Game “one”: Cubs 6, Pirates 5, Bottom seventh — Bob Howry v. Josh Bayliss
Game “two”:
Cubs: Marquis du Suc, 3-1, 2.35 ERA
Pissburgh: Ian Snell, 2-1, 1.59 ERA
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Game “one”: Cubs 6, Pirates 5, Bottom seventh — Bob Howry v. Josh Bayliss
Game “two”:
Cubs: Marquis du Suc, 3-1, 2.35 ERA
Pissburgh: Ian Snell, 2-1, 1.59 ERA
Those might be the worst uniforms Pissburgh have EVER worn.
And that club has a real history of bad uniforms.
It’s a great day for baseball. Let’s play 1.27777!!!!
We are the worst BY FAR.
Our uni’s were pretty bad on the eyes this year though!!
I thought I was up with a 1-2 count?!
He listed the pitchers who are still in the game, Duffy, you jackass. Now go misplay another Murton double while we all laugh with appreciation.
Listening to Ted Lilly get interviewed is painful. I can’t even describe why; it just hurts to listen to him try to talk.
I will give him props to owning up to his suckage last night, though. The interview opened with a softball lobbed at him to blame his performance on the wet mound and he just talked about how he wasn’t making the pitches he needed to.
Has it started yet?
Yep, Howry just struck out Duffy.
[backwards]K[/backwards]!
Cripes…Dave Otto just claimed Lou said Will Ohman was going to come in after Howry is done today. We might as well wait until game #2 starts now.
Does this count as a start?
See, this is why I hate these split squad spring training games.
Oh, wait.
K!
The Grill Master gets out of the inning. Too bad this didn’t happen last night and then the game got called.
Jock leads off with a double and two pitches and two outs later he’s still standing there.
Taking care of the Cardinals…… One pitcher at a time.
Holy shit….JJ scores from 2nd on an infield hit to the 3B.
Go Big Red!
Wait…. that’s Nebraska. They suck.
I suck it…
And you thought Jim Edmonds was the only Cardinal who knew about rear-ending.
Jock Jones, having a day and a half!
Oh!Shit! It’s Oh!Man!
C’mon Will. Don’t pull an Ohman here. If you do, you can follow it up with a Josh Hancock, you sonofabitch.
Oh-man doing everything he can to not shit his pants and get his ass kicked in the clubhouse. Good job dude. One more…
Sweet. Lou’s using him for the LOOGY that he is.
I keel dee Cubs, female Ogdens.
I am so Cub.
Bitch, git out da way!
Suddenly we suck again. Where was this on Monday?
Alright….now let’s save some for the next game, too.
Woohoo!! I get to bat!!
Man, Dempster sucks. Wood should be the closer.
Ryan,
You don’t have to make this a close game.
…Plop…..
This is what you call lurking, female Ogdens.
R-O-B-B. M-A-C… aw fuck it.
Cubs win!
[backwards]K[/backwards] !!!!
CUBS WIN!!!!!
My one problem: I strike out way too much.
Another double, bitches.
I might hit 90 doubles this season.
Why am I suddenly grabbing so much pine?
You can hear us at Desipio today.
Derrek Lee…just awesome.
how is 90 doubles going to help my home run pool?
Better than 90 K’s
Marquis is 1-2-3! The world is not right.
Female Ogdens.
90 k’s, 90 doubles, 90 anything…equally meaningless to my home run pool.
There goes the perfect game, no hitter and shut out.
Yup…here’s the part where I start giving up gopher balls. Y’all forgot about that didn’t you?
I completely forgot about today’s game(s). Time to get that win streak going again.
cha-ching!
Soriano with his second homer.
The power is on at PNC Park!
Yup…it’s pretty hot out here today, that’s why Soriano’s hitting. I told ya he would once it warmed up. Once this global warming hits full time we’ll be the ’27 Yankees!
I just hope the the Fonz can turn it on (or at least stay above 300) the rest of the season. He definitely sucked in April… Maybe he really is a warm-weather guy – if you believe in such a thing.
Andy, we need a new dumbass du jour – may I suggest Angel Guzman?
I second the nomination of Angel Guzman for dumbass du jour. The guy was gift wrapped the 5th starter position and decided to shit all over it instead. Nice going, dumbass. Carlos Marmol appreciates it.
What about me?
What happened with An Hell?
Yeah, I forgot about Sean Marshall. He had his first AAA start today. He threw 64 pitches in 5 IP, 7 hits, 1 unearned run, 1 BB, 5 K.
Angel went to AAA to stretch out and has been terrible. 3 starts, only 10 1/3 IP, 12.19 ERA, 1.94 WHIP.
I’ve shit the bed in all 3 of my AAA starts.
therick,
7 ERs in 5 innings last night… That’s what happened. And to be honest, he hasn’t really been much better during any other appearances. The Cubs have all but said that he will NOT
be pitching on Sunday.
Bags juiced!
I need to pay more attention to Iowa (dammit). Thanks guys.
This is really late, but considering his mad hitting skills in PNC Park, Soriano should have signed a deal withthe Pirates and not the Cubs.
Wild pitch. Cubs 3-1
Nice passed ball. Is Berut catching for Shitsburg?
4 straight walks by the cubs. Thats a whole lotta base clogging.
Pirates are pulling a Cub here.
Take one for the team, Clifford!
There goes the barber. Drilled in the knee by a pitch.
Calling Matt Murton!!!
Hit by pitch. Cubs 4-1.
HBP scores one.
How about one more walk right here?
Anyone watching TV or Radio know if Cliffy is OK?
ESPN Gamecast sucks
And when it got really important, really hot and heavy for the Cubs – Barrett – Like a cheap whore – BLOWS IT!
What an ass.
After 4 walks, a wild pitch and a hit batter, Barrett grounds out a the first pitch. Take a f@#$ing pitch moran!
Not watching or listening. Sorry Hawk.
It sounded like Floyd was in a lot of pain. They pulled him for a PR (Pie). I imagine he’s going to have a pretty bad bruise. I’ll keep an ear out for any other reports on his condition.
Nope, Beruit is grounding out on the first pitch after four walks (one to the pitcher) and a HBP. yaaaay!
Mikey Barrett has never been accused of being smart.
They replaced Floyd with Pie as a pinch runner
Oh! therick, I’m sorry. I lied up above.
it was 7 ER’s in THREE fucking innings.
Stop complaining about Michael Barrett. His bat more than makes up for his sheer stupidity as a player.
No matter how you slice it, I still suck ass as a starter. Put me in the pen baby!
Wooooo! Another throwing error for Cesar Cesar! Me thinks his Tommy John disease is flaring up again.
Another error by the Cubs gold glove short stop. Make Izzy the dumbass du jour.
It doesn’t help when Barrett’s stupidity gets in the way of his hitting though.
Why can’t I be involved in reckless, drunken car driving?
Who? Where does Pissburgh find these clowns?
Its never too soon for me!
Seriously, what is my purpose on this team? Christ.
We have to fill a quota, at least one useless infielder on the roster every season.
We require at least one useless infielder every season. Bonus points if his last name is Perez.
Cesear keeps Ronny Cedeno employed.
Damn, I went from starting for the Yankees to mopping up for Pissburgh. Talk about shitty career progression.
All the great infielders produced by Latin American countries and we get stuck with the two biggest fucksticks: Izturis and Cedeno.
Izturis makes me yearn for Rey Sanchez.
Is that like an ugly stick?
Starting in 3, 2, 1…
Cesar Izturis is a modern day Mario Mendoza with his .196 batting average.
I take that back – Mario Mendoza was a fabulous Shortstop. Izuris couldn’t hold his jock.
#100 Cubs baseball, its fantastic.
Are they booing LaRoche?
For SS with 50 at-bats Cesar is 19th in BA. For SS with 18 games his FPCT is 16th. Now, these numbers are NL only, which means he is not only the worst SS in the NL, but other teams have backup SS that are better. At least he has a cheezy crust.
For SS with 50 at-bats Pizza Pizza is 19th in BA. For SS with 18 games his FPCT is 16th. Now, these numbers are NL only, which means he is not only the worst SS in the NL, but other teams have backup SS that are better. And this was before today.
At least he has a cheezy crust.
Stephen A. Smith is once again the dumbest person on earth. What he is saying on ESPN right now makes me wonder if he needs an ADA accomodation.
Marquis de Teflon (non-suck)?!?
walking E-Ram to get to Pie? WTF?
Wha-happen? Soriano stole second while he was already htere?
I think he was picked off second. Again.
This game has slowed down greatly.
BTW, we’re up to the 7th inning and are only at about 110 comments? What’s up with that people? Where is everyone?
Sori tried to steal 3rd and got picked off, apparently.
did Soriano get picked off…again!?
So, he got picked off second? How’d Hi-Ho Theriot get to second?
I wish Yahoo would get that stupid Satanic-Fowl jersey off of Marquis.
Gameday has Soriano picked off and caught stealing third.
I’m going for a complete game, female doges!
To make AC feel better about today’s relatively low comment count.
88 pitches through 7 innings? I guess I haven’t been working with Marquis enough…
Here ya go AC.
This place needs more of me.
Michael Barrett. Can’t live without his bat. 1 for his last 16, no walks.
Can’t live without Cesar’s glove….oh wait.
Berut, JJP, Pizza 0 for . . . Where is Derosa?
Thank both baby and full size Jesus that the top of the order came through. Well, that and the Pirates imploded in the fifth.
What’s wrong with imploding with a fifth?
#126 you can’t play for the Cards without me teaching it to you.
I’m DeRosa today.
Couldn’t I be Theriot and Theriot could be Pizza?
Can we, just once, see:
SS Theriot
LF Soriano
1B Lee
3B Ramirez
RF Murton
C Barrett
2B DeRosa
CF Pie
That’s the way it should be.
Anyone know if they plan on using Dempster in the ninth? Interested to see who’s warming up, if anyone.
Can I be Harvey Firestein?
I like this one better:
SS Theriot
RF Murton
1B Lee
3B Ramirez
LF Soriano
C Barrett
2B DeRosa
CF Pie
You are wasting my speed and costing me about 75 ABs by moving me down in the linuep.
Kangaroo time.
Fucking Ronny couldn’t score on that? Better get this run home.
alright Soriano…I dare you to get picked off now.
Come on get that run in
The Riot gets it done.
I’m telling you guys…good things. Good things.
Does this mean it’s safe for Ohman?
I’ve got the GameDay play-by-play open for the Iowa Cubs game and I couldn’t help but notice that Jose Macias is playing CF for the Brewers’ AAA affiliate.
And batting lead off.
DPappy, you can’t put a price on someone who can swing from both sides of the plate like Macias.
Injury delay?
Just did it.
You are over paying.
My price is very, very cheap. You can have me for a Ruby Perez song.
Not bad at all. Next 6 games against the Nats and Ass Pirates at Wrigley, Cubs could be on Milwaukee’s ass this time next week.
On our ass like a pimple or like Jim Edmonds? Cause there’s a big difference…
On our ass like a pimple or like Jim Edmonds? Because there’s a big difference…
With out to go and a 6 run lead. Lou brings in Eyre? It’s only a 6 run lead!
I’m not sure how long it will last, but I’m enjoying the fact that Jason Marquis is thriving after leaving pitching genius Dave Duncan. Wow, if your problems are obvious enough that Larry can fix them, they must have been printed on a billboard somewhere.
Or at least on the back of a Stuckey’s menu.
The only flaw with Chuck’s lineup is Soriano batting #2. Too free-swingy.
While it’s true that Sandberg struck out quite a bit, a) it was not on the level that Soriano does and b) Sandberg always worked down in the count. He almost never swung at a first pitch.
The lineup that Balls Out posted in #134 posted is all that and a stack of pancakes.
Also, I totally forgot about Gamecast. Although I was busy anyway today, the few minutes I had in front of a computer were spent at the messageboard. D’OH!
Hey, do you guys miss DFB now? huh? really? no? huh?