6/12 Braves (Hudson) @ Cubs (Zambrano), 1:20 WGN & WGN720

[BigSlick]

calling up Patterson was borderline insane. leading him off and playing him in LF is asinine

Disagree with the former, agree with the latter

[BleacherBadger]

Eerly, for to seen the grete fight, Cubbies Unto hir rest wenten they at nyght

Of lordes upon battes and ballyes. Ther maystow seen devisynge of Braves.

 

haha, I'm guess late 1500s, around Stratford-on-Avon, England

[Garwilly]

Eric Patterson is not good.

 

You're judging this off of 14 Major League at-bats?

 

his name

 

 

I'm judging this on the basis that he has never shown me anything to get excited about or to make me believe he can succeed at this level. He is very "Corey-like" and brutal to watch play baseball.

 

He's actually not very Corey-like at all, except for the name, skin color and left handedness.

 

Thats three things most people here can't claim.

[CubsGM]

Tigers sweep the White Sox.

Ozzie goes crazy in 5...4....3....2...

[justlikethecubs]

calling up Patterson was borderline insane. leading him off and playing him in LF is asinine

 

Having him not bunt with 2 on and no out.. Dusty Bakerish

[inari]

Eric Patterson is not good.

 

You're judging this off of 14 Major League at-bats?

 

his name

 

 

I'm judging this on the basis that he has never shown me anything to get excited about or to make me believe he can succeed at this level. He is very "Corey-like" and brutal to watch play baseball.

 

What he said. There's absolutely no reason that Patterson should have gotten this callup and I'm going to take every chance I can to blast him for playing badly. There's going to be a lot of chances.

[BigSlick]

Eric Patterson is not good.

 

You're judging this off of 14 Major League at-bats?

 

his name

 

 

I'm judging this on the basis that he has never shown me anything to get excited about or to make me believe he can succeed at this level. He is very "Corey-like" and brutal to watch play baseball.

 

He's actually not very Corey-like at all, except for the name, skin color and left handedness.

And his moderate dislike of the base on balls (Not to the same degree of Corey however)

[inari]

calling up Patterson was borderline insane. leading him off and playing him in LF is asinine

 

Having him not bunt with 2 on and no out.. Dusty Bakerish

 

Bunting would actually seem particularly Dusty Bakerish.

[Handlebar McSkullet]

god i miss game threads

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I know it, but people have still lost their jobs over it.

 

??? saying it or reading it ???

 

Several examples. People have lost court cases suing for false firing, iirc, despite the fact that they proved the word has completely different etymological roots.

 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/daily/jan99/district27.htm

[OleMissCub]

Eerly, for to seen the grete fight, Cubbies Unto hir rest wenten they at nyght

Of lordes upon battes and ballyes. Ther maystow seen devisynge of Braves.

 

haha, I'm guess late 1500s, around Stratford-on-Avon, England

 

WRONG! It's 1948 Chicago. That's how our grandparents talked when they were younger, right?

[imb]

theriot sees a curveball in his eyes, strike.

 

zambrano throws two straight perfect fastballs on the outside corner...balls

[TruffleShuffle]

to celebrate the day, let's visit with a guy who turned 50 in 1948!

[C.C.]

I already miss Soriano. At least he would've struck out with no chance at a DP.

[jersey cubs fan]

calling up Patterson was borderline insane. leading him off and playing him in LF is asinine

 

Having him not bunt with 2 on and no out.. Dusty Bakerish

 

You don't know Dusty Baker.

[imb]

my grandad is dead and he's still more entertaining than this old bag of bones

[Derwood]

Eerly, for to seen the grete fight, Cubbies Unto hir rest wenten they at nyght

Of lordes upon battes and ballyes. Ther maystow seen devisynge of Braves.

 

haha, I'm guess late 1500s, around Stratford-on-Avon, England

 

WRONG! It's 1948 Chicago. That's how our grandparents talked when they were younger, right?

 

i don't remember hiring a dramturg for this game thread

[Careless]

to celebrate the day, let's visit with a guy who turned 50 in 1948!

here to tell us about how everything was better then

[RonnieWooWooSanto]

Eerly, for to seen the grete fight, Cubbies Unto hir rest wenten they at nyght

Of lordes upon battes and ballyes. Ther maystow seen devisynge of Braves.

 

haha, I'm guess late 1500s, around Stratford-on-Avon, England

 

WRONG! It's 1948 Chicago. That's how our grandparents talked when they were younger, right?

 

Iambic pentameter was all the rage.

[C.C.]

Tigers sweep the White Sox.

Ozzie goes crazy in 5...4....3....2...

 

There are still 5 games in front. Man, that division sucks.

[Ski]

Just got back from eating.

 

Regarding the DP...

 

it's hard to score runs when you ground into douple plays.

[cheapseats]

I already miss Soriano. At least he would've struck out with no chance at a DP.

 

I haven't looked at his groundball rate this year, but historically he hits very few groundballs and thus doesn't often ground into double plays.

[USSoccer]

my grandad is dead and he's still more entertaining than this old bag of bones

 

Old people are useless.

 

GO BACK TO BLEEDING MY SOCIAL SECURITY DRY, MERVIN

[inari]

I missed the first couple innings, so how has Z looked? The line doesn't look good.

[TruffleShuffle]

isn't it past this guy's bedtime?