Sammy Sofa

For two whole innings, too.

Ironically, the Cubs' chances are now getting worse than we thought.

Fixed. There's nothing hot about Fontenot.

Carlos Marmol needs to pitch every inning not pitched by Zambrano. Oh, wait, we can't do that? *SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGH*

Ummm, what if he does? Is Ronny Cedeno going to continue to hit as well as he is right now? They are both hot, they both should play. What exactly has Theriot done to lose his job? I don't think that the Theriot/Cedeno "competition" is really a problem for the Cubs right now. Soriano batting at the top of the order is the problem. The Cubs had a good thing going with Johnson/Theriot at the top. What was the Cubs leadoff OBP after Soriano went down?

Your logic is unstoppable and intimidating.

Guh?

I'm not sure why anybody would think Cuban would stand in the way of a prospects for relievers trade. He seems to me the type of owner that would insist on filling that "need". I would hope that the powers that be would see the difference in trading one level of prospects for relievers and trading our few top prospects for relivers.

Could it be that perhaps people are making ridiculous judgements based on one month of data vs years and years of data? Especially when he did this exact same thing last year. Started fire-hot then cooled off to being neifi-esque. So if Lou is the genius everyone makes him out to be, he can rest Theriot more during the season and if he finally cools off completely, put in Cedeno as the regular SS. Ride the hot bat as long as possible. This never stops making absolutely no sense. As hot as Theriot's bat is, Cedeno's is hotter. Lou needs to stone up and sit DeRosa and start Cedeno at SS and Theriot at 2nd for the time being or keep DeRosa in and give Cedeno more starts in CF.

It's a privately owned message board.

If the Cubs actually target a reliever in a trade using players like Pie, Cuban buying this team couldn't possibly come any faster.

Smoltz started pitching in relief in 2001. Bobby Cox did the smart thing by letting him prove himself in middle relief and then close. For the first two months: 17-Games, 18.1-Innings, 1 Earned Run, 3-Saves, 0-Blown Saves and 5-Holds Sham Closer 13-Games, 14-Innings, 5.15 ERA, 4-Saves, 3-Blown Saves and 0-Holds Wood also pitched middle relief before becoming a closer.

Yes, one of the most valuable players the Cubs had last year played "horribly" for most of it. Delusional.

It's his first game back from the DL. And are you really talking like the Cubs lost because of Soriano?

It's amazing that you seem to be implying that 2 appearances negate or equal an entire month's worth of pitching.

I honestly cant remember my last Cubs game that I wasn't hammered. I rarely get drunk when I go to the games these days, and actually don't drink at all for a lot of them.

I was at the game, and it was going so fast I got the drunkest I've been at a Cubs game for years. I didn't plan to...I just kept remembering the 7th inning cutoff and ended up racing and forgetting I had only had a bowl of cereal to eat/drink for the whole day. Now I'm in my 3 hour evening computer class until 9 PM...I managed to get food and water after the game, but this is agony. AH-GO-KNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

For a "speedy guy," Theriot seems slow as hell.

Wow, now it's not supposed to rain until tonight...score! I'm off to the game...

I'd be doing the Fred Sanford chest clutch if I saw a Cubs prospect do that. Fixed.

Also at the risk of the same trap, I hope Cedeno keeps on making a Greene trade look less and less necessary.

Meph is banned. You've been talking to me. Of course, given your demonstrated attention span thus far, this comes as no surprise. In no way can a healthy Soriano not be considered a solid leadoff hitter. No, he doesn't fullfill the ideals of a certain type of leadoff hitter, but his obvious skills more than make up for it. The only way you can say he's not "solid" is if over a season he doesn't produce as a run maker. You can't say that now and be serious. You should...we have much better hitters on this team besides Reed Johnson. There's a good chance his split numbers will show up again and he'll be mediocre or worse against righties. And check the leadoff OBP for the Cubs since Soriano went down. Yeah, it's nuts "catering" to a guy that's shown he can hit 30+ HR's and 70-90 RBI's out of that slot. How stupid of Lou to tolerate such a performance. Ridiculous argument. Nobody thought it was terriby likely he was going to have another 40+ HR year. What has been expected, and wisely so, is that he'll still have 30+ HR seasons. Talking like he's suddenly useless because he probably won't hit 40 HR's or more is laughable. I didn't say aything about his stealing in this thread, but I will now...I don't give a damn if he never steals another base. I don't care if I never say ANY Cub ever steal another base. It's a largely outdated aspect of the game that in no way is required or necessary of anyone in the lineup. So your solution to deal with Soriano is to structure the lineup so that the two biggers threats in the lineup see less AB's. Brilliant. OBP ISN'T EVERYTHING. Good Lord...it's an incredibly valuable stat, but stop acting like anyone who has less than a .350 OBP is automatically a detriment to the team. The only reality-based thing you've ever posted here. Congratulations.

Wood pitched on Sunday. Marmol hadn't pitched since Friday. Thanks. That makes much more sense and makes me much less worried.

I like giving Wuertz some stretch work, but when was the last time Wood pitched? Unless I missed him, hasn't it been as long as Marmol (before he pitched tonight)?

Of course, I have tickets for tomorrow. It better not rain, and they better not have used up all of their dominance today. Insanity.