4/10 Cubs (Harden) @ Brewers (Looper) - 3:05 CDT WGN

[Transmogrified Tiger]

oh are you kidding me, that has not been a strike all afternoon, mainly because it's not a strike

 

the ump rang up hardy on a pitch that missed by a foot. if the strike zone is that inconsistent you're really rolling the dice by letting a pitch go that misses the outside corner by 3 inches.

 

Hardy's was a borderline pitch, but it's on a different plane. You have to take that, it was well outside and again, nothing has been called out there all day. If he swings everyone gets pissed at Lee for popping up to the right side or rolling into a double play.

[TruffleShuffle]

And Lee didn't swing at 1 pitch in that at-bat.

 

aside from the one he fouled off?

[Keener98]

I'm trying to be level headed with this team this year....

 

But when they get 9 base runners in 5 innings and force the pitcher to throw 96 pitches in that time frame and only score one run, it gets frustrating.

 

If they are going to lose, I'd rather them get beat 9-3 so I can think stuff like "well we aren't going to win every day"

 

 

Its a good thing to get runners on, the more often you do that as a team, the more likely it is you break thru eventually.

[TruffleShuffle]

oh are you kidding me, that has not been a strike all afternoon, mainly because it's not a strike

 

the ump rang up hardy on a pitch that missed by a foot. if the strike zone is that inconsistent you're really rolling the dice by letting a pitch go that misses the outside corner by 3 inches.

 

Hardy's was a borderline pitch, but it's on a different plane. You have to take that, it was well outside and again, nothing has been called out there all day. If he swings everyone gets pissed at Lee for popping up to the right side or rolling into a double play.

 

hardy's wasn't even close, it was low and outside. lee's pitch was much closer to being a strike than hardy's.

[Outshined_One]

oh are you kidding me, that has not been a strike all afternoon, mainly because it's not a strike

 

the ump rang up hardy on a pitch that missed by a foot. if the strike zone is that inconsistent you're really rolling the dice by letting a pitch go that misses the outside corner by 3 inches.

 

Hardy's was a borderline pitch, but it's on a different plane. You have to take that, it was well outside and again, nothing has been called out there all day. If he swings everyone gets pissed at Lee for popping up to the right side or rolling into a double play.

 

Moreover, there wasn't much he could actually do with that pitcher other than foul it off.

 

Would you have preferred to see him swing and miss? How about a weak hit to Prince Fielder? Maybe an easy ground ball to Hardy?

[Guest]

9K's.

[cubbinalltheway]

harden is dealing! need to get this man some runs.

 

how many pitches is that for him?

[UMFan83]

I'm trying to be level headed with this team this year....

 

But when they get 9 base runners in 5 innings and force the pitcher to throw 96 pitches in that time frame and only score one run, it gets frustrating.

 

If they are going to lose, I'd rather them get beat 9-3 so I can think stuff like "well we aren't going to win every day"

 

 

Its a good thing to get runners on, the more often you do that as a team, the more likely it is you break thru eventually.

 

I know I know, just the frustration talking.

[haubrich91]

Nine strikeouts through 4-2/3 inning.

[Hall7810]

Wait, isn't Harden injured?

[cubbinalltheway]

oh are you kidding me, that has not been a strike all afternoon, mainly because it's not a strike

 

the ump rang up hardy on a pitch that missed by a foot. if the strike zone is that inconsistent you're really rolling the dice by letting a pitch go that misses the outside corner by 3 inches.

 

Hardy's was a borderline pitch, but it's on a different plane. You have to take that, it was well outside and again, nothing has been called out there all day. If he swings everyone gets pissed at Lee for popping up to the right side or rolling into a double play.

 

Moreover, there wasn't much he could actually do with that pitcher other than foul it off.

 

Would you have preferred to see him swing and miss? How about a weak hit to Prince Fielder? Maybe an easy ground ball to Hardy?

right, cause a liner down the right field line isn't at all possible.

[UMFan83]

At 84 pitches...do you risk him coming out for another inning? Edited April 10, 2009 by UMFan83

[cheapseats]

Ryan Theriot is The Mole.

[Outshined_One]

oh are you kidding me, that has not been a strike all afternoon, mainly because it's not a strike

 

the ump rang up hardy on a pitch that missed by a foot. if the strike zone is that inconsistent you're really rolling the dice by letting a pitch go that misses the outside corner by 3 inches.

 

Hardy's was a borderline pitch, but it's on a different plane. You have to take that, it was well outside and again, nothing has been called out there all day. If he swings everyone gets pissed at Lee for popping up to the right side or rolling into a double play.

 

Moreover, there wasn't much he could actually do with that pitcher other than foul it off.

 

Would you have preferred to see him swing and miss? How about a weak hit to Prince Fielder? Maybe an easy ground ball to Hardy?

right, cause a liner down the right field line isn't at all possible.

 

With that pitch and Derrek's approach? Probably not.

 

Anyways, I'm off to Peoria. I'll post my thoughts on the Chiefs later tonight.

 

Go Cubs!

[Transmogrified Tiger]

hardy's wasn't even close, it was low and outside. lee's pitch was much closer to being a strike than hardy's.

 

Gameday has Hardy's pitch being essentially dead in the middle of the zone, and Lee's being easily outside. Even with margin for error in Gameday, it illustrates the point. Whatever though, I don't want to debate it anymore.

 

Good inning for Harden.

[Keener98]

We score this inning...book it

[hotshot13422]

harden is dealing! need to get this man some runs.

 

how many pitches is that for him?

 

84. one more inning might be pushing it

[moorecg]

At 83 pitches...do you risk him coming out for another inning?

 

 

Yes...one more inning...if we can't pitch him more than 83 pitches its going to be a long season for him...

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE FIFTH INNING

 

Weeks struck out swinging

Hart struck out swinging

Braun popped out to second base

 

0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 0 men left on base

 

                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9              R  H  E
CUBS            0 0 0 1 0                      1  5  1
Milwaukee       1 0 1 0 0                      2  3  0

 

Home runs:

CUBS: Bradley (1)

Milwaukee: Hart (1)

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Harden        5.0  3  2  1  2  9  1  84

 

Milwaukee      IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Looper        5.0  5  1  1  4  4  1   0

[Bixby]

Damn, Looper's out.

[Rob]

I would have told Milton to take that, hoped he drew a walk and the Brewers brought in McClung (a lefty) to face Ramirez.

 

But then again, Aram did have reverse splits last year, so maybe that wouldn't have been the smartest thing to do.

 

I always confused Brian Shouse and Seth McClung too.

[Keener98]

Seth McClung is fat, nice beer guy

[JimSorgi]

We better score on a guy named McClung.

[haubrich91]

Damn, Looper's out.

 

The way our offense is performing, that's probably a good thing.

 

We need a clutch hit with runners on.

[TruffleShuffle]

With that pitch and Derrek's approach? Probably not.

 

well this is probably true. a good hitter could get the bat through and line it up the middle or take it to right. derrek really isn't a good hitter any more and his bat is slow, so he'd probably just get around to slow and whiff. same result i suppose.