Game 112 Thread / Pirates @ Cubs (3 of 3)
Submitted by Rob G. on Sun, 08/03/2008 - 11:30am
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| SP | Carlos Zambrano | SP | Ian Snell |
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12-4, 2.80, 96 K, 46 BB, 141.2 IP |
4-8, 6.04, 90 K, 62 BB, 110.1 IP | ||
| LF | Alfonso Soriano | 2B | Luis Rivas |
| SS | Ryan Theriot | 1B | *Doug Mientkiewicz |
| 1B | Derrek Lee | CF | *Nate McLouth |
| 3B | Aramis Ramirez | C | #Ryan Doumit |
| RF | *Kosuke Fukudome | 3B | Andy LaRoche |
| 2B | Mark DeRosa | LF | *Brandon Moss |
| CF | *Jim Edmonds | RF | Stephen Pearce |
| C | Geovany Soto | SS | Jack Wilson |
| P | #Carlos Zambrano | P | Ian Snell |
The Cubs go for the series win and Zambrano goes for lucky win number 13. A win today and the Cubs go 14-3-1 at series in Wrigley and their current 40-15 mark at home is their best start at Wrigley since 1916...which is when Wrigley opened. Some more fun with game notes...
- Cubs center fielders have combined for a league-leading .368 OBP and the Reed/Edmonds combo at center field has combined to hit .304 with 15 home runs and 65 RBI's.
- The Cubs haven't committed an error in 7 straight games.
- When the Cubs win, they've averaged 7.1 runs per game, when they lose: 2.6.
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#1 Re: Game 112 Thread / Pirates @ Cubs (3 of 3)
that pitt lineup is f'n pathetic.
#41 Re: Game 112 Thread / Pirates @ Cubs (3 of 3)
Mark Cuban is the top bidder on the cubs!!!!!!! Hopefully this gets done this week!!!!!!
http://deadspin.com/5032517/for-the-cubbies-mark-c...
#42 Re: Game 112 Thread / Pirates @ Cubs (3 of 3)
This is news? Didn't we know this a couple of weeks ago?
#2 Re: Game 112 Thread / Pirates @ Cubs (3 of 3)
I wanted to take an opportunity to congratulate some of our authors/commenters on their selection into the ACB Grand Tournament of Douche. Apparently they've selected the 64 douchiest folks, in their minds, from all Cub-related internets. He was even smart enough to realize that he should appear in it himself.
http://www.anothercubsblog.net/images/uploads/fina...
Rob G. somehow pulled down a 2 seed in the Chuck from Ivy Chat bracket. He'll oppose Ryno from ACB in the 1st round.
Crunch is a 5 seed in San Diego Smooth Jazz Man from BCB bracket. He drew Al Yellon's inside source in the first round. Chad is surprisingly a 14 in the same bracket, and will face Jacob from BrewCrewBall.
My first round upset special is mannytrillo, a 14 seed in the Gaius Marius from 1060 West bracket. manny's drawn Kinky Reggae from BCB.
Also, a post-mortem congrats to John Hill, whose stay should be short, as he's the 9 seed in the Al Yellon bracket. He'll get Yellon in the 2nd round if he can get by Hardcore Legend from BCB.
#4 Re: Game 112 Thread / Pirates @ Cubs (3 of 3)
funny thing is maddog used to run a site with a racist admin (there and on other forum sites) at 1908andcounting.
wonder why THAT GUY is not on the list...or maybe he is under another one of those weird names.
lol...internet.
maddog and "his friend" must remember that whole calling-them-out and massive editing they did on 1908andcounting to cover asses when i threatened to go to school newspapers and administrators about having views like that while teaching at a public institution of learning.
btw...lol...internet.
#9 Re: Game 112 Thread / Pirates @ Cubs (3 of 3)
That was a memorable occasion. You pwned them. It was one of your finest hours.
#11 Re: Game 112 Thread / Pirates @ Cubs (3 of 3)
finest internet moments...
shoot me now.
hehe.
but seriously, one shouldn't go about making total ego-jock-style "i own the world" asses of themselves if they want to leave a real life trail of themselves on the internet. at least im not a total asshole. one could do waaaaaaaay worse than just screwing with someone who has ego-pushing issues.
#13 Re: Game 112 Thread / Pirates @ Cubs (3 of 3)
Speaking of fine internet moments of crunch, I humbly suggest we extend the same gift crunch gave to the Brewers to the next conquered team in a series--the hapless Bucs:
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#15 Re: Game 112 Thread / Pirates @ Cubs (3 of 3)
gotta say that one is stolen/found and not my work.
it's worth busting out for any reason, though.
i hope you can see it...he's doing it as hard as he can.
#10 Re: Game 112 Thread / Pirates @ Cubs (3 of 3)
Besides being horrible outdated, should I be rooting for our guys?
#23 What I want to know is...
...how did RobG get seeded higher than Paul Sullivan?
#24 Re: What I want to know is...
i finally went into some of their articles...
on initial visit i was like "damn, these guys get 100 post threads...wow, good for them."
on inspection it seems to be a 1/2 dozen people doing all the talking back/forth in long threads.
weird.
#28 Re: Game 112 Thread / Pirates @ Cubs (3 of 3)
Holy Hell! I got troll their site more often.
#36 Re: Game 112 Thread / Pirates @ Cubs (3 of 3)
apparently they haven't frequented TCR in recent years if they still have John Hill and they omitted Silent Towel. Heck ST deserves a bracket all to himself. You could use individual douche threads started by him to go against other douche threads started by him too.
#91 Re: Game 112 Thread / Pirates @ Cubs (3 of 3)
John Hill was nominated because even though he has been gone for awhile, he was such a douche he still made it in.
Silent Towel is a complete fucking lunatic. That's why he isn't in the tourney.
Chad - You're Welcome. I nominated you. And I seconded Crunch. I really pushed for a higher seed for you Crunch, but people over there aren't as familiar with your work.
#92 Re: Game 112 Thread / Pirates @ Cubs (3 of 3)
can i get a link to that nominations posting.
#93 Re: Game 112 Thread / Pirates @ Cubs (3 of 3)
Actually, it was pointed out Silent Towel is in the tourney, just under a different name. I can't keep all these douchebags straight.
#95 Re: Game 112 Thread / Pirates @ Cubs (3 of 3)
Silent Towel goes by Santos Sorrow. No?
#94 Re: Game 112 Thread / Pirates @ Cubs (3 of 3)
actually they are familiar with my work.
maybe not THIS work...but theyre familiar with my work.
#96 John Hill
John Hill a douchebag? Are you kidding me? The boy was a genius!! An absolute sabermetric wunderkind. Geniuses can never be douchebags simply because they exist on a different plane of consciousness. Assholes maybe, but never ever douchebags.
#3 Re: Game 112 Thread / Pirates @ Cubs (3 of 3)
Z was pulled in the 6th, for no apparent reason. Lou came out to the mound at the start, appearing to stall to get Smard ready. Kasper speculating that his prior pitch counts (128, 118?) may be part of the reason.
#12 Re: Game 112 Thread / Pirates @ Cubs (3 of 3)
Yea... Lou said in the post-game interview that is was strictly related to the high pitch counts in the two previous games, and they have been trying to shorten starts after high pitch counts.
#5 Re: Game 112 Thread / Pirates @ Cubs (3 of 3)
Wrigley Field opened in 1914 as a home for the Whales of the Federal League. The Cubs moved in in 1916 after the Federal League folded..
#21 Re: Game 112 Thread / Pirates @ Cubs (3 of 3)
thnx...poorly worded on my part.
#6 Re: Game 112 Thread / Pirates @ Cubs (3 of 3)
Who's got LaRoche in the "Next Pirate Cub-Killer" pool?
#7 Re: Game 112 Thread / Pirates @ Cubs (3 of 3)
I like getting other teams cast-offs.
#8 Re: Game 112 Thread / Pirates @ Cubs (3 of 3)
I've got Reed Johnson in the "fuck-yeah" pool.
#14 Re: Game 112 Thread / Pirates @ Cubs (3 of 3)
and another appearance for Chad Gaudin as "the vulture, part deux". He's now 3-1
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The Vulture nickname was given by Sandy Koufax for picking up wins in short relief.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Regan_(baseball_player)
#16 Re: Game 112 Thread / Pirates @ Cubs (3 of 3)
22 games over .500 is new season high water mark, Cubs haven't been this far above .500 since 1989.
156 Sun, Sep 24 box CHC PIT W 4-2 89-67 1 up 4.0 2:43 S Wilson J Robinson 37,904 ++++
(in 1989, they lost the next game but finished the season at 24 games over .500 which was their high water mark)
The 1984 team was 32 games over .500 on Sept 15th...so that's a nice target to shoot for.
#17 Re: Game 112 Thread / Pirates @ Cubs (3 of 3)
I like Lou's strategy for attempting to keep the SP arms fresh for the stretch run - as long as it doesn't burn out our BP arms in the same manner.
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