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How many walks for Marmol on Friday? I say 8 BB 1 ER. Cubs win 7-1 -
"So what should be do next year?" The same thing we try to do every year.....take over the WORLD! Wait, I mean win the World Series (and fail)
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So assuming this weekend's sweep, the Cubs are 55-68...not a bad comeback.
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As I said, who would have thought in April that Marmol and O'Malley would combine for 3 times as many wins as Prior and Wood?
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SWEEEEEP!!!!!!
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After starting out 3-8 vs. Houston, the Cubs finish with a respectable 7-8 mark against the 'Stros in '06.
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Who would have said that (if we can get three scoreless outs) O'Malley and Marmol would have 3 times as many wins as Prior and Wood this year.
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You have no faith in Howry?
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Damn thats beautiful
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Uhh ohh...Dusty seems to think Ryan O'Maley is the best cantidate for the Cubs first CG of the year...
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So who do you think is good for the pen? I think Wuertz only threw 12 pitches last night I know Howry only threw 5 Dempster is definitely out. Guzman is likely out Novoa, Ohman, and Rich Hill are possibilities. Gotta fill at least 3 innings here.
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Wow, 2 times in 3 innings runner on third less then 2 outs, can't get him home.
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He played 18 innings yesterday and is tired? Oh, I forgot he played yesterday. :oops: Didn't he have 4 hits?
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Ugh for the last time, Jim Hendry didn't write that book. Andy MacPhail wrote that ABOUT Jim Hendry.
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Couple of points: 1) OK, Jeremy Brown sucks. 2) Hatteberg was a productive player for the A's, so was Bradford. And they were cheap too. No they weren't Albert Pujols, but they didn't have the money for players like that....kind of umm...the point of the book. 3) An opposing point: I'm pretty sure Nick Swisher was the anti-Moneyball guy that they took. The sure thing guy that the scouts loved. Bottom line was, the point of the book for the millionth time was not OBP, nor was it about picking players that scouts hate in the draft. It is about finding new ways to evaluate talent that other teams aren't looking for (therefore making them more affordable). You'd think with a book called "Moneyball" people would understand this. It's not like they called it "OBPBall" or "HatingOnScoutsball"
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Gotta love when an undrafted FA (American, because we know most Latin players were undrafted) makes it to the pros, if only for a cup of coffee. Speaking of cups of coffee, I've had 4 this morning trying to shake the cobwebs...I am going to be in pain later today.
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Mateo Bandwagon, plus Baker says something good for once...
UMFan83 replied to Jehrico's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I think it was proven the night before that in this scenario, you leave the young pitcher in. Z? If that's what you are referring to, thats a whole different animal. When those rookies prove they can allow a .205 BAA, then they can throw all the walks that they want. -
Mateo Bandwagon, plus Baker says something good for once...
UMFan83 replied to Jehrico's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Mateo last started Aug 3, he was shifted to the BP and had a short outing Aug 10. Pulling him was the responsible thing to do, given his usage pattern leading up to this start. You can't have guys throwing 90-100 pitches on inconsistent basis. Good point. However, not sure if you subscribe to the stress pitch philosophy, but I don't recall a lot of Mateo's 78 pitches being with a lot of stress. What did he have like 4 baserunners in 5 innings? He looked like he was cruising. If he was missing pitches all over the place and living on the edge, thats one thing. Other then the hit batter, I'm pretty sure his last 2 innings were 1-2-3 innings. I think Dusty went to the bullpen to protect his pitcher, and I don't agree with that. If in fact he pulled him for other reasons, likely because of PC and the fact that his bullpen was rested, I still don't necessarily agree with that. Don't use the bullpen unless you need to. Dusty didn't need to last night, and now he has pretty much no pen for today with a rookie making his debut on the hill. -
Mateo Bandwagon, plus Baker says something good for once...
UMFan83 replied to Jehrico's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Ohman was the one who replaced Mateo, and allowed the two runners that scored on that crap pop fly that Minute Maid and Pagan played into a triple. I liked reading that quote from Dusty this morning. So much better than the typical "tip your cap" stuff. Wuertzman is a (not) clever combo of Wuertz and Ohman. I would have placed their names in the order they appeared, but Ohuertz doesn't sound right :) -
Mateo Bandwagon, plus Baker says something good for once...
UMFan83 replied to Jehrico's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Credit? The kid was cruising. 78 pitches through 5 innings with a 3 run lead. If he is worried about Mateo getting beaned, then tell him not to hit Clemens in the first place. Dusty takes Mateo out and Wuertzman promptly goes out there and blows it. Now the entire bullpen is tired from playing 18 innings. I know if the bullpen shut the Astros down for 4 innings I wouldn't be saying this, but the fact of the matter is they did, just shining a light on another bonehead Dusty move. -
I think there was only 39 on the 40 man last time I checked. If I'm wrong, they can easily move Woody to the 60 day DL to make room for O'Malley. Good luck kid.
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No - according to Bruce. link This is my first post here, but a friend of mine told me that Ryan O'Malley is going to make his first big league start today. He went to high school with O'malley and just heard about it this morning. Great scoop. ESPN 1000 is indeed reporting it is O'Malley that is called up. No word who is going down. Now that the 40 is full, whose going on the 60 when Miller comes back? Probably Woody
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You forgot the biggest question...whose batting 9th?
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Last post before I fall asleep: Would it be harmful to pitch Rich Hill again tomorrow out of the pen? He threw only 28 pitches, and would be his day to pitch, with 4 off days before his next start.
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I'm still young! Edit: Look for me to create a "struggling through work" thread tomorrow morning.
