Overflow Thread 2: Cubs vs. Braves, Wednesday 8/13, 6:10 CT

Anybody home?

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by DeRoMyHero on Aug 13, 2008 7:48 PM CDT 0 recs

here

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by nji232 on Aug 13, 2008 7:50 PM CDT up 0 recs

nope

by tootle on Aug 13, 2008 7:50 PM CDT up 0 recs

this is the guy

who hit Soriano and broke his hand.

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by drewishdrewid on Aug 13, 2008 7:49 PM CDT 0 recs

Am I first and second?

"I've never complained about it. I'm thankful to have a jersey." Mark DeRosa, 22 Aug 2007

by DeRoMyHero on Aug 13, 2008 7:49 PM CDT 0 recs

Am I in the right thread?

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by Bump Bailey on Aug 13, 2008 7:50 PM CDT 0 recs

you're in

right field

by tootle on Aug 13, 2008 7:51 PM CDT up 0 recs

Maybe I'm ..

left out..

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by Bump Bailey on Aug 13, 2008 7:51 PM CDT up 0 recs

You're in the left thread.

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by DeRoMyHero on Aug 13, 2008 7:51 PM CDT up 0 recs

Is there a wrong thread?

by mlern on Aug 13, 2008 7:50 PM CDT 0 recs

Went to the kitchen

between innings, but I’m home.

What’s Harden’s pitch count?

by santo4hof on Aug 13, 2008 7:51 PM CDT 0 recs

92

I believe

by tootle on Aug 13, 2008 7:51 PM CDT up 0 recs

92?

a win is a win.

by JoToPo on Aug 13, 2008 7:51 PM CDT up 0 recs

91 or 92 I think

His night is more than likely over

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by nji232 on Aug 13, 2008 7:51 PM CDT up 0 recs

92

by The Deputy Mayor of Rush Street on Aug 13, 2008 7:52 PM CDT up 0 recs

nice hit

for Dome!

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by drewishdrewid on Aug 13, 2008 7:51 PM CDT 0 recs

i second the motion

on curtailing the negativity. . . yes, pitch count and BBs are high, but he has a two hit shutout as it stands now. . . give the man some support

by noiseboy on Aug 13, 2008 7:51 PM CDT 0 recs

Aw, I 100% support him. I just get nervous.

by schmifty on Aug 13, 2008 7:53 PM CDT up 0 recs

Hopefully Fukudome will hit one right up the box

Nice and low, there he goes!

by eamus-catuli on Aug 13, 2008 7:51 PM CDT 0 recs

Dome starting to get going?

Sure would be nice

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by nji232 on Aug 13, 2008 7:51 PM CDT 0 recs

I really hope so

The slump seems to have been getting him down.

by Clutch16 on Aug 13, 2008 7:53 PM CDT up 0 recs

Dome was getting good wood on the ball in game 1

by The Deputy Mayor of Rush Street on Aug 13, 2008 7:53 PM CDT up 0 recs

I think batting 7th or 8th will help him.

Less pressure, pitchers tend to relax more.

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by DeRoMyHero on Aug 13, 2008 7:53 PM CDT up 0 recs

dome is 2-3

whaaaaaaa??

by bheidge on Aug 13, 2008 7:52 PM CDT 0 recs

Just got home...

Did I hear correctly on the radio…Harden only has 2 K’s?

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by Bump Bailey on Aug 13, 2008 7:52 PM CDT 0 recs

he's been

effectively wild

by tootle on Aug 13, 2008 7:53 PM CDT up 0 recs

YES BUT HE'S GOT A 2-HITTER SHUTOUT GOING

No one’s every satisfied!!

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by dtpollitt on Aug 13, 2008 7:53 PM CDT up 0 recs

Shit, I wasn't supposed to say that outloud, was I??

Sorry guys

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by dtpollitt on Aug 13, 2008 7:54 PM CDT up 0 recs

rut-roh

by bheidge on Aug 13, 2008 7:54 PM CDT up 0 recs

dood

it’s just a little worrisome, that’s all. Four starts, 39 Ks, and then… this.

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by drewishdrewid on Aug 13, 2008 7:54 PM CDT up 0 recs

you say “this…” like he didnt pitch well…so he wasnt getting the greatest movement. havent said anyone say anything about that. he has had 8 off days…he might have lost his feel forhis movement. but he faked it real well

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by preachermancubsfan on Aug 13, 2008 7:56 PM CDT up 0 recs

in comparison

he hasn’t pitched well. Tonight was not a dominant performance. It’s a GOOD performance, and we’d be happy with it from Marquis or Lilly or even Demp, but we have come to expect more from Harden.

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by drewishdrewid on Aug 13, 2008 8:16 PM CDT up 0 recs

A strikeout is no different than a fly out or a ground out.

The object of the game is to get three guys out before the other team scores. He did that successfully five times. What’s wrong with that?

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by DeRoMyHero on Aug 13, 2008 7:56 PM CDT up 0 recs

+ ALOT

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by preachermancubsfan on Aug 13, 2008 7:57 PM CDT up 0 recs

It is different...

If the ball is put in play it has a chance of being a hit….just saying..

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by Bump Bailey on Aug 13, 2008 7:58 PM CDT up 0 recs

but if he gets a groundball

on the second pitch more often then getting a strikeout that takes 6 pitches to put away, then he is helping his pitch count bebackle

"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark

by preachermancubsfan on Aug 13, 2008 8:00 PM CDT up 0 recs

yeahbutt..

that grounder has a chance to find a hole…a strikeout doesn’t.

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by Bump Bailey on Aug 13, 2008 8:02 PM CDT up 0 recs

yea but

you cant have your cake and eat it too you want pitchcount, or k’s?

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by preachermancubsfan on Aug 13, 2008 8:03 PM CDT up 0 recs

Both actually...

If he gets a lot of K’s I know for sure he hasn’t given up many hits..

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by Bump Bailey on Aug 13, 2008 8:11 PM CDT up 0 recs

I am happy when he gets non-K outs - they are indeed great for keeping his pitch count down

He still had a good stat line today. He just did it in a different way than usual.

I wanted to see him do things his usual way today, to reassure me after that bad outing last week where he lost his control. Because with Rich, anytime something’s different and he looks uncomfortable on the mound, it gives me flashbacks to all the times before. But if he’s fine and that just happens to be the way things worked out today – that’s great!

by schmifty on Aug 13, 2008 8:05 PM CDT up 0 recs

I'm satisfied...

just thought maybe I heard wrong….i don’t care how many K’s he gets. The team win is the important thing.

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by Bump Bailey on Aug 13, 2008 7:55 PM CDT up 0 recs

Yeah, I would elaborate, but I want to leave my Harden worries in the last thread

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by nji232 on Aug 13, 2008 7:53 PM CDT up 0 recs

yes!

but only 2 hits and no runs!!!

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by preachermancubsfan on Aug 13, 2008 7:53 PM CDT up 0 recs

who's on deck?

by noiseboy on Aug 13, 2008 7:53 PM CDT 0 recs

still see harden

by jbau on Aug 13, 2008 7:53 PM CDT up 0 recs

i think lou is gonna let him go to 6

let him work on his control a bit. . . confidence booster

by noiseboy on Aug 13, 2008 7:54 PM CDT up 0 recs

or not

by noiseboy on Aug 13, 2008 7:56 PM CDT up 0 recs

Who is on *first.

by The Deputy Mayor of Rush Street on Aug 13, 2008 7:54 PM CDT up 0 recs

Dome was.

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by drewishdrewid on Aug 13, 2008 7:55 PM CDT up 0 recs

and....

I don’t know is on third

by tootle on Aug 13, 2008 7:56 PM CDT up 0 recs

Atlanta's announcers made a big thing about Fukudome's former manager Hoshino

What they didn’t say was that he left years ago to manage Hanshin and has been out of baseball for several years…

by eamus-catuli on Aug 13, 2008 7:53 PM CDT 0 recs

Len and Bob just talked about him.

He used to punch players in the face when they weren’t doing well.

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by nji232 on Aug 13, 2008 7:55 PM CDT up 0 recs

Interesting strategy

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by dtpollitt on Aug 13, 2008 7:55 PM CDT up 0 recs

I would use it on D-Ward and old Marquis quite a bit

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by nji232 on Aug 13, 2008 7:56 PM CDT up 0 recs

another blanco to blanco

play. Both have gone “against” us. :d

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by drewishdrewid on Aug 13, 2008 7:55 PM CDT 0 recs

Ward in for Harden

Marshal up int he pen?

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by drewishdrewid on Aug 13, 2008 7:55 PM CDT 0 recs

Me No likely

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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 13, 2008 7:56 PM CDT up 0 recs

Ward needs to get it going...

4 for 40….not good..

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by Bump Bailey on Aug 13, 2008 7:57 PM CDT up 0 recs

4 for 41...not good!

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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 13, 2008 7:57 PM CDT up 0 recs

Call it a night for Rich Harden

5 innings one hit? 2K 4 or 5 walks. Good start

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by nji232 on Aug 13, 2008 7:55 PM CDT 0 recs

boo ward

by cubs2410 on Aug 13, 2008 7:56 PM CDT 0 recs

Yeah HOFF!

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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 13, 2008 7:57 PM CDT up 0 recs

who would you rather have hitting in the playoffs?

my vote still goes to ward

by bheidge on Aug 13, 2008 7:57 PM CDT up 0 recs

Hoff

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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 13, 2008 7:58 PM CDT up 0 recs

-1 from me...

i think hoff might just be too young to understand how big a situation hes in, lol

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by preachermancubsfan on Aug 13, 2008 7:58 PM CDT up 0 recs