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Game 95 Thread / Giants @ Cubs (3 of 3)
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SP | Tm Lincecum | SP |
Ryan Dempster |
10-2, 2.66, 126 K, 46 BB, 121.2 IP |
10-3, 3.13 ERA, 98 K, 47 BB, 118 IP | ||
LF |
*Fred Lewis |
SS |
Ryan Theriot |
3B |
Jose Castillo | 2B |
*Mike Fontenot |
2B |
#Ray Durham |
1B |
Derrek Lee |
C |
Bengie Molina | 3B |
Aramis Ramirez |
CF |
Aaron Rowand | RF |
Mark DeRosa |
RF |
*John Bowker |
CF |
*Jim Edmonds |
1B |
Rich Aurilia |
LF |
Reed Johnson |
SS |
#Omar Vizquel |
C |
Henry Blanco |
P |
Tim Lincecum | P |
Ryan Dempster |
A great pitching matchup between two All-Stars to end the pre-ASG schedule for 2008.
Lincecum has been everything the Giants hoped he would be; Dempster has been more than the Cubs could ever have hoped. Dempster remains undefeated this season at Wrigley (10-0, 2.58); Lincecum was undefeated on the road until losing to the Mets at Shea this past Tuesday. He's still a none-too-shabby 7-1, 2.23 away from AT&T Park.
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Game 94 Thread / Giants @ Cubs (2 of 3)
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Game 93 Thread / Giants @ Cubs (1 of 3)
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SP | Matt Cain |
SP |
Jason Marquis |
5-7, 4.30, 112 K, 50 BB, 119.1 IP |
6-5, 4.78 ERA, 49 K, 37 BB, 92.1 IP | ||
LF |
*Fred Lewis |
SS |
Ryan Theriot |
2B |
#Ray Durham | 2B |
*Mike Fontenot |
RF |
#Randy Winn |
1B |
Derrek Lee |
C |
Bengie Molina | 3B |
Aramis Ramirez |
CF |
Aaron Rowand | C |
Geovany Soto |
1B |
*John Bowker |
LF |
*Daryle Ward |
3B |
Rich Aurilia |
RF |
Mark DeRosa |
SS |
#Omar Vizquel |
CF |
Reed Johnson |
P |
Matt Cain |
P |
*Jason Marquis |
On Rich Harden Debut Eve, the Cubs have made a roster move as they open a three-game set against the Giants.
Michael Wuertz, who allowed four runs in an inning-and-one-third against the Reds on Thursday, was sent down to Iowa. Kevin Hart, 2-1, 3.35 for the I-Cubs with 48 K's against 15 BB and a BAA of just .205, gets the call-up.
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Game 92 Thread / Reds @ Cubs (3 of 3)
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SP | Bronson Arroyo |
SP |
*Ted Lilly |
6-7, 5.82, 91 K, 38 BB, 99 IP |
9-5, 4.47 ERA, 105 K, 39 BB, 112.2 IP | ||
CF |
Jerry Hairston, Jr. | SS |
Ryan Theriot |
SS |
Jeff Keppinger |
RF |
*Kosuke Fukudome |
RF |
*Ken Griffey Jr. |
1B |
Derrek Lee |
2B |
Brandon Phillips | 3B |
Aramis Ramirez |
LF |
*Adam Dunn |
C |
Geovany Soto |
3B |
Edwin Encarnacion |
CF |
*Jim Edmonds |
1B |
*Joey Votto |
LF |
Mark DeRosa |
C |
David Ross |
2B |
*Mike Fontenot |
P |
Bronson Arroyo |
P |
*Ted Lilly |
Cubs go for the sweep as Bronson Arroyo matches up against the Cubs' new #4 starter.
Lilly was hit hard in his only start against the Reds this year (6 H, 5 ER in 6 IP), a loss back in mid-April; Arroyo, who seemed to be starting against the Cubs every time you turned around last season, going 0-3, 3.58 in five outings, is making his first appearance against the Wrigleys in 2008.
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Game 91 Thread / Reds @ Cubs (2 of 3)
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SP | Johnny Cueto | SP |
Carlos Zambrano |
7-8, 4.63, 91 K, 38 BB, 105 IP |
9-3, 2.96 ERA, 73 K, 38 BB, 112.1 IP | ||
CF |
*Jay Bruce | SS |
Ryan Theriot |
SS |
Jeff Keppinger | RF |
*Kosuke Fukudome |
RF |
*Ken Griffey Jr. |
1B |
Derrek Lee |
2B |
Brandon Phillips | 3B |
Aramis Ramirez |
LF |
*Adam Dunn |
C |
Geovany Soto |
3B |
Edwin Encarnacion | CF |
*Jim Edmonds |
1B |
*Joey Votto |
2B |
Mark DeRosa |
C |
*Paul Bako | LF |
Reed Johnson |
P |
Johnny Cueto |
P |
#Carlos Zambrano |
The amazing Wrigley Field All-Stars continue their tour through the Windy City with the Venezuelan Bull taking the mound against the Red Legs of Queen City and their proimising ace-in-waiting, Kid Cueto. Although he dazzled in his first two starts, he ended up with a 5.40 ERA in April and it wasn't until this past month that he put up the ERA that is expected of him, with a strong 3.47 for the month of June. This will be his second start versus the Northsiders, the first one resulting in a win for him and his team back in May.
Zambrano looked strong after a little disabled list rest and kept the Cardinals bats baffled in his start on Friday. He's been baffling the NL Central his entire career. His career won-loss record, ERA and innings pitched versus his Central foes.
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Game 90 Thread / Reds @ Cubs (1 of 3)
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SP | Aaron Harang | SP |
Ryan Dempster |
3-10, 4.47, 102 K, 27BB, 118.2 IP |
9-3, 3.24 ERA, 93 K, 43 BB, 111 IP | ||
SS |
Jerry Hairston, Jr. | SS |
Ryan Theriot |
CF |
*Jay Bruce |
RF |
*Kosuke Fukudome |
RF |
*Ken Griffey Jr. |
1B |
Derrek Lee |
2B |
Brandon Phillips | 3B |
Aramis Ramirez |
LF |
*Adam Dunn |
C |
Geovany Soto |
3B |
Jeff Keppinger |
CF |
*Jim Edmonds |
1B |
*Joey Votto |
LF |
Mark DeRosa |
C |
*Paul Bako | 2B |
*Mike Fontenot |
P |
Aaron Harang |
P |
Ryan Dempster |
With just one nightmarish half-inning having prevented them from a
sweep of the Cardinals this past weekend, the Cubs return to the 33-10
Confines for three games against the Reds, who just completed a
four-game sweep of the Nationals, which is very similar to winning four
games from an actual Major League Baseball team.
Ryan Dempster puts his perfect record at Wrigley this season (9-0)
up against Aaron Harang, who the Cubs have already thumped twice this
year. (For that matter, Dempster had one of his lesser home starts of
the season against the Reds back on April 15th, allowing five walks,
five hits and four runs in a game the Cubs won anyhow, 9-5.)
In all, the Cubs and Reds have split six games this game, with each club taking two of three on its home field.
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Game 89 Thread / Cubs @ Cardinals (3 of 3)
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Game 88 Thread / Cubs @ Cardinals (2 of 3)
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Game 87 Thread / Cubs @ Cardinals (1 of 3)
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Game 86 Thread / Cubs @ Giants (4 of 4)
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SP | Sean Gallagher |
SP |
Tim Lincecum |
3-3, 4.36, 47 K, 20 BB, 53.2 IP |
9-1, 2.38, 114 K, 43 BB, 109.2 | ||
LF |
Reed Johnson |
LF |
*Fred Lewis |
RF |
*Kosuke Fukudome | 2B |
#Ray Durham |
1B |
Derrek Lee | RF |
#Randy Winn |
3B |
Aramis Ramirez | C |
Bengie Molina |
CF |
*Jim Edmonds | CF |
Aaron Rowand |
C |
Geovany Soto |
1B |
*John Bowker |
2B |
Mark DeRosa | 3B |
Jose Castillo |
SS |
Ryan Theriot | SS | #Omar Vizquel |
P |
Sean Gallagher | P | Tim Lincecum |
In roster moves, Reed Johnson was activated today with Eric Patterson getting sent down. Matt Murton thanks you Eric Patterson for your defensive ineptitude. Proud papa Aramis Ramirez is back in the lineup as well.
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crunch (view)
“I respect his track record of what he’s accomplished,” Counsell said on Sunday morning. “And you go through these. He’s gone through -- maybe not this particular stretch -- but stretches where you’re not pitching the way you want to and struggling. And you figure it out.” -- Counsell on Hendricks
fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...
i respect his track record of no longer being in the rotation. in 2016 he threw 2 innings out of the pen, his only work out of the pen. the cubs won the world series that year. let's repeat that magic. the formula is obvious. stats don't lie. etc etc whatever...
small sample size and all, but how about this craziness...
"Entering Sunday, Hendricks had allowed an .843 OPS against hitters in their initial plate appearance, followed by a 1.056 OPS in a second meeting and a 2.449 OPS when seeing batters for a third time."
Finwe Noldaran (view)
Phil: Great to see what Rosario is doing!
Do you think having Rosario may have influenced/impacted the front office's decision on including Hope in the trade for Busch at all?
crunch (view)
it's so crazy we got a new "barnstorming" harlem globetrotters-type baseball product that was introduced less than 5 years ago and is wildly popular all over the nation.
a notion left long in the past, unearthed, polished for modern audiences and popular as ever.
Arizona Phil (view)
No question right now Alfonsin Rosario is one of the Cubs Top 20 prospects (probably Top 15). Rosario is to the Cubs what Zyhir Hope is to the Dodgers.
Arizona Phil (view)
The Savannah Bananas will be playing the Party Animals at Sloan Park in Mesa this coming Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights. The games are sold out (15,000+ each night), and berm tickets are going for well over $100.
Arizona Phil (view)
RAISIN: In the game versus the A's at Fitch Park last Friday, Mule threw half FB and half SL (16/16), and one CH (which coincidentally was the only hard-hit ball off him -- a near HR line-drive double off the LF fence). FB was 91-94 and the SL (really more of a "slurve") was 80-82, and he got three swing & miss on each pitch (six swing & miss total out of his 20 strikes). So I think it is safe to say that right now, Mule is strictly a two-pitch pitcher (FB/SL),
Sonicwind75 (view)
Recalled it was sampled in a Nas song. Did a little sleuthing. It was a Nas song called "Hate Me Now" that featured Puff Daddy. Imploring the crowd to hate somebody seems a bit overly dramatic for a keyboardist but perhaps there is some other connection to the song.
In general there has been a weird overuse of Carmina Burana's O Fortuna in sports and commercials in past decade or so. Maybe it is a fallback choice if there isn't anything else.
Sidenote, while the O Fortuna part has become a bit pop-culture cliched; the overall piece is very interesting and rather expansive in scope. I played percussion in a production of it while in college. There is a rather jovial movement set in a tavern. In the score it calls for the clinking of beer steins. Let's just say we did a lot of research to determine the best sounding beer steins.
crunch (view)
ooof...this is just as likely as anything. professional organists are weird humans.
SheffieldCornelia (view)
Maybe it is only played when the hitter thus far in the game is "oh for two"-na at the plate?
crunch (view)
who was AB when it was being played? it could be something as corny as playing it for nick fortes because fortes/fortuna...fortes...marlins...fish...tuna...sigh.
while the cubs organ player isn't a frequent groaner weaponizing the organ song selection, they all dabble in it.