7/2 Cubs (Samardzija) @ Braves (Hanson) 6:10 pm CDT, CSN

[Smack]

Longest streak of the year?

[El Duderino]

Longest streak of the year?

 

yup

[Irrelevant Dude]

Longest streak of the year?

Yes.

[bukie]

If the Cubs continue playing at their current winning percentage since Rizzo came up, they'll finish 98-64...

[Smack]

If the Cubs continue playing at their current winning percentage since Rizzo came up, they'll finish 98-64...

 

And win the World Series.

[bcl412]

I have to say, this is probably my favorite bad Cubs team I've watched in my life.

[UMFan83]

I have to say, this is probably my favorite bad Cubs team I've watched in my life.

 

Agreed.

 

This team doesn't seem as miserable as most bad teams are.

[bukie]

Well sure, this week.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Last time the CUBS won 4 games in a row........

 

Gm#    Date          Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
108  Sun 07/31/11  @ St. Louis         6- 3  Dempster        Westbrook     
109  Mon 08/01/11  @ Pittsburgh    N   5- 3  Zambrano        Maholm        
110  Tue 08/02/11  @ Pittsburgh    N  11- 6  Wells           Correia       
111  Wed 08/03/11  @ Pittsburgh    N   1- 0  Garza           Morten        
112  Thu 08/04/11  @ Pittsburgh    N   7- 6  Lopez           McDonald      
113  Fri 08/05/11    Cincinnati        4- 3  Dempster        Leake         
114  Sat 08/06/11    Cincinnati       11- 4  Zambrano        Cueto         

 

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[El Duderino]

wow, i have no memory of the cubs winning seven in a row last year

[Fred Hornkohl]

wow, i have no memory of the cubs winning seven in a row last year

 

Of course not. Like most, you had tuned out by August !

[Sammy Sofa]

Kaplan just called Smoltz "the greatest closer of the modern era."

[otis89]

Kaplan just called Smoltz "the greatest closer of the modern era."

 

Did someone go back in time and erase Mariano Rivera from existence?

[Sammy Sofa]

Kaplan just called Smoltz "the greatest closer of the modern era."

 

Did someone go back in time and erase Mariano Rivera from existence?

 

No kidding; I know the guy is a meatball, but come on.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Late on this, but that 8th inning was phenomenal. Barney is the man.

 

I'm even later on this, but Barney essentially saved the game there. Had he not made those 2 plays, and then the Bourn IF single, things could have gotten very ugly in a hurry. Next thing you know, we'd be looking at either bases loaded or 1st and 3rd with a run in an no outs with Prado, Heyward, and Chipper coming up and those insufferable tomahawk chops becoming deafening.

[Little Slide Rooter]

So is 7 IP 4 H 1 R 1/11 BB/K considered a good enough rebound outting?

[Rizzo Smash]

Kaplan just called Smoltz "the greatest closer of the modern era."

FWIW I think he said 'possibly'. Still stupid but he's up there for sure.

[Irrelevant Dude]

Kaplan just called Smoltz "the greatest closer of the modern era."

Someone should put him in a room with Bruce Levine, who almost caused me to yell at my radio in the office this morning.

 

He said that A.J. Pierzynski should have made the allstar team over Mauer. When someone mentioned that Mauer has a higher OBP and OPS, Levine responded something to the effect of, "I don't care about those numbers. All that matters is run production."

 

I can't believe he gets paid to spew that information.

[haubrich91]

Winning is fun. Samardzija was amazing. Anthony Rizzo.

 

That is all.

[Sammy Sofa]

Kaplan just called Smoltz "the greatest closer of the modern era."

FWIW I think he said 'possibly'. Still stupid but he's up there for sure.

 

It's not even a debate.

[UMFan83]

Apparently Sveum was giving Castro a talking to for that late throw earlier in the game when Rizzo stepped in and (rightfully) took the blame. Sveum later had to apologize to Starlin. It worries me slightly that Sveum is so quick to blame Castro for this, but maybe it was just an honest mistake.

 

After the inning, manager Dale Sveum went directly over to Castro to have a word with him. It was then that Rizzo stepped in.

 

“Rizzo came to his rescue right away,” Sveum said. “Rizzo told him to give him time to get to the bag. He got caught probably trying to get too much ground and told somebody to take their time when they got a ball deep in the hole. It was one of those things that I apologized to Castro after.”

 

On the play, Rizzo was shifted toward second base and was late getting to the bag.

 

http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/cubs/post/_/id/11536/rizzo-takes-blame-for-apparent-castro-gaffe

[Sammy Sofa]

Well, [expletive], as if I needed another reason to like Rizzo. I know it's venturing into intangibles territory, but I'd love to see a guy like that become the leader of the team for a long, long time.

[Cubswin11]

I am completely fine with making Rizzo a player-manager right now and telling Sveum to [expletive] off after reading that. Seriously he's the guy who calls the shifts or at the very least is aware of the shift that was on, he had to see Rizzo was late and the fact he tried to blame it on Starlin is B.S.

[Magnetic Curses]

Well, [expletive], as if I needed another reason to like Rizzo. I know it's venturing into intangibles territory, but I'd love to see a guy like that become the leader of the team for a long, long time.

 

[expletive] yeah, a face for the organization that can actually play baseball.

[treebird]

Apparently Sveum was giving Castro a talking to for that late throw earlier in the game when Rizzo stepped in and (rightfully) took the blame. Sveum later had to apologize to Starlin. It worries me slightly that Sveum is so quick to blame Castro for this, but maybe it was just an honest mistake.

 

After the inning, manager Dale Sveum went directly over to Castro to have a word with him. It was then that Rizzo stepped in.

 

“Rizzo came to his rescue right away,” Sveum said. “Rizzo told him to give him time to get to the bag. He got caught probably trying to get too much ground and told somebody to take their time when they got a ball deep in the hole. It was one of those things that I apologized to Castro after.”

 

On the play, Rizzo was shifted toward second base and was late getting to the bag.

 

http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/cubs/post/_/id/11536/rizzo-takes-blame-for-apparent-castro-gaffe

 

we may be entering "if it seems to good to be true" territory with rizzo here. but i sure hope not.