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And you, similarly, are not fair to our Cubs players. Think so? This is 2 games Howry has coughed up. No matter the ump, Adam Everett shouldn't hit home runs on you.

Bobby Howry sucks at baseball.

I don't like Bob Howry.

Automatic ball?

So is Howry going to appear in every game this year?

Our offense is awesome.

Wuertz for Nobel Peace Prize.

FINISH HIM

This smacks of Lowell vs Guthrie type stupid.

FINISH HIM

Craig Biggio loks like the cryptkeeper.

Woody Williams singles on strike 4.

Rozner was on the WGN radio pregame today. They were broadcasting from one of the bars. Did he spend the whole time talking about Mark Grace and Greg Maddux, whilst making the obligatory Ramirez doesn't hustle/Zambrano's temper is bad observations?

Somewhere, Barry Rozner is trying to get Greg Maddux on the phone, and missed Aramis hustling.

The run won't count if he didn't hustle.

Williams has thrown 6 strikes so far to Izturis.

At least we have 5 more innings to be annoyed through.

This zone is comedy. How Lou hasn't been out yet is beyond me. It's the definition of inconsistent.

So the ump calls a strike on a pitch that was just called a ball...one pitch earlier.

Everett walks on strike 5.

And my gameday is stuck on Jones' AB. Stupid gameday at my stupid job.

That is where we differ. I'm not saying he won't, but I'm saying I want to see more from him before we risk his development. I don't think that it would be bad if he got more then "two innings a week" from the pen. I agree he should work more, but I don't think it should be in the rotation yet. And you don't seem to realize that in our bullpen, he's not going to work more than a couple innings a week. Meanwhile, we have a reclamation project throwing grapefruits down the heart of the plate. Guzman can't do worse, and can potentially do much better. He should be starting somewhere.

The only thing ridiculous about this is that you seem to think working irregular innings once a week or so out of the pen is going to somehow help Angel Guzman's development. He should be starting. If he's not starting here, he should be starting at AAA when it becomes apparent to everyone that Miller or Marquis shouldn't be starting. So you find no value in letting him adjust to major league pitching and seeing what he can do against them in the regular season before throwing him into the starting rotation? Or is it just that you want Miller out of here? If we are as much of a good ballclub that we can afford to send Miller packing on a whim, then we should also be a good enough ballclub to adjust for him being gone. When Guzman struggles, you send him down to AAA, then you have to call someone else up because Miller is gone (he's already hinted strongly and Hendry has almost said that he won't go into the pen). Then when they struggle you send them down and bring up someone else.... cont. cont. cont. Let the kid pitch for a little bit and adjust. He's much more likely to stick. Guzman might be very good, but he can also use some more MLB experience without the pressure yet. I find no value in wasting his ability in the bullpen for 2 inning a week, whilst Miller struggles to keep us in ballgames. You also keep throwing out that scenario of Guzman struggling and the subsequent revolving door, yet it's just as likely he'll be an acceptable starting pitcher. Finally, I don't care about what Wade Miller wants. Jim Hendry shouldn't, either. We have nothing invested in him worth caring about. If he's going to throw low velocity with no movement, he should be released. Again, that's the whole point of building depth.

Strike 3 to Biggio was below his knees on Gameday.

The only thing ridiculous about this is that you seem to think working irregular innings once a week or so out of the pen is going to somehow help Angel Guzman's development. He should be starting. If he's not starting here, he should be starting at AAA so that when it becomes apparent to everyone that Miller or Marquis shouldn't be starting, he's stretched out and ready to go.