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Anybody catch that comment? Un-effing-believable. That might be the worst quote of all time coming from the worst possible person. WOW

Close. Instead, he's proving that he's a postseason choker.

Is it really that much of an accomplishment to dominate public yahoo leagues? Most of those people stop paying attention after like a month.

win it for hitler

How about you get rid of your avatar. That thing slows down the entire page HOW ABOUT YOU GET OFF YOUR 56K just kidding, i'll get rid of it when i get home It only does it on my laptop for some reason. It makes the little scroller thing not work and it makes the page act all [expletive].

The flipside of that is at least the Angels aren't getting swept out by a team that only won 84 games and was 13.5 games worse than them in the regular season. The Red Sox are certainly better than the Dodgers, but the "84 win" thing is pretty decieiving when tlaking about the Dodgers. If they had Manny and a healthy Furcal all season they would be well over 84 wins.

I was referring to several of the other hits he allowed. And yes, the ground balls that the fielders booted were also hard-hit. If he hadn't been unlucky they were booted, he'd have been very lucky they were at'em balls. He was adequate last night, but nothing particularly special. Whether you consider that "good" or not is semantics. He should have only allowed 1 run, and that on a home run from a guy who homers off of everybody. He was pounding the zone and was not just "adequate", he was the good Zambrano. Not to mention that ridiculous 2nd inning wore him down and made him throw a ton of pitches. If Derosa turns that double play I can say with confidence that he would have gone at least 7 innings, giving up just the one run. I can say with confidence that a pitcher giving up 1.25 baserunners per inning (excluding ROE) is probably not going to go 7 IP/1 run unless he is very, very lucky. Did you even watch the game? If Theriot uses his glove or Derosa turns the double play there's one of his ER taken off. If Zambrano finished the 7th instead of Cotts the 3rd run probably doesn't score. Boom, 7 runs 1 inning right there (that's no my speculation, that's simple math), and that's not even counting the fact that 2 of those baserunners shouldn't count since you can't expect a pitcher to get 6 outs in an inning. Also, how many of those hits were really hit that well? Furcal's was a bunt, that's not Zambrano's fault. The hit and run single that bounced off Theriot's hand wasn't his fault. I can't remember the other hits, but I do remember him throwing hard and pounding the bottom of the strike zone. Really guy, it's okay to admit that a Cubs player played well. It won't kill you to do that. Zambrano didn't walk guys, he was missing bats, and he stayed relatively calm. Stop acting like he didn't pitch well.

I was referring to several of the other hits he allowed. And yes, the ground balls that the fielders booted were also hard-hit. If he hadn't been unlucky they were booted, he'd have been very lucky they were at'em balls. He was adequate last night, but nothing particularly special. Whether you consider that "good" or not is semantics. He should have only allowed 1 run, and that on a home run from a guy who homers off of everybody. He was pounding the zone and was not just "adequate", he was the good Zambrano. Not to mention that ridiculous 2nd inning wore him down and made him throw a ton of pitches. If Derosa turns that double play I can say with confidence that he would have gone at least 7 innings, giving up just the one run.

It really really really pisses me off that all the jokers on ESPN last night and today were talking about how "the bad Zambrano" showed up. Give me a break. He gave up 3 runs- one of which wouldn't have occured if not for Theriot and Derosa blowing it, another on a Manny home run, and the 3rd when he was out of the game and Cotts allowed the run to score. He was throwing strikes and had great stuff.

By the way, I didn't find those pictures funny at all, and that's not because they were making fun of the Cubs. Good idea, just terrible execution. I laughed at the one with Dempster on the newspaper and that was about it. The rest just reminded me of that kid at parties who tries so hard to be funny and really he's just annoying and his materal is the stuff of 14 year olds.

You should. We are toast... As for next year? I'm worried about the continued declines of Soriano, Ram, and Dlee. You mean the continued declines of Lee? Soriano has shown no signs of declining at the plate. He had a typical Soriano year....and for much of the year he was putting up career number (rate wise). Ramirez hasn't declined, he's just different. His numbers were also brought down by 2 ridiculously bad o-fers.

How about you get rid of your avatar. That thing slows down the entire page

After all that went on this season, it sickens me to see that board all happy and excited. That should be us. All season we laughed at how they'd flip out at the Dodgers when they were playing like little leaguers. Meanwhile, we were cruising to a 97 win season. Now, 2 games into the postseason everything has flipped around....just like that. Everything that happened in the regular season is meaningless...just like that. Sickening.

Not really. His career minor league line was 270 .349 .501 850

Somebody needs to give Soriano a glowing piece of that rock

I'm not really optimistic at all, but in the year when the Cubs finally win the World Series, wouldn't it have to go like this? The Red Sox had to overcome a 3-0 deficit to finally win theirs, it only makes sense that we'd have to do something similar to end ours. By the way, when the Red Sox came back from 3-0, Joe Torre was managing the opposition. Just sayin...

It would be neat if Lou actually led us a playoff win one day. Not a series win (that's just unreasonable), just a single game.

You're right, he is a good player.....in Japan. Just like Kaz, Iguchi, etc...

Question- what is the highest amount of wins ever reached in the regular season for a team that was swept in the first round of the playoffs?

Piniella going 0-6 in the Playoffs with the Cubs would be a complete disgrace.

Lou is a moron. Let's think about the sequence of events involving Fukudome. -Fukudome sucks terribly for about 4 straight months -Fukudome starts playing only against RHP -Fukudome still sucks -Cubs make the playoff, Lou put Fukudome in starting lineup -FUkudome still sucks Seriously, Fukudome has been trash for months. Why is Lou surprised that he's not performing? Why did he not anticpate that? Dumb.

So let me get this straight. Fukudome is trash for about 4 straight months, Lou starts him in the playoffs, he's still trash, and then Lou is surprised/upset? Good job Lou Yeah but Dusty would have done the exact same thing, but still defended him, and then made some sort of weird fishing analogy that confuses everyone and causes him to change the subject. Also Mike Fontenot would be out of baseball if Dusty was still the manager, so the next best option would have been like Steve Finley or something, but still. Why are we comparing Lou to Dusty though? Dusty should not be the standard manager to make comparisons about. Everybody is better than Dusty, so you shouldn't be congratulated for it. Fukudome has been trash for months and everybody knew it. It's Lou's fault for playing him.

So let me get this straight. Fukudome is trash for about 4 straight months, Lou starts him in the playoffs, he's still trash, and then Lou is surprised/upset? Good job Lou

The worst thing about Kosuke is that it's going to make it nearly impossible to spend money on a new right fielder when we've already got one making 48 mil. ANother outstanding Jim Hendry signing. I think he's trying to assemble the most disastrous outfield ever.

What did Lou say about Fukudome? YOU'RE THE MANAGER LOU. YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO PINCH HIT FOR PLAYERS WHO AREN'T PERFORMING. EVERYBODY WHO WATCHYES BASEBALL KNOWS HE SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN PLAYING. Lou makes me sick. What a terrible manager.