The Cubs beat the Cards Sunday, and Anthony Rizzo added another chapter to his mythology. He managed to hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the tenth inning.
“I don’t remember much. I don’t remember anything. It was awesome,” Rizzo said. “Teammates have been awesome. Paul (Maholm) pitched a great game today and kept us in it. We put ourselves in a position to win a couple times, and fortunately enough we did.”
He plans on watching the replay tonight as many times as possible just to recall how it all happened.
“Oh yeah, I’ll be watching that a lot,” he said. “I can’t wait to call my parents and talk to them. I’m sure they’re excited and everyone who was following.”
When was the last time he hit a walk off home run?
“This is the best,” he said. “This is something I’ve always dreamed of doing since I was a little kid. I’ve never done it before. Not in the minors, not in Little League, not ever. … This is awesome.”
Thanks for being so good, Anthony.
Gordon Wittenmyer is sharing details of the Dempster to Atlanta saga this morning.
Dempster and his wife, Jenny, filed for divorce just before the season started, and despite speculation, Dempster and others close to him insist that it has played no role in his greater desire to go to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
‘‘Who’s to say I was going to say no or yes to whatever team,’’ he told the Sun-Times Sunday. ‘‘All I said was that I just, at that time, needed to think about everything. Whether you’re single, married, divorced, kids, no kids, you’ve got to think about a lot of things if you’re going to [consider a decision] to leave.’’
And Ryan, like me, enjoys naps.
Dempster wouldn’t go into detail about the 24-hour whirlwind last week that led to his rejection of the Braves deal (for pitcher Randall Delgado) at the 1 p.m. Tuesday deadline the Braves set. It set off a fan backlash against him in social-media circles.
But a source close to him suggested that the demand from the front office for a quick response boxed him into a corner. Dempster literally awoke from a nap last Monday to discover he ‘‘had been traded’’ via leaked information before being allowed to weigh in.
Did he check his missed calls before he checked twitter?
I am sick and tired of this season.
My boss just walked by and dropped 4 field box seats to tonight’s game on my desk.
I miss the days when I got random free tickets to sporting events, of course it was mostly Wisconsin teams, but still
have fun tonight!
and a parking pass. Woot!
You’re on thin ice here, pal.
‘‘Who’s to say I was going to say no or yes to whatever team,’’ he told the Sun-Times Sunday. ‘‘All I said was that I just, at that time, needed to think about everything. Whether you’re single, married, divorced, kids, no kids, you’ve got to think about a lot of things if you’re going to [consider a decision] to leave.’’
Um . . YOU DID!
If he got divorced…someone explain to me how he can justify using “family” as an excuse for not taking the trade?
“Dempster and his wife, Jenny, filed for divorce just before the season started,”
Oooh! Joinders! Pleadings! QDRO’s! I wonder if the wife’s attorney has been given any info as to Dempster’s $$ demands of any trade. This could be interesting, as Dempster may want to give the wife the house,in order to keep assets like his MLB pension for himeself. LA real estate is extremely overpriced, still….
Love how that’s being used as the excuse. Jon Heyman confirmed on the Score this morning that Dempster not only told Theo that he’d accept a trade to ATL, but that he was in contact with many of the Braves players and indicated to them that he’d accept a trade to ATL as well.
So his statement to the media, once again, is disingenuous.
Considering this season is pretty much over and the Cubs ain’t doing shit at the trade deadline and Bears training camp has started…I think it might be time for me to start listening to the Score again.
Do you get into trouble by listening to the Score?
You’re going to lose your job if you aren’t careful.
Should we expect a boring next couple of days?
Would you like Theo to go out and sigh Milton Bradly to keep us amused?
I’m afraid so. There are absolutely no rumors other than “Dempster to the Dodgers still might happen”.
This is all truly stupid as shit.
Remember a few weeks ago when Dumpster and Garza were the elite pitchers that were going to be on the market?
Seems they are being treated more like middle relievers now. My how time flies.
I can’t wait for the Cubbies to shed of BOTH of them.
That’s what happens when Zack Grienke, Joe Johnson, Cliff Lee, Josh Beckett, Francisco Liriano all have been added to the marketplace. With the exception of Liriano, I’d rather have any of those guys over Garza or Dempster.
Joe Johnson plays for the Nets?
Just making sure everyone has seen that the Nationals are 21 games over .500 and 4 games up on the Braves.
So?
Here, have a cookie and pat yourself on the back.
You’re on thin ice here, pal.
What are you going to do, ban me?
Muwahahaha
yes
That’s a pretty idle threat. I’ve done far worse here and she has yet to ban me.
Julie is the anti-Yellon.
She always has to ask me for the password. How is she going to ban me?
why did two people “like” this?
They fear your power?
I may not love the Nationals, but since I mostly diislike the rest of the division this is the best news of the season
Thank you. I agree.
Also, the Nationals are the hottest team in baseball. Which is odd since they have Gozelanny on the roster.
Go Braves!
You should be ashamed of yourself for that…
Really? Even to annoy gravedigger thats just wrong
I guess I’m not quite sure where all the Atlanta hatred is coming from.
That stupid tomahawk chop and noise they make is enough for any sane person to consider suicide.
You’re pissed at their 5 fans?
Wow.
They have only 5 fans. I think those fans should be allowed to do whatever the hell they want…there’s only 5 of them.
Hottness only counts in reality tv shows, and politics…:)
And also in horseshoes and hand-grenades.
Jayson Stark says the Nationals have positioned themselves as the main alternative if the Dempster-Dodgers things doesn’t happen.
Go Braves!
Speaking of the nationals:
1:09pm: The Nationals have positioned themselves as the perfect fallback option for the Cubs on Dempster, reports ESPN’s Jayson Stark. It’s unknown whether Dempster would approve a trade to the Nats.
Love.
O.K., now I’m laughing at that…:)
Take him. I’m sick of him.
At this point…I’d say DFA him…salvage what you can before the deadline tomorrow and dump some of the other players that might have some value like Soto or Barney.
Then see if anyone else will pick up the remaining $6 million on Dempster’s contract if so, they saved the money. If not, no big deal, they would have ended up paying the rest of his contract even if he was traded…so either way they Cubs would have been paying him for not pitching for their team.
My guess is that Dempster has told the Cubs that he’d be ok with a trade to the Nationals, and then Jed will get a great trade set up and we’ll be getting Bryce Harper and Stephen Strasburg while also having the Nationals take Soriano off our hands, and then Dempster will get cold feet and say that he changed his mind because he’d be too far away from his divorce lawyer.
Sigh.
2:41pm: Dodgers pitching prospects Zach Lee, Allen Webster, and Chris Reed are all off the table in Dempster talks, tweets Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus.
the options just keep getting worse.
Then tell LA too bad and move on.
I’m sure many of you read this:
“It’s not Dempster’s job to fix the Cubs.That’s what Theo and Jed are paid to do. D’s 10/5 rights gave him all the leverage.The old adage,’It’s just business’ works both ways…”
Dempster is not doing anything wrong and selfishness cannot really be applied here. It’s a big decision to up and go somewhere else. And no one’s statements are etched in stone and not allowed to be rescinded when it comes to preference of where one wants to go.
I don’t hear the Dodger’s being criticised for not giving us what we want. And Jed and Theo are not just going to give Dempster away for nothing less than a good exchange,value for value(I think).
And Dempster will just have to play the rest of the season hearing what comes out of all this if no deal is reached. I just hope we(the fans) haven’t become a bunch of babies screaming for instant gratification because it ain’t coming. Even if a deal goes through.
A man’s word is supposed to mean something, unless you’re Ryan Dempster?
Where did that come from?
This has nothing to do with Dempster or leverage…
It has to do with the fact that Dempster told Cubs management one thing, and then he did the exact opposite.
From the Cubs point of view, he basically backstabbed them and sabotaged their whole trade deadline efforts.
If this is supposed to be his way of showing his love for playing in Chicago, I’d hate to see what he’d do if he was pissed off at this franchise.
And you know what, the worst part about this is Ryan Dempster is to stupid and naive to understand what he has done here.
I guess I didn’t really grasp the gravity of the situation.
BUT,C’mon CUBBIES let’s finish the sweep on those Pirates this time.
We’ve actually gotten better and I’ve enjoyed watching most of the games lately.
Absolutely spot on Doc
Big Z demoted to the bullpen.
Hahahahahaha
If we can’t trade Dumpster. can we send him to…oh say Boise or somewhere else far from both Chicago and LA??
Another mysterious trip to the DL with an extended rehab in Boise. I like this idea.
I think the Dodgers final offer to the Cubs for Dempster might be-Dempster for 1 dozen Vin Scully bobbleheads,10,000 old “Mannywood” t-shirts, and Charlie Steiner…