06/15 CUBS (Wood) @ Philadelphia (Burnett) 12:35 CDT, WGN TV

[Fred Hornkohl]

http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/30515.png&w=350&h=254 Travis Wood (6-5) ERA = 4.95, WHIP = 1.43

 

 

vs.

 

 

http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/4153.png&w=350&h=254 A. J. Burnett (4-5) ERA = 4.24, WHIP = 1.44

 

 

Go CUBS !!

 

 

 

 

Win, lose, or draw..... Rondon Fan is up to bat for Monday's Game v. Miami.

[Elwood]

RIZZO.

[d_money]

Nice

[cl smooth]

is rizzo hurt? gameday says he's out of the game yet he hit a home run in the 1st...

[Guest]

is rizzo hurt? gameday says he's out of the game yet he hit a home run in the 1st...

 

My Gameday doesn't have anything about Rizzo not being in the game.

[cl smooth]

this is what yahoo's gameday is showing me:

 

 

[attachment=0]rizzo.JPG[/attachment]

 

[Andy]

It's increasingly obvious that the Cubs Way pamphlets do not at any point mention calling for a pop up.

[treebird]

having ruggiano on your fantasy team is working out a lot better these days

[UMFan83]

this is what yahoo's gameday is showing me:

 

 

[attachment=0]rizzo.JPG[/attachment]

 

Not the only people confused about Rizzo today:

 

[Clem Fandango]

Castro RBI single

[Fred Hornkohl]

Schierholtz with the RBI double.... now 3-0

[muntjack]

Didn't even realize the Phillies had no hits until they got one.

[UMFan83]

Where are the Cubs falling short offensively? I haven't been paying close enough attention, but it seems like Rizzo has been a monster, Castro has been pretty good, Valbuena (as a semi-regular) is having a career year, and Lake has had his moments. Is it just everyone else being black holes?

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Where are the Cubs falling short offensively? I haven't been paying close enough attention, but it seems like Rizzo has been a monster, Castro has been pretty good, Valbuena (as a semi-regular) is having a career year, and Lake has had his moments. Is it just everyone else being black holes?

yes, except add Lake to the black hole part.

[KaiserCesar]

Where are the Cubs falling short offensively? I haven't been paying close enough attention, but it seems like Rizzo has been a monster, Castro has been pretty good, Valbuena (as a semi-regular) is having a career year, and Lake has had his moments. Is it just everyone else being black holes?

 

I actually just posted about this in the 'musings' thread. They have 2 top 35 position players and 3 top-90, but Bonifacio is the only one 90-180 and Castillo and Ruggiano are the only ones 180-270.

[jersey cubs fan]

It's all about the OBP. 2nd to last in NL as a team. Several players with well below 300 OBP, only 2 with actually good OBP and 2 more with decent OBP.

[Felix Leiter]

Wood has pitched a pretty good game so far. ARam warming up in the pen. Hope they plan on stretching him out eventually and letting him start games.

 

To my untrained eye, looks like Castro's stance is just a little more closed. The results improving.

 

Art Garfunkle can still bring it.

[Clem Fandango]

Cubs win. Also win their first road series this season. And if I heard Len correctly earlier, it's their first series win in Philadelphia since 2001

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !!

 

http://njsr.org/pics/albums/userpics/10036/Cubs%20W%20Flag.jpg

 

:yahoo: :clapping: =D> \:D/ =D> :clapping: :yahoo:

[d_money]

Neil's a bitch

[Sammy Sofa]

Where are the Cubs falling short offensively?

 

Almost everywhere?

[Guest]

Wood has pitched a pretty good game so far. ARam warming up in the pen. Hope they plan on stretching him out eventually and letting him start games.

 

To my untrained eye, looks like Castro's stance is just a little more closed. The results improving.

 

Art Garfunkle can still bring it.

 

I assume you're referring to Neil but yes, I definitely want to see him stretched out in August once the Cubs have traded Hammel and maybe Samardzija.

[Guest]

Wood has pitched a pretty good game so far. ARam warming up in the pen. Hope they plan on stretching him out eventually and letting him start games.

 

To my untrained eye, looks like Castro's stance is just a little more closed. The results improving.

 

Art Garfunkle can still bring it.

 

I assume you're referring to Neil but yes, I definitely want to see him stretched out in August once the Cubs have traded Hammel and maybe Samardzija.

Yeah, we've posted before about having Ramirez stretched out and starting next year, but I like this idea, too.

[DiamondMind]

Ramirez has some filthy stuff

 

14.6 K/9

 

5.2 K/BB