Re: 04/27 Cubs (Lilly) @ Nationals (Lannan) 12:35pm CDT, WGN

[illiniguy]

Some real nice managing by Lou here. Don't just let Wuertz get terrible Ron Mackowiak out.

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH INNING

 

Wuertz in to pitch for the CUBS

Pena struck out swinging

Nieves grounded out to third, 5-3

Marshll in to pitch for the CUBS

Boone, pinch hitting for Mackowiak, walked

Lopez grounded out to the pitcher, 1-3

 

0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 1 men left on base

 

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

 

Home runs:

CUBS: none

Washington: none

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Lilly         6.0  4  2  2  2  7  0 108
Wuertz        0.7  0  0  0  0  1  0   8
Marshall      0.3  0  0  0  1  0  0  14

 

Washington     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Lannan        7.0  4  0  0  4  2  0 107

[Fred Hornkohl]

                  CUBS      Washington
P/PA              3.82            4.64

[sneakypower]

You are conveniently ignoring the fact that the very situation some of us are fearing HAPPENED LAST YEAR. Who made that decision? Do you need a hint?

ok, now we're getting somewhere. this is good.

 

the fear is that Piniella is going to make the terrible decision of playing a sub-.650 ops SS everyday when there is another clearly superior option. and that surely would be a terrible decision. but what nobody realizes apparently, is that you're all really early with the criticisms as the kid is at .870 or whatever now and has been an asset for us this season.

 

you're jumping the gun with the bashing, and it's directed at the wrong party.

 

i've been thrilled that both ronny and theriot have been producing, but i realize that puts me in the minority. i guess i'm the twisted type of fan that enjoys it when players are performing well.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Ayala in to pitch for Washington

[illiniguy]

Cardinals up now too. Looks like we are losing ground to both teams today.

[Butterscup1679666578]

rip a double here, riot.

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 0-4 when they trail by 2 runs or more at the end of 7 innings.

 

Go CUBS !!

[UMFan83]

Meh who cares about the standings. Obviously, I'd want the Brewers to lose every game but I say just win as many as you can and hope that you're ahead in August. Then start worrying.

[Butterscup1679666578]

or swing at a terrible pitch, whatever.

[BCVM22]

rip a double here, riot.

 

Nah, he'd rather swing at a pitch in the dirt.

 

:scratch:

Edited April 27, 2008 by BCVM22

[Fred Hornkohl]

Theriot struck out swinging

[GlassCow]

Terrible

[CubsGM]

Geaux Cubs

[illiniguy]

Ryan has had a very good day today.

[Fred Hornkohl]

D Lee walked

[chuckywang]

I don't think the Cubs have homered in this ballpark yet. Let's change that.

[big_shooter17]

You are conveniently ignoring the fact that the very situation some of us are fearing HAPPENED LAST YEAR. Who made that decision? Do you need a hint?

ok, now we're getting somewhere. this is good.

 

the fear is that Piniella is going to make the terrible decision of playing a sub-.650 ops SS everyday when there is another clearly superior option. and that surely would be a terrible decision. but what nobody realizes apparently, is that you're all really early with the criticisms as the kid is at .870 or whatever now and has been an asset for us this season.

 

you're jumping the gun with the bashing, and it's directed at the wrong party.

 

i've been thrilled that both ronny and theriot have been producing, but i realize that puts me in the minority. i guess i'm the twisted type of fan that enjoys it when players are performing well.

 

you are making quite the assumption. you actually believe that a player like theriot will have his OPS jump by 200 points from one season to the next? that is a jump that Barry Bonds barely managed to make from his non-phd to phd using seasons. that is absurd.

[sneakypower]

And the negative plays, including a crucial error and 6/11 SB, have cost us pretty dearly recently. Those plays are fresh in people's minds. Anyway, comparing Theriot to ARod is just baiting people in a game thread when the Cubs are losing to the Nationals.

give me a break. i made reference of the notion that a player could have an empty OPS and ARod was the classic example.

 

i was clear with my statements. if you read it and took it as an ARod-Theriot comparison, then you should try improving your reading comprehension.

[Tracer Bullet]

You are conveniently ignoring the fact that the very situation some of us are fearing HAPPENED LAST YEAR. Who made that decision? Do you need a hint?

ok, now we're getting somewhere. this is good.

 

the fear is that Piniella is going to make the terrible decision of playing a sub-.650 ops SS everyday when there is another clearly superior option. and that surely would be a terrible decision. but what nobody realizes apparently, is that you're all really early with the criticisms as the kid is at .870 or whatever now and has been an asset for us this season.

 

you're jumping the gun with the bashing, and it's directed at the wrong party.

 

i've been thrilled that both ronny and theriot have been producing, but i realize that puts me in the minority. i guess i'm the twisted type of fan that enjoys it when players are performing well.

 

No, you're the twisted Cubs fan that isn't seeing the glass half empty. In a vacuum, I want all Cubs players to perform well and help the team win. For the start of this season, if the Cubs can win the same number of games whether Theriot does well or hits into a double play in every AB to start the year, I'd take the latter. Why? I don't trust Lou and I think Cedeno gives us the far better chance to win (both now, the rest of this year and the future). So if Theriot sucks from the start, there's a better chance that Lou replaces him with Cedeno. If Theriot plays well, even if Cedeno plays well, Theriot remains the starter (as evidenced by keeping Theriot at SS, even when they're both in the game, which is stupid) and it becomes almost impossible to get him out of the lineup when the inevitable .650 OPS shows up. And yes, last year is pretty good support for this concern.

[Butterscup1679666578]

jesus swing the bat.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Ramirez called out on strikes

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Our hitters look terrible today.

[UMFan83]

THIS. TEAM. SUCKS. RIGHT. NOW.

 

Wish we had a power guy up here.

[C.C.]

That was our last chance.