4/16 Cubs (Marquis) vs. Fathers (Hensley), 7:05 pm CST, CSN

[Magnetic Curses]

It seems like I'm alone here, but I'm a big fan of the hit and run so long as the batter's objective is to hit the ball on the ground.

 

Nice job by Marquis so far. He's throwing a lot of pitches, but if he can go 6 and put up a decent line I'll be satisfied.

 

trying to hit the ball on the ground isn't wise.

 

Really?

 

Neither is trying to hit the ball in the air. more hits will come via the ground than air.

 

Obviously if you are leaving line drives out of the conversation

 

you can't leave line drives out of the equation. the intent should be to hit line drives all of the time.

 

Obviously.

 

But your still more likely to get a hit on the ground vs. a fly ball.

 

i never said you should try to hit fly balls. i believe that trying to hit fly balls is counter-productive as well. what i said is that you should never try to hit ground balls. regardless of the situation--in any situation, a line drive is going to generally be most productive.

[RichHillIsABeast]

Come on fan. Knock that out of the air!

[98navigator]

Where is Bartman when you need him?

 

:lol:

[seanimal]

And the bats go silent.

[Omar]

Izzy grounds a Pierre. Inning over.

 

Yeah, those are innings where you should take a fridge/bathroom break.

[RichHillIsABeast]

Great AB, Izzy. :roll:

[Butterscup1679666578]

My hatred for Izturis grows more and more each game.

[frostwyrm]

Murt needed that bad. This is the most important game in his career.

 

haha.

 

It's funny but it's true. Can you imagine what would happen if he went 0-4 tonight with a GIDP and 2 K's? He'd be a platoon player.

 

Your exaggerating just a bit.

 

"Most important game of his life?"

 

Naw, I don't think it's an exaggeration. If he has a terrible game tonight the implications would be pretty depressing for him.

[IWU_CUBS_FAN]

marquis should have just hit the bastard

 

I know you're new here, but you might want to keep the language PG.

 

That isn't PG? I can think of much worse.

 

:D

 

its ok the cubs are on cable during prime time...no kids are watchin :lol:

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE SECOND INNING

 

Jones grounded out to short, 6-3

DeRosa popped out (foul) to right field

Izturis grounded out to second, 4-3

 

0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 0 men left on base

 

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

 

Home runs:

San Diego: none

CUBS: none

 

San  Diego     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Hensley       2.0  3  2  2  0  0  0  22

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Marquis       2.0  0  0  0  1  1  0  36

[Soriano12]

My hatred for Izturis grows more and more each game.

 

Mine has no more room more growth.

[E.J.]

I could do without Jones and Izturis in the lineup. Both of them infuriate me to no end.

[Bruno7481]

It seems like I'm alone here, but I'm a big fan of the hit and run so long as the batter's objective is to hit the ball on the ground.

 

Nice job by Marquis so far. He's throwing a lot of pitches, but if he can go 6 and put up a decent line I'll be satisfied.

 

trying to hit the ball on the ground isn't wise.

 

Really?

 

Neither is trying to hit the ball in the air. more hits will come via the ground than air.

 

Obviously if you are leaving line drives out of the conversation

 

you can't leave line drives out of the equation. the intent should be to hit line drives all of the time.

 

Obviously.

 

But your still more likely to get a hit on the ground vs. a fly ball.

 

i never said you should try to hit fly balls. i believe that trying to hit fly balls is counter-productive as well. what i said is that you should never try to hit ground balls. regardless of the situation--in any situation, a line drive is going to generally be most productive.

 

I agree in most situations, but not necessarilly in a hit-and-run. With the infield moving, a ball on the ground can easily be a base hit. Or you can line into a DP like barrett just did.

[inari]

My hatred for Izturis grows more and more each game.

 

Mine has no more room more growth.

 

I was hoping this icon would send Izturis on the way to a decent season, but clearly, it has failed.

[98navigator]

do I hear a "Padres suck" chant?

[Bruno7481]

do I hear a "Padres suck" chant?

 

No, just the stupid left field/right field thing.

 

I hate the bleachers.

[Andy]

Dang it Marquis, knock that off.

[Derwood]

Pirates up on St. Louis 3-0 after 1

[Fred Hornkohl]

Laforest walked

[98navigator]

you can't walk the 8th place hitter. :x

[Flames24Rulz]

Walking guys right in front of the pitcher. Yeah, that's the Marquis that I know.

[Omar]

Marquis walks a guy with .174 career avg. Edited April 17, 2007 by Omar

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 3-2 when they allow fewer than 3 walks.... 1-5 when they don't

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[RichHillIsABeast]

why are you walking laforest? no excuses! *slaps Marquis*

[soccer10k]

do I hear a "Padres suck" chant?

 

Somehow I don't think our fans should be chanting that the Padres suck considering they went 7-0 against the Cubs last year.