8/10 Cardinals (Carpenter) @ Cubs (Dempster) 7:05pm ESPN

[badger1679666666]

I got a real bad feeling here. Shark throwing gas but missing.

 

I think you should have bad feelings more often, because just about everytime you do, something good happens!

[BCVM22]

Ludwick fell victim to a Shark attack. Next time, he'll get his leg bit off.

 

And he'll still hit 30 HRs.

[Mizzou]

Did they give any update on Carpenter yet?

[SouthSideRyan]

I always wondered this....

 

In this situation with Dempster on deck and obviously going to stay in...the pitcher is obviously going to work around you to get to the 9 spot.

 

Would it ever make sense to intentionally expand your strike zone and swing at a possible bad pitch to bait the pitcher into giving you an actual AB? I am assuming it would make more sense if you are a better bad ball hitter.

 

 

 

 

Wow 2 outs in the basepaths this inning.

 

Anyone with some insight. I've always wondered this, and if its possible to intentionally swing at a wild pitch with 2 strikes and run to first.

 

It's possible, but you've gotta be real quick on your feet to recognize that pitch is going to the backstop.

 

I used to do the other thing you were talking about when I'd get IBBd in coed softball. Swing on the first 2 to go down 0-2 in the count. This was of course not baseball though.

 

My thing is I think guys should let infield fly rule pop ups drop. I'd figure at least 5 times a year you'd have some dumb guy getting doubled off since they don't understand the rule.

The homerun is an out rule around here really limits the amount of times I don't take a walk.

 

HR is an out???

[BCVM22]

Did they give any update on Carpenter yet?

 

Right triceps strain.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Theriot            AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Leading off        94   16   26    3    1    0    0   12   14  0.277  0.358  0.330  0.688  0.325  4.09  0.082  0.000

[Soul]

hard to complain when you're a rookie and the only guy you allow to get on is Pujols

 

Took him a few pitches to find his stuff. I wish we could have warmed him up a little longer.

 

But yeah -- still good job containing the damage.

 

Bats: DON'T GO SILENT. Cards BP reeks.

[Soul]

Neck high strikes now ump?

[Fred Hornkohl]

Theriot grounded out to the pitcher, 1-3

[Fred Hornkohl]

Soriano            AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
bases empty       176   33   50   13    0   12   12    4   37  0.284  0.304  0.563  0.866  0.299  3.52  0.020  0.000

[SouthSideRyan]

 

My thing is I think guys should let infield fly rule pop ups drop. I'd figure at least 5 times a year you'd have some dumb guy getting doubled off since they don't understand the rule.

there's no point in catching them, right?

 

Well its an assumed out. The runners must tag up to advance. What SSR is saying is that once in awhile its possible to catch someone off the bag, not understanding that an out was called, and you can double them off.

what do you mean by assumed? iirc the batter is definitively called out, so theres no force. but if you drop it some moran may freak out and think they have to get to the next base.

 

Yep, that's my thinking. Guys see the ball drop and they instinctively take off for the next base.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Soriano struck out swinging

[radarluv1]

not a swing, blue

[Soul]

Well this is turning out to be a quick and bad inning at the plate now isn't it.

 

3 out.

 

Don't bother trying to get the runs back or anything.

[BCVM22]

Great inning. :|

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH INNING

 

Theriot grounded out to the pitcher, 1-3

Soriano struck out swinging

Fukudome grounded out to the pitcher, 1-3

 

0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 0 men left on base

 

                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9              R  H  E
St. Louis       0 0 0 0 0 0 2                  2  7  1
CUBS            0 1 0 0 0 5 0                  6  9  0

 

Home runs:

St. Louis: none

CUBS: none

 

St. Louis      IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Carpenter     5.3  6  4  2  2  2  0  66
Villone       0.0  0  0  0  0  0  0   2
Thompson      1.7  2  0  0  0  1  0  17

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Dempster      6.7  6  2  2  3  6  0 113
Samardzija    0.3  1  0  0  0  1  0   8

[Little Slide Rooter]

Well that was a worthless inning. So will it be Shark or Woody here?

[Fred Hornkohl]

             St. Louis            CUBS
P/PA              3.90            2.93
RBI%              0.13            0.45
R/BR              0.20            0.55
BA               0.250           0.346
OBP              0.323           0.407
SLG              0.321           0.462
OPS              0.644           0.869
ERA               2.57            2.57
BB/9              2.57            3.86
K/9               3.86            9.00

[BCVM22]

Well that was a worthless inning. So will it be Shark or Woody here?

 

I'd think they'll let Shark start the inning, at least.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Man, Kosuke put good wood on that, he needed a hit there.

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 59-2 when they lead at the end of 7 innings

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Little Slide Rooter]

So will that second run count against Demp since the guy advanced on a wild pitch by Shark?

[Guest]

Well that was a worthless inning. So will it be Shark or Woody here?

 

Shark is out. Theriot PH for him.

 

EDIT: Nevermind, I'm a moran and didn't see the double switch.

Edited August 11, 2008 by soccer10k

[Fred Hornkohl]

Wood in to pitch for the CUBS

[BCVM22]

Shark is out. Theriot PH for him.

 

Oop. Go Woody, then.