Chicago Cubs vs. Boston Red Sox Preview, Saturday 5/21, 6:10 CT: Big Z At Fenway
by Al Yellon on May 21, 2011 4:00 PM CDT
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PrintBOSTON -- The sky attempted to turn blue briefly this morning, but the clouds that have surrounded New England and most of the Northeast and Midwest this spring won the battle; though there's only a small chance of rain this evening for the game.
This evening will be the 656th consecutive sellout at Fenway Park; that's a record that the Cubs aspire to emulate. They'll have to do more than just emulate the classic ballpark and marketing strategies before they can. Getting good ballplayers and winning and being a perennial playoff contender, as the Red Sox are, can do that.
The Red Sox, incidentally, had been left for dead after the season's first week after starting 0-6. They've gone 24-14 since then and stand half a game behind the first-place Rays -- who also started 0-6 this season. The AL East could get quite interesting before this year is over; even the Blue Jays, at .500 now (22-22), are only 2.5 games out of first place.
The result of the first game of the Red Sox/Cubs series at Wrigley Field six years ago was similar to last night's; the home team won in a blowout. On June 10, 2005, the Cubs defeated the Red Sox 14-6; the Cubs also won two of three in that series. That result, this weekend, would be nice. The pitching matchups the rest of the weekend favor the Cubs. (At least, that's what I'm trying to convince myself.)
The teams will be wearing throwback uniforms from 1918 tonight; the Cubs' uniform has navy blue pinstripes, a gray/blue/white sock and a cap with no "C" on it; the Red Sox' uni has a completely blank front -- not too conducive to replica jersey sales -- but otherwise has mostly the same colors as the current scheme. You can see the uniforms the teams will be wearing here and here.
Cubs lineup:
Fukudome rf, Barney 2b, Castro ss, Ramirez 3b, Pena 1b, Byrd cf, Soriano dh, DeWitt lf, Hill c
Red Sox lineup:
Ellsbury cf, Pedroia 2b, Gonzalez 1b, Youkilis 3b, Ortiz dh, Drew rf, Lowrie ss, Crawford lf, Varitek c
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Alfredo Aceves has been a pretty decent relief pitcher for the Yankees (2008-2010) and Red Sox (this year). He has made five major league starts, four in 2008 and one in 2009 for the Yankees, with varying results. The only Cubs he has faced are Marlon Byrd (1-for-2) and Carlos Pena (0-for-3).
Carlos Zambrano, obviously, has never faced the Red Sox. Current Red Sox (most of the AB are accounted for by Mike Cameron, Adrian Gonzalez and J.D. Drew) are 9-for-56 off him (.161).
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Today's first pitch thread will be up at 6 p.m. CDT and the overflow threads will post at 7 pm, 8 pm and 8:45 pm CDT. If you need more overflows due to extra innings or rain delays, post them in the fanshot section.
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First to say......
Dewitt in LF……
instead of Johnson, hitting over .400
Campana, fastest plaer on the team, LH batter and hot at AAA…
Baker 4 hits yesterday
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOL @ the Cubs!!!!!!!
by TJ11 on May 21, 2011 4:09 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Get used to it.
I don’t think it’ll ever change for some reason. The rest of MLB is probably laughing at the Cubs.
certainly is more like it
talk about buffoonery
I'm going to the 2012 Randy Hundley Fantasy Camp!!! Who's with me?
I heard that DeWitt was also penciled in to start in LF
in the game that was rained out against the Giants. That was when Colvin was still on the roster, and Quade was talking about how he couldn’t fit him into games. Fukudome was also in a 2-25 slide at that time as well, but kept leading off every day for some unknown reason.
Playing a player out of position, when this team is already horrendous defensively. Remember when Bobby Scales played LF every day, and Mike Fontenot played 3B, while Jake Fox rotted on the bench?
The Cubs keep saying that guys need to produce to play, but it seems that the opposite is true. This team is a complete joke from top to bottom!
by TheGrinch13 on May 21, 2011 5:27 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
You hit the nail right on the head!
If you think you've seen it all...just wait!
by CubFanSince1970 on May 21, 2011 5:41 PM CDT up reply actions
I hate FOX.
Any chance Yankees/Mets will have any rain delays or a complete rainout?
Did I mention I hate FOX?
im hoping for rain in Texas
but knowing Fox, they would give me Yanks instead
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Q: Why did Chuck Norris cross the road?
A: Ditka
Ditka's mustache can block a Chuck Norris round house
Ditka's mustache can kill two stones with one bird
It is better to spend money like there's no tomorrow than to spend tonight like there's no money! - Irish toast.
Hopefully Hill and his blazing speed can get on in front of the top of the order!!!!!!
At least switch him with DeWitt…..since YOU HAVE TO PLAY DEWITT!!!!!
I'd like to see RJ in left
But since none of us know how DeWitt is in left, besides the Cubs, let’s see how he is. I’m guessing he’ll be fine defensively.
We'll all miss you Ron.
Yes..he'll be FANTASTIC
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 21, 2011 4:25 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't think Campana has proven that he is somehow a better hitter than DeWitt
And DeWitt is a lefty v. a righty.
We'll all miss you Ron.
I think he has proven he can play LF!!!!
He was hitting .362 in AAA…..LET HIM TRY!!!!!!
Perfect chance to play and Quade can’t handle it!!!!!
I'm sorry Q doesn't play players with 2 ABs when TJ deems them ready.
Why doesn’t he do everything you want all the time!?
We'll all miss you Ron.
When is he supposed to get at bats????????
Quade the overmatched manager wont play him then you say he does not have enough playing time to play over a bad hitting, weak fielding backup infielder……
WOW
Q has a better idea of what Campana is capable of at the moment than you do TJ
It is your opinion he is overmatched because you whine and pout about anything that you, the omniscient TJ, do not approve of.
We'll all miss you Ron.
Oh please...don't start entrenching yourself just to spite another poster
There is no excuse for playing a backup infielder over a AAA callup.
come on…
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by Gibbon Jockey on May 21, 2011 4:42 PM CDT up reply actions
You're being obtuse on purpose..or for comedic effect?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 21, 2011 4:50 PM CDT up reply actions
DeWitt is a backup infielder....that lost his starting job in ST because he can't hit...what was I thinking.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 21, 2011 4:57 PM CDT up reply actions
If he's a AAA player
how can he be on a MLB roster?
If a quality pitching start is 3 runs and 6 innings, then a quality hitting day is 1 for 4.
Exactly....Then Barney should not be playing over DeWitt and Baker....
Such a stupid analogy……
LOL @ Alkappy!!!
He won't be able to either by watching DeWitt playing LF from the bench.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 21, 2011 5:13 PM CDT up reply actions
i would have been happier with
DeWitt 2b
Barney SS
Campana LF
give Castro a breather that way
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Q: Why did Chuck Norris cross the road?
A: Ditka
Ditka's mustache can block a Chuck Norris round house
Ditka's mustache can kill two stones with one bird
It is better to spend money like there's no tomorrow than to spend tonight like there's no money! - Irish toast.
Correct!!!!!
Alkappy has no arguement other than everything the Cubs do is good…or he is DeWitts brother or something
Sorry Campana doesn't get that chance when you want him too
He’ll get his opportunites
We'll all miss you Ron.
Just like Colvin did!
It’s like Piniella is still our manager! Fun times!!!
I expect him to be traded for a washed up starter any day now!
62 gives a general picture. 2 does not.
If you couldn’t figure that out for yourself.
We'll all miss you Ron.
No it does not....But you said 2 was not good enough for him to play tonight?
So when should those AB’s come?
Never said he shouldn't play TJ
Just said playing DeWitt isn’t insane. I would be supportive if Campana was playing.
We'll all miss you Ron.
repeat this into a mirror until you actally believe it
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 21, 2011 5:46 PM CDT up reply actions
Excuse me, combined the two comments in my head, so it doesn't really apply to you.
My bad.
We'll all miss you Ron.
But above you were using last years stats to comapre DeWitt and Johnson.....
So the .118 does not count right?
A reasonable question
How can anyone prove their ability unless they are given the chance? Can service through many years of minor league ball prove it? Exactly what would you consider adequate proof? Or is your belief that only a manager has the information to make that decision and thus fans are not appropriate to question those decisions?
If a quality pitching start is 3 runs and 6 innings, then a quality hitting day is 1 for 4.
I think fans can question, sure. Hell, for the 100th time, I would have played RJ.
But we’re doing a lot more than questioning here, everyone is losing their mind (not surprisingly). And Campana will, and should get a chance to prove himself. Q doesn’t need to be on our schedule to let him do that though.
We'll all miss you Ron.
anytime in the next 118 games if fine with me
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 21, 2011 5:47 PM CDT up reply actions
i dont get the reason for playing him in LF
and I am hoping there is something we do not know that makes it sensible.
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Q: Why did Chuck Norris cross the road?
A: Ditka
Ditka's mustache can block a Chuck Norris round house
Ditka's mustache can kill two stones with one bird
It is better to spend money like there's no tomorrow than to spend tonight like there's no money! - Irish toast.
There has been little that has been done that makes sense during the past several years.
Make that nothing.
I already corrected that notion previously
But if you insist on still making things up… hell, who am I kidding, you’ve done it plenty already.
We'll all miss you Ron.
There is absolutely
no defending Dewitt in left field! I thought Al was going to write he was 8-10 against the sox pitcher, that would maybe justify it.
Strange. According to my channel guide..
…I’m getting the Cubs game today. I’ll be pissed if those geniuses at Fox have switched to the NY game.
"I always tell the truth -- Even when I lie" -- Tony Montana
Also thank goodness Hill and his errors and passed balls are playing tonight as well!!!!
He must be hitting .300 …..Wait a minute, HES NOT!!!!!! Not even close!!!!!!
Are Quade and his boy Hendry daring Ricketts to fire them? Or do they know he does not care and just do stupid stuff because they can?
I wonder if Z looked at the lineup and was excited that he saw Soriano at DH but kept looking and was pissed that he saw who replaced him.....
The left side defense for the Cubs tonight will be amazing!!!!!
Sheesh!
The line-up continues to baffle. Hell I could make out a better line-up by throwing darts at a board with the names on it. He’s really trying to lose these games, isn’t he?
Has Dewitt EVER started a game in the OF before??
I don’t get it
"I always tell the truth -- Even when I lie" -- Tony Montana
Started? No. He has played exactly one inning of OF. That was this year, for us.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 21, 2011 4:28 PM CDT up reply actions
LOL
What better LF to learn in than Fenway Park. WTF is Quade thinking?
"I always tell the truth -- Even when I lie" -- Tony Montana
so he has 2 outs more experience there than Sean marshall
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Q: Why did Chuck Norris cross the road?
A: Ditka
Ditka's mustache can block a Chuck Norris round house
Ditka's mustache can kill two stones with one bird
It is better to spend money like there's no tomorrow than to spend tonight like there's no money! - Irish toast.
Does that make DeWitt our 8th inning guy?
If a quality pitching start is 3 runs and 6 innings, then a quality hitting day is 1 for 4.
Unconfirmed report has Garza
missing his start tomorrow because of a sore elbow.
Any further news?
It true, that’s just great.
by Not Bruce Froemming on May 21, 2011 4:26 PM CDT reply actions
I don't care, TJ,
certainly not nearly as much as you.
by Not Bruce Froemming on May 21, 2011 4:29 PM CDT up reply actions
The more you tell us you "don't care" about things when we ask you...
the more of a troll you appear to be when you attack others for when they do care.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 21, 2011 4:30 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Then I guess wins and losses do not matter to you either....
You know he is making a major mistake and you cant bring yourself to admit the Cubs are screwing up…..So typical
Can you be a little less of a negative nancy?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 21, 2011 4:28 PM CDT up reply actions
Screw this.
Tear yourselves up, jackals.
by Not Bruce Froemming on May 21, 2011 4:30 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
...
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 21, 2011 4:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Nice nod to Billy Corgan
"WGN, Channel 9 Cubs Baseball, Excitingly, Importantly, Dramatically Yours." - Jack Brickhouse
Cubs tweet confirms Garza has an elbow owie
#cubs matt garza scratched from sun nite game because of tightness in right elbow
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by Gibbon Jockey on May 21, 2011 4:31 PM CDT up reply actions
It's Grabow Time!!
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by Gibbon Jockey on May 21, 2011 4:33 PM CDT up reply actions
This just in....
Blake DeWitt is tomorrow’s starting pitcher….
Plus the Cubs will be going without a DH so Soriano can get back on the field…
SHeesh...they've got DeWitt and Hill in the lineup today
so for all intents and purposes they’re going without a DH today.
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by Gibbon Jockey on May 21, 2011 4:36 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm thinking Quade was convinced the rapture was going to happen today...
and that’s why he’s been playing this entire season like it’s still Spring Training. After this game, maybe he’ll realize that he’s going to have to play the rest of the season and he’ll stop doing dumb stuff like this.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 21, 2011 4:41 PM CDT up reply actions
maybe the rapture took place
and we are now in a hell together
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Q: Why did Chuck Norris cross the road?
A: Ditka
Ditka's mustache can block a Chuck Norris round house
Ditka's mustache can kill two stones with one bird
It is better to spend money like there's no tomorrow than to spend tonight like there's no money! - Irish toast.
by Cubbie-Tim on May 21, 2011 4:44 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
HaHa...good one
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by Gibbon Jockey on May 21, 2011 4:45 PM CDT up reply actions
maybe part of our hell is the false hope
of the rapture being our light at the end of the tunnel
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Q: Why did Chuck Norris cross the road?
A: Ditka
Ditka's mustache can block a Chuck Norris round house
Ditka's mustache can kill two stones with one bird
It is better to spend money like there's no tomorrow than to spend tonight like there's no money! - Irish toast.
In that case...
we’ve been in hell since 09.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 21, 2011 4:45 PM CDT up reply actions
1909?
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Q: Why did Chuck Norris cross the road?
A: Ditka
Ditka's mustache can block a Chuck Norris round house
Ditka's mustache can kill two stones with one bird
It is better to spend money like there's no tomorrow than to spend tonight like there's no money! - Irish toast.
::nods::
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 21, 2011 4:46 PM CDT up reply actions
This comment makes sense!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m sure both of these will happen tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Look at all my exclamation marks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They’re a symbol of my wit and edginess!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Everybody listen to me whine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We'll all miss you Ron.
by alkappy on May 21, 2011 4:41 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
You could maybe provide some rational for DeWitt playing LF over all the other players on the roster that have OF experience.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 21, 2011 4:44 PM CDT up reply actions
how else can he get experience there without being played there
he is the next DeRosa, bring on the DeWimantics
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Q: Why did Chuck Norris cross the road?
A: Ditka
Ditka's mustache can block a Chuck Norris round house
Ditka's mustache can kill two stones with one bird
It is better to spend money like there's no tomorrow than to spend tonight like there's no money! - Irish toast.
DeWittnesses
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 21, 2011 4:46 PM CDT up reply actions
DeWishfulthinking
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by Gibbon Jockey on May 21, 2011 4:47 PM CDT up reply actions
The lefty vs. righty matchup must be preserved at all costs huh?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 21, 2011 4:47 PM CDT up reply actions
No, I just mentioned it. If you read I said I'd prefer to see RJ in the lineup.
But I don’t think there’s that much of talent gap at the plate between the two, hence, me not losing my mind, like the all-knowing TJ.
We'll all miss you Ron.
You're defending DeWitt playing LF...
by saying he’s about as good at the plate as Reed Johnson? Um…LOL.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 21, 2011 4:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Let's see...
2010 Blake DeWitt: .250/.314/.375
2010 Reed Johnson: .262/.291/.366
We'll all miss you Ron.
There is the
reed Johnson is actually an outfielder thing to consider here also.
talk about the lesser of two evils being your stance
neither one is worthy of arguing in favor of based on those stats alone, which would then lead you to look at OF Defensive numbers, where Blake lacks some
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Q: Why did Chuck Norris cross the road?
A: Ditka
Ditka's mustache can block a Chuck Norris round house
Ditka's mustache can kill two stones with one bird
It is better to spend money like there's no tomorrow than to spend tonight like there's no money! - Irish toast.
This is the point he chooses to ignore.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 21, 2011 5:01 PM CDT up reply actions
Never mind the fact that I specifically replied to you that I'd like RJ to get the start.
We'll all miss you Ron.
I was arguing that there's not a huge difference between the 2.
And Blake DeWitt’s OF skills are unknown to us, so I’d rather actually, you know, see how he does.
And once again, I said I wanted RJ to start.
We'll all miss you Ron.
i never said you wanted Blake over him
but to see what a player can do in the OF is something you should do in ST not in Boston IMO
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Q: Why did Chuck Norris cross the road?
A: Ditka
Ditka's mustache can block a Chuck Norris round house
Ditka's mustache can kill two stones with one bird
It is better to spend money like there's no tomorrow than to spend tonight like there's no money! - Irish toast.
I would agree
But nobody knew Blake wasn’t going to be our starting 2nd basemen in ST.
We'll all miss you Ron.
You'd rather see how a backup infielder does in the OF rather than Campana?
why?
Here’s my thing – the decision should be between Campana and Johnson. I don’t even know why Dewitt’s even in the discussion.
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by Gibbon Jockey on May 21, 2011 5:05 PM CDT up reply actions
I know why...
QIAFI
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 21, 2011 5:06 PM CDT up reply actions
i wish they would put Campana in CF for a game
he could cover the ground needed with our defense
Chronologically inept since 2060
Q: Why did Chuck Norris cross the road?
A: Ditka
Ditka's mustache can block a Chuck Norris round house
Ditka's mustache can kill two stones with one bird
It is better to spend money like there's no tomorrow than to spend tonight like there's no money! - Irish toast.
I would be fine if they called on Campana
But I’m saying it’s not as big a deal as everyone is making it. He will in all likelihood be fine there. And DeWitt gives us more offense, than Campana can be relied upon for given the point he is at in his career.
We'll all miss you Ron.
There is no rational reason.
Our manager is incompetent.
He makes Lou Piniella look like the Bill Belichick of baseball.
"It's easy to do what's ordinary, it's difficult to do what's deemed impossible -- I guess that explains why my life is so hard, because nothing is impossible for me"
FFFAAAAAAACCCCCCKKKKKK YYYYOOOOOOUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!
DO NAWT DISPAIRUJ THE NAYME OF BILLY BELLICHICK!!! YOU SISSIES WISH YOU COULD HAVE A SPORTS MIND THAT ADVANCED BRING YOUR WORTHLESS SHITHOLE CITY CHAMPIONSHIPS!! THAIR IS OWNLY ONE BASEBAWL EQUIVALENT TO BILL BELICHICK AND THAT IS TERRY FRANCOWNA!! YOU HEUHH ME! YOU CAN’T HANDLE BILL BELICHICK!
- gets another shamrock tatoo -
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by Gibbon Jockey on May 21, 2011 4:51 PM CDT up reply actions
I guarantee he'll be here for the next several years.
Like none of this nonsense is even happening. And Jim Hendry will be right there with me. The powers that be think they are awesome!!!
We miss you Ryne Sandberg!!!
Pissed about Garza
I call tonight’s game “Our only chance to avoid the sweep Game”.
Quade saying no call-up for tomorrow night, and that it’ll be a bullpen game. Hope Z doesn’t implode early, or the Red Sox will score about 35 runs the next two days.
Yeeesh.
Scott Bora$ is satan.
by Canadian Cubs Fan on May 21, 2011 4:54 PM CDT reply actions
We've gotten pretty used to "bullpen games" with Quade so far this year.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 21, 2011 4:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Just painful.
Is there no one that we could call up for one start??? Who’s scheduled tomorrow and AA and AAA? Not expecting answers from you SWL, just venting :)
Scott Bora$ is satan.
by Canadian Cubs Fan on May 21, 2011 4:58 PM CDT up reply actions
hell, give a local Boston kid a shot
call the high schools around and see who is available
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Q: Why did Chuck Norris cross the road?
A: Ditka
Ditka's mustache can block a Chuck Norris round house
Ditka's mustache can kill two stones with one bird
It is better to spend money like there's no tomorrow than to spend tonight like there's no money! - Irish toast.
It is absolutely comical that there is NOBODY available.
The way I see it (and I could be wrong) is that it boils down to:
a) Let’s go with the college of relief pitchers which has proven to be a disaster
or
b) Put the guy who’s supposed to start in Iowa on Sunday on a plane to Boston.
they chose A.
unreal
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by Gibbon Jockey on May 21, 2011 5:00 PM CDT up reply actions
Probables...
Whitenack going for Tennessee tomorrow, and Bibens-DIrkx at AAA.
Come on, guys!
Scott Bora$ is satan.
by Canadian Cubs Fan on May 21, 2011 5:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Bibens-Dirkx is the better bet to get the callup.
Whitenack would be the more interesting callup.
"It's easy to do what's ordinary, it's difficult to do what's deemed impossible -- I guess that explains why my life is so hard, because nothing is impossible for me"
Thanks...
Another factor in this is also number of call-ups/roster maneuvers.
I’m going to delude myself into thinking that there’s some front-office/contract minutiae that is precluding pulling somebody up from the minors.
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by Gibbon Jockey on May 21, 2011 5:10 PM CDT up reply actions
They had over 3 weeks and to find someone else besides Jeff Russell to start baseball games....they didn't have anyone.
They still don’t. This is going to practically guarantee that Hendry get’s one more year to try and do something with this team.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 21, 2011 5:00 PM CDT up reply actions
Unfortunately
the mere fact that we do not have an available pitcher will most probably be the rationalization for a poor year. As a result, I see no reason to get rid of either Hendry or Quade. We’ll get em in 2012. But more importantly, we have an improved ticket pricing plan.
I can see the press conference now.
If a quality pitching start is 3 runs and 6 innings, then a quality hitting day is 1 for 4.
Thomas Diamond pitches Sunday, I believe.
"It's easy to do what's ordinary, it's difficult to do what's deemed impossible -- I guess that explains why my life is so hard, because nothing is impossible for me"
I stand corrected.
Bibens-Dirkx.
"It's easy to do what's ordinary, it's difficult to do what's deemed impossible -- I guess that explains why my life is so hard, because nothing is impossible for me"
Great!
Like I said he’s trying to lose these games…………..screw this! Let’s just effin concede the season.
I concede that we probably didn't concede soon enough!!!!
I've come to the conclusion that the two most important things in life are good friends and a good bullpen. ~Bob Lemon, 1981
i love my Cubs, always have, always will, but i dont get it
Todd Walker
Shawon Dunston
Jose Hernandez
Mark DeRosa
Blake DeWitt
(i am sure we can name a shit load more)
I mean, seriously does the Cubs organization for the past 20 years believe if you can play infield you have to be able to play LF?
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Q: Why did Chuck Norris cross the road?
A: Ditka
Ditka's mustache can block a Chuck Norris round house
Ditka's mustache can kill two stones with one bird
It is better to spend money like there's no tomorrow than to spend tonight like there's no money! - Irish toast.
Mark DeRosa
wasn’t a bad choice whenever he played left. Wasn’t the same situation.
"It's easy to do what's ordinary, it's difficult to do what's deemed impossible -- I guess that explains why my life is so hard, because nothing is impossible for me"
apparently this organization simply does not care
as you Tim, I love the Cubs but this crap is getting out of control.
I'm going to the 2012 Randy Hundley Fantasy Camp!!! Who's with me?
I gotta say it. I agree with TJ.
DeWitt in LF is mind-boggling. Even if you want to preserve the lefty/righty thing, why not DeWitt @ 3rd, DH Aramis and play Sori in left? Guy has played all of one inning there ever. I’ll defend Quade, but this is just nuts.
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by SouthWabashSoul on May 21, 2011 5:04 PM CDT reply actions
If he did what you suggest, everyone would tear you apart for not DHing Sori.
We'll all miss you Ron.
Maybe, but I could give a rat's ass, and, as I said last night
at least Sori’s arm is an asset in left. Aramis is a liability at third regardless, and that’s DeWitt’s natural position. So instead of having a totally lousy left side, you’ve at least got a legit defender at third.
The sun is up. They sky is blue. It's beautiful, and so are you. Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play? ~Lennon & McCartney
by SouthWabashSoul on May 21, 2011 5:20 PM CDT up reply actions
As noted above
1 inning. With the Cubs.
Probably still better than Sori, though. :)
by salparadise23 on May 21, 2011 5:05 PM CDT up reply actions
unless he has played some in ST which I am not aware of off hand
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Apparently for 1, ONE, 1 inning in his career
"I always tell the truth -- Even when I lie" -- Tony Montana
and he never had a single ball hit to him.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 21, 2011 5:06 PM CDT up reply actions
That's exactly why Quade wants to find out what he does when a ball is hit to him
Quade is thinking outside the box. He is a maverick.
so was McCain and we saw how well that worked
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Ditka's mustache can block a Chuck Norris round house
Ditka's mustache can kill two stones with one bird
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Actually Ricketts might be resetting the counter again next year..
2012 will be Year 1 !!!!
neither did Marshall lol
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A: Ditka
Ditka's mustache can block a Chuck Norris round house
Ditka's mustache can kill two stones with one bird
It is better to spend money like there's no tomorrow than to spend tonight like there's no money! - Irish toast.
wow, after reading the first few comments and all the angst I thought the game is over and the Cubs lost by 15 runs
And then I saw the lineup and knew that’s exactly what’s going to happen tonight
Bring on the rapture
That way we can’t get swept!!!
by salparadise23 on May 21, 2011 5:08 PM CDT up reply actions
it wont happen
Randy Savage sacrificed himself to save us all from it.
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Q: Why did Chuck Norris cross the road?
A: Ditka
Ditka's mustache can block a Chuck Norris round house
Ditka's mustache can kill two stones with one bird
It is better to spend money like there's no tomorrow than to spend tonight like there's no money! - Irish toast.
by Cubbie-Tim on May 21, 2011 5:12 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
THAT IS THE MOST AWESOME THING I HAVE SEEN IN THE LAST FIVE MINUTES
ooooooohhhhhhh……yyeeeeeeaaaaahhhhhhhhh
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by Gibbon Jockey on May 21, 2011 5:13 PM CDT up reply actions
only 5?
I was hoping for at least 6 1/2
and i know, i know TWSS all over this comment
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Q: Why did Chuck Norris cross the road?
A: Ditka
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Ditka's mustache can kill two stones with one bird
It is better to spend money like there's no tomorrow than to spend tonight like there's no money! - Irish toast.
Ha Ha
sucks to be Red Sox fans, we’ll snatch this victory from them yet!
It never gets to be easy.
Why the fuck doesn't it ever get to be easy?
by chitownhawkeye on May 21, 2011 5:12 PM CDT up reply actions
bullpen day tomorrow,
does that mean we can start Wood
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A: Ditka
Ditka's mustache can block a Chuck Norris round house
Ditka's mustache can kill two stones with one bird
It is better to spend money like there's no tomorrow than to spend tonight like there's no money! - Irish toast.
Shark
The sun is up. They sky is blue. It's beautiful, and so are you. Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play? ~Lennon & McCartney
by SouthWabashSoul on May 21, 2011 5:11 PM CDT up reply actions
the way he's been throwing
That’s not a real good option.
Wood’s looked like ass lately.
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by Gibbon Jockey on May 21, 2011 5:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Sure, why not
At least he’s been a decent starting pitcher
It never gets to be easy.
Why the fuck doesn't it ever get to be easy?
by chitownhawkeye on May 21, 2011 5:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Wonder where the fratboy and water boy are sitting tonight?
Maybe Jimmy will sit with them tonight and he’ll catch a HR
"I always tell the truth -- Even when I lie" -- Tony Montana
your tag line is apt for tonight.
We’re zipping through hyperspace at 500 mph with no clue where we’re headed.
The sun is up. They sky is blue. It's beautiful, and so are you. Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play? ~Lennon & McCartney
by SouthWabashSoul on May 21, 2011 5:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Here ya go... ANybody else need one?
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by Gibbon Jockey on May 21, 2011 5:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Just opened up a bottle of Bass myself
now than I’ve seen the roster, I should have done shots
It never gets to be easy.
Why the fuck doesn't it ever get to be easy?
by chitownhawkeye on May 21, 2011 5:16 PM CDT up reply actions
I think I have some Grey Goose still....
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I have already cracked the rum
"Who ever heard of the Cubs losing a game they had to have?" -Frank Chance
"If [Ruth] had [called his shot], I would have knocked him down with the next pitch." -Charlie Root
I am starting to think that we might not be able to win it all this year. This might not be our year
Al, banish him!
The sun is up. They sky is blue. It's beautiful, and so are you. Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play? ~Lennon & McCartney
by SouthWabashSoul on May 21, 2011 5:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Quade's lineup for Tomorrow
Dewitt LF
Hill ©
Ramirez 3B
Pena 1B
Soriano 2B
Byrd CF
Dome RF
Castro SS
Jeff Russell/Spell Check/Grabow (P)
Cubs beat Bos ..15-2
All of BCB will look like fools
I don't care what I look like when the Cubs are winning.
Most of us don’t give two shits about “being right” over winning.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 21, 2011 5:48 PM CDT up reply actions
I am going to have to agree with most everyone here
Quade doesn’t know how to construct a good lineup. The end.
Okay, I rarely do this, but if I were making today's lineup, I'd go
Castro, Barney, Pena, Aram, Fuku, Byrd, Sori, Hill, Campana
Just seems like putting Camp in 9 with his speed and in front of Castro gives a shot at some rbi opportunities.
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Half the field was washing out in the pre-race and the pace is suicidal
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by Gibbon Jockey on May 21, 2011 5:22 PM CDT up reply actions
tremendous run by Shackleford
that horse is freaking GUTS…getting so tired in the stretch and to fight through it.
wow
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by Gibbon Jockey on May 21, 2011 5:24 PM CDT up reply actions
Scoring question
I’ve never kept score for a game with the DH. Does DH get a position number (like 1 since the pitcher isn’t batting) or do you just write DH? I was planning on keeping score at home for this one, but now I’m not so sure I want to anymore.
Fasten those seat belts...
just DH
http://www.eteamz.com/eastdalell/files/KeepingScore-Baseball.pdf
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Q: Why did Chuck Norris cross the road?
A: Ditka
Ditka's mustache can block a Chuck Norris round house
Ditka's mustache can kill two stones with one bird
It is better to spend money like there's no tomorrow than to spend tonight like there's no money! - Irish toast.
Castanon almost screwed that up...switched his leads about 150 yards out
quick thinking to get him back on track…
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by Gibbon Jockey on May 21, 2011 5:27 PM CDT up reply actions
Can Shackleford pitch? If he is not too tired from today's race, may be he can take Garza's spot Tomorrow?
It just might work!
HA! That reminds me of this ESPN piece on the 2005 Preakness Winner
Afleet Alex: 21st Century’s Greatest Athlete
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by Gibbon Jockey on May 21, 2011 5:31 PM CDT up reply actions
not as good as this one
Update: Vets Successfully Masturbate Dying Kentucky Derby Winner, Saving Millions In Horse Semen
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Q: Why did Chuck Norris cross the road?
A: Ditka
Ditka's mustache can block a Chuck Norris round house
Ditka's mustache can kill two stones with one bird
It is better to spend money like there's no tomorrow than to spend tonight like there's no money! - Irish toast.
I'm having something like this put into my last will and testament...
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 21, 2011 5:49 PM CDT up reply actions
wins for both comments
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A: Ditka
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Ditka's mustache can kill two stones with one bird
It is better to spend money like there's no tomorrow than to spend tonight like there's no money! - Irish toast.
i guess so
would be the second time it was
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Q: Why did Chuck Norris cross the road?
A: Ditka
Ditka's mustache can block a Chuck Norris round house
Ditka's mustache can kill two stones with one bird
It is better to spend money like there's no tomorrow than to spend tonight like there's no money! - Irish toast.
nope, Randy Savage saved us all
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Q: Why did Chuck Norris cross the road?
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Ditka's mustache can kill two stones with one bird
It is better to spend money like there's no tomorrow than to spend tonight like there's no money! - Irish toast.
The real Rapture...
Toe to toe
Dancing very close
Barely breathing
Almost comatose
Wall to wall
People hypnotised
And they’re stepping lightly
Hang each night in Rapture
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on May 21, 2011 5:35 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
...
Back to back
Sacrailiac
Spineless movement
And a wild attack
Face to face
Sadly solitude
And it’s finger popping
Twenty-four hour shopping in Rapture
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on May 21, 2011 5:36 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
...
Fab Five Freddie told me everybody’s high
DJ’s spinnin’ are savin’ my mind
Flash is fast, Flash is cool
Francois sez fas, Flashe’ no do
And you don’t stop, sure shot
Go out to the parking lot
And you get in your car and you drive real far
And you drive all night and then you see a light
And it comes right down and lands on the ground
And out comes a man from Mars
And you try to run but he’s got a gun
And he shoots you dead and he eats your head
And then you’re in the man from Mars
You go out at night, eatin’ cars
You eat Cadillacs, Lincolns too
Mercuries and Subarus
And you don’t stop, you keep on eatin’ cars
Then, when there’s no more cars
You go out at night and eat up bars where the people meet
Face to face, dance cheek to cheek
One to one, man to man
Dance toe to toe
Don’t move too slow, ‘cause the man from Mars
Is through with cars, he’s eatin’ bars
Yeah, wall to wall, door to door, hall to hall
He’s gonna eat ‘em all
Rapture, be pure
Take a tour, through the sewer
Don’t strain your brain, paint a train
You’ll be singin’ in the rain
I said don’t stop, do punk rock
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on May 21, 2011 5:37 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
...
Well now you see what you wanna be
Just have your party on TV
‘Cause the man from Mars won’t eat up bars when the TV’s on
And now he’s gone back up to space
Where he won’t have a hassle with the human race
And you hip-hop, and you don’t stop
Just blast off, sure shot
‘Cause the man from Mars stopped eatin’ cars and eatin’ bars
And now he only eats guitars, get up!
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on May 21, 2011 5:38 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
.....
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on May 21, 2011 5:39 PM CDT up reply actions
Garza scratched
No Garza tomorrow, elbow injury
Welcome to 5:31 ET time...
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on May 21, 2011 5:41 PM CDT up reply actions
Good thing
Good thing you are an hour up on me. That means 1 hour less before the elbow heals.
by AboutTheCubs on May 21, 2011 5:45 PM CDT up reply actions
I officially dislike Quade more than any other manager we've had..
“James Russell is likely to start tomorrow”
"It's easy to do what's ordinary, it's difficult to do what's deemed impossible -- I guess that explains why my life is so hard, because nothing is impossible for me"
He did NOT say that...
wait…yeah, he probably did.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 21, 2011 6:01 PM CDT up reply actions
hahaha
"A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality." John Lennon
"My favorite food is Macaroni and Cheese, from the blue box." Geovany Soto
Ummm...wha....
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Now the whole nation will experience
the Suckitude that is Cubs baseball. Good job Quade.
"Chicago baseball fans, who are composites of scar tissue and mortifying memories..." - George F. Will
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...
“The options tomorrow are everybody,” Quade said. “It literally could be a Spring Training type of game, where a couple here, a couple there.”
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 21, 2011 6:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Is he aware the game is nationally televised?
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He's been playing this season like it's Spring Training anyway.
"It's easy to do what's ordinary, it's difficult to do what's deemed impossible -- I guess that explains why my life is so hard, because nothing is impossible for me"
I hated to see Colvin sent down.
I realize he was struggling, but I would have liked to seen Quade play the kid. If he isn’t in our future, lets find out now. At least he’s a good outfielder and did hit more than 20 homers last year. I don’t think that was a fluke. Quade seems to give the veterans a chance to keep playing why not Colvin?
“Carlos Zambrano, obviously, has never faced the Red Sox.” – Al Yellon
Al, I enjoy your previews and recaps. No doubt an oversight on your part but Zambrano has faced the Red Sox before, in that 2005 series at Wrigley. In game 2 Zambrano got a no decision in the Cubs win. Perhaps you meant that Zambrano has never faced the Red Sox at Fenway.
A little late, but...
… you’re right. I had forgotten about that game.
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and as
always i got screwed over with the yankee game.
as far
as colvin goes future or not you have to play the guys that are hitting and will help you win.pinella had 4 guys and had trouble finding playing time. quade has 5 outfieders. too many.
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