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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Phillies (18-19) @ Cubs (15-21), Wednesday, May 16, 2012, 8:05pm

PHI:Kyle Kendrick (27, RHP, 0-3, 7.32)
CHC:Matt Garza (28, RHP, 2-1, 2.56)

The Primer Chimp Posted: May 16, 2012 at 10:00 AM | 22 comment(s)
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1. Brian C Posted: May 16, 2012 at 11:14 AM (#4132755)

Cubs season HR pace: 108
Starlin Castro NL dWAR rank: 1
Bryan LaHair MLB OPS+ rank (minimum 3.1 PA/team game): 3
Alfonso Soriano MLB OPS+ rank: 149, out of 184 official qualifiers
Ryan Dempster MLB ERA+ rank (minimum 1 IP/team game): 2
Chris Volstad MLB ERA+ rank: 119, out of 120 official qualifiers
Team defensive efficiency (NL rank): .712 (3)

2. SouthSideRyan Posted: May 16, 2012 at 12:58 PM (#4132910)

Think I'm going to head to this one tonight.

Something screwy has been going on with stubhub the past couple weeks. Bleacher tickets keep disappearing, leaving 0 tickets the morning of(compared to 700-800 the day before), and when they start appearing, they're 2-3 times as much as they were listed for yesterday. I don't know if it's an ambitious broker or the team, but it's definitely something screwy. (Though still legal)

3. Brian C Posted: May 16, 2012 at 08:18 PM (#4133417)

Garza does one thing well, and that's pitch. He's horrible fielding his position and is extremely poor at the plate even by pitcher standards.

Now, I get that that's his job - I'm not advocating that they trade him because he can't field or advancing some self-righteous Rosenbloomian HE MUST GET BETTER angle. It's just irritating, is all.

4. Brian C Posted: May 16, 2012 at 08:23 PM (#4133423)

Anyone else notice that DeJesus recently crossed the 100 OPS+ threshold?

5. SteveM. Posted: May 16, 2012 at 09:19 PM (#4133481)

The Phillies announcers suck. I hate living outside of Philly.

6. McCoy Posted: May 16, 2012 at 09:31 PM (#4133508)

When he hit the pinch hit grand slam he leaped over the 100 OPS+ mark.

So does the ROE count as reaching base safely?

7. SteveM. Posted: May 16, 2012 at 09:32 PM (#4133510)

Hmmm, maybe Soriano is finally heating up.

8. McCoy Posted: May 16, 2012 at 09:32 PM (#4133511)

Soriano is getting hot!!!

9. Brian C Posted: May 16, 2012 at 10:06 PM (#4133583)

Just got home and saw the video of Pierre's error. You almost never see a major league OF just drop a routine fly ball like that. Hell, you almost never see a high school OF drop a ball that they're camped out under like that.

How's Garza looked tonight? The box score gives the impression that he's been battling.

10. SteveM. Posted: May 16, 2012 at 10:09 PM (#4133585)

Garza has been scuffling but managed to keep the Cubs in the game. He is up to 97 pitches though.

11. Brian C Posted: May 16, 2012 at 10:26 PM (#4133603)

Robbie Gould might be the only guest conductor all year who knows the words to TMOTTB, i.e., "take me out WITH the crowd" and "I don't care if I NEVER get back." So apparently he also cares about accuracy in pursuits other than kicking.

12. SteveM. Posted: May 16, 2012 at 10:40 PM (#4133615)

Crap.

13. Walks Clog Up the Bases Posted: May 16, 2012 at 10:52 PM (#4133623)

Two damn fine at bats in this inning. Nothing to show for it, unfortunately.

14. Brian C Posted: May 16, 2012 at 11:01 PM (#4133627)

Maine is not exactly making me miss Castillo.

15. McCoy Posted: May 16, 2012 at 11:05 PM (#4133632)

This whole bullpen is not exactly making me miss Hawkins and Alfonseca.

16. Walks Clog Up the Bases Posted: May 16, 2012 at 11:10 PM (#4133634)

Holy ####, it's Hector Luna.

17. Brian C Posted: May 16, 2012 at 11:11 PM (#4133635)

Good lord.

18. Walks Clog Up the Bases Posted: May 16, 2012 at 11:11 PM (#4133636)

Well who didn't see that coming? Good god.

19. McCoy Posted: May 16, 2012 at 11:11 PM (#4133637)

Well, this game is going to kill their pitching and defensive numbers.

20. Walks Clog Up the Bases Posted: May 16, 2012 at 11:13 PM (#4133639)

Oh well. Cubs were getting too close to .500. They needed to #### the bed a couple of times to ground everyone.

21. McCoy Posted: May 16, 2012 at 11:16 PM (#4133640)

Time to start breaking up this team. Dempster to the Orioles. Garza to the Tigers. And, well, I don't think there is really much else on the Cubs that they can move.

22. McCoy Posted: May 16, 2012 at 11:22 PM (#4133641)

Seems rather silly and pedantic to not count the ROE.

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