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What does Milwaukee need? I'd love to trade for Geoff Jenkins, although I doubt Milwaukee would trade to a division rival.

The Cubs haven't lost a game Dempster has come in to close. Even if we had a closer with a WHIP below 1, the odds of pitching a perfect inning are against him. If you look at it in a very simplistic way, if a guy with a .90 WHIP pitched 10 innings, he'd allow a single baserunner in 9 of those innings. Of course this doesn't account for times when the pitcher would allow more than 1 baserunner an inning, errors, or other factors. That's as simple as I could lay it out, and don't expect this post to stand up under heavy duty statistical scrutiny.

Let's DFA him. He's garbage. Stupid Prior. He's the only pitcher whose curve ball doesn't really break in the high altitude. :roll: :roll: This year, I don't think his curveball would break if he was pitching in the center of the earth.

49 pitches through TWO? You suck, Prior. Looks like we're going to have to use that 12 man pen this entire series.

Wow, Mark. You're absolutely terrible this year.

Yawn.

Those numbers sound a lot like the numbers people were pencilling in for Bobby Hill before 2003. I like Ronnie, but it wouldn't be pessimistic to expect anything more than .260/.300/.380.

No kidding. But that's obviously no guarantee that they'll perform exactly the same this year if they make it that far.

Please, give it up. Chris Carpenter isn't going to all of a sudden forget how to pitch in the playoffs. Just because Pujols and Edmonds didn't play well in the WS last year doesn't mean history will repeat itself. Remember when everyone said Barry Bonds was a playoff choker? He hit almost .500 in the World Series. There is no "proof" the Cardinals will choke in the playoffs.

Pittsburgh Pirates 13, Chicago Cubs 12 Day Game Played on Sunday, April 21, 1991 (D) at Three Rivers Stadium CHI N 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 5 - 12 13 0 PIT N 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 1 0 6 - 13 13 1 BATTING Chicago Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Walton cf 5 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 Sandberg 2b 6 2 3 1 0 0 2 1 Grace 1b 2 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 Salazar ph,1b 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 Bell lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 Dascenzo pr,lf 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 Dawson rf 6 1 3 5 0 0 3 0 Dwight Smith rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dunston ss 4 1 0 0 2 1 1 3 Scott 3b 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 McElroy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Slocumb p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bielecki p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pappas c 4 0 1 1 1 0 14 0 Harkey p 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 Assenmacher p 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 Dave Smith p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vizcaino 3b 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Totals 44 12 13 10 5 6 31 11 BATTING - 2B: Sandberg (3,off Tomlin); Bell (3,off Huismann). HR: Dawson (3,11th inning off Patterson 3 on, 2 out). SF: Grace (1,off Tomlin). HBP: Grace (2,by Heaton). IBB: Dunston (1,by Huismann). Team LOB: 6. BASERUNNING - SB: Dunston (4,2nd base off Tomlin/LaValliere). CS: Dawson (1,2nd base by Tomlin/LaValliere). Pittsburgh Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Merced 1b 4 2 2 2 2 1 9 2 Bell ss 6 1 1 2 0 2 3 5 Van Slyke cf 5 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 Bonilla rf 4 3 2 2 2 1 2 0 Bonds lf 6 2 2 1 0 4 7 0 King 3b 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 Patterson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Redus ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 LaValliere c 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 Slaught ph,c 3 0 1 2 0 1 5 0 Lind 2b 3 2 1 1 1 0 2 2 Tomlin p 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 Heaton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Huismann p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 McClendon ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Landrum p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Varsho ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Kipper p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wilkerson 3b 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 Totals 41 13 13 13 8 14 33 13 FIELDING - DP: 1. E: Bell (2). BATTING - 2B: LaValliere (1,off Harkey); Varsho (3,off Dave Smith); Bonilla (3,off McElroy); Bell (3,off Bielecki); Slaught (3,off Bielecki). 3B: Merced (1,off Assenmacher). HR: Bonilla (2,8th inning off Assenmacher 1 on, 2 out). SH: Slaught (1,off Dave Smith). SF: Lind (1,off Harkey); Van Slyke (4,off Bielecki). IBB: Merced (1,by Dave Smith); King (2,by McElroy). Team LOB: 8. BASERUNNING - CS: Merced (1,2nd base by Assenmacher/Pappas). PITCHING Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR Harkey 5.1 2 2 2 2 7 0 Assenmacher 2.2 3 4 4 1 5 1 Dave Smith 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 McElroy 0.2 1 0 0 1 2 0 Slocumb 0.1 2 3 3 1 0 0 Bielecki L(2-1) 0.1 3 3 3 2 0 0 Totals 10.1 13 13 13 8 14 1 Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR Tomlin 6 7 3 3 1 2 0 Heaton 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 Huismann 1 2 3 1 1 2 0 Landrum 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Kipper 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 Patterson W(1-0) 1 3 3 3 0 0 1 Totals 11 13 12 10 5 6 1 WP: Assenmacher (1), Slocumb (1). HBP: Heaton (1,Grace). IBB: Dave Smith (3,Merced); McElroy (1,King); Huismann (1,Dunston). Umpires: Mike Winters, Paul Runge, Charlie Reliford, Jerry Layne Time of Game: 4:10 Attendance: 10860 Starting Lineups: Chicago Cubs Pittsburgh Pirates 1. Walton cf Merced 1b 2. Sandberg 2b Bell ss 3. Grace 1b Van Slyke cf 4. Bell lf Bonilla rf 5. Dawson rf Bonds lf 6. Dunston ss King 3b 7. Scott 3b LaValliere c 8. Pappas c Lind 2b 9. Harkey p Tomlin p CUBS 1ST: Walton grounded out (shortstop to first); Sandberg singled to shortstop; Grace flied to left; Bell forced Sandberg (shortstop to second) [Bell to first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 0. PIRATES 1ST: Merced grounded out (pitcher to second to first); Bell grounded out (third to first); Van Slyke struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 0. CUBS 2ND: Dawson popped to center; Dunston grounded out (shortstop to first); Scott grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 0. PIRATES 2ND: Bonilla popped to second; Bonds was called out on strikes; King was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 0. CUBS 3RD: Pappas flied to left; Harkey singled to right; Walton grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Harkey out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 0. PIRATES 3RD: LaValliere grounded out (shortstop to first); Lind grounded out (shortstop to first); Tomlin struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 0. CUBS 4TH: Sandberg flied to left; Grace flied to left; Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 0. PIRATES 4TH: Merced was called out on strikes; Bell flied to left; Van Slyke flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 0. CUBS 5TH: Dawson singled; Dawson was caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Dunston walked; Scott popped to right; Dunston stole second; Pappas flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 0. PIRATES 5TH: Bonilla walked; Bonds singled to right [Bonilla to second]; King flied to right [Bonilla to third]; LaValliere doubled to left [Bonilla scored, Bonds to third]; Lind out on a sacrifice fly to right [Bonds scored (RBI), LaValliere to third]; Tomlin was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 2. CUBS 6TH: Harkey singled to left; Walton singled to shortstop [Harkey to second]; Sandberg doubled [Harkey scored, Walton to third]; Grace out on a sacrifice fly to right [Walton scored (RBI), Sandberg to third]; Bell struck out; Dawson singled to left [Sandberg scored]; Dunston struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 3, Pirates 2. PIRATES 6TH: Merced walked; Bell struck out; ASSENMACHER REPLACED HARKEY (PITCHING); Merced was caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Van Slyke popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 3, Pirates 2. CUBS 7TH: HEATON REPLACED TOMLIN (PITCHING); Scott popped to first; Pappas flied to left; Assenmacher singled; Walton walked [Assenmacher to second]; Sandberg forced Walton (third to second) [Sandberg to first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 3, Pirates 2. PIRATES 7TH: Bonilla struck out but advanced to first on a wild pitch; Bonds struck out; King popped to catcher; SLAUGHT BATTED FOR LAVALLIERE; Slaught struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 3, Pirates 2. CUBS 8TH: SLAUGHT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Grace was hit by a pitch; HUISMANN REPLACED HEATON (PITCHING); Bell doubled [Grace scored]; DASCENZO RAN FOR BELL; Dawson popped to shortstop; Dunston was walked intentionally; Scott reached on an error by Bell [Dascenzo scored, Dunston scored (unearned) (no RBI), Scott to third]; Pappas singled to left [Scott scored (unearned)]; Assenmacher was called out on strikes; Walton was called out on strikes; 4 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 7, Pirates 2. PIRATES 8TH: DASCENZO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Lind singled to second; MCCLENDON BATTED FOR HUISMANN; McClendon walked [Lind to second]; Merced tripled [Lind scored, McClendon scored]; Bell struck out; Van Slyke grounded out (pitcher to first); Bonilla homered [Merced scored]; Bonds was called out on strikes; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 7, Pirates 6. CUBS 9TH: LANDRUM REPLACED MCCLENDON (PITCHING); Sandberg grounded out (second to first); SALAZAR BATTED FOR GRACE; Salazar struck out; Dascenzo grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 7, Pirates 6. PIRATES 9TH: DAVE SMITH REPLACED ASSENMACHER (PITCHING); SALAZAR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); King singled to left; Slaught out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [King to second]; Lind flied to left; VARSHO BATTED FOR LANDRUM; Varsho doubled to right [King scored]; Merced was walked intentionally; Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 7, Pirates 7. CUBS 10TH: KIPPER REPLACED VARSHO (PITCHING); Dawson popped to left; Dunston grounded out (first unassisted); Scott struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 7, Pirates 7. PIRATES 10TH: MCELROY REPLACED SCOTT (PITCHING); VIZCAINO REPLACED DAVE SMITH (PLAYING 3B); Van Slyke was called out on strikes; Bonilla doubled; Bonds was called out on strikes; King was walked intentionally; SLOCUMB REPLACED MCELROY (PITCHING); Slocumb threw a wild pitch [Bonilla to third, King to second]; Slaught grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 7, Pirates 7. CUBS 11TH: Pappas walked; Vizcaino walked [Pappas to second]; PATTERSON REPLACED KING (PITCHING); WILKERSON REPLACED KIPPER (PLAYING 3B); Walton forced Pappas (first to third) [Vizcaino to second, Walton to first]; Sandberg singled to left [Vizcaino to third, Walton to second]; Salazar forced Vizcaino (third to catcher) [Walton to third, Sandberg to second, Salazar to first]; Dascenzo singled [Walton scored, Sandberg to third, Salazar to second]; Dawson homered [Sandberg scored, Salazar scored, Dascenzo scored]; Dunston flied to center; 5 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 12, Pirates 7. PIRATES 11TH: DWIGHT SMITH REPLACED DAWSON (PLAYING RF); Lind walked; Wilkerson singled to right [Lind to second]; Merced singled to left [Lind to third, Wilkerson to second]; BIELECKI REPLACED SLOCUMB (PITCHING); Bell doubled to third [Lind scored, Wilkerson scored, Merced to third]; Van Slyke out on a sacrifice fly to center [Merced scored (RBI), Bell to third]; Bonilla walked; Bonds singled [Bell scored, Bonilla to third]; REDUS BATTED FOR PATTERSON; Redus walked [Bonds to second]; Slaught doubled to center [Bonilla scored, Bonds scored, Redus to third]; 6 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 12, Pirates 13. Final Totals R H E LOB Cubs 12 13 0 6 Pirates 13 13 1 8 This was the game. I mean, geez. Dawson hit go-ahead grand slams in two games that series and we still lost both. Now that I'm older, I'd probably smash everything in my room if that happened today.

The Cubs are responsible for one of those other times, I believe. I think it was 1991, Andre Dawson hit a grand slam in the 10th inning at Pittsburgh and our crappy relief pitching came in the bottom half of the 10th and gave up 5 runs and lost. They showed the game on ESPN a while ago. Can anyone verify this?

This is THE WORST OFFENSE IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASBALL!!! You guys SUCK.

AHH CRAP WHY CAN'T ANY OF THESE LOUSY PITCHERS DO ANYTHING RIGHT??

bump. please observe the game instead of using the boxscore to assess how Glendon Rusch has pitched. Yeah, 10 hits and 5 runs in 3+ innings certainly isn't Glendon's fault. I want results! what part about "please observe the game instead of using the boxscore to assess how Glendon Rusch has pitched" did you not understand? He pitched poorly. Poor control, then left a hanger up to some bum. I don't know how many people will believe that 5 runs in 3 2/3 innings is anything but a horrible pitching performance.

Dude, don't disrespect Horatio Sanz........ even he could have gotten a bloop single off of Rusch tonight. But Horatio sucks at comedy like Humberto sucks at baseball.

Thanks for the intelligent imput. I love the in depth analysis you provided. Dude, the game thread isn't for intelligent "imput." It's for knee-jerk reactions and venting, like you'd hear at a game.

YOU SUCK RUSCH YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANYONE OUT EXCEPT HORATION SANZ AND WENDY RODRIGUEZ.

bump. please observe the game instead of using the boxscore to assess how Glendon Rusch has pitched. Yeah, 10 hits and 5 runs in 3+ innings certainly isn't Glendon's fault. I want results!

That pathetic offense is winning the Wild Card, aren't they? Give Houston props. Their pitching is amazing, however, their offense is not deserving of any "proper respect."

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BURNITZ

You're pathetic Glendon. Five runs to the worst offense in baseball is absolutely horrific.

Please tell me Rusch isn't under contract after this year.

Kids crying in the LLWS.. it's a yearly tradition.

Wow, Rusch can't get anyone out except the 7-8-9 hitters. Get the bullpen up.

I hate Burnitz so much. I still can't believe he only has 56 RBI. Corey Patterson put up those type of numbers last year.