07-19-2009, 12:48 PM
<!--quoteo(post=50605:date=Jul 19 2009, 02:40 AM:name=Clapp)-->QUOTE (Clapp @ Jul 19 2009, 02:40 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=50604:date=Jul 19 2009, 01:13 AM:name=BT)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BT @ Jul 19 2009, 01:13 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=50581:date=Jul 18 2009, 10:43 PM:name=Clapp)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Clapp @ Jul 18 2009, 10:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=50575:date=Jul 18 2009, 09:33 PM:name=savant)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (savant @ Jul 18 2009, 09:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Tonight was the most impressive performance by a Cubs closer that I can remember seeing.
It is also time to start considering using Guzman and Marshall in the eighth inning.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I'd definitely like to at least try Guzman there soon. Maybe something like that would get Marmol to stop dicking around. Tonight was the most frustrating night yet watching him for me. I was screaming at the tv to throw the goddamn fastball.
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The thing is, it worked, so I guess Lou deserves credit, but it seems to me that bringing Marmol in, with guys ALREADY on base is just asking for trouble. He really is a special talent, but he pretty much can't enter a game without walking 2 guys.
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Yep, I completely agree. The previous 2 years there's not a pitcher in baseball I'd rather have come in then, and I think that's still stuck in Lou's head.
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Stuff without command is garbage.
It is also time to start considering using Guzman and Marshall in the eighth inning.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I'd definitely like to at least try Guzman there soon. Maybe something like that would get Marmol to stop dicking around. Tonight was the most frustrating night yet watching him for me. I was screaming at the tv to throw the goddamn fastball.
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The thing is, it worked, so I guess Lou deserves credit, but it seems to me that bringing Marmol in, with guys ALREADY on base is just asking for trouble. He really is a special talent, but he pretty much can't enter a game without walking 2 guys.
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Yep, I completely agree. The previous 2 years there's not a pitcher in baseball I'd rather have come in then, and I think that's still stuck in Lou's head.
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Stuff without command is garbage.