7/14 Cubs(Prior) vs. Pirates(Redman) 1:20 CT WGN. Pfft.

[ToupeeOnFire]

On WGN they are interviewing Henry Blanco. This officially marks the very first and last time Henry Blanco will be interviewed at the end of a ballgame.

[Brian]

Blanco says they are going to the playoffs. He wouldn't lie to us would he???

[bukie]

I still think, to have realistic hopes of playoff baseball, the Cubs need to have a winning July.

 

11-6 to close out the month would do it.

[TruffleShuffle]

Outside of a pair of poor starts, both of which he deservedly lost (although IMO Dusty left him in way too long at least in Atlanta, and possibly in Houston as well), Prior has been outstanding this year:

 

71.1 IP, 42 H, 14 ER, 18 BB, 75 K; 1.67 ERA, 0.84 WHIP

 

 

Add in those two bad starts and he's been "only" very good. He certainly is deserving of a better record than he has right now, however.

[badger1679666666]

Outside of a pair of poor starts, both of which he deservedly lost (although IMO Dusty left him in way too long at least in Atlanta, and possibly in Houston as well), Prior has been outstanding this year:

 

71.1 IP, 42 H, 14 ER, 18 BB, 75 K; 1.67 ERA, 0.84 WHIP

 

 

Add in those two bad starts and he's been "only" very good. He certainly is deserving of a better record than he has right now, however.

 

More support for the reason why W/L are a NEARLY worthless stat to judge pitchers upon.

 

(Edit: Not directed at you Truffle, moreso at those who keep talking about Wood only winning 14 games in a season).

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

It was nice to get the "W" today. Braves lost, so we gained some ground today.

 

Nice to see Prior pitch well again. We're going to need him if we expect to climb back into the wild card race.

[Chocolate Milk]

If you want to start a rumor, find out a good player who wears 9 and construct a trade involving that player.

 

 

Players wearing 9:

 

Angels: Chone Figgins IF

Astros: Humberto Quintero C

A's: -

Blue Jays: Greg Zaun C

Braves: -

Brewers: -

Cards: -

DRays: BJ Upton SS

DBacks: -

Dodgers: Jason Phillips C

Giants: Marquis Grissom OF

Indians: Jody Gerut OF

Mariners: -

Marlins: Juan Pierre OF

Mets: -

Nats: Vinny Castilla 3B

O's: Geronimo Gil C

Padres: -

Phillies: Tomas Perez IF

Pirates: -

Rangers: Hank Blalock 3B

Red Sox: -

Reds: Jacob Cruz IF

Rockies: -

Royals: David DeJesus OF

Tigers: Carlos Guillen SS

Twins: -

White Sox: -

Yankees: -

 

Nice work, both of you.