Clearly, in the post-Hendry Era, the bullpen doesn’t blow Matt Garza’s games. The offense still doesn’t do much, though.
Today’s win assures yet another series victory, and, with major organizational changes now guaranteed, I can fully enjoy these wins without that lurking fear that, by winning, the Cubs are only serving to cripple themselves down the road. Oh, and it’s the Cardinals. So I can doubly enjoy it.
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Agreed, wins are truly enjoyable now that they don’t equal another year of Jimbo and Q, yet I was still bracing for a Marmol meltdown.
Was especially sweet listening to this on the Cardinals radio network. Their commentators are such whiners. Kept complaining about Garza’s pace and how it would come back to bite him…guess it never did.
You’re right about the Cards’ announcers. I was listening to a Cards-Brewers game but had to stop because of them.
Mike Shannon is terrible. Just awful. Its one thing to be constantly drunk on the air, its another to be both constantly drunk and an unrealistic homer. A few years ago I caught part of a Cards game on the radio, the Cards were down by an absurd number of runs and in between every pitch Shannon (obviously drunk) kept reminding listeners how many consecutive solo home runs it would take for the Cards to take the lead, and if he had enough time he would explain why each batter was capable of going deep.
Boom. Lawyered.
bastages
Sorry…
Oh, and Jon Jay has a HUGE ass.
What are the chances we can get the announcers to play “Ms. New Booty” on the organ at Wrigley?
Bigger than Marmol’s?
Hey, Brett? I don’t remember a series preview. Did you forget or have I just been drinking too much?
Nvm.
banana hammock……just sayin.
Until there’s one with”bleacher nation” on it, you’ll have to wait.
Yeah. The latter.
I have no idea what kind of year the prospects are having that we traded for Garza, but I loved the move then and keep loving it….under team control and loves being a Cub…..
Archer 8-6 4.21 at AA, Hak Ju Lee nice year at A…..320 28 SBs, hitting .167 at AA in 10 games….Chrinos .265 at AAA….Guyer .311 11 hrs at AAA…..Sam Fuld nice 4th OF
way too early to tell….
It makes the vodka tonic ai much better.
It’s a damn shame that Garza isn’t around 10 wins right now. I know it wouldn’t change anything really but he deserves the statistic.
Wow. Check out Gordon Whittinmeyer’s piece in the Sun-Times….if it’s a true account, Crane Kenney is a bigger weasel than we imagined…
I realize Hendry was good to a lot of these guys, and therefore gets some favorable press but they universally don’t like Kenney
I haven’t heard half of the stories now coming out about Kenney. I knew the media hated him, but was never entirely sure why. This stuff will be addressed in the bullets this morning.