Does a team RELEASE Reed Johnson? Everytime I see him do something well I ask myself that. Ths guy needs to play! What a pick up!

with the lou critcism. the job of a manager is to put the players on the team in positions which gives the TEAM the best chance to win. lou does exactly that. any decision he makes is always gonna be 50/50. lou is a world series manager i might add. the game shoulda never came down to that anyway. their was a garbage pitcher who really dont even belong on a major league team and our offense shoulda beat the brakes off him. but we didnt. all i can say about reed johnson is WOWWWW. pick up of the year??? onto tonight whens theirs an even worse pitcher. lets get em big z

Derosa’s reaction. If the catch weren’t so good I think Dero’s reaction would be my favorite part. He just stands there stunned, staring at the place on the wall where Johnson hit . . . EXCELLENT!!!!

I wouldn’t be surprised if ESPN added that catch to the baseball tonight intro sequence, it was amazing, right up there with the catch that Gary Matthews Jr. made last year on the home run ball.

and then he disappeared from my view. I hate those seats in LF! To make matters worse, the Nationals are charging “premium” prices for about 5 games this year. The first was Opening Night, and three of the 5 are for the Cubs games during this homestand. I guess their business model realizes that there are a lot of Cubbie fans that are a good source of revenue. Oh well, at least the fireworks after the game were pretty cool. Oh, yes: I agree with Luis above that Fontenot should go to the minors, and I also wouldn’t mind seeing Reed Johnson in LF sometimes when Pie is in CF. That would be a good defensive outfield!

....our emergency (3rd) catcher? Dero? I agree with the use of PH and PR lately. It’s going to bite us in the butt eventually.

I just don’t have as much confidence as Lou seems to have with Fontenet as a pinch hitter.

Just when you start getting excited about the offense, they start reverting to last years form…....let’s hope it’s an anomoly and not a trend…..How may squandered opportunities game 2 in Colorado?

than we sometimes like to think we do. When he goes into one of his hot streaks it could do a lot to getting us through a mini-rough patch like we’ve been on the last couple of games.

Maybe its because Fontenot does strike enough fear into the opposing manager to force him to put his left handed pitcher in the game, but I don’t understand why Lou wouldn’t at least try Fontenot in the earlier situation (Fontenot couldn’t have done any worse against the previous right handed pitcher) and not waste Ward who has been our best pinch hitter (at least last year).

I know hindsight is 20/20, but it could have meant Ward coming up with the bases loaded and one out. I would imagine that he would have a better at bat than Fontenot did.

SportsCenter likes to show diving catches, etc. but how awesome was his ENTIRE approach-quick jump, dead run (he’s fast at that), not slowing down as he approached the track and then the fearless dive and catch. I loved Dempster’s face-never has it been easier than to lipread, “Oh MY GOD!”. Saw the game on Nats network here in PA. Disappointing loss.

Not a step was missed or would have missed it… I’m bummed about the 2 losses but this team has shown it has a heart this season.. Keep it up! ... Let’s get em’ today.. Go Cubs!

Is playing like a man with something to prove, I like what I’m seeing from him so far…another great Hendry acquisition!

recently that he’s capable of buckling down and putting together a good AB. If Ward was going to be lifted once a LHP showed, then I would have just rather gone with Cedeno.

I’ve never been a big fan of the “rally cap” look – you know, when you turn your hat completely inside out. Or when you collapse it and then stick it sideways on your head with the bill pointing straight up. But I think we could be on to something really big as a result of Reed Johnson’s catch.

I’m thinking whenever we need a big play – be it a clutch hit, a strikeout, a double play – we all just flip the brim of our hats up, a la Reed Johnson. And this could also be our way of saluting Reed whenever he comes out to his position, kinda like bowing to Andre Dawson. Now, I’m not suggesting that Reed is deserving of all the love and respect from the fans to the level that Andre had – that was a special time for a special player, and should be remembered as such. But I will say that Johnson’s catch – as a singular event – was on par with anything any Cub has done.

Next time I’m in the left-field bleachers, I’ll certainly be flipping my brim.

...so much as how one or two dimensional the players filling it out are. Blanco is obviously one-dimensional as the backup catcher, so that’s one right out the gate. God bless Daryle Ward, but he’s useless in the field, on the bases or against left-handed pitching. So he’s very limited in utility. When Johnson plays Pie is essentially a late-inning defensive replacement; when Pie plays Johnson and Murton are basically the same player as pinch hitters. Fontenot is completely useless – he’s a no-dimensional player at this point.

I’ll be honest – at this point in the season, I’m a little displeased at our bench and I absolutely hate the way our middle infield looks without DeRosa in it.

But you’re right about Fontenot; he needs to get sent down. I don’t understand Lou’s man crush on him.

to see Cedeno come up to bat with the bases loaded, dont understand all the changing?

this is one of the 40 guys.

I was impressed with the hussle of Aramis last night….... not thrilled with what could have happend with the slide into first, but he is getting out of the box with alittle more energy these days…..nice to see.

I think he is a good pitcher, but it seems that every year he tends to be inconsistent in the first few months. I wasn’t very impressed with his performance yesterday. Seems a little unprofessional….isn’t there some way he could think about mitigating this weakness?