6/4 Mega Cubs (Lilly) @ Padres (Maddux) 9:05 WGN TV

[Little Slide Rooter]

So what should we be for the next games thread? Are we just going back one step to Super Cubs or all the way to Cubs?

 

Crappy, worthless, garbage ballers.

[UMFan83]

I just came from the bar and seen the game..It seems Piniella is more concerned with saving the pen than caring about the win..Same crap yesterday but we got lucky leaving the starter in..Today we got what we deserved..Lilly was done after 7..We seriously wont last this way..

 

Seriously?

 

I doubt that's true. Everything Lou has done this season suggests that he wants to win today's game, and not think about tomorrow.

[CubColtPacer]

I just came from the bar and seen the game..It seems Piniella is more concerned with saving the pen than caring about the win..Same crap yesterday but we got lucky leaving the starter in..Today we got what we deserved..Lilly was done after 7..We seriously wont last this way..

 

Seriously?

 

I doubt that's true. Everything Lou has done this season suggests that he wants to win today's game, and not think about tomorrow.

 

I think it was a little bit of both, but mostly concentrating on possible scenarios that might happen today.

 

Lou probably thought that if he brought in Eyre and 1 or 2 of the left-handers ended up reaching against Eyre, he would then have to pull him for Marmol anyway when the Kouzmanaff/Greene/Huber part of the lineup came in. He knows he didn't have a full crew down in the bullpen, and was looking at a possible extra inning game, and so he didn't really want to use 2 relievers in 1 inning.

Starting the inning with Marmol is ok, but with looking at a possible extra inning game Marmol can only pitch to so many batters, and starting him with 2 tough left-handers when it's not necessary is not using Marmol at his best.

So he left Lilly in for exactly 2 batters. I'm not even sure that if Lilly had gotten the first two batters out that Lou would have left him in for Kouzmanoff. Maybe, but I have a feeling that no matter what happened with Giles and Gonzalez, Marmol was pitching to Kouzmanoff.

 

Lou ended up saving his pieces for deeper in the game, which is sort of uncharacteristic for him. Normally, he is criticized for burning his pieces too early and not preparing for extra innings. Today, he gambled a little bit so he could save some for extras, and the Cubs got burned.

 

I don't think it was a terrible gamble though. Lou knew that the Cubs were unlikely to score off Bell/Hoffman, and that they would have to go 10/11/12 tonight to win. Lilly hadn't given up a hit in almost 2 innings. It just didn't work out tonight.

[Soul]

I'm not too upset about this one. Lilly looked pretty good. Yes, we lost. But we finally won a road series so that's progress. Mad Dog still has a few games like this in him; I thought his pitches had very good movement last night, better than I usually see though I admit I haven't really watched him this year.

 

Just don't make a habit of losing, that's all. Let's get at least a split from the Dodgers and make it a winning road trip. LA just lost 2 in a row to the Rockies, they still aren't playing well. Perfect chance to quiet some of these "Cubs can't win on the road" naysayers. GIT R DONE.

[Uber]

Is it just me, or did I see BigBadB at the game on TV last night?

[BigbadB]

Is it just me, or did I see BigBadB at the game on TV last night?

 

You probably did. On Monday, we were right in line with the Chicago feed when lefty hitters were at the plate. On Tuesday, we were right in line with the San Diego feed when lefties were at the plate. Last night was a different story. We were in the second level just fair of the RF foul pole.

 

Met Vance last night before the game.

 

Edit: Oh wait, you posted that this morning. No, you probably didn't see me last night. Vance thought he saw me too, and called to see if it was us. He was way off.