Game Thread: Reds at Cubs — 2008.04.15
Our beloved manager Dusty Baker makes his long-anticipated return to Wrigley Field tonight to face his old club, the Cubs (or, as my son calls them, the “Stinky Cubbies”). Of course, former Red manager Lou Piniella will be managing the Cubs, so this is Bizarro World or something.
Baker is fortunate to be able to send Aaron Harang to the mound for his squad. The Cubs will counter with Ryan Dempster, who isn’t the most well-liked former Red, due to his putrid tenure with our favorite club. Let’s just call him Danny Graves Lite.
Discuss the game here. The Reds really need to get back on the winning track, especially against a club that is expected to be the best team in the division.
April 15th, 2008 at 6:33 pm
Reds:
Patterson cf
Keppinger ss
Griffey rf
Phillips 2b
Dunn of
Encarnacion 3b
Votto 1b
Bako c
Harang p
Off to read about the Great Depression for school. What a wonderful read prior to a Reds game…. :razz:
April 15th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
There’s a show about Jackie Robinson on ESPN Classic right now and they are talking about how you’re seeing less and less black baseball players. They’re attributing it to MLB’s failure to market itself to urban audiences.
Baseball has been on a decline for a long time, period. MLB is getting it wrong where the NFL is getting it all right. The excessive broadcast blackouts sure are turning me off.
April 15th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
Is it MLB getting it wrong or is it youth baseball getting it wrong?
April 15th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
Right-o, Jim! MLB is pumping a lot of money and time into urban projects but it’s youth baseball, and particularly parents, who who are to blame not only for the low number of diverse young baseball players, but also in rapid declines in the sport’s interest across the board.
Just like slow-pitch softball, which 10-15 years ago was enormous, now there’s a generation that never played baseball and softball participation is down something like 42 percent. The sport is old men and dying. With pro baseball, we’re quickly headed toward the day when the only fans are middle-aged white guys and the youngsters are watching dodge ball in HD.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:08 pm
No George Grande tonight!!
Dusty’s aggressive Reds make three outs on five pitches. That sure isn’t the Dempster that pitched in Cincy!!
April 15th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
MLB is where the exposure is. I really wish something would happen to make it more popular though. All of the people I work with have their kids in soccer and not baseball.
The good news is I’m finally watching my first game of the year! Blacked out on FSN Cincy, but not on FSN Chicago. Go figure. I (seem to) get tomorrow’s game, too, and Thursday I’ll be at Wrigley.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
Soriano hurt catching Griffey’s pop up. Out for the game.
Am I the only one who wants Piniella back?
April 15th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
What did Soriano do? Looked very innocent.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
He didn’t really look like he did anything. A goofy little hop when he caught the ball and then he was limping.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:14 pm
I wish Piniella had never left. Then we wouldn’t have had to deal with Bob Boone and Ray Knight.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:14 pm
..and I can’t help but think any other left fielder would have caught that ball.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:15 pm
Yeah, but any other left fielder can’t hit 40+ homers.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
this could be a shoot out with the wind blowing out as hard as it is. harang has to keep the ball down. way down.
cubs gun has harang between 85 and 89 today
April 15th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
Mr. R is right about youth baseball. It’s dying a slow death in my area, just when my kids are getting old enough to play.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
That’s ugly, al. Hopefully it will be Dempster who takes the worst of it.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
Joey!!!! You’re the man!!!
April 15th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
Front row Cubs chicks digging Votto. Show them the long ball tonight, Joey!!!
April 15th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
20 pitches by Harang in the first versus the five by Dumpster.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:21 pm
Phillips with his fourth BB of the year.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:21 pm
And 4 straight balls by Dempster in the 2nd, with Dunn up now.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
That was a nice graphic. Dunn is 3-6 with 6 walks vs Dempster.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
That’s some serious OBP numbers.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
How would a bunt boost somebody’s confidence?
April 15th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
If he’s pulling his head then maybe he needs to put his jersey in his mouth.
Alright, Eddie!!!
April 15th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
Dempster doesn’t look to have much composure tonight. His head is on a swivel looking back and forth between 2nd and home plate. He was looking at the plate for probably half a second before he threw that pitch. And it’s good guys 1-0.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
Be nice to see some extra bases from Joey!!!
Instead he looks bad on the off speed stuff.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:27 pm
Impatient hitting by Votto and Bako are letting Dumpster off the hook.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
that was a nice shot by edwin, but how does dunn end up at second there. that had to be bad baserunning. this should have been a bigger inning.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
It was just really slow base running. Dempster throw’s 20 in the 2nd, guess it’s Harang’s turn for a 5 pitch inning.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:33 pm
Coming into tonight’s game, Corey Patterson’s OPS was down to 971. He sucks.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
That last inning was a great example of how patience scores you runs.
Joe Sheehan had a nice article today on Prospectus about the 8% thing. Essentially, he said “so what?” Sports, baseball specifically, is as meritocous (sp) as it gets, and Selig is doing a yeoman’s job of boosting baseball in the inner city - that’s as much as anyone can ask, and an academic or two who makes a living hand-wringing about a percentage number is missing the point. He said that the NCAA and scholarships, as much as anything a pro league can do, shape sports choices among poor youths.
My take: The game is still wildly popular in Latin America and growing in Asia and even Eurpoe. MLB has record attendance and revenues. The fact that participation is down somewhat in one demographic group is not a real issue — not everybody has to love the same sports.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
reds bats are going to have to wake up tonight.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
Crap, Harang. There goes the lead.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
Shit, Derosa’s vs. the Reds are ridiculous.
Patterson is freaking money in center.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
Doug’s pitch f/x site had a cool look at Patterson’s season so far - dude’s putting a bat on everything.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
Now Ryan Dempster gets a hit. I’m getting a bad feeling.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
f**king Derosa. Illinois’ Bill Hall.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
He must be, Chris…his OBP is only .304.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
He’s only struck out what - 2 times?
April 15th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
Patterson’s real first name is Donald.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:42 pm
When Patterson’s SLG comes down, he’s in for a steep fall.
If his OBP is as low as it is, with him hitting the ball as well as he probably can, I’m worried about what that number will look like when he comes back to earth.
If he could somehow have a 750 OPS, and Baker were batting him 7th, he’s a more than acceptable CF. If his OBP drops below .300, he is a disastrous leadoff hitter.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
WGN just said Patterson has a .336 OBP, but that’s different from baseball-reference.com’s numbers.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
FSN Ohio has the most RIDICULOUS graphics and stat usage of all time. Once again, they’re breaking down “HR by spot in the batting order: 1-3, 4-6, 7-9.”
If people want to criticize statistics, they should talk about nonsense like that.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:45 pm
Keppinger got a hit. Imagine that.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:45 pm
The Reds need to drop the drop-shadows from their uniform fonts. Like immediately.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
Griffey almost needed Bartman to save him on the foul before the homerun!
April 15th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
Junior goes deep! Reds have the lead again!
April 15th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
I think they need to drop the uniform fonts, period.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
just go plain?
April 15th, 2008 at 8:49 pm
Anyone know where you can get real-time updated stats? ESPN.com claims theirs are, but they’re not.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
They need a font that isn’t ugly. EE with another RBI maybe? No.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
Between Harang and Dempster, that’s 87 pitches through 2.5. Yeesh.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
It’s going to be a long night.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
Jared– how many of those has Harang thrown?
April 15th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
43 sayeth mlb.com
April 15th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
WORD WORD WORD on the drop-shadows for the uniform names. Only way to make that serif font worse was to add the shadows. Ugh.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
OH MAN! I’ll be there Thursday but Robbie Gould will be there Saturday. That would have been enough to make me wear my Robbie Gould jersey instead of a Reds shirt.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
This is the first time I’ve watched the new MLB.com gamecast, with the pitch f/x data. That’s incredible.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
That AB against Aramis was just SICK.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
Once they get all the kinks worked out on the new GameDay, it’ll be great.
April 15th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
Another injured Cub outfielder.
April 15th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
The Cubs outfielders are patting 5, 6 and 8. Can’t say I’ve ever seen that before. At least one of the teams tonight knows where their CF should be.
April 15th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
Which one?
April 15th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
Did Dumpster always throw so many changeups?
April 15th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
Chris Welsh has been talking about where batters’ feet step all season.
April 15th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
Pie is batting 8th.
April 15th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
I think Chris is a good guy and the best color man (by far) working the Reds games. But he’s not at all strong when discussing hitting mechanics or a hitter’s mindset.
Keppinger is going to set a record for hitting balls up the middle.
April 15th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
is it too much to ask to see kepps lead off? i guess so
April 15th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
Now I understand what Chad meant by bugs in Gameday.
April 15th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
i wonder if kepps is hitting them up the middle because that’s “where they ain’t” or because that’s where his swing goes and teams might start playing him there.
April 15th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
I think I read that he does that on purpose. I don’t think any team would set up a defense to stop that, but if they did, I suspect Kepp could adjust to it.
April 15th, 2008 at 9:27 pm
At least BP didn’t swing at the pitchout.
April 15th, 2008 at 9:29 pm
Whew! I was worried you meant Patterson in the one spot!
April 15th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
Did Patterson wimp out on that ball or just misjudge it?
April 15th, 2008 at 9:31 pm
I think it might have been at both. Before the replay it looked like it hit higher so I dont know. He just kind of stopped at the warning track.
April 15th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
Setting up the triple play.
April 15th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
Harang follows it up with a walk to The Riot.
April 15th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
I’m watching the game, but I’m also trying to finalize everything for a trip to Disney World (leaving on Thursday).
We’re taking children ages 6 and 3. Any suggestions?
April 15th, 2008 at 9:33 pm
Poopie!!!
April 15th, 2008 at 9:34 pm
Suggestion for Disney:
Rent one of those motorized wheelchairs.
April 15th, 2008 at 9:34 pm
harang having a bad night on a bad night to have a bad night.
April 15th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
If you staying at a Disney resort they sometimes have extended hours for those at the resorts.
April 15th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
You can’t go wrong down there for kids that age, Chad. I think the crowds should be pretty small. (We just got back from Key West last night, and it was busy, but far from crowded. Good weather this time of year, too.
The FastPass thing worked really well at Disneyland.
April 15th, 2008 at 9:37 pm
Nationals are at Marlins this weekend if you want to watch the 2001 Reds.
April 15th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
Thom said the Marty once described Welsh as buff. Earlier in the night when I listened to radio on a trip to CVS, Marty and Brantley were talking about designer jeans and purses. Should we wonder about Marty?
Not that there is anything wrong with that!!!
April 15th, 2008 at 9:41 pm
Yeah, we thought this would be a good time of year to go. Don’t expect crowds to be too bad.
Definitely doing FastPass, so I’m glad to hear it works well. We’ve looked at the extended hours too, Jim, but our kids aren’t going to be able to stay up too late to take advantage of that (a couple of days have early openings, as well).
It’s the first time at Disney for our kids, so we’re trying to do it right. Gonna be there five days+.
April 15th, 2008 at 9:41 pm
Animal Kingdom hands out all day fast pass badges pretty freely.
April 15th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
Dunn with ANOTHER walk.
April 15th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
It will be magical to see the look on their faces. I remember taking our kids. Also taking my nephew. When we entered the park with him the first character he saw was Goofy. The look on his face was priceless. He walked out that night with a set of Goofy ears.
April 15th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
EE and Votto swinging the bats like Goofy this inning.
April 15th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
That “happiest place on earth” crap really is true.
April 15th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
So is there really anything to the Piazza rumors?
April 15th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
At least Votto is being “aggressive.”
April 15th, 2008 at 9:48 pm
Piazza would be the worst defensive player on the Reds. And yes, I’m including Dunn and Griffey in that.
April 15th, 2008 at 9:49 pm
But we could definitely use a RH bat. Mike would be great off the bench and as a spot starter - maybe even to spell Votto at 1st.
April 15th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
Chris, you might invest in ear plugs to drown out the freakin’ Disney music that is playing everywhere!!!
I found the entry level employees who spoke limited English and had difficulty putting plastic lids on the meals quite entertaining. They will probably be Imagineers by this time next year.
April 15th, 2008 at 9:52 pm
I really like Mike Piazza as a player, and the one time I met him, he was a very nice guy - very thoughtful, grown up, and zero ego.
April 15th, 2008 at 9:52 pm
If I don’t return next week, send out a search party.
April 15th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
Harang able to make it through 6, which is good because he’s due up in the 7th.
April 15th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
I almost forgot that the Disney resorts make you paid for Internet. Their TV’s always turn on to a Disney channel and must have 20 different Disney channels!
April 15th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
And Dempster starts the 7th at 98 pitches. Bako gets a hit to bring up Hatteberg, who will almost definately tie it up.
April 15th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
Cubs only have 1 lefty in the bullpen? That’s a nice advantage for the Reddys.
April 15th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
My wife just asked if Hatteberg “was the drug guy.”
When corrected: “I was close - it had an ‘H’”.
April 15th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
Thom is remarkably sensible tonight - making the good point that neither Hatte nor Votto are getting enough ABs to get into a groove.
April 15th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
Dumpster gone after a hit and a walk. I’m really surprised Piniella even let him go out there.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Thanks, Marmolade.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Bases loaded, no out after a bad decision to throw to 2nd on the bunt. A different kind of error than EE is used to.
So the plan is to drink a whole lot of beer after the game Thursday. Anyone have any suggestions for bars around Wrigley?
April 15th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Patience by Hatteberg. Maybe Patterson will do something.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:02 pm
Earlier, Welsh said that Kepp would be relaxed in the 7th, because he already had his 2 hits for the night. Let’s see if he knows his psychology.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
WOW that was an incredible play by Fontenot. Too bad for us.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
There’s one run back. Runners on the corners with one away now.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
Wow that was a heck of a play.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
Speaking of the wisdom of wives, how come if you tell you wife that you are expecting a call in the next hour do they proceed to call someone and talk for a couple hours?
April 15th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Grifeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyyyy
April 15th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
Disney makes you pay for internet, Jim? That’s absurd. How am I going to watch the Reds.
Maybe I will just take my XM.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
Jackie Robinson hits into the double play.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
Murphy’s Bleachers beyond the LF foul pole is always a good choice.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
Dang, Junior…double play kills the rally.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
Great play against Keppinger then Griffey does exactly what you hope he doesn’t. This team is awful with runners on base.
Jared-The Cubby Bear is a great place.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
I just threw up in my mouth.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
Aargh, Griffey.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
$10 bucks a day for Internet. In the All-Star Resort (aka the Disney Ghetto) it isn’t even wireless.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
I hope they show a replay of that hit. It looked like Keppinger was running away from it. Show me I’m wrong, FSN.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
This interview with Misty May is mind numbing
April 15th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
How different might things have been the last eighteen years if Pinella had stayed?
April 15th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
Brutal, isn’t it, Annapolis?
April 15th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
What a bad pitch.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
No kidding. She isn’t interesting, she isn’t funny and she isn’t attractive. And the Reds are losing.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
Jarod Burton is the new Todd Coffey
April 15th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
Jared-You are right on two out of three. She is kind of attractive
April 15th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
What - Christian Slater wasn’t available?
The worst of all is when the FSN Houston crew welcomes the girl from the promotions department in once a week, to shill the upcoming bobblehead and novelty helmet giveaways.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
Goodness, Burton.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
Patterson played that ball beautifully. For whatever that’s worth (very little, unfortunately).
April 15th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
Is Dick Pole still employed as pitching coach? I’m just saying.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
It looked like Patterson ran to the wrong spot and got lucky that the ball rebounded to him.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
Do you get the feeling that the sum is less than the parts with this team?
April 15th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
Ha! I saw a Christian Slater interview on a Dodger game two weeks ago. It’s was terrible.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
When Dusty walked out it sounded like a game at GABP.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
There goes our bullpen imploading. Like people were saying, first two weeks of the season doesnt warrent improvement. And little by little they are returning to form.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
I don’t know that you can denounce the bullpen based on a bad game at Wrigley with wind blowing out.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
I guess we should consider the fact that we at least got some runs out of the bases loaded situations as a sign of improvement after the weekend disaster.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
I guess we can blame Coffey’s melt down in Pittsburg on Wrigley too?
April 15th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
I’d rather blame it on Coffey.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
Marmal is nasty. Don’t know why he isn’t closing instead of Kerry Wood.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
The Cubs are so much better off with Marmol throwing the big innings, rather than being shoe-horned into the stat-centric “closer” role. This stuff is just NASTY.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
Just think of what Dunn could do if he was better at making contact. Or if he had Ricky Henderson’s strike zone.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
Meanwhile the Cardinals keep winning. Say what you want about LaRussa, but it seems like they always win.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
Everyone’s going to bitch about Dunn going down looking (though not BP). But Marmol is just filty.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
Chris-Except I wouldn’t use him like that. I would have him pitch two innings to close it out. I do know what you mean though. Sometimes the biggest out comes in the sixth or the seventh inning and not the ninth.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
Wow, what a pitch to K Encarnacion.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
That was just absurd. I agree with Thom - I don’t think the radar gun was doing Marmol justice. That was more than 93.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
Good morning, good afternoon and good night.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
Yeah, but we have Todd Coffey
April 15th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
Speak of the devil. Like the drink, only spelled different.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
And by devil, I mean terrible pitcher.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
Todd Coffey should never pitch in the Major Leagues ever again.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
I’m generally very optimistic watching games and I don’t give up on games down by 3 with an inning to go. But apparantly Dusty Baker does give up and runs Todd Coffey in to the game.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
I have had it with Todd Coffey’s antics.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
Such a waste of life
April 15th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
Somebody’s going to get hurt out there.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Coffey can hold runners on first looking backwards because his neck is so limber from watching home run balls fly out.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
when is todd coffey’s career going to be over? i don’t understand the good year he had anymore than anyone else, but it is clearly gone, the guy is just plain hittable.
with reasonable options like bray, mcbeth, roenicke, when is it someone else’s turn to try? they can’t be any worse.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
The only thing more amazing than how consistantly bad Coffey has been is the fact that he was ever a closer.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
Everyone vote on this question………
Should Coffey be in AAA and Bailey pitching in relief for the Reds???
I vote Yes
April 15th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
And now I’m getting him confused with Weathers. I don’t really feel like it was that big of a mistake though.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
Joey Votto with his first homerun. Just in time.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:49 pm
I was wondering if the wind was blowing out only for the Cubs, but Votto answered that question.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:49 pm
Joey V gets a HR.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
Coffey, Weathers, same difference.
And if you remember, when Coffey was good that one time, the Reds DID make him a closer for a week or two until he completely blew up.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
that was a blast any day of the year in any park
April 15th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
Long ball for Votto.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
reds trying to do anything they can to make this vaguely exciting. if coffey holds them at least we can make a run at it in the ninth. 5 runs is just so far to come back.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
Coffey is a turd.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
I think Coffey has had is last cup. Wek wek.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:54 pm
Lulu really pulled Wurtz?
Burn your closer with a 4 run lead, after Marmol throws two innings? Thanks, Pinella.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:55 pm
Kerry Wood still looks like David the Gnome.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
It used to be that Coffey’s problem centered on choking in pressure situations. Now, it no longer qualifies as choking because he always sucks. He’s yet another example of how spring training oftentimes doesn’t translate to the regular season.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
[170]. Thanks. I’m ‘watching’ the game on sportsline.com. Kinda hard to tell.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
Majewski’s ERA is all the way down to 14.54. Great job, Gary!
April 15th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
And when the offense finally does something the picture stinks…
I know it’s early, but it’s getting discouraging.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
Nasty curveball to Patterson
April 15th, 2008 at 11:00 pm
I’ve quickly become as disinterested as I was last September. This is no fun.
April 15th, 2008 at 11:00 pm
Boo-earns.
April 15th, 2008 at 11:00 pm
This stupid song they’re singing is one of the most un-cool things I’ve ever seen in sports. No wonder kids don’t like baseball.
April 15th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
It was cool during the pennant race. Not so much in April.
April 15th, 2008 at 11:04 pm
Lou gave us a gift by blowing his load with the bullpen. Only if we had a good pitcher tomorrow.
Atleast Arroyo’s not pitching in the day game.
April 15th, 2008 at 11:35 pm
Who’s up, Voltron?
April 16th, 2008 at 12:00 am
It’s about time for some Voltron, With Fogg going against Big Z I am already pessimistic about tomorrow
April 16th, 2008 at 12:42 am
pessimism is the word, unfortunately.
I’m headed to wrigley for tomorrow’s game and when I saw the pitching match up last weekend I was heart broken. Maybe Fogg can surprise, though. Good news is tomorrow’s my first baseball game as a 21 year old!