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Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
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Hector Neris 
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Game 5 Recap (Sort Of): Cubs 6, Brewers 5

Submitted by Cubnut on
All I'm going to say about this victory is, Alfonso Soriano reminded us why it's worth having a left fielder who can't actually field, Kosuke Fukudome continues his drive to be christened "Mr. April," and Carlos Marmol, who is officially NOT the Cubs closer, made our opponents' best hitters look helpless in a way that the guy who is our closer never, ever could.

 

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Alfonso Soriano

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Submitted by Cubnut on Sun, 04/12/2009 - 04:01 am

True. From the cubs.com game story I linked to:

"[Kevin] Gregg is still our closer," Piniella said. "I can't get them both up [in the bullpen]. I said that the other night in Houston. I can't afford to get them both up, because I lose [both of] them. We got Marmol up just in case we tied or went ahead, and that was the end of it.

"I said when the season started there will be opportunities for both of them, but believe me, tomorrow, if we get into a similar situation, Gregg will be the closer."

My point is just that it's hard to watch Marmol dominate another team and not think about what it would be like to have closing regularly. Of course, that leaves a huge hole in the set-up spot...

 

Submitted by Andrew on Sun, 04/12/2009 - 04:03 am

It was nearly 4 am CET when I went to bed in the 9th, and I didn't have faith the Cubs could complete the comeback after Theriot's weak effort in the 8th following Fonty's walk. Glad to be proven wrong. This is one of those games the Cubs shouldn't have won though, so it's nice to make up for Friday's loss.

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Submitted by crunch on Sun, 04/12/2009 - 04:45 pm

sori's D gets some "help" from his arm and people running on him...at first it seemed they ran on him because they didn't know what he had in his arm. lately (last year and this so far) it seems they're running on him because after plays he's usually in a clumsy position to throw the ball once he fields it. the "hop" usually leaves him off balance or kills his forward momentum adding time to getting rid of the ball. this doesn't take in account his weird routes, stuff that he misjudges over his head, or the free base he gave away yesterday slowing jogging to a ball rather than running to snag it. that said i'd still say he's above average and his arm is something everyone (should) think about when he's fielding. though, so far this season MIL has turned that lack of fearing sori's arm into a runner on 3rd and a run scored in separate incidents where he had control of the ball long enough to make a play.

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Submitted by Andrew on Sun, 04/12/2009 - 04:52 am

I'm on pins and needles.

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Submitted by Mister Whipple on Sun, 04/12/2009 - 04:50 am

I hear Jay's doing so blogging now. Maybe those geniuses at ESPN will give us more Mariotti. Giving Mariotti his own lame radio show was what ended Tony Kornheiser's radio show--one of the few sports radio shows I actually enjoyed. This has Epic Fail written all over it.

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Submitted by The E-Man on Sun, 04/12/2009 - 04:49 pm

I had heard this on Bruce Levine's show yesterday. What is the difference going to be exactly? From the little I heard, there will be myriad blogs with "professional" writer/editors posting shit 24x7. IS that all?

Submitted by Dmac on Sun, 04/12/2009 - 04:13 am

It seems to me that many of the problems with Soriano is how he looks out there in attempting to field, and not whether or not he's actually making the plays with any consistency (which he usually does) - and that arm always reminds me of Dawson's, with the same degree of accuracy. Remind me how many times runners scored successfully from 2nd on ground balls through the hole - not too many last year, if I remember correctly.

Submitted by mastrick on Sun, 04/12/2009 - 04:24 am

We wouldn't be having this debate about last night's game were it not for the fact that Guzman came in and pitched pathetically once again. Why are we keeping this guy? What good is having stuff when your results stink all the time? Uncle Lou needs to have one of his "nice little chats" with Angel and let him know that his time in Chicago is finite if he doesn't start getting the job done...

Submitted by The E-Man on Sun, 04/12/2009 - 04:47 pm

I had advocated all spring that it is finally "ENOUGH" with Gooz. Every year since I've seen him come up he's either injured or has control problems from batter to batter. This is Hendry hanging on too long. Obviously, had Gaudin not completely stunk it up in ST, we also would not be having this discussion. Frankly, no other RH reliever did much in ST besides "Old Style", on a consistent basis. Lou is not going to have patience with Cotts either - ala last year. IF he doesn't improve, and in a hurry, he will get his ass sent to Iowa once again. The irony is that the best LHRP (Broke Scott Eyre) got dumped last year, and we now have an A-ball LHRP as the only one that can get people out (well, not counting Marshall).

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Submitted by Wes on Sun, 04/12/2009 - 04:53 pm

True on the Eyre thing, but he pissed Lou off so much that he was in the doghouse the entire first half of 2008. It doesn't do a lot of good to have him if you're not going to use him.

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Submitted by Charlie on Sun, 04/12/2009 - 04:56 pm

Yeah, but Lou needs also to realize that sometimes relievers have a bad stretch and that doesn't necessarily make them permanently useless. The Lou-Hates-Pitchers argument makes a lot of sense to me based on observation of him. (I wish he'd stop doing all the mound visits because of that—let you're pitching coach handle it if all you have to contribute is "throw strikes" and a string of expletives.)

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Submitted by Wes on Sun, 04/12/2009 - 04:12 pm

Yeah, but Lou's right more often than not when he goes out there on one of those visits to curse somebody out. I don't always agree with how many pitchers he uses to get through the 7th and 8th, but walking the world just isn't acceptable. Or, if your Cotts, hit the one fucking guy he wants you to face. Now if you're argument is that he should be nice to his pitchers and take them out for an ice cream cone at Six Flags after the game so Cotts can ride the tilt-a-whirl, then fine. But, to an extent, he's right. All 6 guys down there (Vizcaino excluded) have to throw a LOT more strikes than they've thrown this week or we're going to be in big trouble.

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Submitted by Charlie on Sun, 04/12/2009 - 04:24 pm

I think that "throw strikes" isn't very helpful unless your pitcher has actually forgotten that's what he's supposed to do. I've never been a fan of intimidation and humiliation as a coaching method—even when he's right (and of course he is—the pitcher isn't in their to put men on base). If you've got something helpful to say, go out and say it, but does it really help your pitcher to curse him out? Maybe some guys need that punch in the crotch, but I doubt it works for everybody. I agree completely though that the bullpen needs to throw more strikes. I wonder whether they are nibbling too much or are simply having control problems. To be fair, Cotts has had two bad ABs in a row, right? Yeah, it's infuriating to bring in a pitcher to face one guy and not get him, but it's still only two ABs. I'm always concerned a guy will end up in the minors, released, or traded because of that when Lou just needs to give them a chance.

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Submitted by The Real Neal on Sun, 04/12/2009 - 04:12 pm

" I'm always concerned a guy will end up in the minors, released, or traded because of that when Lou just needs to give them a chance." I hope when Eyre gets his ring he sends an autographed photo of him modelling it to Loue to hang in his office.

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Submitted by Mister Whipple on Sun, 04/12/2009 - 04:30 pm

I hope when Eyre gets his ring he can hock it for some cash. I hear he's broke.

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Submitted by Charlie on Sun, 04/12/2009 - 04:53 pm

I think it will also help if Lou doesn't pretend Cotts is a Loogy. It'll take him a long time to prove himself, too, if Lou only lets him face one batter every couple of games. Guzman has had, what, one bad outing so far this year? I agree with you on his history, but I'm not whining until he blocks someone more valuable. They already dumped Gaudin, so that leaves Kevin Hart and Ascanio, neither of whom look like improvements right at the moment (though they both have good enough stuff to develop into good relievers).

Submitted by Ryno on Sun, 04/12/2009 - 04:05 pm

Okay, I think our bullpen (and lineup for that matter) deserve a little patience. Bring it down a notch. We're exactly 5 games into the season. Clearly, if the Brewers contend they'll need to add an arm to the rotation. You can't play in October with Suppan as your number one starter and expect to get anywhere. Of course, (You've heard it here first) I'd be surprised if the Brewers finish much above .500 anyways.

Submitted by Jim Hickmans Bat on Sun, 04/12/2009 - 04:07 pm

Milton Bradley lasts 5 games, woot! Eleventy11!! Thank god Fukudome is playing well, just slide him back over to RF for the next X weeks/months. If Bradley is DL-ed, who do the Cubs call up? Jake Fox? Brad Snyder? So Taguchi?

Submitted by The E-Man on Sun, 04/12/2009 - 04:59 pm

Six games with Bradley. Geez, that is pathetic. As you say, if Dome can continue being useful with the bat, it will be not so tragic. I am more worried about DP Lee. At least he drove in a run with a nice sac fly.

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Submitted by big_lowitzki on Sun, 04/12/2009 - 04:49 pm

Fox is not, and will not, be a backup catcher option. Fox used to catch, but he isn’t a catcher anymore, and there is a reason for that. He was really bad defensively. If he has ANY ability behind the plate, he would probably already be playing on a big league roster. He isn’t even listed as a catcher on the Iowa Cubs roster, and hasn’t caught since 2007, where he only caught 13 games. Catchers are in very high demand, especially catchers who can hit. If Fox had any ability behind the plate, he would be catching every day in the minors. Jake Fox will not catch for the Chicago Cubs, or probably any other team.

Submitted by mannytrillo on Sun, 04/12/2009 - 04:04 pm

CUBS WIN!! CUBS WIN!! 8-5 over division rival MIL to take another road series 2 games to 1. Moves the Cubs to 4-2, a half game behind STL. THE GOOD: - Johnson. Reed making his case for defensive play of the year very early by robbing Prince Fielder of a Grand Slam and savings 3 runs. - Brewer pitchers. 10 BB's in the game and walked 4 Cubs runners in in the 4th inning. THE BAD: - Lee. Another 0-fer night going 0-3 and now has started the year out in a 2-25 slump. - Bradley. Whoever had game 6 in the 'when will Bradley get hurt' pool, YOU WIN! Bradley tweaked his right groin tonight and will be reevaluated tomorrow to see how bad the injury is. This is what scared many of us with this signing as Bradley has been injury prone and has played more than 101 games only 2 times in his career. Oh yeah, Bradley has started the year out in a 1-17 slump. THE UGLY: - Gregg. Looked very shaky again in a non save situation in the 9th. He might be only one more bad blown save away from losing the closers job to the best reliever, Marmol. Taking series' on the road is huge, and the Cubs have done it twice even though some of their key players have struggled. Now they come home tomorrow for the home opener. Just keep taking series' and fans will be very happy.

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Submitted by Wes on Mon, 04/13/2009 - 04:08 am

I fail to see why people get angry about something like a pulled groin that's going to cause Bradley to miss a max of 2-3 weeks during the first month of the season. I'm not saying that you are one of those specifically, manny, but this seemed like the logical place to put that thought with the rest of the following. I don't frankly care if Bradley misses 125 games as long as he's there when the playoffs start. Why does anybody panic about anything in April anyway? Something tells me this minor injury in the first week of the season won't keep him out until October. We'll see where we stand when he gets hurt again, though. Maybe there's another ACL tear in his future. We'll all find out together, I guess. Also, yes Bradley is slumping, but he's still doing a pretty darn good job of getting on base in front of the guy slugging 538. I wish he was getting on base ahead of the guy slugging 786, but the only guys who got that honor this weekend were our career .193 hitting backup catcher and the pitcher. I am also struggling with what the qualifiers are to be selected as "good", "bad", or "ugly" by manny. Is it good in a baseball sense or good in a "affects the outcome in a favorable way for our baseball team"? Just trying to feel it out here.

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  • crunch (view)

    ...and bellinger is gone in the 7th because of that 2nd blown chance and the wall he bounced off of...

    hopefully his rib cage/shoulder feels better tomorrow, we just got happ back.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Phil,

    Any thoughts on Y. Rojas' stuff and Y. Melendez's game (I believe I've asked about him before, sorry)?

  • crunch (view)

    wow, things are moving fast.  hopefully it continues.

  • crunch (view)

    morel with 4 clean plays in 4 innings...showed off his 100000000mph arm a couple times.

    cody bellinger not having a good 4th, though...5 run leads are handy when your CF is making your pitcher have a 5-out inning.  2nd blown chance was ruled a hit even though it went in/out of his glove...1st was lost in the lights, also ruled a hit.

  • crunch (view)

    welcome back happ!  double off the wall 1st PA back.

  • crunch (view)

    oh yeah, totally, i was just chiming about why i fan like i fan.

    i would like nothing more than hendricks to keep on hendricks'ing.  guys with his stuff can throw for a long, long time as long as it works.

    he velocity is actually up a minor amount this year.  it's really "damn" when a guy like him not only has gas in the tank, but it's looking like it was years ago.  he added a curve a few years ago and it helped a little bit, but he's throwing it less and less while the fb/change combo are less effective.

  • Alexander Dimm (view)

    CRUNCH—There is no one person in this community I’m talking about.  My remarks were not directed at you or anyone, but at a tone I’ve noticed lately. 

    You have a great, dry sense of humor and there is thought behind your comments.   You and I don’t always agree but I always understand your position.  

    Lastly, and I’ll be quiet, I agree with you on Hendricks.  We can dislike the recent performance but still love the guy.  Lots of questions about his future.
     

  • crunch (view)

    myself, i make a good amount of outrageously unrealistic comments that are sometimes "violent"...like my recent suggestion of "pulling the bandaid off" by having hendricks throw every inning of every game until he's on the IL.

    i would hope any athlete that cares about what is written on the internet realizes how casual fans can be about treating their lives like scripted TV characters that don't have real lives.  it's not an excuse to do it, but there's a lot of it out there.

    but yeah, in real life i'm rooting for guys to have long and healthy careers even if i'm not happy with current performances...except for some guys...and i'm pretty sure i don't leave grey area for those comments...and almost all of them are not good humans whether they're playing baseball or not...

    hendricks was getting a good amount of boos in his last game.  i would bet a million that he will get a standing O every time he visits wrigley in his post-playing days, or a return with a new team should his career continue...or if he comes back and puts in an oldschool good performance.

  • Alexander Dimm (view)

    What are the chances we can back off on gloating over other people’s misfortune?  One of the things I appreciate about the TCR community is that the remarks are more productive and add to how I like to follow the game.  

    Lately, however, I’m reading comments that are just mean.  If I were an MLB player, I would hate to get a back or finger injury and have someone write ‘hurrah!  I hope we never see him again!’  Especially when it is someone we were praising not long ago.  I’m not saying ‘don’t express how you feel’ but some comments lately seem downright mean spirited.  Stuff I expect from other communities but don’t often see here.  The TCR community has always spoken the truth but never with such a dark tone.

    Just my two cents.  I hope Hendricks comes back and is the professor we all know. He can pitch for the Cubs as long as he wants in my book.  

  • crunch (view)

    happ is back (and starting), mervis DH, tauchman gets RF.

    morel 5th in the lineup.  hoerner continues to lead off, even vs a righty.

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