Gameday Open Thread
Game 42 Thread / Pirates @ Cubs (1 of 3)
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SP | *Tom Gorzelanny |
SP |
Sean Gallagher |
3-3, 5.97, 21 K, 29 BB, 34.2 IP | 0-0, 6.48, 7 K, 4 BB, 8.1 IP | ||
2B |
Freddy Sanchez |
LF |
Alfonso Soriano |
CF |
*Nate McLouth |
SS |
Ryan Theriot |
LF |
Jason Bay | 1B |
Derrek Lee |
1B |
*Adam LaRoche | 3B |
Aramis Ramirez |
RF |
Xavier Nady | C |
Geovany Soto |
3B |
*Doug Mientkiewicz |
2B |
Ronny Cedeño |
C |
Ronny Paulino | RF |
Mark DeRosa |
SS |
Brian Bixler | CF |
Reed Johnson |
P |
*Tom Gorzelanny | P |
Sean Gallagher |
A few interesting things about today's game. First, there's Sean Gallagher's gameday photo.
Demand a retake Sean, you're a big-leaguer now.
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Game 41 Thread / Padres @ Cubs (4 of 4)
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SP | Greg Maddux |
SP |
Ryan Dempster |
3-3, 3.60, 26 K, 8 BB, 50 IP | 4-1, 2.76, 36 K, 23 BB, 49 IP | ||
CF |
*Jody Gerut |
LF |
Alfonso Soriano |
2B |
Tadahito Iguchi | SS |
Ryan Theriot |
RF |
*Brian Giles | 1B |
Derrek Lee |
1B |
*Adrian Gonzalez | 3B |
Aramis Ramirez |
3B |
Kevin Kouzmanoff | RF |
*Kosuke Fukudome |
SS |
Khalil Greene |
CF |
*Jim Edmonds |
LF |
*Paul McAnulty | 2B |
Ronny Cedeño |
C |
#Luke Carlin | C |
Henry Blanco |
P |
Greg Maddux |
P |
Ryan Dempster |
If the Cubs can overcome old friend Greg Maddux--perhaps making his last start ever at Wrigley Field--and the negative energy surrounding the addition of our new centerfielder, they'll take three of four from the Padres and improve their record on the homestand to a dandy 6-1, with three against the Pirates yet to go.
This, by the way, would be the first Wrigley Field series the Cubs had captured from San DIego since 1999. I'm sure the Mickey Morandini, Quilvio Veras references will be all over the broadcast.
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Game 40 Thread / Padres @ Cubs (3 of 4)
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SP | Jake Peavy |
SP |
*Ted Lilly |
4-2, 2.47, 52 K, 18 BB, 54.2 IP | 3-4, 5.24, 39 K, 16 BB, 44.2 IP | ||
CF |
Scott Hairston |
LF |
Alfonso Soriano |
2B |
Tadahito Iguchi | SS |
Ryan Theriot |
RF |
*Brian Giles | 1B |
Derrek Lee |
1B |
*Adrian Gonzalez | 3B |
Aramis Ramirez |
3B |
Kevin Kouzmanoff | RF |
*Kosuke Fukudome |
SS |
Khalil Greene |
C |
Geovany Soto |
LF |
Justin Huber |
2B |
Mark DeRosa |
C |
#Josh Bard | CF |
Reed Johnson |
P |
Jake Peavy |
P |
*Ted Lilly |
Pepsi has merged with Coca-Cola. Batman has given the Joker the passcode to the Bat Cave. The Corleones have entered into a business partnership with Virgil "The Turk" Sollozzo.
And the Cubs are going to sign Jim Edmonds.
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Game 39 Thread / Padres @ Cubs (2 of 4)
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SP | *Shawn Estes |
SP |
Jason Marquis |
0-0, 0.00, 2 K, 1 BB, 1.2 IP | 1-2, 5.08, 21 K, 15 BB, 33.2 IP | ||
CF |
*Jody Gerut |
LF |
Alfonso Soriano |
2B |
Tadahito Iguchi | SS |
Ryan Theriot |
RF |
*Brian Giles | 1B |
Derrek Lee |
1B |
*Adrian Gonzalez | 3B |
Aramis Ramirez |
LF |
Scott Hairtson | RF |
*Kosuke Fukudome |
SS |
Khalil Greene |
C |
Geovany Soto |
3B |
Edgar Gonzalez |
2B |
Mark DeRosa |
C |
#Luke Carlin | CF |
Reed Johnson |
P |
#Shawn Estes |
P |
*Jason Marquis |
Every once in awhile, a player that holds a special place in the hearts of Cubs fan comes back to Wrigley. And although they're wearing a different uniform, you can't help but root for them...
Oh wait, that's the beginning of Thursday's thread when Greg Maddux starts for the Padres. Today, it's Shawn Estes which most Cubs fans remember try to forget as the player who did his best to ruin the 2003 season. And just in case anyone thinks it wasn't that bad, here are his 2003 numbers:
8-11, 152.1 IP, 28 GS, 117 K, 105 BB, 5.73 ERA, 76 ERA+
But speaking of ugly numbers, the Cubs have Jason Marquis going.
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Game 38 Thread / Padres @ Cubs (1 of 4)
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SP | *Randy Wolf |
SP |
Carlos Zambrano |
2-2, 4.14, 38 K, 15 BB | 5-1, 1.80, 38 K, 14 BB | ||
CF |
*Jody Gerut |
LF |
Alfonso Soriano |
2B |
Tadahito Iguchi | SS |
Ryan Theriot |
RF |
*Brian Giles | 1B |
Derrek Lee |
1B |
*Adrian Gonzalez | 3B |
Aramis Ramirez |
3B |
Kevin Kouzmanoff | RF |
*Kosuke Fukudome |
SS |
Khalil Greene |
C |
Geovany Soto |
LF |
Scott Hairtson | 2B |
Mark DeRosa |
C |
#Josh Bard | CF |
Reed Johnson |
P |
*Randy Wolf |
P |
#Carlos Zambrano |
The struggling Padres roll into town, their league-worst offense versus the league's best. Yes, the Cubs do have the best offense in the league. Repeat. Enjoy. Savor. A look at the game notes that are chocked full of offensive goodness, shows that the Cubs lead the NL in OBP, 2nd in walks, first in runs scored (in the majors), and first in pitches seen per plate appearance. The Cubs are also tied for third in the NL with 10 come-from-behind victories. It's rather unique in my lifetime to have a good Cubs team and then look at the underlying numbers and realize that this is indeed a good Cubs team, and not a fluke. I'm not saying that the wheels might not come off at some point, I mean, they're one Carlos Zambrano arm injury from that happening, but I'll enjoy it while I can.
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Game 35 Thread / Diamondbacks @ Cubs (1 of 3)
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SP | Dan Haren |
SP |
*Ted Lilly |
4-1, 3.12, 36 K, 8 BB | 2-4, 5.97, 29 K, 14 BB | ||
LF |
Eric Byrnes |
LF |
Alfonso Soriano |
SS |
*Stephen Drew | SS |
Ryan Theriot |
CF |
Chris Young | 1B |
Derrek Lee |
1B |
Conor Jackson | 3B |
Aramis Ramirez |
RF |
Justin Upton | RF |
*Kosuke Fukudome |
3B |
Mark Reynolds | C |
Geovany Soto |
C |
Chris Snyder | 2B |
Mark DeRosa |
2B |
Chris Burke | CF |
Reed Johnson |
P |
Dan Haren |
P |
*Ted Lilly |
"Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue."
— Steve McCroskey (Lloyd Bridges) in Airplane
Timing is everything, and for the Cubs to be playing like hell when the 23-12 Diamondbacks show up at their door, well, the timing could be better.
Game 34 Thread / Cubs @ Reds (3 of 3)
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Game 33 Thread / Cubs @ Reds (2 of 3)
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SP | Carlos Zambrano |
SP |
Aaron Harang |
4-1, 2.11, 35 K, 11 BB | 1-4, 2.98, 41 K, 11 BB | ||
LF |
Alfonso Soriano | CF |
Ryan Freel |
SS |
Ryan Theriot | RF |
*Ken Griffey Jr. |
1B |
Derrek Lee | 2B |
Brandon Phillips |
3B |
Aramis Ramirez | 1B |
*Joey Votto |
RF |
*Kosuke Fukudome | 3B |
Edwin Encarnacion |
C |
Geovany Soto | LF |
*Adam Dunn |
2B |
Ronny Cedeño | SS |
Jeff Keppinger |
CF |
*Felix Pie | C |
*Paul Bako |
P |
#Carlos Zambrano |
P |
Aaron Harang |
Aramis Ramirez returns to the Cub lineup, and Ronny Cedeño gets a start at second base.
In the pitching matchup, Carlos Zambrano, who was one horrendous Kerry Wood inning away from winning his fifth game of the season last time out against Milwaukee, goes up against curveball-flingin' Aaron Harang, Zambrano beat the Reds in the middle contest of their three-game visit to Wrigley Field a few weeks back; Harang started the series opener and got smacked around (6 IP, 8 H, 5 ER) en route to a 9-5 Cubs win.
"Cubs win"...those are two words that haven't been used very often around here lately.
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Dolorous Jon Lester (view)
I think if you had ranked players by how much the team could ill afford to have them miss significant time, Steele would be right at the top of the list.
crunch (view)
steele MRI on friday. counsell expects an IL stint.
no current plans for his rotation replacement.
hellfrozeover (view)
I would say also in the bright side column is Busch looked pretty good overall at the plate. Alzolay…man, that hurts but most of the time he’s not giving up a homer to that guy. To me the worst was almonte hanging that pitch to Garcia. He hung another one to the next hitter too and got away with it on an 0-1.
crunch (view)
amaya blocked like 6-8 of smyly's pitches in the dirt very cleanly...not even an exaggeration, smyly threw a ton of pitches bouncing in tonight.
neris looking like his old self was a relief (no pun), too.
TarzanJoeWallis (view)
In looking for bright spots the defense was outstanding tonight. The “stars” are going to need to shine quite a bit brighter than they did tonight offensively though for this to be a successful season.
Eric S (view)
Good baseball game. Hopefully Steele is pitching again in April (but I’m not counting on it).
crunch (view)
boo.
crunch (view)
smyly to face the 2/3/4 hitters with a man on 2nd in extras.
this doesn't seem like a 8 million dollar managerial decision.
crunch (view)
i 100% agree with you, but i dunno how jed wants to run things. the default is delay. i would choose brown.
like hellfrozeover says, could be smyly since he's technically fresh and stretched.
anyway, on a pure talent basis....brown is the best option.
Childersb3 (view)
Use pitchers when you believe they're good. Don't plan their clock.
I'm sorry. I'm simply anti-clock/contract management. Play guys when they show real MLB potential talent.
If Brown hadn't been hurt with the Lat Strain he would've gotten the call, and not Wick.
Give him a chance.
But Wesneski probably gets it