8/3 Mets (Hernandez) @ Cubs (Big Z) 1:20 CT, WGN

[C.C.]

This game pisses me off even more than yesterday's.

 

Very true. This game was winnable. Home teams should win these games.

[CyHawk_Cub]

Pagan should have hit for Jacque :x

 

Or Cedeno or Fontenot ...heck even Hill probably!

 

Hell, channeling Yosh Kiwano would've been a better call, IMO.

[Elrhino]

ARam losing his power stroke bothers me 100X more than Jacque. Edited August 3, 2007 by Elrhino

[Omar]

of in our system i would rather have playing than Jacque.

 

Pie

Pagan

Fox

Colvin

DeRosa

Murton

etc.

 

Zambrano & Marquis on their days off.

[synergy]

Jones, Dempster, Howry should just be DFAed.

 

boy i'm glad you're not running the cubs

 

boy i'm glad you love to root for a team that has a few losers in it. Remove the losers on this team and we can actually win this division. Dempster, Jones, Howry, Eyre are all losers.

[RyCubsFan]

Well, tomorrow is another day.

 

Let's win the next two.

 

Here here. I think Lilly's going to have a good one.

[jaydee]

I love all the posts saying the cubs are 6-7 in their last 13 games. That is such an ESPNish stat. Let me guess, they are 7-7 in their last 14? Maybe 8-7 in their last 15?

 

Why? I think people, including myself are pointing out that we are no longer hot and playing above .500 baseball.

 

during a completely arbitrary period selected solely to support your own opinion. give it a rest.

[C.C.]

ARam is a bigger goat than Jacque today.

 

Or Dempster.

[Fred Hornkohl]

               NY Mets            CUBS
P/PA              3.91            4.11
RBI%              0.19            0.08
R/BR              0.30            0.22
BA               0.250           0.235
OBP              0.426           0.257
SLG              0.472           0.412
OPS              0.898           0.669
ERA               2.00            6.00
BB/9              1.00           11.00
K/9              10.00           11.00

[RonnieWooWooSanto]

Way to go Cubs!

 

Just two losses in a row as you make our way down the standings. It's probably good thing considering both the NL East teams and West teams are better.

Edited August 3, 2007 by RonnieWooWooSanto

[RyCubsFan]

ARam is a bigger goat than Jacque today.

 

I vote for Dempster today. And the ump too.

[TruffleShuffle]

of in our system i would rather have playing than Jacque.

 

Pie

Pagan

Fox

Colvin

DeRosa

Murton

etc.

 

colvin would be amazingly bad if he were playing in the big leagues, but i'd have to agree with the rest

[TruffleShuffle]

Jones, Dempster, Howry should just be DFAed.

 

boy i'm glad you're not running the cubs

 

boy i'm glad you love to root for a team that has a few losers in it. Remove the losers on this team and we can actually win this division. Dempster, Jones, Howry, Eyre are all losers.

 

well you got two right at least.

[mul21]

Jones, Dempster, Howry should just be DFAed.

 

boy i'm glad you're not running the cubs

 

boy i'm glad you love to root for a team that has a few losers in it. Remove the losers on this team and we can actually win this division. Dempster, Jones, Howry, Eyre are all losers.

 

On the subject of Howry, good lord look at a few statistics before you go spouting off and make yourself sound like an idiot.

[CubColtPacer]

Jones, Dempster, Howry should just be DFAed.

 

boy i'm glad you're not running the cubs

 

boy i'm glad you love to root for a team that has a few losers in it. Remove the losers on this team and we can actually win this division. Dempster, Jones, Howry, Eyre are all losers.

 

And who are you going to have replace Dempster, Howry, and Eyre? Petrick and Cherry, and ? ? The way they have been pitching, in a month you would call them losers and cut them as well.

[coreyMVP]

This just continues the trend--when the Cubs play a team that doesn't suck, they have some problems.

[UMFan83]

I love all the posts saying the cubs are 6-7 in their last 13 games. That is such an ESPNish stat. Let me guess, they are 7-7 in their last 14? Maybe 8-7 in their last 15?

 

Why? I think people, including myself are pointing out that we are no longer hot and playing above .500 baseball.

 

during a completely arbitrary period selected solely to support your own opinion. give it a rest.

 

Give what a rest? Defending my point?

 

It's not like I'm selecting random dates. I'm selecting the last 13 games that the Cubs have played, a stretch that constitutes 8% of the season in order to say that the Cubs have not been hot over the past 13 games.

 

But you're right, the next time I have an opinion, it will be better for me to select stats that completely refute my opinion. Thanks for the advice.

Edited August 3, 2007 by UMFan83

[C.C.]

I forgot we are facing Maine tomorrow. Meh.

[RonnieWooWooSanto]

of in our system i would rather have playing than Jacque.

 

Pie

Pagan

Fox

Colvin

DeRosa

Murton

etc.

 

colvin would be amazingly bad if he were playing in the big leagues, but i'd have to agree with the rest

 

Jacque is more selective than Colvin. I think Colvin will being hearing some booing in Chicago down the road. Unless of course, he changes things up a bit.

Edited August 3, 2007 by RonnieWooWooSanto

[inari]

Jones, Dempster, Howry should just be DFAed.

 

boy i'm glad you're not running the cubs

 

boy i'm glad you love to root for a team that has a few losers in it. Remove the losers on this team and we can actually win this division. Dempster, Jones, Howry, Eyre are all losers.

 

This is the kind of thing people come to NSBB to avoid.

[JimSorgi]

Jones, Dempster, Howry should just be DFAed.

 

boy i'm glad you're not running the cubs

 

boy i'm glad you love to root for a team that has a few losers in it. Remove the losers on this team and we can actually win this division. Dempster, Jones, Howry, Eyre are all losers.

So we would just DFA 4 players? Eyre is actually starting to pitch better. What did Howry do wrong?

[TruffleShuffle]

This is the kind of thing people come to NSBB to avoid.

 

yeah fortunately today's game thread was pretty devoid of ridiculous statements... a lot better than yesterday

[C.C.]

We walked 11 Mets today?!?! We deserved to lose this game.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Friday 03 August 2007

NY Mets @ CUBS

13:20

 

 

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



NY Mets
                     ab   r   h rbi  bb   k lob  sb  cs sac gdp   e  2b  3b  hr  sf  hb
Reyes         ss       5   0   1   1   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Newhan        lf       4   1   0   0   2   2   4   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Wright        3b       3   1   1   0   2   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Delgado       1b       1   1   1   1   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1   0   0   0
Anderson      cf       5   0   1   1   0   2   7   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Castro        c        5   1   1   1   0   2   4   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   1   0   0
Green         rf       4   1   1   1   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0
Gotay         2b       4   1   2   1   1   2   2   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0
Castillo      2b       0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Hernandez     p        3   0   0   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Feliciano     p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Easley        ph       1   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Mota          p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Alou          ph       1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Wagner        p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

totals                36   6   9   6  11  11  20   2   0   0   0   1   3   1   1   0   0



CUBS
                     ab   r   h rbi  bb   k lob  sb  cs sac gdp   e  2b  3b  hr  sf  hb
Soriano       lf       4   0   0   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Theriot       ss       4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D Lee         1b       4   1   2   1   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0
Ramirez       3b       4   0   1   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0
Floyd         rf       4   0   1   0   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
DeRosa        2b       4   1   2   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Jones         cf       4   0   1   0   0   1   3   0   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0
Kendall       c        3   0   1   1   1   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0
Zambrano      p        2   0   0   0   0   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Marmol        p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Fontenot      ph       0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Murton        ph       1   0   0   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Howry         p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Dempster      p        0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

totals                34   2   8   2   1  10  11   1   0   0   1   0   3   0   1   0   0



NY Mets
                 IP   H   R  ER  BB   K  HR  Pit
Hernandez        6.7   5   2   2   1   9   1  109
Feliciano        0.3   0   0   0   0   1   0   5
Mota             1.0   1   0   0   0   0   0   16
Wagner           1.0   2   0   0   0   0   0   14

totals           9.0   8   2   2   1  10   1  144


CUBS
                 IP   H   R  ER  BB   K  HR  Pit
Zambrano         5.0   2   1   1   7   5   1   93
Marmol           2.0   1   1   1   2   4   0   35
Howry            1.0   1   0   0   1   1   0   30
Dempster         1.0   5   4   4   1   1   0   26

totals           9.0   9   6   6  11  11   1  184



Home runs:
NY Mets: Castro (9)
CUBS: D Lee (12)

W: Mota (1-0)
S: none
L: Dempster (2-4)

T: 3:08
A: 41,512

Edited August 3, 2007 by Fred Hornkohl

[CubColtPacer]

I don't even know why people are listing Jones as one of the problem areas today (maybe overall, but not today). 1-4 with a double is not anything to write home about, but it's not a bad day either.

 

The ones who did have a bad day: Dempster, and the 1-2 hitters going 0-8 today. Those were the problem areas.