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This isn't entirely true. Lou has given Cedeno a second chance and he's allowing Eyre and Jones the opportunity to play; one could argue that he was forced to do so by the contracts of the last two but that didn't stop him from burying JJ (and Cesar) for long stretches a few months ago. On the subject of Pie, this team can't afford to allow him to hit .200. There are 52 games left in this season and Lou isn't a AAA manager. Overall, Lou has done a fine job this season and while I like Murton, I'm not going to lobby for him over any other player. I don't care who plays just as long as they are productive. It's not like Murton was hitting the cover off the ball at any point this season for the Cubs (and his defense was a problem--and it had very little to do with playing RF for the first time because he failed to make routine plays on balls that should have been in the glove). Hell, we're talking about the same manager who thought Theriot wasn't a ML SS earlier in the year. Yet, he allowed Theriot to play enough to win the job fulltime. When? The only players under Lou who have been given 2nd chances are proven veterans like Jones and Eyre. What? Do you really think Cedeno would have been recalled if Lou didn't want him on the 25 man roster? He would have told Hendry "no way." I think being recalled after a failed attempt to stay here earlier in the year qualifies as a second chance. The Cubs could have kept Izturis to fill the bench role. Instead, they moved him and made room for their own guys. I think you are confusing Lou with Dusty. Lou is going to play whomever will hit the ball without regard for tenure.

per The Score.

This isn't entirely true. Lou has given Cedeno a second chance and he's allowing Eyre and Jones the opportunity to play; one could argue that he was forced to do so by the contracts of the last two but that didn't stop him from burying JJ (and Cesar) for long stretches a few months ago. On the subject of Pie, this team can't afford to allow him to hit .200. There are 52 games left in this season and Lou isn't a AAA manager. Overall, Lou has done a fine job this season and while I like Murton, I'm not going to lobby for him over any other player. I don't care who plays just as long as they are productive. It's not like Murton was hitting the cover off the ball at any point this season for the Cubs (and his defense was a problem--and it had very little to do with playing RF for the first time because he failed to make routine plays on balls that should have been in the glove). Hell, we're talking about the same manager who thought Theriot wasn't a ML SS earlier in the year. Yet, he allowed Theriot to play enough to win the job fulltime.

What's he suppose to do? At this point the Cubs have to look within the organization to get a hitter for tonight's game. Even though I'm sure Lou was consulted, JH makes the final roster decisions.

Pie has 2 options (including this year). Pie (and any other prospect) can be shuttled from the Minors to the Cubs all season. Only one option can be burned per season. TCR

Barring an injury to Pie, I think this is stupid in any event.... Pie hasn't been recalled. Plus, we can all agree that Felix still needs to ork on his swing because once the scouting report onhim got around the League he stopped hitting. Who knows, EPatt's bat may force Lou to keep him in the lineup. If not, he should sit or be demoted. We have 52 games to go, this isn't the time to stick with anyone, for a prolonged time, who isn't contributing to the offense (save DLee or Aramis who have both earned the right to work through slumps).

It's not peculiar if the Cubs have no intentions of trading him.

I was thinking the same thing. Plus, I was surprised to see that EPatt had played some CF in Iowa. I thought that was Felix's domain. Maybe it was only on his days off... Anyway, I think it's smart that they moved EPatt to the OF because there's a logjam at 2B and he isn't the best defensive second baseman anyway.

Thanks! Maybe he will leadoff? If he doesn't leadoff, what's the point? Well, they could have Riot leadoff and EPatt hit second because he has more power than Ryan (but better plate discipline than Sori). However, I wouldn't be surprised to see him leadoff.

Maybe not. That article says he's been playing the OF. They could stick him in LF or CF.

Thanks! Maybe he will leadoff?

Per ESPN AM 1000

Including last night's game, the Cubs have 7 straight night games. I doubt Aramis gets tonight off because he should have ample recovery time from last night... Anyway, Rich will get his crap together, if not for this one game, and pitch at least 6 innings.

Pretty hard to forget about this game when you lose Soriano for perhaps a month. Sori will be missed but it's not like he was constantly on base or driving in a lot of runs. The Cubs might actually be better off in the short run with someone else leading off. It makes our already light-power hitting OF even worse. I fail to see how this is going to benefit us. The Cubs had the best record in the NL in July (17-9) and they hit the fewest homeruns of any team. They can win without the long ball but if you prefer to believe that the season's over go right ahead... The Brewers score 46+% of their runs via the homerun yet they have the same number of losses as the Cubs.

Pretty hard to forget about this game when you lose Soriano for perhaps a month. Sori will be missed but it's not like he was constantly on base or driving in a lot of runs. The Cubs might actually be better off in the short run with someone else leading off. Yes they may but, it is the Cubs, and something good coming of Soriano' injury? There's about as much a chance of that happen as there is Jason Kendall throwing out a base runner. The hyperbole is out of control. If they were that bad they'd be under .500 and double digits behind the Brewers. Again, the Cubs survived without DLee and Ram and they will win games without Soriano too.

Pretty hard to forget about this game when you lose Soriano for perhaps a month. Sori will be missed but it's not like he was constantly on base or driving in a lot of runs. The Cubs might actually be better off in the short run with someone else leading off.

So put him on the DL and move on.

Forget this game. The good news is the Brewers choked away a victory today... Now, the let's get the Astros. [silver lining]Oh yeah, the Brewers are 11 games under .500 on the road.[/silver lining]

I'm not happy with the loss but they didn't lose any ground in the division.

He's day to day. Like I said before, the Cubs survived without DLee and Aramis for stretches this year and I think they are both more important to the offense than Sori. This wouldn't be as big of a deal if the pitchers hadn't surrendered 7 runs tonight. Hell, the Cubs have barely been giving up 4 runs/game, on average, as a staff. Bad night. Yeah, but it's still one game. For every 7-run night, there's a 1-run night; we've had those too. That's the power of averages. The Cubs have one of the best pitching staffs in the NL; Coming into this game, the Cubs were tied for 2nd best in the NL with a 3.87 team ERA (also best in the NLC). By contrast, the Brewers staff ERA is 4.23. It's just a bad night by Cubs pitchers. It's not like they often allow 7 ERs. Since the last game of the St. Louis series, both the starters and bullpen have been pretty bad. Including the 7 runs tonight, the Cubs have surrendered an average of 4.1 RA since that game (and have averaged 4.8 runs scored). So RA are slightly inflated.

She's hot, why are you complaining? She's not all that

He's day to day. Like I said before, the Cubs survived without DLee and Aramis for stretches this year and I think they are both more important to the offense than Sori. This wouldn't be as big of a deal if the pitchers hadn't surrendered 7 runs tonight. Hell, the Cubs have barely been giving up 4 runs/game, on average, as a staff. Bad night. Yeah, but it's still one game. For every 7-run night, there's a 1-run night; we've had those too. That's the power of averages. The Cubs have one of the best pitching staffs in the NL; Coming into this game, the Cubs were tied for 2nd best in the NL with a 3.87 team ERA (also best in the NLC). By contrast, the Brewers staff ERA is 4.23. It's just a bad night by Cubs pitchers. It's not like they often allow 7 ERs.

This is why part of me hopes they go completely in the crapper and finish 10+ in back of Milwaukee, so Hendry getting fired becomes more of a possibility. This is ridiculous. I'm sure there are may reasons why a trade for a hitter didn't happen. It's not like Hendry hasn't done those trades in the past.

He's day to day. Like I said before, the Cubs survived without DLee and Aramis for stretches this year and I think they are both more important to the offense than Sori. This wouldn't be as big of a deal if the pitchers hadn't surrendered 7 runs tonight. Hell, the Cubs have barely been giving up 4 runs/game, on average, as a staff. Bad night.