7/30 Pirates (Bedard) @ Cubs (Germano) 7 p.m. CSN

[tgkimmel]

 

Now, I may be having an Andy Pettit moment and be "misremembering", but I remember a game in 80s. The Cubs had brought up a minor league pitcher and they brought him in for his MLB debut with the bases loaded. He promptly balked 3 times and was pulled. I never saw him again.

 

No, I don't remeber his name and I will concede it was almost 30 years ago and I was a punk teenager at the time. But I'm standing by it. Besides, it's too good of a story to abandon just because it might not be true. :)

 

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/rb_balk1.shtml

 

You made me curious. Ok, it wasn't his major league debut, and it was only two batters, but it was still memorable:

 

May 11, 1987

 

In the fifth inning in San Diego Sunday, Cubs reliever Jay Baller balked on successive pitches to pinch-hitter John Kruk and forced in two runs.

 

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/keyword/jay-baller/recent/4

 

Not that it matters, the trade talk is more fun

[Schwarber Fan]

Jerry Crasnick ‏@jcrasnick

 

#Cubs are getting two minor league pitchers in Maholm-Johnson deal, source says. Not in the Minor-Delgado-Teheran-Gilmartin group.

[DiamondMind]

Danny Knobler is another reporter, not a player in the trade.

 

I just copied straight off the page. /shrug

[Schwarber Fan]

A Barney cycle would top off the night nicely

[Irrelevant Dude]

Someone wake Theo up. He hasn't traded anyone in a few minutes.

[Schwarber Fan]

people are obviously focused on the deals, but Cubs win!

[Fred Hornkohl]

Last time the CUBS scored 9 runs in an inning.... Fri 14 Aug 2009 (10 runs in the 2nd inning) in a 17-2 win over Pittsburgh at Wrigley

Last time the CUBS scored 14 runs in a game.... Mon 30 Aug 2010 in a 14-2 win over Pittsburgh at Wrigley

Last time the CUBS made 14 hits in a game.... Fri 06 Jul 2012 (18 hits) in a 8-7 win at NY Mets

Last time the CUBS hit 3 HRs in a game.... Fri 06 Jul 2012 (3 HRs) in a 8-7 win at NY Mets

Last time the CUBS allowed no XBH in a game.... Sat 28 Jul 2012 in a 3-2 win over St. Louis at Wrigley

Second to last time the CUBS allowed no XBH in a game.... Mon 23 Jul 2012 in a 2-0 win at Pittsburgh

Last time the CUBS put up crooked numbers in consecutive innings.... Tue 24 Jul 2012 in a 5-1 win at Pittsburgh

 

 

Go CUBS !!!

[Guest]

Not sure the Cubs can score again tonight

 

LOL

[UMFan83]

Not sure the Cubs can score again tonight

 

LOL

 

Typical Aramis fan. A relic from the much hated Game Threads of the past.

[Schwarber Fan]

Maybe I should say that every game

[Sammy Sofa]

No, you really shouldn't.