Shea Stadium
Game 158 Thread / Cubs @ Mets (4 of 4)
Submitted by Cubnut on Thu, 09/25/2008 - 4:26pm.
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| SP | Rich Harden |
SP | Pedro Martinez |
| (NL) |
5-1, 1.66, 85 K, 25 BB, 65 IP | 5-6, 5.50, 78 K, 40 BB, 103 IP |
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| LF |
*Felix Pie |
SS |
#Jose Reyes |
| SS |
Ryan Theriot | LF |
*Daniel Murphy |
| 1B |
*Micah Hoffpauir | 3B |
David Wright |
| CF |
*Jim Edmonds |
1B |
*Carlos Delgado |
| 2B |
*Mike Fontenot |
CF |
#Carlos Beltran |
| 3B |
Casey McGehee |
RF |
*Ryan Church |
| RF |
*Kosuke Fukudome |
2B |
Ramon Martinez |
| C |
#Koyie Hill |
C |
Robinson Cancel |
| P |
*Rich Harden |
P | Pedro Martinez |
The Cubs play their last-ever regular season game at The House That Jesse Gonder Built. In 44 years of play at Shea (the Mets played their first two years in the Polo Grounds), the Cubs have a 146-164 record.
Mark DeRosa and his strained calf muscle will enjoy tonight's game from the bench. Rich Harden makes his first-ever start against the Mets and Pedro Martinez, who is making his first start against the Cubs in 11 years, when he was still with the Expos.
A Cub win will give the team 97 wins for the first time since 1945.
WIth last night's extra-inning battle taxing the Mets' bullpen, Jerry Manuel has said he would consider using starter John Maine out of the pen tonight if/when he has to lift Pedro, who has only won twice in his last 11 starts.
I can't wait for all of these exhibition games to end so we can get down to real baseball.
Game 157 Thread / Cubs @ Mets (3 of 4)
Submitted by Cubnut on Wed, 09/24/2008 - 4:09pm.
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| SP | Carlos Zambrano |
SP | *Oliver Perez |
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14-6, 3.77, 128 K, 68 BB, 184 IP | 10-7, 4.10, 168 K, 97 BB, 184.1 IP |
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| LF |
Alfonso Soriano |
SS |
#Jose Reyes |
| SS |
Ryan Theriot | LF |
*Daniel Murphy |
| 1B |
Derrek Lee |
3B |
David Wright |
| 3B |
Aramis Ramirez |
CF |
#Carlos Beltran |
| RF |
Mark DeRosa | 1B |
*Carlos Delgado |
| CF |
Reed Johnson |
RF |
*Ryan Church |
| 2B |
Ronny Cedeno |
C |
*Brian Schneider |
| C |
Henry Blanco |
2B |
#Argenis Reyes |
| P |
#Carlos Zambrano |
P | *Oliver Perez |
After a lifetime spent listening to ballgames on the radio, I have come to associate certain parks with a certain tone, a certain pitch in the crowd sound. Obviously, my ear is well attuned to the way that Wrigley Field crowds come across on-air. Same with Dodger Stadium, Fenway Park, and the Metrodome. (Loved hearing all those Twins fans Tuesday night!)
Shea Stadium is another one of those parks. Unlike what you hear over the radio from those other parks, however, the crowd sound that goes out over the airwaves from a raucous Shea isn't one of collective joy. It's much more coarse, much more dangerous, a wild, unruly roar—like the sound of inmates rooting on two guys aiming to shank each other in the middle of the yard.
