7/7 Cubs (LILLY) @ Pirates (VAN BENSCHOTEN), 6:05 CT WGNTV

[PrimeTime]

Damn Washington..YOU SUCK

[PrimeTime]

He was SAFE!!

[Butterscup1679666578]

Jones just got screwed. God.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Wow....I thought Jacque beat that one out! :evil:

[Careless]

punch the ump, jacque. go on

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Perfect lineup for today

 

Soriano LF

Fontenot 2B

Lee 1B

Ramirez3B

DeRosa RF

Theriot SS

Pagan/Pie CF

Hill/Bowen C

Pitcher

Other than the better version of Bo Hart at 2B, a productive second baseman playing the role of a right fielder, a utility guy playing the role of a starting shortstop and a black hole behind the plate, I completely agree.

 

Oh yeah -- and the career minor leaguer masquerading as someone valuable enough to take away time in CF from the legit prospect.

 

Cmon now..Bo Hart? Their ML #s arent even close. Sure you can say hes better but thats a low hurdle for him to compare to.

 

Bo Hart had a 916 OPS over his first 116 PAs. Their numbers are actually strikingly similar

 

Dig deeper. Im talking ML.

MLB yes.

 

they're still similar. Fontenot's age 26 season in the minors (the same year hart was called up) was slightly better than Hart's, but not by much at all.

 

I don't see it.

 

Hart

Age  Level   ~PA's  AVG   OBP   SLG   OPS
22    A-      190  .184  .281  .294  .575 
23    A+      315  .256  .342  .377  .719
24    A+      315  .305  .375  .462  .837
25    AA      460  .249  .338  .351  .689
26    AAA     285  .297  .331  .444  .775

Fontenot

Age  Level   ~PA's  AVG   OBP   SLG   OPS
22    A+      545  .264  .333  .364  .697
23    AA      520  .325  .399  .481  .880
24    AAA     595  .279  .346  .420  .766
25    AAA     435  .272  .377  .430  .807
26    AAA     420  .296  .375  .450  .825

 

With the exception of the Age 24 year(where Fontenot was 2 levels higher), Fontenot is always significantly better, with differences of 118, 124, and 161 OPS points all at higher levels. He's always been a much better hitter than Hart.

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE FIRST INNING

 

Soriano grounded an IF single to shortstop

Soriano stole second base

Theriot singled to right field , Soriano to third

Lee singled to left field , Soriano scored, Theriot to second

Ramirez flied out to left field

Ward singled to left center field , Theriot scored, Lee to third

DeRosa struck out swinging

Jones grounded out to first, 3-4-1

 

2 runs 4 hits 0 errors 2 men left on base

 

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

 

Home runs:

CUBS: none

Pittsburgh: none

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Lilly         0.0  0  0  0  0  0  0   0

 

Pittsburgh     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Van Benschoten1.0  4  2  2  0  1  0  27

[Shavo]

Looked safe, eh.

[Soul]

Could he have possibly been out? That was a long time with the ball sitting on the ground.

[InconspicuousZ28]

I want to see that replay on Jock's play.....he looked safe for sure.

[PrimeTime]

that replay shows he was clearly on the bag before the ball got there

[Fred Hornkohl]

Bautista grounded out to short, 6-3

[InconspicuousZ28]

He was safe. Should be 3-0 Cobs with a chance for more.

 

That third replay.....wasn't even close. Safe all the way.

[Butterscup1679666578]

Good thing Len and Bob aren't Hawk and DJ

 

"OH MY GAWD! WE'RE GONNA PROTEST THIS GAME AND IT'LL GET CHANGED!"

[OleMissCub]

chat/flashchat.php

 

Flash chat folks...need some life in there.

[Careless]

was jacque running when he hit that? there's no way, is there?

[Fred Hornkohl]

Jones definitely got hosed !!! Damned fill in umpires

[Fred Hornkohl]

Sanchez popped out to second base

[Butterscup1679666578]

Nice 1-2-3 Theodore!

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE FIRST INNING

 

Bautista grounded out to short, 6-3

Sanchez popped out to second base

Nady flied out to center field

 

0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 0 men left on base

 

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

 

Home runs:

CUBS: none

Pittsburgh: none

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Lilly         1.0  0  0  0  0  0  0  12

 

Pittsburgh     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Van Benschoten1.0  4  2  2  0  1  0  27

[Soul]

was jacque running when he hit that? there's no way, is there?

 

That I can not say. He looked safe though.

 

DADGUM RIGHT WE'RE PLAYING THIS UNDER PROTEST!!

[Fred Hornkohl]

                  CUBS      Pittsburgh
P/PA              3.86            4.00

[Fred Hornkohl]

K Hill grounded out to short, 6-3

[Soul]

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[TruffleShuffle]

please get hill off this team... he's a terrible player, and has been for years.