Re: 5/4 Cubs (Marquis) @ Cardinals (Wellemeyer) 7:05pm CDT, ESPN

[TruffleShuffle]

This is a pretty average lineup without A-Ram and Soriano still in a semi-funk.

 

to be fair, most lineups become average when you remove arguably their best hitter and turn their third or fourth-best hitter into a lesser version of neifi perez.

[BigSlick]

So this is going to be exactly the same as the Brewers series right? We lose 2 close games and blow out the middle game?

 

I hate the Cubs.

[minnesotacubsfan]

We only scored 2 runs off of Todd Wellemeyer. Let's all think about that for a while.

 

this is the reason am drinking right now

 

 

oo and Marquis

[CubsGM]

We only scored 2 runs off of Todd Wellemeyer. Let's all think about that for a while.

 

But he got worked pretty well. In previous Cubs seasons than this would have been much more frustrating. The team is just not coming through with scoring opportunities

So like previous Cub teams

[Fred Hornkohl]

Ludwick singled to left field

[BigSlick]

This is a pretty average lineup without A-Ram and Soriano still in a semi-funk.

 

to be fair, most lineups become average when you remove arguably their best hitter and turn their third or fourth-best hitter into a lesser version of neifi perez.

I was just responding to the guy saying we didn't do anything against Wellemeyer

 

should have quoted him

[Andy]

This is a pretty average lineup without A-Ram and Soriano still in a semi-funk.

 

to be fair, most lineups become average when you remove arguably their best hitter and turn their third or fourth-best hitter into a lesser version of neifi perez.

Now that Lee is hitting homers again, Aramis cannot possibly be considered our best hitter - though your point stands.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Izturis grounded out to first, unassisted , Ludwock to second

[E.J.]

Yes. Here comes our LOOGY!!!

[Careless]

How many outs does Marshall go for tonight, I wonder

[bcl412]

We only scored 2 runs off of Todd Wellemeyer. Let's all think about that for a while.

 

But he got worked pretty well. In previous Cubs seasons than this would have been much more frustrating. The team is just not coming through with scoring opportunities

 

This team's problem isn't scoring. Even though we'll have off nights with the bats the main problem is pitching

[islandcub]

It's amazing how similar every Marquis start is.

 

:roll:

[illiniguy]

Good game Jason. Maybe you can go punch a wall or something.

[mhuber92211]

Not really. The comments are that the throw beat him so that = out in Umps mind. The replay is clear that his foot in on the base. But it is done so the issue really is, why not take it out on the ump and not on the player who plays for the team that you want to win

 

Because everyone else who has looked at the reply disagrees with you. Why do you keep going on about this? It's kinda creepy.

 

Creepy? More like a slower typer then others here.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Marshall in to pitch for the CUBS

[sneakypower]

If this team keeps playing like this, they deserve nothing and will almost certainly take 3rd place.

ridiculous and wrong

[Jon]

Terrible terrible call

 

Not even close to the strike zone

 

K Zone disagrees.

 

How accurate is K Zone? The box they put up always seems so small

 

More accurate than partisan fans watching from a skewed camera angle, let's put it that way.

It uses the same Pitch F/X technology used for pitch by pitch data, but I'm still suspicious as to how well ESPN actually uses it.

 

LOOGY time!

[Rob]

This is a pretty average lineup without A-Ram and Soriano still in a semi-funk.

 

to be fair, most lineups become average when you remove arguably their best hitter and turn their third or fourth-best hitter into a lesser version of neifi perez.

Now that Lee is hitting homers again, Aramis cannot possibly be considered our best hitter - though your point stands.

 

Aramis is taking walks now, though... which used to be the exclusive domain of Lee.

[ELCABALLO45]

I have not watched any of the game. (I hate Jon Miller and Joe Morgan). So I don't know if he was safe or not. But to me running on Molina is not the smartest idea.

[witty alias]

What cracks me up is that all this blow up for Theriot being called out but in reality he was safe. If the call was right, would the blow up be on Theriot? Nope. Let's redirect our anger here folks and not use it as an excuse to continue the tirade on Theriot.

 

The throw beat him by a mile. He's not fast and he really hasn't shown that he's a good base-stealer.

 

Great he was safe though so how are you answering my post again?

 

 

He wasn't safe. He was out. I'm not just saying that because the ball beat him. He was tagged about a foot short of the base. He's been killing innings all year with his gritty baserunning.

[Hacking Out Machine]

We only scored 2 runs off of Todd Wellemeyer. Let's all think about that for a while.

 

Todd Wellemeyer now pitches for the Cardinals. Previously terrible players magically become useful when they go there. It's been happening that way for about 10 years. You could make a lis of about 20 guys over the past few years who absolutely stunk, went to St Louis, played well, moved on to another team, then stunk again. It's almost uncanny. Wellemeyer is just the latest in the conga line, pitchers and position players alike.

[TruffleShuffle]

We only scored 2 runs off of Todd Wellemeyer. Let's all think about that for a while.

 

But he got worked pretty well. In previous Cubs seasons than this would have been much more frustrating. The team is just not coming through with scoring opportunities

So like previous Cub teams

 

no the cubs' problem over the past, say, 60 years has not been a lack of clutchiness. it's been a lack of GetOnBaseiness.

[illiniguy]

I wonder how many runs a game we cost ourselves by not having DeRo and Fuku in front of Lee and Soto?

[Little Slide Rooter]

This is a pretty average lineup without A-Ram and Soriano still in a semi-funk.

 

to be fair, most lineups become average when you remove arguably their best hitter and turn their third or fourth-best hitter into a lesser version of neifi perez.

 

Never compare Alfonso Soriano to Neifi Perez. Neifi did great things for this team.

[dew1679666265]

This is a pretty average lineup without A-Ram and Soriano still in a semi-funk.

 

And when DLee and Kosuke are slumping.