5/12 Cubs (Guzman) @ Phillies (Garcia) 2:55 CT FOX/XM 185

[Lockes Eye Scar]

http://www.weather.com/outlook/events/sports/hourbyhour/USPA1276?from=36hr_topnav_sports

 

that looks ugly.

[C.C.]

now they call the game and we lose

should be extended like earlier in Pitt?

 

I think so? Anyone confirm?

[David]

Wait, how did we tie it up???

[ctcf]

Not raining that hard and I'm like 20 mins from the stadiums.

[Yeti]

now they call the game and we lose

should be extended like earlier in Pitt?

 

Yeah, I thought we went through this before and the game is suspended under new rules, not 'called'

thats what i'm thnking...shouldnt matter what inning

[sweetpeteman]

Seriously, Eyre is terrible. How does Lou not realize it? He has to, right? Why does he always pitch?

Lou brought him in because he already have up winning this game. I don't blame him though. This team always finds a way to make huge mistakes which cost them runs. It is absolutely pathetic.

 

He certainly shouldn't have given up winning a game down two runs in a hitter's park. That's absurd. Second, Eyre has pitched in many close games, surely Lou hadn't given up winning all those too?

 

This is only Eyre's 4th appearance in the past 2 1/2 weeks. One of those was the final out of a 7-1 win, and 1 of those was in extra innings when the Cubs were running out of pitchers. Lou hasn't been using him in many close games lately.

 

I'll stand corrected. It just seems like he pitches all the time.

 

However, that's "giving up on winning this game" would be moronic. I seriously, seriously doubt that entered Lou's mind. It's a hitter's park and it was a two-run game in the sixth.

 

Yeah, I bet that CCP also doesnt think that it actually entered Lou's mind, but its a coment on how bad Eyre has been and that it seems stupid to bring him in to a tight game that we still have a chance in. And now that we have come back a little it looks like it was.

 

CCP didn't say that. I was refuting something another poster said.

 

My bad, I looked at the quotes and thought it was CCP. But what I said still stands for the poster.

 

 

EDIT: Great, that was my 5000th post. What a waste.

Edited May 12, 2007 by sweetpeteman

[seanimal]

My friend:

 

" i like how god cries when the cubs score"

 

classic

 

Love the sig, dude.

 

"Jackie Treehorn treats objects like women man."

[Yeti]

switched just in time to see sammy ground out :(

[C.C.]

now they call the game and we lose

should be extended like earlier in Pitt?

 

Yeah, I thought we went through this before and the game is suspended under new rules, not 'called'

thats what i'm thnking...shouldnt matter what inning

 

But didn't the Cubs have to take the lead for it to count?

[illiniguy]

now they call the game and we lose

should be extended like earlier in Pitt?

 

Yeah, I thought we went through this before and the game is suspended under new rules, not 'called'

thats what i'm thnking...shouldnt matter what inning

But, this inning wasn't completed. I think this one is different.

[OleMissCub]

switched just in time to see sammy ground out :(

 

Ahh, those were the days

[TruffleShuffle]

http://www.weather.com/outlook/events/sports/hourbyhour/USPA1276?from=36hr_topnav_sports

 

that looks ugly.

 

don't look at hour by hour forecasts for short-term weather... they're just out of some database that was produced hours ago. Use the radar.

[Omar]

Great fan graph for this game

http://www.fangraphs.com/lgraphs/270512122_Cubs_Phillies_8823407_lbig.png :lol:

 

I love these things.

[Yeti]

now they call the game and we lose

should be extended like earlier in Pitt?

 

Yeah, I thought we went through this before and the game is suspended under new rules, not 'called'

thats what i'm thnking...shouldnt matter what inning

But, this inning wasn't completed. I think this one is different.

you may be right...anyone got that page in the rules bookmarked?

[C.C.]

now they call the game and we lose

should be extended like earlier in Pitt?

 

Yeah, I thought we went through this before and the game is suspended under new rules, not 'called'

thats what i'm thnking...shouldnt matter what inning

But, this inning wasn't completed. I think this one is different.

 

If we took the lead then it would be contiuned tomorrow, but since it's tied all bets are off. Classic Cubs!

 

Rule 4.12 (a) states: “A game shall become a suspended game that must be completed at a future date if the game is terminated ... (due to) weather, if a regulation game is called while an inning is in progress and before the inning is completed, and the visiting team has scored one or more runs to take the lead.

[TakeMeOutToTheBallGame]

http://www.weather.com/outlook/events/sports/hourbyhour/USPA1276?from=36hr_topnav_sports

 

that looks ugly.

 

don't look at hour by hour forecasts for short-term weather... they're just out of some database that was produced hours ago. Use the radar.

 

the radar looks worse. theres a lot of storm development going one just west of philly.

[Exile on Waveland]

Seriously, Eyre is terrible. How does Lou not realize it? He has to, right? Why does he always pitch?

Lou brought him in because he already have up winning this game. I don't blame him though. This team always finds a way to make huge mistakes which cost them runs. It is absolutely pathetic.

 

He certainly shouldn't have given up winning a game down two runs in a hitter's park. That's absurd. Second, Eyre has pitched in many close games, surely Lou hadn't given up winning all those too?

 

This is only Eyre's 4th appearance in the past 2 1/2 weeks. One of those was the final out of a 7-1 win, and 1 of those was in extra innings when the Cubs were running out of pitchers. Lou hasn't been using him in many close games lately.

 

I'll stand corrected. It just seems like he pitches all the time.

 

However, that's "giving up on winning this game" would be moronic. I seriously, seriously doubt that entered Lou's mind. It's a hitter's park and it was a two-run game in the sixth.

 

Yeah, I bet that CCP also doesnt think that it actually entered Lou's mind, but its a coment on how bad Eyre has been and that it seems stupid to bring him in to a tight game that we still have a chance in. And now that we have come back a little it looks like it was.

 

CCP didn't say that. I was refuting something another poster said.

 

My bad, I looked at the quotes and thought it was CCP. But what I said still stands for the poster.

 

 

EDIT: Great, that was my 5000th post. What a waste.

 

Haha, sorry you wasted such a post responding to me.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

http://www.weather.com/outlook/events/sports/hourbyhour/USPA1276?from=36hr_topnav_sports

 

that looks ugly.

 

don't look at hour by hour forecasts for short-term weather... they're just out of some database that was produced hours ago. Use the radar.

 

the radar looks worse. theres a lot of storm development going one just west of philly.

 

It seemed to look like most of it was going to push south of Philly though.

[Guancous]

Great fan graph for this game

http://www.fangraphs.com/lgraphs/270512122_Cubs_Phillies_8823407_lbig.png :lol:

 

I love these things.

 

They update the graphs in real time? Sweet!

 

The Fox announcer made it sound like they'll get this game in.

[Omar]

Great fan graph for this game

http://www.fangraphs.com/lgraphs/270512122_Cubs_Phillies_8823407_lbig.png :lol:

 

I love these things.

 

They update the graphs in real time? Sweet!

 

The Fox announcer made it sound like they'll get this game in.

 

Yeah, it's live.

[Soul]

now they call the game and we lose

should be extended like earlier in Pitt?

 

Yeah, I thought we went through this before and the game is suspended under new rules, not 'called'

thats what i'm thnking...shouldnt matter what inning

But, this inning wasn't completed. I think this one is different.

 

If we took the lead then it would be contiuned tomorrow, but since it's tied all bets are off. Classic Cubs!

 

Rule 4.12 (a) states: “A game shall become a suspended game that must be completed at a future date if the game is terminated ... (due to) weather, if a regulation game is called while an inning is in progress and before the inning is completed, and the visiting team has scored one or more runs to take the lead.

 

Hmmm, off the mlb official site it says:

 

4.12

SUSPENDED GAMES.

(a) A game shall become a suspended game that must be completed at a future date if the game is terminated for any of the following reasons:

(1) A curfew imposed by law;

(2) A time limit permissible under league rules;

(3) Light failure or malfunction of a mechanical field device under control of the home club. (Mechanical field device shall include automatic tarpaulin or water removal equipment);

(4) Darkness, when a law prevents the lights from being turned on;

(5) Weather, if a regulation game is called while an inning is in progress and before the inning is completed, and the visiting team has scored one or more runs to take the lead, and the home team has not retaken the lead; or

(6) It is a regulation game that is called with the score tied. National Association Leagues may also adopt the following rules for suspended games. (If adopted by a National Association League, Rule 4.10(e) would not apply to their games.):

 

I think that means the game would be suspended, since the game has gone 5 innings so it's now a 'regulation' game. But there's so many rules now I get confused by it all.

[PrimeTime]

Barret needs to get the guy in on 3rd with 1 out..Then Ill feel a whole lot better

[Guest]

What's rain?

 

http://image.weather.com/web/radar/us_phl_ultraradar_plus_usen.jpg

[ctcf]

Kinda looks like it should clear up but yea it looks like theres a lot of nasty weather on the way.

 

If this somehow gets postponed and I have tickets to the game tomorrow, can I get into the rest of this game?

[TruffleShuffle]

http://images.intellicast.com/WeatherImg/Radar/bgm.gif

 

looks like a little break behind this batch of convection, though there's stuff redeveloping along an outflow boundary back to the west... tough to say. This may be delayed for a while or they may get back on the field in 20 minutes.