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Monday, April 7, 2008

Cubs Series

All I have to say about the series was WOW!!!! I don't think I have ever been as pissed off as I was yesterday. Not at the Stros, but at the umpiring it was terrible. There were 2 poorly calls that were so noticeable that I didn't even need the replay to know they were wrong calls. Play @ 2nd base where the player was out for sure, but the ump decided to reject the obvious call. The play that was one of the weirest I have ever seen in all my years of following the MLB, was the play with Bourn batting. I mean it was obviously not a called K, but for some reason Blanco saw the need to start throwing it around the horn.... A minute and a half later the ump decides to ask the 3rd base ump for help. A fucking minute and a half later and decided to ring him up, I mean all he did was load up, hardly even checking his swing. Then to make matters worse Pence gets rung up on a call that was about a foot outside. That inning might not have mattered, but the play at 2nd cost us a run and obviously when you lose by one that call cost us the game.
Positive notes for the games were Backe looked just as good as the first game he pitched this year, but that call at 2nd and the lack of hitting cost him a victory. I don't know where the offense is, but it better step up soon. Oswalt has got to be better then his 6 era and 2 losses.
The offense will come around and Oswalt will get his act together soon. The Cubs are not near as good as they are projected to be for sure. But DLee looked good for the series and we should never had pitched to him.
Grades for the series
Offense B- power has come alive, just situational hitting has not & don't let Ausmus play anymore
Defense-A- - We finally made our first error of the season (Bourn), but Tejada and Bourn made some great plays in the field, Wigginton looks like he is still in ST with his errors
Starting Pitching B- It would be an A if Oswalt had pitched better
Relief C- - Villereal looked terrible. Valverde gives up a solo HR to Mark Derosa WTF
Coaching F- The second loss in the series should be all on Cooper. He should have argued the calls in the 8th inning yesterday because I know I would have been tossed especially when you see Pence bitch about a call

2 comments:

the 3rd King said...

that 3rd strike on Pence was the worst call i think i've ever seen. Cooper should have been out there in that umps face.
on the good side - one kick ass home opener tonite.

Big Baller said...

I was more pissed about the call on Bourn and the BS that was the thirdbase ump