8/28 Phillies (Hamels) @ Cubs (Dempster) - 7:05 WGN TV

[PrimeTime]

swung at ball 3 and 4

[Ski]

God, I hate changeups. I can never hit them well in MLB Power Pros.

[UMFan83]

Cole is so good. His location on his pitches is something to awe.

 

2-0 count on a power hitter like Soriano and he throws the perfect pitchers stike and the whole AB changes.

[Ski]

Nice to see Lee swing and miss at 86 and 90 MPH fastballs.

[17 Seconds]

Am I the only one who kind of conceded the loss before this game started? It just doesn't feel like a game we'll win

[PrimeTime]

I just hope we can get his pitch count up and get into their pen early

[98navigator]

Hamels is also up with all of his pitches but we've been swinging a them.

[Ski]

Nice job, Lee, especially after falling behind 0-2. Let's make Hamels work.

[PrimeTime]

Am I the only one who kind of conceded the loss before this game started? It just doesn't feel like a game we'll win

 

Kinda. This feels like the throwaway game since we have the advantage pretty much in the other 3.

[UMFan83]

Thats the 11th straight shutout inning Cole Hamels has thrown against the Cubs dating back to 2007

[PrimeTime]

Freakin Aram

[Brian]

Am I the only one who kind of conceded the loss before this game started? It just doesn't feel like a game we'll win

 

Kinda. This feels like the throwaway game since we have the advantage pretty much in the other 3.

 

I feel the least confident in the Lilly/Myers match up. I have a feeling the Phillies will crush Lilly, and Myers is pitching well and it seem like always dominates the Cubs (he beat them when he wasn't beating anybody at the beginning of the year).

[Ski]

Cubs WILL hit Hamels today. I can feel it.

[UMFan83]

Am I the only one who kind of conceded the loss before this game started? It just doesn't feel like a game we'll win

 

Kinda. This feels like the throwaway game since we have the advantage pretty much in the other 3.

 

I don't know about that...Brett Myers has been red hot lately. I think he's thrown 16 straight shutout innings over his last 2 starts, and in his last 6 starts he has a 1.24 ERA and he's matched up with Lilly

[erik316wttn]

Cubs WILL hit Hamels today. I can feel it.

 

No, that's just gas.

[weatherdood]

Am I the only one who kind of conceded the loss before this game started? It just doesn't feel like a game we'll win

 

Kinda. This feels like the throwaway game since we have the advantage pretty much in the other 3.

 

I feel the least confident in the Lilly/Myers match up. I have a feeling the Phillies will crush Lilly, and Myers is pitching well and it seem like always dominates the Cubs (he beat them when he wasn't beating anybody at the beginning of the year).

 

Myers has horrible splits on the road.... on the contrary, Moyer has been much better on the road vs at home.

[RedFlash]

Am I the only one who kind of conceded the loss before this game started? It just doesn't feel like a game we'll win

 

It's one thing if the Cubs put ou their "B lineup" (Fontenot/Cedeno/DeRo in RF/Ward/Blanco) against any team, I could but the conceded feeling. But when you put your "A lineup" out against Hamels, your not conceding anything.

 

This feels like a win to me. A late win (say 2 run homerun in the 8 and win the gam 5-3), but a win nonetheless.

[WrigleyinEngland]

I know alot of people freak out about facing the diamondbacks but i would much rather face them than this lot they scare me, plus we seem to play like idiots when we play them.

[erik316wttn]

I know alot of people freak out about facing the diamondbacks but i would much rather face them than this lot they scare me, plus we seem to play like idiots when we play them.

 

The Michael Barrett play in which he stupidly threw to third or threw it away entirely, costing us the game, happened in Philly, correct?

[17 Seconds]

ference.

Am I the only one who kind of conceded the loss before this game started? It just doesn't feel like a game we'll win

 

Kinda. This feels like the throwaway game since we have the advantage pretty much in the other 3.

 

I don't know about that...Brett Myers has been red hot lately. I think he's thrown 16 straight shutout innings over his last 2 starts, and in his last 6 starts he has a 1.24 ERA and he's matched up with Lilly

 

Eh, look at who he faced in those games. Also, he's given up a lot of hits his last 2 starts, he just benefited from the Nats and then the Dodgers going 1-17 w/RISP in his last start. We should knock that meatball around.

[UMFan83]

Am I the only one who kind of conceded the loss before this game started? It just doesn't feel like a game we'll win

 

It's one thing if the Cubs put ou their "B lineup" (Fontenot/Cedeno/DeRo in RF/Ward/Blanco) against any team, I could but the conceded feeling. But when you put your "A lineup" out against Hamels, your not conceding anything.

 

This feels like a win to me. A late win (say 2 run homerun in the 8 and win the gam 5-3), but a win nonetheless.

 

Yeah if we are conceding games against Hamels before they start, how is facing Webb and Haren going to help

[17 Seconds]

I know alot of people freak out about facing the diamondbacks but i would much rather face them than this lot they scare me, plus we seem to play like idiots when we play them.

 

The Michael Barrett play in which he stupidly threw to third or threw it away entirely, costing us the game, happened in Philly, correct?

 

Is that when he had the guy in a rundown? I remember that.

[UMFan83]

Sexy Rexy just lead the Bears on a 95 yard scoring drive.

[17 Seconds]

Not a strike

[Ski]

Nice to know that balls off the plate are strikes.