3/29/05 - Cubs (Mitre) at Brewers (de la Rosa), 2 PM CT

[endaround]

Ahh Bill Schroeder talking about peeple being rushed up and using Puljos as an example....

[spadepunk13]

As a pitcher, you have to be able to look past the errors that are made, because that's going to happen. You have to be able to pitch through it and not let if affect you. With our relatively young staff, I fear that this will be a sore spot with our pen. And if our defense is any indication of how the year is going to turn out defensively, I think this might be an area of major concern.I really hope I'm wrong and the crew is just slow to shake off the defensive rust.

[SeriesFinale]

Ha, a "stern talking to" Weeks and Fielder about their D...were they responsible for the 4 E's yesterday?

[nsimps]

Is Bill Hall a little bat strength away from a 3TO guy? Or is he just swinging for the fences too much?

[endaround]

He's a whole lot of walks away from 3TO.

[nsimps]

He's a whole lot of walks away from 3TO.

 

Oops. I forgot about that one/third of the equation.

 

Is the baby-monitor story anybody on this board?

[SeriesFinale]

That was pretty classic about the call to his Mom

[SeriesFinale]

Lehr coming in...third guy's a charm. What a disaster this pen's looking like.

[nsimps]

RBI double for Derrick Lee. 8-2 Cubs. Meanwhile, Hee Sop Choi practicing "Do You Want Fries with that?"

[SeriesFinale]

As I was saying

[AJAY]

BOOOOOOOOO !!!

 

This pitching staff is looking awful suddenly.

[tnweill]

YES!! Keep me in the mix fellas!!

[crichar3]

I can't figure out JDLR. When I saw him at Maryvale two weeks ago, he was filthy -- he looked like he had figured it out and would be a dependable arm out of the pen. Then there is today...

 

Not much of a confidence inspiring performance.

[crichar3]

Way to play the "polite card", tnweill. Slick strategy.

[homer]

NSimps,

You know Hee Sop is two teams removed from the Cubs right?

[deeswan]

I can't figure out JDLR. When I saw him at Maryvale two weeks ago, he was filthy -- he looked like he had figured it out and would be a dependable arm out of the pen. Then there is today...

 

Not much of a confidence inspiring performance.

 

As I said, very frustrating. For JDLR it's all about command. When he gets behind, as he did today on almost every hitter, he gets spanked.

[bullox]

Let them get it out of their system in spring training. Hopefully.

[nsimps]

You know Hee Sop is two teams removed from the Cubs right?

 

Yes. You do remember who he was traded from the Cubs for?

[homer]

OK, now I understand. Thanks.

[brewmann04]

Right now The Pen has to be a Major Concern for Doug.

 

The pitchers are pitching like Crap and something needs to be doneASAP.

 

also Santos and del la Rosa should be stuck in the Pen

because they were both Outpitched by Glover and Obbie

[SeriesFinale]

God could these last two games be any worse

[SeriesFinale]

I guess we might see Pat Borders in Milwaukee in April

[crichar3]

Could it be worse? Well, their starting catcher could get hit on the hand with a pitch, potentially sidelining him and leaving MKE with Moeller and 41 year old Pat Borders behind the plate.

 

You mean like that?

[SeriesFinale]

That's what I was referring to

[spadepunk13]

How hurt is Miller? Is he going to miss a lot of time? I don't want to see Borders!