Outshined_One

Frank Robinson is no baseball manager mastermind. If anyone could contend for worst manager in baseball with Dusty Baker, Frank is the man. Flippy Alou, Ned Yost, and Grady Little would have something to say about that.

Judging by the pic he posted in the pic thread, he could just be busy. Haha, I just checked out that pic. If thats the case, I don't blame him. "I'll have the cleavage...er...the special."

Maybe the Cubs should hire a team shaman to ward off evil spirits. Jobu's been pissed off with the Cubs.

The Phil Norton Express will be coming to Chicago. I CAN FEEL IT!

Zambrano Maddux Prior Rusch Phil Norton

This time it's Marmol. Len thinks it might be a blister.

We're about to get swept by the friggin' Nationals. What's worse, all of our pitchers seem to be getting injured.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaand the Cubs continue increasing the trade value of guys on the opposing teams.

Long story short: Dusty held Cedeno accountable for avoiding contact on a play at second base.

Now that I think about it, what good prospects has Hendry acquired via trading during his tenure? Matt Murton Scott Moore Richard Lewis (for a year) ... Any others? Also, on a similar tangent, what the heck happened to Cliff Bartosh?

Box Scores Iowa won Game 1 of the DH 13-6 Box Score SS/2B R. Theriot 1/5, R, RBI, 2B (11), K CF F. Pie 3/4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2B (17), HR (9) 3B M. Fontenot 2/3, BB, 3 R RF/LF M. Restovich 1/3, BB, 3 R, 3 RBI, HR (15) 2B/RF B. Coats 2/4, R PH C. McGehee 0/0, BB, R, RBI 1B M. Hoffpauir 2/3, BB, R, RBI, 2B (8) C J. Reyes 2/4, R, 2 RBI, 2B (4), K SP A. Guzman 4.1 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 2/5 K/BB, 4-7 GO-FO Iowa won Game 2 of the DH 7-0 Box Score CF F. Pie 1/3, R, 2B (18) 2B M. Fontenot 1/3, R, 2B (22), K RF B. Coats 1/2, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI, HR (5) LF M. Restovich 1/2, BB, 2 R, 3 RBI, HR (16) 1B M. Hoffpauir 1/3 C G. Soto 1/3, R, 2 RBI, HR (2) SP J. Williams 7 scoreless, 5 H, 2/0 K/BB, HBP, 10-9 GO-FO West Tenn with an off day. Daytona won 6-5 with 4 runs in the bottom of the 9th Box Score CF S. Fuld 2/5, R, K, SB (21) 2B/SS J. Simokaitis 0/4, BB, R, K 1B M. Craig 2/3, 2 BB, 2 RBI, 2 2B (26) SS J. Mota 1/2, BB, 2 RBI, 2B (4) SP R. Sotolongo 2 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 1/3 K/BB, HBP, 1-4 GO-FO RP L. Holdzkom 3 scoreless, 2 H, 3/1 K/BB, 5-1 GO-FO RP G. Johnson 4 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2/0 K/BB, WP, 5-5 GO-FO Peoria lost 4-0 Box Score CF D. Gregg 0/4, 2 K 2B R. Chirinos 1/3, BB, 2B (23), K, SB (17) LF J. Valdez 0/4 1B R. Norwood 0/4, 4 K (Ole!) DH A. Garcia 1/4, K RF Y. Carter 1/4, 2B (4) SS K. Reynolds 1/2, BB, K C M. Reed 0/3 SP J. Samardzija 5 IP, 2 H, 3 ER, 1/3 K/BB, 7-7 GO-FO Boise won 5-3 Box Score RF M. Camp 2/4, RBI, 2B (4) SS P. Lopez 1/4, R, 2 K CF T. Colvin 1/3, BB, R, RBI, 2B (8) DH J. Lansford 1/4, 2 K 1B R. Canzler 0/2, BB, R, RBI, K LF DJ Lewis 1/4, R, RBI, 3B (2), K 2B S. Clevenger 0/3 3B E. Puello 1/2, R, RBI SP B. Petrick 5.2 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 5/0 K/BB, 7-5 GO-FO Mesa lost 5-3 Box Score 2B V. Heredia 3/5, R, RBI, 2 SB (15), 2 CS (7), PO (1B), E (7, fielding) CF D. Rundle 1/4, HBP DH C. Perez 1/5, RBI, 2B (2), K LF C. Gilbert 0/3, 2 BB RF C. Andersen 1/3, BB, R, 2 K 1B L. Murphy 3/4, R, SB (1) SS F. Tirado 1/4, RBI SP J. Renshaw 4 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2/1 K/BB, 2 HBP, 7-2 GO-FO RP A. Albuquerque .2 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 1/2 K/BB, WP, 1-0 GO-FO RP D. Walters 2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1/0 K/BB, HR, 3-2 GO-FO OVERALL: 4-2

Not me. As far as prospects go, pitchers are much more likely than hitters to have something magically click and become good. In this organization especially.

While I would have loved some one highly-rated like Kottaras from the Padres, that would have been rather unreasonable. Williamson showed himself the door this year, the Cubs simply gave him a push out. The Cubs got two guys whose performances have been substandard up to now. However, both could have decent ceilings. Given proper adjustments and coaching, this trade could turn out reasonably well for the Cubs. If not, I doubt Williamson would have fetched much better from other teams.

And the hits keep on coming. Let's just DL the organization's pitching staff and call it a season.

This year, it's a pitcher's league. Jake Fox's .957 OPS is the highest in the league and is .102 points higher than the guy with the second highest OPS. Historically, it's a league that favors pitchers.

Both have craptastic BB/9s and K/9s. Heck, Angulo's K/BB is <1.

More like the offense is so bleeping inept that they are incapable of putting up three or more runs over the course of two innings.

Does Dusty understand the nature of splits? Because seriously, Ohman is horrible against righties and pretty darn good against lefties.

He threw a pitch and motioned for the trainer to come out. The trainer was looking at his left side/left arm and the announcers thought it might have been an oblique pull, but no one was sure. oblique pull it is Is that from the horses mouth? If so, phew. Announcers confirmed it. Also, apparently there is no difference between the oblique muscles and the ribcage.

Oblique pull it is!

Strangely enough, the Cubs have actually been careful with Marshall this season. I believe his highest pitch count on the season was 102 (which he hit three times).

He threw a pitch and motioned for the trainer to come out. The trainer was looking at his left side/left arm and the announcers thought it might have been an oblique pull, but no one was sure.

Let's hope it's not his shoulder or finger. Those both caused him to get shut down in the past two seasons.

Just happened a few moments ago, announcers speculated it was something involving his oblique.