Game 35 Thread - Dempster vs. Westbrook

The Cubs NL Central barnstorming continues with a trip to Missouri. NL ERA-leader Ryan Dempster tries to secure his first win against a Beltran-less lineup.

Cardinals Cubs
#Furcal, SS
 *DeJesus, RF
*Jay, CF
 *Campana, CF
Holliday, LF
 Castro, SS
Craig, RF
 *LaHair, 1B
#Berkman, RF
 Soriano, LF
Freese, 3B
 *Stewart, 3B
Molina, C
 Soto, C
*Schumaker, 2B
 Barney, 2B
Westbrook, P
 Dempster, P

 

Which will happen first?
  
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Sadly, the poll from Friday still applies.

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Submitted by Rob G. on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 5:56pm
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Submitted by jacos
on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 6:07pm

Parrot chat

Submitted by Rob G.
on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 6:10pm

Liar

Submitted by jacos
on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 6:29pm

600 game?

Be on in 1/2 hour

Submitted by Rob G.
on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 7:45pm

Offensive explosion!!!

Soriano and Campana have a few more innings to try and win the poll.

Hopefully.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 8:18pm

Or Dempster and the 1st base ump can give the runs back.

Submitted by big_lowitzki
on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 9:04pm

You know what would be a great idea? Sacrifice bunting with one of only two players on your team that can hit. Awesome.

Submitted by crunch
on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 9:09pm

and having that hitter jog to 1st rather than running after bunting would be icing on the cake.

that whole thing was a giant ball of suck.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 9:27pm

seemed like a great idea to me...

signed,
Don Baylor

Submitted by Jumbo
on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 4:30am

You know it's a bad move when all the ESPN announcers agree that it's a bad idea. Further, LaHair is getting an intentional walk immediately after the Castro bunt, which is your second best hitter. ESPN then showed a graphic that against Boggs, Soriano in his career was 0-9 w/7 K's. Way to use that statistical background Sveum.

Submitted by Cubster
on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 5:35am

Soriano in his career was 0-9 w/7 K's. Way to use that statistical background Sveum
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so, what did Soriano do in that at bat?

Submitted by jacos
on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 7:13am

got lucky

Submitted by Jumbo
on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 11:09am

From the Simpsons:
to Krusty: You mean you bet against the Globetrotters?
Krusty: I thought they were due!

Submitted by Jumbo
on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 11:13am

Be that as it may, the Cubs went from runners on 1st and 2nd, none out (1.573 run expectancy) and their best two hitters up to runners on 1st and 2nd, two out (0.466 run expectancy), and Soriano/Stewart coming up. If you prefer bunting with Castro we'll just agree to disagree.

Even if Castro's bunt was successful, you'd still have Soriano with the bases loaded and perfect double play situation. Oh well.

Submitted by Jumbo
on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 11:21am

Replying to myself here, but the same run expectancy chart shows that bases loaded, one out is a 1.65 run expectancy. So maybe, just maybe, Sveum knew all this and really is a saber-inclined manager that we should all be proud of? I still would have let Castro and LaHair swing away in that situation. Hopefully we don't see that choice out of Sveum again.

Submitted by crunch
on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 4:09pm

if anyone is flying by blind/blanket numbers that treats castro with men on the same as a random assortment of league average with men on then they're doing it wrong.

Submitted by Jumbo
on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 5:18pm

I must have forgotten the begin/end sarcasm tags. I don't know the code, anyway

Submitted by crunch
on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 6:46pm

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Submitted by jacos
on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 9:25pm

Paralegal chat recap

Rob likes the cubs
So does Crunch

Submitted by Rob G.
on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 9:27pm

/transmission'd

Submitted by Newport
on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 11:55am

That's the worst pharaoh chat recap ever.

Submitted by John Beasley
on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 9:30pm

He who can't hit, bunts
Also, he who can

Submitted by John Beasley
on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 9:37pm

Also, also, tied for 4th. /DraftBotch

Submitted by Wes
on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 9:46pm

I do not like when bad managing gets reinforced by scoring in spite of it.

Submitted by Old and Blue
on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 8:12am

I'll be lone defender of the indefensible. My guess is that Sveum was using desperate tactics to "try to make something happen". I can't figure out what other reason there could be for that kind of move.

I think it was a good move if only because it exposed Castro a bit. That jog off the bunt was inexcusable, and needs to be fixed before stardom makes him cocky.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 11:37pm

Tulo nailed by a line drive in the leg while waiting on the top step of the dugout (he was due up 3rd).

looks like he's going to stay in though.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 11:41pm

then gingerly beats out a infield single and limping pretty bad.

comes out of the game after that.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 11:49pm

in ex-Cubs news

Justin Sellers with an amazing play catching a foul ball in the stands.

Full sprint back from third base, caught it over the shoulder basket style and then flipped over into the stands.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 12:32am

Cubs Tied for 4th!!!!!

also tied for last.

Submitted by The E-Man
on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 6:47am

As of last night, wasn't the 2013 draft order: Twins, Padres, CUBS?

Submitted by Old and Blue
on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 8:18am

I'm starting to like this kid. I can't remember a time the Cubs have had a guy who flusters good defensive teams into making mistakes. The Cards are usually pretty good, but when Campana was on the bases they were throwing the ball around like kids in a school yard.

What I liked most was what the ESPN guys pointed out, how he stole second after missing a sign and seeing DeJesus get thrown out. When this kid says he can steal 100 bases, I am beginning to believe it. He doesn't even seem to need to be that good a hitter. Chops the ball to the shortstop and still gets on.

As his reputation grows, pitchers will try to be more careful not to walk him. If he can learn how to really, really control the plate, he could be a very interesting player.

Submitted by Michaelweaselo
on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 8:28am

The managing this season leaves a lot to be desired. And Im hoping that the strategy is simply that Sveum is enough of a players manager/developer of young players to get them through this season and next until a real manager is available. If Theo really believes that Dale is the guy for the next decade or more, then Im going to become an Orioles fan real soon.

But it could be worse. Could be Don Mattingly.

Submitted by jacos
on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 9:04am

I agree

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405270...

Submitted by Dusty Baylor
on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 9:08am

In response to the article: Whatever.

Submitted by JoePepitone
on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 12:34pm

Stupid.

Submitted by Charlie
on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 3:49pm

I agree. That article was like a list of stupid reasons people give for wanting to move away from Wrigley. Worse, it skips over other supporting points that actually do make some sense.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 12:05pm

for a guy that likes to make fun of Campana, give him props last night for some excellent baserunning.

On the Soriano single, he recognized immediately that it was going to drop and took off.

and of course the SB on the pitch-out.

even laid down a good bunt but Freese made a great play on it.

Submitted by jacos
on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 3:03pm

Game of thrones is a good little base runner

Submitted by Rob G.
on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 3:22pm

I haven't watched the show (I know, I know).

Are there a bunch of fast midgets on it?

Submitted by jacos
on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 8:38pm

just one, peter dinklage.

he's on cover of rolling stone.

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