Mark Derosa Blogs after Game 2
by TJ3117 on Oct 3, 2008 2:05 PM CDT
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PrintNot sure if this has been posted yet but there has been a ton of fan posts today. Here is what Mark has to say.
"You've got to let this flow over you and consume you for a couple hours. You have to. "Z" was pitching a great game, he's feeling good, the double play gets turned, we go back into the dugout and the whole game is different. Our offense is able to relax and it's different.
But when you find yourself down 5-0, a team that has a 1-0 lead in the series, they're able to relax, Billingsley is able to pound the strike zone, their hitters are a lot more patient, a lot more calm. They're trying to have good at-bats and tack on runs. We're trying to press to get the score tied and take the lead. For me, this is terrible. I don't know -- I'll be up for awhile tonight."
http://markderosa.mlblogs.com/
Check out the time stamp on the post too. Must have been a late night.
I do feel for him though. One of his best season ever and he might only remember botching a double play. Saturday is the time to make up for all of this. Let's go CUBS!
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1:37 am.
I can’t imagine he got a lot of sleep. Glad they decided to fly out this afternoon instead of right after the game.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
yeah that would have been a rough flight
Although they might have been able to come together and get out all their frustrations on that flight and forget about the game by the time they landed. oh well.
agreed
I really hope someone on the team will be a voice to the rest of the players. who knows maybe someone already has. Something, anything needs to motivate this team
If going home and not getting a chance to play in
a World Series is not enough motivation for this team, then the whole team needs to be blown up.
"Aw, how could he (Jorge Orta) lose the ball in the sun, he's from Mexico." -- Harry Carey
by TheRiot Police on Oct 3, 2008 9:35 PM CDT up reply actions
Feel bad for him
he’s been one of my favourite Cubs this year. This one will sting him for quite a while, unless they manage a miracle.
Oddly, the only real memory I have of last year’s playoffs was his GIDP with the bases loaded, on a 3-1 count, down only two runs. It was a back breaker.
Oh well…what can you do?
Demp and Rich: proof that people that live in igloos and say "eh" can contibute!
by Canadian Cubs Fan on Oct 3, 2008 2:29 PM CDT reply actions
Be miserable...
All day like me.
"Remember each day this year, where you were, what you were doing, who you were with, how you felt as the Cubs win their way through it. Because if this does turn out to be the promised land we have all been waiting for, you will want to remember, savor, cherish every moment..."
by CubsBullsBears on Oct 3, 2008 2:33 PM CDT up reply actions
put some whiskey in the pancake batter
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
Its gotta be tough...
…on DeRosa, and I hope both he and his teamates can channel their dissappointment, into showing everyone that they are made of, and it not being what they showed so far.
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
Mark DeRosa is a good guy
but I’m not going to feel sorry for him. He gets paid $4m+ a year to play baseball. He’s supposed to be good and he’s supposed to field simple grounders.
This is only baseball though. It’s not like he should have to wear a scarlett letter but when all of this is over he’ll be left with 8 figures to console him. He’s the temp. We’re in this forever. We’ll be left with the thought of him booting a grounder. Him feeling bad means little to me.
Formerly NO100
by jerry morales rules on Oct 3, 2008 2:59 PM CDT reply actions
Yeah I feel bad for him to , but add another 40 years of dissapointment and he'll know how I feel.
Fat , drunk , and ,stupid is no way to go through life son.
Yeah, I mean, if we feel bad having watched the game...
…imagine being the guy who actually dropped the ground ball – in front of 40,000+ people and on national TV.
By the way, if you’re in the mood for a sick laugh, scroll down through the comments – some a-hole has posted a parody of “Go Cubs Go” called “Blow Cubs Blow.” Normally, something like this would piss me off, but I’m so sad and disappointed by last night’s game that I’m finding it rather funny at the moment. Hey, if you can’t laugh at yourself…
I'm open to a miracle.
Bottle up the disappointment
and use it as fuel these next three games. Just as the Cubs took the disappointment from 2007 and used it to push themselves throughout 2008, it needs to be done again, starting tomorrow.
Good to see DeRosa stand up, once again, and take responsibility.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
I love you Mark.
One botched play didn’t lose two games. And DeRo has provided more offense than anybody else.
make*art
one of the big issues when you see this team on the field
is how tight they are
they say they don’t buy into the curse stuff but they’re playing like the weight of the city is on their shoulders.
Its become a self-fulfilling prophecy and I have no idea how to stop it unless you had a bunch of guys on your team that were completely oblivious. That seems to be how the Red Sox did it
by DartmouthCubsFan on Oct 3, 2008 3:57 PM CDT reply actions
Well said.
I received an email from another reader of this site saying essentially the same thing.
Basically, what they have to do is say, “F it” and go out there with that attitude.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
as much as people love to bash prior
that’s the attitude he had in 2003 and wood had the same thing, same can be said for Kenny Lofton. Its one of the reasons that season was so close.
If only Mark hadn’t run out of gas…
by DartmouthCubsFan on Oct 3, 2008 4:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Lofton was a gamer...
…and he thrived on playoff baseball and it is invaluable to have a guy like that setting the table when you are facing good pitchers.
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
If Prior had REALLY had that attitude...
… he wouldn’t have blown up after you-know-what happened.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
blown up????
he got a DP ball that should’ve ended the inning AND he was over 110 pitches
did Carlos blow up last night? or did his defense let him down?
by DartmouthCubsFan on Oct 3, 2008 4:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Exactly...
…thats what I tried to point out before with the Red Sox and the hump they got over, was more difficult (IMO) than what the Cubs have.
The one player they have with a reputation of keeping everyone loose in the clubhouse is Dempster, and what he did in game one doesn’t exactly help. I know these things can turn quickly and a game 3 win would put the pressure back on the Dodgers, but I have to be honest with my objective side and say everything I have seen says this team is dead in the water and game 3 will be the last one.
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
Since you were wrong about the other two games...
… I hope you’re wrong again.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
I basically said the same
thing earlier in the day. Its the pressure that they just cannot handle.
De Rosa is a terrific, stand-up cat.
Its just that the baseball gods have abandoned him at crucial times in his career (last year’s double play, last night, and a key error for the Braves in a Playoff game).
How gracious of Mark Derosa
to post something on his blog for the fans after last night. I felt so bad reading some of the comments on there that are similar to some of the comments on these posts. I was so glad Z got a standing ovation last night. It’s been a hell of season and they are a hell of a team. They are not responsible for our 5 or 40 or 100 years of disappointment.
He's a class act.
And he was money all year long.
I just hope he can forgive himself.
Sometimes even hope isn't enough...
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Oct 3, 2008 5:05 PM CDT reply actions
He couldn't last year...
And that’s a shame, because his numbers from both this postseason and last are far and away better than ANYONE on this offense. He’s coming through more than anyone, yet he’s also getting the most flack. “DeRosa should’ve made that play,” “He started the whole damn thing,” or my favorite from last year “DeRosa stranded the bases loaded, how can you excuse that?”
I can excuse it because the guy has been a monster in his first two seasons here and he’s become my favorite Cub, hands down. Not only that, we’ve scored five runs this series and he drove in four of them. Cancels out the defensive flub I think, at least he’s trying out there. The other guys have been so careless it’s questionable whether or not they’re giving 100%.
He’s proven why he’s our most valuable asset, despite what people may think. I hope he doesn’t place the blame too much on himself because frankly, he’s not a one man team, and he’s doing more than anybody else right now this postseason (though if you ask me I’d say Edmonds has done alright, too).
DeRosa is a stand up guy...
…no doubt. Regarding your Edmonds comment, if they need a basehit to win the game tomorrow night, he is the guy I would like to see at the plate — at least right now.
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
Agreed on both Edmonds and DeRosa.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
This is a guy
that the Cubs need to sign to an extention, good player, just a quality stand up guy.
"Have You heard of the Boom on Mizar 5?"
DeRo is under contract through next year.
But sure, I’d sign him to an extension.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
A lefty version...
…of DeRosa (not just his numbers, but his attitude as well) in the outfield would do this team a world of good in the OF next year. Add a top flight SS to that mix and they would be in dandy shape.
Not forgetting this isn’t over, just thinking out loud.
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
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