Archive - Apr 24, 2008
Heartbreak: A Pitcher Trapped Inside a Catcher's Body
Submitted by Arizona Phil on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 2:41pm.
What does a Cubs player do when he realizes that he is a pitcher trapped inside a position player's body? Well, he goes to Fitch Park for a Transpositional Assignment Conversion.
How does it work?
Well...
Game 22 Thread / Cubs @ Rockies (2 of 2)
Submitted by Cubnut on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 10:08am.
Game Chat | Press Pass | BR Preview
| SP | Jason Marquis |
SP |
Aaron Cook |
| 1-0, 3.86, 11K, 7 BB | 2-1, 3.12, 12 K, 8 BB | ||
| 2B |
*Mike Fontenot |
CF |
*Scott Podsednik |
| SS |
Ryan Theriot | 2B |
Clint Barmes |
| 1B |
Derrek Lee | 1B |
*Todd Helton |
| 3B |
Aramis Ramirez | LF |
Matt Holliday |
| RF |
*Kosuke Fukudome | 3B |
Garrett Atkins |
| LF |
Mark DeRosa | RF |
*Brad Hawpe |
| C | Geovany Soto |
SS |
Troy Tulowitzki |
| CF |
*Felix Pie | C |
Chris Iannetta |
| P | *Jason Marquis | P | Aaron Cook |
Pinch-hitting/pinch-running specialist Jason Marquis gets to try his hand at pitching this afternoon at Coors Field as the Cubs play the Rockies and seek their seventh consecutive win, which would match their longest streak of a year ago.
MLB Press Pass Game Note of the Day: At 15-6, the Cubs are nine games over .500, something they didn't accomplish last season until September 22nd, when they beat the Pirates to rise to 82-73.
In Marquis's one start at Coors in '07, last August, he had one of his best outings as a Cub (6 2/3 IP, 0 ER, 5 K, 0 BB). In fact, throughout his career, Marquis has been outstanding in this park (3-0, 2.49 over 21 2/3 IP with just one homer allowed).
The home team has lost four games in a row, and in each of them, the Rockies had a lead heading into the eighth inning. The last time they won was last Saturday, at Houston in a game started by Aaron Cook, who allowed the Astros just four hits over seven innings.
Cook is an impressive 2-1. 2.14 over 21 innings lifetime against the Cubs, and our non-pitchers are a cumulative 9-for-42 against him.
My favorite moment from Wednesday night's Cub win:
Lou Answers The Leadoff Question, Again
Submitted by Cubnut on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 8:44am.
Both Gordon Wittenmyer and Paul Sullivan are reporting that Alfonso Soriano will return to the Cub lineup without an intervening rehab assignment and that, according to the manager, Soriano will also step right back into the leadoff role upon his return, on or around May 1st.
From Wittenmyer in the Sun-Times:
Alfonso Soriano won't be hopping down the rehab-assignment trail, but he will jump right back into the Cubs' leadoff spot when he returns from the disabled list in another week, manager Lou Piniella said Wednesday...
''We want to make sure that he can do all the things that a leadoff hitter needs to do,'' Piniella said. ''We don't want to take any chances here early in the year, bringing him back too soon, and all of a sudden we've got another problem on our hands.
''But, yeah, when he comes back, he'll go to left field and lead off.''