Game 12 Thread - Garza vs. Buehrle

Garza goes tonight to try and stop the bleeding. And Tennessee plays a doubleheader in the minors.

Marlins Cubs
#Reyes, SS
 Johnson, RF
#Bonifacio, CF
 Barney, 2B
Ramirez, 3B
 Castro, SS
*Morrison, LF
 Soriano, LF
Stanton, RF Baker, 1B
Sanchez, 1B *Stewart, 3B
Buck, C Soto, C
Murphy, 4
 Byrd, CF
*Buehrle, P
 Garza, P

 

How many combined caught stealing and errors for the Cubs tonight?
  
pollcode.com free polls 

 

Johnson struck out just 3 in last night's poll, with the majority picking 7-10 K's for him.

Iowa @Albuquerque (Dodgers): Jay Jackson vs. Nieve.

Tennessee @ Huntsville (Brewers) in a doubleheader: Dallas Beeler vs. Anundsen; Dae-Eun Rhee vs. ????.

Daytona has the day off.

@Peoria vs. Cedar Rapids (Angels): Jose Rosario vs. Crowley

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Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 2:06pm
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Submitted by Jace
on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 2:27pm

http://www.theonion.com/articles/joe-maddon-w...
It's called "thwartstop", positioned right where the hitter's spray chart shows he should...

Submitted by Rob Richardson
on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 2:39pm

Baker would make a great thwartstop.

Submitted by Old and Blue
on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 2:34pm

I love the poll.

This is the first season in quite awhile I've been following the minors more closely than the majors, and not only because of the obvious fact that they are so close in skill levels.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 4:01pm

until Friday with a hamstring injury, fwiw.

Submitted by Charlie
on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 4:05pm

Why are we seeing so much Johnson? This is the problem with having Mather, Johnson, and Baker all on the team--the manager thinks he has to bench DeJesus an LaHair every time there is a lefty starting because what's the point of having shortside platoon guys if you aren't going to use them?

Somebody please come calling for Baker soon.

Submitted by crunch
on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 4:12pm

if they were gonna platoon lahair (which seems to be what they're doing) it wouldn't have been too hard to find a cheap bench/1st-platoon guy beyond baker...especially since they re-up'd dewitt and baker rather than cutting one of them.

4ab 0h 0bb 3k vs. lefties for lahair...dunno how many chances he'll get this year vs. them.

maybe it only came apparent this spring that's something they'd have to do...no idea...

Submitted by Rob G.
on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 6:12pm

good news with Buehrle on the mound, the Cubs should lose rather quickly today.

Submitted by The Joe
on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 6:26pm

I think Garza balances out the speed...

Submitted by Rob G.
on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 7:08pm

I should have added double plays to the poll.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 7:13pm

Iowa lineup: Campana CF, B. Jackson LF, Valbuena 2B, Rizzo 1B, Castillo C, Cardenas SS, Sappelt RF, Vitters 3B, J. Jackson P.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 7:17pm

end of the 4th going well....

with 2 out, Stanton singles, Gaby gets on when Stewart can't barehand a ball, Garza strikes out Buck but ump calls it a ball (replays and WGN K-zone show it right down the middle near bottom of zone but clearly a strike).

ends it by striking out Murphy who had HR'd earlier.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 7:21pm

Byrd singles, grab him now for your fantasy teams before the rush.

1st/2nd and Garza up to fail at bunting.

Submitted by O.Julius
on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 7:32pm

Is the in-game chat working for anyone? It's not for me.

Submitted by crunch
on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 7:33pm

yeah. you need to have java installed on your browser of choice or it won't load.

Submitted by O.Julius
on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 7:43pm

Thanks crunch. Finally got in and nobody was there. I suppose the guys on the season ticket waiting list must feel the same way.

Submitted by crunch
on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 7:46pm

hahah.

yeah, it's hit/miss for people being in there...a lot more "miss" the past couple seasons.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 7:40pm

D. Barney showing off his post workout not-even-warning-track-power to leadoff the 6th

Submitted by Rob G.
on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 7:42pm

new fantasy strategy...

pick up whomever is going against the Cubs that day

Submitted by John Beasley
on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 7:50pm

Why not? It's how I play D in fantasy football. "Who's got Cleveland? Who's got St. Louis? Jacksonville? Is Seattle on the road?" I can only think of one week this season where I got burned.

Submitted by O.Julius
on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 7:50pm

Does anyone else's Wendy's restaurant look like that commercial? I think mine still has the olden newspaper tables.

Submitted by Newport
on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 9:14pm

I don't go in fast food restaurants. Drive thru, ftw.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 7:50pm

Byrd makes a great effort to cutoff a ball from going to the wall, then negates great effort by 3-hopping throw to the cutoff man so Stanton scores easily from first.

Submitted by O.Julius
on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 7:57pm

Illustrative of this young season?

Submitted by Rob G.
on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 7:58pm

solid effort by Soriano as always...groundball through SS and 3rd, man on second pauses to make sure ball goes through and Murphy just runs all the way to 2b cause Soriano isn't paying attention.

Then Buehrle singles off Lendy.

Submitted by O.Julius
on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 8:02pm

Betcha Eckstein would've caught that liner.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 8:02pm

Lendy is really dragging down this team.

Submitted by John Beasley
on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 8:05pm

Good thing the "taxpayers" are enjoying their new ballpark, even though the Cubs drew more than 8K more last Wednesday night to watch the shitty ass Cubs in that cold ass ballpark.

Submitted by Old and Blue
on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 8:07pm

I think TheoCorp needs to work on their Rule 5 game plan next year.

Submitted by Newport
on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 9:16pm

They should pretend it doesn't exist. A $100M+ team shouldn't be drafting rule 5 guys.

Submitted by crunch
on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 8:34pm

a triple...a triple hit to LF...sigh.

Submitted by superjimmer
on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 9:04pm

Well, in the good news department tonight:

Umm

...

Finger taps

Sheepish full mouthed cartoon smile.

Zzzzzzzzzzzzz

Submitted by John Beasley
on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 9:17pm

At least Castro still has trade value!

Submitted by Cubster
on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 9:43pm

How meaningful are the first 10 games?

article by John DeWan.

Answer: if your team is bad in the first 10 games, it mean they will not win 90 games.

http://www.actasports.com/statoftheweek/

Submitted by superjimmer
on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 10:06pm

Except last year 60% of teams who won 3 or first ten games or worse - went ahead and won 90+ games.

"so you're saying there's a chance ..."

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