Reds @ Cubs

Urlacher's missing neck · **Posted:** Fri Aug 06, 2010 1:44 pm

.....and the cubs are already losing. I actually get to watch this one on the Reds tv network.

Aggravated Sox Fan Bob · **Posted:** Fri Aug 06, 2010 1:46 pm

Is Marty Brennaman on trashing the Wrigley Fans?????? :lol:

sinicalypse · **Posted:** Fri Aug 06, 2010 1:49 pm

joey votto is the goods. if drew stubbs could consistently hit .275 he'd be too.... where did jay bruce's power go this year? for like 1/2 of the season he was hitting ~.275ish which for him over the last couple'a years was the operative problem, as he could hit ~20-25 HRs in limited at bats but he struggled to hit even .225.... so this year he's hitting .280 for awhile, taking walks, yet the power sucks... and now he's on his annual pilgrimage back to robdeerville without the power. sigh. it's harder to replace adam dunn than you think, eh?

i fucking loathe dusty baker and wish him much failure and misfortune, but i do appreciate watching joey votto, who's right now in the prime of his career. great hitter.

Phil McCracken · **Posted:** Fri Aug 06, 2010 1:52 pm

sinicalypse wrote:

joey votto is the goods. if drew stubbs could consistently hit .275 he'd be too.... where did jay bruce's power go this year? for like 1/2 of the season he was hitting ~.275ish which for him over the last couple'a years was the operative problem, as he could hit ~20-25 HRs in limited at bats but he struggled to hit even .225.... so this year he's hitting .280 for awhile, taking walks, yet the power sucks... and now he's on his annual pilgrimage back to robdeerville without the power. sigh. it's harder to replace adam dunn than you think, eh?

i fucking loathe dusty baker and wish him much failure and misfortune, but i do appreciate watching joey votto, who's right now in the prime of his career. great hitter.

Your posts were hard to read before now that you have included some link in your signature they make my head hurt to look at the entire page.

Urlacher's missing neck · **Posted:** Fri Aug 06, 2010 1:55 pm

Arroyo has to be one of the most annoying guys to watch pitch. His weird ass skinny bowed out legs doing that leg kick, constantly grabbing his junk and I haven't even mentioned his hair. He kinda looks like billy the exterminator.

sinicalypse · **Posted:** Fri Aug 06, 2010 1:58 pm

Phil McCracken wrote:

Your posts were hard to read before now that you have included some link in your signature they make my head hurt to look at the entire page.

yeah i just noticed that and fixed it. and btw

Urlacher's missing neck · **Posted:** Fri Aug 06, 2010 2:02 pm

I just read a little piece on how Jon Daniels, GM of the Rangers, is able to opt out of his contract after this season if there is an ownership change. He has done a nice job there in his young career and I know a team that could use a new GM after this year, but he seems likely to stay or go to his hometown Mets.

Phil McCracken · **Posted:** Fri Aug 06, 2010 2:03 pm

Urlacher's missing neck wrote:

I just read a little piece on how Jon Daniels, GM of the Rangers, is able to opt out of his contract after this season if there is an ownership change. He has done a nice job there in his young career and I know a team that could use a new GM after this year, but he seems likely to stay or go to his hometown Mets.

Ricketts isn't going to pay Hendry and an actual top dollar GM at the same time next year.

Darkside · **Posted:** Fri Aug 06, 2010 3:18 pm

I'm watching but not listening sooooo...
Does Cheli know his jersey is on backward?

RFDC · **Joined:** Sun May 11, 2008 4:11 pm **Posts:** 57196

The little I have seen of DeWitt I like him. He seems like a better lefty version of Theriot. Can someone explain to me why the Dodgers thought Theriot was an upgrade over him?

Phil McCracken · **Posted:** Fri Aug 06, 2010 3:38 pm

RFDC wrote:

The little I have seen of DeWitt I like him. He seems like a better lefty version of Theriot. Can someone explain to me why the Dodgers thought Theriot was an upgrade over him?

Ummm cause Theriot is grindy and Whistler told us he is better than Pedroria?

johnnyfontane · **Posted:** Fri Aug 06, 2010 3:42 pm

Darkside wrote:

I'm watching but not listening sooooo...
Does Cheli know his jersey is on backward?

He looks like a gay.

sinicalypse · **Posted:** Fri Aug 06, 2010 3:43 pm

watching with the volume off, they just showed a shot that panned across the cubs bullpen where a guy or two had their heads down... some goateed schmuck look lost. carlos marmol is striking the thinker sculpture pose.

and then they go to lou, who looks like he needs to make hot love to a scotch.

funny, after a pitch or two they just showed that bullpen shot again with more focus on marmol, who is definitely doing that statuesque pose, then they go back to lou who, oh yeah, keep walking my friend, keep walking.

Darkside · **Posted:** Fri Aug 06, 2010 4:04 pm

Fuckin Cubs are done man. I mean they're all cashed in for the year. Just go up there and swing your bat or don't and go home.

johnnyfontane · **Posted:** Fri Aug 06, 2010 4:09 pm

Darkside wrote:

Fuckin Cubs are done man. I mean they're all cashed in for the year. Just go up there and swing your bat or don't and go home.

I'd better not hear Hendry say, "Yeah we would love to bring Derrek back next year." I'll go down there and stomp his fucken ass.

sinicalypse · **Posted:** Fri Aug 06, 2010 4:15 pm

RFDC wrote:

The little I have seen of DeWitt I like him. He seems like a better lefty version of Theriot. Can someone explain to me why the Dodgers thought Theriot was an upgrade over him?

oh i know i know i know * raises hand excitedly *

because now that mannywood is gone they can market the hell out of "the riot" cuz you know, you can't quiet the LA riot. think of all the t-shirts they can sell outside of chavez ravine! they can even market them in spanish for all of the latino gangbangers who populate the bleachers.

* big voice guy *

welcome to los angeles... the new home of... THE RIOT!

johnnyfontane · **Posted:** Fri Aug 06, 2010 4:17 pm

sinicalypse wrote:

RFDC wrote:

The little I have seen of DeWitt I like him. He seems like a better lefty version of Theriot. Can someone explain to me why the Dodgers thought Theriot was an upgrade over him?

oh i know i know i know * raises hand excitedly *

because now that mannywood is gone they can market the hell out of "the riot" cuz you know, you can't quiet the LA riot. think of all the t-shirts they can sell outside of chavez ravine! they can even market them in spanish for all of the latino gangbangers who populate the bleachers.

* big voice guy *

welcome to los angeles... the new home of... THE RIOT!

Yeah, I'm sure the Dodgers PR people will jump all over that.

Darkside · **Posted:** Fri Aug 06, 2010 4:18 pm

"We now return to the Comcast Sports Net Cubs Postgame show... Lou Pinella is answering questions."

muffled voice from the reporter pool... probably that fruit Levine:
"Lou, in today's game you saw two innings where you had runners in scoring position with no outs that didn't get knocked in, are you thinking of making any changes tomorrow?"
Lou:
"We had a game today?"

Frank Coztansa · **Posted:** Fri Aug 06, 2010 4:22 pm

So Lou is into it too. I know he is a baseball lifer, but c'mon. Thats not acceptable. All that BS about "I'm still here to win" was jut that-- BS.

sinicalypse · **Posted:** Fri Aug 06, 2010 4:24 pm

it sucks that this isn't a nightgame, because clicking over to david kaplan achieving unequivocal excellence in the field of douchebaggery for a few minutes always makes me smile. @thekapman has me blocked on twitter, suffice to say =D

johnnyfontane · **Posted:** Fri Aug 06, 2010 4:30 pm

Lou hasn't quit. He's still fighting hard to win. -Len Kasper :roll:

Darkside · **Posted:** Fri Aug 06, 2010 4:32 pm

johnnyfontane wrote:

Lou hasn't quit. He's still fighting hard to win. -Len Kasper :roll:

Maybe he said he's fighting hard to stay awake.

sinicalypse · **Posted:** Fri Aug 06, 2010 4:59 pm

you know, i would love to hear lou go off on this team with a few in him. as he has proclaimed "[he's] no dummy" and i think this is the year that it finally set in how hamstrung hendry made him by trotting out a team that while ostensibly still in the race turned to bob howry, freshly cut from the diamondbacks (and look at that bullpen... yikes. i think heilman is still closing with an ERA near 5), to play a somewhat significant role. it seemed like whenever i happened across the cubs and bob howry was in there would be trouble afoot almost instantly.. hell there were games where i'd turn it on and see runners on base and the cubs in an unfavorable situation and be like "yep. that's howry in there"

at least dusty's run managed to completely go off the tracks after 04... and there was that rumor that he was having IRS issues like owing them $10-12 mil so they gave him his 4yr/$16m upfront to help that out, and that's why there was no move to get rid of him at any point... he was prepaid. and i mean, sure the 05/06 teams were bad, but within a year with a new manager and a few overpaid free agents they managed to go to the playoffs. i don't think any manager could take the rotting carcass of this team to the playoffs next year, especially since they've managed to help destroy any and all value for their "ace" and it turns out their bullpen was largely dependent on a kid with arm problems and really who's their exciting pitching prospects for the future?

i guess this is what you get when you have a baseball idiot like hendry "make a run" at a world series for better or worse in 07/08 then fail miserably... you're looking at a good solid ~3-4 years of baseball hell.

Urlacher's missing neck · **Posted:** Fri Aug 06, 2010 8:38 pm

So the cubs are a KC win (Cleveland should be able to hold on to their game tonight) away from being tied for the 5th worst team in the majors. This is probably the earliest I have seen a team completely mail it in. Usually bad teams will take some pride in messing up other teams playoff chances, but not this team.

whistler · **Posted:** Fri Aug 06, 2010 8:58 pm

Darkside wrote:

"We now return to the Comcast Sports Net Cubs Postgame show... Lou Pinella is answering questions."

muffled voice from the reporter pool... probably that fruit Levine:
"Lou, in today's game you saw two innings where you had runners in scoring position with no outs that didn't get knocked in, are you thinking of making any changes tomorrow?"
Lou:
"We had a game today?"

did he really say that?

whistler · **Posted:** Fri Aug 06, 2010 9:00 pm

Phil McCracken wrote:

RFDC wrote:

The little I have seen of DeWitt I like him. He seems like a better lefty version of Theriot. Can someone explain to me why the Dodgers thought Theriot was an upgrade over him?

Ummm cause Theriot is grindy and Whistler told us he is better than Pedroria?

i havent seen much of dewitt so the jury is still out on him for me...but the one moment i saw him on the field he had some spunk to him...we'll see

did i really say Theriot is better than Pedroia? i dont recall that

Urlacher's missing neck · **Posted:** Fri Aug 06, 2010 9:08 pm

LaHair and Snyder are once again ripping up AAA tonight. LaHair was at 1b tonight.

I realize they are both a bit older than you would like, but they are hitting for power and average with consistency and I would at least like to see them given a shot on this lifeless corpse of a team. You never know when you might find a Casey McGahee that another team has given up on.