Have you had Rich Harden fatigue today? Remember, he won't pitch for the Cubs till Friday at the earliest. In the meantime, there are other games to be won, including today.
If for some reason you haven't had enough Harden, Bruce Miles gives some insight on the Hendry/Beane relationship and how this deal got done.
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Sometimes Johnny Cueto is good -- really good, as he was May 5 vs. the Cubs in Cincinnati, striking out eight in six innings. Other times he can't find the plate -- he walked eight Cardinals in five innings on June 11. He's allowed 19 home runs, but only one in his last four starts. So in summary, who the heck knows? Geovany Soto took him deep on May 5.
Z threw great in his return from the DL last Friday. He threw eight shutout innings against the Reds on May 6 in Cincinnati, and has a 0.82 ERA in his last three starts against them, all wins. Adam Dunn has taken him out of the park six times, but has only a .226 lifetime BA vs. Z.
Today's game is an all-cable extravaganza again in Chicago and Ohio and at the MLB.com Mediacenter.
MLB.com Gameday (2007 version)
MLB.com Gameday (2008 version)
Baseball-reference.com game preview
Today's first pitch thread, again, posts just before the first pitch, at 7 pm. The overflow comment threads will post at 8:15 pm and 9:15 pm CT.
Discuss amongst yourselves.