8/3 Game 1: Ari (Cruz) @ Cubs (Marmol) 12:05pm WGN/XM 186

[abuck1220]

good grief, could marmol ever use another full year in the minors.

 

i've been saying for a while that he's due for a disaster start, so this isn't really a surprise.

[cheapseats]

Does Marmol hit 100 pitches by the end of this inning?

 

The Dbacks might hit 100 pitches by the end of this inning.

[abuck1220]

how is brynes not a cub?

 

speed? check.

defense? who knows.

hustle? and how.

hard work? apparently...he's really dirty.

 

hendry has to be licking his chops.

[Laura]

pagan plays the deepest lf i've ever seen.

 

Yeah he was playing on the track.

 

it hasn't been just today...i think len and bob have commented on it before. i'm just mad that he's played enough for anyone to even notice it.

 

I'm more irritated that even Buck & McCarver noticed it but no one on the Cubs apparently has.

[ToupeeOnFire]

Too bad Rusch was put on the DL, this would have been the perfect game to throw him to the wolves.

[JoshiQ]

What's with all these bloop singles? GAH!

[C.C.]

Wow! Just got out of a meeting to see this. Brutal start for Marmol eh?

[Dr. Cub]

how is brynes not a cub?

 

speed? check.

defense? who knows.

hustle? and how.

hard work? apparently...he's really dirty.

 

hendry has to be licking his chops.

 

Hendry should really keep his tongue to himself.

[moorecg]

66 pitches through 2. At this rate he'll be Kerry Wood in no time.

[cubfan1955]

So was it a bad snap on the extra point or did the Cubs block it?

[chuckywang]

Geez, Mabry. You got two gold glovers in the middle infield. THROW IT THERE!

[cheapseats]

I'm not worried. It's just the 2nd inning, and the wind is blowing in, and we've got a lot of speed on the field today, so we'll be able to grind this one out with our small balls offense because once Pierre and Izturis and Barrett (he's fast for a catcher) and Jones and Pagan and Neifi get on base, they know what to do, just like Hawk Harrelson always says, getting on base is fine but it's what you do when you get on base that matters.

 

GO CUBS!

[cheapseats]

So was it a bad snap on the extra point or did the Cubs block it?

 

Block.

 

Our defense came through, again.

[Jim Ignatowski]

Another paver commercial. I'm proud to say I don't know anyone who has bought one. In fact, most of the people I know have cancelled their subscriptions to the Trib.

[abuck1220]

so gooz only pitched one inning last night in case the cubs needed to bring him up soon...of course by pitching that one inning, he's probably not available until maybe saturday. and of course, you have the whole thing about how they couldn't get him to chicago by thursday even though he was in des moines on wednesday. well played, cubs, well played.

[cheapseats]

and of course, you have the whole thing about how they couldn't get him to chicago by thursday even though he was in des moines on wednesday. well played, cubs, well played.

 

the Cubs don't know about Orbitz.

[JoshiQ]

Pagan, you are suppose to swing there.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

so gooz only pitched one inning last night in case the cubs needed to bring him up soon...of course by pitching that one inning, he's probably not available until maybe saturday. and of course, you have the whole thing about how they couldn't get him to chicago by thursday even though he was in des moines on wednesday. well played, cubs, well played.

 

Is that for sure?

[lowest]

pagan looked like he started walking away before that pitch was even caught.

[abuck1220]

so gooz only pitched one inning last night in case the cubs needed to bring him up soon...of course by pitching that one inning, he's probably not available until maybe saturday. and of course, you have the whole thing about how they couldn't get him to chicago by thursday even though he was in des moines on wednesday. well played, cubs, well played.

 

Is that for sure?

 

that's what len said.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

good grief, could marmol ever use another full year in the minors.

 

i've been saying for a while that he's due for a disaster start, so this isn't really a surprise.

 

Kid was rushed, he has control problems (not a shocker since he converted from catcher in 2003).

 

Now they're rushing Mateo.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

so gooz only pitched one inning last night in case the cubs needed to bring him up soon...of course by pitching that one inning, he's probably not available until maybe saturday. and of course, you have the whole thing about how they couldn't get him to chicago by thursday even though he was in des moines on wednesday. well played, cubs, well played.

 

Is that for sure?

 

that's what len said.

 

How stupid can they get?

[chuckywang]

Wow, did Marmol need that.

[abuck1220]

heh, dlee's doing more work with marmol than rothschild is.

[abuck1220]

so gooz only pitched one inning last night in case the cubs needed to bring him up soon...of course by pitching that one inning, he's probably not available until maybe saturday. and of course, you have the whole thing about how they couldn't get him to chicago by thursday even though he was in des moines on wednesday. well played, cubs, well played.

 

Is that for sure?

 

that's what len said.

 

How stupid can they get?

 

oh, you just wait. it can get worse.