8-1 Cubs keep it rolling at home 1:20 CSN

[Hairyducked Idiot]

CHASING HISTORY!

pretty sure the stat is grounding into dps.

 

Signs you might be playing too much world of warcraft:

 

If you read that and wondered what Derrek Lee's damage per second is.

 

Guilty.

[weis21]

And Fukudome continues to defy the myth of fundamentally sound Japanese players.

?

 

I'll give you that last play (although it was a hard hit ball and the OF got rid of it quickly), but what else? He's shown a lack of hustle a few times, but not any lack of fundamentals imo.

 

He's missed several cutoff men, and I consider hustle a fundamental.

Oh, OK. I guess I haven't paid much attention to him hitting his cutoff men, but I've never heard it brought up before. I consider lack of hustle a lack of effort, not fundamentals, but again that's just me.

[BleacherBadger]

Signs you might be playing too much world of warcraft:

 

If you read that and wondered what Derrek Lee's damage per second is.

 

The only things I know of WOW I learned from South Park.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

OMG JASON MARQUIS YOU ARE THE WORST PITCHER EVER I WISH WE HAD 2003-ESTES BACK!!!?!?!?!?one

[erik316wttn]

CHASING HISTORY!

pretty sure the stat is grounding into dps.

 

Signs you might be playing too much world of warcraft:

 

If you read that and wondered what Derrek Lee's damage per second is.

 

NERD

 

Ugh. You blow, Marquis. I'd rather have Hill up here than you.

[illiniguy]

OMG JASON MARQUIS YOU ARE THE WORST PITCHER EVER I WISH WE HAD 2003-ESTES BACK!!!?!?!?!?one

Hopefully he keeps falling behind hitters. That will work out well.

[Jake]

There goes the first shutout.

[cheapseats]

There goes the first shutout.

 

STOP TROLLING!

[erik316wttn]

Are you kidding me?

 

Seriously. Are you freaking kidding me?

 

The AAA Pirates.

[DiamondMind]

It's really amazing how fast Marquis can turn things around.

[Banedon]

CHASING HISTORY!

pretty sure the stat is grounding into dps.

 

Signs you might be playing too much world of warcraft:

 

If you read that and wondered what Derrek Lee's damage per second is.

 

NERD

 

Ugh. You blow, Marquis. I'd rather have Hill up here than you.

 

Just to check with you on this.

 

WoW = nerdy

Sabermetrics = not nerdy?

[illiniguy]

There goes the first shutout.

How's rebuilding from Bonds leaving going for you?

[Hairyducked Idiot]

On the bad side, that was actually a legit hit, not just a groundball that happened to find a hole.

[UMFan83]

Hmmm now the Cubs have won 5 in a row on the road and are having trouble at home. (I know, down 2-0 in the 2nd against the Pirates with our 5th starter pitching isn't considered struggling)

[Jake]

There goes the first shutout.

How's rebuilding from Bonds leaving going for you?

 

Not too well, unfortunately. Thanks for asking.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Are you kidding me?

 

Seriously. Are you freaking kidding me?

 

The AAA Pirates.

 

How would you expect an actual AAA team to do in the majors over 162?

[BleacherBadger]

Someone tell Pat and Ron that most people don't know what a fax machine is.

[erik316wttn]

CHASING HISTORY!

pretty sure the stat is grounding into dps.

 

Signs you might be playing too much world of warcraft:

 

If you read that and wondered what Derrek Lee's damage per second is.

 

NERD

 

Ugh. You blow, Marquis. I'd rather have Hill up here than you.

 

Just to check with you on this.

 

WoW = nerdy

Sabermetrics = not nerdy?

 

I'm not into Sabermetrics, either. A lot of that stuff like WARP3 and VORP and FART or whatever the hell they are just make my eyes glaze over.

 

And yes, Sabers are huge baseball nerds, too.

[illiniguy]

There goes the first shutout.

How's rebuilding from Bonds leaving going for you?

 

Not too well, unfortunately. Thanks for asking.

No problem.

Edited August 1, 2008 by illiniguy

[Banedon]

Struggling with Marquis wouldn't bother me nearly as much given the rest of our rotation, if we didn't have a better option in Marshall.

[weis21]

Are you kidding me?

 

Seriously. Are you freaking kidding me?

 

The AAA Pirates.

 

How would you expect an actual AAA team to do in the majors over 162?

I'd expect they would win games every now and then, especially against teams' number 5's.

[mul21]

Just to check with you on this.

 

WoW = nerdy

Sabermetrics = not nerdy?

 

Well, yeah, but at least saber stuff has some use in the real world. And I could be completely off here, but I think there's a lot better chance of making money by being profficient with saber than WoW.

[C.C.]

Yep. Marquis still stinks.

[erik316wttn]

Struggling with Marquis wouldn't bother me nearly as much given the rest of our rotation, if we didn't have a better option in Marshall.

 

The Cubs can easily afford to DFA him and stick Marshall in there. They can't give this "well, the size of his contract blah blah blah" crap, because nobody buys it.

[witty alias]

Are they just going to keep running Marquis out there every 5 days or will they make another Trachselesque trade? Or will Lou ever realize that he has Sean Marshall available? Do we really need 3 LHers in the bullpen that bad?