4/8 other games

[CubmanPi]

Mainly Red Sox Fail Watch right now. Phil Hughes got pulled after 2 innings and 6 ER, and the Yankees are resorting to Bartolo Colon in the third inning. 6-4 bot 3. Things could get out of hand in a hurry.

[CubmanPi]

Only other game going so far, Victor Martinez just hit a 3-r double in the bottom 1st, Tigers lead 3-0.

[CubmanPi]

An A-bomb from A-Rod! (That's stuck in your head now.) Yanks tied it up at 6, top 5th.

[apete6]

An A-bomb from A-Rod! (That's stuck in your head now.) Yanks tied it up at 6, top 5th.

 

LOL Red Sox. Theo is a great GM, but the John Lackey experience is almost as bad of a contract as Soriano or Zito, albeit fewer years. That guy sucks balls.

[CubmanPi]

Error on a would-be DP ball by Teixeira (sp) keeps the inning alive, Salty hits RBI double. 7-6 Sox. Also, the 6ER in 5IP for Lackey has lowered his ERA. Now 15.58.

[CubmanPi]

An A-bomb from A-Rod! (That's stuck in your head now.) Yanks tied it up at 6, top 5th.

 

LOL Red Sox. Theo is a great GM, but the John Lackey experience is almost as bad of a contract as Soriano or Zito, albeit fewer years. That guy sucks balls.

 

What are the terms? I didn't realize his contract was that level of awful.

[CubColtPacer]

An A-bomb from A-Rod! (That's stuck in your head now.) Yanks tied it up at 6, top 5th.

 

LOL Red Sox. Theo is a great GM, but the John Lackey experience is almost as bad of a contract as Soriano or Zito, albeit fewer years. That guy sucks balls.

 

What are the terms? I didn't realize his contract was that level of awful.

 

5 years, 82.5 million.

[apete6]

An A-bomb from A-Rod! (That's stuck in your head now.) Yanks tied it up at 6, top 5th.

 

LOL Red Sox. Theo is a great GM, but the John Lackey experience is almost as bad of a contract as Soriano or Zito, albeit fewer years. That guy sucks balls.

 

What are the terms? I didn't realize his contract was that level of awful.

 

5 years, 82.5 million.

 

That's terrible. I didn't even know it was that bad when I made the comment. I thought it was 5/70.

 

5/82.5 is egregious.

[CubmanPi]

Last year his numbers didn't look as good (not awful either), but his IP went back up to 215. The two years before that, his numbers still look good but his IP dropped. I don't think he's making enough money to put his contract in Soriano/Zito territory, but if he doesn't fix his season soon, he could get there.

 

Also, 2 on 1 out for Jeter, Tex on deck, and he GIDP to end the inning.

 

ETA - math fail. 16 mil/yr is pretty awful.

[CubmanPi]

Bartolo Colon providing shutdown relief. 4IP, 1 ER.

[Formerly Snayke]

Theriot drew a lead-off walk. Whatcha gotta say HATERZ???

[OleMissCub]

Colon is just getting fatter and fatter

[CubmanPi]

Boston finally gets into the W category. 9-6 final.

[TruffleShuffle]

I didnt even think the lackey contract was that bad when he signed it. He's been a really good #2 for most of his career. Now he put on a red sock uniform and apparently sucks.

[UMFan83]

I didnt even think the lackey contract was that bad when he signed it. He's been a really good #2 for most of his career. Now he put on a red sock uniform and apparently sucks.

 

He was a good pitcher, but not a $16 m per year pitcher. He has a career 3.93 ERA. It was just a really confusing signing. Theo is supposed to be a "moneyball prodigy" that finds things that are undervalued and takes advantage. I know Theo's team has always had deep pockets so he's always been a hybrid. But the Lackey signing didn't make sense from day one and leaned completely the other way. He's a decent pitcher, but nothing about his career numbers screams "will ever be worth 16 million a year". Especially confusing is because that offseason they basically admitted to their fans it was going to be a down year when they let Bay go. It almost seems like they signed him so the fans wouldnt completely freaked out, not because he was some pitcher they absolutely HAD to have for whatever reason.

[JonJayCutler]

Theriot just made his 3rd error of the season.

[InconspicuousZ28]

Of course, Theriot comes through to give the Deadbirds the lead in the top of the 9th.

[TruffleShuffle]

unfortunately theriot also just had a 2-run single after a 12 pitch at bat with 2 outs in the top of the 9th against brian wilson... cards were down 3-2 and now lead 4-3

[Schwarber Fan]

Ryan [expletive] Theriot with a 2 run seeing eye single on the 13th pitch of his AB to give the Cards the lead. :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

[InconspicuousZ28]

And now the ump is calling strikes that were balls earlier in the inning before the Deadbirds took the lead.

[InconspicuousZ28]

And Ryan Franklin blows the save. LOL.

[Guest]

Giants have a runner on third with no outs in the 11th against the Cards. LaRussa brought one of the outfielders to the infield.

[Guest]

And the Ginats fail to score.

 

ONLY THE CUBS

[sweetpeteman]

Giants have a runner on third with no outs in the 11th against the Cards. LaRussa brought one of the outfielders to the infield.

 

 

And the Giants of course screw it up.

[Guest]

Giants win on a Rowand walkoff single in the 12th.