4/15 Cubs (Lilly) vs. Reds (Lohse) 1:20 CT WGN / XM188

[soccer10k]

I wish it was Jackie Robinson Day every day if only that's it got more players wearing their socks right.

 

You could also hope that the guys who are doing it (Lee and Floyd are the two I've noticed) have big days. With how superstitious baseball players are, they may keep their socks like that.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Lee walked

[Omar]

Lee walks. Hey, at least he's listening to our hitting coach.

[inari]

Got a nice threat going already. We should bea ble to get a bunch of baserunners against Lohse.

[soccer10k]

Lee walks, Barrett up. Cubs need to capitalize.

[Tracer Bullet]

Soriano flies out on 1 pitch. Lee takes 6 straight to draw the walk.

[Butterscup1679666578]

Those were some bad cuts by MB.

[da bears]

Well that was a pitiful at bat.

[inari]

What an awful at bat by Barrett.

[killthegoat06]

BAH

[Omar]

Barrett K's in 3 pitches.

 

Inning over.

 

Lets go Lilly!

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE FIRST INNING

 

Soriano flied out to right field

Theriot blooped a single to right field

Jones flied out to right center field

Lee walked

Barrett struck out swinging

 

0 runs 1 hits 0 errors 2 men left on base

 

                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9              R  H  E
Cincinnati      0                              0  0  0
CUBS            0                              0  1  0

 

Home runs:

Cincinnati: none

CUBS: none

 

Cincinnati     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Lohse         1.0  1  0  0  1  1  0  18

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Lilly         1.0  0  0  0  0  1  0  14

[RichHillIsABeast]

Now that was a quality AB right there.

[Tracer Bullet]

crap

[Sarcastic]

It looked like Barrett was thinking more about whether the catcher would catch the ball than if he would hit it on that last swing.

[Sammy Sofa]

That inning is OVA.

[Flames24Rulz]

I know Soriano's been struggling, but Barrett hasn't had that much better of a start either.

[bhogg]

Seems like Barrett has a pattern of swinging early and often after teh guy in front of him takes a walk.

 

I guess he might be thinking that odds are good he'll get a strike.

 

I was always of the opinion that you should take at least the first and maybe even the first two (if the first pitch is a ball) following a BB.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Conine flied out to left field

[Tracer Bullet]

I know Soriano's been struggling, but Barrett hasn't had that much better of a start either.

 

But Soriano was our big offseason acquisition and is supposed to be setting the table. I'd like to see more patience out of Barrett too, but Soriano is starting to really aggravate me.

[Butterscup1679666578]

That inning is OVA.

 

Am I the only one who hates this whole OVA shtick?

[Tracer Bullet]

Seems like Barrett has a pattern of swinging early and often after teh guy in front of him takes a walk.

 

I guess he might be thinking that odds are good he'll get a strike.

 

I was always of the opinion that you should take at least the first and maybe even the first two (if the first pitch is a ball) following a BB.

 

I generally agree, but it looked (from Gameday, anyway) like that first one was right down the middle. Can't argue with hacking at a "get me over" pitch following a walk.

 

That said, it's Kyle Loshe. A little patience would probably pay off.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Griffey singled to right field

[Flames24Rulz]

I know Soriano's been struggling, but Barrett hasn't had that much better of a start either.

 

But Soriano was our big offseason acquisition and is supposed to be setting the table. I'd like to see more patience out of Barrett too, but Soriano is starting to really aggravate me.

 

Oh yeah, don't get me wrong. I'm getting pretty annoyed by the fact that it seems like he starts out every count at 0-2.

 

But Barrett has had his fair share of pretty bad ABs as well.

[Flames24Rulz]

That inning is OVA.

 

Am I the only one who hates this whole OVA shtick?

 

No, it got old after it was said the first time.