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Archive - Sep 17, 2008

Game 150 Recap: Cubs 2, Brewers 6

Submitted by Transmission on Wed, 09/17/2008 - 10:25pm.
Wait 'Till... The Weekend

 

W - DiFelice (1-0)
L - Marquis (10-9), drinking champagne on a thursday afternoon

 

Things to Take from This Game

 

1.  Horrid first four for Marquis
Marquis loaded the bases with a single and two walks, and Fielder cleared them with a double.  After that, Marquis settled down well enough, but the Cubs never overcame the deficit

 

2.  Short-Sheeted
Ben Sheets left after two innings due to tightness in his right forearm.  The Brewers emptied the bullpen, and they pitched very well.  Six relievers in six innings, no runs added on to the solo homer Ramirez hit off of Sheets.  The Cubs manage one run off of Torres in the ninth, but there never really was a sense of an imminent comeback.  Before the ninth, the Cubs had eeked out just four hits on the game.

 

3.  Who Cares, Our Magic Number Still is 4.

 

The rather uninspired details, below...

 

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Game 150 Thread / Brewers @ Cubs (2 of 3)

Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 09/17/2008 - 5:03pm.

Game Chat | Press Pass | BR Preview

SP Ben Sheets
 SP Jason Marquis

13-8, 2.97, 155 K, 45 BB, 194 IP
10-8, 4.36, 84 K, 60 BB, 154.2 IP
       
CF
 Mike Cameron
 LF
 Alfonso Soriano
2B
 #Ray Durham 2B *Mike Fontenot
3B Ryan Braun 1B
 Derrek Lee
1B *Prince Fielder
 3B
 Aramis Ramirez
SS
 J.J Hardy
 CF *Jim Edmonds
RF Corey Hart RF Mark DeRosa
3B *Craig Counsell
 C Geovany Soto
C
 Jason Kendall
 SS Ryan Theriot
P Ben Sheets
 P *Jason Marquis

 

The Marlins took care of business for the Cubs, so it means a Cubs sweep will clinch the division. Tonight is the win they'll have to steal with Marquis on the mound against Ben Sheets. 

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The Chicago Cubs—Your 2008 NL Central Executioners

Submitted by Cubnut on Wed, 09/17/2008 - 11:30am.

Out of the corner of my eye last night, the one corner that wasn't marveling at how grotesquely obese Prince Fielder has become, I noticed what was happening to a couple of our National League Central friends:

The Cardinals, who were officially eliminated from the division race last night, were continuing to get their brains beaten in (six straight losses, five straight road losses, and 10 road losses in their last 11 tries), and the Astros were continuing to not hit (a 5-1 loss at Florida, which means Houston has scored two runs in three games).

Most everyone agrees that the Cards overachieved all season long and that they haven't been viable contenders for quite a while. However, if LaRussa & Co. had any flickering hopes, the Cubs went a very long way toward snuffing them out with their series win in St. Louis last week.

As for the Astros... Read the rest of this entry>>>

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Just a Few Things to Say

Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 09/17/2008 - 11:21am.

- I like Lou. I think he does far more good than harm as baseball managers go. Yeah, he'll make some questionable decisions as all managers do, but he's been more right than wrong in his 2 years with the Cubs. Of course, no one ever notices the right decisions, they're just taken for granted as the way it's suppose to happen.

That all being said, STOP USING BOB "HOME RUN" HOWRY. Just knock it the fuck off. You're not turning him around, you're not gonna get him going before the playoffs. He's a lost cause and needs to be banished Scott Eyre style.

Lou says he's trying to figure out the middle innings and seems to not trust the youngsters. But how the hell do you trust a guy with a 5.43 ERA?

Read the rest of this entry>>>

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