Archive - Jun 10, 2008
Hoffpauir, The Sequel
Submitted by Cubnut on Tue, 06/10/2008 - 10:22pm.
Paul Sullivan writes in the Tribune that the Cubs will recall Micah Hoffpauir from Iowa as the team begins its interleague schedule with three games at SkyDome this weekend. Lou Piniella's plan is to let Hoffpauir play first base and left field, which will alternately allow Derrek Lee and Alfonso Soriano to "rest" as they see DH duty.
Daryle Ward, still on the DL, took batting practice Tuesday and according to Sullivan "will report to the Cubs' complex in Mesa, Ariz., on Wednesday to get some at-bats before going on a minor-league rehab stint at Iowa."
Game 65 Thread / Braves @ Cubs (1 of 3)
Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 06/10/2008 - 5:25pm.
Game Chat | Press Pass | BR Preview
| SP | *Tom Glavine |
SP |
*Ted Lilly |
| 2-2, 4.47, 34 K, 29 BB, 56.1 IP | 5-5, 5.23, 69 K, 23 BB, 72.1 IP | ||
| SS |
Yunel Escobar | LF |
Alfonso Soriano |
| 2B |
*Kelly Johnson |
SS |
Ryan Theriot |
| RF |
Jeff Francoeur | 1B |
Derrek Lee |
| 1B |
#Mark Teixeira | 3B |
Aramis Ramirez |
| LF |
#Greg Norton | C |
Geovany Soto |
| C |
*Brian McCann |
RF |
*Kosuke Fukudome |
| 3B |
*Omar Infante | 2B |
Mark DeRosa |
| CF |
*Gregor Blanco |
CF |
Reed Johnson |
| P |
*Tom Glavine | P |
*Ted Lilly |
When home/road splits collide!!!!
The Cubs are best in the senior circuit with a 26-8 mark and the Braves are the worst at 7-21, and will also be without the services of Chipper Jones and his .400-plus hitting for at least today's game, if not more. The Cubs will also look to extend their 8-game home winning streak.
A quick 3-game home jaunt before the Cubs head right back on the road to start inter-league play.
Wood, Marmol, Howry — The "Nasty Men"?
Submitted by Cubnut on Tue, 06/10/2008 - 12:08pm.
Above all, there was the bullpen. If you didn't outscore the Reds in the first six innings, forget about winning. Rob Dibble, Norm Charlton and Randy Myers constituted the deadliest combination of 95-mph (or better) fastballs, swaggering attitude and occasional mullets in the game. So much so that the trio earned a nickname derived from a pre-wardrobe malfunction Janet Jackson: the Nasty Boys.
— Jonah Keri, espn.com
When Lou Piniella's Reds swept the heavily favored Oakland Athletics right out of the 1990 World Series, his trio of fireballing young relievers led the charge. After combining for 44 saves and a 2.14 ERA over a total 235.1 relief IP during the regular season, the threesome made an indelible mark in Fall Classic history by throwing 8 2/3 innings and allowing the mighty A's no earned runs on just six hits. Dibble won Game 2; Myers earned a save in the clinching Game 4.
(The Boys were no slouches in the NLCS either. Myers, the series MVP, saved three of the four Cincy victories over the Pirates, Charlton had a win, and the Nasty Boys struck out 20 and allowed just six hits and one earned run in 15 2/3 IP.)
Watching Piniella's current club at work and appreciating how his bullpen, particularly young set-up man Carlos Marmol, has contributed to the team's early season success, I thought it would be interesting to see how the three stalwarts in Piniella's Cub bullpen compare to the Nasty Boys of 18 summers ago.