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doe_boy wrote:That hacked off Z and caused him to lose his composure.

That's just as much of a problem as Soriano misplaying a flyball, IMO.

doe_boy wrote:

jim wrote:

doe_boy wrote:I can't think of many managers that would be all that upbeat right after his putative 'ace' blew a 5-0 lead.

Soriano was having some trouble in CF and got picked off too.

I heard them talking about an OF'er misplaying a flyball - was that Soriano?

Supposedly (this is the score guys talking here) Soriano misplayed a ball in the top of the fifth. That hacked off Z and caused him to lose his composure. One of the reporters mentioned it earlier in the conference before Lou went bat-poop.

Didn't Z hit his bomb in the bottom though? IMO he went up 5-0 and lost his focus. Doesn't seem to be the most stable atom in the nuclear pile.

TabascoElvis wrote:

doe_boy wrote:

jim wrote:

doe_boy wrote:I can't think of many managers that would be all that upbeat right after his putative 'ace' blew a 5-0 lead.

Soriano was having some trouble in CF and got picked off too.

I heard them talking about an OF'er misplaying a flyball - was that Soriano?

Supposedly (this is the score guys talking here) Soriano misplayed a ball in the top of the fifth. That hacked off Z and caused him to lose his composure. One of the reporters mentioned it earlier in the conference before Lou went bat-poop.

Didn't Z hit his bomb in the bottom though? IMO he went up 5-0 and lost his focus. Doesn't seem to be the most stable atom in the nuclear pile.

Yep, he went from hero to goat pretty fast.

The 670AM Score guys are pretty anti-Cub, so I don't know how valid their observations on Soriano's-supposed-misplay-messing-up-Z are.

Everybody's been waiting for this type of thing almost as much as a rolling Cubs juggernaut.

TabascoElvis wrote:Didn't Z hit his bomb in the bottom though?

Bottom of the 4th, yes.

Oh-Man! relieved him in the top of the 5th.

Same *expletive*

Different Season

doe_boy wrote:

TabascoElvis wrote:

doe_boy wrote:

jim wrote:

doe_boy wrote:I can't think of many managers that would be all that upbeat right after his putative 'ace' blew a 5-0 lead.

Soriano was having some trouble in CF and got picked off too.

I heard them talking about an OF'er misplaying a flyball - was that Soriano?

Supposedly (this is the score guys talking here) Soriano misplayed a ball in the top of the fifth. That hacked off Z and caused him to lose his composure. One of the reporters mentioned it earlier in the conference before Lou went bat-poop.

Didn't Z hit his bomb in the bottom though? IMO he went up 5-0 and lost his focus. Doesn't seem to be the most stable atom in the nuclear pile.

Yep, he went from hero to goat pretty fast.

The 670AM Score guys are pretty anti-Cub, so I don't know how valid their observations on Soriano's-supposed-misplay-messing-up-Z are.

Everybody's been waiting for this type of thing almost as much as a rolling Cubs juggernaut.

I kept hitting the Score on comm break so I got Homer Harry Tienowicz (sp?) on 1000.... objectivity isn't real easy to find on Chicago radio, is it? He kept going on about Z needing "Hank White" Blanco behind the plate instead of Barrett. Even Yurko was perceptive enough to point out that Z had given up 1 hit through the first 4 innings.

edit - bottom of 4, my bad

Boers and Bernstein had the stuff on around 5:05. Caught it on my drive home.

Score's doing the Sox-Indians game now.

Here's the game recap:

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=270413116

Zambrano doesn't seem to be the sharpest crayon in the box.

Yes, I know how the phrase actually goes.

Am I a bit premature in saying that I think Rich Hill's currently taking over the ace role on the Cubs? For the better or the worse, depending on your position. He's been hands-down the Cubs best pitcher since last July and has decked out that BB/9 to go with the Ks.