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

[RonnieWooWooSanto]

Lilly's facial expression doesn't even change when he does a fist pump.

 

John Gibbons hates Lilly's expression.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Lee walked

[Handlebar McSkullet]

Am I missing something? Why is Ward playing RF? What about Floyd? Or moving Jones to RF and Pie in CF?

 

I'm sure this has already been covered, so don't flame me.

 

Floyd has a hyper-extended elbow so can only pinch hit for the rest of the series.

 

I don't care if he's not hitting, I'd still rather see Pie in the OF than Ward. Ward's gotta be a defensive liability out there.

 

ward is no different than floyd out there. why jones is playing over pie is a head scratcher

[Fred Hornkohl]

that 1b ump needs to be slapped until he agrees to make calls in a timely fashion

 

He's a fill in...... and not a very good one, at that !!

 

Why are they using fill in umps?

 

Very liberal vacation time in the latest collective bargaining agreement. More times than not, you'll find the crew at your game has one of the regular's out.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Ramirez flied out to deep right center field

[hawkcub]

that 1b ump needs to be slapped until he agrees to make calls in a timely fashion

 

He's a fill in...... and not a very good one, at that !!

 

Why are they using fill in umps?

 

Very liberal vacation time in the latest collective bargaining agreement. More times than not, you'll find the crew at your game has one of the regular's out.

 

How much time do they get off?

[TruffleShuffle]

that 1b ump needs to be slapped until he agrees to make calls in a timely fashion

 

He's a fill in...... and not a very good one, at that !!

 

Why are they using fill in umps?

 

Very liberal vacation time in the latest collective bargaining agreement. More times than not, you'll find the crew at your game has one of the regular's out.

 

the all star game is 2 days away, give me a break... plus they have about 4-5 months off a year anyway

[Fred Hornkohl]

Ward walked , Lee to second

[Soul]

Am I missing something? Why is Ward playing RF? What about Floyd? Or moving Jones to RF and Pie in CF?

 

I'm sure this has already been covered, so don't flame me.

 

Floyd has a hyper-extended elbow so can only pinch hit for the rest of the series.

 

I don't care if he's not hitting, I'd still rather see Pie in the OF than Ward. Ward's gotta be a defensive liability out there.

 

I disagree. Ward's having great ABs right now, there's no way I want another black hole in this lineup, especially since we've been putting up fewer runs over the past few games.

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 37-32 when they draw at least 2 walks.... 6-10 when they don't

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[hawkcub]

Alright 3-0

[Soul]

Jack hands us a run.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

That's what you get for sliding when you didn't need to, Wilson.

[Fred Hornkohl]

DeRosa singled to center field , Lee scored, Ward to second

[Careless]

well, that's nice

[Butterscup1679666578]

NICE JOB JJ!

[Careless]

by the way, coming home today with the air conditioning off for the past 2 weeks was really fun. One of the toilets had its water totally evaporated. coming home after 18 hours of driving to this heat=no fun

[Fred Hornkohl]

Jones walked , Ward to third, DeRosa to second

[Soul]

When a team hands you an opportunity like this, you must capitalize.

[Handlebar McSkullet]

look at jack.... taking a full count pitch for a walk..

[Fred Hornkohl]

that 1b ump needs to be slapped until he agrees to make calls in a timely fashion

 

He's a fill in...... and not a very good one, at that !!

 

Why are they using fill in umps?

 

Very liberal vacation time in the latest collective bargaining agreement. More times than not, you'll find the crew at your game has one of the regular's out.

 

How much time do they get off?

 

Not sure exactly..... but it's enough that they keep two dozen fill ins on the payroll !!!

[Transmogrified Tiger]

In the last week, I'm pretty sure about 120% of Koyie Hill's at bats have come with multiple people on base. And I'm pretty sure he hasn't driven in any of them.

 

That garbage strike 1 call isn't helping.

[cjbucks]

67 pitches through 2.1 innings I love to see us play like that!

[Careless]

that was the right idea, at least

[Soul]

Koyie Hill finally does something decent.

 

I don't care if there's no wind, something's killing those fly balls today. That's 2 for Ram, and now Hill.