8/8 Cardinals (Looper) @ Cubs (Lilly) - 1:20 CSN

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Damn...Len got me a little excited at first on that fly out.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

I would have probably pinch hit for Lilly here.

[bukie]

C'mon, Lilly, help the cause.

[kujay]

Jim-Jim!

 

Stick with it. It has been working well for you :D

 

:hello:

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Not a huge fan of Lilly staying in the game.

[Faceman]

JIMMY BALLGAME AGAIN!!

 

I understand he's a Cub, but you guys should not be using the term "Jimmy Ballgame" or "Hollywood" after the way you treated him for the last 8 seasons.

 

That's just so wrong.

[kujay]

Not a huge fan of Lilly staying in the game.

 

+1

[Guest]

After seeing Lilly in San Francisco earlier this year, it's amazing he actually has 8 hits this year.

[Keener98]

JIMMY BALLGAME AGAIN!!

 

I understand he's a Cub, but you guys should not be using the term "Jimmy Ballgame" or "Hollywood" after the way you treated him for the last 8 seasons.

 

That's just so wrong.

 

 

Give me a break

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Not a huge fan of Lilly staying in the game.

 

Me either. I probably would have hit Ward or Fontenot there and then gone to the pen.

[DiamondMind]

Jim Edmonds is out of control

[Sorianos hop]

way to be Jim

[Careless]

The rays have 3 wins below 4 runs. The cubs have a 3 run gap between their closest win and loss.

 

The Cubs are also a better offensive team than the Rays. Every team has days where they don't hit. I don't care how good of an offense you have. That's how baseball is.

Still, you don't get a lot of 20 game stretches where you have no losses where your team scored more than two and no wins where you scored less than 5.

 

You do when your starting pitching has been solid.

 

Cubs runs allowed in the losses: 2, 4, 2, 9, 3, 3, 3, 2.

 

If the Cubs had scored 5 runs in each of those games, they would have gone 7-1 in that stretch.

Do you not see that when you keep adding "if this happens" statements something becomes increasingly unlikely?

 

I added one hypothetical "If" in my last post. Not sure how that constitutes repeated "If this happens" statements.

 

Like I said. Every team is going to have their peaks and valleys offensively and defensively. The Cubs have gotten pretty good starting pitching since the All-Star Break. It's not always going to be like that. The offense has been slightly inconsistent since the All-Star Break but as I said, every single team is like that. It's just going to be a little more dramatic with the Cubs because they have such a potent offense (2nd in the majors with 615 runs scored). While a team like San Diego (432 runs) or San Francisco (436 runs) is also going to have some peaks and valleys, they aren't going to be nearly as dramatic because they suck offensively. The Cubs have a very good, well-rounded lineup but that doesn't mean that they aren't susceptible to poor offensive days. It's not a big deal.

If your team has great pitching and if it has a great offense and if they both perform up to their ability then it might happen. It's not common.

 

I'll be busy brute-force looking through team records to see if I can find any like it this season (So far I can say the Angels have come nowhere close to one

[DiamondMind]

JIMMY BALLGAME AGAIN!!

 

I understand he's a Cub, but you guys should not be using the term "Jimmy Ballgame" or "Hollywood" after the way you treated him for the last 8 seasons.

 

That's just so wrong.

 

this comment is total fail

[jersey cubs fan]

Not a huge fan of Lilly staying in the game.

 

+1

 

I was going to say I don't have a problem, given the low pitch count. But I forgot he was about to face the top of the order. You have to have people warm, preferably good pitchers.

[Billy_Buck]

2-6-1 for the visitors. 2-6-1 for the Cubs.

 

Big difference thus far is Looper at 96 pitches, Lilly at 80. Buckle your seatbelts!

[abuck1220]

pujols is taking lilly deep this inning. bad idea.

[GoCubsGo1679625768]

JIMMY BALLGAME AGAIN!!

 

I understand he's a Cub, but you guys should not be using the term "Jimmy Ballgame" or "Hollywood" after the way you treated him for the last 8 seasons.

 

That's just so wrong.

You are the guys that kicked him to the curb when he still had a ton in the tank. Ludwick, Edmonds, and Ankiel would be a helluva outfield.

[Keener98]

Thank you Theriot

[Keener98]

pujols is taking lilly deep this inning. bad idea.

 

He will be facing Marmol not Lilly

[rawaction]

Not a huge fan of Lilly staying in the game.

 

+1

 

I was going to say I don't have a problem, given the low pitch count. But I forgot he was about to face the top of the order. You have to have people warm, preferably good pitchers.

 

 

Yeah, with Marmol, Wood, Samardzija and Gaudin in the pen, no reason for Lilly to be allowed to get into too much trouble here.

[Faceman]

JIMMY BALLGAME AGAIN!!

 

I understand he's a Cub, but you guys should not be using the term "Jimmy Ballgame" or "Hollywood" after the way you treated him for the last 8 seasons.

 

That's just so wrong.

 

 

Give me a break

 

I was being funny, but come on. Was he not enemy #1? Cheering Edmonds as a Cub? Got that. But the lovefest? Give me a break.

 

Long gone are the days of "Edmonds is gay, wears eyeliner, etc" I suppose huh?

[BigSlick]

anytime would be fine to take Lilly out

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Not a huge fan of Lilly staying in the game.

 

+1

 

I was going to say I don't have a problem, given the low pitch count. But I forgot he was about to face the top of the order. You have to have people warm, preferably good pitchers.

 

Yeah, especially when there were 2 out and none on when he came up.

 

Don't let him pitch to Pujols, we have like 4 stellar RH relievers.

[jersey cubs fan]

Facing Pujols a 4th time? Lilly has been lucky to only give up 2 for now. This isn't good.