5/2 Cubs (Hill) @ Cardinals (Wainwright) 7:15 PM CDT WGN/720

[wekse]

skip schumaker is awesome.

[erik316wttn]

o good, were back.

 

so who do you blame?

 

a. the guy who made multiple defensive miscues

b. the guy who hadnt pitched in 3 years

c. the guy who didnt even think about putting in the best reliever on the planet after the guy who hadnt pitched in 3 years let demon troll Aaron Miles on base.

 

That's my Cubbies!

 

It took them a while, but they're finally playing like the Cubs we all know and love.

[CubColtPacer]

CHAD FOX OVER MARMOL!?!?!?!?!?!??!

 

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Even though this is an hour later, I'll address this. Marmol was only going to be able to pitch 1 inning tonight. Knowing that, it doesn't matter that much which inning he threw. Both pitchers were going to have to shut down the Cardinals in order to win the game.

 

Plus the 5-6-7 hitters were coming up for the Cardinals in the 10th. It makes more sense to hope Fox can shut them down there, and try to save Marmol's 1 inning for the 2-3-4 in the order.

[E.J.]

2 innings of Chad Fox. There was no way that was going to end well.

[UMFan83]

We are no better of a team than last year's squad.

 

We need starting pitching S-T-A-T. I don't care how this situation is rectified, just fix it.

[illiniguy]

Well we are probably going to be calling up Gallagher. Now we got to go get one more good starter.

[wekse]

is ramirez's wrist broken? boy i sure do hope so.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Well we are probably going to be calling up Gallagher. Now we got to go get one more good starter.

 

Lieber to the rotation, Cotts up, ? Marquis.

[BCVM22]

is ramirez's wrist broken? boy i sure do hope so.

 

He was back in the dugout yukking it up not long after he was pulled; you'd think if it was broken, he'd have been at the hospital getting it cast and set and all that, or having it x-rayed or MRI'd or whatever.

[Outshined_One]

Well we are probably going to be calling up Gallagher. Now we got to go get one more good starter.

 

He'll replace Rich Hill, naturally.

 

Jason Marquis is untouchable!

[Little Slide Rooter]

So if we go by the current pattern, we'll blow them out tommorow and lose a heartbreaker Sunday.

[Little Slide Rooter]

how the hell are we still in 2nd place?

[Wilson A2000]

how the hell are we still in 2nd place?

 

The central is not good? Wait, the central is actually playing decent.

[VanceJergins]

Well we are probably going to be calling up Gallagher. Now we got to go get one more good starter.

 

Its going to be awesome watching Gallagher rot away on the bench.

[chuckywang]

What do they say about NBA streaky shooters? They keep both teams in the game?

 

Yeah ... that's how I feel about Soriano.

[Soul]

We were 9 games over .500, now only 5 over.

 

We're sliding folks. This is not good. Rammy said after the game his wrist was pretty swollen. Not sure if he'll play today or not, but this is just bad.

[CubinNY]

CHAD FOX OVER MARMOL!?!?!?!?!?!??!

 

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Even though this is an hour later, I'll address this. Marmol was only going to be able to pitch 1 inning tonight. Knowing that, it doesn't matter that much which inning he threw. Both pitchers were going to have to shut down the Cardinals in order to win the game.

 

Plus the 5-6-7 hitters were coming up for the Cardinals in the 10th. It makes more sense to hope Fox can shut them down there, and try to save Marmol's 1 inning for the 2-3-4 in the order.

No it doesn't. Unless they made a new rule Marmol is allowed to pitch more than one inning.

[CubColtPacer]

CHAD FOX OVER MARMOL!?!?!?!?!?!??!

 

:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

 

Even though this is an hour later, I'll address this. Marmol was only going to be able to pitch 1 inning tonight. Knowing that, it doesn't matter that much which inning he threw. Both pitchers were going to have to shut down the Cardinals in order to win the game.

 

Plus the 5-6-7 hitters were coming up for the Cardinals in the 10th. It makes more sense to hope Fox can shut them down there, and try to save Marmol's 1 inning for the 2-3-4 in the order.

No it doesn't. Unless they made a new rule Marmol is allowed to pitch more than one inning.

 

Sure, it's possible for Marmol to throw more than 1 inning. He threw 20 pitches 2 days before and 28 pitches the day before though. I am glad that Lou isn't willing to completely destroy his arm by throwing him out there for multiple innings with a tired arm just to have a slightly bigger chance of winning 1 game. The risk of his future health is just too great, and I'm happy that our current manager has limits on to how far to stretch his arms, unlike the previous regime.

[Keener98]

CHAD FOX OVER MARMOL!?!?!?!?!?!??!

 

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Even though this is an hour later, I'll address this. Marmol was only going to be able to pitch 1 inning tonight. Knowing that, it doesn't matter that much which inning he threw. Both pitchers were going to have to shut down the Cardinals in order to win the game.

 

Plus the 5-6-7 hitters were coming up for the Cardinals in the 10th. It makes more sense to hope Fox can shut them down there, and try to save Marmol's 1 inning for the 2-3-4 in the order.

No it doesn't. Unless they made a new rule Marmol is allowed to pitch more than one inning.

 

Sure, it's possible for Marmol to throw more than 1 inning. He threw 20 pitches 2 days before and 28 pitches the day before though. I am glad that Lou isn't willing to completely destroy his arm by throwing him out there for multiple innings with a tired arm just to have a slightly bigger chance of winning 1 game. The risk of his future health is just too great, and I'm happy that our current manager has limits on to how far to stretch his arms, unlike the previous regime.

 

Another problem created by Lou himself. Pitching Marmol in a 19-5 game.