5/17 Cubs (Guzman) at Mets (TBA) 12:10 pm CT, WGN

[Flames24Rulz]

Dempster quote after todays game:

 

"They have a good team. They do a good job," Cubs pitcher Ryan Dempster said of the Mets. "Tip your cap to them. Unfortunately, I didn't do my job today. I didn't do a very good job at all."

 

Tip your cap? LOL! What a idiot.

 

Yeah, I heard that on the radio. Yeah they have a good team, but the team you were facing today was the AAA team, Ryan. Never use that stupid line again.

[mhuber92211]

He was also on XM saying that he was garbage today and he can't blame the rest of the team for wanting to take out the garbage tonight.

[Balsa]

I'm so glad I didn't watch this.

 

Watching it makes it so personal. I'm sure I would have broken something had I watched this.

 

But instead, I'm surprisingly calm.

[Soriano12]

What got me was when he was crying about the mound or something?

 

Ummm.....Guzman used that same mound to throw a great game, same for Weurtz and Ohman.

Edited May 18, 2007 by Soriano12

[Guest]

What got me was when he was crying about the mound or something?

 

Ummm.....Guzman used that same mound to through a great game, same for Weurtz and Ohman.

 

Why couldn't we have rode the hot hand for once and stuck with Ohman? I know that Dempster hasn't been getting regular work lately, but when Ohman has struck out 4/5 batters he's face and he typically struggles why not let him go on? The first batter of the 9th (Newhan) was a lefty anyways so it isn't like there was a bad matchup. Ohman could have possibly neutralized the threat of Beltran's LH bat lurking as well...the decision just doesn't make sense to me.

[IWU_CUBS_FAN]

What got me was when he was crying about the mound or something?

 

Ummm.....Guzman used that same mound to through a great game, same for Weurtz and Ohman.

 

Why couldn't we have rode the hot hand for once and stuck with Ohman? I know that Dempster hasn't been getting regular work lately, but when Ohman has struck out 4/5 batters he's face and he typically struggles why not let him go on? The first batter of the 9th (Newhan) was a lefty anyways so it isn't like there was a bad matchup. Ohman could have possibly neutralized the threat of Beltran's LH bat lurking as well...the decision just doesn't make sense to me.

never thought of that, but great point and my god today was depressing

[bcruise]

Well, umm....we sure have all the momentum going into this weekend, huh?

 

*crickets, tumbleweeds*

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Should have won 3 of 4, messed that up. A friend of mine stopped by and brought up the game by saying "I can't believe it". I gave him a real-life rolleyes and reminded him we were Cubs fans.

[JGalt73]

http://www.fangraphs.com/tgraphs/20070517_Cubs_Mets_0.png

 

From a 98% chance of winning to a loss... A-Mazin'.

[C.C.]

What got me was when he was crying about the mound or something?

 

Ummm.....Guzman used that same mound to through a great game, same for Weurtz and Ohman.

 

Why couldn't we have rode the hot hand for once and stuck with Ohman? I know that Dempster hasn't been getting regular work lately, but when Ohman has struck out 4/5 batters he's face and he typically struggles why not let him go on? The first batter of the 9th (Newhan) was a lefty anyways so it isn't like there was a bad matchup. Ohman could have possibly neutralized the threat of Beltran's LH bat lurking as well...the decision just doesn't make sense to me.

 

Well you didn't expect Dempster to blow a 4 run lead.

[CubColtPacer]

What got me was when he was crying about the mound or something?

 

Ummm.....Guzman used that same mound to through a great game, same for Weurtz and Ohman.

 

Why couldn't we have rode the hot hand for once and stuck with Ohman? I know that Dempster hasn't been getting regular work lately, but when Ohman has struck out 4/5 batters he's face and he typically struggles why not let him go on? The first batter of the 9th (Newhan) was a lefty anyways so it isn't like there was a bad matchup. Ohman could have possibly neutralized the threat of Beltran's LH bat lurking as well...the decision just doesn't make sense to me.

 

Ohman is a guy who is used to throwing 1, maybe 2 batters at a time. He had already thrown 23 pitches yesterday-the chances of him starting to struggle with the high pitch count at the beginning of the 9th was higher than another reliever coming in and being completely ineffective.

[jersey cubs fan]

What got me was when he was crying about the mound or something?

 

Ummm.....Guzman used that same mound to through a great game, same for Weurtz and Ohman.

 

Why couldn't we have rode the hot hand for once and stuck with Ohman? I know that Dempster hasn't been getting regular work lately, but when Ohman has struck out 4/5 batters he's face and he typically struggles why not let him go on? The first batter of the 9th (Newhan) was a lefty anyways so it isn't like there was a bad matchup. Ohman could have possibly neutralized the threat of Beltran's LH bat lurking as well...the decision just doesn't make sense to me.

 

Ohman is a guy who is used to throwing 1, maybe 2 batters at a time. He had already thrown 23 pitches yesterday-the chances of him starting to struggle with the high pitch count at the beginning of the 9th was higher than another reliever coming in and being completely ineffective.

 

Yeah, that's just not realistic to be complaining that Ohman didn't pitch the 9th.

 

Dempster threw 1 inning in 9 days going into yesterday, and he paid for it with a lack of control. That's it. End of story.

[killthegoat06]

We need to throw Dempster in the Dumpster.

[Keener98]

What do we need with a first baseman who can't hit the ball out of the ballpark?

 

And you were saying?