Laura

Hendry's plan of stocking up on players good with RISP and 2 outs finally pays off! If I could exalt you on this board, I would.

:D

Want to play with fire, scarecrow???

Details plz for those w/o tv volume! LOOK AT HOW BARRETT WAITS UNTIL THE LAST SECOND TO REVEAL THE LOCATION OF THE PITCH, AS NOT TO TIP OFF THE RUNNER BAREBARE!!! I should be in that booth!

Details plz for those w/o tv volume!

*sigh* That stinks. If he does get the surgery, I hope he can heal up in time for next season. :(

I used to cheer when sucky players did good things. Then I realized that Dusty, who loves sucky players, only ever remember the good things that sucky players do. Which is why he overplays sucky players and puts them in crucial game situations and bats them in the top three slots of the batting order. Dusty killed my enthusiasm for clapping the accomplishments of bad players.

Actually it shouldn't be a problem if his pitches are very limited. I'm not worried about Guz tonight, I'm just wondering what this means, if anything, in Dusty's world of the pitching rotation. I'm actually going to Wrigley this weekend due to events out of my control and I have a mild interest in figuring out who pitches.

Great. Run him out of town just when I made a Neifi T-Shirt using an enlarged version of my sig. I thought your sig was stolen from a tshirt design.

hmmm, off-day on Thurs, Guz last pitched Saturday

He has poor circulation in his legs from riding the bench so much lately. It's not his fault. I'm sure that will remedied before long. Perhaps even tomorrow.

Someone should call out Neifi on his lack of hustle there.

That's going to hurt the obp

Is he the Big Murt? HE IS NOW

ha ha, boos for lidge. I thought it was hilarious that Z got the Boos when he batted yesterday.

Really? He entered today at .301 according to ESPN. I could live with .375.

But Murton doesn't bring the D. :D I don't think Murton has batted 3rd once with the Cubs, has he?

It looked like Howry was going to screw it up when he caught it the way he did. I like Liquid Terminator Howry. Though a good bullpen is the luxury of a good team and somewhat wasted on this team. I wish Hendry could have dealt a bullpen arm or two for something of value.

Cheer up! Jaxx won 2-1.

Hey, that wasn't bad at all!

My edit beat your post! 8-) No, I saw the edit. The meaning was different. Dusty asked about Gallagher and was told No.

Dusty acknowledged that he was told Gallagher wasn't ready when he asked about him.

Dusty had the talk with him a couple of days ago about how he has to be the horse and the ironman because he's the ace of the staff and now Maddux is gone. Not that Z wasn't already an ironman, with the most pitches thrown in MLB.

indeed

Gallagher is done, Pignatiello is in, DJaxx up 2-1 Inning 1 Dustin Delucchi LF LHB 1-0 inside 1-1 fastball called 3 unassisted, one out Luis Cruz 2B RHB 1-0 outside 1-1 called 1-2 fastball called K swinging, curveball, two outs Vince Sinisi 1B LHB 0-1 fastball outside corner 1-1 fastball low 1-2 taken 2-2 fastball high fastball ripped down RF line, off Lewis' glove, 2B runner at 2nd, two outs Stephen Smitherman RF RHB 1-0 curveball outside 2-0 fastball outside 2-1 called 3-1 curveball high 3-2 curveball inside corner called BB high runners at 1st & 2nd, 2outs Colt Morton, C RHB 8 unassisted - nice running catch by Chris Walker 0R, 0ER, 1H, 1K, 1BB, 19 pitches Paul Hutchison behind plate 2nd inning Brett Bonvechio 3B LHB 0-1 called 0-2 fastball called K swinging curveball one out Drew Macias CF LHB 0-1 inside corner called 1-1 outside 1-2 fastball called 2-2 outside 2-2 curveball fouled 1st base side 2-2 fouled fastball jammed him 3rd base side 2-2 fastball 92mph fouled back lined into RF single one out, runner at 1st Juan Ciriaco SS RHB 0-1 fastball called 0-2 swinging nasty slow curve FO-8 two outs, runner at 1st Michael Ekstrom P RHB 1-0 outside 1-1 called 1-2 swinging 2-2 fastball just outside K fastball called outside corner 0R, 0ER, 1H, 2K, 19 pitches Inning 3 Dustin Delucchi LF LHB 1-0 high 2-0 low 2-1 pop foul out of play 2-2 fouled 3-2 low FO-7 outstanding sliding catch by Aaron Weston one out Luis Cruz 2B RHB lined to left center, FO-7 two outs Vince Sinisi 1B LHB 1-0 outside 2-0 low 3-0 fastball BB two outs, runner at 1st Stephen Smitherman RF RHB 1-0 outside Fox to mound 1-1 fastball inside corner called 2-1 fastball just inside 3-1 low & away Gallagher asks for new baseball throw to 1B BB two outs, runners at 1st & 2nd Colt Morton, C RHB 0-1 called 1-1 outside 1-2 swinging fastball - 90-92mph tonight 2-2 curveball just outside K swinging fastball 0R, 0ER, 1K, 2BB, 21 pitches Through 3: 0R, 0ER, 4K, 3BB, 2H, 59 pitches Inning 4 Brett Bonvechio 3B LHB 0-1 taken fastball 0-2 taken 1-2 fastball high 2-2 curveball outside K swinging one out Drew Macias CF LHB 0-1 taken 1-1 fastball outside 1-2 taken outside corner K swinging curve, dropped, 2-3 two outs Juan Ciriaco SS RHB 1-0 1-1 fouled 2-1 in dirt 2-2 tapped foul behind home plate K fastball called 3 outs 0R, 0ER, 3K, 13 pitches (72) Inning 5 Michael Ekstrom P RHB 1-0 1-1 fastball called inside corner 1-2 swinging K swinging one out Dustin Delucchi LF LHB 1-0 inside 1-1 don't know 1-2 fouled into picnic area foul popout 5 unassisted, breaks string of 5 consecutive Ks two outs Luis Cruz 2B RHB 1-0 high 1-1 taken 2-1 low 2-2 fastball taken 4-3, three outs 0R, 0ER, 1K, 13 pitches (85) Inning 6 Vince Sinisi 1B LHB 0-2 don't know 1-2 curveball outside K called one out Stephen Smitherman RF RHB 0-1 fastball taken 0-2 fouled straight back 1-2 fastball up and in K called curveball Colt Morton, C RHB 1-0 fastball outside 2-0 low HR two outs 2-1 DJaxx 2nd HR given up by Gallagher in AA Brett Bonvechio 3B LHB 1-0 1-1 fouled back 2-1 fastball low FO-8 three outs 1R, 1ER, 1H, 2K, 15 pitches Through 6: 1R, 1ER, 3H, 10K, 3BB, 100 pitches** **Ron says they have him at 79 pitches, which doesn't match up, obviously ETA: Ooops, that should be 100 pitches