09/25 CUBS (Rusin) @ Colorado (De la Rosa) 7:40 CDT, WGN TV

[Fred Hornkohl]

http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/31987.png&w=350&h=254 Chris Rusin (1-2) ERA = 6.00, WHIP = 1.71

 

 

vs.

 

 

http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/5906.png&w=350&h=254 Jorge De la Rosa (0-1) ERA = 12.27, WHIP = 2.18

 

 

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Little Slide Rooter]

The 2nd Overall Draft Pick Championship Series.

[SouthSideRyan]

Sweep these motherfuckers.

[El Duderino]

The Cubs have not won on the road against an NL West team all year.

[Irrelevant Dude]

Sweep these [expletive].

And by "sweep", you mean lose all 3, correct?

[SouthSideRyan]

Sweep these [expletive].

And by "sweep", you mean lose all 3, correct?

 

No, I like when my team wins.

[Irrelevant Dude]

Sweep these [expletive].

And by "sweep", you mean lose all 3, correct?

 

No, I like when my team wins.

I have a hard time rooting for meaningless wins at this stage when they could mean the difference between the 2nd and the 3rd or possibly 4th pick. There is a decent chance that the difference between 2 and 4 will be negligible, but there is a 100% chance that any wins for the rest of the season are meaningless.

[El Duderino]

The difference between 2nd and 3rd probably won't be bad, but getting the 4th pick would suck when there are clearly 3 top pitchers before a drop-off.

[Guest]

The difference between 2nd and 3rd probably won't be bad, but getting the 4th pick would suck when there are clearly 3 top pitchers before a drop-off.

 

 

Last year around this time someone asked Callis for his 2012 top 5. His answer was a clear top 4 of Marrero(24th), Buxton(2nd), Appel(6th), and Giolito(16th). He also mentioned Diekroeger(4th round), and in a follow up question, McCullers(41st).

[bcl412]

Sweep these [expletive].

And by "sweep", you mean lose all 3, correct?

 

No, I like when my team wins.

I have a hard time rooting for meaningless wins at this stage when they could mean the difference between the 2nd and the 3rd or possibly 4th pick. There is a decent chance that the difference between 2 and 4 will be negligible, but there is a 100% chance that any wins for the rest of the season are meaningless.

 

Pretty sure this discussion has gone on at least 85 times in the last 2 months.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Greetings one and all from beautiful Seville, OH !!

 

CUBS are 81-76 (0.516) vs. Colorado

CUBS are 39-41 (0.488) vs. Colorado on the road

CUBS are 8-10 (0.444) vs. Colorado on Tue

CUBS are 4-4 (0.500) vs. Colorado on Tue on the road

CUBS are 2-5 (0.286) vs. Colorado in September

CUBS are 1-2 (0.333) vs. Colorado in September on the road

CUBS are 0-1 (0.000) vs. Colorado on Tue in September

CUBS are 0-1 (0.000) vs. Colorado on Tue in September on the road

CUBS are 0-0 (0.000) vs. Colorado on 25 September

CUBS are 0-0 (0.000) vs. Colorado on 25 September on the road

CUBS are 0-0 (0.000) vs. Colorado on Tue 25 September

CUBS are 0-0 (0.000) vs. Colorado on Tue 25 September on the road

CUBS are 0-0 (0.000) vs. Colorado in Game No 154

CUBS are 0-0 (0.000) vs. Colorado in Road Game No 76

 

 

CUBS vs. Colorado on Tue ..............

 

Gam#      Date          Opponent                 Score
019  Tue  04/27/1993  @ Colorado              N   2-11    
025  Tue  05/04/1993    Colorado              N  13-14    
081  Tue  07/05/1994    Colorado              N   6- 9    
092  Tue  07/19/1994  @ Colorado              N   6- 1    
024  Tue  05/23/1995  @ Colorado              N   7- 6    
020  Tue  04/23/1996    Colorado                  3- 4    
011  Tue  04/15/1997    Colorado                  7-10    
024  Tue  05/04/1999    Colorado                 13-12    
067  Tue  06/22/1999  @ Colorado              N  13-12    
046  Tue  05/23/2000  @ Colorado              N   7-10    
105  Tue  08/01/2000    Colorado                  1- 2    
138  Tue  09/05/2000  @ Colorado              N   2-10    
019  Tue  04/24/2001  @ Colorado              N   1-14    
111  Tue  08/07/2001    Colorado              N   5- 4    
106  Tue  08/03/2004  @ Colorado              N   5- 3    
076  Tue  06/26/2007    Colorado              N   8- 5    
040  Tue  05/18/2010    Colorado              N   6- 2    
023  Tue  04/26/2011    Colorado              N   3- 4    
154  Tue  09/25/2012  @ Colorado              N  

 

 

 

Go CUBS !!!

 

 

 

 

 

© 2012, Fred W. Hornkohl

[Schwarber Fan]

Holy bleep, I can't wait until Joe Mather is gone

[Guest]

The difference between 2nd and 3rd probably won't be bad, but getting the 4th pick would suck when there are clearly 3 top pitchers before a drop-off.

 

 

Last year around this time someone asked Callis for his 2012 top 5. His answer was a clear top 4 of Marrero(24th), Buxton(2nd), Appel(6th), and Giolito(16th). He also mentioned Diekroeger(4th round), and in a follow up question, McCullers(41st).

 

Pretty crazy how much it all changes in months.

[sneakypower]

de la Rosa's all befuddled that Castro took that pitch out

[Hairyducked Idiot]

The nice thing about the Dave Sappelt bandwagon is that you can hop off for awhile and not worry about someone taking your seat when you get back on.

[dfnowak]

Can someone explain to me why BJax hasn't been Playing much lately, especially tonight in a meaningless game?

[Gilby]

Can someone explain to me why BJax hasn't been Playing much lately, especially tonight in a meaningless game?

 

He's had an illness and Sappelt is interesting enough to get some starts. De la Rosa is also really tough against lefties.

[Cubswin11]

The nice thing about the Dave Sappelt bandwagon is that you can hop off for awhile and not worry about someone taking your seat when you get back on.

If the Dave Sappelt bandwagon crashes and nobody is around to hear it, does it still make a sound?

[Sammy Sofa]

The nice thing about the Dave Sappelt bandwagon is that you can hop off for awhile and not worry about someone taking your seat when you get back on.

If the Dave Sappelt bandwagon crashes and nobody is around to hear it, does it still make a sound?

 

Yes. Like someone stepped on a duck.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Can someone explain to me why BJax hasn't been Playing much lately, especially tonight in a meaningless game?

 

He's had an illness and Sappelt is interesting enough to get some starts. De la Rosa is also really tough against lefties.

 

Also Jackson can't hit.

[Schwarber Fan]

So... the Cubs will have no problem avoiding 100 losses, right? Those games in Colorado will be so easy! I wouldn't be shocked if they don't win again until the final home series.

[Guest]

So... the Cubs will have no problem avoiding 100 losses, right? Those games in Colorado will be so easy! I wouldn't be shocked if they don't win again until the final home series.

 

Why do you want them to win these games?

 

100 losses is an arbitrary number that impacts their future in no way. Draft slot and IFA money is an actual thing that will be impacted (however slightly) by the results of this game.

[Gilby]

Can someone explain to me why BJax hasn't been Playing much lately, especially tonight in a meaningless game?

 

He's had an illness and Sappelt is interesting enough to get some starts. De la Rosa is also really tough against lefties.

 

Also Jackson can't hit.

 

Even you wouldn't be against him getting regular AB's if he were fully healthy in the Cubs current situation.

 

I cannot even imagine how much Jackson will be talked about during the offseason on this board.

[Gilby]

So... the Cubs will have no problem avoiding 100 losses, right? Those games in Colorado will be so easy! I wouldn't be shocked if they don't win again until the final home series.

 

Why do you want them to win these games?

 

100 losses is an arbitrary number that impacts their future in no way. Draft slot and IFA money is an actual thing that will be impacted (however slightly) by the results of this game.

 

Pretty much. Theo was totally talking out of his rear end when he said how much he wants to avoid 100 losses. You know once they made the decision to sell (and probably before then) they wanted to take advantage of these new rules as much as possible.

[Brian]

100 loses is embarrassing, 99 is cool