08/02 CUBS (Wells) @ Pittsburgh (Correia) 6:05 CDT, CSN TV

[TruffleShuffle]

6 HR so far tonight has to be more than any other game this season, right?

Not just this season. It's the first 6-HR game since 2006.

 

lol who would've thought that the 6-home run games would come in 2006 and 2011, our two worst offensive teams in the last 6 years.

[Schwarber Fan]

lol @ "Russ Ortiz"... and no one even cares enough to correct him. If Colvin goes on a tear. are we looking at him as starting RF next year?

[Flames24Rulz]

If Colvin goes on a tear. are we looking at him as starting RF next year?

 

As if this year wasn't bad enough.

[SouthSideRyan]

If Colvin goes on a tear. are we looking at him as starting RF next year?

 

As if this year wasn't bad enough.

 

I'd be stunned if they plan on going into next year with a Soriano/Jackson/Colvin OF, so it really shouldn't matter who they slot into RF, it'll be Jackson/Byrd/new acquisition's soon enough.

[CyHawk_Cub]

lol @ "Russ Ortiz"... and no one even cares enough to correct him. If Colvin goes on a tear. are we looking at him as starting RF next year?

 

Hmmm... Déjà vu, it seems this has been tried already

[jersey cubs fan]

6 HR so far tonight has to be more than any other game this season, right?

Not just this season. It's the first 6-HR game since 2006.

 

lol who would've thought that the 6-home run games would come in 2006 and 2011, our two worst offensive teams in the last 6 years.

 

Well we already know that the number 1 problem with the Cubs offense is too many solo homeruns so it goes without saying they'd hit lots of homeruns in bad years.

[NCCubFan]

lol @ "Russ Ortiz"... and no one even cares enough to correct him.

I got the two confused when the Cubs first signed Ramon. Easy to get confused; both first names begin with "R" and they both suck.

[UMFan83]

lol @ "Russ Ortiz"... and no one even cares enough to correct him. If Colvin goes on a tear. are we looking at him as starting RF next year?

 

Does it really matter which Ortiz it is? It could be David Ortiz for all I care. He doesn't deserve to have his name remembered.

 

PS, which Ortiz was the one that pitched against the Cubs in the 2003 NLDS? I think it was Russ right?

 

Ramon Ortiz

Mike Hampton

Aging Greg Maddux

 

Were the 3 pitchers they threw at us in that series. No wonder we somehow won.

[SouthSideRyan]

lol @ "Russ Ortiz"... and no one even cares enough to correct him. If Colvin goes on a tear. are we looking at him as starting RF next year?

 

Does it really matter which Ortiz it is? It could be David Ortiz for all I care. He doesn't deserve to have his name remembered.

 

PS, which Ortiz was the one that pitched against the Cubs in the 2003 NLDS? I think it was Russ right?

 

Ramon Ortiz

Mike Hampton

Aging Greg Maddux

 

Were the 3 pitchers they threw at us in that series. No wonder we somehow won.

 

Well, it's not like any of those guys were bad that year, and the Braves had like the best offense in baseball.

 

ETA: I don't remember Karros hitting 2 HRs in a game at all that series.

[UMFan83]

lol @ "Russ Ortiz"... and no one even cares enough to correct him. If Colvin goes on a tear. are we looking at him as starting RF next year?

 

Does it really matter which Ortiz it is? It could be David Ortiz for all I care. He doesn't deserve to have his name remembered.

 

PS, which Ortiz was the one that pitched against the Cubs in the 2003 NLDS? I think it was Russ right?

 

Ramon Ortiz

Mike Hampton

Aging Greg Maddux

 

Were the 3 pitchers they threw at us in that series. No wonder we somehow won.

 

Well, it's not like any of those guys were bad that year, and the Braves had like the best offense in baseball.

 

ETA: I don't remember Karros hitting 2 HRs in a game at all that series.

 

Yeah they had an awesome offense indeed. Look at their normal starting 8 by OPS+

 

169 - Javy Lopez (1.065)

165 - Gary Sheffield (1.023)

137 - Chipper Jones (.920)

136 - Marcus Giles (.917)

117 - Andruw Jones (.851)

105 - Rafael Furcal (.794)

97 - Vinny Castilla (.771)

95 - Robert Fick (.753)

 

The pitching though reminds me of the 07-08 Cubs in that, while they didn't have an ace quality pitcher, they had a lot of above average starters, 4 of them hovering between 3.75-4.00 ERA. They could be gotten to and they were to an extent.

[SouthSideRyan]

lol @ "Russ Ortiz"... and no one even cares enough to correct him. If Colvin goes on a tear. are we looking at him as starting RF next year?

 

Does it really matter which Ortiz it is? It could be David Ortiz for all I care. He doesn't deserve to have his name remembered.

 

PS, which Ortiz was the one that pitched against the Cubs in the 2003 NLDS? I think it was Russ right?

 

Ramon Ortiz

Mike Hampton

Aging Greg Maddux

 

Were the 3 pitchers they threw at us in that series. No wonder we somehow won.

 

Well, it's not like any of those guys were bad that year, and the Braves had like the best offense in baseball.

 

ETA: I don't remember Karros hitting 2 HRs in a game at all that series.

 

Yeah they had an awesome offense indeed. Look at their normal starting 8 by OPS+

 

169 - Javy Lopez (1.065)

165 - Gary Sheffield (1.023)

137 - Chipper Jones (.920)

136 - Marcus Giles (.917)

117 - Andruw Jones (.851)

105 - Rafael Furcal (.794)

97 - Vinny Castilla (.771)

95 - Robert Fick (.753)

 

The pitching though reminds me of the 07-08 Cubs in that, while they didn't have an ace quality pitcher, they had a lot of above average starters, 4 of them hovering between 3.75-4.00 ERA. They could be gotten to and they were to an extent.

 

Love that 1B was their worst offensive position.

 

Their rotation that year was the reason it was so stupid to pitch Ortiz and Hampton on short rest in 4 and 5 rather than throwing Ramirez in game 4.