5/19 Idiots (Gorzelanny) @ Phillies (Moyer) - 6:05 CST, CSN

[Guancous]

I think this is the first year in a decade (and what a great decade it was) that I won't be attending a Cubs game in Philly. Two trends I've seen there has been really freaking hot weather at the games and going from Cubs winning most matchups to Philly dominating nearly every game I've seen.

 

You forgot:

 

3) Phillies fans intentionally projectile vomiting on people

4) Phillies fans running on the field and getting tased

[daske17]

Seriously? Baker in RF? Freaking Lou. :banghead:

[Keener98]

Seriously? Baker in RF? Freaking Lou. :banghead:

 

I really dont have a problem with it. Baker in his career has hit left handers really well, and with the middle infield situation right now, hes probably not going to get any starts at 2nd anytime soon. Its a way to get him in the lineup, and get him in vs a LH pitcher. Also Philly is a small park so its less ground for him to cover.

[Prizefight]

Seriously? Baker in RF? Freaking Lou. :banghead:

 

I really dont have a problem with it. Baker in his career has hit left handers really well, and with the middle infield situation right now, hes probably not going to get any starts at 2nd anytime soon. Its a way to get him in the lineup, and get him in vs a LH pitcher. Also Philly is a small park so its less ground for him to cover.

 

Nady. He is a proven quality at-bat when healthy. Need to get him more consistent appearances. I'm not dumbfounded by Baker in right, but makes he scratch my head a bit

[Sammy Sofa]

OK, what? At first I figured he wanted Baker in there for his numbers against the Phillies:

 

.462 .483 .538 1.021 in 29 PA.

 

But his numbers actually at Citizens Bank are horrible:

 

.111 .100 .222 .322 in 10 PA.

 

Whereas at CB Nady has hit:

 

.280 .280 .480 .760 in 25 PA.

 

And he also has good career numbers against lefties.

 

I don't get it.

[Prizefight]

Unless Nady's elbow is hurting more than we've been let on this doesn't make sense

[jersey cubs fan]

The talk was Nady at full strength by June 1. I really don't have a problem with this (and don't really care what his 10 career PA in cbp say). Nady has been terrible vs lefties this year and could very easily not be ready to be out there.

[JonJayCutler]

This is why I didn't want to sign Nady. If we're reluctant to give him starts because of his tender noodle arm then why sign him to begin with? Jermaine Dye can at least throw a baseball.

[Sammy Sofa]

This is why I didn't want to sign Nady. If we're reluctant to give him starts because of his tender noodle arm then why sign him to begin with? Jermaine Dye can at least throw a baseball.

 

More of a potential upside with Nady. With Dye you know he can't hit righties at all at this point. Nady potentially gives you someone off the bench who isn't as limited offensively.

[jersey cubs fan]

This is why I didn't want to sign Nady. If we're reluctant to give him starts because of his tender noodle arm then why sign him to begin with? Jermaine Dye can at least throw a baseball.

 

They said all along they were going to be cautious early. It's mid-May and the weather has sucked in the Philly/NY corridor for the past day.

[JonJayCutler]

This is why I didn't want to sign Nady. If we're reluctant to give him starts because of his tender noodle arm then why sign him to begin with? Jermaine Dye can at least throw a baseball.

 

More of a potential upside with Nady. With Dye you know he can't hit righties at all at this point. Nady potentially gives you someone off the bench who isn't as limited offensively.

 

I suppose. But if we were looking to acquire a right-handed PH (which is all Nady is at this point) then we should have just brought someone up off the farm.

[jersey cubs fan]

This is why I didn't want to sign Nady. If we're reluctant to give him starts because of his tender noodle arm then why sign him to begin with? Jermaine Dye can at least throw a baseball.

 

More of a potential upside with Nady. With Dye you know he can't hit righties at all at this point. Nady potentially gives you someone off the bench who isn't as limited offensively.

 

I suppose. But if we were looking to acquire a right-handed PH (which is all Nady is at this point) then we should have just brought someone up off the farm.

 

At this point, but by the summer he's supposed to be a good option to platoon with Kosuke.

[Sammy Sofa]

This is why I didn't want to sign Nady. If we're reluctant to give him starts because of his tender noodle arm then why sign him to begin with? Jermaine Dye can at least throw a baseball.

 

More of a potential upside with Nady. With Dye you know he can't hit righties at all at this point. Nady potentially gives you someone off the bench who isn't as limited offensively.

 

I suppose. But if we were looking to acquire a right-handed PH (which is all Nady is at this point) then we should have just brought someone up off the farm.

 

The key is "at this point." There's still a very good chance that Nady ends up being a very valuable asset off the bench in the near future.

[JonJayCutler]

Point, and I guess its really only an issue against LHP. Colvin has pretty much solidified himself as the 4th OFer.

[Sammy Sofa]

Point, and I guess its really only an issue against LHP. Colvin has pretty much solidified himself as the 4th OFer.

 

Not necessarily. A healthy Nady is usually going to be a better option.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Umm this is different

 

Riot

Castro

Lee

Byrd

ARam

Sori

BAKER(RF!)

Soto

Gorz

 

Looks like Lou misses Mark DeRsosa

[Ram1380]

If you really want to get sick take a look at thge ops splits versus Moyer.

[Ram1380]

This year anyway.

 

:mrgreen:

 

 

Still no reason based in reality for Baker in RF tonight.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Umpires tonight:

 

HP: Paul Emmel

1b: Bill Hohn

2b: Gary Darling (cc)

3b: Bruce Dreckman

 

CUBS were 2-0 with Paul Emmel behind home plate last year......

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.87  Thu 07/16  @ Washington    N   6- 2  Harden          Lannan        
104  Mon 08/03  @ Cincinnati    N   4- 2  Wells           Harang        

[Fred Hornkohl]

Wednesday 19 May 2010

CUBS @ Philadelphia

18:05

 

 

CUBS

 

Theriot, 2b

Castro, ss

D Lee, 1b

Byrd, cf

Ramirez, 3b

Soriano, lf

Baker, rf

Soto, c

Gorzelanny, p

 

 

Philadelphia

 

Victorino, cf

Polanco, 3b

Utley, 2b

Howard, 1b

Werth, rf

Rollins, ss

Ibanez, lf

Ruiz, c

Moyer, p

[MADD_DOG_31]

Well we just signed Bob Howry so the day can only get better.....

[Fred Hornkohl]

Theriot            AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   IsoD   RBI%
Leading off        70   11   16    1    0    0    0    2   11  0.229  0.250  0.243  0.493  0.271  3.81    4.3  0.021  0.000
bases empty       101   15   27    2    0    0    0    3   16  0.267  0.295  0.287  0.582  0.318  3.72    8.6  0.028  0.000
Early (1-3)        66    6   17    1    0    0    2    3    6  0.258  0.290  0.273  0.563  0.283  3.51    5.2  0.032  0.118
0 outs             79   13   19    1    0    0    0    2   12  0.241  0.259  0.253  0.512  0.284  3.74    5.2  0.019  0.000
Game tied          48    6   13    1    0    0    3    5    7  0.271  0.333  0.292  0.625  0.317  3.63    4.7  0.063  0.200
last 7 games       18    1    4    0    0    0    2    0    3  0.222  0.263  0.222  0.485  0.267  3.47    1.1  0.041  0.200
May                59    5   17    1    0    0    2    1    7  0.288  0.311  0.305  0.617  0.327  3.34    5.6  0.023  0.100
Road               78   10   25    3    1    0    7    5   16  0.321  0.357  0.385  0.742  0.403  3.55   10.7  0.037  0.269
Nite               80    7   24    2    1    0    6    3   13  0.300  0.321  0.350  0.671  0.358  3.40    9.0  0.021  0.188
vs Left            40    5   11    1    0    0    5    2    4  0.275  0.310  0.300  0.610  0.306  2.95    3.7  0.035  0.217

season totals     160   22   51    4    1    0   14    7   23  0.319  0.349  0.356  0.705  0.372  3.49   19.9  0.030  0.230

[Fred Hornkohl]

Milwaukee      0  1
Pittsburgh     0

Cincinnati     0  1
Atlanta        0

Florida        0
St. Louis      0  7:15

[Fred Hornkohl]

Theriot flied out to right field

[Fred Hornkohl]

Castro             AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   IsoD   RBI%
bases empty        24    3   10    1    0    0    0    1    2  0.417  0.440  0.458  0.898  0.455  3.20    4.8  0.023  0.000
Early (1-3)        13    1    4    0    0    1    3    2    1  0.308  0.400  0.538  0.938  0.273  3.20    2.8  0.092  0.250
1 out              14    2    5    0    0    0    0    1    0  0.357  0.400  0.357  0.757  0.357  2.40    2.0  0.043  0.000
Game tied           9    3    4    0    0    1    3    1    0  0.444  0.500  0.778  1.278  0.375  3.00    3.5  0.056  0.500
last 7 games       26    4   10    0    0    0    2    3    1  0.385  0.448  0.385  0.833  0.400  3.10    4.5  0.064  0.200
May                40    6   14    1    1    1    8    5    3  0.350  0.422  0.500  0.922  0.361  3.40    8.4  0.072  0.292
Road               12    2    4    1    1    1    6    0    1  0.333  0.333  0.833  1.167  0.300  3.92    3.3  0.000  0.417
Nite               19    3    6    1    1    1    8    2    2  0.316  0.381  0.632  1.013  0.313  3.43    4.6  0.065  0.350
vs Left             4    0    1    0    0    0    0    4    0  0.250  0.625  0.250  0.875  0.250  3.50    0.6  0.375  0.000

season totals      40    6   14    1    1    1    8    5    3  0.350  0.422  0.500  0.922  0.361  3.40    8.4  0.072  0.292