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Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
* Jordan Wicks

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Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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* Michael Busch 
Garrett Cooper
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
Christopher Morel
Dansby Swanson
Patrick Wisdom

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* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

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Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Luke Little, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

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Seiya Suzuki, OF

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* Justin Steele, P   

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Caleb Kilian, P 
Julian Merryweather, P
 




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Game 76 Thread / White Sox @ Cubs (3 of 3)

Submitted by Cubnut on

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SP Javier Vazquez SP
Ryan Dempster
  7-5, 4.13, 93 K, 24 BB, 96 IP
8-2, 2.76, 81 K, 37 BB, 94.2 IP
       
SS
 Orlando Cabrera RF
 *Kosuke Fukudome
C
*A.J. Pierzynski
 LF
 *Eric Patterson
LF
 Carlos Quentin 1B
Derrek Lee
RF
 Jermaine Dye 3B
Aramis Ramirez
1B
 #Nick Swisher
CF
 *Jim Edmonds
3B
 Joe Crede
 C
 Geovany Soto
CF
 *Dewayne Wise RF
 Mark DeRosa
2B
 Alexei Ramirez
 SS
 Ryan Theriot
P
 Javier Vazquez
 P
 Ryan Dempster

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The national ESPN spotlight shines this evening on 1060 West Addison, which can only mean one thing:

The Yankees and Mets aren't playing each other this weekend.

According to the Sun-Times' up-to-the-minute Cubs reports via Twitter, Rob Reiner and his kid are in the house tonight. Could there be any clearer indication what an important contest this is?

Regarding tonight's starters...


Dempster makes his first career start against the White Sox after seven relief appearances (0-1, 3.86 with 3 saves). Vazquez is 3-3 lifetime against the Cubs in 14 starts dating back to his days with the Expos. He is 2-2, 4.80 in ten starts at Wrigley.

This morning on ESPN 1000, former Cub and current Comcast analyst Dan Plesac attributed Dempster's success this year to his ability to throw strikes early in the count and then fall back on his split-finger fastball as an out pitch, especially against lefties. Plesac reasoned that if the White Sox take a bunch of big swings tonight trying to drive the ball out of the park, Dempster could be in for a very successful outing.

If Dempster gets knocked out of the box and the Cubs lose, don't blame me—I'm just quoting Plesac.

But if Dempster makes the Sox look silly tonight, remember, you read it here first.

 

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Comments

Submitted by nohit on Sun, 06/22/2008 - 06:23 pm

ESPN 1000 just said that Edmonds also has a hand problem... I didn't hear the particulars because I walked into the room late. They suggested that he might end up being a late scratch.

Submitted by ultrapeanut on Sun, 06/22/2008 - 06:47 pm

Willie McCovey was one of Joe Morgan's childhood idols? The guy made his major league debut all of four years earlier than Morgan. "Banks Boulevard," ugggggggguhgughghgh. P.S. Aramis Ramirez will you marry me [ ]yes [ ]yes [ ]alrighty.

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Submitted by navigator on Sun, 06/22/2008 - 06:35 pm

I'd like to know who makes shit like this up, Joe or his fact checkers? FWIW, the basket didn't go up until 1970 by which time Ernie was pretty much done. He only hit 15 more homeruns before he hung up his spikes and I think only 8 were at Wrigley Field. And the basket wasn't put up primarily to keep fans from interfering with the ball. Back in the sixties when Bleacher bums were ACTUALLY BUMS 'cause seats only cost a dollar and beers were less, the bums would stack their beers and empty cups on the top of the wall, along with their wallets and shirts and suntan lotion and hibachi grills. All that junk wound up on the field, often after it landed on the outfielders head. Usually when he was trying to make a catch, but not always. There wasn't a problem before Durocher took over because there were no fans before the Durocher era. But starting in 67 when the Cubs found themselves in first place, it became a problem. Thus the basket.

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Submitted by crunch on Mon, 06/23/2008 - 06:40 am

ryno wishes he was as good as morgan. as much as he sucks on the mic he's gotta be one of the best (if not the best) 2nd basemen ever. i'd put him #1 on my personal list. that said, i don't how a guy with a "bad-mic-skills" reputation as that one morgan has keeps getting work on the marquee cable baseball "game of the week". go f'n figure. -edit- guess i should say why. while injuries robbed him of his full potential in his mid-30s (what was left, anyway) he was one hell of a full package. he got on base and had plus speed. he could also hit for a bit of power so you couldn't just play him in. incredible eye. beyond that he was absolutely one of the best defensive 2nd basemen who's played the game. not that ryno was a pile of crap or something...but i'd take joe.

Submitted by nohit on Sun, 06/22/2008 - 06:28 pm

Here's to: * Returning to 20 games over .500 * Dempster's continued success * ARam's hot streak * EPat having two consecutive good games * .800 record at home * Kevin Youkilis and the Red Sox downing STL * Sweeping the cross-town rival * Ozzie's frustration Bottoms up!

Submitted by Jeff_Pico on Sun, 06/22/2008 - 06:32 pm

The Cubs just are inside the White Sox heads, thanks to Ozzie Guillen. I normally discount a managers effect on a team but its obvious the Kenny Williams/ Ozzie Guillen inferiority complex effects their team. Vazquez talked trash about the Cubs lineup and gets knocked around. I'm sure the Cubs will be in for a tough fight next weekend at the Cell..but this sweep is very sweet :)

Submitted by rokfish on Sun, 06/22/2008 - 06:12 pm

edmonds is hurting i doubt if johnson was available if edmonds would be playing. i also was wondering if patterson has played center? did lou say he earned another start.

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Submitted by Chifan on Mon, 06/23/2008 - 06:59 am

I think they might make 3 roster moves tomorrow IN: Marshall Torres Ward Out: Hoffpauir Johnson Murton I think Hoffpauir will be sent down in Ward comes back as they have the same skill sets and Lou likes defensive verisatility to much to have 2 guys who play 1b and our emergency OF on the roster. With Johnson likely going onto the DL and Edmonds banged up I'm sure Lou will want a back-up CF who has played their in the bigs and that is where Torres comes in. Plus he is a fast switch hitter something that Lou and Jimbo love. So that leaves Murton for Marshall's spot, given Epat's performance the last 2 games I think its safe to assume he has earned a roster spot, if not the everyday LF job V. RHP until Sori comes back. If he keeps it up, he might just take Fontenot's job.

Recent comments

  • Raisin101 (view)

    Hi Arizona Phil!

    Exciting to see Naz Mule in box scores a few times. What's his stuff like now after the TJS?

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Mastrobuoni can't come back, yet

    Wisdom does have an option left. He can hide in Iowa if Jed DFA's someone else

    Does Brennan Davis get shown the door? I know it's too early for that, but these injuries are crunching the roster of a 12-7 team playoff demands and BDavis isn't going to help anytime soon.

    Someone has to go to add Peralta. And Canario isn't going to get to play everyday regardless of RHers or LHers. Neither is Tauchman. Also don't see PCA getting a chance over Peralta.

    If Jed does those moves:

    4 OF: Belli, Peralta, Canny, Tauch

    2 C: Gomes and Amaya

    2 DH: Cooper and Mervis

    5 INF: Busch, Nico, Dansby, Morel, Madrigal

    Little short on OF depth but two injuries will do that  

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    I have had the pleasure of watching some of the young A's pitchers lately (first Joe Boyle the last day of Minor League Spring Training in March, and more recently Luis Morales last week and Steven Echavarria yesterday at Extended Spring Training), and it reminds me of the Miami Marlins a couple of years ago. A really nice collection of young pitchers. It will be interesting to see what the A's will get for two years of ex-Cub Paul Blackburn at the Trade Deadline (there should be a robust market for Blackburn). 

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Good deal

    MB needs some talent infusion!

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Childersb3: Very possible. Suriel, too. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    DJL: if a pitcher is recalled to be the 27th man for a doubleheader and then is optioned back to the minors the next day, the 15-day "clock" does NOT reset. The one day call-up for the doubleheader is treated like it never happened with respect to a pitcher having to spend at least 15 days on optional assignment before he can be recalled. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Probably the only reason David Peralta is still in the organization (he is at AAA Iowa) is to be available in case anything bad were to happen to Ian Happ (which it just did). So if Happ needs to go on the IL, the Cubs can select Peralta to play LF, DFA Wisdom (and hope he and what remains of his $2.725M salary gets claimed off waivers), and recall Mervis to platoon at DH with Cooper (with Canario / Tauchman sharing RF), at least until Suzuki and Happ are back...

     

  • crunch (view)

    i'd just like to take a moment to express to the world i'm still pissed willson contreras is not a cub when the pricetag was 5/87m (17.5m/yr).

    it would be nice to have a legacy-type player to stick around, especially one with his leadership and the respect he gets from his peers.  cubs fans deserved more than 1 season of contreras + morel...that was gold.

  • crunch (view)

    happ, right hamstring tightness, day-to-day (hopefully 0 days).

    he will be reevaluated tomorrow.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    I guess I'm not looking for that type of AB 

    Just a difference of opinion

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