Carlos Marmol was doing a total disservice to my avatar. Carlos, you have been with me from Day 1 at NSBB but you've officially worn out your welcome. I am now a member of the Ted Lilly Fan Club
Pavano hasn't been terrible recently. 5 IP, 6 ER 4.1 IP, 9 ER That's not that great. Bad, but only 2 starts. 6-1, 3.00 ERA in previous 8 though. 54 IP, 47 H, 40 K, 10 BB Pretty solid. vs. CHW, NYY, TB, KC, TB, CHW, BOS, DET offenses
The OF/warning track has to be extremely wet. Fair amount of field prep work to be done I'm thinking. Just looked outside; I have a huge lake in my parking lot.
Would be nice if the Cubs could take regular batting practice sometime this year. Obviously not the reason they are hitting bad, but I bet it's nice to be on a set schedule day-to-day.
Waddels gone, Im starting to trust Heilman again, and we know what Marmols capable of. As for Patton, that little experiment needs to come to an end. Im sure hed have no problem making it through waivers and if they really want him that bad, a deal could probably be worked out. If not, oh well. Why does it need to come to an end though? It's not like they are desperate for BP arms right now. They are desperate for roster spots for people who can hit the baseball. What happens when Freel is activated. Does Fox get sent down again because they insist on using 12 roster spots for pitchers without using 12 pitchers? Not sure about Fox, but you know Lou is going to stick with 12 pitchers. Has he ever not?
Waddels gone, Im starting to trust Heilman again, and we know what Marmols capable of. As for Patton, that little experiment needs to come to an end. Im sure hed have no problem making it through waivers and if they really want him that bad, a deal could probably be worked out. If not, oh well. Why does it need to come to an end though? It's not like they are desperate for BP arms right now.
Z better hope he pitches a shutout and homers tomorrow. Theriot - SS Fukudome - CF Lee - 1B Bradley - RF Hoffpauir - LF Fox - 3B Fontenot - 2B Soto - C Z - P Do it !
This could be complete hyperbole, but it seems like this series matters a bit more for both teams than it has recently. Should be entertaining if nothing else.