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Banghart
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DeRo move sup 90 feet on the wp. Soto now pinch hitting for Ward with lefty Smith on. -
Beat you to it!
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Fukudome DeRosa Lee Ramirez Soto Take full advantage of that major league leading P/PA from Fukudome to start every game.
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Soto for now at 5, and move Soriano down there when gets back. Now if only we could get Lou to maximize the best hitters on the team. Edit-Cedeno swings at a bad pitch for the first time today to strike out for the first out of the inning. Ward pinch hitting.
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I've wanted Fukudome-DeRosa for quite a while now. Speaking of DeRosa singles to make it 4-1.
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Fukudome doubles for a 3-3 day. Ramirez to third.
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Ramirez singles to start the bottom of the seventh. Would be nice to tack on some runs to make Marmol unneccessary today.
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Way to call it. (pat myself on the back) Good job Howry.
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Okay Howry time for a nice 1-2-3 inning, and for you to go back to being a reliable reliever.
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Definitely DLee is due. He has gone what four abs without a hit?
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Pie barely out on a swinging bunt, that was awfully close. Moves everyone up 90 feet.
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Well since Fontenot was used to sacrifice I am glad it was him and not Ward. Though a valid point about why not go to Ward with a runner on. Only thing I can guess is that it is early and the Cubs are up. Reed Johnson walks to make it two on, and I was wrong Lou is oging let Pie hit against the lefty.
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While I don't disagree with this post I think there is more to it than just getting walks. One thing that I really like about Fukudome isn't just the walks, but that he takes strikes early in the count if they are not his pitch. And that is the real difference I've seen witht he Cubs this year is that they wait for their pitch, and don't just swing at the first thing that is near the plate, i.e. what Dusty preached. This approach leads to more walks and more hits. in my defense, you have heard only a fraction of my ideas on the matter. i was always one of the big critics of dusty's "just get the ball in play" strategy. good hitters look for their pitch and drive the ball. they do not angle the ball to the left or the right or try to hit behind runners. if the pitch is on the outer third and they can drive it to the opposite firled, they do. I understand what you were getting at. I guess I was more using your post as a chance to write out something I had been thinking for quite a while. On a completely unrelated matter with the lefty Schoenweis coming in to face Fontenot. I am calling Murton pinch hitting for Pie. Howry warming up in the pen.
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Ground out to Cedeno to end the threat. Lilly has been an escape artist today. Nice that his era is dropping, but each inning makes me feel less and less good about his performance today.
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Weird play but DeRosa gets one out and the Mets get one run.
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While I don't disagree with this post I think there is more to it than just getting walks. One thing that I really like about Fukudome isn't just the walks, but that he takes strikes early in the count if they are not his pitch. And that is the real difference I've seen witht he Cubs this year is that they wait for their pitch, and don't just swing at the first thing that is near the plate, i.e. what Dusty preached. This approach leads to more walks and more hits.
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Hart and Marshall are warming up
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Only thing better than 5 shutout innings from Lilly was Len's use of the word enthralled.
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Nice play by Cedeno to hold the runner there as Figueroa grounds out for the second out of the inning.
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Dude is 7/16 with risp. While it doesn't do anything to predict future performance, it's worth a nice clap in the early going. A regular nice clap or a golf clap? Should I make an std joke or not? Hmmm.
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Classic overmanaging a game?
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And Reed's beard comes through again to make it a 3-0 game.
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And Lilly beats out the non-hustling pitcher. Funny to watch that play from the other side for once. ;)
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And thank you for walking the dangerous Hank White to get Lilly out of the way.
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THank you Carlos Jr! Now I can drink.
