Thoughts from today's game

[Schwarber Fan]

-How did we not win?

 

-Fukudome is my hero

 

-I hate how the Brewers get these players that suck (Counsell) and they succeed (similar to the Cardinals magic)

 

-How do you NOT run on Kendall? Did we not see that guy and his 0% throwing last year on our own team?

 

-I am not worried about Wood

 

-The Bob Howry inning was about as predictable as it gets

 

-It's one of the great injustices that Eric Gagne is going to have a 18764.45 ERA and he has more wins than Big Z

 

/overreaction thread

[Shilzzz]

can't wait to hear the irrational sports radio conversations about wood tomorrow. :roll:

[RegulusBlue]

Theriot is a bottom 50 player in baseball and he gets more ABs than anyone else on our squad.

 

Raise your hand if you like scrappy outs!

[imb]

i don't foresee any scenario in which we ever win again

[CubmanPi]

-It's one of the great injustices that Eric Gagne is going to have a 18764.45 ERA and he has more wins than Big Z

I wouldn't consider it an injustice as much as it's proof that wins is a stat that has no place in competent discussion about quality of pitcher.

 

This game was complete bullcrap, with the obvious exceptions of people named either Carlos or Fuku.

[SpongeWorthy]

Why isn't there reason to worry about a pitcher who still hasn't learned to hit his spots by his early 30s?

 

Wood at closer is a bad idea.

[CubbieBleu]

-It's one of the great injustices that Eric Gagne is going to have a 18764.45 ERA and he has more wins than Big Z

I wouldn't consider it an injustice as much as it's proof that wins is a stat that has no place in competent discussion about quality of pitcher.

 

This game was complete bullcrap, with the obvious exceptions of people named either Carlos or Fuku.

 

Agreed.

[abuck1220]

he wasn't pitching as the closer today.

[Shilzzz]

Why isn't there reason to worry about a pitcher who still hasn't learned to hit his spots by his early 30s?

 

Wood at closer is a bad idea.

 

the same guy who had no walks in ST, and, iirc, 1 walk in the last month of last year?

[CubinNY]

Aside from Theriot I liked what I saw at the plate today from the entire Cubs team. Sheets was dealing. Z and Charlie Marbles were outstanding. Wood pitched poorly, but I don't expect outings like that too often.

 

Shake it off and go get them on Wednesday.

[rickrolled]

what can we do to fix this team for 2009?

[imb]

time to blow it up

[Elrhino]

-How did we not win?

 

Two hits through 8 innings is a good place to start.

[Fro]

- Theriot and Soriano are way too streaky to hit #1/#2.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

- Theriot and Soriano are way too streaky to hit #1/#2.

Theriot is too turrible to hit 1 or 2

[SpongeWorthy]

Why isn't there reason to worry about a pitcher who still hasn't learned to hit his spots by his early 30s?

 

Wood at closer is a bad idea.

 

the same guy who had no walks in ST, and, iirc, 1 walk in the last month of last year?

 

Wood always had a fairly high walk rate when he was a starter. He also gave up a fair amount of home runs when he got a lot of innings (unlike a Z for instance who also walks many batters).

 

"Effectively wild" has summarized a lot of the healthy parts of Wood's career.

 

He also has a tendency to start off cold.

 

Look at his splits by pitch count for his career:

 

1-25 pitch count opponent OPS: .718

26-50: .646

50-75: .688

75-100: .687

100+: .591

 

I'm not saying he's not any good. But a high walk rate and high home run rate pitcher who has exhibited a need for an inning or two to "settle down" throughout his career isn't exactly the shutdown guy I want at the back end.

 

Wood won't be horrible but he's going to make me reach for the antacids this year.

[Post Count Padder]

I think the bar has been set too high this season and it will be worse than last year. This summer on this board will be joyous.

[Butterscup1679666578]

when's football?

[Butterscup1679666578]

- Theriot and Soriano are way too streaky to hit #1/#2.

Theriot is too turrible to hit 1 or 2

 

or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9

[Little Slide Rooter]

3 Cubs performed this afternoon. Zambrano, Marmol, and Fukudome. Hopefully a few others will decide to join them on Wednesday.

[Outshined_One]

I think this team will be fine.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Also, keep in mind that last season, we lost opening day. The 2 before it, we dominated, scoring double digets each game, and we all remember how those seasons ended.

[JimSorgi]

You know what? This is the closest the Cubs are ever going to be to first place in the NL Central.

[Soul]

I'm more worried about Howry than Woody. Not because I don't think Bob will get it together, but because it seems like it's July before he does, and I don't want to wait that long.

[circlechange]

Was at the game. Fukodome was awesome.

 

More and more fans bother me every time I go. There were boos after the top of the 9th, boos after the top of the 10th, and a group of girls got to their seats behind me in the 8th inning (!) then left after the Brewers scored 3 with one of them stating "Well, we lost." Many fans left after the top of the 9th, but a fair amount even left after the 8th. I don't expect all fans to stay for every inning, but it's Opening Day with Lee-Ramirez-Fukodome coming up!

 

Booing Kerry Wood after one inning and after everything he has meant to this team is despicable.