5/30 Dodgers (Stults) @ Cobs (Dempster) 3:10 CDT FOX

[E.J.]

I was only partially listening during Reed's HR, but was McCarver talking about how the wind was blowing in even though it looked (to me) that the flags were blowing across from right to left and therefore kind of out to LF?

 

He then went on to talk about how you can't hit the ball under the wind. Really interesting stuff.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Fontenot           AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Leading off        27    3    4    2    0    0    0    2    5  0.148  0.207  0.222  0.429  0.182  4.17  0.059  0.000
bases empty        74    9   19    5    0    3    3    8   13  0.257  0.329  0.446  0.775  0.276  4.48  0.073  0.000
Late (7th on)      40    4    9    2    0    1    4    6    7  0.225  0.319  0.350  0.669  0.250  4.83  0.094  0.136
0 outs             41    6   10    3    0    2    6    6    7  0.244  0.340  0.463  0.804  0.250  4.11  0.097  0.308
CUBS leading       59    8   15    3    0    3   12    4   14  0.254  0.308  0.458  0.765  0.286  4.03  0.053  0.200
last 15 games      37    1    8    2    0    0    1    2    9  0.216  0.256  0.270  0.527  0.286  4.54  0.040  0.048
May                67    3   14    3    0    1    8    6   17  0.209  0.267  0.299  0.565  0.265  4.39  0.058  0.167
Home               61    5   12    1    0    2    7    8   14  0.197  0.296  0.311  0.607  0.222  4.46  0.099  0.102
Day                66    3   15    1    0    1    6    6   12  0.227  0.288  0.288  0.576  0.264  4.33  0.060  0.106
vs Left            21    0    2    0    0    0    3    1    6  0.095  0.125  0.095  0.220  0.133  3.79  0.030  0.136
vs. L.A.            6    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    2  0.167  0.167  0.167  0.333  0.250  3.67  0.000  0.000
Jeff Kellogg        3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  3.33  0.000  0.000

season totals     136   13   30    6    0    5   18   16   30  0.221  0.303  0.375  0.678  0.248  4.27  0.083  0.155

[David]

Shut up about Sean Marshall, Tim. Just shut up.

 

I'll probably regret asking, but what's he saying? (game blacked-out where I am)

 

He's talking about Harden coming back and Marshall being moved to the bullpen as if it's a given.

 

I really, really hope that is not going to happen.

 

 

I bet you it will.

 

If there was any doubt, the way Wells has pitched has pretty much cemented it. Between that and Lou's obsession with L/R matchups, I'd put it at like 90%.

[sweetpeteman]

I was only partially listening during Reed's HR, but was McCarver talking about how the wind was blowing in even though it looked (to me) that the flags were blowing across from right to left and therefore kind of out to LF?

 

 

Gameday has the winds blowing out. The flags look like they are blowing out. Posters here have said the wind is blowing out.

 

 

So McCarver thinks its blowing in.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Wade in to pitch for Los Angeles

[Andy]

I was only partially listening during Reed's HR, but was McCarver talking about how the wind was blowing in even though it looked (to me) that the flags were blowing across from right to left and therefore kind of out to LF?

 

He then went on to talk about how you can't hit the ball under the wind. Really interesting stuff.

Banner day for Tim.

[CyHawk_Cub]

Shut up about Sean Marshall, Tim. Just shut up.

 

I'll probably regret asking, but what's he saying? (game blacked-out where I am)

 

He's talking about Harden coming back and Marshall being moved to the bullpen as if it's a given.

 

I really, really hope that is not going to happen.

 

O.k., thanks..

 

FWIW, I agree that moving Marshall to the 'pen would be stupid, though prior to the most recent moves, I opined in a game thread that Marshall to the 'pen would be a price I was willing to pay if it meant Cotts was sent away. Now that Cotts is gone, however, I want to have my cake & eat it too--Marshall should stay in the rotation

[Andy]

The next time someone comes up from the minors, David Patton had better be the casualty. I'm tired of playing one man down.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Fontenot grounded out to first, unassisted

[Outshined_One]

I was only partially listening during Reed's HR, but was McCarver talking about how the wind was blowing in even though it looked (to me) that the flags were blowing across from right to left and therefore kind of out to LF?

 

He then went on to talk about how you can't hit the ball under the wind. Really interesting stuff.

Banner day for Tim.

 

I love it when baseball announcers give us science lessons. I learn all sorts of things I never did in grade school, high school, or college.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Hoffpauir          AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Pinch hitting      11    1    4    1    0    0    3    1    2  0.364  0.417  0.455  0.871  0.444  3.08  0.053  0.333
bases empty        42    3   12    1    0    2    2    4    8  0.286  0.348  0.452  0.800  0.313  4.09  0.062  0.000
Late (7th on)      32    2    6    1    0    1    3    3   13  0.188  0.257  0.313  0.570  0.278  3.54  0.070  0.091
1 out              32    2    6    1    0    0    2    3    9  0.188  0.250  0.219  0.469  0.261  3.94  0.063  0.080
CUBS leading       36    6   13    3    0    2    8    6    3  0.361  0.452  0.611  1.063  0.355  3.71  0.091  0.353
last 15 games      32    3    8    2    0    1    5    3    9  0.250  0.314  0.406  0.721  0.318  3.77  0.064  0.174
May                61    6   17    5    0    2    8    6   14  0.279  0.343  0.459  0.802  0.333  3.67  0.065  0.143
Home               43    6   15    4    0    2    8    6    6  0.349  0.420  0.581  1.001  0.371  3.72  0.071  0.194
Day                46    5   14    3    0    2    6    4    6  0.304  0.360  0.500  0.860  0.316  3.76  0.056  0.154
vs Left            13    0    2    2    0    0    0    1    4  0.154  0.214  0.308  0.522  0.222  3.43  0.060  0.000
vs. L.A.            4    0    2    1    0    0    0    0    0  0.500  0.500  0.750  1.250  0.500  2.75  0.000  0.000
Jeff Kellogg        0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.00  0.000  0.000

season totals      94    9   27    7    0    4   16    8   20  0.287  0.340  0.489  0.829  0.329  3.69  0.053  0.190

[Guest]

I was only partially listening during Reed's HR, but was McCarver talking about how the wind was blowing in even though it looked (to me) that the flags were blowing across from right to left and therefore kind of out to LF?

 

He then went on to talk about how you can't hit the ball under the wind. Really interesting stuff.

Banner day for Tim.

 

I know McCarver said tons of stupid crap so I just wanted to make sure I was hearing him correctly.

[Andy]

Tim just said Soriano played 2B for the Nationals and apparently is unaware he was in Texas for two seasons.

[David]

He just made it even better by saying Soriano was a 2B with the Yankees and then for a while with the Nationals before moving to LF with the Cubs.

[illiniguy]

I was only partially listening during Reed's HR, but was McCarver talking about how the wind was blowing in even though it looked (to me) that the flags were blowing across from right to left and therefore kind of out to LF?

 

He then went on to talk about how you can't hit the ball under the wind. Really interesting stuff.

Banner day for Tim.

 

I love it when baseball announcers give us science lessons. I learn all sorts of things I never did in grade school, high school, or college.

I wish they wouldn't limit it to just that. Think if Tim was allowed to have the sex talk with the viewers.

[Outshined_One]

I wish they wouldn't limit it to just that. Think if Tim was allowed to have the sex talk with the viewers.

 

I want Tim McCarver lecturing me on the nuances of a Chapter 11 filing for GM and Chrysler.

[E.J.]

That was quick.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Hoffpauir, pinch hitting for Guzman, struck out swinging , 2-3

[CyHawk_Cub]

My god Sori is scuffling lately

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING

 

Wade in to pitch for Los Angeles

Fontenot grounded out to first, unassisted

Hoffpauir, pinch hitting for Guzman, struck out swinging , 2-3

Soriano grounded out to third, 5-3

 

0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 0 men left on base

 

                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9              R  H  E
Los Angeles     0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0                0  4  0
CUBS            0 1 1 2 2 0 1 0                7 10  0

 

Home runs:

Los Angeles: none

CUBS: Johnson (3)

 

Los Angeles    IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Stults        3.0  6  4  4  2  3  0  55
Mota          1.0  1  0  0  0  1  0  14
Weaver        2.3  3  3  3  5  2  1  59
Leach         0.7  0  0  0  0  0  0   3
Wade          1.0  0  0  0  0  1  0  10

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Dempster      7.0  3  0  0  1  5  0  99
Guzman        1.0  1  0  0  0  0  0  11

[haubrich91]

Soriano is a bum.

[str8carter]

GT ain't the place for this 'roid discussion, but let me add this one thing FYI....I did a little checking on stats to see if I could find any sort of pattern in users. What I found was quite interesting.

 

McGwire, Bonds, Sosa, Palmero and ALL the usual suspects had a career year in strike outs in their best HR year. I then looked at the past greats Ruth, Dimag, Hack Wilson, you name 'em. To a man there was no difference in K's. Not a single one of them. The coincedence was too great to ignore.

 

So with a heavy heart the last player I looked up was Junior. Guess what? His career S.O. Ave. was 80. His bust out HR year he struck out 121 times, a higher increase than all of 'em. You can look it up. :(

[Fred Hornkohl]

       Los Angeles        CUBS
P/PA          3.93        3.81
RBI%          0.00        0.29
R/BR          0.00        0.39
BA           0.148       0.345
OBP          0.179       0.486
SLG          0.222       0.586
OPS          0.401       1.073
ERA           7.88        0.00
BB/9          7.88        1.13
K/9           7.88        5.63

[Andy]

With a little time to reflect, it's kind of unbelievable that Tim somehow thinks Chicago was the first place Soriano played left. For that matter, he didn't even start off in left.

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 22-1 when they lead at the end of the 8th inning

 

 

Go CUBS !!