Archive - Aug 14, 2008
Game 121 Thread / Cubs @ Braves (3 of 3)
Submitted by Rob G. on Thu, 08/14/2008 - 3:54pm.
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| SP | *Ted Lilly | SP | *Tom Glavine |
| 11-16, 4.26, 133 K, 52 BB, 148 IP | 2-3, 4.85, 34 K, 33 BB, 59.1 IP | ||
| LF | Alfonso Soriano | SS | Yunel Escobar |
| RF | *Kosuke Fukudome | 2B | Martin Prado |
| 1B | Derrek Lee | 3B | #Chipper Jones |
| 3B | Aramis Ramirez | LF | Omar Infante |
| CF | Reed Johnson | 1B | *Casey Kotchmann |
| C | Geovany Soto | RF | Jeff Francoeur |
| 2B | Mark DeRosa | CF | *Mark Kotsay |
| SS | Ryan Theriot | C | Clint Sammons |
| P | *Ted Lilly | P | *Tom Glavine |
The Cubs go for the sweep and hopefully gain some ground on the Brewers, who are losing 3-2 in the ninth in San Diego as I write this. The Cubs doubleheader sweep last night was their first since 2003 over the Pirates (I'm sure you remember the day) and first road sweep since 1992 over the Cardinals.
It'll be Lilly for the Cubs, the proud owner of a 2.53 ERA on the road this season. For the Braves, it's the return of Tom Glavine off the disabled list, his first start since facing the Cubs in early June.
Should the Cubs Tank the Division?
Submitted by Rob G. on Thu, 08/14/2008 - 1:46pm.
Blasphemy!!!!
I'm not really advocating this strategy, but hear me out. The current NL standings after the jump.
Read the rest of this entry>>>I Can't Wait for Derrek Lee to Punch Sean Marshall in the Mouth
Submitted by Cubnut on Thu, 08/14/2008 - 8:23am.
Wednesday night the Brewers won their 8th consecutive game, and the consensus is that the streak grew directly out of the dugout shoving match-turned-public apology involving Prince Fielder and Manny Parra. (Note to consensus: the fact that the Brewers have been playing the Nats and the Padres might also be a contributing factor.)
The Cubs have been doing just fine, thank you—7 consecutive road wins,11 victories in 14 games overall, maintaining a 3 1/2-game lead in the NL Central—but still, it's nice to know that we could conjure an 8-game run whenever we needed it simply by initiating a little Cub-on-Cub action.
Hell, it's not like we don't have the boys with backgrounds in intramural brawling: Lou Piniella (grappled with Rob Dibble to a draw), Ted Lilly (TKO over his Toronto manager, John Gibbons), and Carlos Zambrano (knocked out Michael Barrett, all the way into the National League West!).
Sure, we could follow the Milwaukee match-making strategy and have Lee (our Fielder) take on Marshall (our Parra), or we could be a little more creative.
Some ideas: