4/17 710est Ryan Dempster 0-1, 1.88era .91whip vs. Josh Johnson 0-2 8.38era 2.48whip
4/18 710est Matt Garza 1-0 1.23era .75whip vs. Mark Buehrle 0-2 3.65era 1.38whip
4/19 1240est Jeff Samardzija 2-0 3.95era 1.10whip vs. Ricky Nolasco 1-0 3.46era 1.00whip

Cubs 3-7
Marlins 4-6

Stats
Runs Scored:
Marlins 36 (12th)
Cubs 40 (11th)

Batting Average:
Marlins .243 (8th)
Cubs .236 (11th)

OPS
Marlins .669 (10th)
Cubs .643 (12th)

Home Runs
Marlins 8 (8th)
Cubs 5 (14th)

Team ERA
Marlins 3.89
Cubs 4.60

Team WHIP
Marlins 1.35 (13th)
Cubs 1.22 (5th)

My Take:

Marlins are the better team. Their offense is off to a really bad start this year. Going against the Cubs best 3 starters, wouldn't be a shock to see the Cubs take 2 of 3. It's the Cubs though, I'll predict 1.

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Team Cutler.

I need more info and more colors to be able to predict anything

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

You can go fuck yourself.


Kindly.

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Team Cutler.

No Big Z???

I hope the fish have done some thorough scouting on Clevenger or else they are going to be in for it....for 1 game.

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That's my purse! I don't know you!

Cubs will score 11 runs.

bastard

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Team Cutler.

Pound the Cubs tonight +170. Johnson is pulling a Peavy by trying to gut it out through an injury that is diminishing his ability.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Who's the first to compliment Fidel Castro tonight?

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Scorehead.

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Seriously that was harder to look at than the walls in the outfield of the new Marlins ballpark. By the way that is going to be half empty just like their last park in 2 months isn't it?

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1. David DeJesus (L) RF
2. Darwin Barney (R) 2B
3. Starlin Castro (R) SS
4. Alfonso Soriano (R) LF
5. Ian Stewart (L) 3B
6. Steve Clevenger (L) C
7. Bryan LaHair (L) 1B
8. Marlon Byrd (R) CF
9. Ryan Dempster (R) P

1. Jose Reyes (S) SS
2. Emilio Bonifacio (S) CF
3. Hanley Ramirez (R) 3B
4. Logan Morrison (L) LF
5. Omar Infante (R) 2B
6. Giancarlo Stanton (R) RF
7. Gaby Sanchez (R) 1B
8. John Buck (R) C
9. Josh Johnson (L) P

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

<º)))><

Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

Why are three LH batting in a row?

Cubs' M-O is to win one game every series. That will continue.

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Proud to be UNVERIFIED.

Man, imagine Pujols in the middle of that lineup.

Woulda been scary

Clevenger goes 3-4 with 2 doubles and 4 RBI.

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It's hard to catch with stigmata.

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Byrd with another O-3. Patience is running thin. At least Swaimer pulled him.
Clevenger still has more hits than both Byrd and Soto.

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That's my purse! I don't know you!

Looks like the pen and another shitty throw by a pitcher earlier in the game are at fault for the loss. I just saw that Woody got a cortisone shot in his shoulder.

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That's my purse! I don't know you!

Big shock on Wood being injured again. Not.

I'm glad it's over this early. Time to rebuild everything without pretentions of contention.

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

I feel really bad for Dempster so far.

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Good seats still available. I'm sure all of that will change once they get the new stadium.

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.... poor Johnnycakes ....

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

God damn do Byrd and Soto ever suck. I think the minor league system has some good position players developing right now but they need to be thinking about a catcher. I don't think Castillo is anything special and while Clevenger is my guy I doubt they will ever let him be more than an every 4th day catcher. They need to address this during this years draft as it seems to be the 1 position they have absolutely no one developing.

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That's my purse! I don't know you!

We know Hendry like Castillio a lot. It was my personal theory that Jed/Theo sent him to Iowa to get everyday at bats. This team is un-watchable.

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Team Cutler.

I really wasn't kidding when I said I would rather watch Iowa. Other than Castro and Barney there is little I can bear watching of the big league team. I think they are only giving him AB's so he is ready to go if they can dump Soto.

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That's my purse! I don't know you!

It's hard to imagine there being a worse team in baseball than the Cubs. These guys are brutal.

Minnesota, Houston, San Diego and Oakland all contenders for worst record with the Cubs. I hope they finish with the worst record so as to garner top draft picks. Why not? If you are gonna suck...

Its like watching Morel, Dunn and Beckham bat twice in the lineup behind a bad pitching staff.

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That's my purse! I don't know you!

Its more like watching the Packers piss down their pantleg completing the biggest choke in the history of the NFL....except that that was fun to watch

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