Game Previews
4th of July Weekend Thread
The Cubs activated Kerry Wood before the game and put Carlos Zambrano on the disabled list. With the All-Star Break looming, Z may only miss one start. In the meantime, Wood sat on the bench while Wells gave up the game tying home run in the 7th and then the lead.
Oh Q-Ball, you're nothing if not consistently wrong...
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Game Preview: Cubs (26-31) @ Brewers(23-34) & Strasburg Day
Join the fun in Parachat if you're going to be tuned in to watch Stephen Strasburg's debut and stay for the Cubs game that starts an hour later or if you want to talk about the Blackhawks game(which doesn't happen until tomorrow).
Game Preview: Cubs(18-22) @ Phillies(24-14)
Theriot, 2B | #Victorino, CF |
Castro, SS | Polanco, 3B |
Lee, 1B | *Utley, 2B |
Ramirez, 3B | *Howard, 1B |
Byrd, CF | Werth, RF |
Soriano, LF | #Rollins, SS |
Baker, RF | *Ibanez, LF |
Soto, C | Ruiz, C |
*Gorzelanny, P | *Moyer, P |
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Saturday Game Preview: Pirates (15-20) at Cubs (15-21)
Cubs try to even up their series with the Bucs after losing the first four matchups of the season series. It's the first time the Cubs have dropped their first four games against Pittsburgh since...well, I refuse to look it up because it would depress the crap out of me.
The lefty Paul Maholm (2-3, 4.91) starts this afternoon against Ryan Dempster (2-3, 3.44). This was the pitching matchup back on 5/4 at PNC when the Cubs clung to a 2-1 lead with two out in home 6th. Dempster then told Lou Piniella that he had enough left in the tank to retire Ryan Church with the tying run aboard, at which point Church crushed a pitch into the rightfield bleachers, and all of everybody's premonitions about how Lou should have yanked Dempster in favor of Sean Marshall were proven right.
Cubbie memories—there's nothin' like 'em.
Saturday's starting lineups:
Caridad to DL; Gray Called Up and Game Thread
The first in-season roster move was annouced as Esmailin Caridad will go to the disabled list for sucking, a forearm strain with Jeff Gray getting called up. I updated the bullpen chart on the right with the green indicating Gray's appearances in the minors. Derrek Lee takes the day off with the sore right thumb, conveniently on day when Dave Bush is pitching, whom Lee is 5/31 against in his career against with a .413 OPS.
Lineups after the jump...
Game 3 Thread: Cubs @ Braves
A battle of two of the better rookie pitchers from 2009 as the Cubs try to avoid the sweep.
CHAT | TV: CSN, Direct TV 737 | RADIO: XM 175, WGN
Cubs | Braves |
Theriot SS | #Cabrera LF |
*Fukudome RF | Prado 2B |
Lee 1b | # C. Jones 3B |
Ramirez 3B | *McCann C |
Byrd CF | Glaus 3B |
*Colvin LF | Escobar SS |
Baker 2B | *Heyward RF |
#Hill C | *McLouth CF |
Wells P | Hanson P |
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Game 1 Thread/Cubs @ Braves
And we do it again. Here are the lineups for Opening Day 2010. Parachat is up and running as it will throughout every game of the season(you can access it via the menu bar above). You do have to register and it is a different registration than your TCR account.
Cubs | Braves |
Theriot SS | #Cabrera LF |
*Fukudome RF | Prado 2B |
Lee 1b | # C. Jones 3B |
Ramirez 3B | *McCann C |
Byrd CF | Glaus 3B |
Soriano LF | Escobar SS |
*Fontenot 2B | *Heyward RF |
Soto C | *McLouth CF |
#Zambrano P | Lowe P |
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Sunday Night Chat
Everyone's last chance to see some baseball for a few days, join the fun in Parachat.
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Can’t Win ‘Em All (But Try Anyway)
SP *Darrell May | SP Greg Maddux |
Someone post the lineups in the comments! |
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Dolorous Jon Lester (view)
I don’t buy that. They had been doing that for years.
They did it with Matt Holliday. They did it with John Lackey. They did it with Mark Mulder. They did it with Jason Heyward, who had a great year for them. I’m sure there’s more but those come to mind immediately.
I attribute it more to a breakdown in what they’re doing in terms of development than a culture thing.
TarzanJoeWallis (view)
They won those trades and sacrificed their culture. That’s exactly their problem.
Dolorous Jon Lester (view)
The other part that’s kind of crazy is they made two very high profile trades, one for Goldschmidt and one for Arenado, and they very clearly won those trades. They just haven’t been able to develop players the last handful of years the way they usually do.
I guess the moral there is it’s hard to stay on top of your game and be good at what you do in perpetuity.
TarzanJoeWallis (view)
Marmol was extended at the beginning of the year. Two years I believe.
crunch (view)
Jesse Rogers @JesseRogersESPN
Craig Counsell doesn’t have a timetable for Cody Bellinger who technically has two cracked ribs on his right side. CT scan showed it today.
Dolorous Jon Lester (view)
Thought it might have been David Peralta given the open 40 man spot and how PCA has played so far.
Dolorous Jon Lester (view)
I hope they keep Mozeliak a few more years. Marmol too!
crunch (view)
wow, counsell coming with the early lineup. rarity.
canario/tauchman/happ RF/CF/LF
crunch (view)
PCA called up.
crunch (view)
welp...
bellinger...fractured rib.
a not-very-ready PCA will probably be called up when it would be much better for him to be in AAA getting regular ABs.