8/14 StL Cardinals (Morris) @ Cubs (Prior) 7:05 ESPN

[Omar]

One batter too late, Tony..

 

After walking Henry ****ing Blanco, it is inexcusable to keep Morris in.

 

When Jose Macias is up next, keeping him in isnt such a bad idea.

[burnt out cubbie fan]

Damn dudes (& ladies).

 

That was just a nice, nice piece of hitting from the Gremlin. That is *exactly* what to do in that situation.

Get a hit?

[SwisherSweet]

in all honesty, jose macias has earned his paychecks this year.

Not really. You see how much we are paying him?

 

what is it? a million? he's been slappin' singles all over the place. we've had worse 25th men.

 

everyone plz speculate what jon miller said during the break to make joe say "too much information. " i bet he was talking about his hemmoroids.

[Cubfanintheknow]

Time for a confession during the pitching change.

 

Jose Macias doesn't bug me that much. Really. It bugs me the way Dusty Baker uses him. And I wish he'd take a pitch every now and then. But he's been all right.

[muntjack]

One batter too late, Tony..

 

After walking Henry ****ing Blanco, it is inexcusable to keep Morris in.

 

agreed

 

I would pitch around Blanco to face Macias in a double play situation anyday.

[NomarSammy]

Some of you guys are just jerks--I am not trying to be argumentative, but come on--Jose Macias is nearly hitting .300 as a sub and you still think he has not done anything--NOT FAIR!!!!!

[Soul]

Damn dudes (& ladies).

 

That was just a nice, nice piece of hitting from the Gremlin. That is *exactly* what to do in that situation.

Get a hit?

 

Well yeah, get a hit 8)

 

I was referring to taking it back up the middle rather than trying to swing for the fences or trying to do too much.

[Brian]

One batter too late, Tony..

 

After walking Henry ****ing Blanco, it is inexcusable to keep Morris in.

 

agreed

 

I would pitch around Blanco to face Macias in a double play situation anyday.

 

Macias is 2nd most likely to DP on the Cubs, so I would to.

[Omar]

Lawton with a DP. Still a good inning. Scoring 2 runs, and Cubs lead 5-3.

[CubsHawks25]

Dammit Lawton.

 

Oh well... Macias for MVP!! :lol:

[lowest]

You can't really blame Macias for Hendry giving him a roster spot or Dusty mis-using him. He been a good 25th player for the Cubs this year.

 

i agree. hes a decent enough bench player, but really should be only that. its hard for me to blame him for dusty's faults.

[ToupeeOnFire]

In honor of the Gremlin...

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v511/freejju/gremlin_77.jpg

[Soul]

Some of you guys are just jerks--I am not trying to be argumentative, but come on--Jose Macias is nearly hitting .300 as a sub and you still think he has not done anything--NOT FAIR!!!!!

 

That's true. The .306 OBP with an average of .293 tells me the guy never takes a walk, which limits his effectiveness.

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE SIXTH INNING

 

Burnitz singled to the pitcher

Garciaparra singled to left field, Burnitz to second

Patterson grounded into a fc, 4-6, Garciaparra out at second, Burnitz to third

Blanco walked

Macias, pinch hitting for Prior, singled to center field, Burnitz and Patterson scored, Blanco to second

Flores in to pitch for St. Louis

Lawton grounded into a DP, 4-6-3, Macias out at second

 

2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 men left on base

 

           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9    R  H E
St. Louis  0 1 0 0 0 2          3  7 0 
CUBS       0 2 0 0 1 2          5 11 0 

 

Home runs: St. Louis: Mahoney (1), CUBS: Patterson (12), Lawton (1)

[burnt out cubbie fan]

Some of you guys are just jerks--I am not trying to be argumentative, but come on--Jose Macias is nearly hitting .300 as a sub and you still think he has not done anything--NOT FAIR!!!!!

Nice personal attack there.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Some of you guys are just jerks--I am not trying to be argumentative, but come on--Jose Macias is nearly hitting .300 as a sub and you still think he has not done anything--NOT FAIR!!!!!

 

3 walks. THREE. Zero power. I'm pumped he came through, but he's terrible. Only 4 bench players that aren't catchers have been worse than him this year.

[CubsHawks25]

Macias in for Ramirez now??

 

 

I know, I know... I should be strung up for that, but man... we'd might be up 5-2 right now if not for that bonehead decision of his in the top of the 6th.

[Flames24Rulz]

Kerry in to pitch the 7th.

[PieOnMyHands]

I guarantee Wood strikes out Rodriguez.

[Omar]

Wood is looking sharp 8)

[CubsHawks25]

GREAT!!! K3 pitch there to Ecky!!

[imb]

That was nasty.

[Coach C]

nice pitch wood

[Brian]

froze him

[CardsFanInChiTown]

I hope this doesn't sound trollish but I simply cannot believe Wood hasn't been shut down for surgery. Edited August 15, 2005 by CardsFanInChiTown