Another 5-3 loss for the Cubbies when they had ample opportunities to win this ballgame... namely in the 9th inning. Everyone could see that there were too many errors, that the Randy-Jackson-sized strike zone benefited Cueto more than Dempster and that Fontenot was safe at home even if the ball did beat him there. I'm going to choose to focus on some of the good things we saw.
Felix Pie rebounded from a bad strikeout to have what I see as his best game of the season. He made an OUTSTANDING catch, he made good contact on a ball that sent Griffey's old, high ass back to the wall (I wish we could have seen him make another jumping catch... man did that make him look old. He's croseed that age where you know he is getting a couple fingers up that high ass every year, MOOOooon River!) and had a HEE-YYUUGE basehit to keep that ninth inning rolling. Nice work Felix. There's still hope you'll get your chance.
Ryan Dempster pitched well. He had the benefit of Fontenot and DeRosa kicking ground balls around behind him. I wonder what that interaction is like in the dugout after the first inning when you've penalty kicked your team to a 3-run hole...
I can hear our boy DeRo now, "Uh, sorry about that Ryan. I'll do my best not to strike out in a key situation tonight." Oops! Blew that one too! DeRosa needs a day off. I like him, whatever, He's slumping and needs a day. Nonetheless, Dempster had a decent game. 7 IP, 0 ER, 4 hits, 7 K's and only 1 walk. Before the game I was listening to Ron tell me that the walks had been Demp's lone issue so far. He did a good job finding the plate tonight, well, somewhere close to the plate considering he could have driven his truck through Wilke's strike zone even after a couple bong rips.
Our boy Geovany Soto gets moved up to the 5th spot and comes up with another big game. You just can't make a mistake against this guy. He hits fastballs like Ahmad Brooks hit female neighbors. Boom! Lights out. 435 feet later he's rounding the bases (which I enjoy watching by the way) and showing the rest of our veteran squad that the young Cueto wasn't unhittable.
Kerry Wood's breaking balls and fastball looked great. Some of those sliders? looked like frisbees coming in. He was going from 75mph to 96mph and that will come in handy down the road. Good job by him.
My "Where's Ronny Campaign" has been put on hold because Theriot keeps coming up with very good at-bats. I'll bet Cedeno sees some third base if ARam doesn't come back soon and some second base even if he does.
Alright, let's hope Ramirez is back because it's nice having some more pop in the lineup. If ARam does hit the DL, anybody against a lineup like this? If so, tell me what you would do.
1. Fuku
2. Theriot 2B
3. Lee
4. Soriano
5. Soto
6. DeRo
7. Pie
8. Cedeno SS
Have a good day. Go Cubs!
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You write very well.
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