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Cubs – I Don’t Know What Happened
I watched the game and still can’t believe what I saw. We were up 7-2 going into the 9th inning and Marmol completely feel apart. I mean he just looked terrible; even after the pitch was tossed and hit he was running around like a chicken with it’s head cut off. What a mess, that half inning was the worst I’ve seen all year. In fact I’m typing and I just realized that I haven’t even mentioned Harden’s name.
Harden was everything we expected and the sad part is he pitched well enough to get a win and all he got was a no decision. Harden left the game up 7-0 and the bullpen (Marmol) just blew it.
But, no matter how ugly it got we won and that was big because tomorrow we face Lincecum.We have Dempster and he’s been pitching well, so let’s see what happens.
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Cubs Lose A Heartbreaker
Ouch, this one hurt. Up two runs going into the ninth with Kerry Wood pitching and we lose it. That half inning resulted in a two game swing in the standings. What could have been a 4.5 game lead is now back down to 2.5.
I have to say going into this series I didn’t think we would win more than one, but to lose this one like this hit hard. Especially after Marmol came in and appeared to work out his bugs with a scoreless eighth to set it up for Wood.
Well being the great promoter of Next Century Is Here, I hate to be negative but tomorrow does not look good with Marshall starting. But I (and the Cub fans in general) have to look at it is; we have a six game home stretch after this series and if we can play the way we have been playing at home we could go into the All-Star break looking good.
Nevertheless, even if the game doesn’t look good on paper we have to go take our swings. Maybe we can catch them feeling their oats about this win and catch them sleeping.
Maybe Next Century Is Here!
Cubs Settle For Spilt In San Fran – Marmol Struggles
I didn’t see any of yesterday’ game but did enjoy the fact that we pulled out a late inning win. Today’s game I watched from the seventh inning and was not impressed, but I have to admit I was hoping for a split against the Giants and we did get it.
The big concern has to be the struggles of Carlos Marmol. He has gone from not being able to find the strike zone in Tampa Bay to getting hit with the long ball in San Fran. This was an area where the Cubs were strong earlier this year and if the old Marmol could have gotten us to the ninth without giving up a run, this game changes completely. That’s why we find ourselves with a two fold problem; how do we get the old Carlos Marmol back and, who is taking on the set-up role while we are waiting for the metamorphosis to take place?
Well that’s why we have Piniella.
Cubs Take It On The Chin Against Orioles
Look at my nose…am I bleeding? Because I just got tagged. Two days after singing the Cubs praises and throwing A+’s around, the Cubs lose two out of three to the Baltimore Orioles at home! It wasn’t like the Cubs lost a couple of close games, in the two loses they were out scored 18-9. In the last game by the middle of the sixth it was turning into a good old fashion #&! whipping. The Cubs did score three in the bottom of sixth and one more in the eighth to make it just a normal #&! whipping, but this series did expose the one weakness of this Cubs team…starting pitching.
In game one Marshall goes 4.2 innings and gives up four runs. I guess the good news is his control was good, he stuck out seven and only walked one, but he gave up seven hits. Definitely not what you would call a good outing.
In game two Lilly looked good giving up four runs in seven innings, but the problem again is the long ball. Payton takes him yard twice with a man on both times. Seeing Marmol pitch an inning with 2k’s, no walks and only one hit was nice, and Wood…a definite bright spot.
The truth is Marshall doesn’t belong in any teams starting rotation, Lilly is a solid pitcher but I would say a number four. My big concern is game three’s starter, Marquis. Seven hits, seven runs in four innings and he looked bad doing it. With Rich Hill as a bust this year the Cubs need Marquis to step up and win 15 plus games. It’s possible but when I see him pitch like he did against the Orioles it reminds me that there are two Jason Marquis; the one that can win five games in a row and the one that started the season 1-3.
That’s the bad, the good, maybe Marmol’s control returning to form. In any event the second big test of the season starts tomorrow on the south side and Dempster is starting and he has been lights out. The Cubs went to Florida got swept then came home and swept the Sox, Cubs then lost two out of three at home, maybe they will go to Comiskey Cellular One and take two out of three.
Hey, Next Century Is Here, go get it done Cubs!
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