Game 43 Thread / Pirates @ Cubs (2 of 3)

Or those like me, who are out of the area, the game can be shown on TVAntz here:

http://myp2p.eu/competition.php?competitionid=&par...

sorry about that...should be back to black in a moment.

at the game wearing a brand new Cubs cap with the tag still on it.
But he's a well-known Mets fan..

http://fileserver.glam.com/2/-2727246a7dbf68cd61.jpg

just hit his 250th career home run.

(9 on the season)

No one at Parachat? That's weird.

That sucked.

Well, Zambrano and Marmol were bound to have bad games. It just so happens it's in the same game. Also, thank god Soriano is surging with the currently quiet bat of Lee (.548 OPS in the last 14 days). But if Wuertz can actually start pitching well again, that would help out this bullpen so much.

I don't believe in jinxes, but, as soon as Len said "Marmol has his A+ stuff today", he gives up an 0-2 single on the next pitch, then grooves one to the Pirates best hitter to lose the game. Makes you wonder...

Lee, Rammy and Fukky need to get going -- another 0-fer day for 3-4-5 in the lineup.

A win tomorrow would be nice -- be a shame to end this nice homestand on a downer.

Holy God, Soriano's BA is up to .295, better than Lee and ARam. That was quick.

And 10 HR's in 29 games.

Funny, you haven't seen any articles discussing Soriano's lack of bat speed and timing these days. Could it be that the club actually knew what it was doing when it didn't send him down for a rehab stint in the minors?

2nd time this season cubs have scored 4 or more but lost. just have to call it a bad day at the office, and turn the page.

here's hoping jason marquis can pitch the way he is capable of on sunday. probably would be a bad idea to run through the bullpen before heading to houston.

does anyone know why fukudome sat on friday vs gorzelanny but played today? the inconsistency on this had me curious. thanks in advance.

I regret to tell you that I am attending tomorrow's game which will be a Marquis loss. I am saying this to prepare myself in advance, thereby reducing some anxiety. It will be his last start for a while, however, fortunately as Lou will not have the patience for it.

Jason Marquis is a bad pitcher. Unfortunately, by the luck of the draw with my games, it will be my 3rd time seeing him so far this season. I was 0-2, tomorrow, 0-3.

Maybe there will be an AL team who may want him at the deadline - or the Mets.

Today was the first appearance of the year by Cra-Z we hadn't missed him. Ah well you just can't win em all and they had been beating the Pirates so consistently. Its time for Lee, Ramirez and Fuku to step it up though. Tomorrow's game should be at least high scoring with alot of bullpen appearances. Neither Marquis or Dumatrait are any good.

Marmol sucks.

Hoffpauir didn't start tonight at Iowa. Could he be in Chicago ready to play tomorrow?

Notwithstanding the loss, our offense is really on fire. I think we have some good trade bait for picking up an arm or two. If you had told me that 1/4 of the way through the season that we'd have the following players with OPS over .800 I'd have said you were high:

Soto
Soriano
D Lee
A Ram
Cedeno
Fukudome
Derosa
Theriot
Fontenot

CF is the only position that hasn't provided us great offense and Reed Johnson has a .340 OBP. We're almost 50 points above the median for team OBP! I'm not expecting Cedeno or the LSU wondertwins to keep this up all season, but it's nice while it lasts.

Besides being the best offense in baseball, we're in 3rd in the NL for ERA and our defense has been pretty damn solid.

By and large our players are playing good baseball. Pardon me if I sound like I'm drinking the Kool-aid, but things are feeling pretty good right now for this staying an exciting year all season long.