Baker has big problems in that clubhouse that arent going to be fixed if he stays.

 

I'm sure there are some problems in the clubhouse right now but considering Williamson's comments at the beginning of the year (when the team was playing well) I think he's the type of guy with the potential to be a cancer. Why say the manager's playing favorites? It really disses both the manager and teammates. Also, why publically say you still want to close when you (should) know your role in the bullpen. The Cubs did him a favor by taking a chance on a guy coming off an injury. He should be using this opportunity to showcase his stuff instead of causing controversy.

 

I dont agree completely. I want a guy to be so competitive that he wants to get back to closing. He said he told the Cubs that and thier answer was not what he had hoped. With all the rumors of problems and players speaking out over the last few weeks dropping things between the lines, I still say Baker has more problems than Williamson and Walker talking to the press about it.

 

I don't think he should say it, no matter how competitive he is, because the team has a closer. Like I said, the Cubs picked him up off the scrap heap so allowing him to close wasn't on the agenda (especially with Dempster doing such a great job last year and in the early going this year). Also, Williamson hasn't exactly inspired confidence when he's pitched both because of his wildness and ability to get injured. Who knows if his arm can standup to pitching 4-5 times a week? I don't think he has much room to talk.

 

It's also a cheap shot to start yapping about closing considering Dempster's recent struggles. It certainly doesn't symbolize support of a teammate (not to mention Howry and Eyre whom I'm sure he was also referring to in his "favorites" comment).

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That's not going to endear him to Baker...

 

I was just listening to Sox radio (670) and Farmer commented on Williamson's comments today (intimating that Baker was playing favorites). Right before the homerun Farmer said, player should stay out of the manager's head and go out and play). I have to agree...

 

If a player is willing to go out and say those things, the manager has more problems that a player getting in his head.

 

I think it says a lot about the player (and it isn't positive). IIRC, it was Williamson who fueled the rumor that the Cubs might try to trade him at the beginning of the season because he said he still wanted to close. I didn't think that was appropriate (just like today's comments). The guy has the ability to be a great pitcher but with his injury past and propensity for wildness he should just shut up...

 

I agree with you on one level that players should play and not call out thier manager in public. However he isnt the onlyone and since it is more than him Baker has big problems in that clubhouse that arent going to be fixed if he stays.

 

I'm sure there are some problems in the clubhouse right now but considering Williamson's comments at the beginning of the year (when the team was playing well) I think he's the type of guy with the potential to be a cancer. Why say the manager's playing favorites? It really disses both the manager and teammates. Also, why publically say you still want to close when you (should) know your role in the bullpen. The Cubs did him a favor by taking a chance on a guy coming off an injury. He should be using this opportunity to showcase his stuff instead of causing controversy.

 

I dont agree completely. I want a guy to be so competitive that he wants to get back to closing. He said he told the Cubs that and thier answer was not what he had hoped. With all the rumors of problems and players speaking out over the last few weeks dropping things between the lines, I still say Baker has more problems than Williamson and Walker talking to the press about it.

 

I don't think he should say it, no matter how competitive he is, because the team has a closer. Like I said, the Cubs picked him up off the scrap heap so allowing him to close wasn't on the agenda (especially with Dempster doing such a great job last year and in the early going this year). Also, Williamson hasn't exactly inspired confidence when he's pitched both because of his wildness and ability to get injured. Who knows if his arm can standup to pitching 4-5 times a week? I don't think he has much room to talk.

 

It's also a cheap shot to start yapping about closing considering Dempster's recent struggles. It certainly doesn't symbolize support of a teammate (not to mention Howry and Eyre whom I'm sure he was also referring to in his "favorites" comment).

 

Actually I hope every pitcher in that pen wants to close. I hope they all believe themselves such bada$$es that they can do it. It isnt disrespectful at all to say it. It is bad form to do it publicly. However doing it publicly shows that w/o a doubt Dusty has lost this team. The other stuff he is saying is common knowledge and further examples of the train wreck the Cubs have become.

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In the press conference following the game, Baker states how good it feels to have DLee and Angel back in the line up.

 

:shock:

 

Angel in the same sentence as DLee. C'mon the guy was poicked up off waivers. He not Roberto Clemente.

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Zambrano on the post game show is saying that he told Baker his knee was bugging him, and Dusty told him to go one more inning(the 7th, which he started with over 100 pitches).

 

I just went from indifferent/kinda happy about this game to royally pissed.

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:lol: on Comcast some Cubs person told the media that Zambrano was the Cubs All-Star, but that it was embargoed by MLB untill after the All-Star selection show... so they go back to the studio and the guy said "...looks like we let the cat out of the bag"

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