vance_the_cubs_fan

TLR is definitely no genius. Lose the game with Pujols sitting on the bench. Ridiculous.

Hudson walks. Bases juiced. And now, still no Pujols. Come on. I hate Albert, but you have to use him here.

Because if it goes to the 10th you'd have to do something like have Soriano at 2B and Pujols in LF. So? That's better than losing outright.

TLR is definitely no genius. But it looks like KRod might walk Hudson. :shock:

Lee walks. And TLR is going to let Hudson hit here? Why not send Pujols up here?

Soriano hits a bomb!

Griiiiiitttttsssssssssss!

It's the one highlight of the night. I'd like to see a couple more hit him before it's all over.

The AL continues to mash it.

Inside the parker was somewhat exciting.

If Ichiro is going to get what his extension is rumored to be, I'm almost certain Arod will opt out.

I always get pumped up about the ASG only to be bored with it within the first few minutes.

I'm not buying what Mitchell is selling.

Pass.

I thought I would throw this in again - who besides Murton would they be looking at? While Soto is RH, his splits are significantly better against RHP. The Cubs have enough RH bats that can't hit lefties. Jake Fox.... :thumleft:

I'll admit my report is skewed in favor of Holliman since I probably watched one of his best starts all season. I was at the May game at Mississippi. Holliman didn't allow a hit until the fifth inning and ended up going 8 innings while allowing only 2 hits with a 1/5 BB/K ratio. He wasn't overpowering, but he made a very good hitting Braves team look foolish. I don't always pay attention to the radar readings. I sat down the thirdbase line, so I'd have to make an effort to turn away from watching the plate to see the reading on the scoreboard. If I'm correctly remembering, Holliman threw between 88-91 on his fastball that night. Hart pitched the night before. He wasn't horrible, but he wasn't anything that made me sit up and take notice. He gave up some runs in the first, though it was a strange inning. He allowed a lead-off single to Holt and then had some stolen bases and even a CI call that led to Mississippi getting two in the first. He gave up another run in the third and after a scoreless fourth was out of the game. I went back and looked at the box score, and saw he gave up 6 hits in 4 IP, while giving up three runs. Only one of those was earned, but I probably didn't take much note of that when I was at the game. He walked five in those four innings, which is probably why I was less than impressed. His line isn't as nearly as bad as I remember it, but then the way he was lifted early and the struggles he had is why I probably left less than impressed with him. Add to that, the very next night I watched such a dominating performance by Holliman, and you can see why in my mind he was the better of the two. I don't have much recollection of Hart's stuff. But then, unlike when I watched Veal and Gallagher (and to some extents Petrick and Holliman), I wasn't particularly paying attention to it and since his performance in those four innings was relatively mediocre, nothing made me stop to see exactly what he was throwing.

I'm not sure Cedeno has enough value to trade him. If he makes a big deal possible, sure. I think he would have more value on the team than he would in a trade.

Chris Antonetti for GM, plz.

I was watching it on MiLB.TV and it looked like it was really coming down. The broadcast was pretty funny as they kept the feed going during commercial breaks and some of the comments were "interesting" to say the least. When the rain came they were saying just swing at everything to get the game over. But when the batter finally hit an easy grounder to third base, the third baseman threw it into the stands because the ball was so wet. Yeah. It began as a light mist. My wife and daughter went up to the concourse and I stayed. Then it came down, hard. I ran for cover as did most everyone else. They stopped the game and then a few minutes later, the hard stuff stopped. So, they started up again and as soon as they did, it started coming down again, but I think they wanted to keep playing. We went to the car. Of course, it didn't help things that the game started 40 mins late because the homerun derby went overtime.

I agree here. I think his 590 previous AB's should weigh a whole lot more than his 119 sporadic AB at the beginning of this season.

That's strange. I've seen them both and Holliman looks to be the better pitcher.

The SL ASG was a blast. I had a great time. Didn't stay for the bottom of the ninth as a downpour happened and we needed to get Addison home and in bed.

Just win, bitches.

I won't be home to watch it.

I'd guess Cory Bailey will be the guy to get a crack at starting though it'd be nice if the Cubs call up Mark Holliman or have Billy Petrick start. Mateo. he goes to Des Moines after today's game... Great news!! Yes, a healthy and effective Mateo could give us the pitching depth to make a deal if needed.