Wednesday, September 24, 2008

CC vs. the Bucs Open Thread

In another must-win, in another short rest start, CC Sabathia takes the mound against the Bucs and left-hander Paul Maholm (9-8, 3.68ERA, 137K/57BB). The line-up is.... shall we say.... weird:

CF Mike Cameron
3B Bill Hall
LF Ryan Braun
1B Prince Fielder
SS J.J. Hardy
RF Corey Hart
2B Rickie Weeks
C Jason Kendall
LHP CC Sabathia

Bill Hall and Mike Cameron are the first two batters, but as Tom H notes, they're batting .609 and .667 against Maholm. That's in 23 and 15 at-bats too, so hopefully the trend will continue.

Meanwhile, the Cubs play the Mets at Shea. The match-up is Zambrano (14-6, 3.77, 128K/68BB) against Perez (10-7, 4.10ERA, 168K/97BB).

Go Brewers!

And go... Cubs... *shiver*.

42 comments:

E.S.K. said...

Cubs are phoning it in

DannyNoonan said...

They're up 1-0

DannyNoonan said...

Z is in trouble.

Anonymous said...

Shit. Walked one in.

DannyNoonan said...

Damn it Z. He's gonna walk in another one. Why does he have to suck when we need him to be good?

Anonymous said...

Grand Slam Mets. FUCK!

E.S.K. said...

fucking Zambrano

steveegg said...

Good news; Cubs tied it back up.

Can someone tell me what the fuck Suppan is doing starting Friday instead of tomorrow?

steveegg said...

Bad; the Pirates got to CC.

steveegg said...

Damage limited to 1 though.

Wonder when the bats will wake up. The second trip through the order better not be the same as the hitless first.

DannyNoonan said...

Cubs tied it up, but cc looks overworked.

I'm in a dive bar in north eastern california.

steveegg said...

Dive bars are good.

steveegg said...

Fuck. You can't sac bunt right to somebody crashing in.

DannyNoonan said...

Phillies are getting destroyed. That could still matter.

DannyNoonan said...

Nice to see a 1-2-3 for cc

steveegg said...

Tie game. Fielder stays hot.

steveegg said...

Good news; bases juiced. Bad news; 1-man rally-killer up.

steveegg said...

Nice to see the towels at Miller Park.

steveegg said...

About time Weeks started to take pitches. This time, it gives the Crew a lead.

steveegg said...

Somebody teach Sabathia the power of letting a wild pitcher keep on throwing, please?

Still, I'll take 3-1 Crew.

DannyNoonan said...

Got the lead. Nice.

This bar is awesome, even though I'm the only person here wearing a shirt with buttons.

DannyNoonan said...

Well, there's one other one, but it isn't buttoned.

DannyNoonan said...

Bill hall is bad

E.S.K. said...

Gallardo starting tomorrow

DannyNoonan said...

Cubs just took the lead!

DannyNoonan said...

Lee just made a great play that may save some runs.


Go corey!

DannyNoonan said...

On what planet is craig counsell a better hitter than cc sabathia?

E.S.K. said...

Hall is fucking terrible at baseball. Absolutely TERRIBLE

And Svuem is a joke

DannyNoonan said...

Tied up again at shea but it could have been worse.

DannyNoonan said...

Shit. Gagne. Why not coffe? That guy is awesome.

DannyNoonan said...

What? They needed more dirt? What gives with this pow wow?

DannyNoonan said...

Cubs are throwing it now

DannyNoonan said...

Brewers win! Now c'mon cubs!

DannyNoonan said...

Cubs score! Now hold it.

Where are you jerks? This is big.

E.S.K. said...

2 more outs!

E.S.K. said...

1 MORE!!!!

DannyNoonan said...

Tied for the wild card!

E.S.K. said...

stupid polyanna fans

Anonymous said...

What does that even mean?

Anonymous said...

"Cubs are phoning it in"

Cubs win in 10

Hardly phoning it in wouldn't you say

Anonymous said...

I don't know, they tried pretty hard to lose. But you're right. They pulled it off in a tough situation. That takes effort.

E.S.K. said...

Yes, if only I could have seen the future when I said the Cubs were phoning it in (they went down 5-1 immediately after I posted that by the way)