5/24 Cubs (Marquis) @ Pirates (Dumatrait) 6:05 WGN

[Fred Hornkohl]

Bautista walked

[killthegoat06]

Just DFA him immediately this is pathetic. He has absolutely no ability to get ahead of hitters or do anything useful.

Why does Lou like Marquis more than Gallagher?

 

That's a serious question by the way, not a rhetorical one.

[witty alias]

Every time they score for Marquis he gives it right back the next half inning. It's almost like he's doing it on purpose. I guess he likes pitching from behind.

 

 

I know somebody will make an Edmonds joke about that last sentence.

Edited May 25, 2008 by witty alias

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE FOURTH INNING

 

Rivas grounded out to short, 6-3

McLouth walked

Bay homered to left field , McLouth scored

LaRoche grounded out to short, 6-3

Michaels grounded an IF single to third base

Michaels took second base on a wild pitchj

Bautista walked

Chavez flied out to right field

 

2 runs 3 hits 0 errors 2 men left on base

 

                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9              R  H  E
CUBS            0 0 0 1                        1  4  0
Pittsburgh      0 0 0 2                        2  4  0

 

Home runs:

CUBS: none

Pittsburgh: Bay (12)

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Marquis       4.0  4  2  2  3  1  1  62

 

Pittsburgh     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Dumatrait     4.0  4  1  1  1  2  0  68

[killthegoat06]

DON'T START SUCKING, OFFENSE

[Fred Hornkohl]

                  CUBS      Pittsburgh
P/PA              4.25            3.65
RBI%              0.13            0.17
R/BR              0.20            0.29
BA               0.267           0.286
OBP              0.313           0.412
SLG              0.400           0.500
OPS              0.713           0.912
ERA               4.50            2.25
BB/9              6.75            2.25
K/9               2.25            4.50

[BigSlick]

Every time they score for Marquis he gives it right back the next half inning. It's almost like he's doing it on purpose. I guess he likes pitching from behind.

 

 

I know somebody will make an Edmonds joke about that last sentence.

A couple Cubs pitchers have the "can't let the Cubs hold a lead for a whole inning" syndrome, I don't know where it comes from.

[17 Seconds]

DON'T START SUCKING, OFFENSE

 

You mean don't continue sucking.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Johnson popped out to shallow left field

[17 Seconds]

Hey Reed, how about you don't swing at ball 3.

[killthegoat06]

DON'T START SUCKING, OFFENSE

 

You mean don't continue sucking.

Yeah.

 

Johnson sucks. Yesterday just served to give him a month's more of sucky starts.

[witty alias]

The Deer Hunter better win that text question thing.

[illiniguy]

Tha's right Reed. Don't let him walk you.

[BCVM22]

"Oh, that Paris Hilton movie."

 

:rotfl:

[Fred Hornkohl]

Marquis flied out to left field

[killthegoat06]

This game is painful.

[17 Seconds]

As soon as the patience goes away, so do the runs. Dumatrait is a walk machine and the Cubs are letting him off the hook by swinging at bad pitches. Haven't they realized by now that they are successful when they are patient? They got 19 hits last night so everybody is hacking tonight.

[splintersag]

LOL at ABC. I flipped to it to see if the NBA game was coming on, and I see fat people falling of a rock climbing wall. Very random...

[RedFlash]

Here is why I don't understand why the Cubs don't DFA Marquis. I mean, Estaban Loaiza signed a similar deal (3 yrs $21.75 mill) a yr before Marquis (3 yr $21 mill), and yet the Dodgers recognize Loaiza stinks, and they DFA him, but why haven't the Cubs figure this out with Marquis? I understand Loaiza was closer to the end of the contract then Marquis, but if the Dodgers are willing to cut Loaiza (a similarly ineffective starter) early, then what is the Cubs excuse for Marquis?

 

Loaiza was cut because he sucks. Marquis isn't cut, why?

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE FIFTH INNING

 

Johnson popped out to shallow left field

Marquis flied out to left field

Soriano flied out to center field

 

0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 0 men left on base

 

                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9              R  H  E
CUBS            0 0 0 1 0                      1  4  0
Pittsburgh      0 0 0 2                        2  4  0

 

Home runs:

CUBS: none

Pittsburgh: Bay (12)

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Marquis       4.0  4  2  2  3  1  1  62

 

Pittsburgh     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Dumatrait     5.0  4  1  1  1  2  0  83

[killthegoat06]

Solid inning,

[BigSlick]

Odds the Cubs don't score another run in this game: Hovering around 80%

[illiniguy]

So McClouth and Bay have more homers than any Cubs player. That is really odd.

[17 Seconds]

God this offense is so predictable. Pad their stats in the first game and then go to sleep the next.

[17 Seconds]

Here is why I don't understand why the Cubs don't DFA Marquis. I mean, Estaban Loaiza signed a similar deal (3 yrs $21.75 mill) a yr before Marquis (3 yr $21 mill), and yet the Dodgers recognize Loaiza stinks, and they DFA him, but why haven't the Cubs figure this out with Marquis? I understand Loaiza was closer to the end of the contract then Marquis, but if the Dodgers are willing to cut Loaiza (a similarly ineffective starter) early, then what is the Cubs excuse for Marquis?

 

Loaiza was cut because he sucks. Marquis isn't cut, why?

 

Because Hendry has too much pride for that.