3/19/05 - Brewers (Ben H) @ Cubs (Z-bro), 2:00 CT, WGN

[DHonks]

are these changeups or curves? I haven't seen any of them drop a bit, but they're obviously slower than the heaters

 

edit: the second strike to Hollandsworth was a good curve.

[ja002h]

HBP...

[ja002h]

are these changeups or curves? I haven't seen any of them drop a bit, but they're obviously slower than the heaters

 

No, he just is throwing that slow.

[Duff Man21]

Nomar's HRs suddenly dropped last year?

 

STEROIDS!

[shelmark]

The arm action of H is horrible. He looks like he is serving the ball. How about we speed things up a bit...maybe get a little bite on that curve...ugh

[ja002h]

Single..

 

This is painful.

[Duff Man21]

That ball just died.

 

I wish there was a radar gun. Lil Ben looks....ugh. Ugh is the best word I can come up with.

[ja002h]

The arm action of H is horrible. He looks like he is serving the ball. How about we speed things up a bit...maybe get a little bite on that curve...ugh

 

That's a great point. He looks like a human pitching machine.

[brewers19]

So, who thinks Hendrickson won't even make it out of the first?

[RyDogg66]

Congrats to Wes Obermueller on making the rotation once again in 2005.

[ja002h]

Wow, that was a laser. 2RBI 2b.

[brewers19]

I wonder what Maddux thinks Hendrickson's problem is.

[squarepusher]

Well, it's between Obie and Glover now, I would think.

[DHonks]

this looks terrible. He's only gotten on top of one curveball out of about 10.

[Duff Man21]

When was the last time a starter got pulled in the first inning of a spring training game?

[950opsLHcatcher]

Mr. Hendrickson, welcome to the Nashville Sounds. May you win another AAA ERA title.

[molitor fan]

Shelmark stated:

 

The arm action of H is horrible. He looks like he is serving the ball. How about we speed things up a bit...maybe get a little bite on that curve...ugh

 

Perfectly stated....now 4-0....Ben is meat right now.....

 

And this new announcing tandum for the Cubs is horrid compared to Carey (who was mediocre at best) and Stone.....drab and trite is not a good combo.

[ja002h]

15 minutes later, we have out #2

[shelmark]

Maddux needs to tell him to finish his delivery...he is so slow I had to check to see if my dish was working...I mean he looks awful...needs to speed up delivery and finish his motion...IMHO

[Duff Man21]

If Blanco gets a hit, I'm going to cry.

[ja002h]

Man, just complete lack of command.

[ja002h]

And there's #3. Ugh.

[DHonks]

wow, pretty obvious what Maddux said. Finish the delivery and miss down. If he threw 5 pitches after the visit, the only one up nearly took off Blanco's head

[MattFlair]

Well he can't possibly be that bad next inning...look at it like a silver lining.

[ThePurpleStorm]

What the heck are we going to do with Ben if he can't adjust to MLB?