SB Nation User Blog: lemon20pie

Memo to Bobby Howry

lemon20pie — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:01:41 -0000

Everyone knows you constantly pitch away.

Why don't you try coming inside one fking time. Did you see that HR off you tonight? Pathetic. Everyone and their monkey knew the pitch was away, you monkey.

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Appalling racist Cubs shirt being sold outside of Wrigley.

lemon20pie — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:02:22 -0000

This is the first time this has been brought to my attention and for those of you who see many games at Wrigley are well aware of it, but it bothered me so much I felt obligated to bring this to the attention of other Cub fans.

This shirt is not in any way affiliated with or a licensed product by the Chicago Cubs but the fact that it's the "hottest selling item" at the souvenier stand, is absolutely revolting and embarrassing as a Cub fan. IF anyone reading this, has bought this shirt, do me a favor and take a couple glasses of Clorox bleach and pour it directly into your eyes, so you can no longer see. Seriously.

How do we feel about the Cubs rotation now Cub fans?

lemon20pie — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 02:20:47 -0000

Ted Lilly, the Cubs unquestioned #2 pitcher by many posters here this off-season, is looking like he doesn't need a pitching coach to visit him on the mound but Dr. Phil, is struggelling mightily so far this season.

I distinctly recall this past winter that there were some posters here who cried out that the Cubs starting rotation needed to be upgraded.Those people were quickly and matter of factly reminded that the Cubs starters had the 2nd best ERA in the NL. Hard to argue with that no doubt, but the concensus argument to that was that Lilly had a career year and no way he could repeat it and Hill was due for a fall. Ofcourse that argument was also quickly dismissed as afterall, there's no numbers to back up that opinion. Valid.

So, as of today, the rotation lines up like this:

Zambrano

Lilly

Dempster

Hill (I'm aware he's in the pen to return)

Marquis

Here are the options to how you feel about this rotation:

A) This rotation will repeat it's success of last year

B) This rotation will still finish top 5 ERA.

C) This rotation is a middle of the pack rotation

d) Relax dudes, it's early and the Cubs are over .500 everything is cooool in Cubbie land.

e) This rotation is seriously starting to freak me out.

Feel free to add any options that I may have missed.

still believe me that this team is average?

lemon20pie — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:58:05 -0000

The cubs are the most overrated team out there, What a mangled mess of clueless players that only worry about themselves and their stats and have no idea how to approach an ab. Tthey just swing....swing...swing. .... swing what fking joke this team is and anyone who said the Cubs shouldn't go after Roberts, is the biggest joke, amongst us. Cub fans are annoying.

this team is so painfully average

Cubs announce Minor League rosters

lemon20pie — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 06:56:15 -0000

Iowa Cubs - 2008 Opening Day Roster

Pitchers

Jose Ascanio

Mike Burns

Andy Cavazos

Neal Cotts

Sean Gallagher

Mark Holliman

Geoffrey Jones

Randy Keisler

Sean Marshall

Juan Mateo

J.R. Mathes

Les Walrond

Catchers

J.D. Closser

Koyie Hill

Infielders

Andres Blanco

Luis Figueroa

Micah Hoffpauir

Casey McGehee

Outfielders

Jake Fox

Sam Fuld

Josh Kroeger

Matt Murton

Eric Patterson

Bobby Scales

Andres Torres

Tennessee Smokies - 2008 Opening Day Roster

Pitchers

Mitch Atkins

Matt Avery

Justin Berg

Ed Campusano

Michael Cooper

Jesse Estrada

Rocky Roquet

Jeff Samardzija

Chris Shaver

Donald Veal

Tanner Watson

Catchers

Jake Muyco

Chris Robinson

Infielders

Robinson Chirinos

Matt Craig

Kyle Reynolds

Issmael Salas

Joe Simokaitis

Nate Spears

Outfielders

Matt Camp

Corey Coles

Tyler Colvin

Ryan Harvey

Daytona Cubs - 2008 Opening Day Roster

Pitchers

Esmailin Caridad

Marco Carrillo

Jose Ceda

Darwin Downs

Dumas Garcia

Adam Harben

Casey Lambert

Alex Maestri

Ryan Meyers

Jeremy Papelbon

Mike Phelps

Jayson Ruhlman

James Russell

Catchers

Welington Castillo

Steve Clevenger

Mark Reed

Infielders

Darwin Barney

Russ Canzler

Josh Lansford

Ryan Malone

Matt Matulia

Tony Thomas

Outfielders

Jim Adduci

Yusef Carter

Ty Wright

Jonathan Wyatt

Peoria Chiefs - 2008 Opening Day Roster

Pitchers

Ryan Acosta

Zachary Ashwood

Alberto Cabrera

Hung-Wen Chen

Robert Hernandez

Jordan Latham

Marcos Mateo

Craig Muschko

Blake Parker

Dae-Eun Rhee

Dustin Sasser

Chris Siegfried

Stephen Vento

Catchers

Josh Donaldson

Blake Lalli

Mario Mercedes

Infielders

Marwin Gonzalez

Jonathan Mota

Nathan Samson

Jovan Rosa

Marquez Smith

Outfielders

Cliff Anderson

Kyler Burke

Dylan Johnston

Drew Rundle

Questionable moves by Lou today

lemon20pie — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:24:27 -0000

I'm posting this to see if maybe I missed something and and someone could clear it up for me, but in a game that didn't require much Managing today, Lou made some very suspicious decisions today late in the game.

First one is ofcourse bringing Wood the Cubs closer, into a game that was tied. Now, I'm not at all putting the blame on Lou for Wood not being able to keep the score tied, but I thought the move was curious. You have 7 BP pitchers and you bring your closer in with the game tied? Was there a more specific reason for this, like maybe Lou had Kerry warming up in the 8th in anticipation of the Cubs scoring a run, to make it a save situation and just didn't have anyone else warming up so was forced to bring Wood in?

Another move or non move that baffled me, was with the score tied and Counsel on at 2nd and 2 lefties due up in Gwynn and Fielder, why did Lou wait until Gwynn was up to warm up the only Lefty in the pen? What good was it to even warm him up when he couldn't have faced the 2 lefties to begin with? Why was he not warming up in anticpation of those 2 lefties?

Another thing was when Pie reached in th 9th inning, with 2 outs and (a lefty up) Kendall behind the plate and Gagne, who is notoriously bad at holding runners on, pitching, didn't Pie atleast attempt to steal 2B?

I know it's easy to 2nd guess afterwards, but these were things that I said at the time, and really rather fundamental things as a Manager that he didn't imo, do well as a Manager. I like Lou, I really do. But going back to the playoff game in game 1 when he outmanaged himself and looked ahead in a best of 5 playoff (another thing that I mentioned at the time and furiously made a diary about) and took out Carlos on only 85 pitches and a non PH situation and today, I'm starting to wonder.

Sports fans, SB Nation is down for scheduled maintenance.

lemon20pie — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:00:18 -0000

Can any of the Tech's who designed this new format explain to me why I get this message, whenever I try going to the home of BCB? It started happening last night around 11 PM. I got here through the "diary comment tips" page for which I favorited before. I can post in fanposts and obviously create my own, but when I hit the BCB logo or click on the home tab, I get the sb nation is down for scheduled maintenance crap. I was able to go to today's open game created by Al, via Google. Any SB nation home page I go to, I get this message. What is going on?

Roberts sounds off and another lineup change from Lou

lemon20pie — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:16:17 -0000

TPWSRN is also getting tired of all the rumors and voices his opinion on the situation. I personally like this quote: "I wouldn't say it would be a letdown if [a trade] doesn't happen. I'm going to play baseball either way. I love my teammates, the city of Baltimore. It's not like it would be the end of the world. But like I've said before, everybody wants to win and you always want to be in a situation where you feel like you have the best chance of doing that

During today's game Lou hinted that he was considering moving Fuku to the 2nd spot, which to those of us who hate the idea of Soriano hitting 2nd and also feel that the best spot for Fuku in this lineup is 2nd, is welcomed news. From the sounds of it, he might be considering moving Soriano down to the 5th spot, which is also where I want him. Whichever way you shake it, it seems like Soriano's days leading off (atleast with Lou around) are numbered, which is also welcomed news. IF this is the opening day lineup (barring TPWSRN isn't in Chicago) I'd be Ok with it, atleast I'll feel better about this newest one, than the what Lous been throwing out there lately:

Theriot

Dome

Lee

ARM

Soriano

Derosa

Soto

Pie

All the Righties in the heart of the order aren't ideal, but what are ya gonna do. Fuku will clearly benefit more hitting 2nd or maybe even leadoff, which is another possibility. I personally wouldn't mind seeing Fuku 1 and Derosa 2, but the newest lineup Lou seems to be toying with is an improvement.

Stay tuned

Derosa: "I'm frustrated by it (Roberts rumor)"

lemon20pie — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:50:17 -0000

Here's a good interview from the score 670 with Mark Derosa. Derosa talks about his surgery and the rumor about he who shall not be named. It's easy to say that Derosa just needs to shut up and worry about himself and his work (which I have a couple months ago) but you can understand his frustration and everyone else's frustration on the team with the rumors at this point. This thing has gone on way too long and it's obvious now, that this has been a cloud over the team and has been a major distraction for this ballclub.

This has to end either one way or the other very very soon.

Does Marquis have A.D.H.D??

lemon20pie — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:46:15 -0000

I swear that I was going to actually start this diary a couple days ago when it was slow around here, but decided not too because it was just purely speculation and my personal opinion.

But after this article on Marquis at Cubs.com, he's been seeing a Psychologist and quotes like this, sounds like Jason has a hard time focusing and getting "abstract" and distracting thoughts:

"From a physical standpoint, I felt great," said Marquis, who has heard enough about his second-half syndrome. "Sometimes you start out good, and you get your hopes up and you're worried about the light at the end of the tunnel too quickly. You start focusing on, 'Oh man, I could have a great season -- I could do this, I could do that.'"

"Ultimately, you have to focus on your next task, and that's the next game, and the next pitch you throw," Marquis said. "Sometimes I lost sight of the little things that will lead to the bigger things."

Now I'm no Psychologist, but it sounds like maybe Jason could use some Ritalin. There's been many players after being diagnosed with ADHD at the MLB level (Eyre being one) turned their careers around and thrived.