6/11 Braves (Bennett) @ Cubs (Dempster) 7:05 ESPN & WGN 720

[Rob]

Bennett (Jurrjens scratched)

 

http://www.freewebs.com/egautographs/JEFFBENNETT.jpg

0-3, 3.47

 

versus

 

http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/3781/2434aa0e087889a5c3b9299vy7.jpg

 

7-2, 2.90

 

This game is also on Comcast, but the board wouldn't let me put in enough characters in the title.

[CubmanPi]

Demp: 8.0 IP, 0R, 1H, 2B, 6K, 108 pitches

 

Book it.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

At least there's no Finals game tonight. By the end of the Sunday game I was sure they were just going to put up a screen that said "THE NBA FINALS ARE OVER ON ABC" instead of showing the 9th inning.

 

I also had no idea that Jurrjens was Dutch.

[Derwood]

At least there's no Finals game tonight. By the end of the Sunday game I was sure they were just going to put up a screen that said "THE NBA FINALS ARE OVER ON ABC" instead of showing the 9th inning.

 

I also had no idea that Jurrjens was Dutch.

 

the name didn't give it away? i knew the second i first saw his name. then again, my dad was born in The Netherlands, so i've seen Dutch stuff all my life

[Sammy Sofa]

Ugh, I'm so sick of the home night games. I have an evening class tonight that is definitely going all the way to 9 PM...nuts.

[Derwood]

Ugh, I'm so sick of the home night games. I have an evening class tonight that is definitely going all the way to 9 PM...nuts.

 

I concur. We've had one day game in the last 9 or 10 days, and it was a blacked-out FOX game on Saturday (which we lost).

[woodchip2153]

so is the fact that is game is on ESPN the reason for that annoying green screen behind home last night?

[inari]

http://baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=7639

 

Very interesting article on the Braves that highlights why I consider this to be such an important series. I think Atlanta is one of the best teams we've played this year and it'll say a lot if we can beat them. They're going to explode into the kind of team every number on the planet says they should be soon.

[Sammy Sofa]

Might Chipper start tonight or tomorrow?

[Andy]

Might Chipper start tonight or tomorrow?

Len said last night that that was the goal.

[CubbieBum]

Might Chipper start tonight or tomorrow?

 

he pinch hit last night and I didn't see any problems so I would think he will be in the lineup

[SouthSideRyan]

Might Chipper start tonight or tomorrow?

 

he pinch hit last night and I didn't see any problems so I would think he will be in the lineup

 

He took 4 pitches. Wasn't too strenuous.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Might Chipper start tonight or tomorrow?

 

he pinch hit last night and I didn't see any problems so I would think he will be in the lineup

 

He took 4 pitches. Wasn't too strenuous.

 

Albert Pujols didnt see any problems when he came back last week.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

If Chipper is at third, I hope we drop some bunts that way to test the leg early on.

[Little Slide Rooter]

When this is your best player, and pretty much your only consistant hitter, and your on the borderline of contention, I wouldnt advise risking him. Let him pinch hit if you run into a situation where it would benefit, but The Braves really dont want to rush this guy back, unless they think that Greg Norton and Omar Infante are going to keep up what they did last night for the rest of the season when Chipper collapses in a heap.

[CubsGM]

so is the fact that is game is on ESPN the reason for that annoying green screen behind home last night?

I think it's permanent and I hate it.

[rawaction]

Chipper barely made the walk to 1B yesterday. I don't think he will play tonight. At the very least, if he plays tonight, he most certainly won't play the day game tomorrow, 15 hours after tonight's ends.

[Ski]

I really hope Dempster can find the strike zone today. Its seems like he has been walking too many guys recently.

[MADD_DOG_31]

BENNETT FOR JURRJENS TONIGHT

[Little Slide Rooter]

Is Jurrjens still starting? MLB has Jeff Bennett as the Braves scheduled starter.

 

Edit: according to the Braves site, Jerrjens injured his ankle somehow yesterday and Bennett is subbing.

Edited June 11, 2008 by Little Slide Rooter

[rawaction]

Battle of 2 guys pitching way over their heads and coming back to Earth a little. Jurjjens and Dempster were both top 5 in ERA thru the first 6 weeks of the season. Jurjjens has given up 15 ERs in his last 16 innings, over 3 starts. Dempster has had back-to-back non-efficient 5 IP, 3 ER starts. Cubs facing a guy they haven't seen before. Dempster may have the benefit of facing a Chipper-less lineup. Key will be limiting the free passes by both pitchers.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Bennett a righty

 

0-3 3.47 ERA 38 SO 24BB 30 games, 49.1 IP

[UMFan83]

Just thought this was interesting. Real record deviation from Pythagorean record:

 

Cubs +0

Cardinals -3

Brewers -2

Astros -2

Pirates -1

Reds +0

[Guest]

Apparently Jurrgens twisted his ankle when he slipped on a dugout step after yesterday's game.

[Jon]

so is the fact that is game is on ESPN the reason for that annoying green screen behind home last night?

I think it's permanent and I hate it.

I couldn't figure out why it was up there last night. The second screen is the temporary one, but they haven't used it anymore because they already have the permanent one. I wonder if ESPN requested that there be two for tonight's game, but that still wouldn't explain why the Cubs put it up a day early.