9/12 Cubs (Hill) @ Astros (Albers) 7:05 CST WGN-9/WGN-720

[Derwood]

Unbelievable. Cliff risked life and limb and ran his butt off for nothing.

 

you were saying?

[CubmanPi]

so far, nothing has surprised me in this inning.

There ya go. I definitely didn't see that one coming.

[TruffleShuffle]

thanks for the free run astros

[Mizzou]

Wow, what a feeble looking swing that was.

[Vanilla Ice]

so far, nothing has surprised me in this inning.

 

Really, not even a Cliff Floyd triple?

 

EDIT: Oops, realize I got beat to it by Raisin.

Edited September 13, 2007 by Vanilla Ice

[Derwood]

how can rich hill suck at the plate SO MUCH? aren't pitchers usually the best hitters in high school?

[UMFan83]

Unbelievable. Cliff risked life and limb and ran his butt off for nothing.

 

you were saying?

 

Oh wait, baseball allows 3 outs per inning? Crap :)

[weatherdood]

how can rich hill suck at the plate SO MUCH? aren't pitchers usually the best hitters in high school?

 

Hill probably played his last HS game 8-9 years ago

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE FOURTH INNING

 

Floyd tripled to center field

DeRosa grounded out to short, 6-3 , Floyd holding third

Kendall flied out to right field , Floyd holding third

Theriot grounded an IF single to shortstop , Floyd scored

R Hill struck out swinging

 

1 runs 1 hits 0 errors 0 men left on base

 

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

 

Home runs:

CUBS: Floyd (6)

Houston: none

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
R Hill        3.0  1  0  0  2  4  0  58

 

Houston        IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Albers        4.0  6  3  3  1  3  1  72

[SouthSideRyan]

Pitching to Theriot was curious, no matter how much he's been sucking.

 

We have no average hitting pitchers, kinda odd. Zambrano and Marquis are probably 2 of the 10 best hitting pitchers in baseball. Hill and Lilly might be 2 of the 10 worst. Marshall was just as bad.

[TruffleShuffle]

how can rich hill suck at the plate SO MUCH? aren't pitchers usually the best hitters in high school?

 

have you seen hill run/field? it's pretty obvious that he's a lousy athlete.

[Derwood]

Unbelievable. Cliff risked life and limb and ran his butt off for nothing.

 

you were saying?

 

Oh wait, baseball allows 3 outs per inning? Crap :)

 

yeah, they changed that this year

[Guest]

Pitching to Theriot was curious, no matter how much he's been sucking.

 

We have no average hitting pitchers, kinda odd. Zambrano and Marquis are probably 2 of the 10 best hitting pitchers in baseball. Hill and Lilly might be 2 of the 10 worst. Marshall was just as bad.

 

Marshall and Hill are just brutal.

[Derwood]

how can rich hill suck at the plate SO MUCH? aren't pitchers usually the best hitters in high school?

 

have you seen hill run/field? it's pretty obvious that he's a lousy athlete.

 

it's why I hate the DH in minor league ball. I realize that it helps you develop more hitters, but it atrophies your pitchers hitting ability really badly

[Guest]

Common!

[UK1679666180]

how can rich hill suck at the plate SO MUCH? aren't pitchers usually the best hitters in high school?

 

Yes, espec. being from the NE. Of course, he faced pitchers topping out at 80 and he hit with the ping.

[Guest]

how can rich hill suck at the plate SO MUCH? aren't pitchers usually the best hitters in high school?

 

have you seen hill run/field? it's pretty obvious that he's a lousy athlete.

 

it's why I hate the DH in minor league ball. I realize that it helps you develop more hitters, but it atrophies your pitchers hitting ability really badly

 

I love it, pitchers in A ball and lower don't need to waste their time learning how to bunt and whatnot.

[genbar]

so far, nothing has surprised me in this inning.

 

Cliff Floyd tripling isn't a surprise for you?

 

not in that park. cliff isn't a turtle. i could triple by sitting on my bare behind and farting to propel me, especially with that center valley of an outfield.[/i]

[Omar]

Oh Bob. U so funnay!

 

That said, I want Steve Stone back. He got a call on Boers and Berns asking him if he would come back, and he said something along the lines of "The door is open."

[SouthSideRyan]

K-ing Carlos Lee is a good thing

[Derwood]

how can rich hill suck at the plate SO MUCH? aren't pitchers usually the best hitters in high school?

 

have you seen hill run/field? it's pretty obvious that he's a lousy athlete.

 

it's why I hate the DH in minor league ball. I realize that it helps you develop more hitters, but it atrophies your pitchers hitting ability really badly

 

I love it, pitchers in A ball and lower don't need to waste their time learning how to bunt and whatnot.

 

yeah, but if really good-hitting pitchers from high school and college kept hitting all the way through the system, then their spot in the lineup in the majors wouldn't be an automatic out

[Fred Hornkohl]

C Lee struck out swinging

[Fred Hornkohl]

Loretta grounded an IF single to third base

[weatherdood]

Oh Bob. U so funnay!

 

That said, I want Steve Stone back. He got a call on Boers and Berns asking him if he would come back, and he said something along the lines of "The door is open."

 

Eventually, someone is going to hire Brenly to be a manager and Stone will naturally return to the booth...unless he gets a GM gig somewhere.

[Guest]

how can rich hill suck at the plate SO MUCH? aren't pitchers usually the best hitters in high school?

 

have you seen hill run/field? it's pretty obvious that he's a lousy athlete.

 

it's why I hate the DH in minor league ball. I realize that it helps you develop more hitters, but it atrophies your pitchers hitting ability really badly

 

I love it, pitchers in A ball and lower don't need to waste their time learning how to bunt and whatnot.

 

yeah, but if really good-hitting pitchers from high school and college kept hitting all the way through the system, then their spot in the lineup in the majors wouldn't be an automatic out

 

Indeed, but I think they should spend as much of their development time pitching.