Game preview: Dodgers (26-20) @ Cubs (22-25)

Going for two of three against the Dodgers and some semblance of momentum as the Cardinals come to town over the weekend.

Dodgers against Ted Lilly (1-4, 4.30):
Martin 2, Paul 9, Kemp 8, Blake 5, Loney 3, Johnson 7, DeWitt 4, Carroll 6, Ely 1 

Cubs against John Ely (3-1, 3.41):
Theriot 4, Castro 6, Lee 3, Byrd 8, Fukudome 9, Nady 7, Baker 5, Soto 2, Lilly 1

Lilly hasn't won since his first start of the year (4/24) in Milwaukee though he's coming off a strong effort last week against the Rangers: two runs on six hits over 6 2/3.

Ely, going for a fourth straight win, has sparkled for the Dodgers in his rookie season. Until issuing a first-inning walk last time out against the Tigers, he had gone 89 batters without giving up a base on balls and for the season, he has fanned 28 against just three unintentional walks.

The 24-year-old Ely also hails from Harvey, Illinois--former home of the great Lou Boudreau--but his wheelchair-bound father won't be in attendance.

"It's part mobility issues, because Wrigley isn't wheelchair-friendly," said Ely, "and partly because he's a die-hard White Sox fan and he doesn't come here."

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Submitted by Cubnut on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 10:50am
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Submitted by Mike Wellman
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 11:26am

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/2010...

here we go again...jackson to start today w/ cashner coming on in relief...

Submitted by Mike Wellman
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 11:30am

never mind...didn't see reference in earlier thread...

Submitted by jacos
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 12:05pm

can't wait to see where nada takes the cubs in next 10 years.

at least fonty is nit 3rd

Submitted by Newport
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 12:19pm

They have ramps, elevators, and special wheelchair seat for his dumb crippled ass. Not wheelchair friendly my ass, he sounds mentally handicapped as well. If he doesn't want to go see his son pitch in the show in his hometown against the Cubs, then he is just a terrible father.

Submitted by crunch
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 12:27pm

it's probably the bathrooms...everything else access-wise decent to pretty sweet...especially the field box level wheelchair seats.

the OF has wheelchair sections, too...and it's also the only wheelchair friendly concession area. there is OF area wheelchair seating, too.

a lot of the better wheelchair services came into existence with the expansion.

he might just have a pre-upgrade view of the park.

Submitted by Cubnut
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 12:32pm

...or as Newport suggested, be an idiot and a terrible father.

Personally, the part about "diehard White Sox fan" was all I needed to know to form an opinion about his character and intellect.

Submitted by big_lowitzki
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 12:38pm

his dumb crippled ass. ... he sounds mentally handicapped as well.

Wow. Stay classy.

Submitted by The Real Neal
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 2:27pm

good thing he didn't call him a sissy too!

Submitted by jacos
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 1:06pm

harvey is beautiful this time of year. kid was on wscr this am and confirmed ironside would not "enter" wrigley field due to his sox affliction.

/f tom dreesen too

Submitted by Cubster
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 12:34pm

Wittenmeyer, cst_cubs: Ramirez had cortisone shot. Swelling near thumb down. Cubs hope he's ready friday vs. Cards.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 12:50pm

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/chc/ballpark/guid...

sure reads like they have plenty of wheelchair accessibility, although I'm sure it's not quite as convenient as most ballparks. Sounds more like Mr. Ely just needed an excuse not to go.

the link Cubnut put up indicates it's more of the White Sox fan in him:

But his proud dad won't make the short drive. Being wheelchair-bound is part of the reason, given old Wrigley Field's access issues. A small part. The bulk of it is that Mr. Ely is a fan of the city's other team.

never know how much of that is the writer taking liberties or how it was conveyed to the writer by the kid that didn't make the quote.

Submitted by QuietMan
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 12:53pm

David Patton clears waivers and re-signs with the Cubs.

http://twitter.com/CarrieMuskat/status/148486...

Yipee?

Submitted by crunch
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 2:04pm

fast-moving, boring game...

Submitted by Rob G.
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 2:20pm

http://blogs.dailyherald.com/node/4125

Cashner could be up by next week...

Submitted by The Real Neal
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 2:30pm

Are there a lot of old, semi-addled "baseball" men that thinks walks are worse in late innings than early ones, or do the Cubs just corner the market on them?

Submitted by billybucks
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 2:46pm

Woof...Soto, Theriot, Byrd, Fukky and the Kid have reached a mutual no-hit pact, just as DLee figures things out.

Cubbery.

Submitted by Tito
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 3:09pm

C.J. Nitkowski tweeting that Lilly's cheating. Anyone see what's happening?

http://twitter.com/CJNitkowski

Submitted by Rob G.
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 3:17pm

not watching, radio just said Blake and ump got in a pretty heated argument but Blake was on first and Pat & Ron thought it had to do with his move.

unfortunately I'm blacked out on MLB.tv at the moment so I can't replay it until later.

Submitted by Tito
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 3:26pm

Apparently Lilly was about six inches in front of the rubber.

That sounds kind of dirty.

Submitted by The Real Neal
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 3:36pm

No sneakier than the first basemen not throwing the ball back to the pitcher after a throw-over. Isn't the first thing you're taught as a baserunner to make sure the pitcher's foot is on the rubber?

Submitted by Ryno
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 3:11pm

Okay?

Lee going on his own?

Submitted by Ryno
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 3:11pm

Ron thinks it was a missed hit and run. Dambit.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 3:22pm

Baker out, fontenot in, muskat tweets that it seemed he was having some problems seeing.

http://twitter.com/CarrieMuskat

Submitted by Mike Wellman
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 3:30pm

sandberg tossed; cashner gives up 3 hits, an unearned run & k's 2 in one inning of relief...

Submitted by The Real Neal
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 3:35pm

Experiment failed!

Submitted by Rob Richardson
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 3:36pm

Why doesn't he play more.

Submitted by The Real Neal
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 3:43pm

He's been pretty lucky on BABIP, but I think with more playing time he's probably going to strike out a little less. If you project his current rates over a 650 PA season it comes up to 181 strikeouts. If you slug .600, though, 181 strikeouts isn't the end of the world.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 3:39pm

anyone else ready for fontentot to take over 2b from theriot?

Submitted by therealwt
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 4:02pm

Raises hand up very high.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 3:54pm

Nice series win

3-0-1 in their last 4.

started season 2-9-1 with both wins over the Brewers.

Submitted by therealwt
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 3:57pm

Can somebody tell me if Marmol is on some kind of record with Ks and fewest hits given up? My God, everytime he comes in it's one walk, 3Ks, goodnight.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 4:05pm

he is on pace to destroy the K/9 rate, not sure what the inning cutoff is or how that's figured out.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100...

Of the 99 batters the right-hander has faced, he's struck out 46 for 46.5 percent. The Major League record is 44.8 percent, set in 2003 by Eric Gagne. Only four pitchers have finished the year topping 40 percent.

up to a 17.87 K/9 rate after today, Gagne had a 14.89 roided up K/9 rate in 2003.

Submitted by billybucks
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 4:01pm

Great to have a lock-down bullpen.

Submitted by Cubster
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 4:10pm

Lou on postgame...

Z not with team during game, sent to ER to evaluate possible appendicitis

(we want a pitcher, not a belly itcher...)

Submitted by Charlie
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 4:18pm

How long a recovery would we be looking at if Z has to have his appendix removed?

Submitted by The Real Neal
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 4:22pm

Olin Kreutz didn't miss a game.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 4:32pm

Tim Stauffer had one and he's out for a month and told to wait for 2 weeks before doing anything baseball related.

Harang had one at the end of August last year and didn't return and was told at least 3 weeks before he could resume physical activities, so I guess it depends on the severity and the procedure.

Submitted by Charlie
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 5:02pm

Rotoworld suggest a month.

Would this mean Gorzo keeps his rotation spot or that Cashner comes up as a starter instead of a reliever?

Submitted by Rob G.
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 5:11pm

Results negative on appendicitis

http://twitter.com/CSNMooney

"Staff terming it lower abdominal pain"

Submitted by Charlie
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 5:35pm

That's ominous.

Submitted by Jace
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 5:45pm

Sounds intestinal. Better do a colonoscopy... He may riding the silver stallion as we speak...

Submitted by crunch
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 4:49pm

when it rains it pours...

baker left the game because his "vision problem" was complete loss of vision in his right eye. (via witty's twitter)

Submitted by Charlie
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 5:02pm

Uh oh. I hope for his sake it's very temporary.

Submitted by The Real Neal
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 5:17pm

Me too. Maybe D Lee will start up a charity for him, and then when it is diagnosed as something else, abandon that charity and pick up a new one.

Submitted by Tito
on Fri, 05/28/2010 - 9:24am

Muskat wrote in 2009:

"His daughter, Jada, was initially misdiagnosed with LCA, and he and his wife Christina were told there was no cure. Jada now has been determined to not have LCA, an inherited form of blindness. The Lee family is still committed to helping identify the estimated 3,000 people who have LCA in order to offer genetic testing in an attempt to find treatment and a cure.

"I'm excited to be part of this project at every level -- as a participant and, even more important, as a parent who knows how much it will mean to other families who are struggling with this devastating disease," Lee said in a statement."

Last year, he also took part in introducing a wine where the sale proceeds were donated 100 percent to the charity.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2009-06-15...

Can you produce a source that says in the last year he's abandoned this charity effort?

Submitted by The Real Neal
on Fri, 05/28/2010 - 9:59am

Do they make press releases for that?

Submitted by Tito
on Fri, 05/28/2010 - 10:06am

So that's your proof? That answer?

Submitted by big_lowitzki
on Mon, 05/31/2010 - 9:48pm

Still waiting for your evidence of Lee abandoning his charity...

Submitted by Jace
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 5:33pm

He wasn't hit in the head earlier in the game, was he? That is scary... I hope he'll be alright.

Submitted by Cubster
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 5:42pm

if Jeff Baker (righty, 2B-3B-OF) hits the dl (I know it's too early to speculate) would it be Darwin Barney (righty) or Chad Tracy (lefty bat) who gets the call up?

Methinks Tracy even though it makes the bench less balanced, but the ARam issues outweigh the lefty-righty ones.

Submitted by Cubster
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 5:55pm

Kyle Lohse out with forearm surgery > 2 months.

http://twitter.com/Fox_Sports_MW/status/14860...

it's an unusual diagnosis (because it's the upper extremity), Chronic Exertional Induced Compartment Syndrome in the forearm. I've seen this entity in the calf in marathon runners but it's rare in the forearm and apparently there are no comparisons in mlb level pitchers.

The problem is a forearm muscle swells with exertion so that it makes the fascia that encases the muscle group so tight it cuts off blood flow to the muscle. It can be very painful but resolves with rest, unfortunately it returns with the exertion. The treatment is to divide the encasing fascia so that the muscle swelling doesn't affect the blood supply.

here's a link to the diagnosis, symptoms, causes, etc (from Mayo Clinic website)

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/chronic-exer...

Submitted by Cubster
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 6:31pm

muskat's last two tweets

http://twitter.com/CarrieMuskat/

3B Jeff Baker examined by team eye doctor. He couldn't see out of right eye and pulled from game in 8th

Cubs Carlos Zambrano hospitalized with lower abdominal pain today. He felt ill just before game. No word on if he'll be available Fri
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just saw the replay on the single that went to Baker's left. He didn't even reflexively move toward the ball so his depth perception must have really been gone, Lou in postgame said it was his right eye that lost vision ("no vision at all in his right eye") and is being evaluated by team opthalmologist.

Bruce Miles article:

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=384094

Submitted by Charlie
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 6:33pm

Did DeRosa have something similar to this Jeff Baker thing at one point in 2008, or am I imagining that?

Submitted by Rob G.
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 8:30pm

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?...

Mark DeRosa was in the Cubs' lineup, too, on Thursday, and his vision was fine. DeRosa had to leave Wednesday's game after one inning because of a vega-vasal episode, which caused the vision in his left eye to become blurry.

If you've ever bent down, and then lifted your head up quickly and become dizzy and lost sight briefly, that's what happened.

"I feel better," DeRosa said Thursday. "I still have a faint headache and stuff, but my vision is fine. I've had bad headaches. I've gotten concussions in football and stuff like that. I know what it's like to want to go in a dark room and close your eyes. I've never had problems with my vision.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 8:23pm

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100...

Said Lilly: "There were a couple times I would get it and throw it. I think I was a little bit ahead of the rubber. I don't know if it was that much. It wasn't one of those things where I was thinking about it. [First baseman] Derrek Lee told me what he was saying to the umpires. If I was doing that, I might have done that a couple times, but I wasn't real conscious of it. I was just trying to get good footing."

third base ump says he didn't see anything after Bowa asked him to look, from the replay at the link Lilly sure doesn't just get the ball and throw it, he digs in there pretty good when Blake notices it.

Submitted by Cubnut
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 8:31pm

Neyer offers his take in his blog and offers props to C.J. Nitkowski for flagging the whole thing via Twitter.

http://bit.ly/tcrneyer

Submitted by The Real Neal
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 8:34pm

Then the A's immediately proceed to accuse the Orioles starter of doing it.

Submitted by crunch
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 9:13pm

f'n everyone does it every once in a while.

Submitted by Cubster
on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 9:50pm

http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2010/05/...

Baker was also being treated at Northwestern by team opthamologist Dr. Jon Rosin. There was no immediate word on his status.

http://www.rosineyecare.com/lasik_chicago/eye...

pic of Baker in Dr. Rosin's waiting room...

http://tinyurl.com/yl3oea3

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