Re: 7/31 SWEEP! SWEEP! SWEEP! 1:05pm WGNTV

[Have a seat, Neifi]

Weeks goes down half-swinging.

[WrigleyinEngland]

My only real BIG concearn about this team is the streakiness of Lee & Ramirez. Sure soriano comes and goes but when Dee and Aram are off they are horrible in the 3 and 4 spots. Not huge now but in a 5 game playoff series........

[Brian]

yay, 1 pitch out

[imb]

80 pitches so far... quick out here, will Lou let him go 7?

[Choonch]

Lee and Ramirez are 0 for the last 2 games of this series so far.

 

It's becoming quite a frustrating trend. I just want them to go in their slumps at seperate times for once.

 

I just wish there slumps weren't so dramatic. Can we get a 3-20 as opposed to 0-28?

[BigSlick]

If Harden could go a nice and easy 7 innings, that would be beautiful.

[PrimeTime]

My Lord, Harden is phenomanal 83 pitches

[Brian]

jj you were suppose to strike out... idiot.

[CubmanPi]

I'll take that sixth over him reaching his 10th K of the game.

[bcl412]

My only real BIG concearn about this team is the streakiness of Lee & Ramirez. Sure soriano comes and goes but when Dee and Aram are off they are horrible in the 3 and 4 spots. Not huge now but in a 5 game playoff series........

 

If our top three pitchers pitch like they have, our line up is deep enough to overcome this.

[Have a seat, Neifi]

Definitely should see Rich in the 7th after that half-inning.

[NeifiIsMyHomeBoy]

Let him go seven. See if he can get through the heart of the order.

[hawkeyecub]

83 for Harden through 6. Should be able to give us another inning.

[PrimeTime]

Games not over yet..But we should start a " Finally 21 games over " thread

[Guest]

I'll take that sixth over him reaching his 10th K of the game.

 

He could still get it since he'll likely come out for the seventh.

[bcl412]

Cubs hitters look like they want to go home now.

[Guest]

My only real BIG concearn about this team is the streakiness of Lee & Ramirez. Sure soriano comes and goes but when Dee and Aram are off they are horrible in the 3 and 4 spots. Not huge now but in a 5 game playoff series........

 

If any team's 3 and 4 hitters go in a slump in a five or seven game playoff series, chances are that team will be in some trouble.

[Banedon]

I was just checking on WSI..Theres a topic on this..

 

ESPN 890 in Boston which is a second fiddle to powerhouse WEEI is reporting that with the Marlins deal dead Theo has offered Manny to the White Sox for Ken Griffey and would pay the 7 million left on Manny's contract.

 

Manny for Griffey isn't a good trade.

 

If you're dead set on getting rid of Manny it's not awful.

 

Griffey is hitting .245/.355/.432 this season...

 

Manny is hitting .299/.398/.529 this season...

 

Yeah, that'd be a bad trade.

 

That's not fair though. If you're getting rid of Manny, you're going to lose production with pretty much any return. Who's going to come in and produce equal to Manny? What option is better for the Red Sox if they are hell bent on getting rid of Manny?

[bcl412]

I was just checking on WSI..Theres a topic on this..

 

ESPN 890 in Boston which is a second fiddle to powerhouse WEEI is reporting that with the Marlins deal dead Theo has offered Manny to the White Sox for Ken Griffey and would pay the 7 million left on Manny's contract.

 

Manny for Griffey isn't a good trade.

 

If you're dead set on getting rid of Manny it's not awful.

 

Griffey is hitting .245/.355/.432 this season...

 

Manny is hitting .299/.398/.529 this season...

 

Yeah, that'd be a bad trade.

 

That's not fair though. If you're getting rid of Manny, you're going to lose production with pretty much any return. Who's going to come in and produce equal to Manny? What option is better for the Red Sox if they are hell bent on getting rid of Manny?

 

That's true, but there is no reason they should be trading Manny. Despite his problems he's had with management he has still been producing at a high level.

[UMFan83]

Sorry if it's been posted here but Stark says the Cubs are out of the Ibanez derby.

[BigSlick]

Edmonds has raised his OPS this year combined with the Padres and Cubs to .788

 

Pretty incredible.

[CubInOK]

Sorry if it's been posted here but Stark says the Cubs are out of the Ibanez derby.

=D> =D> =D>

[Have a seat, Neifi]

Dave Bush has actually been pretty good today, outside of that one Edmonds guy.

[cubweiser03]

My only real BIG concearn about this team is the streakiness of Lee & Ramirez. Sure soriano comes and goes but when Dee and Aram are off they are horrible in the 3 and 4 spots. Not huge now but in a 5 game playoff series........

 

If any team's 3 and 4 hitters go in a slump in a five or seven game playoff series, chances are that team will be in some trouble.

 

Yeah and if Sori/Aram/Lee get hot like they did last sept is all over. This years O is so much deeper it would be sick if those 3 got hot at the same time.

[Banedon]

That's true, but there is no reason they should be trading Manny. Despite his problems he's had with management he has still been producing at a high level.

 

From a pure baseball perspective, you're absolutely right. But obviously the Red Sox have had enough that they are willing to take a hit to get rid of a headache. And in that scenario, Griffey is the best of the "meh" options.