4/16 Cardinals (Wainright) Vs. Cubs (Marshall) 1:20 CSN

[cubswin2009]

Can we just give Miles back to St. Louis? He's a scrub.

[jersey cubs fan]

0-1 pitch was a ball.

 

gameday had it well in the zone (they had the Bradley strike 3 out of the zone)

[Old Style]

Haven't been able to follow along with this thread or any real GameCast, just ESPN's pitch-by-pitch account of the game. Did Pujols really go from 1st to 3rd on a groundout to SS in the 9th?

[erik316wttn]

Guzman needs to go just because I'm tired of hoping for something out of him and just seeing meat pitches fly up there to get hammered whenever they actually let him out of his AAA cage.

 

 

Guzman is about the best bullpen guy we have right now outside of Marmol

 

I keep hearing that, but at some point the man should, you know, get some people out without giving up hits and walks.

 

As should, you know, everybody else in our bullpen outside of Marmol. Our bullpen options right now are garbage plain and simple

 

I, for one, would like to take this opportunity to thank Jim Hendry for assembling the best bullpen ever.

 

=D> =D> =D>

[Little Slide Rooter]

With the state of todays economy, its a travesty that someone would spend 5 million dollars on a product as inferior as Aaron Miles.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

How did Pujols get a single and then go to third on a ground ball to shortstop?

 

Running with the pitch, went to third on the throw to first.

[cubswin2009]

Haven't been able to follow along with this thread or any real GameCast, just ESPN's pitch-by-pitch account of the game. Did Pujols really go from 1st to 3rd on a groundout to SS in the 9th?

Yes.

[Old Style]

How did Pujols get a single and then go to third on a ground ball to shortstop?

He just kept running and beat the throw to third

nm, just saw this

[Sammys Boombox]

Nice 7,8,9 by the offense against the bad bullpen.

[abuck1220]

weird...a reliever that comes in and throws strikes.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Guzman needs to go just because I'm tired of hoping for something out of him and just seeing meat pitches fly up there to get hammered whenever they actually let him out of his AAA cage.

 

 

Guzman is about the best bullpen guy we have right now outside of Marmol

 

I keep hearing that, but at some point the man should, you know, get some people out without giving up hits and walks.

 

As should, you know, everybody else in our bullpen outside of Marmol. Our bullpen options right now are garbage plain and simple

 

I, for one, would like to take this opportunity to thank Jim Hendry for assembling the best bullpen ever.

 

=D> =D> =D>

 

All of our relievers have their little shortcomings

 

Heilman-he sucks

Patton-he sucks

Guzman-he sucks

Cotts-he really sucks

Marmol-theres only one of him

Vizcaino-he sucks

Gregg-he sucks

[Keener98]

Way to fight Cubs. You acted just like your manager in that 9th inning

[cubsfan26]

Hendry is the best GM in all of baseball. Getting rid of Wuertz for a bag of balls and Wood for nothing was a great idea.

 

 

I don't see how Wuertz is really that much better then the guys we have. Losing Wood sucks, but it's not like having Wood on the roster changes things. Neal Cotts either needs to go or Lou needs to stop using him in big situations. I'm confident the 7-9 inning guys will be fine in the long run. That LH specialist and Long guy is what the issue with the pen will be. But most of all we need to start hitting the ball like the way were capable of hitting. Leaving runners at 3rd base, and not getting runs with less then one out sucks.

[chuckywang]

Ryan Franklin almost had a 9 pitch, 9 strike, 3K feat.

[NonProfitCow]

0-1 pitch was a ball.

 

gameday had it well in the zone (they had the Bradley strike 3 out of the zone)

Pitch F/X

 

http://brooksbaseball.net/pfx/location.php?xml=http://gd2.mlb.com/components/game/mlb/year_2009/month_04/day_16/gid_2009_04_16_slnmlb_chnmlb_1//pbp/pitchers/425794.xml&batterX=090416_151921&innings=yyyyyyyyy&sp_type=1&s_type=1

[jersey cubs fan]

Hendry is the best GM in all of baseball. Getting rid of Wuertz for a bag of balls and Wood for nothing was a great idea.

 

 

I don't see how Wuertz is really that much better then the guys we have. .

 

Okay, but he is.

[Electron Blue]

Miles to leadoff the bot of the 9th. Sweet we get to start with 1 out already. Just send up Z

 

I have a feeling Miles will get on. He wants to show his old team that they should have resigned him.

 

Yea I wouldnt hold your breath

 

Miles Career OBP: .328

Avg NL OBP, 2008: .331

 

Pessimism probably isn't worth it there. . . ;)

 

So he's very likely to make an out, what's your point?

 

I actually thought my point was so clear that I'm having trouble answering your question... My point is what I showed: He has a roughly league average chance of getting on base each time he comes up. Sure, obviously, as it should go without saying, getting on 67% of the time means it's "unlikely," but come on . . . in a baseball sense, it's perfectly average.

[Keener98]

0-1 pitch was a ball.

 

gameday had it well in the zone (they had the Bradley strike 3 out of the zone)

Pitch F/X

 

http://brooksbaseball.net/pfx/location.php?xml=http://gd2.mlb.com/components/game/mlb/year_2009/month_04/day_16/gid_2009_04_16_slnmlb_chnmlb_1//pbp/pitchers/425794.xml&batterX=090416_151921&innings=yyyyyyyyy&sp_type=1&s_type=1

 

Please tell me you arent trying to say that was a strike to Bradley

[cubsfan26]

Heilman-he sucks

Patton-he sucks

Guzman-he sucks

Cotts-he really sucks

Marmol-theres only one of him

Vizcaino-he sucks

Gregg-he sucks

 

 

Heilman-Good

Patton- probably sucks

Guzman- can be good

Cotts- really sucks

Marmol- Awesome

Vizcaino-good against RH hitters, sucks against LH hitters

Gregg-Good

 

I think thats the less reacationary of putting things.

[cubswin2009]

Heilman-he sucks

Patton-he sucks

Guzman-he sucks

Cotts-he really sucks

Marmol-theres only one of him

Vizcaino-he sucks

Gregg-he sucks

 

 

Heilman-Good

Patton- probably sucks

Guzman- can be good

Cotts- really sucks

Marmol- Awesome

Vizcaino-good against RH hitters, sucks against LH hitters

Gregg-Good

 

I think thats the less reacationary of putting things.

Are you from Bleed Cubbie Blue? Everything is sunshine and rainbows there.

 

Heilman-he sucks

Patton-he sucks

Guzman-he sucks

Cotts-he really sucks

Marmol- Great

Vizcaino-he sucks

Gregg-he sucks

[anabiono]

oh my god...Aaron Miles

 

the nightmare that just keeps giving

 

why in the world is he on this team and more importantly, why in the world is it for 2 bloody years?

[Little Slide Rooter]

oh my god...Aaron Miles

 

the nightmare that just keeps giving

 

why in the world is he on this team and more importantly, why in the world is it for 2 bloody years?

 

Switch hitter automatically=good player

[Flames24Rulz]

Heh when Miles struck out, even the Cards announcers said he never swung at a bad pitch like that. Typical.

[Sammys Boombox]

0-1 pitch was a ball.

 

gameday had it well in the zone (they had the Bradley strike 3 out of the zone)

Pitch F/X

 

http://brooksbaseball.net/pfx/location.php?xml=http://gd2.mlb.com/components/game/mlb/year_2009/month_04/day_16/gid_2009_04_16_slnmlb_chnmlb_1//pbp/pitchers/425794.xml&batterX=090416_151921&innings=yyyyyyyyy&sp_type=1&s_type=1

 

Well, they're wrong. The pitch to Miles was not a strike, not that it matters.

[jersey cubs fan]

I actually thought my point was so clear that I'm having trouble answering your question... My point is what I showed: He has a roughly league average chance of getting on base each time he comes up. Sure, obviously, as it should go without saying, getting on 67% of the time means it's "unlikely," but come on . . . in a baseball sense, it's perfectly average.

 

But the point is he's very likely to make an out, and he did. Plus, his career OBP is partially propped up by a somewhat fluking 2008. His current OBP is something like 100 and he's looked like absolute crap. So, as the person noted, the Cubs practically started that inning with an out.