5/1 Cubs (Lilly) at Pitt (Armas) resumes 5/2 at 11:30 am CT

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what's with the sub of Murton Pie aint that much faster?

 

Really? I don't know for a fact, but I thought Pie was much faster than pretty much anyone else except Soriano.

 

I don't know that 1/100 of a second is going to make a difference in scoring, esp. with an unproven rookie.

 

Pie is much faster, and a much better defender. It's a perfectly justifiable move.

 

I'm all for the move for defense alone.

 

Murton's speed is underrated. His infield hit percentage was 7.9%, 25th in all of MLB last year and tied with Chone Figgins.

 

But yes, Pie is faster.

[Danny82]

Is Dempster really in now? You're pretty much going to burn him up for today if you ask him to get 4 outs right now.

 

Is there really a significant difference between asking him to get three outs or four?

 

Magic 8-ball says not likely.

Edited May 2, 2007 by Danny82

[98navigator]

Demp balked

[weis21]

Now that is how you use Ohman. Now you take him out. Good move by Lou.

 

my thoughts exactly. and with the off day tommorow i have no problem with dempster getting 4 outs today.

[RichHillIsABeast]

Balk? hahahaha, wtf.

[Post Count Padder]

Balk?!

[98navigator]

Paulino out 5-3

 

to end the inning

 

7-5 Cubs

[AlwaysaCub]

If Demp is going to get 4 outs here, then who is closing in the second game if it's close? I hope it's not the Eyre experience.

[RichHillIsABeast]

There we go.

[Shilzzz]

cubs scored again?

[Post Count Padder]

Nice job Demp, inning over

[brinoch]

Is Dempster really in now? You're pretty much going to burn him up for today if you ask him to get 4 outs right now.

 

Better to use him to get the win now than to wait, in my opinion. There's no way to know if the Cubs will be leading, if it'll be close, etc.

[Andy]

cubs scored again?

Murton infield single brought in Jones from 2nd

[weis21]

Demp balked

 

holy cow, my wgn audio feed must be like 45 secs slow.

[RichHillIsABeast]

cubs scored again?

 

You can't believe your eyes, can you?

[Soul]

If Demp is going to get 4 outs here, then who is closing in the second game if it's close? I hope it's not the Eyre experience.

 

How about Wuertz.

[98navigator]

Is Dempster really in now? You're pretty much going to burn him up for today if you ask him to get 4 outs right now.

 

I think he'll be fine. He didn't throw a lot of pitches to Paulino.

[Shilzzz]

cubs scored again?

Murton infield single brought in Jones from 2nd

 

he scored from second on an infield single? weird.

[Rob]

If Demp is going to get 4 outs here, then who is closing in the second game if it's close? I hope it's not the Eyre experience.

 

I wouldn't be surprised if Lou holds Wuertz til later in the game than he usually does.

[Shilzzz]

cubs scored again?

 

You can't believe your eyes, can you?

 

not at all

[98navigator]

The Riot doubles!!

[windycityfan]

RIOT!

[Allroy]

Riot! Let's get some more runs!

[rawaction]

Hey, if you look.....Will Ohman is good again.

[Careless]

cubs scored again?

Murton infield single brought in Jones from 2nd

 

he scored from second on an infield single? weird.

third baseman played it deep, his throw to first was late, jones just kept running