9/12 Reds (Harang) at Cubs (Maddux), 7:05, CSN

[Chris]

ha ha, nevermind

[Rob]

Oh god...

 

Well, I guess Macias will be back in Cubbie blue next season...with an even larger raise.

[sethuel1]

This would be a great time to PH Riot for Macias

 

nah. you know when would be though? After Macias retires. Until then, Jose's hitting.

[Chris]

BRB, I have to start a thread about how Macias is clutch

[Rob]

I can't believe Murton might be left in. He's not being put in a position to succeed, dude!

 

Of course, as soon as I say this, I bet Patterson comes in to PH.

[Chris]

This would be a great time to PH Riot for Macias

 

nah. you know when would be though? After Macias retires. Until then, Jose's hitting.

 

Agreed.

[Derwood]

It's 2hr30min into the game, and I have to say, I'm still amazed by this lineup. I saw the defense with Perez, Macias, Blanco and Murton, and just knew that Macias would be hitting 6th! And Walker 5th! For the love of God, why not just send out the waterboy and Dick Pole?

 

Possibly the worst lineup of the year.

Edited September 13, 2005 by Derwood

[Chris]

Great, using Barrett means Hank hits for himself

[Derwood]

Great, using Barrett means Hank hits for himself

 

Hank has clutch power man!

[sethuel1]

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeee

[Flames24Rulz]

what little *hope* that this team had of actually trying to get back in the WC race is definitely out of the window now.

[lowest]

god, we are terrible.

[Derwood]

Okay, that's it. If FLA wins (did they already?) we're 6 back (just as I predicted in the "we're not really out of the wildcard" thread)

 

I need to go to sleep...have to be up at 2am EDT for work

[indifferent]

by the way, dusty's double switch is going to work out fantastic this inning. since he took walker out (even though his spot comes before macias'), a ph will bat 2nd. then macias can make the final out.

 

good thing hill didn't go out there and screw this beauty up.

 

We have mentally challenged individual running this ballclub.

 

There's simply no other explanation.

 

Cards have a mentally challenged relief pitcher. Tavarez comes in and leaves a runner on 1st and 3rd with no outs. King comes in and gets an easy grounder to him and he throws it to first for the out. The tying run scores easily. He doesn't go to home and he doesn't even look the runner back at 3rd.

 

All in all, he got 3 outs with 4 pitches, but his gaffe cost Mulder the win (and possibly the Cards the game).

[sethuel1]

Good disgusting stat from Len:

 

"The Cincinnati Reds have bested the Cubs six consecutive times."

[Chris]

*sigh* I can't even imagine the junk Dusty will be saying.

[Chris]

*looking forward to Bruce's article*

[USSoccer]

I'm trying to figure out how we could be so bad at home.

[Warren Brusstar]

Am I reading this board right? Are posters seriously upset that Dusty didn't use Ryan Theriot?

 

:roll:

[USSoccer]

*looking forward to Bruce's article*

 

Was Bruce here? I missed it. What did he say?

[don_kessinger_was_good]

The question I'd ask DFB--"Can you explain why, in a must-win 1-run game, you chose to go to Sergio Mitre instead of Wuertz, Novoa or Williamson? Or even Ryan Dempster?"

 

What an ass. I believe this was Mitre's first appearance since he came back up. All the guy does is serve up gopher balls. I can't even vocalize how much I hate Baker. Hate hate hate.

[Chris]

Am I reading this board right? Are posters seriously upset that Dusty didn't use Ryan Theriot?

 

:roll:

 

Posters? Seriously upset? I just made one comment about Riot coming in the game, and that post wasn't even in caps.

[J.R.]

How many more tactical disasters will we have to sit through before the front office wakes up?

 

Dusty is the worst manager I've endured in my 18 years of watching this team. We've had some horrible guys in charge over the years, but none of them made bizzare and stupid part of the routine the way Baker does.

[sethuel1]

The question I'd ask DFB--"Can you explain why, in a must-win 1-run game, you chose to go to Sergio Mitre instead of Wuertz, Novoa or Williamson? Or even Ryan Dempster?"

 

What an ass. I believe this was Mitre's first appearance since he came back up. All the guy does is serve up gopher balls. I can't even vocalize how much I hate Baker. Hate hate hate.

 

Actually he appeared for 1/3 of an inning a week ago in St. Louis. Not that this does anything to modify the fact that he sucks.

[NorthsideAvenger]

Cubs motto:

 

"We strive to be the best mediocre team in baseball."