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Game 127 Thread / Reds @ Cubs (3 of 3)

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SP Josh Fogg
 SP Carlos Zambrano
  2-5, 7.71, 38 K, 24 BB, 65.1 IP
12-5, 3.38, 107 K, 53 BB, 157 IP
       
LF
 *Chris Dickerson LF
 Alfonso Soriano
SS Jeff Keppinger
 SS Ryan Theriot
RF
 *Jay Bruce 1B
 Derrek Lee
2B Brandon Phillips 3B
 Aramis Ramirez
1B *Joey Votto CF
 *Jim Edmonds
3B Edwin Encarnacion
 2B Mark DeRosa
CF *Corey Patterson
 RF *Kosuke Fukudome
C *Paul Bako
 C Henry Blanco
P Josh Fogg
 P #Carlos Zambrano

 

The Cubs try to take two of three from a team so bad, they have given more than 250 at-bats to a player hitting less than .200, are granting a 12th start to a pitcher with a 7.71 ERA (ERA+ of 58), and sent an apology letter to their fans...with 35 games still left in the campaign.

Carlos Zambrano goes for his fifth consecutive win against the Reds, hoping to bounce back to #1 form after three unimpressive outings.

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Comments

Submitted by blockhead25 on Thu, 08/21/2008 - 08:18 pm

I think this game is one of the most important of the year. Not in terms of winning. Winning would be nice, but the Cubs earned themselves a margin of error. It's critical that Zambrano rights the ship, and does it now. With the bitch schedule in September and heading into the the playoffs, if he doesn't get his #1 stuff back, that significantly weakens our outlook to get deep in September. Cincy's awful offense can hopefully get him on track. If not, it doesn't get any easier in the remainder of his starts.

Submitted by mattralph on Thu, 08/21/2008 - 08:46 pm

Z looks shaky and Double Play Lee does it again. Not a good start. Is DLee ever going to hit another home run? I think it's time to experiment with Soriano in the three spot, bat Theriot lead-off and move Lee down in the order where his ground balls to shortstop with men on base will come more often with two outs.

Submitted by mattralph on Thu, 08/21/2008 - 08:57 pm

If the Cubs can beat teams they're supposed to beat, like Corey Patterson and the Reds, Washington, etc., losses to the Brewers or Cardinals in September won't matter so much.

Submitted by Dmac on Thu, 08/21/2008 - 08:27 pm

Nice win, have to hope that this is just another annual August hiccup for Z. Gotta love that it never effects his batting, though. That tater was crushed.

Submitted by blockhead25 on Thu, 08/21/2008 - 08:40 pm

That game didn't do much to pacify my worries about Z. He was behind everyone the first 4 innings. It was certainly and improvement o0ver the last 2 outings, but something is still clearly "off".

Submitted by blockhead25 on Thu, 08/21/2008 - 08:16 pm

so, with 4 more wins, Cubs will have a winning record for the 5th time in 8 years (2001,2003,2004,2007,2008)....versus only 5 winning seasons from the 29 years from 1972 - 2000

Submitted by jacos on Thu, 08/21/2008 - 08:39 pm

Z cracked his mollar(tooth-sp?)during warm ups today. He said he did it by chewing gum. Yikes.

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Submitted by crunch on Thu, 08/21/2008 - 08:35 pm

cracked a tooth by chewing gum? i wonder if he's getting training supplements from neifi these days. for a guy with dehydration issues he's been showing up on the mound so hyped this year...whether its coffee, redbull, pills, or whatever...he's putting too much of it in him it seems. at least he's not overthrowing on the mound. -edit- speaking of...from ye old world o' roto... someone forgot to tell j.sosa that they drug test a bit more harsher and a lot more regularly in the minors... "MLB suspended RHP Jorge Sosa 50 gamesfor testing positive for amphetamines. Sosa, who opened this year in the majors with the Mets, had spent the last month with Seattle's Triple-A club. He'll miss most of April next year, so the interest in him on even a minor league deal figures to be pretty limited."

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Submitted by Doug Dascenzo on Fri, 08/22/2008 - 08:48 am

I bought some Upper Deck Box seats a few Wednesdays ago from a scalper for $65/seat. At first I thought it was a littly pricey, until I realized fucking face value was $55. The price of seats these days is really getting out of whack. But yeah, if you wait until right around game time, they'll unload for at least close to face. Unfortunately, tix are in such high demand this year I've been a few times where the only seats they have left are singles or those dugout box seats for $300 a pop. Better Craig's List than sorry on a Saturday, me thinks.

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Submitted by crunch on Thu, 08/21/2008 - 08:37 pm

what on earth was his excuse for picking cliff lee for AL MVP? hamilton and quentin aren't exactly runaways...and hamilton isn't on a contender... great year...great pitching...great consistancy...but mvp? btw...that stuff is all subscription.

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Submitted by Rob G. on Thu, 08/21/2008 - 08:50 pm

hence, the "if you can't read it" comment...

Cliff Lee leads the AL in WARP-1 would be the argument. Kinsler and Mauer were 1 and 2 for position players in WARP-1. 

My vote goes to Joe Mauer. 

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Submitted by Chad on Fri, 08/22/2008 - 08:35 am

MVP on a team that finishes in last place (or close to)? Yes there is precedence but it's totally stupid. Second, he only plays in 35 games a season.

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Submitted by Chad on Fri, 08/22/2008 - 08:44 pm

That has nothing to do with it. How are you the MOST VALUABLE PLAYER when you didn't add that much value? You take Cliff Lee off the Indians and they still suck.

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Submitted by johann on Fri, 08/22/2008 - 08:57 pm

They just suck a lot more then another team would suck taking their best player off the team. I'm not even having this argument because it's been had before. My bigger point is that a great pitcher to me adds more value to a team then a great hitter despite the every 5th day thing. Also, a great pitcher can win you a World Series, a great hitter generally doesn't.

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

Totally wrong. I would an Albert Pujols or an A-Rod long before I took any pitcher. and as far as the MVP award goes, the World Series is meaningless.

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Submitted by blockhead25 on Thu, 08/21/2008 - 08:34 pm

well, considering how run differential is such a popular stat these days, yes, it would have counted for more. I am mildly concerned about our offense...aisde from a couple gappers in Florida, the offense has really not been on all cylinders since leaving Atlanta. Lee's power has completely dissapapered, Aram isn't far behind, Fukudome looks more lost at the blate everyday. Thankfully, 1-8, the team is deep so there are enough people to drive in runs, but I'd feel much better if Lee and Aram could start hitting the ball out again.

Submitted by billybucks on Thu, 08/21/2008 - 08:36 pm

I was at the ballpark today -- very weird atmoshpere. No real excitment in the crowd -- first run was on a DPLee DP, which was more a cause for grumbling than cheering, then 2 solo shots from relatively unexpected sources (DeRo and Z) in the 2nd and 3rd -- no anticipation or build up. No offense at all after the 3rd inning. Z seemed mediocre against a crap lineup -- never really seemed in control (I mean, when you walk Corey...) and the crowd seemed frustrated by his mundane outing. Thank goodness for Henry Blanco's throwing. Only real excitment in the crowd was for Kerry's final K. Weird. Nice win, but weird. I think Lou should sit Fukky all weekend. Something needs to change -- we can't have RF be an offensive wasteland for the rest of the year.

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Submitted by Ryno on Fri, 08/22/2008 - 08:59 am

So the Cubs only won the Cincy series because Z pitched well and hit a home run? Ground control to Cubs offense? Are you there? Never in my life have I felt so "blah" about a team with the best record in baseball in August. I completely relate to the crowd's "weirdness". Maybe it's that we're all so used to losing that we don't know how to handle a dominant Cub team. Or maybe we're jaded from what transpired in the '03 NLCS, so we're like, "yeah, the playoffs, who cares".

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Submitted by billybucks on Fri, 08/22/2008 - 08:10 am

Part of the feeling is that nobody is hot right now, so there's not much anticipation when the big hitters come up. Theriot is the only regular hitting over .290 (and he only hits singles), DLee has hit 2 HRs since June 21st and is a DP machine, Fukky is a disaster, Soto's and Edmonds' power have cooled, Soriano had a blah series, Rammy hasn't yet had a really hot streak, etc... ..and yet, it's the best offense in MLB.

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Submitted by The E-Man on Fri, 08/22/2008 - 08:42 am

I have been to 15 games so far this year (14-1 and probably the first and last time this will ever happen). I'd agree that most times the fans are pretty lethargic. Until there is a home run, or something else really exciting happens. The exceptions are for the rivalry games - Milwaukee, Cards, Sox, and other division leaders - in my view those games people are much more attentive and into every inning. I have noticed that for the "dog teams", many people around the park could care less what is happening on the diamond, and it a point of annoyance for me when someone at a loud pitch is talking about cell phones during a key AB, but that's just me perhaps.

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Submitted by Ryno on Fri, 08/22/2008 - 08:32 pm

Yeah, I'm not sure I buy into that too much either. The team is playing fantastic, and has all year except for a few small stretches. Yet, it doesn't feel like it. I'm convinced that most of us Cub fans are simply miserable beings and when the Cubs finally win the world series we'll all, collectively start bleeding from the ears as our brains explode inside our skulls. *sigh*

Submitted by Cubster on Fri, 08/22/2008 - 08:08 am

Next crap outfit up is Washington--worst team in major league baseball. ========= still, I'm glad the Gnats ended their 12 game losing streak thursday...now they can relax and start another one.

Submitted by billybucks on Fri, 08/22/2008 - 08:55 am

How in the world does Josh Fogg still have a job as an MLB pitcher? He has a craeer ERA of 5.07.

Recent comments

  • crunch (view)

    bellinger "right rib contusion"

  • Childersb3 (view)

    South Bend just lost the lead in the bottom of the 9th on the weirdest scenario, ever.

    It's absolutely pouring rain....men on 1st and 2nd, 1out....JPatterson asks for a new ball, but no time out was called....he throws the old ball toward the dugout (not sure if it rolled out of play).....the ump declares the runners get two bases each so one run scores. Then a single up the middle ties the game.

    The rain was coming down in buckets at this point.

    Just weird

  • crunch (view)

    ...and bellinger is gone in the 7th because of that 2nd blown chance and the wall he bounced off of...

    hopefully his rib cage/shoulder feels better tomorrow, we just got happ back.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Phil,

    Any thoughts on Y. Rojas' stuff and Y. Melendez's game (I believe I've asked about him before, sorry)?

  • crunch (view)

    wow, things are moving fast.  hopefully it continues.

  • crunch (view)

    morel with 4 clean plays in 4 innings...showed off his 100000000mph arm a couple times.

    cody bellinger not having a good 4th, though...5 run leads are handy when your CF is making your pitcher have a 5-out inning.  2nd blown chance was ruled a hit even though it went in/out of his glove...1st was lost in the lights, also ruled a hit.

  • crunch (view)

    welcome back happ!  double off the wall 1st PA back.

  • crunch (view)

    oh yeah, totally, i was just chiming about why i fan like i fan.

    i would like nothing more than hendricks to keep on hendricks'ing.  guys with his stuff can throw for a long, long time as long as it works.

    he velocity is actually up a minor amount this year.  it's really "damn" when a guy like him not only has gas in the tank, but it's looking like it was years ago.  he added a curve a few years ago and it helped a little bit, but he's throwing it less and less while the fb/change combo are less effective.

  • Alexander Dimm (view)

    CRUNCH—There is no one person in this community I’m talking about.  My remarks were not directed at you or anyone, but at a tone I’ve noticed lately. 

    You have a great, dry sense of humor and there is thought behind your comments.   You and I don’t always agree but I always understand your position.  

    Lastly, and I’ll be quiet, I agree with you on Hendricks.  We can dislike the recent performance but still love the guy.  Lots of questions about his future.
     

  • crunch (view)

    myself, i make a good amount of outrageously unrealistic comments that are sometimes "violent"...like my recent suggestion of "pulling the bandaid off" by having hendricks throw every inning of every game until he's on the IL.

    i would hope any athlete that cares about what is written on the internet realizes how casual fans can be about treating their lives like scripted TV characters that don't have real lives.  it's not an excuse to do it, but there's a lot of it out there.

    but yeah, in real life i'm rooting for guys to have long and healthy careers even if i'm not happy with current performances...except for some guys...and i'm pretty sure i don't leave grey area for those comments...and almost all of them are not good humans whether they're playing baseball or not...

    hendricks was getting a good amount of boos in his last game.  i would bet a million that he will get a standing O every time he visits wrigley in his post-playing days, or a return with a new team should his career continue...or if he comes back and puts in an oldschool good performance.

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