A League of Her Own

Cubs Live Game Thread: Replacement Players Take the Field

By: johnnywest333
September 25, 2012, 6:25 pm

Have you heard the word “replacement” enough today? Well guess what? The Cubs are following in the footsteps of the NFL and are fielding our grasshoppers today.

Yay! Third baseman Josh Vitters is back in the lineup Tuesday as the Cubbies open the final stretch of their schedule with nine games against non contenders.

Vitters, Dave Sappelt, Joe Mather and Chris Rusin are all scheduled to play in the opener of a three-game series in Denver against the Colorado Rockies.

Vitters is batting just .167 this month and .114 in 88 at-bats since he arrived in the big leagues.

I’m impressed mehhh.

The Cubs and Rockies began the series with identical 59-94 records. The only team with a worse record in baseball is the Houston Astros at 50-104.

If we win with the kids our chances of receiving the #2 pick in next years draft decrease and our chances of losing less then 100 games also decrease.

Whats more important? The wins, the draft, the integrity, the fans???

Well whateves…….

The Replacement lineup against the Rockies:

1. Sappelt, RF
2. Darwin Barney, 2B
3. Anthony Rizzo, 1B
4. Alfonso Soriano, LF
5. Starlin Castro, SS
6. Welington Castillo, C
7. Vitters, 3B
8. Mather, CF
9. Chris Rusin, P

7:40 PM CST, September 25, 2012

Coors Field, Denver, Colorado

GO KIDS GO!!!!!!!

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Cubs Live Game Thread: Make it 5 in a row?

By: johnnywest333
September 11, 2012, 6:25 pm

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A little to late.

Yes we are going for our 5th straight win but does it really matter?

With our season basically a wash, our Cubs are being Cubs and winning when it doesn’t count and losing when it does.

Once again our fearless team heads out to yet again prove that they have what it takes to be a competitive team when there is nothing to compete for.

With the 2013 draft not to far away it really doesn’t matter how high we draft because there really isn’t anything good to draft. Besides 3-4 guys, this draft isn’t anything special to look forward to. We will land a decent prospect whether or not we draft in the 2nd spot or the 4th but don’t be to excited.

What should excite you is the fact that we have Soler, Almora and Baez waiting in the wings while they develop the most needed adjustments that previous regimes were unable to accomplish in the past.

Justin Germano doesn’t need any reminders of how poorly he’s pitched lately for the Chicago Cubs. Facing the team he last beat may help take his mind off those tough outings.

He’ll try to avoid a fifth consecutive loss while the visiting Cubs seek their first five-game winning streak of the season Tuesday night against the Houston Astros.

Shouldn’t be to hard to accomplish right?

Germano (2-6, 6.95 ERA) has a dismal 11.09 ERA over his last four starts after giving up seven runs in four innings of Thursday’s 9-2 loss at Washington, his shortest start of the season. He’s allowed at least five runs in each outing during his slump as opponents have hit .369.

The Cubs will put this lineup on the field Tuesday night in Houston.

NO.   Chicago
1.   D. DeJesus, CF
2.   L. Valbuena, 3B
3.   A. Rizzo, 1B
4.   A. Soriano, LF
5.   S. Castro, SS
6.   S. Clevenger, C
7.   B. LaHair, RF
8.   A. Cardenas, 2B
9.   J. Germano, P

8:05 PM ET, September 11, 2012

Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas

GO CUBS GO!!!

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Cubs Live Game Thread: Voltron back at it again…

By: johnnywest333
September 10, 2012, 4:59 pm

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Yes once again Chris Volstad (Voltron) is back on the mound again tonight. If Chris can play like Voltron instead of like Volstad we might be able to pick up yet another win in this dismal season.

Volstad (2-10, 6.23 ERA) will try to help the Cubs snap that skid while bouncing back from his first loss in three games. The right-hander gave up five runs and nine hits over five innings in a 9-1 defeat in Washington on Wednesday after recording back-to-back wins for the first time since June 25-30, 2011.

The Cubs (54-86), meanwhile, swept a three-game series in Pittsburgh with Alfonso Soriano hitting the go-ahead homer during a 4-2 victory Sunday. The two-run shot was his fifth in 10 games.

So once again our boys will try once again to win 4 games in a row against the worst team in baseball.

The lineup for today:

Chicago

1. J. Mather, CF

2. D. Barney, 2B

3. A. Rizzo, 1B

4. A. Soriano, LF

5. S. Castro, SS

6. W. Castillo, C

7. J. Vitters, 3B

8. D. Sappelt, RF

9. C. Volstad, P