5/30 Rockies (Cook) @ Cubs (Lilly) 1:20 CSN & WGN Radio

[UMFan83]

ROFL send Ted down to AAA since this is a AAA lineup.

 

Shouldn't that mean he should be sent down to AA, since the AAA lineup is owning him?

[ChiCubsFan]

Not good.

[Careless]

This is ugly.

[TruffleShuffle]

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u257/mistercolvin/output.gif

[JonnyRed]

game over

 

Yeah, the Cubs haven't shown an ability to come from behind to win a game...

[CubsGM]

rofl

[illiniguy]

ballgame.

 

Have you collected your award for "Most optimistic poster" yet?

 

:wink:

Ted has nothing. Cook owns us. I am pretty confident this one is ova...

[UMFan83]

ballgame.

 

Have you collected your award for "Most optimistic poster" yet?

 

:wink:

 

LittleLordFontenot already won that sorry.

[erik316wttn]

Our rotation really needs to be addressed before October or we're toast.

[Sammy Sofa]

Rain, please.

 

And fast.

[weis21]

Bah, Lilly has been a big disappointment so far this year.

Eh, he's been pretty solid since April 22: 3.53 ERA 1.18 WHIP

#-o

[Bruno7481]

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh153/OleMissCub17/tackleowned2.gif

 

I was at that game...good times.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Even in the first, four runs is a lot more than it seems:

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/lgraphs/280530116_Rockies_Cubs_78050000_lbig.png

 

Even the outs were smoked in that inning.

[CubInOK]

Well that sucks...Helton looked terrible on the outside pitch so Lilly throws a nice high fastball for him. Oh well, this isn't the old Cubs, 3 runs is surmountable.

Sadly, as long as this Lilly is pitching, they'll keep adding on. Like now.

[Little Slide Rooter]

OK, lets have that rain.

[RegulusBlue]

And Lilly slams the door after four runs!

 

Stone cold star.

[UMFan83]

So...

 

Single

Single

Lineout

Flyout

Home Run

Double

Double

Lineout

 

Ewww

[weis21]

I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility that one of the best offenses in baseball can score 4 runs with the wind blowing straight out.

 

Now holding the rockies to four on the other hand....

[Bruno7481]

I can live with giving up a HR to Helton but, I can't live with allowing weak hitters like Taveras to get on base.

 

It was a bunt hit that he used his only tool, speed, to beat out.

 

I understand crticism, but these game threads are ruthless.

[cheapseats]

Lineups

 

COLORADO

Taveras, CF

Herrera, 2B

Spilborghs, LF

Atkins, 3B

Helton, 1B

Ianetta, C

Baker, RF

Quintanilla, SS

Cook, P

 

 

CUBS

Soriano, LF

Fontenot, 2B

Lee, 1B

Soto, C

Fukudome, RF

Edmonds, CF

DeRosa, 3B

Cedeno, SS

Lilly, P

 

Even our forfeit lineup look pretty good.

 

Theres nothing wrong with Ramirez is there?

 

He's 0-10 against the starter, so it's a nice day to give him a break.

 

Except that past performance in 10 at-bats has absolutely no predictive value.

 

I used to give the benefit of the doubt to managers who made lineup decisions based on past batter-pitcher performance (Brenly goes crazy over those stats), but the research of Lichtman/Tango/Dolphin pretty much squashes the idea that certain pitchers own certain hitters and vice versa.

 

I think it has to hold some value in certain situations. Whether it be a tought LH against a fellow lefty which is not as common as the R/R matchup.

 

Obviously 0-10 is a very small sample size, but I don't think you can completely disregard it in other instances. Some guys, for whatever reason, hit well against certain pitchers.

 

I used to believe that, but if you read the article in The Book, it's pretty tough to continue to make that argument.

 

As others have said, if Aramis needs a day off, today is as good a day as any, but if he's sitting because he's 0-10 against Cook, that's bad managing.

[TruffleShuffle]

always a good sign to be at an 18% chance of winning before even taking a turn at bat

[Careless]

ballgame.

 

Have you collected your award for "Most optimistic poster" yet?

 

:wink:

 

LittleLordFontenot already won that sorry.

It's like you forgot Glasscow exists

[weis21]

Why does the mlb.tv commercials look so much better than the actual baseball games?

 

/random rant

[Sammy Sofa]

Raindances, fools! PRAY FOR SHOWERS!

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Soriano grounds out. Here comes the shutout!