Well, the Cubs took all the excitement out of what was already a relatively unexciting game. Rodrigo Lopez couldn’t make it his usual four innings before giving up runs, but it didn’t matter much once the Cubs started swinging. Everybody got in on the fun tonight. Everybody except Bryan LaHair, that is. Because he didn’t start.
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Before the game I sent Carrie Muskatt a snarky comment (via Twitter) about Quade rewarding Lahair. She responded by saying she assumed it was just because Quade wanted Baker in because of his .321 BA against lefties. I didn’t write her back but after last night and this late in the season; you find a spot for Lahair, anywhere.
Muskatt is an idiot too, She has always built up whatever bum was running this team in the ground.
Ortiz and Reed Johnson (although good) are not part of the long term vision on this team, why play them?
Y U NO bat players hitting over .500?????!?!?!!?!
Ha. Nice.
Because LaHair makes an out almost half the time.
even if it is a lefty on the mound, i think you got to play lahair.. we need to see what he can do, and that includes against south paws, quade needs to play him so we know what we have in him. know if he can be an everyday player or not…
Yeah I think we know what we have in Pena, Baker, soriano, Colvin combo…. There are plenty of places to squeeze him in when he’s been tearing the cover off the ball lately, or all year… What the hell are we trying to see out of the vets, we know what we have in the other guys.
The only problem is quade is auditioning for his next job
What pathetic times are these when Rodrigo Lopez and Dontrelle Willis are trotted out there to start a major league game. If you have sons…teach them to pitch.
It’s been that way for years.
im going to teach my sons how to kick. becoming a NFL kicker might be easier and is easy money if they’re accurate ..im seriously going to put field goal posts in my backyard ..my kids becoming kickers is my Plan B retirement
you need to teach them to kick AND punt well. get paid twice, and save a roster spot …which should get you even more coin. what a life that would be.
janikowski is old and fat and still rakes in millions.
thats the plan ..even the retread kickers who are only on rosters for half the year and constantly free agents still make a Good living
I kicked a 63-yarder in my back yard last night. It was no big thing.
If they can’t pitch, teach them to switch hit.
And if they’re too big for that, teach them to long-snap.
long snap too..
And if they can’t do any of those things teach them how to set up a world class sports blog…
Oh snap.
At least he’s saying it’s world class…?
It’s the internet. You can make whatever claim you want. The reality police have no jurisdiction here.