4/10 Cubs (Wood) vs. Pirates (Cole) 1:20 CT WGN-TV

[UMFan83]

Pat Hughes just said, "The Cubs have shown more life in the last week than they have in two years."

 

Can't really argue with that.

Didn't they play close to .500 ball for a really long stretch between the Rizzo call up and the trades in 2012?

 

From April 25 to July 28 last year, they were 42-41.

 

They had a 19-10 stretch in July of 2012

[sneakypower]

look at Dempster taking pics with fans like a total phony doosh

[mul21]

One less inning than I'd have liked to see, but that's another great day for Wood.

[Careless]

Nice game, wood

[sneakypower]

Starling Marte running like Lester the Unlikely after making that catch

[Guest]

Wood's still in

[JonJayCutler]

I'm sure there's a reason and I've missed it, but what the hell did Wood do to get stuck behind EJax and Hammel in the rotation?

[Omar]

I will take Dempster in his current form over Edwin Jackson.

 

Go get 'em, Jed.

[Guest]

I'm sure there's a reason and I've missed it, but what the hell did Wood do to get stuck behind EJax and Hammel in the rotation?

Because rotation order doesn't matter and they wanted wood to face the Phillies

[Omar]

I'm sure there's a reason and I've missed it, but what the hell did Wood do to get stuck behind EJax and Hammel in the rotation?

 

Pissed in Renteria's cornflakes.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I'm sure there's a reason and I've missed it, but what the hell did Wood do to get stuck behind EJax and Hammel in the rotation?

 

Wood gets honor of the home opener, the Phillies are a better matchup for a left-handed pitcher, and Wood/Samardzija are the two most likely pitchers to go deep so they wanted to space them out to even out bullpen usage.

[Fro]

Pat Hughes just said, "The Cubs have shown more life in the last week than they have in two years."

 

Can't really argue with that.

Didn't they play close to .500 ball for a really long stretch between the Rizzo call up and the trades in 2012?

 

From April 25 to July 28 last year, they were 42-41.

 

They had a 19-10 stretch in July of 2012

 

If I remember correctly, Castro/Rizzo were hitting during that stretch like they have been the last few games.

[Guest]

This guy walking by was talking to his friend about how they just picked up schlitter before the season from the Phillies....

[Hairyducked Idiot]

This guy walking by was talking to his friend about how they just picked up schlitter before the season from the Phillies....

 

I wish there was a way I could tune out the rest of the crowd at sporting events. The guys who think they know what they talk about are the *worst*.

[sneakypower]

no argument there

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Blake Parker could have kept that in the yard.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Castro's throw bouncing right back to Rizzo was great. #ouryear #hashtagsoutsideoftwitter

[jersey cubs fan]

This guy walking by was talking to his friend about how they just picked up schlitter before the season from the Phillies....

 

I wish there was a way I could tune out the rest of the crowd at sporting events. The guys who think they know what they talk about are the *worst*.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I guess this answers who is going down when Arrieta comes back.

[Omar]

Brian Schlitter? More like Brian [expletive].

[PrimeTime]

Russell [expletive] sucks

[Hairyducked Idiot]

http://emotibot.net/pix/8100.gif

 

Remember all offseason when we kept saying Russell didn't *have* to make the team? I wish Epstein was as smart as us.

[Omar]

WTF

[Smack]

wtf. one pitch.

[sneakypower]

and here i was worried he'd walk him again