4/30: Brewers (Suppan) @ Cubs (Dempster), 7:05, WCIU, ESPN

[Andy]

Im guessing this game will be blacked out in the Chicago area on ESPN and only be shown on WCIU?

Probably a good assumption.

[C.C.]

Cards won 5-2. Need to win to keep pace.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Holy Hell, what's gotten into the Pirates? They're smoking the Mets 13-1 with 0 HRs.

 

Sorry, theres no other games thread.

[UMFan83]

Cardinals are 18-11 now. This isn't funny anymore.

[C.C.]

Cardinals are 18-11 now. This isn't funny anymore.

 

 

I keep waiting for them to come back down to earth.

[imb]

i want to f this n up

There's no need for that language.

 

Ok, I'll just call him a B**** next time, instead of using a single letter of the alphabet.

[VanceJergins]

Im guessing this game will be blacked out in the Chicago area on ESPN and only be shown on WCIU?

 

If by Chicago area you mean the Western hemisphere.

[weatherdood]

Cardinals are 18-11 now. This isn't funny anymore.

 

 

I keep waiting for them to come back down to earth.

 

 

Seriously

[Little Slide Rooter]

Cardinals are 18-11 now. This isn't funny anymore.

 

 

I keep waiting for them to come back down to earth.

 

Lets worry about the Brewers tonight and the Cards on Friday. Personally, Im more worried about the Cubs than either.

[Soul]

Did we miss something with the Cardinals? I thought they were supposed to have a crappy lineup & pitching staff, and pretty much just be in a down year.

[Andy]

Did we miss something with the Cardinals? I thought they were supposed to have a crappy lineup & pitching staff, and pretty much just be in a down year.

They do have a crappy lineup, and they do have a crappy pitching staff. But just like in 2006, it's not stopping them from outperforming those pesky little facts.

[rawaction]

Did we miss something with the Cardinals? I thought they were supposed to have a crappy lineup & pitching staff, and pretty much just be in a down year.

They do have a crappy lineup, and they do have a crappy pitching staff. But just like in 2006, it's not stopping them from outperforming those pesky little facts.

 

And they don't even have Eckstein anymore.

[C.C.]

Did we miss something with the Cardinals? I thought they were supposed to have a crappy lineup & pitching staff, and pretty much just be in a down year.

They do have a crappy lineup, and they do have a crappy pitching staff. But just like in 2006, it's not stopping them from outperforming those pesky little facts.

 

 

How come we never have any years like that?

[dew1679666265]

Did we miss something with the Cardinals? I thought they were supposed to have a crappy lineup & pitching staff, and pretty much just be in a down year.

They do have a crappy lineup, and they do have a crappy pitching staff. But just like in 2006, it's not stopping them from outperforming those pesky little facts.

 

 

How come we never have any years like that?

 

1998's about as close as we've come to something like that. I think the 98 team was a good bit better than this Cardinal team, though.

[C.C.]

Did we miss something with the Cardinals? I thought they were supposed to have a crappy lineup & pitching staff, and pretty much just be in a down year.

They do have a crappy lineup, and they do have a crappy pitching staff. But just like in 2006, it's not stopping them from outperforming those pesky little facts.

 

 

How come we never have any years like that?

 

1998's about as close as we've come to something like that. I think the 98 team was a good bit better than this Cardinal team, though.

 

 

Just looking at stats and Kevin Tapani went 19-9 with a 4.85 ERA.

[Andy]

Did we miss something with the Cardinals? I thought they were supposed to have a crappy lineup & pitching staff, and pretty much just be in a down year.

They do have a crappy lineup, and they do have a crappy pitching staff. But just like in 2006, it's not stopping them from outperforming those pesky little facts.

 

 

How come we never have any years like that?

 

1998's about as close as we've come to something like that. I think the 98 team was a good bit better than this Cardinal team, though.

In 2001, the Cubs basically rode Sammy, Lieber, Wood and a decent bullpen to playoff contention into September. That was another one.

 

But you'll notice on neither occasion did we make it to the World Series. Or come close.

[E.J.]

Cubs Lineup:

 

Johnson LF

Theriot SS

Lee 1b

Aram 3b

Fukudome RF

Derosa 2b

Soto C

Pie CF

Dempster P

[Guest]

Free Ronny!

[SABR Gamer]

I'm starting to get negative on this team..........Kosuke hasn't been playing as well as he started. I hope he doesen't continue this trend of sucking.

 

Our pitching hasn't been very good at all.

 

Sean Gallagher for 5th starter.

[VanceJergins]

Cubs Lineup:

 

Johnson LF

Theriot SS

Lee 1b

Aram 3b

Fukudome RF

Derosa 2b

Soto C

Pie CF

Dempster P

 

Seriously, Lou.

 

v.s. Suppan

Ronny Cedeno .444 .545 .778 1.323

Ryan Theriot .273 .273 .364 .637

[rawaction]

Free Ronny!

 

It would be at the expense of Pie.

[bcl412]

It isn't going to be long until I want Lou fired. I'm almost there.

[C.C.]

Cubs Lineup:

 

Johnson LF

Theriot SS

Lee 1b

Aram 3b

Fukudome RF

Derosa 2b

Soto C

Pie CF

Dempster P

 

That pisses me off! PLAY RONNY!

[ctcf]

Ryan Theriot, please stop playing baseball.

[dew1679666265]

Did we miss something with the Cardinals? I thought they were supposed to have a crappy lineup & pitching staff, and pretty much just be in a down year.

They do have a crappy lineup, and they do have a crappy pitching staff. But just like in 2006, it's not stopping them from outperforming those pesky little facts.

 

 

How come we never have any years like that?

 

1998's about as close as we've come to something like that. I think the 98 team was a good bit better than this Cardinal team, though.

 

 

Just looking at stats and Kevin Tapani went 19-9 with a 4.85 ERA.

 

The classic example of old school vs new school.

 

19 wins is stellar, but a 4.85 ERA is very average.

 

We also had Marc Pisciotta on that team, I believe. It's startling the poor baseball players who were on that team.