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Reds pitch a shutout
Short and sweet before I head to the ballgame today.
Pathetic, horrible, sad, and dismal are just some words to describe the Chicago Cubs offense last night. 14 runners were left on base! How do you manage to do that?!?! Let alone to the Cincinnati Reds, Jesus. The Reds shut the Cubs out 3-0.
Chicago left their Starting Pitcher Ted Lilly down last night; he pitched a gem only giving up one run.
It’s obvious that Milton Bradley shouldn’t have been in the starting lineup going 0-4 with three strikeouts. WTF, is this the balance in the lineup that the Cubs organization promised us? Not to mention him gimping around Right Field throughout the night. There were at least two outs he should have made, and didn’t manage to do so. It’s because he can’t freakin run!
LOU BRADLEY IS HURT, PUT IN HOFFPAUIR TODAY.
Oh, I’ll make sure Lou hears me before the game starts, luckily I sit close enough. By the way Neil Cotts will hear me before the game too. Same goes for Bradley.
Oh, Bradley is 1-23 on the season.
God the Cubs suck.
Cotts Watch: Day two
He’s still on the payroll
5-2
Not a horrible start to the season, pretty much what I expected. Well actually I expected 7-0. I think we could blame Neil Cotts for the Cubs two losses. I’ll boo the hell out of him tomorrow.
Soriano has been on fire, four homeruns this season in 32 at bats. Ramirez has been pretty solid as well. However the most surprising player in the first week of the season has been Fukodome, where the hell did he come from? Honestly going into the season I expected him to lose his starting job to Reed Johnson. By the way, did anybody see Johnson’s game saving grand slam catch over the center field wall in Miller Park? Wow.
Speaking of “wow” moments Ted Lilly almost threw that no hitter yesterday against the Colorado Rockies. I think I may have jinxed it. I texted my buddy letting him know it was the seventh inning and Lilly was throwing the no-no. Yep, then he gave up a base hit. It ok Lilly, I’ll blame that one on myself.
Hmmm..what else.
Oh yea, did I say that Cott sucks? Nope, I didn’t so I’ll say it. YOU SUCK COTTS.
Good news is that Soto will be back in the starting behind the plate tomorrow. Hill did a pretty good job backing up the All Star, Rookie of the Year catcher. Surprising Hill batted .300 in Sotos absence.
Almost forgot. YOU SUCK TOO LEE.
Bradley will probably be out of the game tomorrow, strained groin or something like that.
Once again Marmol SHOULD be closer. I know in earlier entries I wanted Gregg, but I didn’t realize how crappy he is.
I won’t be sitting in my regular seats for tomorrows game, my uncle has those. I was able to pick up some upper deck tickets though, should be a good one.
*Side note, I read that a cat apparently walked into the Mets new ball park, Citi Field. If anybody knows the history of the ’69 Cubs, a black cat walked past Ron Santo. The Cubs had a huge lead in the Eastern division that year, and from then on out the Cubs slumped and the Mets went on to win the World Series. I don’t believe in curses and all, but hmmm, maybe karma will work things out.
Bats finally blow up
That’s the potent offense I was talking about! The Cubs bats tore up the Astros for 11 runs as the Astros earned five off of Ted Lilly and one off of rookie David Patton.
But seriously if our offense could own a team like that day in and day out then I smell the World Series. Fukodome shocked the hell out of me going 4-5, a homerun, 4 runs, and a stolen base! Should I expect this from each game he plays in? HELL YEAH! I believe his contract is around 40 million, so it’s about time he starts playing like it.
Ramirez and Fontenot both had 4 rbi a piece. Ramirez actually had 4 hits too and Fontenot blasted a homerun to Right Field. Fontenot is going to shock a lot of people this year, he’s a pretty small guy but he has some pop in his bat. He’ll also have plenty of opportunities to help the team out with brining runners across the plate, because he bats behind Ramirez and in front of Soto. The past few years when Fontenot’s batting it seems like all his power comes from pulling the ball, but if he wanted to he could take the ball the opposite way for a base hit.
The Cubs babied Soto last night because of a minor injury, he’s fine.
Ted Lilly worried me last night. He hasn’t been impressive over spring training, and really got shelled last night giving up five runs in five innings; four of those five runs came off of homers. I know Lilly is a fly ball pitcher and the wind was blowing out pretty hard, Pudge managed to knock one over the ballpark, but still, four homeruns in five innings is pretty scary. I could only imagine how much he’ll give up this year at Wrigley.
Besides Patton giving up a homerun to the first batter he faced the Chicago’s bullpen didn’t look that bad last night. Most likely it looked good because Cotts didn’t pitch.
What was most important was the team took the series from Houston 2-1. I know we’re not going to win them all, but if we could take each series we’ll be fine, and like I said the division is ours to lose.
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