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Gameday Open Thread / Rockies @ Cubs

Submitted by Cubnut on

The Rockies visit HoHoKam this afternoon at 3:05 Chicago time. It's Rich "89.4 MPH" Hill vs. Franklin Morales.

And Lou Piniella confirms: when he said he'd have a rotation announcement by Friday, he meant it, dammit.


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Submitted by WISCGRAD on Thu, 03/20/2008 - 03:28 pm

"Cesar Izturis went 0-for-3 and committed an error Thursday against the Marlins. Izturis is batting .163 and he's up to seven errors in the equivalent of about 12 full games at shortstop." (Rotoworld) Glad he's not in the picture anymore.

Submitted by navigator on Thu, 03/20/2008 - 03:53 pm

He started the inning off with his sixth walk out on a missed bunt K Aramis made a throwing error Hill made a throwing error Hill gave up a double past CF KFuk yanked

Submitted by Jace on Thu, 03/20/2008 - 03:53 pm

mlb.com is saying that the recently demoted OF Josh Kroeger came in to relieve Hill in the 2nd, and got the next two hitters out... I don't believe that... Anyone know what really happened?

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Submitted by Rob G. on Fri, 03/21/2008 - 03:34 pm

You need it on "Rich-Text" if you want to use the toolbar when you write an article. Unfortunately for the 6 of us, it'll also default to that in the comments. It was one of the 8,000 emails I've sent out, I'm sure you missed it. Some of the writers have two accounts, one for writing stories and one for commenting, then you don't have to worry about it. Otherwise, if you just want to post a link and a bit of info, I've just gotten in the habit of hitting "Disable rich-text" and then switching the "input format" to "filtered html". The only benefit is that it automatically hyperlinks any links and truncates them if they're over 50 characters.

But no, it won't stick...you have to change it each time you want to do that.

Submitted by navigator on Thu, 03/20/2008 - 03:33 pm

Ryan Theriot walks Soriano batting, E-1 on pickoff attempt Theriot steals 3b Theriot scores on a WP ball four to Derrek Lee

Submitted by Transmission on Thu, 03/20/2008 - 03:45 pm

Wow, just got a phone call from Pappa Trans, who is at the game! On his regular spring trip with the wife's family to AZ, and says it's a beautiful day. Beyond that, I'll just say that Pappa Trans's ability to comment on spring training games is somewhere below that of Arizona Phil's.

Submitted by Cubster on Thu, 03/20/2008 - 03:12 pm

G Jones now pitching? Can't wait to see Az Phil's writeup ...Lou on the phone to the bullpen in the 2nd inning after the 6th walk from Hill, "send the bus to the minor league camp and bring back some pitchers, I'm going to be damned if I burn out my bullpen in March."

Submitted by etschosi on Thu, 03/20/2008 - 03:19 pm

Is it possible that Hill could start in Iowa if he does not settle down? A rotation of Z, Lilly, Demp, Lieber, and Marquis to start the year if a trade is not made before opening day might sound bizarre, but possible. Trade Marquis or Dempster for the coveted RH CF/OF later and bring Hill back after the trade. Does Hill have any options left? Just a thought.....

Submitted by Cubster on Thu, 03/20/2008 - 03:23 pm

Cubs Win 8-6. Wuertz 1 1/3 IP and a save, 2 K's. Nobody's said it yet but maybe he's our closer. Certainly he's been a good "fireman" this spring.

Submitted by Rich_Hill_is_a… on Thu, 03/20/2008 - 03:27 pm

It's entirely possible that Hill starts the season in Iowa. Mainly because he hasn't had one start where he met his required pitch count. He's had shorter than desired outings. He'll need to stretch his arm out somewhere and that somewhere is very likely Iowa and Lou will go with a 4 man rotation early. I know he said he wasn't going to do that, but the most overrated Cub since Jason Dubois has screwed that up. Funny I don't hear anyone comparing him to Bedard anymore. LOL what a bunch of fools.

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Submitted by crunch on Thu, 03/20/2008 - 03:12 pm

eh? they're both lefties with good curves, but i dont recall people going out of their way to compare hill and bedard. they dont even have comparable fastballs. maybe i missed something but i dont recall the bedard/hill comparison and love being expressed.

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Submitted by The Joe on Thu, 03/20/2008 - 03:26 pm

Ok, now I get it. Alright, thanks for coming here to criticize them. In other news, Fukudome is really struggling. All those fools who were comparing him to Vladimir Guerrero sure look stupid now! Idiots.

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Submitted by Rich_Hill_is_a… on Thu, 03/20/2008 - 03:29 pm

haha another one who thinks Hill is just as good as bedard. FWIW, i'll be here all season and when Hill finishes with a 4.40 ERA and you can no longer use the "it's spring traing dude" excuse, I'll remind you of Hill's 2 pitch average ass. BTW, i've had this username before his suktacular ST.

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Submitted by The Joe on Thu, 03/20/2008 - 03:50 pm

And when that happens, you'll find an army of overly impressed readers. You will be the king of prognostication and we shall bow down before you. Oh wait, nevermind...no one gives a shit.

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Submitted by crunch on Thu, 03/20/2008 - 03:44 pm

i dunno if its funny or sad that a lotta people compare fuku to a young/prime mark grace...from expected output at the bat to quality of D (though at a significantly different position). even if fuku performs on that level he's simply a "solid" player rather than a guy who carries the team. yeah, you cant have a team of Arods unless you wanna spend $200+m and anything complimenting dlee/soriano/aram is bonus...still... he's gonna K a lot...hopefully he'll walk a good amount, take pitches, manage to put 15-20 over the fence, and stick somewhere around a .350ob%...

Submitted by MikeC on Thu, 03/20/2008 - 03:08 pm

The only fool i see is using spring training stats to go "See i told you so!" By using this guys logic Rich Hill is wayyyy better than Bedard. Erik Bedard has a 9.69 ERA in spring training and he isnt striking out anyone. Ohhhh i am sorry did i poke a hole in your stupid analysis? Poor fool.

Submitted by MCCLUBB34 on Thu, 03/20/2008 - 03:53 pm

"Bedard is getting hit hard because he's working on a cutter" And it's not possible that Hill working on his changeup and cutter? You're argument sucks. No one is saying Hill is as good as Bedard. Maybe you can't compute Hill's spring ERA, but according to my calculations its 7.11 which is better than Bedard's. So according to your own spring training argument, Hill is indeed a better pitcher than Bedard. So who do you think is better?

Recent comments

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    I don’t buy that. They had been doing that for years.

    They did it with Matt Holliday. They did it with John Lackey. They did it with Mark Mulder. They did it with Jason Heyward, who had a great year for them. I’m sure there’s more but those come to mind immediately.

    I attribute it more to a breakdown in what they’re doing in terms of development than a culture thing.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    They won those trades and sacrificed their culture. That’s exactly their problem.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    The other part that’s kind of crazy is they made two very high profile trades, one for Goldschmidt and one for Arenado, and they very clearly won those trades. They just haven’t been able to develop players the last handful of years the way they usually do.

    I guess the moral there is it’s hard to stay on top of your game and be good at what you do in perpetuity.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Marmol was extended at the beginning of the year. Two years I believe.

  • crunch (view)

    Jesse Rogers @JesseRogersESPN
    Craig Counsell doesn’t have a timetable for Cody Bellinger who technically has two cracked ribs on his right side. CT scan showed it today.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Thought it might have been David Peralta given the open 40 man spot and how PCA has played so far. 

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    I hope they keep Mozeliak a few more years. Marmol too!

  • crunch (view)

    wow, counsell coming with the early lineup.  rarity.

    canario/tauchman/happ RF/CF/LF

  • crunch (view)

    PCA called up.

  • crunch (view)

    welp...

    bellinger...fractured rib.

    a not-very-ready PCA will probably be called up when it would be much better for him to be in AAA getting regular ABs.

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