7/18 Cubs (Williams) @ Reds (Claussen) 6:10 pm, CSN

[Mizzou]

Nah nah, nah nah nah nah, hey hey hey, gooooood bye!

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Even as a Cub fan I don't understand why Claussen didn't come inside on somebody. Does no one know how to pitch inside these days?

 

ARam doubles, Lee scores, Claussen gets the gate. 7-1, two outs in the fourth, runner on second.

 

Thanks for stoppin' by Brandon. Come back sometime when you can stay longer.

 

Looked to me like he tried to come inside on Ramirez in his second AB, and Ramirez put it in the seats. Same thing with Hairston(!) but it was just foul. His fastball just wasn't hard enough to get inside.

[Coach C]

That's two pitchers in a row that we knocked out before the 5th inning.

 

Come on Cubs, make the Reds use their pen.

[badger1679666666]

And now it's seven to one.

 

We look like a good team when the offense shows up.

 

 

I know you'll hate to read it, but this really coincides with Patterson being demoted and Hairston and Walker moving to 1/2.

 

Not saying it caused it, but there is a correlation there.

[RonCey]

Funny-- alot of people (me included) thought New York got shafted in the Claussen - Boone trade. Turned out a hell of a lot better for the Yankees.

[Brian]

And now it's seven to one.

 

We look like a good team when the offense shows up.

 

It helps to be facing the worst pitching staff in the NL in a little league park, but it's still fun to watch! :D

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE FOURTH INNING

 

Murton grounded an IF single to shortstop

Williams sacrificed, 1-4, Murton to second

Hairston grounded into a FC, 1-6-5 Hairston run down between 2nd & 3rd

Walker homered to right field, Hairston scored

Lee walked

Ramirez doubled to right center field, Lee scored

Standridge in to pitch for Cincinnati

Barrett flied out to center field

 

3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base

 

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

 

Home runs: CUBS: Walker (5 & 6), Lee (29 & 30), Ramirez (22)

[LoneStarCubFan]

And the Reds bring in a guy who wasn't good enough to pitch for the Rangers...

[frostwyrm]

And now it's seven to one.

 

We look like a good team when the offense shows up.

 

 

I know you'll hate to read it, but this really coincides with Patterson being demoted and Hairston and Walker moving to 1/2.

 

Not saying it caused it, but there is a correlation there.

 

Regardless of numbers, the offense just feels a lot different with Hairston/Walker at the top. That Corey/Neifi thing was just depressing.

[badger1679666666]

And the Reds bring in a guy who wasn't good enough to pitch for the Rangers...

 

Which means he'll own us.

[TruffleShuffle]

Wow Claussen got hit like a pinata... 5 HR!

 

Williams is good... wonder if he'll even be in the rotation next year since the Cubs are stuck with Maddux :evil:

 

Does anyone else have a problem with Blueheart's sig slowing down their computer? If not, I'll just have to accept that my computer is old and slow.

[badger1679666666]

We have a 6 run lead. Throw it down over the plate and see how far he can hit it, solo HR's don't matter.

[Coach C]

Come on Jerome. Throw strikes.

[Blueheart05]

Randa flies out

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Wow Claussen got hit like a pinata... 5 HR!

 

Williams is good... wonder if he'll even be in the rotation next year since the Cubs are stuck with Maddux :evil:

 

Does anyone else have a problem with Blueheart's sig slowing down their computer? If not, I'll just have to accept that my computer is old and slow.

 

I have a new laptop, but no, I haven't had any problems.

[Brian]

strikes plz

[LoneStarCubFan]

Send it in Jerome.

[rocket]

that weak groundout is a lot better than striking out

[TruffleShuffle]

Wow some of these guys on the Reds make Corey Patterson look like a contact hitter... 97 K's for Dunn, 61 K's for Dunn in about 185 PA's, and 64 K's from LaRue in about 240 PA's. Dunn it's easier to swallow because of the walks and the power, but the other two... yikes!

[Coach C]

Force out at 2nd.

 

One more out.

[Garwilly]

Send it in Jerome.

 

8)

[Blueheart05]

And now it's seven to one.

 

We look like a good team when the offense shows up.

 

It helps to be facing the worst pitching staff in the NL in a little league park, but it's still fun to watch! :D

 

Yeah, I hear ya but JW is keeping them down in this park so far.

[illiniguy]

Wow some of these guys on the Reds make Corey Patterson look like a contact hitter... 97 K's for Dunn, 61 K's for Dunn in about 185 PA's, and 64 K's from LaRue in about 240 PA's. Dunn it's easier to swallow because of the walks and the power, but the other two... yikes!

meanwhile in AAA Kearns has an OPS of over 1100

[CubsWin]

And now it's seven to one.

 

We look like a good team when the offense shows up.

 

 

I know you'll hate to read it, but this really coincides with Patterson being demoted and Hairston and Walker moving to 1/2.

 

Not saying it caused it, but there is a correlation there.

 

Regardless of numbers, the offense just feels a lot different with Hairston/Walker at the top. That Corey/Neifi thing was just depressing.

It seems like the rest of the team was thinking like a lot of us on this board were that putting Corey at the top of this line-up only hurts its chances and each day they saw Corey leading off put a damper on things before the first pitch was thrown.

 

Players know stats and they know the importance of have a lead-off and number 2 guy with good OBP. Now that they have that, I think they believe in their chances to score and win a lot more than they used to. And that is the really important thing.

 

When the players believe in themselves, good players can suddenly start playing like great ones.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Wow some of these guys on the Reds make Corey Patterson look like a contact hitter... 97 K's for Dunn, 61 K's for Dunn in about 185 PA's, and 64 K's from LaRue in about 240 PA's. Dunn it's easier to swallow because of the walks and the power, but the other two... yikes!

 

Especially that other Dunn, he's brutal.