Game 2 Thread / Brewers @ Cubs (2 of 3)

Ted Lilly Fan Club Super Computer (TLFCSC) says:

6 2/3 IP, 5H, 2 ER, 7 K. Ted goes 1-2 with the Nissan "Drive Of The Game." 10+ Babies named "Ted," 9 months from now.

A very optimistic Super Computer, we like it!

(BTW, We've played Van Halen's "Jump" about 1k times today)

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"If you're not a Ted Head, you should be" - God

The Cubs have yet to beat a lineup with the pitcher batting 8th this year.

"Ohhh, Who said that? Baby how've you been?!?"

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I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me- hst

Today's the day we climb out of last place!

mlb.tv sucks...

Not to nitpick Brother. But Lilly had 34 starts.

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Rooting for Laundry since 1987

This lineup SUCKS!!!!

the link about the fast Wrigley surface was an interesting note. I noticed on the Counsell double in the 10th that the ball seemed to jump past Pie who certainly looked like he didn't expect it to fly past him like that.

And once again, I'm in office with lots of students, no recap from me. Will try to at least get into parachat. Go Cubs!

we'd score more runs.

Damn you, Fukudome!

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I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me- hst

I'm watching the game on ESPN GameCast, and I'm just wondering - are they accidentally showing a game from 2001? How is Jason Kendall suddenly a doubles machine? And he's caught two guys stealing in the last two games. That took him approximately an entire season last year.

Also, for how deep this team supposedly is, why is Mike Fontenot the first guy off the bench? Replacing DeRosa's bat with Fontenot's when down 2 runs is usually not a successful solution.

It's way early, but they look sluggish just like they did for the first 2 months last year.

I think Fontenot was simply chosen because DeRosa made the last out and they play the same position.

I'm wondering how long before Soriano goes back to leading off to make him "comfortable" being that so far he is 0-season.

How about Fuku moves to the leadoff spot? Obviously it's a small sample size, but he's shown great patience and a good eye at the plate.

Fuku
Lee
Soriano
Aramis
DeRosa
Soto
Theriot
Pie
Pitcher

That way, Soriano gets all the meatballs he wants with Aramis protecting him, and we might actually score some runs with Fuku on base followed by Doubles Lee.

Eh, probably makes too much sense.

Memo to Kevin Hart: walks to lead-off batters get you an all-expense-paid ticket to Des Moines.

Boy, does my Detroit vs Cubs World Series prediction look bad.

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I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me- hst

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080402&c...

Doesn't Z know that Kazakhstan is the number one exporter of potassium, all other countries have inferior potassium.

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Can't quiet THE RIOT! (www.riotshirts.com)

So why does Cedeno get the nod to be the first right-handed pinch-hitter over Johnson? That move seems positively Dusty-esque.

Anyone?

HOLY F'N CRAP.

THAT SUCKED.

WOW. YEAH.

Dempster to stop the bleeding tomorrow.

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I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me- hst

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extra...

says WSox and Cubs showing most interest in Crisp (still).

Don't make much sense with Johnson now...

Missed the game, but why do we suck? Is it 0-season Latin starters?

The season's two days old. Chill.

Someone told me that Lou said after the game that he's planning on moving Soriano back to leadoff. Can anyone confirm this and did he give out any other details about how the lineup would look if he does so?

Jesus, they really look dead out there. When Lou starts putting on hit and runs to ignite a moribund offense, you know they're struggling. Oh well, at least Soto got going today.

Lou said in post game press conference.

He's been thinking about it since the end of spring training.

"His legs are feeling better."

Theriot batting second.

I would put Fbomb batting second.

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I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me- hst

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/press_releases/pr...

the curse may finally end. :)

says the Cubs told Z to chill with the caffeine btw... does he down like 5 Red Bulls and 3 Starbucks before a game or something?

...back on the DL with a strained oblique. He pulled a muscle in his last at bat yesterday against the Iowa Hawkeyes, so it's back to Arizona for two weeks.

Oh Crap!
Computer model saying the brewers will win the division

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2008/04/place...

had fitful dreams of us losing.

this one i was at a party and daisuke matsuzaka walks out of a room with a beer in his hand and tells me too bad about the game.

dream changes and im riding an atv through a forest and come upon a campground with a giant neon scoreboard that has our final being 8-2 brewers.

got out of bed at 3:30 am to see the weeks leadoff homer and couldnt sleep after that so just kept up with the game, then went back to bed after the friggin throwing error by soto.

SHIT!!

fuck the damned lineup when are sorry-ano and aramiss gonna get that BA over .000?

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聖なる牛！カブスの勝ち！

lou's solved it all...2 games is enough for theriot/soriano 1/2 to be over...now its soriano/theriot 1/2.

100 wins here we come.

I called the Soriano move above mid-game - whatever makes Soriano feel better psychologically seems to help the offense ignite. He doesn't look like he is running any better to me, my guess is that Lou is just using the legs as an excuse to move him where he wants to try him.

I haven't seen much positive so far, but the outfield defense and arms are impressive. That strike that Pie threw to the plate was a hell of a lot closer than I thought it would be.

Hey Rob G. and Trans, in one of the sidebar boxes could you guys put the Cubs schedule?

Good thing our stopper is pitching tomorrow.

Heading into chicago to see the game saturday, which will be the 5th game, assuming no rainout. With the offday can we except to see Z or marquis as scheduled? I'd assume since Marquis is on the 25 man roster, he'll get the nod. if they planned on skipping his start they'd have an extra pen arm, but what do i know. Looks like Hill friday and marquis sat. But i hope otherwise so anyone who knows better, let me know. thanks!

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President of the "Jeff Samardzija for President" Club

You guys see the write-up on Yahoo! about A-Rod making more money this year than the Marlins are spending on their entire roster? While amusing, something isn't right about that.

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"Gasp... You used Ghostbusters for evil!" ~ Liz Lemon

not that this happens but what if dempster is our 2nd best
starter this year say wins 15 games
if its gonna happen ya know it will on his walk year.

Just confirmation of the switch.

"Beginning with Thursday’s series finale, left fielder Alfonso Soriano will move back to the leadoff spot from No. 2, flip-flopping with shortstop Ryan Theriot."

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AulMBJZ8I6ZP...

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That's great in practice, but how about in theory?

It's April 3 and were still brought to you by motorola.

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That's Manila with an "L"

I'd like to see:
Soriano
DeRosa
K-Fuk
Aram
D-Lee
Soto
Pie
Theriot
Pitcher

So Dempster's our stopper this series - yikes, hope the wind's blowing in today.

I'll raise you one Dmac. While we're wishing, I hope that the winds howls in when the Brewers are up, and that it howls out when the Cubs are up. Of course, this would inevitably end up biting us in the ass, with the Cubs hitting several foul balls that blow fair and are caught, while the brewers hit several bloopers that get blown down in front of the outfielders, for singles....

I heard a sound bite 30 minutes ago in ESPN1000, I believe it was from today's pregame conference.

Basically Lou said he doesn't need to explain or defend his changes, that it is what it is.

T minus 10 to Lou blow up if they lose today.

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I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me- hst

Soriano LF
Theriot SS
Lee 1B
ARam 3B
Fukudome RF
DeRosa 2B
Soto C
Pie CF
Dempster P

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That's great in practice, but how about in theory?