6/18 Cubs (Garza) @ white sox (Stewart) 7:10 p.m. WCIU

[soccer10k]

Go Cubs.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Greetings one and all from beautiful Humble, TX (Is that an oxymoron, or what ???)

 

 

Did I mention that I really, really hate the white sox ??

[Guest]

game threads are rocking these days.

 

Go Cubs (Iowa, Tenn, Daytona, Peoria, Boise & below)!

Go Theo + Jed (Get those trades made and picks signed)!

Go Castro, Barney, Garza + anyone else that may be here next year or tradeable!

[UMFan83]

Go Bryan LaHair (Sit on the bench with pride as a .356 career SLG MI bats as the tying run instead of you in the 9th!)

[Sammy Sofa]

Go Bryan LaHair (Sit on the bench with pride as a .356 career SLG MI bats as the tying run instead of you in the 9th!)

 

His slugging is so powerful it magically translates over to infinite defensive prowess at all positions!

[Guest]

Go Bryan LaHair (Sit on the bench with pride as a .356 career SLG MI bats as the tying run instead of you in the 9th!)

The PH appearance should have been for Johnson, not Barney.

[Guest]

Bryan LaHair, 4/7-5/7: 96 PA, .388/.479/.800/1.279

Bryan LaHair, 5/8-6/17: 112 PA, .225/.295/.373/.668

[treebird]

Bryan LaHair, 4/7-5/7: 96 PA, .388/.479/.800/1.279

Bryan LaHair, 5/8-6/17: 112 PA, .225/.295/.373/.668

 

yiiiiiiikes

[Smack]

LaHair is in a slump, we should probably just waive him.

[Guest]

I prefer "desperately try to trade him then waive him August 1", but to each their own.

[Guest]

Bryan LaHair, 4/7-5/7: 96 PA, .388/.479/.800/1.279

Bryan LaHair, 5/8-6/17: 112 PA, .225/.295/.373/.668

What was the underlying change in the peripherals? I'd bet that neither of those lines represents the true performance level.

[Guest]

What was the underlying change in the peripherals? I'd bet that neither of those lines represents the true performance level.

 

Bryan LaHair, 4/7-5/7: 96 PA, .388/.479/.800/1.279, 31% K%, 17% BB%, .535 BABIP

Bryan LaHair, 5/8-6/17: 112 PA, .225/.295/.373/.668, 31% K%, 11% BB%, .302 BABIP

 

Unfortunately, the peripherals look a lot closer to normal in the latter line.

[haubrich91]

Why can't Hawk be on WCIU? It's hard enough having to watch the Cubs, but I'm forced to listen to their announcers while watching our wonderful baseball team.

 

Should be a fun game.

 

Edit: And wow, the line-up.

 

CF DeJesus

SS Castro

RF LaHair

DH Soriano

1B Clevenger

2B Barney

3B Valbuena

C Soto

LF Campana

[italianocubsfan7]

Weirdest lineup in Cubs history. Why not just put LaHair in LF and leave Campana and DeJesus in their spots?

[El Duderino]

seriously, what the [expletive] is this

[gocubs2118]

seriously, what the [expletive] is this

 

It's pretty much the lineup we'll see when Rizzo gets up here. Just replace Soriano with Campana.

[Smack]

Weirdest lineup in Cubs history. Why not just put LaHair in LF and leave Campana and DeJesus in their spots?

 

I have no clue other than maybe he's tried both and he's more comfortable in right? Still, this seems to be a precursor to Rizzo coming up...

[El Duderino]

i kinda wish abraham lincoln vamp hunter was out, because I think i'd rather watch that than this game

[Smack]

seriously, what the [expletive] is this

 

It's pretty much the lineup we'll see when Rizzo gets up here. Just replace Soriano with Campana.

 

And Clevenger with Rizzo \:D/

[Smack]

i kinda wish abraham lincoln vamp hunter was out, because I think i'd rather watch that than this game

 

Watching LaHair patrol RF might be worth tuning in for... it could get adventurous!

[SouthSideRyan]

Sooooo, if you're comfortable with this defense now, why weren't they ok with potentially using it in the 10th yesterday?

[sneakypower]

What was the underlying change in the peripherals? I'd bet that neither of those lines represents the true performance level.

 

Bryan LaHair, 4/7-5/7: 96 PA, .388/.479/.800/1.279, 31% K%, 17% BB%, .535 BABIP

Bryan LaHair, 5/8-6/17: 112 PA, .225/.295/.373/.668, 31% K%, 11% BB%, .302 BABIP

 

Unfortunately, the peripherals look a lot closer to normal in the latter line.

Bryan LaHair, 4/7-5/7: 28.6% LD, 40% HR/FB

Bryan LaHair, 5/8-6/17: 23.2% LD, 20% HR/FB

[Schwarber Fan]

Garza's throwing a no-hitter tonight. Take it to the bank.

[UMFan83]

Go Bryan LaHair (Sit on the bench with pride as a .356 career SLG MI bats as the tying run instead of you in the 9th!)

 

His slugging is so powerful it magically translates over to infinite defensive prowess at all positions!

 

A) Having to worry about where to fit everyone defensively shouldnt be the primary concern within reason. I don't want to sacrafice 160 points of slugging just because the pinch hitter coming up doesn't play the same position as the guy he's replacing.

 

B) It's not difficult to bring someone like Cardenas in to play 2B in the 10th if the Cubs tie the game.

 

But as pointed out above, yeah it makes much more sense to PH him for Reed Johnson, however if the Cubs had loaded the bases with 2 outs, I'd want LaHair up over Barney.

[dfnowak]

Good to see the Black Hole, otherwise known as Geo Soto, is back in the lineup tonight.