09/12 Los Angeles (Lowe) @ CUBS (Marshall) 7:05 CT, CSN

[Sammy Sofa]

Mateo in to run for Soto?

 

Some fine managing going on tonight.

 

I never doubted it.

[Chris]

You've got to be kidding me

[cheapseats]

HAHAHAHA

 

Mateo rounding third was hilarious!

[Sammy Sofa]

WHAT TH-?!?

[A New Era]

Did Izturis come up to bat with his glove in hand? Drive in those runs. :lol:

 

EAT that! :wink:

[CubColtPacer]

Sac bunting here actually lowers our chances of scoring a run this inning.

 

Dusty's doing his part to keep us in contention for the draft pick.

 

Soto's OBP so far would be low enough to actually make sac bunting the right move there if he could actually put it down.

 

Soto hasn't had enough plate appearances to have a statistically relevant OBP.

 

And why not just leave Aardsma in to bunt if you're going to call for a sacrifice?

 

I would agree that he doesn't have enough appearances-I was just being a little sarcastic there :D

 

And I might not have left Aardsma in, but if I was going to bunt, I would have definitely brought in a starting pitcher rather than one of my last two position players.

[Laura]

YAY!

 

Cesar used his bat.

 

That was some really really bad baserunning by Mateo.

[Chris]

ha ha, Cesar with the player of the game

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

That was very funny baserunning.

[cheapseats]

Hail Cesar!

 

:wink:

[Laura]

ha ha, Cesar with the player of the game

 

"errors are part of the game" -- Cesar

[Chris]

That was some really really bad baserunning by Mateo.

 

wounded crane

[RichHillIsABeast]

Did Izturis come up to bat with his glove in hand? Drive in those runs. :lol:

 

EAT that! :wink:

 

buahahahaa 8)

[A New Era]

That was very funny baserunning.

 

Looked like my grandmother.

[Sammy Sofa]

On the one hand, this was a pretty impressive comeback win against a pretty good team.

 

On the other hand, the fielding out there was some of the worst I've seen from baseball players of any age.

[Sammy Sofa]

That was some really really bad baserunning by Mateo.

 

wounded crane

 

BWAAAAA-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAAAAH!

[CubColtPacer]

I'm glad to see Izturis get that hit-he was really having a tough time of it the last 2 days since he came back, and that has to help his confidence a little bit as he works into getting back to playing (which of course the season will end a week after that happens for him with how much is left)

[Laura]

Brenly:

 

"I don't even know what to say about this, GoofyFoot jogging around 3rdbase, Chris Speier yelling "Please run faster!" and he goes into homeplate standing up, which might actually have been a good move, since it surprised Martin and maybe threw off his timing."

[Irrelevant Dude]

Oh Dusty, you continue to amaze us...

 

I can't stop laughing about how ridiculous it was that Mateo actually scored.

[ToupeeOnFire]

Oh well, on one hand, they had a chance to gain in the Fecal League standings.

 

On the other hand: Cubs Win! Cubs Win! Cubs Win!

[Laura]

I was wondering why not use Marmol, who probably knows a little bit more about baserunning, but maybe he had to be saved in case it went 18 innings. :?

[Chris]

"Who was that running?!?!?!?!" - Baseball Tonight

[Laura]

Post-game show: "Why not let soto run? Could he have done worse?"

[ToupeeOnFire]

Everyone should know, part of being a Cub is being timed in the 40.

 

I am confident that Dusty, being such a student of the Cub minor league system, was well aware that Mateo could outrun Soto.

[Laura]

Everyone should know, part of being a Cub is being timed in the 40.

 

I am confident that Dusty, being such a student of the Cub minor league system, was well aware that Mateo could outrun Soto.

 

Just to be sure, I'm hoping for a footrace before the end of the season.

 

 

I did enjoy this win even if it was for all the wrong wrong reasons. Too funny.

 

(but if Dusty returns, I'll be furious)