Please please!

2nd

Is something very special as has said very many time before on here. I just love the resilency that this team has. No matter who it is I truly I have complete confidence when they come to the plate in a key situation that they are going to come through!!

All things great in 2008!!

Light Em up

(even though hes maddux)

stay away from Rich Harden. I think we’ve been through the ringer with our history of pitching injuries. Enough said.

Sabathia, I just don’t see it happening, mainly because the Indians will be in contention and I think they will eventually sign him. Plus, it would be a lot to give up and not to mention that the guy has pitched a ton in the last couple of years and is bound to break down at some point. IMO and just sayin’

about Hart. He was really awful last night. I also wonder what Lou said to him as he sort of grabbed a hold of him to keep him there while he talked to him a bit before letting him head off the field.

yesterday on the Score. He’s convinced, though he failed to say why, that Hendry will make “rental” type of deal, where he trades for a big-name pitcher with an expiring contract. Then Sabathia’s name came up, as he recently turned down, IIRC, 18 mil/yr from Cleveland. Stone seemed to think that was the target, though, again, he never cited where he was getting this from. So, take that FWIW, as this is the same man who said Wood could never be a closer, that Soto’s weight would force him to 1B/DH, and that Brian Roberts would certainly be a CUb.

Luck exhibited by getting through several innings with Jason Marquis, and keeping a manageable score. Skill….well, skill is throughout the lineup. What else can you say. This is wonderful.

Now we have ROOGY-doo?

The thing that carried Hart last year was confidence. He was Lou’s golden boy. Now? He’s been pretty bad this year in the ML. I’m pretty sure Lou will give him another chance, in a decently big situation.

If Hart doesn’t produce, luckily we’ve got Ascansio waiting.

This team deserves the series, we can do it! But that is haunting me!

with Marquis (and I don’t blame him) to show him up on the mound like that. Even the Padre announcers seemed a little taken aback. I watched it on the MLB.tv replay this morning and it was surprising.

The other stat that I heard from the Padre announcers was that while DLee is hitting .291, he is only hitting .270(something) with RISP. That surprised me a bit. But, in the end it can only mean good things because we know DLee will be better and here we are scoring runs in bunches and winning nine in a row with DLee struggling.

It’s a great time to be a Cub fan.

to the Cubs fans in the stadium last night. Even when watching the highlights from Padres tv cast, the Cubs fans were LOUD!

Love waking up to the 9th win in a row.

ran at will last night I was impressed. onto tonight we gotta beat marquis future replacement and lower his trade value. lmao

it’s “turn out the lights. the party’s over.” (in his best Don Meredith imitation).

In addition, an urgent request to all BCB readers, do NOT change your shorts unless the streak somehow comes to an end. That is all.

After Marquis bounced the pickoff throw about 4 feet in front of Lee. I couldn’t believe he left him in as long as he did. They kept showing Lou throughout the first 5 innings, just bitching to whoever was around. I don’t see this relationship lasting much longer, but a win is a win I suppose.

Oh and not to sound like a noob but what does LOOGY/ROOGY mean? I’ve seen it a few times and it’s not in the BCB Dictionary….

I mean you were tired and all, for goodness sakes you had Marquis pitching against a Randy Johnson look-a-like named Oswalt with the stats of Ledezma!

I fell asleep in the 8th though and wasn’t able to post my new win flag picture… guess that will have to wait til tonight!

MDBNIU = Mariotti?

I have the same reaction when I read something either one of them has written…eyes rolling, head slapping, screaming at the computer.

he bitches about maybe being in the bullpen and all that, so you’d think he’d pitch with a chip on his shoulder to prove he belongs in the rotation. He was his own worst enemy last night and has been shaky at best this year. Thankfully, the offense bailed his sorry butt out. He knows Lou has him on a short leash so he better get his act together or he’ll be left off the playoff roster AGAIN!

All we need are 3 studs for the playoffs, but it would be nice to have another for insurance. Look at what Dempster’s done, he took his off season seriously and worked hard and is pitching great. Maybe Marquis is doing a flip flop this year and the 2nd half will be better than what we’re seeing so far. We can only hope.

Now, tomorrow I am off work and could stay up tonight. So I’ll leave it up to you guys—should I? Or should I do the fourth-inning thing again? And if it happens again, do I carry it on to the game in LA on Thursday night (since I am off on Friday also)?

If I’d gone to sleep at 11:30 like I said I was going to on the thread, and not stayed up till midnight, I would have missed Soriano’s monster shot into the upper deck in dead center. HUGE home-run.

Anyone see Muskrat’s article on MLB.com today? She keeps saying that we’re ekeing out these wins. We won 9-6, is that not a pretty dominant score?

CUBS WIN! CUBS WIN! CUBS WIN!!!!!

Cubs have already won this series, and they have four with the Dodgers coming up, and given all the Dodgers’ injuries, taking 3 out of 4 is very possible. And finally, Maddux is going tonight for the Fathers. So while a loss is never desirable, they do happen. And if they have to happen, tonight seems to be a good night to take one. Then again, a 14-3 laugher of a victory would be a nice change of pace too.

So, I think tonight is one of those games where we can all take a breather, sit back, and accept whatever the baseball gods decide to send our way… unless SD pulls it out at the end and Maddux does NOT get the win. That would be unacceptable.

btw, I’m no lip-reader but I think when Lou went out to the mound to talk to Marquis, he said something like this:

Lou: Okay, well, uh… candlesticks always make a nice gift

that’s my vote because I’m on the same pattern and it’s working!

Marquis was horrible. Only an inept team like the Padres let him live another day. I would have loved to hear some of Lou’s comments in the dugout but I do appreciate (as Len and Bob stated on the air) that he doesnt go public with any of that stuff a’la Ozzie Guillen. I guess winning also helps.

To be true.

Away from Comerica this year. Started 6 Games, is 2-1, with a 3.08 ERA over 38 innings. If you conveniently ignore the home stat line, he looks great out of Detroit.

Just looked at the play by play. Man. Thank god we scored 9!!!!

Jeez. We really need to get better middle relief. I’d say finding a quality starter for the rotation and a go-to middle relief man are the top priorities.

with a crappy throwing catcher like Barrett.. a walk is like the equivalent of hitting a bunch of doubles. Hope the walking then running continues tonight.

“Respect the streak”, as Crash Davis said, so sorry Al, hit the sack after the 4th.

AND

Bonderman would be an interesting pickup. Having seen him pitch in Detroit, he’s an enigma wrapped in a connundrum. When he’s good, he’s very good. He also has trouble getting out of the first inning.

Alan Trammel would be able to provide some good feedback about Bonderman from his days as the Tiger’s manager.

Could be a good pickup IF it does’t cost the Cubs an arm and a leg. Tigers GM Dave Dombrowski is a shrewd dealer (Willis and Cabrera), so Jim Hendry will have to be on his toes and not give away the farm.

IMO it’s not worth it if you’re just going after a mediocre pitcher that is going to come to Wrigley under intense pressure and expectations in the middle of a pennant run. For THIS team, I’m not convinced it’s a better move than just sticking with what we’ve got. It will take a tremendous amount of skill from said pitcher and luck that we haven’t had in 100 years to somehow by God’s grace come together to actually work and give us what we’re all seeking here.

Having not personally witnessed or followed Bonderman at all, and simply looking at career stats, looks about the same if not worse than Marquis.

Glad I missed that drama after that scary 8th.

actually have to do some work today LOL See ya all tonight!

Walking the pitcher last night, the wonderful pick-off move, and the other walks, Lou had to be pissed. If there is one place to pitch, it is in San Diego, huge park and two hitters in the lineup. I don’t get it Marquis has been around long enough, he is not that dumb. Our pen has been overused, pitching to that horrible team and throwing in the Grand Canyon, THROW STRIKES.
I don’t know if Sabitha is realistic, one the Cubs would have to give up at least 4 players, and do the Cubs rent or try to sign him long term. Bonderman is intriging. I don’t know, something will shake out, if Marquis keeps throwing like this, Cubs will pick up someone in July.
Cedeno’s AB’s last night were weak, and sliding over the bag again is just to much.
The rotation needs to get squared away, that is the main point of attention. This Cub lineup is the best in the league, hate to waste this effort with poor pitching.
All this whining on my part, I do love this team. You just get to this point, and you want this team to be even better than it is. I guess you can say I/we get spoiled.
Keep it up fellas, the nights and days are fun to watch.

I’m beat! Stayed up for the second night to watch the cubbies win. So now I feel if I go to sleep before the game is over the streak will end…. Come back to the midwest cubbies! I need my rest.

That arm is very precious IMO

I am also tired as I have fallen asleep with the game on the past 2 nights only to wake up at about 1 or 2am to turn it off. Al I would watch the game if I were you and didn’t have to wake up at 6am, but if the Cubs lose it will be all your fault. Just joshing.

If we have any opportunity to get C.C., do it! I still feel we are 1 ace type pitcher away from being able to win it all.

Maybe going to bed after the fourth means the Cubs win games that become too close for comfort. If you stay up and watch, maybe we blow them out.

No mention of him yet? Any sightings last night?

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/bvsp?playerId=1800

Blanco hitting .375! Does he get a start here?

with a decent lead and waking up to see there was an 8th or 9th inning scare….although we won by a good margin I know we can’t give up these kinds of innings down the stretch to good hitting ball clubs. BUT a win is a win and i can’t complain about 9 in a row!

to like Marquis but I can’t. I don’t know what they can do as it seems we are stuck with him. Maybe Jim will be able to work a miracle some how.

Looking forward to tonight’s game.

for this thread at 550, before the game thread

Man, I can’t keep up with this site anymore.

I am surprised at how often Lou rips his players (pitcher usually) on the field and in front of cameras. I’m not saying it’s a bad because I usually am feeling the same anger he is but it happens a lot.

Thoughts?

credit—while about 75% of the chatter has nothing to do with baseball, with a rather curious obsession about a naked Brian Giles, they’ve been able to draw more traffic than ever to their site, in a down year.

On the other hand, “True Blue LA” with a Dodgers fan base… 75x that of the Padres…

— crickets -—-

I think Eyre may have given us an insight to Hill’s problem. I have made a post a while back about how the public in general for some odd reason think that professional athletes are immune to pressure. Anyway Eyre said that last year he was intimidated by Sweet Lou to the point where he tried to be perfect in every outing, that didn’t work. This year Scott has allowed himself to relax a little more and realized he will not be perfect.

Back to Hill, he is probably intimidated by Sweet Lou and it has gotten into his head, now he can’t compete at the MLB level. If Hill were on the hill (pun intended) last night when Lou was barking at Marquis he would have probably soiled his pants.

When talking about getting a top of the line starter, I wonder if the Cubs’ biggest trade chip is Rich Hill and whether or not the Cubs would trade him. So, the questions are:
1) How much trade value do you think Hill has?
2) Would you trade Hill for a 1/2 year rental?

For my part, I see no point in trading for a 3/4 starter. If we’re going to trade for a starter it needs to be a shut-down type guy.