Re: 05/20 CUBS (Dempster) @ Houston (Sampson) 7:05 CDT, WGNTV

[BigSlick]

How do you gauge the Jim Edmonds like-o-meter, is it completely arbitrary?

[Roast]

Gah. crappy start.

[killthegoat06]

Pat just pronounced his name Ascanio...is that right? (it's spelled ascaino)

[Careless]

Gah. crappy start.

1-2 and a bloop hit? hard to complain about that

[UMFan83]

How do you gauge the Jim Edmonds like-o-meter, is it completely arbitrary?

 

Oh yeah.

 

And it's rigged so it never gets above 10%

[SABR Gamer]

I know he just gave up a hit, but he looks similar in style to Marmol and they could both be shut down relievers.

 

Could Ascanio be Marmol light?

[Yeti]

Jim Edmonds

:banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

[Careless]

Pat just pronounced his name Ascanio...is that right? (it's spelled ascaino)

Yes, he's actually frrom northern England (where all of those incorrect spelling/pronounciation pairs come from)

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

I know he just gave up a hit, but he looks similar in style to Marmol and they could both be shut down relievers.

 

Could Ascanio be Marmol light?

 

I don't think he quite has Marmol's stuff. But his change is better than Marmol's.

[killthegoat06]

Pat just pronounced his name Ascanio...is that right? (it's spelled ascaino)

Yes, he's actually frrom northern England (where all of those incorrect spelling/pronounciation pairs come from)

Strange...

[SABR Gamer]

Pat just pronounced his name Ascanio...is that right? (it's spelled ascaino)

 

 

It's actually spelled Ascanio

[cubbyvirus00]

what a horrible game. Cubs lost this one.

[splintersag]

Well, to reflect on Dempster's start, it's what we expected he'd be like at the beginning of the year. We expected back in March to usually pitch about 6 innings 4 runs, and that we'd win something like 1/2 his starts.

 

We win this game 1/2 the time. Let's hope today is part of that 1/2.

[killthegoat06]

Pat just pronounced his name Ascanio...is that right? (it's spelled ascaino)

 

 

It's actually spelled Ascanio

Wow I can't read....

[apete6]

FYI Gagne still sucks, given up 2 runs in the 9th and an out to the warning track. Brewers up 7-2.

[Careless]

Pat just pronounced his name Ascanio...is that right? (it's spelled ascaino)

 

 

It's actually spelled Ascanio

Wow I can't read....

Ruined my evil plot

[AlwaysaCub]

Well, to reflect on Dempster's start, it's what we expected he'd be like at the beginning of the year. We expected back in March to usually pitch about 6 innings 4 runs, and that we'd win something like 1/2 his starts.

 

We win this game 1/2 the time. Let's hope today is part of that 1/2.

 

+1

 

The Ryan Dempster experience could have been far, far worse.

[killthegoat06]

Pat just pronounced his name Ascanio...is that right? (it's spelled ascaino)

 

 

It's actually spelled Ascanio

Wow I can't read....

Ruined my evil plot

Yeah I completely missed your sarcasm.

[cheapseats]

Pat just pronounced his name Ascanio...is that right? (it's spelled ascaino)

 

 

It's actually spelled Ascanio

Wow I can't read....

Ruined my evil plot

Yeah I completely missed your sarcasm.

 

Green text would've helped.

[UMFan83]

BTW, Jim Edmonds has shown me absolutely nothing. I am no expert on hitting, but his bat looks really really slow, just like they said it would. If I were the Cubs, I wouldn't need a further look. I would just cut him ASAP before his crappy hitting contaminates the locker room.

[killthegoat06]

6100

[apete6]

Gagne update: pulled after 2/3 of an inning. 2 hits, 2 walks, 2 runs, 0 K, 2 men on base. Salomon Torres just replaced him.

 

DFA?

[killthegoat06]

BTW, Jim Edmonds has shown me absolutely nothing. I am no expert on hitting, but his bat looks really really slow, just like they said it would. If I were the Cubs, I wouldn't need a further look. I would just cut him ASAP before his crappy hitting contaminates the locker room.

But he balances out Fukudome...you don't want too much patience.

[inari]

Pat just pronounced his name Ascanio...is that right? (it's spelled ascaino)

 

 

It's actually spelled Ascanio

Wow I can't read....

Ruined my evil plot

Yeah I completely missed your sarcasm.

 

Green text would've helped.

 

Green text NEVER helps.

[BigSlick]

Jim Edmonds

:banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

He's not even like a real baseball player, I'm not going to spell his name right now on purpose.