pat and ron are in midseason form...chuckling and confusion about anything game related...the score, who's playing, and what girls in the stands look like ladybugs...
after talking about girls like some 14 year olds for 1/2 the inning pat proclaims it looks like vazquez will pitch the 7th inning because there's no one in the pen (nevermind it was the top 6th).
they cant get the score right, the players right, and now the inning...
leaving the mic on during the radio break showing why ron's loved...signing autos on request, saying 'you're welcome' to the thanks...no speeches, no bullcrap...just being one of the faces of the cubs in a proper way.
...comes back into the booth area asking "who's pitching?" to pat...
howry in top 8...and pat/ron are 1/2 assed funny playing the "attendance game" which im sure they'll talk about for the next 5-10 minutes.
4-3 wsox/cubs..bottom 6...soto lifts a high one short hopping the wall in CF. all 3 runs in the 6th.
tie game via pie on a low breaker single to RF...vasquez done...
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wood out to start top 7th -and- is supposed to pitch tommorow...looks like he's definitely got the inside track on the closer job if he can stay healthy/not-sore.
wood 1-2-3 inning, 2Ks and a popout to fuku.
-edit-
pie ends the bottom 8th swinging, missing for strike 3, and sending his bat flying outta his hand to the backstop on his follow through with 2 out and 2 on
-edit-
doh...hart gives up a 2 out opposite field homer off j.uribe (solo) in top 9th...5-4 wsox, top 9
-edit-
soriano...with the infield back, men on the corners, and no outs...well, he sure isn't showing bunt on any pitch and i hope its just a "spring mentality"...he gets his sacfly at the RF warning track...tie game (cedeno from 3rd), murton holding at 1st.
dlee walks moving murton to 2nd with 1 out...the hoff hits into a DP...9th over...they're gonna play into the 10th today
-edit-
eyre pitches the cubs out of a tie...wsox take a 6-5 lead off of an 1-out back-to-back double and single...following it up with a walk...piggy up in the pen, rothschild visiting eyre...a fan screaming "see you in iowa"...fun stuff, but he was left in only to give up an immediate ground rule double off of a kid for a 7-5 lead.
a K to fields and a p.ozuna getting a WEAK infield single on a 3-2 count for a 8-5 lead. i would say it was a tough break for eyre if not for 2 balls in the ozuna AB being wild out of the zone (one in the dirt and one high)...tapping comebacker to the mound finishes off the 10th...8-5 cws/chc
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fukudome leadoff basehit (though it might have been an out with a better 3rd baseman) on an under-the-glove smack...epat walks on 4 straight...blanco gets a basehit after dye loses the ball in the sun (that's a possible 2 outs and a man on 1st turned into 0 outs with the bases loaded).
pie gets a chance to play hero...infield ground out, force at home, 1 out
cedeno gets a chance to play hero...works a 3-2 count into a walk...run forced home...8-6 cws/chc, 1 out
murton gets a chance to play hero...dye loses ANOTHER ball in the sun (aka, out 3) and the cubs tie with 1 out and cedeno on 3rd/murton on 2nd.
mcgeehehehehehehehe gets a chance to play hero...and he Ks for out 2
fuld gets a chance to play hero...ground out to SS...and that's the game.
according to the AP...soriano back hitting 2nd, fuku 5th...
"I thought about it last night," Piniella said before Saturday's game against the Chicago White Sox. "I think right now with the way we're situated, Fukudome offers the best protection for Ramirez."
Look at the highlighted column and work your way backwards to see which relievers might be available. A red square indicates 30 or more pitches in the outing.
40 players on MLB RESERVE LIST (plus one player on 60-day DL)
2010 CUBS MLB PAYROLL: $132.15M NOTE: Total does not include performance bonuses not yet earned, and signing bonuses are only included if all or part of the bonus is actually paid this season
+ Player has "NO TRADE" rights
25-MAN ROSTER
+ Alfonso Soriano, OF - $18M
+ Carlos Zambrano, RHP - $17.875M
+ Aramis Ramirez, 3B - $15.75M
+ Kosuke Fukudome, OF - $13M
+ Ryan Dempster, RHP - $9.5M
Xavier Nady, OF - $3.3M
Marlon Byrd, OF - $3M
Carlos Marmol, RHP - $2.125M
Jeff Baker, INF - $975K
Sean Marshall, LHP - $950K
Tom Gorzelanny, LHP - $800K
Koyie Hill, C - $700K
Geovany Soto, C - $575K
Randy Wells, RHP - $427K
Tyler Colvin, OF - $401K
Starlin Castro, SS - $400K
James Russell, LHP - $400K
Andrew Cashner, RHP - $300K (pro-rated)
Blake DeWitt, INF - $150K (pro-rated)
Casey Coleman, RHP - $150K (pro-rated)
Thomas Diamond, RHP - $150K (pro-rated)
Marcos Mateo, RHP - $125K (pro-rated)
Darwin Barney, INF - $100K (pro-rated)
Micah Hoffpauir, 1B - $100K (pro-rated)
Scott Maine, LHP - $100K (pro-rated)
15-DAY DISABLED LIST:
Carlos Silva, RHP - $8M (see NOTE)
John Grabow, LHP - $2.8M
Esmailin Caridad, RHP - $403K NOTE: Mariners pay $3.5M of Silva's $11.5M 2010 salary
60-DAY DISABLED LIST
Angel Guzman, RHP - $825K
PERFORMANCE BONUS:
Xavier Nady - can earn additional $2M
OTHER:
Derrek Lee - $11.3M (before trade)
Ted Lilly - $10.3M (before trade)
Ryan Theriot - $1.7M (before trade)
Aaron Miles - $1M (traded)
Chad Tracy - $900K (released)
Mike Fontenot - $750K (before trade)
Luis Vizcaino - $500K (2010 buy-out)
Bob Howry - $300K (released)
David Patton - $240K (outrighted)
Mike Parisi - $65K (outrighted)
OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT:
+ Jeff Samardzija, RHP - $2.5M
Sam Fuld, OF - $140K
Jeff Gray, RHP - $140K
Jeff Stevens, RHP - $100K
Mitch Atkins, RHP - $65K
Justin Berg, RHP - $65K
Welington Castillo, C - $65K
Brian Schlitter, RHP - $65K
James Adduci, OF - $32.5K
Rafael Dolis, RHP - $32.5K
John Gaub, LHP - $32.5K
Blake Parker, RHP - $32.5K NOTE: The 2010 MLB mimimum salary is $400K, with a $65K minor league split minimum ($32.5K minor league split minimum for players with no MLB Service Time who are on 40-man roster for the first time), and minor league split salary must be at least 60% of what player was actually paid in salary the previous season.
#1 Re: Gameday Open Thread / White Sox @ Cubs
Godenot
Soriano
DLee
Ramirez
Fukudome
DeRosa
Soto
Pie
Lilly
#2 Re: Gameday Open Thread / White Sox @ Cubs
jeff davanon cut...i'm a fan...
his sapped power (what little he had) is suffering, though.
#3 Re: Gameday Open Thread / White Sox @ Cubs
pat and ron are in midseason form...chuckling and confusion about anything game related...the score, who's playing, and what girls in the stands look like ladybugs...
#4 Re: Gameday Open Thread / White Sox @ Cubs
you can't even script this crap...
after talking about girls like some 14 year olds for 1/2 the inning pat proclaims it looks like vazquez will pitch the 7th inning because there's no one in the pen (nevermind it was the top 6th).
they cant get the score right, the players right, and now the inning...
#6 Re: Gameday Open Thread / White Sox @ Cubs
leaving the mic on during the radio break showing why ron's loved...signing autos on request, saying 'you're welcome' to the thanks...no speeches, no bullcrap...just being one of the faces of the cubs in a proper way.
...comes back into the booth area asking "who's pitching?" to pat...
howry in top 8...and pat/ron are 1/2 assed funny playing the "attendance game" which im sure they'll talk about for the next 5-10 minutes.
#5 Re: Gameday Open Thread / White Sox @ Cubs
4-3 wsox/cubs..bottom 6...soto lifts a high one short hopping the wall in CF. all 3 runs in the 6th.
tie game via pie on a low breaker single to RF...vasquez done...
-edit-
wood out to start top 7th -and- is supposed to pitch tommorow...looks like he's definitely got the inside track on the closer job if he can stay healthy/not-sore.
wood 1-2-3 inning, 2Ks and a popout to fuku.
-edit-
pie ends the bottom 8th swinging, missing for strike 3, and sending his bat flying outta his hand to the backstop on his follow through with 2 out and 2 on
-edit-
doh...hart gives up a 2 out opposite field homer off j.uribe (solo) in top 9th...5-4 wsox, top 9
-edit-
soriano...with the infield back, men on the corners, and no outs...well, he sure isn't showing bunt on any pitch and i hope its just a "spring mentality"...he gets his sacfly at the RF warning track...tie game (cedeno from 3rd), murton holding at 1st.
dlee walks moving murton to 2nd with 1 out...the hoff hits into a DP...9th over...they're gonna play into the 10th today
-edit-
eyre pitches the cubs out of a tie...wsox take a 6-5 lead off of an 1-out back-to-back double and single...following it up with a walk...piggy up in the pen, rothschild visiting eyre...a fan screaming "see you in iowa"...fun stuff, but he was left in only to give up an immediate ground rule double off of a kid for a 7-5 lead.
a K to fields and a p.ozuna getting a WEAK infield single on a 3-2 count for a 8-5 lead. i would say it was a tough break for eyre if not for 2 balls in the ozuna AB being wild out of the zone (one in the dirt and one high)...tapping comebacker to the mound finishes off the 10th...8-5 cws/chc
-edit-
fukudome leadoff basehit (though it might have been an out with a better 3rd baseman) on an under-the-glove smack...epat walks on 4 straight...blanco gets a basehit after dye loses the ball in the sun (that's a possible 2 outs and a man on 1st turned into 0 outs with the bases loaded).
pie gets a chance to play hero...infield ground out, force at home, 1 out
cedeno gets a chance to play hero...works a 3-2 count into a walk...run forced home...8-6 cws/chc, 1 out
murton gets a chance to play hero...dye loses ANOTHER ball in the sun (aka, out 3) and the cubs tie with 1 out and cedeno on 3rd/murton on 2nd.
mcgeehehehehehehehe gets a chance to play hero...and he Ks for out 2
fuld gets a chance to play hero...ground out to SS...and that's the game.
#7 lineup...
according to the AP...soriano back hitting 2nd, fuku 5th...
"I thought about it last night," Piniella said before Saturday's game against the Chicago White Sox. "I think right now with the way we're situated, Fukudome offers the best protection for Ramirez."
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/7943810/Lou-Piniella-settles-on-Chicago-Cubs'-opening-lineup,-Kosuke-Fukudome-stays-in-fifth-spot
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