9/17 - St. Louis (Mulder) @ CUBS (Maddux) 12:20 CST, FOX TV

[Careless]

How is it possible to go from 2 innings away from a World Series to worthless ballclub in the space of less than 2 years?

That's quite easy. Look at the marlins (90s, not 2003)

What's somewhat impressive is failing the way the cubs did, while trying to succeed

[sethuel1]

TOP OF THE THIRD INNING

 

Edmonds doubled off the wall in left center field

Pujols grounded out to third, 5-3, Edmonds to third

Walker singled to right field, Edmonds scored

Sanders singled to left field, Edmonds to second

Grudzielanek grounded into a DP, 1-6-3, Sanders out at second

 

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

 

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

 

pitcher     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Maddux     3.0  6  3  3  1  1  0  46 

Um, I guess Edmonds really likes running the bases!!

Edited September 17, 2005 by sethuel1

[lowest]

Murton screwed that up. I love the guy, but that was ALL on him.

 

It depends if they were supposed to go on contact or not. I would imagine that since the infield was back they were, in which case it's on Burnitz.

 

if it was on murton, im sure we'll hear about it after the game from dusty.

[sethuel1]

One pitch, one out? With Macias at the plate? Incomprehensible!

[cjbucks]

One pitch, one out? With Macias at the plate? Incomprehensible!

 

I think my sig says it all!

[otis89]

One pitch, one out? With Macias at the plate? Incomprehensible!

 

I think my sig says it all!

 

Unless of course the question is which player on the Cubs does not deserve to be on any major league team's roster.

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 33-47 when they GIDP, 39-28 when they don't

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[cjbucks]

One pitch, one out? With Macias at the plate? Incomprehensible!

 

I think my sig says it all!

 

Unless of course the question is which player on the Cubs does not deserve to be on any major league team's roster.

 

You are correct sir!

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE THIRD INNING

 

Macias grounded out to short, 6-3

Perez singled to left field

Lee singled to right field, Perez to second

Garciaparra grounded into a FC, 5-4, Lee out at second

Burnitz struck out swinging

 

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

 

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

Edited September 17, 2005 by Fred Hornkohl

[Schwarber Fan]

BOTTOM OF THE THIRD INNING

 

Macias grounded out to short, 6-3

Perez singled to left field

Lee singled to right field, Perez to second

Garciaparra grounded into a FC, 5-4, Lee out at second

Burnitz struck out swinging

 

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

 

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

 

That 2 hits :wink:

[Fred Hornkohl]

That 2 hits :wink:

 

Yup :wink:

[Jon]

Yes, sac bunt with Patterson when Blanco and Maddux are due up.

 

My goodness Dusty is a terrible manager. Good thing Dusty has made me not care for a good 6 weeks now.

 

I don't like the call either... but Blanco is hot lately, and I'm wondering why they even pitched to him with Maddux on deck ???

I suppose, but only really because of two good games in the past month. He's still Henry Blanco, after all. And when Corey isn't likely to ground into a DP, setting things up for Blanco and Maddux just makes me want to cry.

[cjbucks]

Sox losing 5-0 now. Am I a bad sport to hope the Indians knock them out of the playoffs the last week of the season?

[sethuel1]

Sox losing 5-0 now. Am I a bad sport to hope the Indians knock them out of the playoffs the last week of the season?

Absolutely not.

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE FOURTH INNING

 

Nunez grounded out to second, 4-3

Diaz grounded out to short, 6-3

Mulder flied out to left field

 

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

 

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

 

pitcher     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Maddux     4.0  6  3  3  1  1  0  61 

[Schwarber Fan]

Sox losing 5-0 now. Am I a bad sport to hope the Indians knock them out of the playoffs the last week of the season?

 

If you are, then I'm a bad sport too

[J.R.]

Sox losing 5-0 now. Am I a bad sport to hope the Indians knock them out of the playoffs the last week of the season?

 

I'm pulling hard for the Indians and Yankees to pass the Sox, leaving them alone to contemplate their worthless lives come October. And thoughts of being a good sport haven't once entered my mind.

 

Come on over to the dark side.

[YearofDaCubs]

Macias and Perez in the 1-2 hole? We're going to the playoffs.

[cjbucks]

Sox losing 5-0 now. Am I a bad sport to hope the Indians knock them out of the playoffs the last week of the season?

 

I'm pulling hard for the Indians and Yankees to pass the Sox, leaving them alone to contemplate their worthless lives come October. And thoughts of being a good sport haven't once entered my mind.

 

Come on over to the dark side.

 

:lol: Thanks for the invite!

[Fred Hornkohl]

Yes, sac bunt with Patterson when Blanco and Maddux are due up.

 

My goodness Dusty is a terrible manager. Good thing Dusty has made me not care for a good 6 weeks now.

 

I don't like the call either... but Blanco is hot lately, and I'm wondering why they even pitched to him with Maddux on deck ???

I suppose, but only really because of two good games in the past month. He's still Henry Blanco, after all. And when Corey isn't likely to ground into a DP, setting things up for Blanco and Maddux just makes me want to cry.

 

Two good games ?? Come on.

 

07/14 - 09/16      AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Blanco             72   10   25    5    0    4   42   17    7   12  0.347  0.400  0.583  0.983

 

Corey, while not likely to GIDP, isn't likely to get a hit, either.....

 

06/03 - 09/16      AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Patterson         201   18   32    5    3    3   52   10   11   60  0.159  0.203  0.259  0.462

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE FOURTH INNING

 

Murton singled to left field

Patterson popped out to second base

Blanco grounded into a DP, 6-3, Murton out at second

 

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

 

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

[cjbucks]

Your 2005 Chicago Cubs - the only team in baseball who can turn a leadoff single into a 5 pitch inning

[Schwarber Fan]

Cubs suck

[Fred Hornkohl]

Pat Hughes just mentioned that Ernie Banks (1953), Stan Musial (1941), and Brooks Robinson (1955) all made their major league debuts on this day.

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE FIFTH INNING

 

Eckstein popped out to shortstop

Edmonds struck out (called)

Pujols singled to left field

Walker grounded into a FC, 3-6, Pujols out at second

 

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

 

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

 

pitcher     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Maddux     5.0  7  3  3  1  2  0  76