Bleed Cubbie Blue

lol

I enjoy the Graham Taylor picture

DTJchris - May 1, 2009 reply

He's a strapping young chap

with striking features.

Sure hope his arms don't snap in half

However, that smile is pretty infectious.

DTJchris - May 1, 2009 reply

of you saying "this" ?

???

of this non-existent link

which now appears below:

http://i39.tinypic.com/2m3sh7a.jpg

Gah!!

JO NOAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

At least one Chicago sports team loves me.

he looked

pretty shellshocked in the presser afterward. “I kept expecting to get fouled, and it kept not happening, so I kept running…”

he is just too awesome

You can’t teach that heart and hustle.

I go back and forth about Jo Noah

But in college and pro ball you cant deny that he brings his A game to the playoffs

I'm gettin' to like that guy Noah

zevkalman - May 1, 2009 reply

Personality wise (and skill level wise)

he reminds me of Denise Rodman. A guy you absolutely hate if he is on the other team, but you can’t help but like him when he is on your team because of the energy and effort he brings.

I'll just leave this for all to enjoy

JO NOAH!

very nice

Just trying to up my post count, everyone.

This has to be a record

for most comments by one poster to start a thread.

DTJchris - May 1, 2009 reply

You're up to 373.

I can’t even see you in my rearview mirror yet.

11,000 is on the horizon

Time to ramp it up

mrcubsfan - May 1, 2009 reply

can't wait for the lineups

cubsnlinux - May 1, 2009 reply

Rich Harden's stats under his picture seem a bit off.

Are they Taylor’s stats? It would be great to get a quick and efficient game in from Rich, give the team the rest of the day off, and a good rest before tomorrow’s nooner game time.

dtpollitt - May 1, 2009 reply

I am looking forward to an error free ballgame by the cubs with the offense coming around

I would hate to see another Rich Harden start wasted by an anorexic offense

cubsnlinux - May 1, 2009 reply

those are his stats

Vs. Florida, not his stats to date for the season.

That's what I thought, too.

But if Taylor made his MLB debut 5 days ago, why would he have stats against the Cubs?

dtpollitt - May 1, 2009 reply

well

that’s interesting.

That's what I thought, too.

But if Taylor made his MLB debut 5 days ago, why would he have stats against the Cubs?

dtpollitt - May 1, 2009 reply

well

that’s interesting.

bheidge - May 1, 2009 reply

Here's a pic of Taylor and an unusual pre-game ritual....

Graham Taylor, the Hoppers’ ace before he was recently promoted to Jupiter, said there wasn’t anything unusual about the way he treated his arm. Well, except for one inexplicable habit.

"I shave both arms the day I pitch," he said. "Some high school buddies did it and I tried it and kind of liked it and kept going."

carmen_fanzone - May 1, 2009 reply

It directly affects the arm's aerodynamics

as well as his reputation…

the later more than the former

yeah, doesnt wearing sleeves kinda cancel out any advantages of shaving the arms

if there was any :-)

Thank god April is over

im ready to start winning again, hopefully something clicks today

Amen

Oneeee is the lonliest number...

Come on Cubs, my birthday is tomorrow! Help me out!

Okay, Taylor has walked 6, in 3.2 innings

I certainly hope patience is being preached in the clubhouse right now

Graham Taylor

was the guy the Cubs were rumored to be getting for Jacque Jones two years ago when Jones had been traded to the Marlins for a couple of hours.

You can relive the whole mess here.

Josh Timmers - May 1, 2009 reply

I have to admit

I’m a little worried. Harden doesn’t get past six innings usually. Marmol can’t be used. Heilman can’t be used. Guzman probably can’t be used. Gregg probably can only go one inning. So our pen consists of the Shark and the General. That’s only six, who am I missing?

Hope it’s enough.

Gulp, Cotts.

oh, right.

I blocked him out.

Its a normal reaction

I still dont understand why he got chance after chance, and then they send vizcaino down.

because he "throws"

left handed. I can think of no other reason.

Lou wants

his LOOGY. Viz simply didn’t qualify.

Now, that having been said, I think the Viz trade was a terrible one, and Lou and Jim never planned on keeping him.

My problem

is that Cotts isn’t a LOOGY. Viz probably could have been as effective against lefties as Cotts

I love baseball-reference

career versus lefthanded batters

Cotts (473 PA) .252/.335/.444/.780
Viz (967 PA) .248/.329/.438/.767

This is exaclty what makes no sense...

Cotts couldn’t get out lefties, so why is he allowed to stick around when Viz was getting outs. I really dont understand the obsession with LOOGY

I agree

it makes no sense.

I understand the LOOGY obsession

I don’t get the obsession with Cotts, who is not a LOOGY. LOOGYs can be crucial, but only if they are, in fact, a LOOGY.

But it still comes back to the obsession

The only reason I can see for Cotts still hanging around is that Lou still thinks he can turn it around and be that LOOGY. But he has pitchers who were proving they can get lefties out just as well. If there was so much hype about LOOGY Cotts would have already been sent down for poor performance.

Look at Cotts' strikeout numbers and LOB% from last season.

Where is Vizcaino now?

Cubs farm? Another team? At home somewhere?

waiting

I think.

That is answer to a question that begins with "What"

Anyone know where?

Cubs April 24: Recalled right-handed pitcher Jeff Samardzija from Triple-A Iowa; Designated right-handed pitcher Luis Vizcaino for assignment.

understandably so

Did the Cubs play baseball last night?

At some point I remember seeing some players in Wrigley Field, but when I changed the channel and saw Miller and Rose and Noah play their hearts out, I kinda concentrated on the action at the UC.

zevkalman - May 1, 2009 reply

sure they did.

It was even good baseball till the 8th.

Yep.

I missed the last few innings, I was flying to San Francisco yesterday.

Vermont Cubs Fan - May 1, 2009 reply

Prediction

Cubs win big today…typical of them…feast or famine.

9-2. Final.

Canadian Cubs Fan - May 1, 2009 reply

Let's play the "brighter side of things" game.

I’ll start…

Hey at least this will be Rich Harden’s 5th start of the year. 25 more to go!

Here's a good one

Even though the Cubs are probably playing at their worst level since 2006, we’re still just a shade under .500.

We've already played in Arizona

and will have 4 Marlins games finished after this weekend. Plus we haven’t played the Pirates yet and only 3 against the Astros.

And the division leader has played

Pittsburgh (4), Houston (3) and Washington (will be 4 at the end of the day Sunday), so they may be enjoying the fruits of that start.

Yep

and a ton of overachieving from mediocre talent.

I agree.

Our schedule to this point this year has been quite difficult, and the division leader has had a very easy schedule. We’ll see how well they do when they start playing better teams.

Vermont Cubs Fan - May 1, 2009 reply

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Cards play teams over .500 in 5 of their next 6 series…

AndrewJStone - May 1, 2009 reply

A 4 or 5 game win streak will make all this worry wort whining go away

as long as we dont lose three in a row after that

You are doing it wrong.

AndrewJStone - May 1, 2009 reply

oh yeah, sorry my bad

im generally an optimist around here

Cards play teams over .500 in 5 of their next 6 series...

AndrewJStone - May 1, 2009 reply

list of teams?

Not sure what i'd rather see

Rami back in for tonight, or Hanley still out of theirs. I’d say it’s definitely getting Aramis back tho

we need his bat

plus, I have a mancrush, so… you know…

Please, a win!

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/schedule/index.jsp?c_id=chc&m=4&y=2007

The Cubs have only won 10 games in April

and an unlikely team is playing red hot right now. Hmm…. where have I seen this before? Oh right in 2007!

It took sometime but the Brewers fell back down to earth and Lou figured our how to use the players he had on the roster eventually.

Right now the Cards have players putting up higher than career numbers including Barden, Duncan, and Molina, hell even LaRue has mashed in his limited at-bats.

http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/stats/sortable_player_stats.jsp?teamPosCode=all&statType=2&timeFrame=1&Submit=Submit&c_id=stl&sitSplit=&venueID=&baseballScope=SL4&timeSubFrame=2009&&sortByStat=ERA

On the pitching end, Lohse has a 1.97 ERA, Franklin hasn’t given up a run in 10 IPs, and with the way the schedule is lined up, the Cards haven’t had to use a 5th starter just yet.

Everyone else in the Central is playing .500 ball. If we can’t get healthy and Lou can’t find his groove when we get to June, then I will start to worry. Oh and if the Cards are up 10-15 games and the Wild Card is out of sight, I’ll do the same. Even then, the 2006 Cards showed that if you can stumble into the playoffs, you can win the World Series.

lots of baseball

left in the season.

Tons of fun

….remaining

They have used a 5th Starter

at least three Times. PJ Walters for one and Mitchell Boggs for 2 starts. Their rotation consists of Wainwright, Lohse, Wellemeyer, Joel Pinerio and Boggs currently.

TheRiot Police - May 1, 2009 reply

My apologies

I mean they’ll have to start using a 5th starter on a regular basis. The off days and Carpenter have allowed them to limit 3 starts from Boggs/Walters. If you look at Boggs/Walters minor league stats and scouting reports, there’s reason to be concerned if you are a Cards fan.

Looks like rain

It’s raining a bit in River North right now.
Radar here.

Can this frigging team just get back on the right track

the starting rotation has sucked
the offense has been plagued with injuries
the bullpen blows
the bench has no depth

Soriano and Fukudome are the only two bright lights so far..Can Harden just put this team on Track today!!!!

You'll rarly ever hear me say this, but...

I’m ready for the sucking to stop now.

TWSS

that makes so much more sense

as a TWHS…

Really?

Color me intrigued . . .

if you're getting that response.

and happy birthday

Hahah

Thanks

Im guessing most guys only dream of that being what could say :)

He did last time he pitched

he can do it again

Marshall actually pitched really well last night

So far, Sean Marshall and the entire starting pitching rotation has done everything asked of them for this team...

I just wish I could say the same thing about most of our position players.

Clearly

Marshall found out I had benched him in my fantasy league. That’s why he pitched well last night. To f me over.

I remembered that

after you left last night.

The strange thing is..

I had Dallas Braden going earlier that day (yeah, this is a really deep league) and Guzman also pitched for me. Because of what they did, Marshall’s ERA and K/9 would have actually hurt me. His WHIP and K/BB would have really helped though…

yeah i thought about this as well last night

eh, the starting rotation hasn't been as great as it was last year

Zambrano, Harden, and Demp are off to decent starts but aren’t anywhere close to their potential

yep.

And Dempster pitched pretty well after he got it under control the night before. And Z was on the night before that.

willie mays hayes' gloves - May 1, 2009 reply

Not according to BLou. He wants to send Marshall to the bullpen. Brilliant!

At the risk of disagreeing with my other selves

I think that would help the bullpen more than it would hurt the rotation. Cotts is awful (if Neal Cotts faces Joey Gathright, what happens?) and shouldn’t go near the mound. Either Samardzija or Heilman getting a chance to start and putting Marshall in the ‘pen wouldn’t be a horrible thing to try.

I do agree

it would help the bullpen.

I’m not sure it would be worth it. You’d still only be able to throw him every other day, and you’d need another starting pitcher. I don’t see either Shark or Heilman being able to go six with regularity, do you?

Why waste

a guy who can throw 7 strong every 5th for a couple of inning a week? I just dont get it, I know the bullpen is weak, but one of the best ways to strengthen it is not to have to use it. The guy is capable of 7 good innings, taht saves at least 1 reliever and often 2.

I think you may have meant to reply to me

I still have concerns about Marshall’s long-term endurance. I hope I’m wrong.

In the meantime, the bullpen is a glaring weakness and needs to be addressed.

No doubt

I think a lot of that can be addressed simply by our starters pitching longer into games. Heilman or marmol to gregg is pretty much an everyday thing as far as im concerned. Guzman, Patton and Cotts should be mop up with Samardjiza being used in long relief or occasional setup situations. I really feel like our bullpen would be good with a reliable lefty and less use.

The only issue that I have with that is

I’ve seen the pre-ordained 7th/8th inning blow up on more than one team — 2001 Cubs, 2007 Brewers spring to mind right away.

Your last sentence is dead-on.

Wonder

if Jesse Orosco is still breathing….

I located Carmen Pignatiello last night

I could always put in a good word while Rochester is playing here in Indianapolis…

Not at this point, no (on > 6 IP)

Which is why I was really surprised that Samardzija was recalled when he was.

I do think that it’s feasible that either could get to that point (stamina-wise, if not effectiveness) within a couple of weeks.

well, ok.

So they get stretched out. Would either be good enough to balance out the loss of Marshall in the rotation?

I don’t even know how we’d tell.

I don't think that we could tell

But we’d notice an improvement in the ’pen.

To quote Bob Swerski in regards to the Cotts-Gathright meeting

“The senseless waste of pitting these two mighty [weak] forces of nature against each other, like matter vs. anti-matter, will be a tragedy, not only for the teams involved but for our planet. All nations must band together, to ensure that such a conflageration never takes place.”

Yeah, I'll go along with that

There's no doubt that would drastically help the bullpen.

yeah, I mean I'm probably the guys biggest fan, he's done well

I thought the rotation was doing fine.

Disagree about the starting rotation.

Otherwise, yeah, lotta room for improvement thus far.

eh, well the starting rotation has been servicable, but I'd like to see these ERA go down

Zambrano: 4.64
Dempster: 5.40

eh, well now that you realize it, I thought Lilly and Harden were doing much worse than they are, so its really only those two that need to get on track. my bad..

And I fear for this offense, if Fontenot and Soto prove to be busts this season

and in addition to Lee’s decline and Bradley and Ramirez’s health woes, we might need to overhaul big time this off season..

I'm really

not ready to talk about the offseason…

Fonty and Soto need to find their bats. Fonty’s on his way. Hopefully, Soto will be soon.

I'm not throwing in the towel on this season yet

I just have grave concerns about our offense, like everybody else does..

Al....were there any teams in the last 10 years that started sub .500 in April that made the playoffs?

Enough of that, I think. There have been plenty of teams that have started the season one game under .500 after the first month and come back to make the playoffs.

Clutche - May 1, 2009 reply

Rays last year?

thanks

Clutche - May 1, 2009 reply

Rays were 15-13 on May 1 last year

though i’m trying to compile results for a 21-game comparison now.

Ah. Hence the reason I added the question mark.

Rays were

10-11 last year after 21

The Cubs in '07?

hopefully in '09 as well

Clutche - May 1, 2009 reply

yeah, they were 10-14

through 21 games (as we are 10-11 this year), they were 8-13.

sparky39762 - May 1, 2009 reply

And IIRC, they were below .500 as late as June

+ 1

After 21 games (I don't want to use April records, as the WBC screwed up the start of the season this year)

The Dodgers and Rays were the only teams to start worse in 2008 than the Cubs have this year and make the playoffs. LA was 9-12, Tampa 10-11.

In 2008, the Cubs were 15-6, Brewers, 13-8, Phillies 11-10 and Dodgers 9-12. In the AL, Boston was 14-7, Angels 12-9, White Sox 12-9 and the Rays were 10-11.

It's not how slow you start but

how fast you finish.

JFCubFan - May 1, 2009 reply

TWSS

I think we all learned that last year.

agreed

If Amezaga misses that play in the 9th

The Cubs win and finish April one game over .500. That’s a stupid question

Lineup

Soriano LF
Theriot SS
Bradley RF
Lee 1B
Johnson CF
Soto C
Miles 2B, Fontenot 3B
Harden P

no Dome?

no Rami?

cmon, Lou.

plan

was to start Reed over Dome vs lefties. I know reed hasn’t hit, but its time he got untracked.

And Soto is getting the start again

If he is healthy

he needs to play

Seattle Cubs Fan - May 1, 2009 reply

whether he's healthy is a big question

Again

I think that its the lefty starter. Lou wants his righties to get the opportunities against lefties.

Do you have the marlins lineup?

No, sorry

I don’t follow any Sun-Sentinel or So. Fla. writers on Twitter.

Seems reasonable

Expect to see some fish running.

Hmmm

What's the worst that could happen?

Forty years of darkness. Human sacrifice. Dogs and cats, living together. Mass hysteria!

love that movie.

Movie?

Ghostbusters.

You all realize that I was joking, right?

Joking?

I did! I did!

10 BCB points!

I'm letting em ride on the Cubs today.

you can be a lil slow.....................

So I wasn’t sure. laughs evilly

You are so odd . . .

That's also from the movie, btw

But it’s applicable here

so is your type of woman someone who sleeps above her covers

4 feet above her covers?

It's more of a guideline

than a rule…

pardon me.

s'alright

I think he was joking...

I thought you were quoting it.

Ghostbusters

Or did you think that I just came up with that on my own?

I didn't realize

you were the same person

He's me, I'm him, Drew's both of us.

I am

the same person.

I thought so

Yeah, williemayshayesgloves would be here, too

But I’m eating lunch. Can only post so many personalities

what are I having again?

Nothing special - just Wendy's

what, both of her?

Hot 'n spicy redhead?

Way better than fast food, eh?

Ghostbusters

But thank you for making sure I knew!

Echo

Echo . . . Echo

Echo

You mean Ecto.

The Ghostbusters vehicle was the Ecto-1.

Ehlo?

Craig?

bheidge - May 1, 2009 reply

Mr. Ecko?

R.I.P.

If there's a steady paycheck

I’ll believe anything you say.

I've seen shit that'll turn you white

that's some twinkee.

Thank you, Lewis.

That was short but pointless.

shhhhh!

do you smell something?

Yes, it's true.

This man has no dick.

GET HER!!!

mrtobby - May 1, 2009 reply

that's your plan?

Get her?

Only a CARPATHIAN would come back to life NOW

and choose New York City. Tasty pick…BONEHEAD! If you had BRAIN ONE in that HUGE MELON on top of your head, you would be living the SWEET LIFE out in Southern California’s BEAUTIFUL San Fernando Valley!

It's ok!

This guy’s a sailor! This is New York! We get this guy laid, we got no trouble!

OK, she's a dog

It's...

looking at me, Ray.

What did you do, Ray?

Agile little Minx, innt she...

How I love Ghost Busters

This banter has cheered up my day.

Let us take this quote to todays game:
“We came, we saw, we kicked its ass!”

mrtobby - May 1, 2009 reply

I hope GB3 comes out soon . . .

1 was in 1984 and 2 was in 1989 — couldn’t hurt, I suppose

They're supposed to be doing one

where they’re mentoring a new generation.

My dad and I said long ago they just need to have them old, fat, and out of shape…then, all of a sudden, ghosts are back. Let Venkman be Venkman and that shit writes itself.

Yeah, Akroyd told Steve Cochrane on WGN that he was working on it

And I agree with you – although I don’t mind the “handing the torch” idea.

Let's show this prehistoric bitch

how we do things downtown.

Don't cross the streams

prehistoric ^little^ bitch

NOBODY STEPS ON A CHURCH

in MY TOWN!

oh so she's your kinda girl?

This unfortually is better than pondering today line up :)

Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light.

mrtobby - May 1, 2009 reply

sigh. Lee in cleanup again.

It's better than Reed Johnson.

With that

I am in agreement, and I dont think it suits milton.

If I'm the Marlins Manager...

Soriano and Bradley won’t ever see a ball in the strike zone today.

yeah

after the first third of the lineup its pretty week unless soto fontenot or reed find their strokes today. I hope they can.

well, I hope it works.

I was REALLY hoping to see Rami back in the lineup today.

me too

he better be pinch hitting

the fact that you have to make that argument says something about how this season has gone.

If Lee continues to struggle this year

what do the Cubs do with 2010 and the final year of his $65M contract?

Employee22 - May 1, 2009 reply

nothing

unless he waives his NTC.

continuing putting him in the #3 or 4 hole would be my guess

Wow!

I thought Somalian pirates has an easy gig.

Employee22 - May 1, 2009 reply

I'd rather see Hill than Soto in there today.

katie casey - May 1, 2009 reply

I'm willing to bet, so would most people not named Lou

Hell I could be president of the Soto fan club........

and sadly I must admit that I agree. :(

Then who will back up Fonty?

Gulp, Soriano.

Gulp, is that someone we promoted from AA?

Sammy Gulp...

…firecracker kid with a spitfire arm. A real comer. Can pick the worm-burners with the best of ‘em. And he smokes Chesterfield’s, y’know.

we manage according to our payroll

First of all, no

Second of all, Soto isn’t making millions at this point.

No one on this board wants Hill to become the everyday catcher (I would hope). Soto seems like he needs some time off, though.

once again that depends

if he is hurt then sit him, if he is healthy he needs to play to get out of his funk. I believe that if he is in the lineup then he is healthy enough to play. Give him time he is just a second year player.

that was my only point

I like Soto but he does not look good right now. I’m more worried about Dlee and his getting lineup priveleges

Ah. Well, since you replied to a Hill comment

I trust you can see why I misunderstood.

yep we're good

Marlins lineup

Bonifacio 3B
Maybin CF
Hermida LF
Cantu 1B
Uggla 2B
Baker C
Gload RF
Amezaga SS
Taylor P

yeah for no

hanley??? i mean i dont want to wish a guy hurt, but i wont be said if he isnt healthy for this series.

Even though Amezaga killed us yesterday

I agree

bheidge - May 1, 2009 reply

Other than Hermida and Uggla

this lineup smacks of suckitude. To quote Hammer, “Light ’em up”!

who the hell is Gload?

Minor character in The Lord of the Rings. Ya gotta read the footnotes.

oh, wait

he was the fifth orc on the left in the Helm’s Deep scene.

Bonifacio and Maybin have speed to burn.

That’s what worries me.

keep 'em off the basepaths

and they got nowhere to run to.

so does ours, so........

is uggla the one who had a few errors in last years all star game?

That's the one

Two, yes

and in my opinion, why the game went to extras.

Dang, forgot "sarcasm" indicator

Thanks I was to lazy to look it up

Yup.

That

was an exciting game. so many plays a the plate…

I guess we were just inches from feeling different

that sounds awful but you all know how last night could have been so different if Reed’s grounder would have trickled through. But it didn’t and I am not feeling this team. I posted last night that all that needs to be said could be seen on the Marmol throw to first. Our rightfielder was nowhere to be seen and not even moving to back that throw up. The cardinals will not just fade, becasue they are well coached and play the game right. The Cubs right now are just waiting for talent to kick. Refusing to make adjustments and not doing the little things will burn you.

graceunderpressure - May 1, 2009 reply

TWSS

for the subject line

PASS As that is one of the better TWSS in a long time :)

Winning yesterday would have been nice, but

No one would have been thrilled about 11-10, either.

Alright

Time to turn this thing around starting today. I would like to see Dome in there over Johnson though.

Johnson vs. LHP is ok

That was the plan going in.

Giving him that much time vs. RHP, however . . . .

I'd like an explanation as to why Lou isn't putting Dome out there today...

and something other than the bullshit about lefty/lefty match ups….he’s the best healthy offensive player on team right now, and outr biggest problem has been we can’t score runs DAMMIT!.

LHP.

that was the plan from the get go this season. Dome Johnson platoon in center.

That plan included the offense not hibernating for the first month and half the roster hurt.

Before you go to war, plans are everything. Once the shooting starts, plans mean nothing.

no plan

survives contact with the enemy.

So speaketh General SWL

Because Johnson should get to play, too

TWHS???

Approved.

Indeed

ive tried that line before

Haven't we all?

Tell me when he starts to then....

cause what he’s been doing so far should not fall under the category of “playing baseball”

I don't disagree

But he should not have been playing vs. RHP, anyway. That’s on Piniella.

he has played

Terribly

at the plate. I'll qualify that

his defense has been his usual top notch

Fukudome's defense isn't much worse....

and his bat is light years better.

Must suck to be Bobby Scales...

Gets told he’s (finally) being called up. Packs his bags, surely phones everyone in his phone book, gets to Wrigley, only to be told that he’s headed back to Iowa. Poor guy.

kanderber - May 1, 2009 reply

I think

he knew it was a just in case. And hendry has said he will get a shot this year. I hope he does, seems like a good kid and I wanna see him up with the big boys.

we''ll see him before the year is out

Johnson has a new blog entry up

speaking of Reed

that the one

about his car?

Thats the one,

sorry if you have seen it already

no worries.

my fav so far was the one about the catch

Seriously

demp said he was gonna buy the guy culvers and he didn’t get it…

maybe that's why

Reed hasn’t hit. Someone get this guy a cheeseburger!

Pepsi, no Coke

I could go from some

Jimmy Johns right about now…(wonders when the one in Chattanooga is going to open)…

Just noticed that Lee is batting 4th...

Lou, WTF? I mean, seriously Lou? WTF?

kanderber - May 1, 2009 reply

Anyone

know where Lee batted in the lineup in ’05

3

3rd, but was batting sixth until he began his surge, it started

Patterson CF
Walker 2b
Garciaparra SS
Ramirez 3b
Burnitz RF
Lee 1b

Thanks guys

oddly enough, the day that Dusty swapped Nomar and Lee in the lineup

was the night Garciaparra tore his groin. Who knows, if it weren’t for that change, would we never have had the Neifi era?

I know

but who would you bat fourth? Fontenot? Soto? Miles?

No one tell Lou I said that last one. Don’t want him getting ideas.

with this lineup? Bradley

as painful as that is to say

and yes I'm aware Lou said Bradley wouldn't bat 4th anymore

but he’s the best bat (supposedly) in the lineup

I don't

want even think of Miles in the cleanup spot

I don't like thinking of Miles being in the lineup at all

but Lou forces me to almost every day lately

Here's a Rami update from Santo

“I do believe that Ramirez will be back this weekend. Probably. Hopefully.”

Yeesh.

Gotta love good ole Ronny

Clear as mud, Ronny. Clear as mud.

which means he's spoken to no one

and he’s just using wishful thinking.

At least he knows they're playing the Marlins

I think he does, anyway.

Someone should verify that

I think he just called them the "Devil Marlins."

at

least he can tell they are from florida…

again, someone should verify that

AHHHHHHHH!!!

Judd Sirott’s voice just made me jump out of my seat!

why isn't Pat starting the game?

or is Sirott just handling the pre-game?

Just the pre-game.

I hope.

I think he’s been doing these pre-game interviews regularly.

and he's still

bad at them.

thats why I no longer listen to the pregame show

Piniella sounds very tired on the pre-game show

I’d rather he sounded pissed off.

I agree.

He’s practically slurring his words.

only caught the end of it.

Ron sounds beat down too.

The comment about not having any options

Pisses me off.

Whose fault is that, Lou? You got your lefties.

Yeah

Sorta how I sound when I have to talk to my idiot boss.

Lineup 3-7

batting .118, .189, .216, .109, .178

So you're sayin' there's a chance.

And if all those guys are batting those averages in a month

I’ll buy you the Brooklyn Bridge.

Not Bruce Froemming - May 1, 2009 reply

they've gotta even out sometime

I predict bats of fire

Might as well

start today.

Not Bruce Froemming - May 1, 2009 reply

ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Was that '97 start

the one where the kid vowed to stop talking until zthe Cubs won? I remember he got permission from his parents and teachers so he wouldn’t have to speak at school.