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Game 3 Thread / Brewers @ Cubs (3 of 3)

Submitted by Rob G. on

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SP Dave Bush
 SP
Ryan Dempster
(2007)
 12-10, 5.12
(2007) 2-7, 4.73
       
2B Rickie Weeks
LF Alfonso Soriano
CF
*Tony Gwynn, Jr.
 SS
Ryan Theriot
1B
*Prince Fielder
1B
Derrek Lee
LF
 Ryan Braun
3B
Aramis Ramirez
3B
 Bill Hall RF
*Kosuke Fukudome
RF
 Corey Hart
 2B
 Mark DeRosa
SS JJ Hardy
 C Geovany Soto
P Dave Bush
 CF
 *Felix Pie
C
 Jason Kendall
P Ryan Dempster

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Cubs find themselves in the precarious position of having to count on Ryan Dempster to avoid an embarrassing opening series sweep to what is expected to be our biggest challenge to repeating as NL Central Champs. I know I feel confident.

The big news being that Lou has switched Soriano back to the leadoff spot and I have a feeling that I'm one of the few (besides Lou) that doesn't mind this move. Is it because I think Soriano hits better out of the leadoff spot? Absolutely not. What it does is knock a few PA's off Theriot's total over the course of the season which is good. It would be better if he was replaced by DeRosa or Fukudome in the two spot though. But for those who watched the game yesterday, in the 5th inning Theriot reached on a single with two outs with Soriano due up next. With two outs and Jason Kendall behind the plate, that would be the perfect time to send Theriot to get him in scoring position. But, possibly being afraid of running themselves out of the inning and taking the bat out of Soriano's hand, Theriot stayed put. Now, Theriot's usefulness on offense is pretty much limited to scrappiness and stealing bags on those rare occasions he reaches base. If you're going to be afraid to steal with him, he becomes that more useless. Of course, I have plenty of other reasons that I don't mind those move, but that's at least one small, albeit important one in my mind.

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Submitted by The E-Man on Thu, 04/03/2008 - 04:15 pm

what a scrappy guy. "When", he reaches base. I admire scrappieness.

Submitted by Michaelweaselo on Thu, 04/03/2008 - 04:30 pm

WHY the fuck was that not interference? The runner was in fair territory and soto was in the basepath a bit, but weeks didnt even attempt to avoid a player without the ball!

Submitted by navigator on Thu, 04/03/2008 - 04:31 pm

6 innings 10 K's real deal

Submitted by RI Mike on Thu, 04/03/2008 - 04:38 pm

Soriano cannot bat leadoff. Ball fucking four by a long shot. This blows. A little patience by Lou would have been helpful.

Submitted by Michaelweaselo on Thu, 04/03/2008 - 04:57 pm

The throw was high but Soto had been taken out by Weeks and couldnt make the play anyway. The error could have been on Soto for not being in position to catch the throw.

Submitted by mannytrillo on Thu, 04/03/2008 - 04:58 pm

Not pretty defense by MIL on two plays taht should have been outs but credited as hits. But we will take them and good job by the middle of the lineup to make them pay to tie it up.

Submitted by Dmac on Thu, 04/03/2008 - 04:31 pm

Give Dempster some credit - nice work, and he got into the 8th to boot. So much for worrying about his stamina holding up in the first few starts. But Woody - glad he finished, but still makes the 9th a bit too exciting.

Submitted by Dmac on Thu, 04/03/2008 - 04:33 pm

Why do these kids keep trying to test the system in place now? Chalk it up to ignorant youth, are do they think other players are still getting away with it?

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Submitted by crunch on Thu, 04/03/2008 - 04:44 pm

2 decades+ of getting away with it helps...along with a culture that's promoted it in the clubhouse moreso than is being reported. while its painted as a "i never heard anything about it from anyone" on these non-roided players talking about the situation...well...they're full of it, and it's been going on a looooong time. i'd bet you cant find a minor leaguer the past 10-20- years, washup or "made it" type that hasn't seen it, heard about it, AND knows someone who probably is using based on their own talk about it whether they're directly using around their peers or not.

Submitted by Dmac on Thu, 04/03/2008 - 04:20 pm

I heard Mike Schmidt awhile back speculating that if steroids had been available during his playing days, he'd probably be on them - just the competitive nature of professional sports, coupled with the notion that other players may be getting ahead of you using the stuff. Bob Gibson said pretty much the same thing when asked a similar question last year.

Submitted by 10man on Thu, 04/03/2008 - 04:33 pm

And so officially begins the Wood era as closer. One year younger than when Dennis Eckersley made his switch...

Submitted by CUBBY on Fri, 04/04/2008 - 04:09 am

good (but heavily biased) article at the baseballanalysts.com about the merits of the DH over pitchers hitting. no im not posting a link just go there yourself.

Submitted by Dmac on Fri, 04/04/2008 - 04:40 am

"I always felt Brian Downing of the Angels was the first abuser of roids." You could be correct - at least so far as his power numbers increased dramatically since his early days with the White Sox.

Submitted by mannytrillo on Fri, 04/04/2008 - 04:08 am

Excellent job by Dempster to rebound after a bad 1st inning. That is a very encouraging sign. Good to see the Cubs break their cherry and get of the snide. Getting swept by the Brew Crew at home would not have been a good start. Go Cubs!!

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Submitted by Doug Dascenzo on Fri, 04/04/2008 - 04:15 am

My dad and his brothers (German heritage) play a card game called Sheephead. It's like Euchre, except you don't know who your partner is right away. Anyway, in that game, "Schneider" is a point total that you want to reach. If you don't reach 31 points, you've been "Schneidered". I'm assuming it's all of the same origin. So, while "snide" is an adjective to describe the way a person is acting, "the Schneid" is a term used in sports/cards and comes from Germany.

Submitted by Wes on Fri, 04/04/2008 - 04:53 am

Didn't see anyone else post this previously.... potential 3/44 material ahead. Beware. I don't know much about this series of baseball coaching parody videos, but one of the episodes features Z throwing 95mph beanballs. I thought it was pretty funny. May be worth a look. There are apparently a few other episodes featuring guys like Andre Ethier, Matt Kemp, and Brad Hawpe. I also recommend the one about scrapiness. http://www.youtube.com/scrappyron1 Also, I promise it isn't a rickroll. Seriously.

Recent comments

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Walker was a complimentary piece who was well past his prime. Edmonds, Holliday, Ozzie Smith and a few others were good trades. Notably, they have almost always been quiet in the free agent market. But the fundamental workings of the organization were always based primarily upon the constant output of a well oiled minor league organization. That organization has ground to a halt. And when did that hard stop start to happen? Right at the beginning of the Goldschmidt/Arenado era, perpetuated by the Contreras signing, followed by the rotation purchases during the last offseason. The timing is undeniable and, in my mind, not coincidental.

    Again, we are all saying that player development became deemphasized. I’m just linking it directly to the recent trades and involvement in the free agent market. I don’t see how the two concepts can be decoupled.

  • Charlie (view)

    The Cards also traded for both Jim Edmonds and Larry Walker. It's the developing part that has fallen off. Of course, it could also be the case that there are no more Matt Carpenters left to pull out of the hat. 

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Cubs sign 28 yr old RHRP Daniel Missaki. He was in MiLB from his 17yr old to 19yr old years and did pretty well.
    He's been in Mexico and Japan the last four years and has done well also.
    He's supposedly Japanese and Brazilian.
    Interesting sign. We obviously need to RP in the system
    Injuries are mounting everywhere!!

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Sure, they made generally short term trades for established players to enhance what they already had or traded for players early enough in their careers that they were essentially Cardinals from the start. What they never did was to try to use the more established players as foundational cornerstones.

    Essentially we’re saying the same thing. They have given up on player development to the point that even their prospects that make it to the bigs flop so that they have to do things like buy most of their rotation and hope for the best.

  • 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. 

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