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PITCHERS: 15
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Caleb Kilian
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
Jameson Taillon
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

INFIELDERS: 7
* Michael Busch 
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
* Miles Mastrobuoni
Christopher Morel
Dansby Swanson
Patrick Wisdom

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
Alexander Canario
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 12 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Ben Brown, P 
Alexander Canario, OF 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Keegan Thompson, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

 



 

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Game 108 Thread / Cubs @ Brewers (3 of 4)

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SP Ryan Dempster
SP
*Manny Parra
11-4, 2.99, 117 K, 57 BB, 138.2 IP

9-3, 3.72, 92 K, 54 BB, 113.2 IP
LF Alfonso Soriano
2B #Ray Durham
SS Ryan Theriot SS J.J. Hardy
1B
Derrek Lee LF
Ryan Braun
3B
Aramis Ramirez 1B
*Prince Fielder
CF
Reed Johnson
RF Corey Hart
2B Mark DeRosa 3B Bill Hall
RF *Kosuke Fukudome CF Mike Cameron
C Henry Blanco C Jason Kendall
P
Ryan Dempster P *Manny Parra

The Cubs were able to secure wins over the Brewers big two, and now the Brewers will try and retaliate amidst our big three. Dempster goes for back-to-back road wins for the first time in seven years and looks to draw even with Zambrano for the team lead with twelve wins. A win for the Cubs tonight would also put them back up to twenty games over .500, which is a neat little number. Dempster will have to watch out for Ray Durham and Jason Kendall, both of whom are sporting OPS's over 1.000 against him over their careers.

It'll be Manny Parra for the Brewers, who I suppose makes the third leg of the Brewers troika (TCR word of the week sponsored by Motorola) of starting pitchers. He survived a brutal April and is 8-2 with a 3.40 ERA since the beginning of May. He has one career start versus the Cubs last August and lasted only three innings after giving up three runs in the second.

Comments

meaningless stat of the day: Cubs have spent the last 44 games hovering between 16 and 20 games over .500. During that time they are 0-4 when 20 games over, but 6-0 when 16 games over.

and has given up 5 hits in 2.1 IP so far with a walk, but just one run...

This is bullshit. MLB.TV blacked out due to ESPN. ESPN is blacked out on my TV because I am supposed to have the Milwaukee telecast. But FSN-Milwaukee is blacked out right now during the game too. Screw Direct TV. And I just get the apartment building's set-up so I don't even have a say in what channels I get or have anyone to complain to. Now I have to go down to a bar in the heart of Brewers territory (Madison) to watch the game, which depending on how it goes could be quite annoying.

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In reply to by WISCGRAD

What the hell's the point of paying what, $80 a year for MLB.TV if they black out games? What if you don't want a television at all and and you just want to watch baseball games? Then you're just fucked? The day Bud Selig is cold and rotting in the ground should be a national holiday. If the MLBPA represents the players and Selig represents the owners/corporate suits, who represents the fans? Clearly no one.

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In reply to by Doug Dascenzo

Yeah it is frustrating. You can't watch ANY games on MLB.TV on Saturday because Fox buys the rights to them all so everything is blacked out, and if the Cubs are on ESPN you usually can't get it either. It was enjoyable being a bar downtown tonight though :) I went in full Cubs atire and sat smugly in the middle of the bar.

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In reply to by big_lowitzki

I dunno about Africa, but there is a strong baseball following here in the Philippines, complete with little league, high school and college leagues. Some of the older coaches told me that Babe Ruth and other all-stars played exhibition games here back in the day.

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In reply to by Dr. aaron b

From Dr. aaron b: Who watches baseball in Africa? Well, me, for one. But only for three times a year the last two years when I've been in Ghana. Got the Yanks-Red Sox (who f'n else) last weekend at midnight Sunday. Went to bed early last night with my alarm set for midnight local time, which is when the Cubs were to be on. Got up to find a storm had fritzed the sat dish where I'm staying. Went online for an hour and got the Cubs through 4.

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In reply to by Jackstraw

I was Joking. Think along the lines of "Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?"

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In reply to by WISCGRAD

i have the TV package. i live in a BAL/WAS TV area. what's screwing everyone is tv rights and commercial revenue the teams can market to the TV stations looking to bid on the games when it comes that time. i live in the middle of NC... i get 1 of the 3 channels that get BAL games and 0 WAS games. that leaves me with around 60 games a year from my Fox Sports assigned area and whatever games pop up randomly via matchup on espn/fox-saturday/wgn/tbs. as it is this isn't really inconvenient except when chc/was plays and wgn doesn't have it. i'd go nuts if i was a WAS/BAL fan and i have 1 BAL fan here who is absolutely pissed about it. he has to use a foreign proxy to view games on mlb.tv (on a paid, legit account) when he'd rather be using his TV.

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In reply to by WISCGRAD

Why any games that are sold out are blacked out is confusing to me. Hope you had fun with the cheese heads at the pub.

Can I just state the obvious that our starting pitching has been absolutely sterling in this series. Keep up the good work boys. I expect nothing less of Harden tomorrow.

Ramirez and Lee 0 for 9 today!....that's terrible... (looks at score) oh, we're up 7-1...carry on.

(A phone rings in the Brewers dugout. Everybody looks at it nervously. Slowly, Ned Yost walks over and picks up the phone.) Yost: For God's sake, what now? Lou: Who run Bartertown?

cubs pitching has been awsome scott eyre is gonna be gone tomorrow brewers defense has looked bad ryan braun wow good thing he ha sbeen cold and he has not looked good in field either is the harden marshall thing a go now i like that brewers load up with lefties sixth inning marshaal comes in.

Baseball continues to amaze. How can the Cubs go from losing those 2 game on Fri and Sat when they couldn't score a run to save their lives to breezing through the Brewers? I was prepared to be happy with the split but now the sweep seems like more than possible. The August schedule is beautiful for the Cubs could definitely open up some ground.

of the trade due to trying to squeeze out as many top-tier prospects as they can: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/baseball/mlb/07/29/manny.dodgers/… I just cant see Boston getting a Manram deal done without getting a somewhat compariable RH OF or SS bat back. The only team I can think of now of the top of my tired mind is Houston with either Tejada or Carlos Lee. I guess they could always go put Youk in LF and get a 1b or move Lowell to 1b, Youk to LF and get a new 3b, but the only guy I could think of in those scenerios would be Adrain Beltre. I think they just need to give Pit whatever they want because it looks like the Red Sox are at a point of no return with Manram. BBTN had a good feature on the 10 pm show about Manram taking 5.17 and 5.34 sec to get to 1B on a few grounders in the Angels series.

Did anyone catch the extremely humorous moment when ESPN put up a shot of Sabathia in the dugout and Dave O'Brien started waxing about what a great young ballplayer Prince Fielder is?

I was watching the game at a bar with no sound, and I was confused by something. I believe it was the top of the 9th, and I believe it was Lee. The bases were loaded, and he hit a grounder up the third base line. There was no play at first - the third baseman bobbled the ball. A run scored, and I thought everyone was safe. I noticed that the little graphic showed runners on first and second, but not on third. I thought it was just a mistake, but then a third out was recorded, and it turned out no one was on third. This was a couple beers in, and I might be remembering something wrong, but it seems we lost a baserunner at third (and gained an out). A few of us were trying to figure out what happened. Was there a force that I missed?

I think it is time that ROB G does an "apology issue", for those of us who wish to "come clean" on misplaced bashing they have levied on the Cubs prior to, and during this season. I would like to start by saying that Ryan Theriot, I don't know what happened, but you have turned into one of the top NL shortstops, and I didn't give you a chance. You have earned my respect. I am humbled. Just, please, only try stealing on Jason Kendall. Ryan Dempster - dude, I never thought you would make this years' rotation after the Cubs signed the great Jon Lieber. HA! Was I WRONG! So far, YOU have been our most reliable and arguably, most impressive starter! To Jim Edmonds: Dude - I loathed you as a Cardinal. But, I suppose its not the first time that a player moves to a team's chief rival. I have to say, at the end of your career, you have given the 2008 Cubs some valuable play - won a couple games, and made several gems in the OF. To this point, you have been a terrific value for what we're paying. Thanks for your efforts. I WAS WRONG. Kerry Wood - I'll post later in the next "Cubs Apology Post". Ahhhh...I feel so much better. Anyone else?

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In reply to by The E-Man

You fool! They were strengthened by your hatred! Your apologies are rendering them powerless! Let the hate flow through you again or we are doomed!

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In reply to by The E-Man

This is like a player in the dugout saying, "hey, our guy's got a no-hitter going." If Theriot, Edmonds and Dempster all start slumping, we'll know who's to blame.

According to Rosenthal and WSCR Pending Jr approval Players going from White Sox not known JR would play CF Extra base hits every where rejoice.

Flashback to Sunday.... Lifeless Cubs trail 5-2, Brewers winning at the time, first place fading into blackness. BAM! Sori ties it with a 3-run bomb, the team wakes up and the hits have kept on coming. Sori then sets the tone in Milwaukee against CC with a leadoff 2B & SB and then a HR. He can be maddening in the field and at the plate, and will likely cause future angst, but thank goodness he is back. Without Sori, these last 4 games might have been a lot different.

"Can I just state the obvious that our starting pitching has been absolutely sterling in this series." Not to mention it's been sterling since the AS break, but with little offense to show for it - hard to imagine how much $$ Dempster will be raking in during the off - season. Maybe he'll give us a hometown discount?

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In reply to by big_lowitzki

At the end of the day, if Cuban win's the bidding and the vote goes to the owners, I think the most important question they will be asking is "Will Mark Cuban being in MLB help bring more money into my pockets?". The answer, of course, will be an overwhelming "YES!" and on that basis I don't see the owners as being a roadblock for Cuban being the Cubs new owner.

If the club feels that Dempster's past arm problems are truly behind him, then I hope they make a strong bid for his services. The guy looks to have full command of four pitches at this point, that's unusual among the staff right now. But if it looks to be another monstrous contract, then I would have to agree with your sentiments. I have a feeling that he'd like to stick around, so perhaps he'll take a little less to stay (e.g. the Z and Wood deals).

Kind of surprising that the Sox who are looking for pen help give up a pen guy for a marginal upgrade. Richar is a 2B so I guess Phillips is going back to SS as I doubt Richar has a SS arm.

from Rotoworld: 11:50 am (central)...ESPN's Peter Gammons says the three-way negotiations between the Red Sox, Marlins and Pirates are close to dead. 11:48 am...Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com reports that talks regarding a Manny Ramirez trade are "taking off."

According to Bruce Levine ESPN 1000- Kerry Wood pitched simulated game today with protective sleeve and felt good. He's waiting to hear if he can throw in next couple days without sleeve. If that session goes okay he wants to go right to bullpen no rehab in minors.

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In reply to by jacos

Is it a protective sleeve over his fingers? Wouldn't those be called gloves? Is there an arm injury that the club might be keeping secret(Shocked!)?

LF Soriano SS Theriot 1B Lee 3B Ramirez LF Fukudome 2B DeRosa CF Edmonds C Soto P Harden 2B Weeks 3B Counsell SS JJ Hardy 1B Fielder LF Braun RF Kapler CF Cameron C Kendall P Bush

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    FB: 90-92 
    CUT: 87-89 
    SL: 82-83 
    SPLIT: 81-84
    CV: 73-74 
    COMMENT: Worked three innings plus two batters in the fourth... allowed four runs (three earned) on eight hits (six singles and two doubles) walked one, and struck out six (four swinging), with a 1/2 GO/AO... he threw 73 pitches (52 strikes - 10 swing & miss - 19 foul balls)... surrendered one run in the top of the 1st on a one-out double off Cody Bellinger's glove in deep straight-away CF followed one out later by two consecutive two-out bloop singles, allowed two runs (one earned) in the 2nd after retiring the first two hitters (first batter had a nine-pitch AB with four consecutive two-strike foul balls before being retired 3 -U) on a two-out infield single (weak throw on the run by Nico Hoerner), a hard-contact line drive RBI double down the RF line, and an E-1 (missed catch) by Imanaga on what should been an inning-ending 3-1 GO, gave up another run in the 3rd on a two-out walk on a 3-2 pitch and an RBI double to LF, and two consecutive singles leading off the top of the 4th before being relieved (runners were ultimately left stranded)... threw 18 pitches in the 1st inning (14 strikes - two swing & miss, one on FB and the other on a SL - four foul balls), 24 pitches in the 2nd inning (17 strikes - three swing & miss, one on FB, two SPLIT - six foul balls), 19 pitches in the 3rd inning (13 strikes - seven swing & miss, three on SL, two on SPLIT, one on FB - three foul balls), and 12 pitches without retiring a batter in the top of the 4th (8 strikes - no swing & miss - four foul balls)... Imanaga throws a lot of pitches per inning, but it's not because he doesn't throw strikes...  if anything, he throws too many strikes (he threw 70% strikes on Tuesday)... while he gets a ton of swing & miss (and strikeouts), he also induces a lot of foul balls because he doesn't try to make hitters chase his pitches by throwing them out of the strike zone... rather, he uses his very diverse pitch mix to get swing & miss (and lots of foul balls as well)... he also is a fly ball pitcher who will give up more than his share of HR during the course of the season...   
     
    JOE NAHAS
    FB: 90-92 
    SL: 83-85 
    CV: 80-81 
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    YENCY ALMONTE
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    CH: 86 
    SL: 79 
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    FRANKIE SCALZO JR
    FB: 94-95
    CH: 88 
    SL: 83
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    MICHAEL ARIAS
    FB: 94-96
    CH: 87-89
    SL: 82-83
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    ZAC LEIGH: 
    FB: 93-94 
    CH: 89 
    SL: 81-83 
    CV: 78
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    JOSE ROMERO:  
    FB: 93-95
    SL: 82-84
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