4/15 Dusty Baker's Reds (Harang) @ Cubs (Dempster) 7:05 CSN

[weatherdood]

Dang wind -- At least Harang had to work a bit.

[Sosa21MVP]

Bah, nice stop by Phillips. Time for an Aramabomb!

 

Or a popout to foul territory. I suck at calling my own shots. :(

[weatherdood]

How about another 5 pitch inning for Demp?

[Roast]

20 pitches for harang through the first. Nice.

[weatherdood]

Not crazy about that start to the inning

[Andy]

The wind doesn't ever seem to do help us, only hurt us.

 

And BTW, smart baseball by Lee and everything, but why don't we do this when the wind, um, isn't howling out at 20 mph? It's like we try to be dumb - we hit fly balls like crazy when the wind's blowing in, but as soon as it blows out we start playing smartball.

[E.J.]

Bah. Not a good start. Here comes the 2-run homer.

[Jon]

Has the zone been that small all game?

[Sammy Sofa]

Dunn is going yard here.

[Anomalied]

Gah, I'm still mad about Soriano. ](*,)

[haubrich91]

I bet Murton already has his flight booked for tonight.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Call up Matt Murton. Lose some SLG and defense, gain some OBP and a real leadoff hitter (not Murton, obviously).

 

I'm not sure losing our $13 million a year player would make us worse.

 

losing soriano for a significant amount of time makes us worse. come on.

 

Going by career numbers for convenience, losing Soriano for Murton costs you 50 points of slugging but gains you 30 points of OBP. That is a wash offensively.

 

The defensive loss is at least somewhat offset by no longer needing to keep a low-OBP guy at the top of the lineup.

Edited April 16, 2008 by Hairyducked Idiot

[weatherdood]

Strike zone has gotten REALLY small here.

[E.J.]

Geez. Where was that pitch?

[CubsGM]

Where was that?

[Roast]

Good start, Demps.

[weatherdood]

This can't be good.

[E.J.]

Love that the strikezone is the size of a grapefruit now.

[Roast]

Oh wow, Gameday shows that right in the zone.

[Sosa21MVP]

Just walk the bases loaded Ryan. You know you want to.

[weatherdood]

Ick

[Roast]

Gah.

[E.J.]

That was a rope.

[CubsGM]

Ryan Dumpster is back?

[rocket]

methinks the reds are gonna blow us out today