Archive - Sep 16, 2008
Game 149 Thread / Brewers @ Cubs (1 of 3)
Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 09/16/2008 - 4:03pm.
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| SP | *C.C. Sabathia |
SP | Ryan Dempster |
| (NL) |
9-0, 1.59, 102 K, 21 BB, 102 IP | 15-6, 3.02, 173 K, 74 BB, 190.2 IP |
|
| CF |
Mike Cameron |
LF |
Alfonso Soriano |
| 2B |
#Ray Durham | SS | Ryan Theriot |
| 3B | Ryan Braun | 1B |
Derrek Lee |
| 1B | *Prince Fielder |
3B |
Aramis Ramirez |
| SS |
J.J Hardy |
C | Geovany Soto |
| RF | Corey Hart | RF | Mark DeRosa |
| 3B | *Craig Counsell |
CF | Reed Johnson |
| C |
Jason Kendall |
2B | Ronny Cedeno |
| P | *C.C. Sabathia |
P | Ryan Dempster |
The last homestand of the regular season and the Cubs will be looking to clinch a spot in the playoffs in front of their home fans and secure their second straight division crown. Dempster goes tonight hoping to take sole possession of the Cubs win lead over Ted Lilly, who tied him yesterday with 15 (Zambrano has 14).
New Brewers manager Dale Sveum leads the troops into Wrigley and will get to send Sabathia and Sheets in the first two games. That should make him look like a geniuis. Sabathia has started 13 games for the Brewers, all good enough to be considered quality starts. The Cubs though are 28-14 versus lefties this year and 14-5 at home. My, how times have changed for our Cubs.
As I mentioned earlier, if the Cubs sweep the Brewers, they'll need the Marlins to win at least one versus the Astros over the next 3 games to clinch. If they can take two out of three, that'll give them the weekend to finish the job before they have to head out on the road again.
Brewers Fire Yost...the Chicago Way
Submitted by Cubnut on Tue, 09/16/2008 - 11:56am.
Dan Fox offers a historical perspective on the Brewers' firing of Ned Yost while in the thick of the race for the post-season.
Turns out the 1932 Cubs were the first team to change managers mid-season (Rogers Hornsby out; Charlie Grimm in) and then go on to win the pennant. The 1938 Cubs repeated the maneuver (Grimm out; Gabby Hartnett in) and again, the result was a National League championship.
Cub-related names are all over this phenomenon:
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