Game 80 Thread / Cubs @ White Sox (1 of 3)
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| SP | Ryan Dempster | SP | José Contreras |
| 9-2, 2.63, 85 K, 38 BB, 102.2 IP | 6-6, 3.96, 56 K, 26 BB, 97.2 IP | ||
| DH | *Kosuke Fukudome | SS | Orlando Cabrera |
| LF | *Eric Patterson | C | *A.J. Pierzynski |
| 1B | Derrek Lee | LF | Carlos Quentin |
| 3B | Aramis Ramirez | RF | Jermaine Dye |
| RF | *Daryle Ward | DH | *Jim Thome |
| CF | *Jim Edmonds | 3B | Joe Crede |
| C | Geovany Soto | 1B | #Nick Swisher |
| 2B | *Mike Fontenot | 2B | Juan Uribe |
| SS | Ronny Cedeno | CF | *Dewayne Wise |
It's time for Round Two of the Cubs versus White Sox, a.k.a. Team Inferiority Complex.
The Cubs go with a lineup that's long on lefties and rich on suck. Fontenot? Cedeño?? Ward in the field??? Lou is clearly trying to win the game with one hand tied behind his back, thus completely demoralizing the hosts.
Dempster, who yielded just one run (though 10 hits) to beat the White Sox on Sunday night, gets the nod against Contreras, who the Cubs undressed last Saturday (9 ER, 10H allowed in 3.1 innings).
Every drunken lout who stumbles into the park today wearing a CUCK THE FUBS t-shirt will point out that Dempster hasn't won a game away from Wrigley Field. If you're at the game and can stand to get next to the drunk, point out that Dempster, while 0-2 on the road, has a 2.48 road ERA (5th best in the NL), has held road opponents to a measly .194 batting average, and the bullpen has cost him at least a couple victories. I bet that'll shut the lout right up!
Aramis Ramirez, who torched Sox pitching for 4 HR and 8 RBI last weekend, has also enjoyed great success against Contreras: 7-for-14, 4 HR, 10 RBI.
Though U.S. Cellular Field has been one of the homer-happiest parks in the game, when the Cubs swept the home team there last June, they did so by scores of 5-1 (WP: Zambrano), 2-1 (Wuertz), and 3-0 (Marshall).
Presumably, Cub pitchers had no pig-sized rats running through the bullpen to distract them.
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#1 Re: Game 80 Thread / Cubs @ White Sox (1 of 3)
What an odd lineup, CUBNUT!
Dome DH-ing at the top?!
Ward in Right?!
Five lefties?
Mike Weaslo - er - Fontenot?
#2 Re: Game 80 Thread / Cubs @ White Sox (1 of 3)
I think the bigger oddity is Lou putting Aramis at 1st and D Lee at 3rd...
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#3 Re: Game 80 Thread / Cubs @ White Sox (1 of 3)
who is Ronnie Cede 0?
Ronnie Sant 0 is still in the booth, no?
#4 No break for Soto?
Is it true that Lou signed Soto up for the Futures Game, Homerun Derby and Celebrity Softball game for the All Star game?
#5 Re: Game 80 Thread / Cubs @ White Sox (1 of 3)
Is this the record for most lefties ever in the cubs lineup?
and i found this elsewhere...
#6 Re: Game 80 Thread / Cubs @ White Sox (1 of 3)
we can't post pictures? That blows...
FU Jim Thome!
#12 Re: Game 80 Thread / Cubs @ White Sox (1 of 3)
Niiice!
#8 Is there anything you can't do that could cause an injury?
Brandon Inge to the DL in what may be the weirdest situation for an injury yet:
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20...
#10 Re: Is there anything you can't do that could cause an injury?
Odd, Yahoo! Sports has this note on his player page...
Injury Note 15-day DL as of Jun 23, 2008 (Sand in vagina)
#9 Re: Game 80 Thread / Cubs @ White Sox (1 of 3)
Cards are 10 games above 500? Isn't that a bit over their heads? Come on.
#11 Re: Game 80 Thread / Cubs @ White Sox (1 of 3)
HAHAHA!
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/06...
#13 Re: Game 80 Thread / Cubs @ White Sox (1 of 3)
Best part of that is the list of charges. :-)
Keep bringin' teh funnay, Chad.
#14 Re: Game 80 Thread / Cubs @ White Sox (1 of 3)
I've got a really bad feeling about this series. It's hard for a starter to beat a team in back-to-back outings, and Demp is already suspect on the road. Gallagher is the X-factor. Marshall hasn't shown us anything yet.
The nice thing about having expectations this low is that they have a good chance of being exceeded. :-)
#15 Re: Game 80 Thread / Cubs @ White Sox (1 of 3)
GI-D(P)Lee...methinks I've seen this movie before
#16 Re: Game 80 Thread / Cubs @ White Sox (1 of 3)
... And there's MLB-leading GIDP #18....
#37 Re: Game 80 Thread / Cubs @ White Sox (1 of 3)
The major league record for a season is 36 by Jim Rice. Lee's on pace. His previous career high was 18 with the Marlins in 2001.
The GIDP in the first inning was tolerable, but the GIDP in the third inning was the biggest play of the game; Contreras was on the ropes after walking the previous two hitters. For an experienced hitter with a nice opposite-field stroke like Lee, he became pull-conscious and hit two grounders to the left side.
(Off the subject, but did anybody listen to the Farmer-and-Stone radio call? Does everything that Steve Stone says sound incredibly arch and sarcastic? I'm as sarcastic as the next guy, but geez ... Still think that Harry was the best broadcast partner that Stoney had or will ever have because Harry reined him in.)
#39 Re: Steve Stone's sarcasm
Yes, Stone is one smug fellow and coupled with Ed Farmer, who tries to be smug but is simply dull...well, that's one tough listen. The other thing I have noticed about Stone is his obsession with predicting the next pitch or predicting the outcome of the at-bat if a certain pitch is thrown. WSCR feeds this with their promo spots to plug the Sox broadcasts. More often than not, they feature Stone forecasting the result of an at-bat—"This guy is a great double-play candidate; if Buerhle keeps the ball down, the Sox are going to turn two..."—followed by a call by Farmer in which Stone's predicted result happens, and Farmer congratulates his partner.
I thought Stone was fine, not brilliant, when he called the Cubs. That ridiculous business with Chip Caray and Kent Mercker and Dusty Baker left Stone with a much inflated sense of self-importance and no job. I think he always fancied himself a GM candidate and/or team owner, neither of those things came to pass, and now he's just a pompous jerk. Another reason to hate the Sox.
#17 Re: Game 80 Thread / Cubs @ White Sox (1 of 3)
GIDP-Lee does it again. What about trying Edmonds in the 3-hole for awhile? I mean, until Lee proves he should be a 3-hitter again.
#18 Re: Game 80 Thread / Cubs @ White Sox (1 of 3)
Dempster's road ERA: 2.48
Not "suspect" at all.
#19 Re: Game 80 Thread / Cubs @ White Sox (1 of 3)
Oh boy Dlee.
#20 Re: Game 80 Thread / Cubs @ White Sox (1 of 3)
Mommy, make it stop.
#21 Re: Game 80 Thread / Cubs @ White Sox (1 of 3)
I haven't been seeing many games lately, but I see a lot of fielding errors from Mr. Patterson. What flavor (drops, bad throws) and how ugly have they been? And is he starting to make Mr. Murton look any better in the field?
#22 Re: Game 80 Thread / Cubs @ White Sox (1 of 3)
Jermaine Dye steals third base. Jermaine...Dye?? Say goodnight, everybody!
#23 Re: Game 80 Thread / Cubs @ White Sox (1 of 3)
Oh boy Ryan Dempster.
#24 Re: Game 80 Thread / Cubs @ White Sox (1 of 3)
Oh well, no need to watch this on DVR after work now.
#25 Re: Game 80 Thread / Cubs @ White Sox (1 of 3)
You're all free to go about your business! Go get 'em tomorrow!
#26 Re: Game 80 Thread / Cubs @ White Sox (1 of 3)
Another GIDP for DLee.... He is running away with the MLB lead now!
#27 Re: Game 80 Thread / Cubs @ White Sox (1 of 3)
Back-to-back blowouts. Don't make it a habit, guys.
#28 Re: Game 80 Thread / Cubs @ White Sox (1 of 3)
Scrappy home run.
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