GAME TWENTY-TWO IN-GAME DISCUSSION THREAD [PARACHAT]
MILWAUKEE BREWERS (12-11, 4.0 GB, 5th) AT CHICAGO CUBS (13-8, 2.0 GB, 4th)
WRIGLEY FIELD, 1:20 CDT
Weather: 59 degrees, overcast, wind 12 mph left to right
TV: WGN, DirecTV 746
Radio: WGN, XM 185
Glendon Rusch, LHP
1-3, 6.41 ERA, 19 2/3 IP
14 K, 8 BB, 7 HR | Doug Davis, LHP
0-2, 7.66 ERA, 24 2/3 IP
20 K, 21 BB, 3 HR |
Rickie Weeks, 2B
JJ Hardy, SS
Geoff Jenkins, RF
Carlos Lee, LF
*Prince Fielder, 1B
Bill Hall, 3B
Damian Miller, C
Brady Clark, CF
Doug Davis, SP | *Juan Pierre, CF
Ronny Cedeno, SS
*Todd Walker, 1B
Aramis Ramirez, 3B
Matt Murton, LF
*Jacque Jones, RF
Jerry Hairston, 2B
Henry Blanco, C
*Glendon Rusch, SP |
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It is nice of the Brewers to send out a pitcher pitching worse than Glendon Rusch against the Cubs today. 21 walks in 24 2/3 innings? That is rough. Seeing how the Cubs are tied for last in the NL in walks taken, though, it might not be that big of a deal.
The
Tony Clark rumors continue to gain steam. I think he would be a nice pickup for a the Cubs, a guy who could fill in while Lee is out and then move to a pinch-hitting role for the rest of the season. As far as other candidates are concerned, I was at the Indy Indians-Columbus Clippers game last night and was excited to see that
Carlos Pena was in the lineup for the Clippers. I thought he might be a decent dark-horse candidate for the Cubs -- cheap to get and might put up some decent numbers -- but I saw nothing from him that made he think he was ready for the big leagues right now. So, scratch that and let's hope Jim Hendry can put something together to get Clark.
The Cubs are humming along nicely with significant pieces of their team missing. They're doing it with pitching (4th best ERA in the NL), not hitting (2nd worst OPS in the NL), and it would be nice to pick up a decent bat to guard against a day when Walker and Cedeno will no longer be hitting in the mid-.300s.
Hey, if you're in Indanapolis, Montreal, Denver, or Fort Myers (random, huh?) turn on your radio in about an hour to hear me chat with Will Carroll on the second hour of Baseball Prospectus Radio. Yes, the second hour, otherwise known as "the hour they don't podcast." I'll have them record it for me, though, and if I manage to say anything remotely interesting I'll have it posted on TCR later this week.
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