4/10 Astros (Sampson) @ Cubs (Marquis) 1:20CT CSN / XM185

[98navigator]

Sori HBP in the hand :?

[Chocolate Milk]

Hitting our precious sorianos!?!??!?!?!

[bc2k]

:? OK, doesn't look serious.

[texascub]

Hopefully Soriano will be ok after being hit on the hand.

[E.J.]

Ouch. That had to hurt.

[Laura]

ouch!

[RonnieWooWooSanto]

I like the scouting report on Sampson........

 

"a real bulldog".

[jersey cubs fan]

OMG THE SKY IS FALLING !!!11111!!!1

 

 

/listen to yourselves

 

yeah Cubs fans, going behind 3-0 in the first inning one game after going below .500 in your home opener, one year after losing 90+ games is no time to complain.

[RichHillIsABeast]

Please be ok.

[UMFan83]

Good way to raise the ol' OBP

[B]

The Cubs will score more than 3 today!

 

So will the Astros.

Edited April 10, 2007 by B

[BigSlick]

WHY IS JACQUE JONES BATTING SECOND

 

HE DOESN'T HAVE A GOOD OBP ARGH

[Andy]

:? OK, doesn't look serious.

Whew.

 

/in class and not watching on TV

[Jon]

Lou sure likes his OBP at the top of the lineup, I see.

[Derwood]

OMG THE SKY IS FALLING !!!11111!!!1

 

 

/listen to yourselves

 

I don't know how high any team's winning percentages are when they go down 3 runs in the top of the 1st and they have Jason Marquis on the mound. :?

 

sure, for this game, but people are writing off Marquis for the length of the contract because of one bad inning

[UMFan83]

OMG THE SKY IS FALLING !!!11111!!!1

 

 

/listen to yourselves

 

yeah Cubs fans, going behind 3-0 in the first inning one game after going below .500 in your home opener, one year after losing 90+ games is no time to complain.

 

Can you blame fans for being a little dramatic after living through the last 2 years of crap?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

WHY IS JACQUE JONES BATTING SECOND

 

HE DOESN'T HAVE A GOOD OBP ARGH

 

What's the other option that's better than Jones against RHP?

[RichHillIsABeast]

Nice Sampson. Hit a guy in the hand and immediately attempt a pickoff at 1b.

[cheapseats]

Lou should have skipped Marquis.

 

Really.

 

It doesn't take a genius to guess that the Astros' 2-4 hitters are going to pound Marquis.

 

We're gonna go on a 3 man rotation, eh?

 

Zambrano can handle it.

 

No, not a three man rotation. :)

 

But you don't have to go very far back in baseball history to find a time in which there were no set rotations and managers often matched up pitchers against teams they had done well against in the past.

[BigbadB]

I really despise when a pitcher hits the batter and then proceeds to make throws to 1b to keep him close.

[RichHillIsABeast]

WHY IS JACQUE JONES BATTING SECOND

 

HE DOESN'T HAVE A GOOD OBP ARGH

 

What's the other option that's better than Jones against RHP?

 

:(

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are on a pace to ground into 69 double plays this year..... compared to 135 last year and 129 in '05

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[BigSlick]

Great, thanks a lot Jacque.

 

Dusty-esque lineup, here.

 

Do you really want to avoid a feast or famine offense? Stop putting 2 of the worst OBP guys first and second.

[UMFan83]

Great offense we have right guys?

 

Not so much..

[soccer10k]

Hooray for the Cubs GIDP.