7/3 Cubs (Zambrano) vs. Nationals (Drese) 1:20 PM, WGN

[Mizzou]

Nice easy inning by Zambrano. After the 1st, he needed that.

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE SECOND INNING

 

Baerga lined out to first base

Schneider grounded out to short, 6-3

Carroll popped out to second base

 

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base

 

           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9    R H E
Washington 1 0                  1 1 0 
CUBS       0                    0 1 1 

 

pitcher     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Zambrano   2.0  1  1  0  1  2  0  35

[Brian]

Carlos needs to seriously stop giving his evil twin playing time. Good to see the real Carlos came out for the 2nd.

[J.R.]

What man is going to want to drink Michelob Ultra? All the wuss guys in those commercials get beat by chicks in various athletic competitions.

[Jon]

Putting Burnitz ahead of Ramirez does split up your right handed hitters. Burnitz over the last month is hitting 0.305 / 0.381 / 0.524 / 0.905. Putting him in the fourth sport is eminently reasonable, i.e. able to be reasoned. Now, you can argue the wisdom or the value of that decision, but to say that there is no reason belies your education and powers of logic.

What does my education care? I just don't want Burnitz hitting cleanup and protecting Lee and don't care much about splitting up the righties. At least not enough to have Burnitz batting 4th instead of 5th.

 

If you didn't get what you wanted, then say that. Don't tell us there's "no reason" to do it any other way. You're smarter than that.

The bottom line is that Ramirez is the better hitter out of the two. With Lee hitting third, you want the 2nd best hitter on the team hitting 4th. That's Ramirez. Burnitz isn't as valuable to the offense and doesn't require the same protection. And now that you have some OBP in the top of the order, Ramirez hitting 4th statistically gives him more opportunities to hit with men on base.

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE SECOND INNING

 

Burnitz flied out to right field

Ramirez grounded out to short, 6-3

Hollandsworth struck out swinging

 

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base

 

           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9    R H E
Washington 1 0                  1 1 0 
CUBS       0 0                  0 1 1 

[YearofDaCubs]

The lineup isnt perfect but it's better than what Dusty usually puts out there.

[Buford T Justice]

looks like its gonna be another one of those days

[CaliforniaRaisin]

I haven't been to Wrigley since April, but in many of the recent games - especially the ones in which Corey has excelled for brief flashes - it's seemed that alot of the booing was directed at the ump. Honest to God, it seemed that the post-catch boos against Milwaukee the other night were mainly for the umpire, not Corey, who's had plenty of rotten calls of late.

 

Fair enough, it's tough to decipher listening on the radio, but I thought it was a fair assumption that they were booing Corey. Corey hasn't been helped by the umps at all recently.

[Jon]

It looks like Carlos is finally letting up on his 2-seamer. Now all he needs is a little more control.

[J.R.]

I haven't been to Wrigley since April, but in many of the recent games - especially the ones in which Corey has excelled for brief flashes - it's seemed that alot of the booing was directed at the ump. Honest to God, it seemed that the post-catch boos against Milwaukee the other night were mainly for the umpire, not Corey, who's had plenty of rotten calls of late.

 

Fair enough, it's tough to decipher listening on the radio, but I thought it was a fair assumption that they were booing Corey. Corey hasn't been helped by the umps at all recently.

 

True, and it's likely that Corey isn't making much of a distinction either. The dude looked like he was ready to break down in the dugout yesterday.

[Flames24Rulz]

theres a nice DP there...strike him out, throw him out :D

[marc_foust]

Daily Home Run Leader Board (July 3, 2005)

National League

Player Team HR# Inning On Base

P. Wilson COL 14 3 0

D. Mohr COL 7 1 0

L. Gonzalez COL 4 2 0

 

 

Just thought this may lift everyones spirits a little. This is the daily hr tracker and thses are all of the HRs so far.

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE THIRD INNING

 

Drese struck out swinging

Wilkerson singled to right field

Spivey struck out into a DP, Wilkerson out trying to steal second, 2-4

 

0 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base

 

           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9    R H E
Washington 1 0 0                1 2 0 
CUBS       0 0                  0 1 1 

 

pitcher     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Zambrano   3.0  2  1  0  1  2  0  50

[Jon]

If Carlos can keep that slider for deeper counts instead of using it to get ahead of batters, it's going to be more effective.

 

And 3 HRs in 3 innings isn't too good, Mulder.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

I haven't been to Wrigley since April, but in many of the recent games - especially the ones in which Corey has excelled for brief flashes - it's seemed that alot of the booing was directed at the ump. Honest to God, it seemed that the post-catch boos against Milwaukee the other night were mainly for the umpire, not Corey, who's had plenty of rotten calls of late.

 

Fair enough, it's tough to decipher listening on the radio, but I thought it was a fair assumption that they were booing Corey. Corey hasn't been helped by the umps at all recently.

 

True, and it's likely that Corey isn't making much of a distinction either. The dude looked like he was ready to break down in the dugout yesterday.

 

Based on what I've read about Corey's personality (I think Corey and I share some personality traits), he's much better equipped to handle the booing than, say, LaTroy, Hundley or Sammy. But there's going to be a point when even he can't handle it.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

If any of you follow college football, I was wondering if you could help me in this thread (premium). Thanks!

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE THIRD INNING

 

Perez grounded out to short, 6-3

Barrett grounded out to third, 5-3

Zambrano grounded out to first, 3-1

 

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base

 

           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9    R H E
Washington 1 0 0                1 2 0 
CUBS       0 0 0                0 1 1 

[marc_foust]

QB- Chad Henne-Michigan

[Sam Studebaker]

This is not looking good. God we could use some offense. Hopefully help will arrive before the trading deadline.

[illiniguy]

two out hits are so much fun, why dont we ever get them?

[Guancous]

Does anyone else think the Nationals announcer sounds just like the father on American Dad?

[Mizzou]

Wow, that was a terrible throw by Holly.

[Flames24Rulz]

the. nats. are. annoying.

[YearofDaCubs]

Sorry, but I just don't believe there is nothing wrong with Zambrano.