4/12 Cubs (Lilly) @ Phillies (Hamels) 6:05 CT WGN

[Magnetic Curses]

have we ever beaten the phillies?

[Sosa21MVP]

The offense needs to get untracked here.

 

Meaning you want the offense to go flying off the rails and crash horrifically?

 

I think they've already accomplished that. :D

 

You make a good point.

[Garage Party]

Aw, that was a robbery. Poor Mark.

[Omar]

Hamels having problems finding hte zone the last couple innings.

 

and the Cubs continue to bail him out.

[illiniguy]

Well, that may have been our only opportunity. If so, hopefully we get vintage pre-July Jason Marquis tommorow.

Please, we are down one run with a team full of guys who can hit homers in this launching pad. We will have plenty of chances to score.

 

We're down 2 runs with a team full of guys who are baffled by a great but not unhittable pitcher, not to mention our own pitcher whose likely not done giving up runs.

If Hamels isn't great, I wonder who you would say is? Oh and Lilly has settled in pretty nicely.

 

Pretty sure he said he IS great.

 

Just not unhittable.

Yeah I misread it. Sorry.

[Sosa21MVP]

have we ever beaten the phillies?

 

I think we beat them once in 1957. :scratch:

[inari]

Just tuned in. Not too surprising that we're getting absolutely dominated by Hamels.

[Andy]

have we ever beaten the phillies?

The record book says we have but days like these I don't believe the record book.

[Lockes Eye Scar]

have we ever beaten the phillies?

 

I was just about to say something like this... they just own the Cubs

[Roast]

Ronny is barely staying alive up there.

[Outshined_One]

how many times does hamels have to shut down a lineup full of righties before lou realizes that his changeup might be fooling them just a bit? it bottles my mind just how old timey and caught up in tradition you have to be to put a lineup like this out there against a lefty changeup artist.

 

In all fairness, righties do slightly better against him than lefties.

[Butterscup1679666578]

Cedeno-Theriot-Pitcher is quite the black hole.

[Andy]

Seriously, how do we ever win a game with such an easily solved lineup?

[TruffleShuffle]

good selection ronny

[Magnetic Curses]

how many times does hamels have to shut down a lineup full of righties before lou realizes that his changeup might be fooling them just a bit? it bottles my mind just how old timey and caught up in tradition you have to be to put a lineup like this out there against a lefty changeup artist.

 

In all fairness, righties do slightly better against him than lefties.

 

yes, but this doesn't mean you bench one of your best hitters.

[illiniguy]

how many times does hamels have to shut down a lineup full of righties before lou realizes that his changeup might be fooling them just a bit? it bottles my mind just how old timey and caught up in tradition you have to be to put a lineup like this out there against a lefty changeup artist.

 

In all fairness, righties do slightly better against him than lefties.

 

yes, but this doesn't mean you bench one of your best hitters.

I think he was due for a day off anyways.

[inari]

how many times does hamels have to shut down a lineup full of righties before lou realizes that his changeup might be fooling them just a bit? it bottles my mind just how old timey and caught up in tradition you have to be to put a lineup like this out there against a lefty changeup artist.

 

In all fairness, righties do slightly better against him than lefties.

 

yes, but this doesn't mean you bench one of your best hitters.

 

I think Kosuke was just due for a day off. It didn't have anything to do with Hamels.

[Roast]

Ehhhhhh.

 

76 pitches thus far. C'mon cubs - hopefully we can get to him next inning

[Magnetic Curses]

last season, he wasn't as good against lefties.

[Magnetic Curses]

how many times does hamels have to shut down a lineup full of righties before lou realizes that his changeup might be fooling them just a bit? it bottles my mind just how old timey and caught up in tradition you have to be to put a lineup like this out there against a lefty changeup artist.

 

In all fairness, righties do slightly better against him than lefties.

 

yes, but this doesn't mean you bench one of your best hitters.

 

I think Kosuke was just due for a day off. It didn't have anything to do with Hamels.

 

sosa played nearly every day in right during the 90's. it's not that hard, i doubt kosuke needs a day off.

[Magnetic Curses]

bruntlett would have had that one.

[Outshined_One]

I'd like to know why Lou thinks having Theriot at SS and Cedeno at 2B makes sense.

[illiniguy]

Have we got Victorino out yet?

[Andy]

Theriot and Cedeno really need to switch places in the infield.

[Vanilla Ice]

im just hoping we can get through this inning without any more damage.

 

 

then get hamel's pitch count up

 

 

that's at least the second play cedeno could have made that theriot did not