08/15 CUBS (Wood) @ NY Mets (Wheeler) 6:10 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 (7-9) ERA = 4.86, WHIP = 1.53

 

 

vs.

 

 

http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/31267.png&w=350&h=254 Zack Wheeler (7-8) ERA = 3.53, WHIP = 1.33

 

 

 

Win, lose, or draw the upcoming lineup is............

 

Game Thread Starters

 

at bat: sweetpeteman (2-4) (Sat 16 Aug v. NY Mets)

 

on deck: soccer10k (5-4)

 

in the hold: DiamondMind (2-6)

[UMFan83]

lets go jaxon b

[DiamondMind]

you guys are failing at game threads!!!

[Gilby]

I'm expecting 10+ K's again.

[DiamondMind]

1. Chris Coghlan (L) LF 938 OPS last 14 days

2. Javier Baez ® 2B 17K/0BB in 45 AB

3. Anthony Rizzo (L) 1B

4. Starlin Castro ® SS

5. Welington Castillo ® C

6. Arismendy Alcantara (S) CF 188/235/292 last 14 days

7. Ryan Sweeney (L) RF 934 OPS last 28 days

8. Chris Valaika ® 3B

9. Travis Wood ® P

 

 

1. Curtis Granderson (L) RF

2. Daniel Murphy (L) 2B

3. David Wright ® 3B

4. Lucas Duda (L) 1B 613 OPS vs LHP

5. Travis d'Arnaud ® C

6. Eric Campbell ® LF

7. Juan Lagares ® CF

8. Wilmer Flores ® SS

9. Zack Wheeler (L) P 3.59 FIP, 8.7 K/9

 

Gametime Forecast: 70°F • Mostly Cloudy • 0% PoP

[UMFan83]

Javy sure loves him some striking out.

[CubInOK]

I'm calling him Javi until he takes a walk.

[squally1313]

STOP.....BUNTING

 

(Chris Traeger voice)

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Why were we bunting there, Rick?!

[DiamondMind]

http://i.imgur.com/VwClmoc.jpg

[DiamondMind]

lol @ reading sweeneys lips after that AB

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Good thing we used our 6-hitter to bunt with no outs to get those two base runners over for that all-important run in the second inning.

[DiamondMind]

I am not totally anti bunting - even if you are giving up an out. I think sometimes, rarely, it does make sense. But in the second inning of a tie game....? Really?

[DiamondMind]

woods velocity declining three years in a row

 

 

http://i.imgur.com/VwFIjiJ.png

 

[Gilby]

Wheeler is filthy, Alcantara has been struggling, and with his speed, a sac bunt can turn into a hit. I don't hate it.

[Castros trade value]

Javy sure loves him some striking out.

 

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/2002/07/26/QqsYFKm4.jpg

[DiamondMind]

http://sinbinhockey.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/teamfulton.jpg

[Schwarber Fan]

Wood is two or three bad starts away from seriously needing to think about a position change.

[Gilby]

That single was crushed.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

That single was crushed.

He is pissed at Treymon.

[Gilby]

I want Starlin to be especially good this series because the Mets announcers like to bash him. Good start.

[DiamondMind]

The mets are so depressing to me, they always have been. Ugly uniforms, boring players, boring stadium

[Guest]

The mets are so depressing to me, they always have been. Ugly uniforms, boring players, boring stadium

 

At least they don't play in the cess pool that Shea appeared to be anymore

[DiamondMind]

citi fields home run apple is not nearly as cool

 

 

Went to see the Reds on a Sunday afternoon. Brian Schneider hits a HR,...everyone goes ape [expletive]....the Apple makes an appearance for the first time in the previous eight home games. Fernando Tatis then goes yard for back to back HR's. But no Apple! Where's the [expletive] Apple? People get restless,...then the chants start..."we want apple....(clap clap...clap clap clap), we want apple...(clap, clap....clap clap clap). No Apple. Then people get mad...and they start booing....THE APPLE!!! Make no mistake, they were booing the Apple!!! Newsday did a story about it the next day. Apparently it takes the apple 105 seconds to recharge after it is "deployed", at least that was the official explanation given as to why the apple could not rise again after the second HR,....but that doesn't explain why a good ten minutes went by before the Apple came out again..., between innings if I remember correctly.. (Jim H.)

 

[DiamondMind]

Unlike Edwins psychosomatic issues I think Wood really is dealing with physical arm tiredness or something, his pitches just have les---------

 

WHO THE [expletive] IS ERIC CAMPBELL