Rob Mackowiak released

[chuckywang]

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/06/08/sports/BBN-Nationals-Moves.php

 

For the love of God, let's sign him before the Pirates or White Sox do.

[CubbieBum]

I wouldn't be opposed to throwing a couple mil his way just so we never have to face him again.

[Little Slide Rooter]

And do what with him? Hold back Murton and Hoffpauir, who are capable of doing the same as he is just to keep him away from some other team?

[Ding Dong Johnson]

for the love of pete, it only takes a few seconds to look up his splits:

 

opponent = CHC... 220/306/345/651

[CubbieBum]

And do what with him? Hold back Murton and Hoffpauir, who are capable of doing the same as he is just to keep him away from some other team?

 

it was sarcasm

[JimSorgi]

for the love of pete, it only takes a few seconds to look up his splits:

 

opponent = CHC... 220/306/345/651

Maybe he pitched against us and shut us down?

[Little Slide Rooter]

I had this kind of discussion with someone in another thread recently. There are "Cub Killers" who have the stats to prove it, and guys like Makowiak, Ojeda, Bill Hall, Demon Troll Aaron Miles etc. who dont have the stats, but just seem to come up with that big hit every time they face us. If Jason Bay, Adam Dunn, and Carlos Lee are rotweilers to us, this other group is like Chiuahas. They're not nealry as dangerous, but they can sure make you want to kick them.

[JimSorgi]

I had this kind of discussion with someone in another thread recently. There are "Cub Killers" who have the stats to prove it, and guys like Makowiak, Ojeda, Bill Hall, Demon Troll Aaron Miles etc. who dont have the stats, but just seem to come up with that big hit every time they face us. If Jason Bay, Adam Dunn, and Carlos Lee are rotweilers to us, this other group is like Chiuahas. They're not nealry as dangerous, but they can sure make you want to kick them.

So...like, they have intangibles?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

No, they aren't normally good, so they get remembered when they do good things against the Cubs. Look at those two lists of players, one is comprised of good players, the other bad.

[Little Slide Rooter]

No, they aren't normally good, so they get remembered when they do good things against the Cubs. Look at those two lists of players, one is comprised of good players, the other bad.

 

Bingo. When Bay or Lee homers off us, it sucks, but were expecting it, but when someone like Makowiak or Miles keeps picking up bloops singles and RBI against us, its more frusterating.

[CyHawk_Cub]

for the love of pete, it only takes a few seconds to look up his splits:

 

opponent = CHC... 220/306/345/651

 

Yep, funny how selective perception works, b/c I though he was a "Cub killer" too....until I looked up those same splits.

[Brian]

for the love of pete, it only takes a few seconds to look up his splits:

 

opponent = CHC... 220/306/345/651

 

Yep, funny how selective perception works, b/c I though he was a "Cub killer" too....until I looked up those same splits.

 

there's a certain double header that makes him a cub killer for life

[jdelaney5150]

for the love of pete, it only takes a few seconds to look up his splits:

 

opponent = CHC... 220/306/345/651

 

Yep, funny how selective perception works, b/c I though he was a "Cub killer" too....until I looked up those same splits.

 

there's a certain double header that makes him a cub killer for life

 

And I had the misfortune of being at that double-header. The funny thing about it was that most of that day was a lot of fun, punctuated by two completely gut-wrenching moments. The rest of the evening is something of a drunken haze where I kept calling him "Ron" Machowiak in between strings of obscenities. The last thing I remember saying that night is "so help me, if we end up missing the playoffs by 2 games . . ." I'm sure I don't need to remind anyone how many games we missed the playoffs by that year.

 

In many ways, that game was the exact opposite of last year's against Milwaukee with the Aram walkoff (which I was also at). They went down big in the 1st and the whole game was pretty miserable up until the 9th. Of course, the hours after the game were a heck of a lot more fun after that one than in Pittsburgh.

 

Something else that's kind of amusing. The wife and I had no plans over Memorial Day weekend this year and were briefly contemplating driving to Pittsburgh to see the Cubs Saturday and Sunday. Luckily we decided to do something else. Even though I was upset at the back to back losses, just the thought that I could have been back in that stadium witnessing back to back blown saves makes my stomach turn . . .

[UMFan83]

^ We missed the playoffs by 3 games in 2004, but point taken.

[jdelaney5150]

^ We missed the playoffs by 3 games in 2004, but point taken.

 

Yes, you are correct. I think I always just sub-consciously combined these with the Victor Diaz HR vs. the Mets in September as the heart-breaking losses that cost the Cubs the playoffs.

 

All that being said, when you lose 3 of 4 to a bad Reds team at home in the last week of the season you don't deserve to make the playoffs. Which reminds me of another seeming but not really Cubs killer (Austin Kearns) . . .

[Schwarber Fan]

jdelaney, I had the misfortune of being there Sunday the 25th this yr

 

Ugh, I had to keep telling myself everything happens foe a reason

 

Then they won 9 straight.

 

GO CUBS!