8/5 Mets(Glavine) @ Cubs(Marquis) 7:05 P.M. CT ESPN

[TruffleShuffle]

derosa not playing a great of tonight.

 

as joe and jon noted, derosa isn't a natural outfielder. Unfortunately we don't have an outfielder available who had a .360+ OBP and a .800 OPS last year.

[Soul]

Can we get on OF that can play some defense???

 

Mr. Pie better be heading to the airport.

 

Ahhhh, nope.

 

 

And......probably, but only to watch him ride the bench with Murt in favor of Pagan.

[CubFanPhilly]

Wood's going to get his "soft landing" tonight.

[rickrolled]

Cubs.com says Soriano is day-to-day, I don't know if that really means anything yet.

[Mizzou]

Nice to see all our flaws being exposed on national TV.

 

Marquis has been awful for 6 weeks, our OF completely sucks, our offense is inept against LHP and our trainers are beyond bad.

Yeah, aside from the fact that he hasn't.

 

Damn it DeRosa, what the hell

 

What was his July ERA again? 6?

 

Yeah, he's awesome.

Look at his game log. He hasn't been as bad as you make him out to be. As I said in another thread, he's the best 5th starter in baseball too.

[98navigator]

That ball probably should have been caught by DeRo. Get this out here Marquis and it's only a 3 run deficit. That's certainly not insurmountable.

 

 

for the cubs it is.

 

lol, yeah I know this is a game thread and we all get emotional so I'm just going to leave it alone.

[E.J.]

derosa not playing a great of tonight.

 

as joe and jon noted, derosa isn't a natural outfielder. Unfortunately we don't have an outfielder available who had a .360+ OBP and a .800 OPS last year.

 

Red heads can't play baseball at night.

[Soul]

Tim, if you're out there we really need a "Cub Blues" board, if you know what I mean.

[kente777]

I don't mean to quench the recent enthusiasm, but we've got too many holes on this team. Those who are predicting we'll win this division by 5 plus games may be very surprised.

 

haven't heard anyone say five games. in fact, I think just about everyone here thinks we have holes -- look at the game threads :)

 

Yep, I've heard it on this board.

 

I have serious doubts. Marquis absolutely sucks. Kendall, well...nuff said. Pagan is pathetic. And our offense, no power. Continued lack of patience. Can't hit left-handed pitching.

 

We're a playoff team? LOL

[cubbieblue12]

Cubs.com says Soriano is day-to-day, I don't know if that really means anything yet.

 

 

If he doesn't go on the DL I'll be surprised. Which means Pie will be on his way up if this happens.

[Derwood]

if Soriano hits the DL, Pie will be called up to sit on the bench so we can put a Floyd/Pagan/Jones OF there every day

[Guest]

It's too bad the Cubs are forced to move a second baseman to the OF because they don't have any OF on the bench.

[Mizzou]

Is there anything else on TV?

 

Entourage is on at 9

I don't want to miss Wood's debut, so I'm kinda torn on whether to watch Entourage tonight or just watch it on On Demand tomorrow.

[Rebel_Cubbie]

anyone annoyed by the girls behind home plate that don't seem to pay attention to a SINGLE bit of the game?

[Soul]

Wood's going to get his "soft landing" tonight.

 

Haha, yeah that's probably right.

 

Maybe that's why Murt won't be played. Might get back into it. :roll:

[USSoccer]

Nice to see all our flaws being exposed on national TV.

 

Marquis has been awful for 6 weeks, our OF completely sucks, our offense is inept against LHP and our trainers are beyond bad.

Yeah, aside from the fact that he hasn't.

 

Damn it DeRosa, what the hell

 

What was his July ERA again? 6?

 

Yeah, he's awesome.

Look at his game log. He hasn't been as bad as you make him out to be. As I said in another thread, he's the best 5th starter in baseball too.

 

You're right, I was wrong.

 

He's been bad for 9 weeks. His June ERA was over 5 and his July ERA was over 6.

 

Yeah, great, he can mix in one good start amidst 3 godawful ones. We should be lucky we have him for 3 years.

[Mizzou]

Geez, Pagan really clobbered that one.

[CyHawk_Cub]

derosa not playing a great of tonight.

 

as joe and jon noted, derosa isn't a natural outfielder. Unfortunately we don't have an outfielder available who had a .360+ OBP and a .800 OPS last year.

 

Red heads can't play baseball at night.

 

Yeah, it has to do w/ night blindness....or something like that.

[TruffleShuffle]

derosa not playing a great of tonight.

 

as joe and jon noted, derosa isn't a natural outfielder. Unfortunately we don't have an outfielder available who had a .360+ OBP and a .800 OPS last year.

 

Red heads can't play baseball at night.

 

i'm getting so sick of the Murton/Soto garbage... the Cubs don't deserve to win considering how stupid they've been with those two guys

[Derwood]

Castillo made that play because of all his years playing in the Federal League

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I don't mean to quench the recent enthusiasm, but we've got too many holes on this team. Those who are predicting we'll win this division by 5 plus games may be very surprised.

 

haven't heard anyone say five games. in fact, I think just about everyone here thinks we have holes -- look at the game threads :)

 

Yep, I've heard it on this board.

 

I have serious doubts. Marquis absolutely sucks. Kendall, well...nuff said. Pagan is pathetic. And our offense, no power. Continued lack of patience. Can't hit left-handed pitching.

 

We're a playoff team? LOL

 

Have you paid attention to the quality of playoff team the NL has been capable of producing the last few years?

[cubfan1955]

Cubs.com says Soriano is day-to-day, I don't know if that really means anything yet.

It probably means the Cubs won't DL him now and then they will play shorthanded for two weeks and then they will decide to DL him.

[Soul]

Wonderful power by Pagan!

 

So glad we stood pat at the deadline. This is awesome.

[Omar]

We're getting no breaks tonight.

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/lgraphs/270805116_Mets_Cubs_35044965_lbig.png

[JGalt73]

anyone annoyed by the girls behind home plate that don't seem to pay attention to a SINGLE bit of the game?

 

You know what they call those girls this game -

 

"happy".