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Glavine is getting one hell of a strike zone tonight

Hopefully we get to see Woody at least.

Doesn't he have more homeruns this season than all the players on the big league club now? Granted he's doing it in AAA, but come on already. He deserves his chance. Shouldn't Pie play over Jones? Shouldn't Murton play over Floyd? Shouldn't Soto play over Kendall? Face it Lou is Dusty with less skin pigment. not even close It is a lot closer than you think, besides Izturis losing out to the Riot it is close. Oh and Marquis is getting close to Estes territory. fontenot, theriot and pie have all gotten a significant amount of time this year... dusty wouldn't have given any of them a shot unless he had no choice. Rich Hill would probably be in the bullpen by now. And Lou has not abused his starters the way that Dusty did. Pie got in because we had to do it. Plus Lous pulled a Dusty by pulling him out for a "vet" who gives us no better chance to win. Dusty would have kept Hill in the rotation for the same reason that Lou has. We have no one else. Ask yourself if Prior was healthy this year, who would Lou have taken out of the rotation? You don't think it would be the obvius answer Marquis, do you?

Yeah, aside from the fact that he hasn't. Damn it DeRosa, what the hell What was his July ERA again? 6? Yeah, he's awesome. Look at his game log. He hasn't been as bad as you make him out to be. As I said in another thread, he's the best 5th starter in baseball too. You're right, I was wrong. He's been bad for 9 weeks. His June ERA was over 5 and his July ERA was over 6. Yeah, great, he can mix in one good start amidst 3 godawful ones. We should be lucky we have him for 3 years. 3 of his last 6 starts have been quality. No 5th starter in baseball has a better ERA than Marquis. Keep the hyperbole coming. Come on, Mizzou. "5th starter" is nonsense. That's a cherry picked fact. He's a bad starter. No contending team should have a 5th starter who pitches with an ERA above 5 for 2 straight months. You know better that that. He had a very good April and a decent May. He's fallen off a cliff since. This isn't my argument but I have to step in because Marquis hasn't been that bad overall. Look no further than the Brewers rotation and you'll see guys who have been more inconsistent. Marquis', arguably, the Cubs least dependable starter yet he hasn't been so bad that the Cubs are blown out every time he pitches. This wouldn't be an issue if the Cubs had scored some runs tonight. Hell, I'm still not ready to concede this game (although, Eyre could make this a moot point). The Brewers have a great offense, we don't. If we try and crap our rotation down to theirs, someone will win this division by 5 games.

Doesn't he have more homeruns this season than all the players on the big league club now? Granted he's doing it in AAA, but come on already. He deserves his chance. Shouldn't Pie play over Jones? Shouldn't Murton play over Floyd? Shouldn't Soto play over Kendall? Face it Lou is Dusty with less skin pigment. not even close It is a lot closer than you think, besides Izturis losing out to the Riot it is close. Oh and Marquis is getting close to Estes territory. It's a little closer than I originally thought, but with the moves Lou made pulling guys from the minors and back, and actually allowing Theriot the opportunity to win the job from Izzy.......Lou's still well out of Dusty territory, IMO. But, we shouldn't be happy with that. It is kind of like saying, "compared to Hitler, Hussein hasn't really killed a lot of people." Lou is hurting this team with his love affair with old, crappy outfielders. Oh and the Soto thing is ridiculous, the guy is ready to get his shot. Thank you.. I tire of seeing all the "it's a crap shoot in the post season" posts. Even if that's true, I'd rather we had the best personnel possible, not the marginal, instead of counting on luck. It maybe a crapshoot, but you don't increase the odds against you by going against your best. It's almost like deciding that the playoffs aren't challenging enough, lets make it harder by using a lefty to face Mike Lowell instead of Lenny Harris. Our GM and managers have really helped with this 99 year drought.

Doesn't he have more homeruns this season than all the players on the big league club now? Granted he's doing it in AAA, but come on already. He deserves his chance. Shouldn't Pie play over Jones? Shouldn't Murton play over Floyd? Shouldn't Soto play over Kendall? Face it Lou is Dusty with less skin pigment. not even close It is a lot closer than you think, besides Izturis losing out to the Riot it is close. Oh and Marquis is getting close to Estes territory. It's a little closer than I originally thought, but with the moves Lou made pulling guys from the minors and back, and actually allowing Theriot the opportunity to win the job from Izzy.......Lou's still well out of Dusty territory, IMO. But, we shouldn't be happy with that. It is kind of like saying, "compared to Hitler, Hussein hasn't really killed a lot of people." Lou is hurting this team with his love affair with old, crappy outfielders. Oh and the Soto thing is ridiculous, the guy is ready to get his shot.

Doesn't he have more homeruns this season than all the players on the big league club now? Granted he's doing it in AAA, but come on already. He deserves his chance. Shouldn't Pie play over Jones? Shouldn't Murton play over Floyd? Shouldn't Soto play over Kendall? Face it Lou is Dusty with less skin pigment. not even close It is a lot closer than you think, besides Izturis losing out to the Riot it is close. Oh and Marquis is getting close to Estes territory.

Maybe because he's not fully ready for the Big Leagues. Give Kendall a break. I would like to see Kendall get a nice long break. Watching Soto play.

Doesn't he have more homeruns this season than all the players on the big league club now? Granted he's doing it in AAA, but come on already. He deserves his chance. Shouldn't Pie play over Jones? Shouldn't Murton play over Floyd? Shouldn't Soto play over Kendall? Face it Lou is Dusty with less skin pigment.

Marquis bats, apparently we are punting tonight.

derosa not playing a great of tonight.

Joe, Luis hit the bartman ball.

I take it you have never been running and had a cramp happen. I am impressed he didn't drop like a rock.

that's awesome lou. don't use murton.

I think it's a cramp.

you have to be kidding.

come on riot. keep it moving.

Come on Sori, lets see you jack one.

It's going to be about 5-0 after this half inning.

He and Soto are too good to play for us right now. Piniella wants to make this challenging.

and because he isn't cliff floyd.

yep, that is just how beltran would have done it.

Yep, if Z doesn't get hurt I would think he would have a shot. He is really young and has racked up a lot of wins.

They have to do it soon.

Yeah but you want them to have to beat your best. That is Myers. Nobody would've brought in their closer there. Gordon's good enough to get him, Fielder was better in that AB. They need to win games to catch the Mets. We beat the Mets today presenting them with the opportunity to do such a thing. Their closer is a starter, from this year. I don't think it was improbable to use your closer there. And if they brought Myers in and he tired in the 9th, we'd all be saying what a bad decision that was. The guy hit a homer, then Clark stole one from them. The Brewers did way more to win than the Phillies did to lose. That maybe, but I was always under the impression you wanted to lose with your best. Yeah stupid Charlie Manuel. Should've brought in Myers to face Braun in the 1st. come on that isn't what I am arguing at all. I am thinking a closer who used to start this year would be able to go 2 innings. Way to be an ass though.