7/24 Phillies (Williams) @ Cubs (Lester) 3:05 CT WGN

[sontensei]

when the cubs traded for jerome williams, i though they'd picked up a mid-rotation innings eater for years to come. instead he was [expletive] garbage.

 

that was over ten years ago.

 

i like his wikipedia listing:

 

1 Baseball career

 

1.1 San Francisco Giants

1.2 Chicago Cubs

1.3 Washington Nationals

1.4 Minnesota Twins

1.5 Long Beach Armada

1.6 Los Angeles Dodgers

1.7 Oakland Athletics

1.8 Indios de Mayaguez and Uni–President Lions

1.9 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

1.10 Houston Astros

1.11 Texas Rangers

1.12 Philadelphia Phillies

 

what an odyssey. 10 major league teams, 17 minor league teams, 4 winter ball clubs, and a stint in taiwan.

 

hey regardless of how bad he is and how many homers the cubs can hit off him, after playing pro ball all those years i bet he will retire with plenty of $$$$ in the bank..

[Sammys Boombox]

when the cubs traded for jerome williams, i though they'd picked up a mid-rotation innings eater for years to come. instead he was [expletive] garbage.

 

that was over ten years ago.

 

i like his wikipedia listing:

 

1 Baseball career

 

1.1 San Francisco Giants

1.2 Chicago Cubs

1.3 Washington Nationals

1.4 Minnesota Twins

1.5 Long Beach Armada

1.6 Los Angeles Dodgers

1.7 Oakland Athletics

1.8 Indios de Mayaguez and Uni–President Lions

1.9 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

1.10 Houston Astros

1.11 Texas Rangers

1.12 Philadelphia Phillies

 

what an odyssey. 10 major league teams, 17 minor league teams, 4 winter ball clubs, and a stint in taiwan.

 

When first skimming this I read "Lions" as "Loans" and thought he played for some team sponsored by loan sharks.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

hey regardless of how bad he is and how many homers the cubs can hit off him, after playing pro ball all those years i bet he will retire with plenty of $$$$ in the bank..

Yeah. I mean, look at guys like Andre Rison or Scottie Pippen. Ball professionally for a while then go live it up like Warren Buffett.

[TruffleShuffle]

when the cubs traded for jerome williams, i though they'd picked up a mid-rotation innings eater for years to come. instead he was [expletive] garbage.

 

that was over ten years ago.

 

i like his wikipedia listing:

 

1 Baseball career

 

1.1 San Francisco Giants

1.2 Chicago Cubs

1.3 Washington Nationals

1.4 Minnesota Twins

1.5 Long Beach Armada

1.6 Los Angeles Dodgers

1.7 Oakland Athletics

1.8 Indios de Mayaguez and Uni–President Lions

1.9 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

1.10 Houston Astros

1.11 Texas Rangers

1.12 Philadelphia Phillies

 

what an odyssey. 10 major league teams, 17 minor league teams, 4 winter ball clubs, and a stint in taiwan.

 

hey regardless of how bad he is and how many homers the cubs can hit off him, after playing pro ball all those years i bet he will retire with plenty of $$$$ in the bank..

 

well according to baseball reference he's made only $8.9m in major league salaries. i'm sure he got more than the average minor league player in the 5 or so years while he was trying to get back to the majors, but once you take out taxes and paying his agent, i really doubt that he's got much of a nest egg set aside.

[DiamondMind]

Wait wait wait wait.... JEROME WILLIAMS??

[itisallpartoftheplan]

We are 51-43 after 94 games. Here are 94 game records with 95th game results!

 

1969. 58-36 95th Game 9-5 Win over the Phillies http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PHI/PHI196907180.shtml

Phil Regan(10-5) got the win in relief after the Cubs broke a 5-5 in the 7th on an Ernie Banks rbi single. Banks(15), Hickman(5), and Hundley(14) all homered.

4 Game lead of first place.

 

1984. 54-40 95th Game 5-11 loss to the Giants http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN198407220.shtml

Trout(9-5) was among 4 pitchers who all gave up runs(Reuschel, Brusstar, and Fraizer). Durham hit his 13th while Matthews hit his 7th but wasn't quite enough after 5 runs from SF in the 9th.

2.5 Game lead of first place.

 

1989. 51-43 95th Game 3-4 loss to the Giants http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN198907210.shtml

Sutcliffe(10-8) gave up 4 runs in the 3rd to get the loss as Mark Grace's 2 run shot(5) brought the Cubs within 1 but wasn't enough.

3.5 GB of first place.

 

1998. 51-43 95th Game 6-1 Win over the Marlins http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/FLO/FLO199807170.shtml

Steve Trachsel(9-5) pitch a CG giving up 1ER and 9K's to get the win over Ryan Dempster. Sosa hit #36 and added 3 RBI's.

4 GB of first place.

 

2001. 55-39 95th Game 2-5 loss to the Astros http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/HOU/HOU200107200.shtml

LIeber gave up 5 runs in the 5th to fall to 12-5 while Ron Coomer's 6th HR was not enough.

2 Game lead of first place.

 

2003. 47-47 95th Game 0-6 loss to the Marlins http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/FLO/FLO200307180.shtml

Matt Clement fell to 7-8 giving up 3ER in 6IP and the Cubs only had 2 runners reach scoring position.

4.5 GB of first place.

 

2004. 50-44 95th Game 13-2 Win over the Reds http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN200407220.shtml

Greg Maddux(9-7) cruising to a CG win aided by a solo and 2 run shot by Alou(23,24), a 3 run shot by Grudzielanek(2), and a Grand Slam by Ramirez(17).

10 GB of those freaking Cardinals.

 

2007. 50-44 95th Game 6-2 Win over the D'Backs http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN200707200.shtml

Jason Marquis moved to 7-5 after going 7.2 innings giving up 2ER. Up 1 in the 8th Ramirez(16) hit a 3 run shot to extend the lead.

2.5 GB of first place.

 

2008. 57-37 95th Game 2-4 loss to the Giants http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN200807130.shtml

Dempster fell to 10-4 giving up 4ER in 6.2IP. Representing the winning run Ward and Theriot got out to end the game.

4.5 Game lead on first place.

 

2009. 49-45 95th Game 5-3 Win over the Reds http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN200907250.shtml

Kevin Hart moved to 2-1 going 6 innings giving up 1 run. Ramirez(7) and Soriano(17) both homered off Cueto while Bradley(7) took David Weathers deep.

0.5 GB of first place.

 

2014. 40-54 95th Game 4-5 loss to the D'backs http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ARI/ARI201407180.shtml

Rizzo hit his 21st and 22nd but an inning involving Jackson, Russell, Schlitter(2-3), and Rosscup turned a 4-2 lead to a 4-5 loss.

13 GB of first place.

[DiamondMind]

We're going to win the next six games in a row.

[Little Slide Rooter]

hey regardless of how bad he is and how many homers the cubs can hit off him, after playing pro ball all those years i bet he will retire with plenty of $$$$ in the bank..

Yeah. I mean, look at guys like Andre Rison or Scottie Pippen. Ball professionally for a while then go live it up like Warren Buffett.

 

Seeing as most pro-athletes are retired well before their 40th birthday, isn't that pretty much what all of them do? I mean aside from the dumb asses who blow it all on moon pies and penny-whistles.

[sontensei]

hey regardless of how bad he is and how many homers the cubs can hit off him, after playing pro ball all those years i bet he will retire with plenty of $$$$ in the bank..

Yeah. I mean, look at guys like Andre Rison or Scottie Pippen. Ball professionally for a while then go live it up like Warren Buffett.

 

Seeing as most pro-athletes are retired well before their 40th birthday, isn't that pretty much what all of them do? I mean aside from the dumb asses who blow it all on moon pies and penny-whistles.

 

You cant stereotype a black athlete like that its just wrong.

[DiamondMind]

You cant stereotype a black athlete like that its just wrong.

 

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[kujay]

No Schwarber makes me a sad panda.

[tfarks]

Yeah no doubt. But at least Russell is showing some life so there's only a black hole from 6-8 to deal with.

[Tryptamine]

if ever there was a game the Cubs should win, this is it.

[BigSlick]

if ever there was a game the Cubs should win, this is it.

It's a day game though, so they wont be able to score runs

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

No Schwarber makes me a sad panda.

 

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[sontensei]

if ever there was a game the Cubs should win, this is it.

It's a day game though, so they wont be able to score runs

 

wouldnt be surprised if Bryant left in the 2nd inning with "Flu like symptoms"

[imb]

crazy that jerome williams is still just 28

[treebird]

i am excited for 2020 when we can have a shortstop who is good at hitting or fielding again

[CubInOK]

crazy that jerome williams is still just 28

Umm...

[DiamondMind]

crazy that jerome williams is still just 28

 

28 is kind of close to 33

 

btw whats with the weird 3pm start times today and tomorrow?

[Andy]

crazy that jerome williams is still just 28

 

28 is kind of close to 33

 

btw whats with the weird 3pm start times today and tomorrow?

Friday and Saturday games have been starting at 3pm for some time now.

[sontensei]

The 3pm start time is perfect for the neighborhood all the bar owners stay busy all night after the game

[Derwood]

The 3pm start time is perfect for the neighborhood all the bar owners stay busy all night after the game

 

www.roscoes.com

[BigSlick]

i am excited for 2020 when we can have a shortstop who is good at hitting or fielding again

well to be fair, almost no one has a shortstop that can do both of those things

 

the real problem is we have one that can do neither