5/15 - Fathers (Maddux) @ Cubs (Dempster) 1:20PM CSN & 720

[javy knows my name]

nice inning, cobs

[Magnetic Curses]

bruce thinks it's a low-risk move, mostly harmless. will everyone stop bitching about it now?

 

No, because Bruce is wrong.

 

 

I could well be wrong. I've had to talk myself into living with it (like I have another choice). If it doesn't work, they'll just get rid of him.

 

 

No, you're right. It would only have been bad had it taken PT away from Pie. But since Felix wasn't getting any, it really doesn't make any difference.

 

But we don't need him and he is hated at least by a majority of Cubs fans. If this post makes me a "meatball" then so be it.

 

hating him for being jim edmonds makes you a meatball.

 

Yay! I actually don't mind that. I am stubborn in my ways. I don't like Jim Edmonds and I'm not afraid to admit it.

 

step 1: acceptance

 

step 2: washing it off

[Guest]

Dusty Baker approves the four pitch inning.

[javy knows my name]

no, meatheads are jocks witout brains. meatballs are fans without brains.

Please admit you made this up

[erik316wttn]

Derrek Lee is so bad right now.

 

He should have sat today. DeRo should be at 1st and Cedeno should be starting.

[AlwaysaCub]

this padres lineup is a joke. This is 1990s Cubs bad. Jody Gerut! Paul McAnulty! Someone named Carlin! PADRES BASEBALL ON GAMECAST BECAUSE GOD KNOWS YOU ARENT WATCHING THIS CRAP ON TV

 

Watch us lose 12-3 now.

[UMFan83]

Lee is 10 for his last 55 (.181)

[erik316wttn]

this padres lineup is a joke. This is 1990s Cubs bad. Jody Gerut! Paul McAnulty! Someone named Carlin! PADRES BASEBALL ON GAMECAST BECAUSE GOD KNOWS YOU ARENT WATCHING THIS CRAP ON TV

 

Watch us lose 12-3 now.

 

If we do it's IMB's fault.

[Magnetic Curses]

 

No, I'd rather him play every day. But if he puts up number like he did last time, he didn't really learn much, did he? At best it's stunting or delaying his development. At worst it screws him up.

 

i'm not getting your point then. you pretty much said starting him everyday at iowa was screwing him up more than sitting with the cubs.

[Andy]

2 straight very nice strikeout pitches from Dempster

[UMFan83]

Derrek Lee is so bad right now.

 

He should have sat today. DeRo should be at 1st and Cedeno should be starting.

 

Cedeno is starting!

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Derrek Lee is so bad right now.

 

He should have sat today. DeRo should be at 1st and Cedeno should be starting.

Cedeno is starting

[David]

 

No, I'd rather him play every day. But if he puts up number like he did last time, he didn't really learn much, did he? At best it's stunting or delaying his development. At worst it screws him up.

 

i'm not getting your point then. you pretty much said starting him everyday at iowa was screwing him up more than sitting with the cubs.

 

He wants to have his cake and eat it too. He wants Pie up here and playing (like most of us).

Edited May 15, 2008 by David

[Magnetic Curses]

no, meatheads are jocks witout brains. meatballs are fans without brains.

Please admit you made this up

 

i don't think i did, but i could be wrong.

[erik316wttn]

Derrek Lee is so bad right now.

 

He should have sat today. DeRo should be at 1st and Cedeno should be starting.

Cedeno is starting

 

Gadzooks!

 

Lee should be sitting today, though, just to rest him. Has he had a day off all year?

[Outshined_One]

Edmonds soooooooooo wanted to dive for that.

[Andy]

This game will be over by 4 EST.

[Careless]

This is going to be a 90 minute game, assuming someone scores

[Magnetic Curses]

 

No, I'd rather him play every day. But if he puts up number like he did last time, he didn't really learn much, did he? At best it's stunting or delaying his development. At worst it screws him up.

 

i'm not getting your point then. you pretty much said starting him everyday at iowa was screwing him up more than sitting with the cubs.

 

He wants to have his cake and eat it too. He wants Pie up here and playing (like most of us).

 

oh, okay. but then his point has nothing to do with edmonds.

[erik316wttn]

 

No, I'd rather him play every day. But if he puts up number like he did last time, he didn't really learn much, did he? At best it's stunting or delaying his development. At worst it screws him up.

 

i'm not getting your point then. you pretty much said starting him everyday at iowa was screwing him up more than sitting with the cubs.

 

He wants to have his cake and eat it too. He wants Pie up here and playing (like most of us).

 

Yes. He has nothing left to learn in the minors. He should be up here, starting every day, and working out his issues at the big-league level.

[BleacherBadger]

no, meatheads are jocks witout brains. meatballs are fans without brains.

Please admit you made this up

 

i don't think i did, but i could be wrong.

 

When I think of meatball I think of ATHF. I see some similarities.

[bcl412]

I really wanted him to unnecessarily dive there

[Ding Dong Johnson]

2 IP, 16 pitches

[jersey cubs fan]

so, pie is going to get more screwed up playing everyday at iowa than by sitting everyday in chicago?

 

If the only other option was that he had to sit everyday in Chicago, you'd have a point. But that was not the situation. He didn't have to sit in Chicago. The right choice was to play him. The wrong one was to bench him for Reed Johnson. Making another mistake to cover up that mistake is just plain stupid.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Maddux will balk all three batters to first on called balls, then pick them off, getting out of the inning with no pitches thrown.