5/5 San Francisco (Lincecum) @ Cubs (Marshall) 1:20 (CT) CSN

[Cubswin11]

Gathright, CF

Miles, 2B

Fukudome, RF

Lee, 1B

Hoffpauir, LF

Fontenot, SS

Scales, 2B

Hill, C

Marshall, P

 

:shock: :shock: :shock:

[ctcf]

Oh god no.

[Bote McBoteface]

Two second basemen?

[Bote McBoteface]

Wow, I paid way too much attention to pointing out your simple error and not nearly enough on how much this lineup blows. Holy crap.

[jersey cubs fan]

Fontenot is the one that goes to shortstop? That's surprising.

[Bruce Miles]

They changed a couple things from the original card:

 

Gathright, CF

Miles, SS

Fukudome, RF

Lee, 1B

Hoff, LF

Font, 3B

Scales, 2B

Hill, C

Marshall, P

 

Sorry for the confusion. Fixed on the blog, too.

[ctcf]

Sean Marshall deserves better.

[mopapa]

What an interesting lineup. :blink:

[CubColtPacer]

This is the best type of day to have a lineup like this. Great pitcher on the mound, day game after night game, opponent that means less to you with a division opponent the next day. Not a huge fan of where Gathright is in the order, but other then that I'd rather have this lineup today than spread the off days out.

 

With this lineup though, the main thing they need to do is to work Lincecum. Keep battling him and forcing him to throw lots of pitches and then get to their bullpen in the late innings and win a close game at the end with the help of their awesome bench today.

 

I feel bad for the people who purchased tickets to this particular game hoping to see the stars, but I think this is a good long-term move for the team.

[Shilzzz]

But Lincecum is better against LHH than RHH. .218 BAA/.235 in his career

[Sammy Sofa]

This lineup is going brutalize Lincecum. Tim gives up 6 runs and is pulled by the end of the 5th. BOOK IT.

[CubbieBum]

Sean Marshall deserves better.

 

Party like its 1994.

[Sammy Sofa]

God, I hate your sig.

[Little Slide Rooter]

God, I hate your sig.

 

If your refering to Cubbiebum, it is both frightening and seizure inducing.

[Bote McBoteface]

I adblocked it the first time I saw it, haha.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I like Marshall's chances against this lineup. Sandoval has been awful as a RH hitter in MLB, and there's no real lefty killing RH hitters in the lineup. Also, Sean Marshall is a real good pitcher.

[Little Slide Rooter]

They changed a couple things from the original card:

 

Gathright, CF

Miles, SS

Fukudome, RF

Lee, 1B

Hoff, LF

Font, 3B

Scales, 2B

Hill, C

Marshall, P

 

Sorry for the confusion. Fixed on the blog, too.

 

I hpe Ramirez is OK. I know its normal to rest your starters, but when its a guy who had over a week of rest, it puts up a red flag.

 

On the plus side, we'll have one hell of a bench.

[Sammy Sofa]

I hpe Ramirez is OK. I know its normal to rest your starters, but when its a guy who had over a week of rest, it puts up a red flag.

 

It's an early game after a late one and he just came back. It would have been unusual if he didn't sit this one out.

[Little Slide Rooter]

The sad but funny thing is that it still looks better than the Giants regular lineup.

[PrimeTime]

What a craptastic lineup..All Lincenum has to do is zone in on the outside corner since basically everyones a lefty. Atleast throw some righties in there so he has to move around the plate and can't just focus on one spot and throw there all afternoon.

[CubbieBum]

I was curious cause I haven't really looked all season but for all our complaining we are still 16th in runs. I realize for this talented of a team that's awful but considering the injuries and how Lee and Soto have been ridiculously bad I'll take 16th. Pretty much we have had as bad of a start offensively as this team is capable of and we are still an average offensive team. When Ramirez is truly healthy, Lee and Soto start hitting .280 rather than .200 and Bradley gets healthy and starts hitting we will shoot up the ranks. The fact that we are currently in a playoff position even with all this means we shouldn't really worry.

[Little Slide Rooter]

What a craptastic lineup..All Lincenum has to do is zone in on the outside corner since basically everyones a lefty. Atleast throw some righties in there so he has to move around the plate and can't just focus on one spot and throw there all afternoon.

 

The theme of the game will be more Gathright vs. Scales than Cubs vs. Giants.

[PrimeTime]

And this along to go with the lineup

 

Closer Kevin Gregg and setup man Carlos Marmol are both unavailable on Tuesday.

[Guest]

''Look, it's tough to sit anybody, but the fact remains that nobody is going to play 162 ballgames,'' Piniella said. ''I said that we were going to rest people coming out of spring training, and we've done a pretty good job of it so far.''

 

''Listen, they're all available to play,'' Piniella said. The only two people that have played every day here have been Theriot and Soriano.''

 

''Theriot is not going to play 162 games -- let's forget that,'' Piniella said. ''Is it tough? It's tough not playing Bradley, it's tough not playing Theriot, it's tough not playing Soriano and Soto and Ramirez, but what are you going to do? You have to pick some time, and today we chose to pick some time.''

 

http://blogs.suntimes.com/cubs/2009/05/a_day_of_rest_for_cubs_vs_gian.html

[CUBZ99]

Good luck with that lineup Sean. :lol: Maybe Lou doesn't want to win 5 in a row too soon in the season?