2009-05-25 Non-Brewers in-game thread

[SoCal Brew Crew Fan]

The opposite of the pitching duel we had is going on in Chicago right now. Dempster getting shelled again...he already took out the Gatorade dispenser. Just beautiful.

[jjfanec]

The Cubs are a mess right now. 5 runs in the last six games. Now when the score runs their pitching staff is getting rocked. Pit has nine runs now and the Cubs rotation that was supposed to be so great to start the year is looking mighty mediocre right now. Z has been okay, Lilly has been their best pitcher, Marshall gets by, Dempster has been pretty bad and Harden is back on the dl. That does not even take into account their bullpen struggling mightily as well.

 

That said with how bad they have been the Cubs are still .500 so they will be a team to reckon with as long as they dont implode.

[SoCal Brew Crew Fan]

Considering the Padres may have a better record than the Cubs after tonight...maybe the Cubs will look to dump some salary and send a front line starter to San Diego. Oh wait, they don't have one.

[JCREW]

Heilman and Cotts are brutal...

 

I can't watch or listen right now. How did Lily get ejected?

[TSack27]

JCREW wrote:

I can't watch or listen right now. How did Lily get ejected?

Arguing balls & strikes (from the dugout)

[thablingster]

Mr. T singing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" was about as big of a disaster as the Cubs pitching in this game.

 

Hopefully the Pirates can hold on for the last 3 outs.

[crewcrazy]

Tough watching the Cubs like this...I'd much rather beat them in a division race when they're fully healthy, but they set themselves up for a season like this with a bunch of offseason moves that killed their depth and roster flexibility. Their lineup tonight was just horrific:

 

LF Soriano

SS Theriot

RF Bradley

CF Johnson

C Soto

1B Hoffpauir

3B Freel

2B Miles

P Dempster

[thablingster]

I'm always happy to lead the Cubs, no matter the situation. Injuries happen.

 

Matt Capps just took a liner right off the arm and was immediately removed from the game. Ouch! The Cubs have Kevin Gregg warming in case they tie the game, lol.

[berniebrewer4life]

Cubs lose, they fall to a game below .500. Kind of a shock to me. This season of thiers reminds me alot of 2004.

[nate82]

Cubs lose, they fall to a game below .500. Kind of a shock to me. This season of thiers reminds me alot of 2004.

That is the Cubs 8th straight loss. I thought they would bust out of their slump playing the Pirates but I guess not even the Pirates can bust the Cubs out of this slump of theirs. Good thing the Cubs don't play the Nationals that could get ugly. I wonder if the Cubs lose 9 straight cubs how much garbage will be thrown on Wrigley after that loss?

[SoCal Brew Crew Fan]

Cubs lose 8 straight. Freddy Sanchez with 6 hits tonight and some stellar defense.

[jjfanec]

The Cubs have had some injuries but they are getting older and have not has as bad of luck as people think. At the beginning of the year I think everyone would have bet that Zambrano and Harden would be on the DL at least once - check. The have everyday position players who are getting older like Lee and Ramirez who have been hurt and a DL trip for either of those two was suspected as well. Milton Bradley has been hurt - now there is a shocker. They have had no surprise injuries at all.

 

You can say that yesterday they put up an awful lineup but 6 of the 8 are guys who were supposed to be starters or platoon guys (Johnson and Miles) at the beginning of the year. Only Hoff and Freel are bench guys who are having to play because of injury, and Lee is not hurt he was just sick yesterday.

 

The Brewers have played without Weeks and Hardy the past couple games but we dont say our lineup has been ravaged by injuries. Neither Weeks nor Hardy is a huge surprise to be hurt because they have been before so we can not use that as an excuse.