Pirates vs. Cubs, 2 August 2008
by Charlie
on Aug 2, 2008 11:00 AM EDT
Pittsburgh @ Chicago
Paul Maholm vs. Ted Lilly, 1:05.
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Today's bizarro lineup
1. Luis Rivas 2B.
2. Jack Wilson SS.
3. Nate McLouth CF.
4. Ryan Doumit C.
5. Andy LaRoche 3B.
6. Steve Pearce RF.
7. Brendan Moss RF.
8. Chris Gomez 1B.
9. Maholm P
Gomez in because of a lefty on the mound.
.500 or bust...
by phillybucco on Aug 2, 2008 12:54 PM EDT 0 recs
BTW, Pearce is LF
DK messed that up, because I copy/pasted directly from p-g.com
.500 or bust...
by phillybucco on
Aug 2, 2008 12:57 PM EDT
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Oops
messed it up again
Pearce is RF, Moss is LF. Argh.
I’ll refrain from doing the lineup ever again :P
.500 or bust...
by phillybucco on
Aug 2, 2008 1:04 PM EDT
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Also
JBay was awesome in his debut in Beantown. I miss him :(
.500 or bust...
by phillybucco on Aug 2, 2008 12:58 PM EDT 0 recs
That was great
They already love him, as they should
Brian from Raise the Jolly Roger!
by Raise the Jolly Roger on
Aug 2, 2008 1:10 PM EDT
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yeah man
good stuff…first AB walk, triples in the 12th and gets the winning run.
He’s going to have some “monster” numbers by the end of the year.
Jason
The Hanging Curve
by poorboywilly on
Aug 2, 2008 1:39 PM EDT
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Hope we win this game
Zambrano pitching tomorrow vs Schizo I believe
by Bad Andy on Aug 2, 2008 1:00 PM EDT 0 recs
Expect a low scoring game
Winds blowing notoriously IN
by Bad Andy on Aug 2, 2008 1:10 PM EDT 0 recs
3 fly-outs
at least they’re making contact, I guess…
.500 or bust...
by phillybucco on Aug 2, 2008 1:14 PM EDT 0 recs
Euro-friendly game times at Wrigley.
Purely selfish, but I wish more teams would chose to play games in the afternoon. This is the first time this season I can catch a full weekend series without staying awake until stupid-o-clock.
by RDV across the sea on Aug 2, 2008 1:21 PM EDT 0 recs
According to Greg Brown
Maholm has the 2nd best ERA among NL lefties since May 31st
Now if Nutting can just sign a free agent ace next winter or trade for one.
by Bad Andy on Aug 2, 2008 1:22 PM EDT 0 recs
Probably not
if the way the rest of our team bunts is an indication…
.500 or bust...
by phillybucco on
Aug 2, 2008 1:28 PM EDT
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Rivas should be DFA'd
once Adam is off the DL next weekend.
by Bad Andy on Aug 2, 2008 1:41 PM EDT 0 recs
Can Minky play 2nd?
Just wonderin’...
.500 or bust...
by phillybucco on
Aug 2, 2008 1:42 PM EDT
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Shortstop cover?
Freddy’s not healthy and Gomez has proved he can’t play SS anymore.
by RDV across the sea on
Aug 2, 2008 1:46 PM EDT
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That kinda sucks
Brian from Raise the Jolly Roger!
by Raise the Jolly Roger on Aug 2, 2008 1:42 PM EDT 0 recs
does everyone
hate pearce already? Boy, that poor guy sure had a short leash
Jason
The Hanging Curve
by poorboywilly on Aug 2, 2008 1:43 PM EDT 0 recs
I've been vastly underwhelmed...
.500 or bust...
by phillybucco on
Aug 2, 2008 1:44 PM EDT
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Steve Pearce-
82 official ABs so far in the bigs, no HRs.
I guess keeping Xavier Nady around for the first half or so of this season was a good idea for the team`s future.
I hope Pearce hits-he obviously needs more time to prove whether he can or not-but I`m beginning to think that the guys in charge now understand his limitations a lot better than any of us do. He needed work on his defense in the minors to become a competent OF, and he hasn`t done anything this year to get excited about at AAA or so far in Pittsburgh.
by patthatt on Aug 2, 2008 1:44 PM EDT 0 recs
we should know better than to judge
on 82 ABs
Jason
The Hanging Curve
by poorboywilly on
Aug 2, 2008 1:49 PM EDT
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He also didn't play on consecutive days
which often helps, too.
.500 or bust...
by phillybucco on
Aug 2, 2008 1:50 PM EDT
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I`m not passing judgment,
but what I am doing is saying that he needs to get his act together and start producing. He has his chance the next two months to prove that he can really play in the majors. He shouldn`t get any free passes from criticism.
by patthatt on
Aug 2, 2008 2:12 PM EDT
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This inning is getting uglier and uglier
.500 or bust...
by phillybucco on Aug 2, 2008 1:46 PM EDT 0 recs
Maholm struggled early last game too
was just fine after that.
Brian from Raise the Jolly Roger!
by Raise the Jolly Roger on Aug 2, 2008 1:49 PM EDT 0 recs
hopefully
Lilly can put the cap on this one
Jason
The Hanging Curve
by poorboywilly on Aug 2, 2008 1:52 PM EDT 0 recs
That could have been much, much worse than it ended up being
still, our offense needs to step up…
.500 or bust...
by phillybucco on Aug 2, 2008 1:54 PM EDT 0 recs
dang
took a way longer nap than i was hoping to…missed the first 2 innings
by northsidenotch on Aug 2, 2008 1:54 PM EDT 0 recs
i don't understand
how ted lilly strikes out as many batters as he does
by northsidenotch on Aug 2, 2008 1:58 PM EDT 0 recs
Soriano
is a goof
Brian from Raise the Jolly Roger!
by Raise the Jolly Roger on Aug 2, 2008 1:58 PM EDT 0 recs
doesn't surprise me
One time they had Frazier (1B coach) miked up and Doumit got on 1st. He asked “ok what are we doing here” (as in, like running on a grounder, halfway on a fly, etc) and Doumit goes “no idea”.
Brian from Raise the Jolly Roger!
by Raise the Jolly Roger on
Aug 2, 2008 2:04 PM EDT
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don't get me wrong though
I love him. Great guy and having heck of a year
Brian from Raise the Jolly Roger!
by Raise the Jolly Roger on
Aug 2, 2008 2:05 PM EDT
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picked off
Brian from Raise the Jolly Roger!
by Raise the Jolly Roger on
Aug 2, 2008 2:01 PM EDT
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You know
This Chris Gomez at first base crap REALLY needs to stop.
by matskralc on Aug 2, 2008 2:00 PM EDT 0 recs
Which Cutch?
Surely not the one that can’t hit AAA pitching.
by RDV across the sea on Aug 2, 2008 2:07 PM EDT 0 recs
Pearce can't hit either one as well
but we are looking at him still
by .500 Please on
Aug 2, 2008 2:08 PM EDT
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But why not
let Cutch work out his problems for a while in AAA instead of rushing him? That’s been part of our team’s problem for too long.
.500 or bust...
by phillybucco on
Aug 2, 2008 2:09 PM EDT
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That's true.
And Pearce is at an age where he needs to be in MLB. Andrew Cutch is still very young for AAA.
by RDV across the sea on
Aug 2, 2008 2:14 PM EDT
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I don`t think Andrew McCutchen
will make it to the majors til next year. He`s got a lot to work on, according to the reports, and his numbers are not good recently.
by patthatt on
Aug 2, 2008 2:14 PM EDT
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does anyone know how many at bats Doumit needs the get on the league leaders board
by .500 Please on Aug 2, 2008 2:10 PM EDT 0 recs
i think
you need an average of 3 plate appearances per team game played…don’t quote me on that though
by northsidenotch on
Aug 2, 2008 2:12 PM EDT
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hes batting 338 that would be at least 4th i think
by .500 Please on
Aug 2, 2008 2:13 PM EDT
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he should
be there by the end of the year, as long as he stays healthy
by northsidenotch on
Aug 2, 2008 2:14 PM EDT
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so you have to divide the number of at bats by the number of team games?
by .500 Please on Aug 2, 2008 2:16 PM EDT 0 recs
Plate appearances...
which include HBP and BB and such.
by Hitman Easler on
Aug 2, 2008 2:17 PM EDT
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And right now
he’s about 70 plate appearances short of qualifying. So to qualify…he can’t miss very many games the rest of the season.
by Thunder on
Aug 2, 2008 2:18 PM EDT
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3.1 * 162 = 503 PAs
He’s got 286 right now so in the final 52+ games he needs to average 4.17 PAs per game…..with the loss of Bay and Nady plus some occasional appearances by Chavez that will not happen.
by Bad Andy on
Aug 2, 2008 2:27 PM EDT
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Check that
This Chris Gomez playing crap REALLY has to stop.
by matskralc on Aug 2, 2008 2:16 PM EDT 0 recs
What the heck
Brian from Raise the Jolly Roger!
by Raise the Jolly Roger on Aug 2, 2008 2:18 PM EDT 0 recs
I got Doumit at 2.6 appearences every game
hes got a little ways to go
by .500 Please on Aug 2, 2008 2:21 PM EDT 0 recs
lets see a GIDP
of our own
Jason
The Hanging Curve
by poorboywilly on Aug 2, 2008 2:21 PM EDT 0 recs
Nady is back in lineup
for the Yanks. I wonder if he’ll REALLY tweak his quad tonight.
Jason
The Hanging Curve
by poorboywilly on Aug 2, 2008 2:25 PM EDT 0 recs
yeah
watching gameday and seeing IN PLAY RUN that was the best outcome on that play
Jason
The Hanging Curve
by poorboywilly on
Aug 2, 2008 2:29 PM EDT
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