Postgame 4-7-09

[cubswin2009]

Lou sucks.

Milton Bradley and Derrek Lee (despite his RBI today) have been non-factors thusfar.

 

Discuss.

[inari]

It's hard to be too concerned right now.

[17 Seconds]

i can't believe anybody can still defend lou's in-game managing. it's absolutely brutal. that decision to send the runners with bradley up was the turning point of the game. should have been bases loaded and no outs and instead it turns into a double play.

 

really though i'm worried about how hurt soto and marmol are

[Sammy Sofa]

It's the 2nd game of the season.

 

I also like how we're supposed to ignore Lee's RBI.

Edited April 8, 2009 by Sammy Sofa

[cubswin2009]

It's hard to be too concerned right now.

Not concerned about Milton since he's put together good at-bats despite not coming through but Lee has been bad for a year now. It's getting concerning.

[Shilzzz]

The L isn't a big deal.

 

What about Soto and Marmol? Those are the concerns.

[inari]

Is anything other than speculation leading to talk of Marmol being hurt?

[Derwood]

I missed part of the game, so what happened to soto?

[BCVM22]

Is anything other than speculation leading to talk of Marmol being hurt?

 

Not a thing.

 

I missed part of the game, so what happened to soto?

 

Taken out of the game with "right shoulder soreness."

[Gmoney08]

What is this about Marmol being hurt? Just cause he didnt warm up or was there a report that he is hurt?

[Hall7810]

What is this about Marmol being hurt? Just cause he didnt warm up or was there a report that he is hurt?

 

I think it was the fact that he didn't warm up, which made people think he was/is injured. I don't know if there's a correlation or not, but it was odd that Lou decided to bring in Gregg after Cotts got into that mess.

[17 Seconds]

Well he definitely was unavailable, but hopefully it's because Lou didn't want to use him again so soon as opposed to injury

[Butterscup1679666578]

Marmol threw 25 pitches last night. Lou saw last year how Marmol wore down. I'm pretty sure he realizes that he needs to take it easy on him.

[Hall7810]

Marmol threw 25 pitches last night. Lou saw last year how Marmol wore down. I'm pretty sure he realizes that he needs to take it easy on him.

 

Which is a prudent approach to keeping him healthy. However, if you're gonna use Gregg, do it to start the inning.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Lou sucks.

Milton Bradley and Derrek Lee (despite his RBI today) have been non-factors thusfar.

 

Discuss.

 

It's the second game. That's all I've got.

[cubsfan5150]

Not much to take from this game. We got beat, we got held down by a pitcher that normally owns us in his ball park, and Dempster pitched reasonably well. That's about it.

 

Overall, I don't like the fact that we've only scored 6 runs in two games at a ball park normally pretty easy to score runs in, but we did go up against Oswalt and Wandy, who does very well against us at home.

 

161-1 still looks good anyway.

[Keener98]

Ryan Freaking Theriot needs to quit thinking hes Vince Coleman on the base paths with our number 4 hitter at the plate. Seriously Ryan QUIT STEALING YOU ARENT GOOD AT IT!

[CubbieBum]

One thought I have is that if this game is any indication Dempster will once again not get road victories even though he pitches well on the road.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Ryan Freaking Theriot needs to quit thinking hes Vince Coleman on the base paths with our number 4 hitter at the plate. Seriously Ryan QUIT STEALING YOU ARENT GOOD AT IT!

 

I find it hard to believe that Theriot's running was entirely of his own volition.

 

Today's loss was a frustrating one. We couldn't hit Rodriguez in MMP again, and the crummy 2/3 of the Astros lineup beat us with seeing eye singles and bloops. Hopefully Soto is alright.

 

As for Lou, the only thing he did wrong was send the runners, and leave Miles in the game. We gave up at least 1 out(maybe 2) with the heart of the order up because of the running. As for leaving Miles in the game, he's an awful defender at short. Theriot is no wizard, but he's better at everything than Miles, and shouldn't have been removed unless he hurt himself running. The rest of Lou's moves were the right ones, he pinch hit Miles at the right time, and used the bullpen in the correct order. Adding Kosuke for defense in the 10th is a good idea too.

 

EDIT: Whoops, I missed the first couple batters of the 10th, I didn't realize he had Cotts face Rodriguez and Berkman. Bad idea. Not worth it when you can go to Gregg at the beginning of the inning.

[AlwaysaCub]

If Lou had brought in Marmol someone would have instead have made a comment about how Lou is on pace to pitch Marmol in 162 games, on the topic of Marmol being injured. Either way people find a problem with it.

[Guest]

I've got my writeup complete on the front page. Here's a direct link.

[BCVM22]

Geo out for a few days, at least.

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090407&content_id=4157412&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc

[Old Style]

So are most people assuming Lou called for Theriot to run with Bradley at the plate and 2 outs in the 8th or that Ryan went on his own?

[Guest]

So are most people assuming Lou called for Theriot to run with Bradley at the plate and 2 outs in the 8th or that Ryan went on his own?

I'm assuming he got the green light and made the decision to go on his own, as opposed to getting the "must steal" sign.

[Hector89]

I didn't like the fact that Theriot batted 2nd and Fontenot batted 8th. I thought that should have been reversed. Let's just hope we can win tonight and take 2 out of 3.