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If he sent Soriano there and he was thrown out at home would you be saying that testing Freel's arm was the smart thing to do? I doubt that. You would likely be saying how horrible of an idea it was to make the first out of the inning at home plate with the Cubs down 1 and the heart of the order coming up. It was the right move to hold Soriano there. Most times, the Cubs 3-4-5 hitters are going to at least get that one run home in that situation. I disagree. For the last time, I was expecting him to be sent. If he's tagged out then it's a good throw. Tip your hat. There is also a chance that Theriot would have advanced to 2B on the throw with the same hitters coming up. I would have tested them. It certainly isn't out of character for Quade, which added to my surprise...

Cause we had no outs and 3,4,5 coming up. it was dumb. Soriano is fast enough to score The rule of thumb that 3rd base coaches uses is this: If the ball gets to the OFer (in this case the CFer) before the runner even gets to third you hold the runner up. In this case Soriano was a good 3 steps away from 3rd when the ball got to Freel. Holding Soriano up there was the good call. Yeah, I don't think you can fault Quade for not wanting to risk a baserunner on third with nobody out and the best hitters in the lineup at bat. none of those guys have gotten a hit today. give me a break. freel threw home and it was cut off because soriano was standing on 3rd. Give me a break, they should have forced the action when runs are scare. Force them to make a good throw. Quade sent Theriot is a similar situation in MIL (the CF had the ball and if it hadn't been for a great slide he was out). whatever...you're just mad b/c the cubs didn't score. you weren't saying crap about it until it looked like the cubs weren't going to score. making the first out at home with no outs and the heart of the order coming up in a 1-0 game is about as stupid as it gets. That's not true. I said it at the time. My post didn't come after the inning was over. As soon as Theriot hit the ball, I thought Soriano would tie the game. There's no guarantee he would have been out. There is also nothing wrong with forcing them to make perfect throws. if he would have been thrown out, you would have bitched to high heaven about it. you're just frustrated with this terrible team. I don't know what my reaction would have been, had he been thrown out, but I was definitely expecting him to be sent!

Cause we had no outs and 3,4,5 coming up. it was dumb. Soriano is fast enough to score The rule of thumb that 3rd base coaches uses is this: If the ball gets to the OFer (in this case the CFer) before the runner even gets to third you hold the runner up. In this case Soriano was a good 3 steps away from 3rd when the ball got to Freel. Holding Soriano up there was the good call. Yeah, I don't think you can fault Quade for not wanting to risk a baserunner on third with nobody out and the best hitters in the lineup at bat. none of those guys have gotten a hit today. give me a break. freel threw home and it was cut off because soriano was standing on 3rd. Give me a break, they should have forced the action when runs are scare. Force them to make a good throw. Quade sent Theriot is a similar situation in MIL (the CF had the ball and if it hadn't been for a great slide he was out). whatever...you're just mad b/c the cubs didn't score. you weren't saying crap about it until it looked like the cubs weren't going to score. making the first out at home with no outs and the heart of the order coming up in a 1-0 game is about as stupid as it gets. That's not true. I said it at the time. My post didn't come after the inning was over. As soon as Theriot hit the ball, I thought Soriano would tie the game. There's no guarantee he would have been out. There is also nothing wrong with forcing them to make perfect throws.

Cause we had no outs and 3,4,5 coming up. it was dumb. Soriano is fast enough to score The rule of thumb that 3rd base coaches uses is this: If the ball gets to the OFer (in this case the CFer) before the runner even gets to third you hold the runner up. In this case Soriano was a good 3 steps away from 3rd when the ball got to Freel. Holding Soriano up there was the good call. Yeah, I don't think you can fault Quade for not wanting to risk a baserunner on third with nobody out and the best hitters in the lineup at bat. none of those guys have gotten a hit today. give me a break. freel threw home and it was cut off because soriano was standing on 3rd. Give me a break, they should have forced the action when runs are scare. Force them to make a good throw. Quade sent Theriot is a similar situation in MIL (the CF had the ball and if it hadn't been for a great slide he was out). You have your 3-4-5 hitters due up with nobody out. Why risk making an out at the plate? Oh yeah, this is the Chicago Cubs, should have sent him. Primarily because those guys had no hits against him and it was the 6th inning. They only got 2 runs off of him the last time

Cause we had no outs and 3,4,5 coming up. it was dumb. Soriano is fast enough to score The rule of thumb that 3rd base coaches uses is this: If the ball gets to the OFer (in this case the CFer) before the runner even gets to third you hold the runner up. In this case Soriano was a good 3 steps away from 3rd when the ball got to Freel. Holding Soriano up there was the good call. Yeah, I don't think you can fault Quade for not wanting to risk a baserunner on third with nobody out and the best hitters in the lineup at bat. none of those guys have gotten a hit today. give me a break. freel threw home and it was cut off because soriano was standing on 3rd. Give me a break, they should have forced the action when runs are scare. Force them to make a good throw. Quade sent Theriot is a similar situation in MIL (the CF had the ball and if it hadn't been for a great slide he was out).

Cause we had no outs and 3,4,5 coming up. it was dumb. Soriano is fast enough to score The rule of thumb that 3rd base coaches uses is this: If the ball gets to the OFer (in this case the CFer) before the runner even gets to third you hold the runner up. In this case Soriano was a good 3 steps away from 3rd when the ball got to Freel. Holding Soriano up there was the good call. Yeah, I don't think you can fault Quade for not wanting to risk a baserunner on third with nobody out and the best hitters in the lineup at bat. none of those guys have gotten a hit today.

Cause we had no outs and 3,4,5 coming up. it was dumb. Soriano is fast enough to score He would have been out by 20 feet. The ball was hit too hard. No he would't have. The Reds were conceeding the run, Freel didn't even throw to the plate. The Reds announcers said the same thing; they were surprised he didn't score. dude, you're wrong. just move on. No I'm not. Even the Reds guys were surprised he didn't score. In a game where runs are at a premium he should have been sent.

Cause we had no outs and 3,4,5 coming up. it was dumb. Soriano is fast enough to score Freel had the ball by the time Soriano made it to third. If the throw home was close, Soriano is out by at least 10 feet. Freel was conceeding the run--trying to keep Theriot at 1B by throwing into 2B.

Cause we had no outs and 3,4,5 coming up. it was dumb. Soriano is fast enough to score He would have been out by 20 feet. The ball was hit too hard. No he would't have. The Reds were conceeding the run, Freel didn't even throw to the plate. The Reds announcers said the same thing; they were surprised he didn't score.

Cause we had no outs and 3,4,5 coming up. it was dumb. Soriano is fast enough to score

why didn't Quade send Soriano on Riot's single??

DLee K's OMG

:x :x :x :x too anxious

come on Jacque

I LOVE THE RIOT

Sori doubles!

101 pitches for Ted

Phillips K's swinging Wuertz warming in the bullpen

The truth is, if this were Summer, Jacque would have had a 2 run homer earlier and probably a double in his second AB. Both times up he's been right on the ball but out.

Hopefully, the top of the order can mount an attack next inning.

A walk by Sizemore with the bases loaded scored the winning run.

Ted's batting so he will pitch the 6th

91 pitches for Lilly. We'd be lucky to get 6 out of him.

9 k's for Ted?

yeah, he's looking for trouble