8/5 Astros (Rodriguez) @ Cubs (Harden) - 1:20 CSN

[David]

Christ... Fukudome has not been terrible.

 

He's almost OPSing .800, he's got a .380 OBP, and go ahead and look at other Japanese players in their first seasons (save Ichiro)...

 

Matsui put up .287/.353/.435 his first year with the Yankees...

 

It's his first season in the US, give him a break.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

This is the kind of beat down the Cubs should put on the Astros.

[Guest]

Harden has thrown 40 pitches today, 33 of them for strikes.

[kujay]

Can someone convince me it was good to DFA Eyre? I'm annoyed by it. Eyre would be a better 8th arm in the playoff bullpen than Marquis. I'd just send Marshall down to start in the minors to be ready when Marquis implodes.

 

If Lou is never going to use him, then he's gotta go. Whether Lou should ever use him is the question then.

 

Otherwise, I totally agree with you. Marquis has to go.

[kujay]

Another good inning for Harden.

 

Cruising...

[cubs121]

What's the pitch count???

[WTFCUBS]

40 for harden i think

[David]

Actually, even Ichiro wasn't THAT much better (he was better, don't me wrong, but it wasn't like night and day)... he just got a lot of hype because he hit .350...

 

EDIT - I should really restate that...

 

He was a lot better, but most people would look at it and think that Ichiro put up superstar type numbers and Fuku is crap...

 

Just saying I was surprised that Ichiro's rookie year wasn't as good as I thought when I looked at the stats.

Edited August 5, 2008 by David

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Astros announcers laughing over Blanco being nicknamed Hank White.

[Soul]

Christ... Fukudome has not been terrible.

 

He's almost OPSing .800, he's got a .380 OBP, and go ahead and look at other Japanese players in their first seasons (save Ichiro)...

 

Matsui put up .287/.353/.435 his first year with the Yankees...

 

It's his first season in the US, give him a break.

 

Nobody tried to draw overall conclusions from it that I saw. His last 28 days are .237/.326/368. He's OPSing .694 in that time period. He has been bad RECENTLY.

[WTFCUBS]

Harden warning track power.

[B]

Astro announcers are talking about Henry Blanco's nickname being Hank White. Announcer A "His name in the Cubs clubhouse is Hank White". Announcer B "You made that up". A "I wish I did. lol"

[kujay]

Harden warning track power.

 

Impressive. He could take Kendall in a HR Derby. On a little league field.

[kujay]

Sori flied out to LF.

 

It's harder than I thought to do nothing but watch the game and post while at work.

[Soul]

Hard to believe it's only the top of the 4th.

 

1 pitch 1 out. I'm starting to freak out over Harden's greatness.

[E.J.]

Nice work cameraman. Girl in bikini cooling herself by pouring water on her chest area.

[kujay]

Nice work by CSN camera guy there. Wow.

[Choonch]

Christ... Fukudome has not been terrible.

 

He's almost OPSing .800, he's got a .380 OBP, and go ahead and look at other Japanese players in their first seasons (save Ichiro)...

 

Matsui put up .287/.353/.435 his first year with the Yankees...

 

It's his first season in the US, give him a break.

 

Nobody tried to draw overall conclusions from it that I saw. His last 28 days are .237/.326/368. He's OPSing .694 in that time period. He has been bad RECENTLY.

 

Not to mention, he looks completely clueless out there on some of his at bats. Swinging at ball way out of the zone and doing a little pirouette.

 

For the contact he signed, he's been awful. He's an average outfielder, but he's making 12 mil/year. Yes, I know that's Hendry's fault, not Kosukue's but the reality is that the contract somewhat dictates expectations.

[David]

Since I don't believe in nor give a crap about jinxes or any other superstitious crap, I'll go ahead and say it... [-(

 

Harden is like our second chance at having a healthy Mark Prior... In fact, he's even younger.

 

 

Hopefully, we'll get a little luckier on this one.

[CubInOK]

Nice work cameraman. Girl in bikini cooling herself by pouring water on her chest area.

Why must today's game be blacked out for me?

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Nice work cameraman. Girl in bikini cooling herself by pouring water on her chest area.

 

Damnit. I didn't get that with the Astros telecast! :x

[Choonch]

Since I don't believe in nor give a crap about jinxes or any other superstitious crap, I'll go ahead and say it... [-(

 

Harden is like our second chance at having a healthy Mark Prior... In fact, he's even younger.

 

 

Hopefully, we'll get a little luckier on this one.

 

No kidding. I feel completely at ease with Harden on the mound.

[inari]

Harden doesn't have his good stuff today. Only 4 Ks through 3 1/3.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Harden has thrown 51 pitches. Only nine of those have been balls. Amazing!

[Vinestal]

LOL Ron laughing at Pat cause he almost got creamed by that foul ball, you could hear it hit the wall.