7/27 Cards (Jeff Weaver) @ Cubs (Hill); 7:05 pm CT; WGN/ESPN

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

My wife is at a Pampered Chef party. The humor of that is I think she's cooked twice in the last three months.

 

Well, maybe it's really a Sexy Sadie party and you're in for a treat!

 

She took my 2-year-old with her, so I doubt it.

[C.C.]

pitching out with a guy having trouble throwing strikes...

 

if he has trouble thowing K's he should'nt be in the bigs

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Wuertz needs to practice catching those throws back from the bullpen camera.

[abuck1220]

A pitchout with a slow running catcher on first and the pitcher trying to sac bunt him over? Umm... what?

 

not a big deal...hill's had pinpoint control tonight.

[baseball7897]

pitching out with a guy having trouble throwing strikes...

 

if he has trouble thowing K's he should'nt be in the bigs

 

Exactly

[CaliforniaRaisin]

pitching out with a guy having trouble throwing strikes...

 

if he has trouble thowing K's he should'nt be in the bigs

 

Then every pitcher should be in the minors, they all have games where they struggle with the strike zone.

[JoshiQ]

Okay, that's just stupid.

[Mizzou]

A pitchout with a slow running catcher on first and the pitcher trying to sac bunt him over? Umm... what?

 

not a big deal...hill's had pinpoint control tonight.

I realize you're being sarcastic, but what does your response have to do with my post??

[InconspicuousZ28]

Eckstein sure made an effort to get out of the way of that pitch, didn't he?

 

I thought the rules say you have to at least make it LOOK like you don't want to get hit....

[Flames24Rulz]

pitching out with a guy having trouble throwing strikes...

 

if he has trouble thowing K's he should'nt be in the bigs

 

Ok, so using that logic, Z should be in the minors seeing as he can be so wildly inconsistant from one game to the next.

[RonnieWooWooSanto]

pitching out with a guy having trouble throwing strikes...

 

if he has trouble thowing K's he should'nt be in the bigs

 

Did you have a better option? Glendon perhaps?

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Eckstein sure made an effort to get out of the way of that pitch, didn't he?

 

I thought the rules say you have to at least make it LOOK like you don't want to get hit....

 

When's that ever called in the big leagues though?

 

The only time I've seen it called was (incorrectly) against UCLA ladies softball against Northwestern.

[C.C.]

pitching out with a guy having trouble throwing strikes...

 

if he has trouble thowing K's he should'nt be in the bigs

 

Ok, so using that logic, Z should be in the minors seeing as he can be so wildly inconsistant from one game to the next.

 

Lets not compare Z to Rich Hill okay?

[Fro]

AAAA Hill!

[abuck1220]

A pitchout with a slow running catcher on first and the pitcher trying to sac bunt him over? Umm... what?

 

not a big deal...hill's had pinpoint control tonight.

I realize you're being sarcastic, but what does your response have to do with my post??

 

i was agreeing with you. it was stupid to pitch out there...for the reasons you mention plus the fact that he hasn't had good command.

 

and hill's probably thrown his last pitch as a cub.

[baseball7897]

pitching out with a guy having trouble throwing strikes...

 

if he has trouble thowing K's he should'nt be in the bigs

 

Then every pitcher should be in the minors, they all have games where they struggle with the strike zone.

 

Yeah, but Hill has not been consistent enough in the strike zone to stay in the big leagues.

[Mizzou]

Oh God.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Dusty with the quick hook. Personally, I'd let the kid stay out there. This game is meaningless. He either gets Pujols to escape the jam or he doesn't.

[C.C.]

A pitchout with a slow running catcher on first and the pitcher trying to sac bunt him over? Umm... what?

 

not a big deal...hill's had pinpoint control tonight.

I realize you're being sarcastic, but what does your response have to do with my post??

 

i was agreeing with you. it was stupid to pitch out there...for the reasons you mention plus the fact that he hasn't had good command.

 

and hill's probably thrown his last pitch as a cub.

 

And there goes any trade value we had...

[RynoRules]

Can somone explain to me why this kid can't get MLers out?

[Flames24Rulz]

pitching out with a guy having trouble throwing strikes...

 

if he has trouble thowing K's he should'nt be in the bigs

 

Then every pitcher should be in the minors, they all have games where they struggle with the strike zone.

 

Yeah, but Hill has not been consistent enough in the strike zone to stay in the big leagues.

 

His minor league stats are so impressive though that you know it is mental. I'm pretty sure the guy can throw strikes, he just needs the confidence that he can go out there and get the job done.

[Laura]

*sigh*

[CaliforniaRaisin]

pitching out with a guy having trouble throwing strikes...

 

if he has trouble thowing K's he should'nt be in the bigs

 

Then every pitcher should be in the minors, they all have games where they struggle with the strike zone.

 

Yeah, but Hill has not been consistent enough in the strike zone to stay in the big leagues.

 

So send him back to the big leagues to drop that sub-2 ERA, sub-1 WHIP, .171 BAA, and increase that 6/1 K/BB ratio? Or how about we let him try to improve his control at the big leagues. I mean, we could always send Rusch back out there.

[C.C.]

pitching out with a guy having trouble throwing strikes...

 

if he has trouble thowing K's he should'nt be in the bigs

 

Then every pitcher should be in the minors, they all have games where they struggle with the strike zone.

 

Yeah, but Hill has not been consistent enough in the strike zone to stay in the big leagues.

 

His minor league stats are so impressive though that you know it is mental. I'm pretty sure the guy can throw strikes, he just needs the confidence that he can go out there and get the job done.

 

Just for kicks look up Scott Ruffcorn minor league stats...

[Jim Ignatowski]

Eckstein sure made an effort to get out of the way of that pitch, didn't he?

 

I thought the rules say you have to at least make it LOOK like you don't want to get hit....

 

When's that ever called in the big leagues though?

 

The only time I've seen it called was (incorrectly) against UCLA ladies softball against Northwestern.

 

Way, way back in the day, it was called in favor of pitcher Don Drysdale when he hit someone with the bases loaded on his way to setting the then record for consecutive scoreless innings. On the "replay" the batter made an out an the streak was preserved.