Game 129 Thread / Nationals @ Cubs (2 of 3)

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SP *Odalis Perez SP Ryan Dempster

5-9, 4.06, 83 K, 44 BB, 124 IP
14-5, 2.92, 149 K, 64 BB, 163.1 IP




2B #Emilio Bonificio LF Alfonso Soriano
LF *Willie Harris SS Ryan Theriot
3B Ryan Zimmerman 1B Derrek Lee
CF Lastings Milledge 3B Aramis Ramirez
1B Ronnie Belliard CF Reed Johnson
C Jesus Flores 2B Mark DeRosa
RF Austin Kearns C Geovany Soto
SS #Anderson Hernandez RF *Kosuke Fukudome
P *Odalis Perez P Ryan Dempster

Let us never speak of yesterday's game ever again. And damn, this game is early. And what's with all that pounding going outside my window? And why is everyone screaming? Anyone have any aspirin? 

(buries head under his pillow)

A rough but fun night for yours truly and the Angelfan wife drowning out yesterday's losses celebrating her birthday. It's gonna be another rough night if we lose again today.

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Submitted by Mike Vail
on Sat, 08/23/2008 - 1:21pm

Well, if we get into any trouble today, we can just put Gallagher...wait, what? Any pesky red-head sightings?

Submitted by 40yrcubsandcounting
on Sat, 08/23/2008 - 1:33pm

EIGHT stranded on bases,3 innings.Ramirez wants to win,3run hr.4th inning!Wheres Edmonds? We need more!

Submitted by blockhead25
on Sat, 08/23/2008 - 6:15pm

Where's Edmonds?
Where he always is when the Cubs face a lefty: On the bench.

Submitted by navigator
on Sat, 08/23/2008 - 2:12pm

I suggested it the other day. Something's gotta give.
Lee is just not right. His swings have been increasingly awkward. Now he's
hurt himself after double-twisting himself up with a particularly bad one.

Unfortunately, Daryl Wide is Lee's replacement at first base, not Micah Hoffpauir.

Cubs underperformers since the All-Star break

Lee .242 .310 .359 .669
Fukudome .217 .298 .311 .609
Wide .136 .231 .409 .640

Submitted by The Real Neal
on Sat, 08/23/2008 - 5:17pm

Well, I don't know who the fuck 'Wide' is but slugging .409 isn't that awful.

Anyway, I endorse DeRosa in the 3 spot - DeRosa for MVP!

Submitted by blockhead25
on Sat, 08/23/2008 - 6:21pm

Pretty impressive when you consider the fact the Cubs are 22-12 since the break despite 2 of their keyus going into the year in extended slumps.

Goes to show what great pitching and a deep lineup can do for you.

Submitted by Chad
on Sat, 08/23/2008 - 2:23pm

Dude! Your wife's birthday was yesterday? It was my birthday yesterday!

My wife and I also went out and are sick and hungover today.

Submitted by 10man
on Sun, 08/24/2008 - 12:31am

Sick and hung over after a forgettable Cubs loss? par for the century, i think.

Submitted by crunch
on Sat, 08/23/2008 - 2:41pm

soriano has 9 of his 28 walks this month...with a week left.

heh...

Submitted by mattralph
on Sat, 08/23/2008 - 3:09pm

Ryan Dempster shows again the accuracy of that New York Times piece that kept calling him the ace of the staff. Way to go, Ryan.

Submitted by Dmac
on Sat, 08/23/2008 - 3:16pm

Lou's postgame comments suggested Fuku's due for a benching tomorrow - probably a little past due for that action. Lou also mentioned that he's not hitting either curves or fastballs and that "in this league, you have to at least be able to do one of those." Amen.

Submitted by crunch
on Sat, 08/23/2008 - 3:34pm

play him vs. the lefty, sit him vs. the righty.

okay...

his swing is similar from both sides, but his power isn't.

Submitted by crunch
on Sat, 08/23/2008 - 4:21pm

dirk hayhurst, 27 year old 8th round pick from 2003...writer of baseball america's "non-prospect blog" thing last year...he's getting his callup to SD after a nice AAA season.

ha.

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/07p...

Submitted by crunch
on Sat, 08/23/2008 - 6:05pm

4ip 5h 2bb 2k 3er ...and the loss

welcome to the bigs. side note...zito gets win #8.

Submitted by blockhead25
on Sat, 08/23/2008 - 6:12pm

FYI he didn't get the loss. tied 3-3 well after he left.

Submitted by crunch
on Sat, 08/23/2008 - 6:13pm

oops and thx.

Submitted by blockhead25
on Sat, 08/23/2008 - 6:24pm

Random stat:
Since the All-star break
Cubs 22-12
Brewers 22-12
Cardinals 19-15

All 3 teams beating the teams they should be beating on a regular basis.

Submitted by 10man
on Sun, 08/24/2008 - 12:36am

Cubs 6-1 vs. the Brewers and the Cardinals

yup, definitely beating the teams they should be beating.

Submitted by navigator
on Sat, 08/23/2008 - 7:44pm

Carrie Muskat quotes Oneri Fleita regarding Felix Pie's progress in her column today:

Fleita said he also was encouraged by outfielder Felix Pie, who was batting .284 at Iowa with nine homers and 47 RBIs.

"It looks like he's more patient," Fleita said. "The numbers are more consistent."

I dunno, this doesn't look consistent to me. May was truly abysmal. June was mediocre. And after a red-hot July, he's really fallen off. And patient? There's no indication of that at all.

May .169 .239 .338 .577
June .282 .316 .451 .767
July .373 .413 .588 1.001
August .255 .286 .340 .626

Felix's LH vs RH splits are still extreme.

LHP .235 .267 .346 .613
RHP .304 .352 .500 .852

But before you start thinking he could fit into
the CF platoon against right handed pitching
look at his AAA batting splits, starters vs. relievers.

Pie vs starting pitching .213 .269 .348 .617
Pie vs relief pitching .402 .429 .636 1.065

He's feasting on the mop up men. Again not really
what anyone would call consistent hitting, and more
what you might expect from someone plateauing below
expectations. AAAA.

Submitted by Ryno
on Sat, 08/23/2008 - 9:15pm

His problems go far far far beyond patience. Against big-league pitchers he can't afford to be patient because he has to start his swing before he can recognize the pitch. A more compact swing would net him less power but give him better pitch reaction. Any word on if he's shortened up his absurd swing?

He'll be a minor leaguer until he figures out he's not a home run hitter and not being a home run hitter isn't really all that terrible. Everyone knows he has speed, he should use it in his offensive game.

Submitted by Andrew
on Sun, 08/24/2008 - 10:09am

Despite all the protests and assurances against, that sounds a lot like one Donald Corey Patterson.

Submitted by Andrew
on Sun, 08/24/2008 - 10:16am

woops, double post.

Submitted by Mornington Crescent
on Sat, 08/23/2008 - 10:11pm

I mentioned in chat that you can get the mlb.com audio and video feeds to play in any player you like. This is the latest thread, so I'll post it here.

I use this at work where I have a laptop with Linux installed, a Firefox browser, and I use the VLC audio player that comes with the installation. I don't use the video feed with this player, because I'm at work, and because VLC doesn't seem to be able to handle the video quality. I'll demonstrate using these items, but you should be able to use other tools that can do the same things. You might be using a Mac with a different player, for example.

The key thing to remember is that the mlb audio/video uses a URL to get your stream, and it contains the location of the stream plus your encrypted authentication info. As long as you can get this URL, you can then swipe it in your chosen audio/video player. The URL is only good for a short time, about a minute I think, so you have to be fast once you get the URL for the stream.

Here's how to do it:

Open a Firefox browser, and install the Firebug plugin. You can get it here. Firebug prints out all of your browser activity, including what URLs you go to. Install the plugin and restart Firefox.

Enable Firebug by choosing Tools -> Firebug and making sure the "Disable Firebug" item is unchecked.

Navigate to the mlb site and select the audio/video item you want to listen to (e.g., "WGN" under the radio selections).

A new window opens with a login form for you to log into your account to listen to the stream.

Right click the frame that contains the login form and select "Inspect Element". You'll get the Firebug window in the lower half of the browser window. Select the "Console" tab.

Log into your account.

In the console, you'll get a line like: mURL:http://web.servicebureau.net/conf/meta?averylongst...

The URL you want begins after "mURL:". The rest is the URL you need to obtain your audio/video stream (i.e. http://web.servicebureau.net etc.). Swipe that into your player. In VLC, it's done by selecting File -> Open Network Stream...

It may take you a few attempts at first to get it to work right because you might spend some time trying to find that URL in the console, figure out how to copy it, the URL might run off the end of the console because the font's too big, and so on. If you don't login successfully with that URL, you'll have to close your browser and try again, because mlb.com issues cookies that are good for as long as your browser is open, and the URL contains your authentication info. By closing and reopening your browser, you'll end up with a new valid stream URL when you log in.

I hope this is useful information.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Sat, 08/23/2008 - 11:58pm

thanks for the tip...I'll have to try it.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Sun, 08/24/2008 - 12:12am

25 for the playoffs and 29 for the division.

Submitted by 10man
on Sun, 08/24/2008 - 12:42am

I thought we all agreed no mentioning of magic numbers until it's down to... zero?

Submitted by Chad
on Sun, 08/24/2008 - 1:23pm

discussing the magic number is not a jinx. It's merely a count of the games the cubs need to win to go to the playoffs. by no means does is imply that they have won anything. in fact it's quite the opposite.

Submitted by 10man
on Mon, 08/25/2008 - 12:03am

but it's MAGIC, chad. MAGIC! There's gotta be something to that.

Submitted by nohit
on Mon, 08/25/2008 - 3:54pm

What's the Cubs' gay witchcraft number?

Submitted by Tito
on Mon, 08/25/2008 - 4:54pm

1-900-GAY-CHAD

Submitted by MikeC
on Sun, 08/24/2008 - 9:04am

Pie needs to work on his strikeout to BB ratio, which has never been good his entire career. Without dramatic improvements in those area's he will be a career minor leaguer or "gasp" a career track like Corey Patterson.

And the main reason he has those poor ratio's is he still can't hit breaking pitches.

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