Little Slide Rooter

Soto may need some extended time off.

SO we have Soto, Fontenot, probably DeRosa and Theriot, so theres that, and the fact that the Pirates dont really have a closer to speak of.

Brewers are facing the Braves, so chalk them up a win, The Cards are playing The Phillies with Hamels on the mound, so they could take a L

Since the Cubs took the day off, hopefully they'll be well rested and ready to go tommorow.

GIDP?

Everyone got their caps in tipping position?

Wow, after one of the best weeks of Cubs baseball in recent memory, it sure looks like were about to get shut out by the Pirates. Of well, hopefully the offense will come to play tommorow.

this is probably the closest thing to enjoyment the Brewer fans have had all week.

I was hating on his aprroach that inning, not him. I dont hate on him, its just that coming through in the clutch isnt really his thing.

What did the former rookie of the year candidate do?

Its been a while since that ended well.

Marquis just makes me angry in general.

If we were against Snell or Maholm, Id say we can easliy scratch out 3-4 runs if Marquis can hold them down, but when were facing a no name pitcher in his first start, at least in the NL, the Cubs are often baffled.

I still get the feeling we win, but if we cant, Id rather Marquis be shelled for like 8 runs in 5 innings than lose 3-1 so Lou finally decides he has no buisness in the rotation for a teams hoping to win the World Series.

Looks like Mid Season Jason Marquis has wasted no time doing what Mid Season Jason Marquis does.

They rarely do. i have one person on my "foes" list....i'll give you one guess as to who it is. Tim? if only... This is what prompted Wekse to use his first ever Foe option. It may have been kind of dumb, but I dont think it deserved a foeing. Oh well And I am kind of impressed that I was able to hunt down said post.

I don't think there's room to add Dubois to the 40-man if we add Koyie Hill to be the third catcher. The Creature hasnt played in a little while. Is he hurt?

They rarely do. Theres 0 realism in thinking that we can pound the tar out of a team that we already pounded the tar out of when they had a solid heart of the lineup now that they dont. what was I thinking. Were screwed. Ryan Doumits going to eat us alive. And zgod help us if we get to the bottom of the 9th down a few runs, as is a save machine. Theres all the basis in reality in the world. While that was a smart trade for the Pirates future, as of now, their lineup isnt much better than the Iowa Cubs, and no, thats not exaduration. While it's nice to take an optimistic approach on the series coming up, one should consider being somewhat guarded that the most hopeful outcome doesn't always happen. Plain and simple. There isn't one pitcher that's ever pitched a significant amount of games at the major league level that's beaten every single below .500 team every time they've pitched. Just as easily as the Cubs could sweep the Pirates, the Pirates could catch a little lightning in a bottle and sweep the Cubs. They've been swept by teams as bad or worse than the currently constructed Pirates. You're setting yourself up for a letdown if you go into the series expecting the Cubs to blow out the Pirates all three games. Guarded optimism where you hope and cheer for a 3 game slap down is much better than expecting it. Oooh, I dont know about that. This newly remastered Pirates team is pretty bad. Maybe the 2006 team may have gotten sweept by such a team, but I dont think that the Cubs in their current incarnation could ever be swept by such a team. The Pirates best bet for a win this series would be today if Marquis gos to his classic mid-late season form and the Cubs do what they have in the past and been baffled by a no name pitcher, unless Ian Snell choses tommorow as the day he becomes the ace he was predicted to become.

They rarely do. Theres 0 realism in thinking that we can pound the tar out of a team that we already pounded the tar out of when they had a solid heart of the lineup now that they dont. what was I thinking. Were screwed. Ryan Doumits going to eat us alive. And zgod help us if we get to the bottom of the 9th down a few runs, as is a save machine. Theres all the basis in reality in the world. While that was a smart trade for the Pirates future, as of now, their lineup isnt much better than the Iowa Cubs, and no, thats not exaduration.

They rarely do. Are you just so above everyone else on this board that you couldn't take a moment to lighten up just once? The Cubs just swept four from the Brewers on the road, and all you've got are insults to hurl? It was simply a scientific observation. Says the king of the baseless one liners.

Hector Carrasco has had a solid career, but hes pushing 40. Hes been decent in Iowa, so we'll see what thats worth.

Hoffpauir Felix if not hurt Wuertz Koyie Hill Hector Carrasco? Jake Fox?

You do realize that Doumit and McLouth are still good bats in that lineup, right? Plus, the addition of Moss and Andy LaRoche certainly doesn't hurt them. Losing Nady and Bay definitely hurts their offense this season, and the Cubs should do well in this series. But to demand shutouts every game is a bit much. Obviously were not going to shut them out every game, maybe the Zambrano game. Still, 2 or 3 solid bats does not a good team make. Just ask the folks in Houston.

I remember during the pre season/early season thinking he could be a replacement for Theriot. Probably wouldnt fly at this point.

fixed Now, now, remember what happened when we got too cockey after sweeping the first White Sox series.