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Category Archives: Lefty-righty

“Why wasn’t he throwing that fastball?”

Last night in the bottom of the ninth, Carlos Marmol interrupted his meltdown by throwing three straight fastballs past Juan Uribe for the second out. The strikeout halted the Giants’ momentum, and a few additional pitches secured the Cub victory. Jon Miller, the Giants’ play-by-play announcer, reflected on how Marmol, protecting a four-run-lead, had gotten [...]

Posted 11 August 2010 † Phil § coaching ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Three problem areas

The Cubs have improved in some areas this winter but there are still three trouble spots. First, they haven’t created an opportunity for Micah Hoffpauir. Hoffpauir was a lefthanded power bat that the Cubs should have gotten into the lineup, even at the expense of Derrek Lee. Fontenot is an additional lefty bat, sure, and [...]

Posted 26 January 2009 † Phil § Hendry § lineup § Piniella § prospect ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , , ,

Waiting for Lefty

Anybody who thinks the Cubs have solved their problem hitting lefty starters should have gone to the Friday and Sunday games in Washington, as I did. Who needs Cole Hamels and Johan Santana if, against the Cubs, you can do it with Odalis Perez and John Lannan? Lou Piniella has an interesting theory about beating [...]

Posted 30 April 2008 † Phil § ‡ Comments (0) °