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Yency Almonte
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Seiya Suzuki, OF

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Julian Merryweather, P

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Game 36 Thread / Diamondbacks @ Cubs (2 of 3)

Submitted by Rob G. on

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SP Max Scherzer
 SP
Ryan Dempster
  0-1, 5.40, 12 K, 2 BB
4-1, 2.72, 29 K, 20 BB
       
2B
 #Augie Ojeda
 LF
 Alfonso Soriano
SS
*Stephen Drew SS
 Ryan Theriot
CF
 Chris Young 1B
Derrek Lee
1B
Conor Jackson 3B
Aramis Ramirez
RF
Justin Upton RF
*Kosuke Fukudome
3B
Mark Reynolds C
 Geovany Soto
C
 Chris Snyder 2B
 Mark DeRosa
LF
 Jeff Salazar CF
 Reed Johnson
P
 Max Scherzer
 P
 Ryan Dempster

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Cubs go for their first series win in a few weeks and have already bucked their recent trend of dropping the first game, winning the second and then losing the rubber game. I look forward to the new trend of sweeping a couple series in a row.

Felix Pie must be on his way to Iowa as he's out of the lineup again versus a righty, losing playing time to a suddenly mortal Reed Johnson.

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Submitted by Rob G. on Sat, 05/10/2008 - 05:46 pm

starting against us on Tuesday...$20 virtual bucks he throws a shutout

Submitted by jeffy777 on Sat, 05/10/2008 - 05:39 pm

Theriot caught stealing AGAIN?!?!!! Sheesh........

Submitted by Andrew on Sat, 05/10/2008 - 05:45 pm

Marmol pitching the 9th with a 5-run lead? *Shakes head* And just watching Soriano run is painful. He's clearly either gutting it out out there or he's scared of reinjuring himself. But, still, a good win.

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Submitted by dc60124 on Sat, 05/10/2008 - 05:05 pm

not speaking for andrew here; soriano looked like he was stuck in 2nd gear on the theriot single that upton muffed. it speaks volumes about his speed that he scored anyway all the way from first. on his 7th inning double, he almost jogged from the plate to 2nd. he also was only "striding" from 2nd to home when theriot singled him home. the play at the plate was too close; he appeared to the un-trained eye to be favoring/protecting his legs. grace and albert said soriano had missed time "earlier" with a calf strain. maybe soriano was just being duly cautious.

Submitted by Little Nate Lewis on Sat, 05/10/2008 - 05:54 pm

I was blacked out and haven't seen any highlights, but this is from the AP recap: Alfonso Soriano had four hits, including a go-ahead double in a six-run seventh inning, and showed some flair on the bases to help the Cubs beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-2. Entering the game batting .191 and slowed earlier this season by a calf injury that landed him the on the disabled list, Soriano twice raced home and scored with good slides to send the largest crowd of the season at Wrigley Field (41,597) into a tizzy.

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Submitted by champsummers on Sat, 05/10/2008 - 05:01 pm

Agree. I didnt see the Upton error play, but when Soriano scored in the 7th he really looked (to me) like he was hurt. I expected him to come out of the game at that point. And speaking of points, I also have no idea what the point was for having Marmol pitch the 9th. I was all happy after the 7th because we could rest him.

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sat, 05/10/2008 - 05:04 pm

On one of the plays where Soriano was rounding third (I think it was the play where Upton made the error in RF), he clearly started running like he did last year after he came back from the quad injury, where it looked like he couldn't raise the one leg.

But then by the time he got to the plate (once he was in full sprint with no change of direction required), he was running much better. Perhaps rounding third or maybe stopping & starting (as he did on that play) may be a problem for him.  

I don't know if he was favoring the quad because it was bothering him, or if he was trying to protect himself in the cold weather, or if he has some kind of a mental block about it, but he defintely was not running at full speed at all times on the bases today, that's for sure. But he also was running the bases aggressively at times, too, which I wouldn't think he would do if he was hurting.

Submitted by crunch on Sat, 05/10/2008 - 05:45 pm

mets announcers for SNY are going to broadcast a game from the upper deck at shea (missed the date of this game). not intimate as much as alienating, though. its way up there. should be crazy/weird depending on how well they can actually follow the game.

Submitted by Eric S on Sat, 05/10/2008 - 05:35 pm

The Atlanta Fox outlet did show the game -- very entertaining. Scherzer was very tuff, but Dempster was more than holding his own - excellent stuff today and some very solid defense behind him. Theriot in particular made some great catches and throws at short -- his inside-out swing was very effective against Scherzer's mid-90s outside heat. Dempster could have come out of the 6th unscathed, but with the bases loaded and one out, the ump blew what should have been a called strike 3 on Upton on a 2-2 count. Demp walked Upton on the next pitch (forcing in a run) and eventually got out of the inning with the Cubs down 2-1 after another run scored on a FC to Theriot. Another very encouraging start by Dempster. And thank God Scherzer left after 6 innings.

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Submitted by crunch on Sat, 05/10/2008 - 05:50 pm

"I think you can call it a setback," San Diego manager Bud Black said, "but we'll know more [Sunday]." *cues up a record on the turntable* DONT CALL IT A SETBACK CUZ I AINT NEVER BEEN HEALTHY SITTING BACK, CASHING CHECKS GETTING WEALTHY lulz...seriously, grab a bullet proof jacket and hide your moms.

Submitted by Rob G. on Sat, 05/10/2008 - 05:15 pm

WGN radio guys said he got a visit from the trainer after he scored in the 7th. http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20080510&content… Soriano said he was just a scared because of the cold weather. "It was more like a scare," Soriano said of his slow turn around third. "I was running a lot today, and the last one I was scared because it was cold. But I think I'm OK. I just have to play a little more and be confident in my legs."

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Submitted by Chifan on Sat, 05/10/2008 - 05:09 pm

I made the comment in a gamechat during the CIN series that if he were a horse running the way he was, he would be euthanised. Here we are 4-5 days later and he still is running in a way that looks like he is hurting. With Cedeno on a tear why not give him a week off as Pinch hitter? If it looked like he was not running running at full speed I could buy his arguement, but it looks like he is and hurts. You think they would be super extra causious with the 136 million dollar man.

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Submitted by Transmission on Sun, 05/11/2008 - 05:17 am

Eh, if he were a horse, the police would look more favorably on my efforts to stroke Soriano's hair, then saddle and ride him.

 

Soriano spent most of last year looking hurt, but hitting well even while looking so.  I think we have to let him play as long as he says he can. 

Submitted by Chifan on Sat, 05/10/2008 - 05:24 pm

with his leg issues and Dero doing his best Soriano impression at 2b, I wonder if they should just get Soriano defense at 2b from Soriano, trade for Lou's mythical LHOF who can 5 to play LF (Adam Dunn, Andre Either, G. Anderson or GMJ) and stick with Pie in CF. Yeah the take out slides are a reason to not consider it, but most of the damage of those are to your ankles, while running and to a lesser extent hopping playing OF put stress on the quad he keeps hurting.

Submitted by Jackstraw on Sun, 05/11/2008 - 05:13 am

From the article: "There has never been a timetable for Prior's return to the Major Leagues, though there was once speculation it would be around June 1." Note no mention of WHICH June 1.

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Submitted by crunch on Sun, 05/11/2008 - 05:34 am

heh... prior's agent threw around the june thing before and when he signed with SD. sucks for prior. he was a hell of a rare talent. seems his inability to admit, shut down, and cope with his injuries might undue his career. it seems that everything he's battled since the "foot thing" has been compounding into a downhill slide where he can't get his way back to 100%.

Submitted by jacos on Sun, 05/11/2008 - 05:35 am

Was at the game yesterday. Went with 20 buddies from college, we had the up stairs room rented at the Cubbie Bear, its a great view of the ball park from the front. Sat section up from main aisle behind home plate. Dempster pitched heck of game, I couldn't believe Soriano ran on that first run the whole play was right in front me. Good to see Howry pitch a good inning, wish they would have use Wuertz or Fox. Although when Marmol came in I was sitting with my friend who was Dback fan. And after the first strike, I told him cmon lets go this over. Fun game, little chilly but a great time. After the game Dempster walked by Bernies the bar I was at on Clark and Waveland. Got a picture with him and told him he pitched a "fning good game." He said "thanks" and was a really nice guy. Go Cubs. Get the sweep.

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Submitted by billybucks on Sun, 05/11/2008 - 05:56 am

Nice stories about Dempster and Lilly in the Sun-Times today -- Dempster provided 50 tickets to mothers who have sons in the military. This is in addition to his ongoing program to get tickets for low-income kids. Lilly and his wife have also started a program to get tickets for low-income kids and families. Plus, Kerry has his bowling tournament for charity, and D-Lee is raising money to fight the disease that has impacted his daughter's vision. Well done, gentlemen.

Submitted by 10man on Sun, 05/11/2008 - 05:34 pm

...which seems to be unlikely, a Cedeno sighting! LF Soriano CF Johnson 1B Lee 3B Ramirez C Soto 2B Cedeno RF DeRosa SS Theriot P Zambrano

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  • crunch (view)

    bases loaded for the cubs, 0 out...and no runs score.

    cubbery.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Walker was a complimentary piece who was well past his prime. Edmonds, Holliday, Ozzie Smith and a few others were good trades. Notably, they have almost always been quiet in the free agent market. But the fundamental workings of the organization were always based primarily upon the constant output of a well oiled minor league organization. That organization has ground to a halt. And when did that hard stop start to happen? Right at the beginning of the Goldschmidt/Arenado era, perpetuated by the Contreras signing, followed by the rotation purchases during the last offseason. The timing is undeniable and, in my mind, not coincidental.

    Again, we are all saying that player development became deemphasized. I’m just linking it directly to the recent trades and involvement in the free agent market. I don’t see how the two concepts can be decoupled.

  • Charlie (view)

    The Cards also traded for both Jim Edmonds and Larry Walker. It's the developing part that has fallen off. Of course, it could also be the case that there are no more Matt Carpenters left to pull out of the hat. 

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  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Sure, they made generally short term trades for established players to enhance what they already had or traded for players early enough in their careers that they were essentially Cardinals from the start. What they never did was to try to use the more established players as foundational cornerstones.

    Essentially we’re saying the same thing. They have given up on player development to the point that even their prospects that make it to the bigs flop so that they have to do things like buy most of their rotation and hope for the best.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    I don’t buy that. They had been doing that for years.

    They did it with Matt Holliday. They did it with John Lackey. They did it with Mark Mulder. They did it with Jason Heyward, who had a great year for them. I’m sure there’s more but those come to mind immediately.

    I attribute it more to a breakdown in what they’re doing in terms of development than a culture thing.

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    They won those trades and sacrificed their culture. That’s exactly their problem.

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    The other part that’s kind of crazy is they made two very high profile trades, one for Goldschmidt and one for Arenado, and they very clearly won those trades. They just haven’t been able to develop players the last handful of years the way they usually do.

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