Preemptive Mike Quade Fan Club

[Guest]

Saturday's walk-off was on a breaking pitch that wasn't even in the zone. I can't blame anyone for that.

 

By the 10th on Sunday, Marmol had to be unavailable. He'd thrown 54 pitches and nearly 3 innings in 24 hours.

[NOLA]

Saturday's walk-off was on a breaking pitch that wasn't even in the zone. I can't blame anyone for that.

 

By the 10th on Sunday, Marmol had to be unavailable. He'd thrown 54 pitches and nearly 3 innings in 24 hours.

 

On the second point, you're exactly right. I stand corrected. But Lopez?

 

On the first point, this is why I say that you stand the catcher up, put up four fingers and walk him. He was itching for anything he could put his bat on and he found something a little too close. He made a great play, but that's why you intentionally walk Albert Pujols.

[NewUserName]

Saturday's walk-off was on a breaking pitch that wasn't even in the zone. I can't blame anyone for that.

 

By the 10th on Sunday, Marmol had to be unavailable. He'd thrown 54 pitches and nearly 3 innings in 24 hours.

 

On the second point, you're exactly right. I stand corrected. But Lopez?

 

On the first point, this is why I say that you stand the catcher up, put up four fingers and walk him. He was itching for anything he could put his bat on and he found something a little too close. He made a great play, but that's why you intentionally walk Albert Pujols.

 

I am not that great at looking up stats and all, but I am all but sure that walking Pujols to lead off the 10th is a bad percentage play. The problem is that for 2 days in a row the Cubs did not have major league quality pitchers pitching.

[XZero771679666304]

I really don't care about the Pujols walk offs all that much. Leaving pitchers in too long and not playing our better young guys when they get called up (Castillo, most notably) has really gotten under my skin.

 

This season would be a crap storm regardless of Quade, but he has been more of the same, worse in some regards. He's been disappointingly different from the guy I thought we had in ST.

[Guest]

Saturday's walk-off was on a breaking pitch that wasn't even in the zone. I can't blame anyone for that.

 

By the 10th on Sunday, Marmol had to be unavailable. He'd thrown 54 pitches and nearly 3 innings in 24 hours.

 

On the second point, you're exactly right. I stand corrected. But Lopez?

 

On the first point, this is why I say that you stand the catcher up, put up four fingers and walk him. He was itching for anything he could put his bat on and he found something a little too close. He made a great play, but that's why you intentionally walk Albert Pujols.

Pujols was 0-11 lifetime vs Lopez, which is why he was in there. Grabow was going to come in after Pujols no matter what happened.

 

Well, except for a walk off.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Can we just set fire to this thread and urinate on the ashes?

[jersey cubs fan]

How many losses have been tied to foolishly extending starting pitchers?

[NCCubFan]

I'm in. I like the way the Cubs responded after he took over last year and I like what he's said during the offseason.

I'm no longer in.