Fan Favorite Mark Derosa, misplayed a easy ground ball off the bat of lance Berkman and the flood gates opened just like they usually do…2 runs later the cubbies were down 4-2.
Earlier in the game a 2 out walk by Rich Hill and the next thing we know we were down 2-0 because that doggone catcher from the Astros put one out barely fair and barely foul…but never the less it was a 2 run jack.
The Cubs battled back and Derosa got one of those runs back with a 9th inning jack to close the gap to 1 run…but we couldn’t get the other one…and we ended the game with Ward standing in the on-deck circle…I would have simply pinch hit Mr. Felix Pie with Ward… and then took our chances with Ward versus having Mr. free swinger, no plate patience Pie up there…I think he needs to bunt for base hits for the next couple of weeks and take advantage of his speed and bring the infield in…and that might open up a few holes in the infield…we got to keep them on their toes… just my take on it.
so now we are 1-3 and have to win the next 2, to win the series or risk losing 2 series in a row to another division rival…what do you say Lou…can you say “give pie the bunt sign” and then give him a chance to steal second…because he has the speed but we can’t make them respect it if he aint on base…
today 4/4/08 the guest conductor for “take me out to the ball game” was Bill Matlock
going into the weekend…here is my new lineup for ya… Sweet Lou
- Fukudome
- Fukudome
- Fukudome
- Fukudome
- Fukudome
- Fukudome
- Fukudome
- Fukudome
- Zambrano
But Since or maybe we can is we fleece Japan’s baseball fleet of stars waiting to come to America… here is the lineup I think you should go with and I want credit when you use this lineup…call me 219-512-9910(Ryan)
- Reed Johnson
- Fukudome
- D Lee
- Ramirez
- Soriano
- Soto
- Fontenot
- Theriot
- Pitcher
Remember when we went on our first run of the season last year we had the LSU connection in the line-up everyday…I like those gritty players and trust me Derosa is one of my favorite players in the game today…but our goal is to win and got to score some runs…you said we need 5-6 a game right? especially when we get to like the 3-4-5 pitchers…we can always give Felix Pie 3-4 games a week, and Derosa the same since he can play 1b, 2b and 3rd…that will keep D-Lee, Aram and fresh… and Reed can be your main guy in CF for a minute and flip-flop he and Pie can platoon…it will give both of them enough swings to stay fresh and Reed can spell Sori and keep him fresh especially when we are going to be playing well into October this year.
That’s my take
Filed under: Lineup changes | Tagged: Cubs, derosa, felix pie, fukudome
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