Ding Dong Johnson

5/3 @ 8pm

hell, he did more in that 1 game than he did in 1+ seasons with the Cubs

You have a thing against wife beaters? I usually wear them with my cutoffs, tube socks, and boots -- but I don't like 'em in my baseball games

I've never liked Lugo, and I'm not starting now

It's not like his replacements have done much better. The replacements for Soriano in the lineup by day (including Fontenot replacing Soriano in the first inning when he got hurt): Fontenot/Fontenot/Fontenot/Patterson/Cedeno/Cedeno? (could be either Cedeno or Murton)/Fontenot/Johnson Those are the players who either played LF directly, or played 2B because DeRosa moved to LF to cover for Soriano. And their performances: Fontenot (leadoff) 1 for 5, 1 2B, 2 K Fontenot (leadoff) 1 for 5, 2 K Fontenot (leadoff) 0 for 5 Patterson (leadoff) 0 for 4, 2 K Cedeno (8th) 2 for 4, 1 BB, 1 K Cedeno (8th) 2 for 5, 1 2B, 1 K (if you believe Murton replaced him then it was 1 for 6) Fontenot (2nd) 0 for 3, 1 BB, 1 K Johnson (leadoff) 1 for 4, 1 BB, 1 K Total numbers with Cedeno's 2nd day: 7 for 35, 2 2B, 3 BB, 10 K, a .200/.263/.257 line Total numbers with Murton's day added: 6 for 36, 1 2B, 3 BB, 9 K, a .167/.231/.194 line Soriano's numbers for the season: .175/.230/.298 Soriano was about the same as the people that replaced him, and 5 of the 8 days so far his replacement has batted leadoff, and another day his replacement batted 2nd. There is no evidence to support that Soriano getting hurt has led to the hot streak of the offense. Oh, by the way. Soriano was striking out every 5.18 at-bats so far this season. His replacements are striking out every 3.5 at-bats. The Cubs strikeouts so far have actually gotten worse because Soriano has not been in the lineup. stop letting facts get in the way of his arguments

I have a serious man crush on DeRosa

I understand the concept of rallying behind your team's players and all, but I just really don't like Mike Fontenot much at all

Nelson fears the Fukudome

Let's hope that tootie the wind God saves him. Not Tootie the Wind God, but he was saved by an Angel. Thank you, I'll be here all week. that was so bad that I couldn't let it slide. you really should be ashamed of yourself

I like big innings when they become bigger innings

is there anything Lilly can't do (besides pitch well)?

close enough

Ronny's gonna hit a 12-run homer

DeRo's gonna hit a 7-run homer

2 down, boys and girls

I don't care what any of you bastards say, I like Felix

I love it when bases loaded + 0 outs = no runs

Who's Jared Allen? DE

don't they have any crappy players they can put in for Reyes and Wright? or did they use them all up with the other positions?

Ronny is right on when he says "I think we'll be OK if we keep playing like that". problem is, it's not likely to continue being that good

and hopefully he pitches in Cedar Rapids

the nice thing is most of that list has the potential to finish in the upper 300's as well with Fukudome and Lee likely to be the only ones to stay at or above 400

Theriot's exactly the kind of player that could get him here too

and $25M/yr is a lot of coin

I was thinking about going until I saw this