4/17 Dusty Baker's Reds (Volquez) @ Cubs (Lilly) 1:20 WGN

[UMFan83]

Will at best be 2nd and 3rd with 2 outs for Fontenot. Why is the offense configured like this?

[bcl412]

Wow, Lou let Dusty manage today.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

My brain hurts.

[erik316wttn]

Haha now Lilly with the bunt.

 

Runs are bad, mmmkay.

[laurens]

That was friggin' [expletive]...

[cheapseats]

Fire Lou now. Really.

[squally1313]

Wait

 

 

what?

[bcl412]

I think Lou has dementia.

[jersey cubs fan]

Any PA from Blanco that only results in one out has to be considered a success.

[UMFan83]

Fire Lou now. Really.

 

Really?

[bukie]

So, apparently Gameday was wrong and it wasn't 3-0, but...

 

Blanco trying to bunt with 2 strikes in front of a pitcher who can't hit at all, bunts foul for a strikeout, and the pitcher bats anyway?

 

What the heck were the Cubs thinking?

[erik316wttn]

Fire Lou now. Really.

 

Pat and Ron are talking like Blanco missed the sign.

[weis21]

The good ole' double out bunt.

[CoolHandLuke]

Fontenot, please make up for this terrible inning.

[nick23]

I'm confused.

[cheapseats]

Fire Lou now. Really.

 

Really?

 

Yeah. He really does suck. Better than Dusty Baker doesn't mean good.

[UMFan83]

Oh for a base hit here Fontenot

[XZero771679666304]

Fire Lou now. Really.

 

Pat and Ron are talking like Blanco missed the sign.

 

The way Lou looked in the dugout afterwards leads me to believe it wasn't his doing.

[laurens]

I'm confused.

[bukie]

Well, that may be a first, giving up 2 outs to move runners along one base.

[UMFan83]

Fire Lou now. Really.

 

Really?

 

Yeah. He really does suck. Better than Dusty Baker doesn't mean good.

 

I disagree, and I'm as pessimistic and negative as they come.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

That Blanco AB was bizarre.

[chuckywang]

So, apparently Gameday was wrong and it wasn't 3-0, but...

 

Blanco trying to bunt with 2 strikes in front of a pitcher who can't hit at all, bunts foul for a strikeout, and the pitcher bats anyway?

 

What the heck were the Cubs thinking?

 

My thought is this:

 

If Blanco gets the bunt down, Lou goes to a PH.

If Blanco doesn't get the bunt down, Lou keeps Lilly in there to bunt.

[VanceJergins]

I'm late to the party and this has probably been commented on plenty, but Fontenot/Theriot at 1-2 is bringing back bad memories of Patterson/Perez. We have many better options.

 

Unfortunately, one of the better options is in AAA because the Cubs didn't need another left fielder.

 

Yes, its very stupid that Murton isn't up, but even ignoring that stupidity there's also DeRosa, Fukudome, Johnson, Soto.

[cheapseats]

Fire Lou now. Really.

 

Pat and Ron are talking like Blanco missed the sign.

 

For the entire at-bat?