NL Central Opponents
An Argument in Support of Signing Jim Edmonds: It's Driving Cardinals Fans Crazy
Submitted by Cubnut on Wed, 05/14/2008 - 11:24pm.
From Bernie Miklasz, writing in Thursday's St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
The idea of the greatest center fielder in Cardinals history stumbling in wobbly pursuit of balls hit over his head is depressing. The reality that Jimmy will be teammates with Carlos Zambrano — who plunked him twice in a raucous game at Wrigley back in 2004 — makes no sense...
"He feels like he has something left to give this game," Cardinals outfielder Skip Schumaker said. "I'm happy for him. I still think he can play. I don't think he was ready to hang it up yet."
And then Schumaker said something that stings:
No, the Gagne is Not Always Greener
Submitted by Cubnut on Mon, 05/05/2008 - 10:43pm.
Something to distract from tonight's unpleasantness in Cincinnati:
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports that Doug Melvin has no plans to unseat Eric Gagne as Brewers closer. A quick comparison:
| G | IP |
H |
K |
BB |
ERA | S |
BS |
|
| Kerry Wood |
14 | 15 |
10 |
13 |
3 |
4.80 |
4 | 3 |
| Eric Gagne |
16 | 14.2 |
15 |
17 |
10 |
6.14 | 9 | 5 |
Gagne also has a WHIP of 1.7 and opponents are hitting .382 against him. Wood's numbers are 0.87, .189.
And the Brewers don't have Carlos Marmol as a Plan B.
Game 26 Thread / Brewers @ Cubs (1 of 3)
Submitted by Cubnut on Tue, 04/29/2008 - 5:06pm.
Game Chat | Press Pass | BR Preview
| SP | Ben Sheets |
SP |
Jason Marquis |
| 3-0, 0.96, 24 K, 4 BB | 1-0, 3.47, 15 K, 9 BB | ||
| 2B |
Rickie Weeks | LF |
Reed Johnson |
| CF |
Mike Cameron | SS |
Ryan Theriot |
| LF |
Ryan Braun | 1B |
Derrek Lee |
| 1B |
*Prince Fielder | 3B |
Aramis Ramirez |
| RF |
Corey Hart | RF |
*Kosuke Fukudome |
| 3B |
Bill Hall | 2B |
Mark DeRosa |
| SS |
JJ Hardy | C |
Geovany Soto |
| P |
Ben Sheets | CF |
*Felix Pie |
| C | Jason Kendall |
P | *Jason Marquis |
No, you're not imagining things--this is the Brewers' second visit to Wrigley Field in the season's first month while the Cubs have yet to visit Milwaukee and won't do so until after the All-Star break.
While the Cubs (16-9) were losing two of three on the road to the Nationals and scoring 10 runs this past weekend, the Brewers (14-11) were dropping two of three at home to the Marlins and scoring six runs. The Brewers, who led the NL in batting with RISP (.303) going into the series, went just 1-for-26 against the Marlins in those same situations.
