June 12 @ Chicago Cubs

[RedSoxRooter]

Boston (32-29) at Chicago Cubs (33-27), 8:05 pm EDT




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Boston (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/teams/red_sox/index.html)(32-29) at Chicago Cubs (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/teams/cubs/index.html) (33-27), 8:05 pm EDT


CHICAGO (Ticker) -- Following a comeback win Saturday, the Chicago Cubs (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/teams/cubs/index.html) have a chance to sweep their historic meeting with the Boston Red Sox (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/teams/red_sox/index.html) when the clubs wrap up a three-game interleague set Sunday.


The Cubs overcame an early 4-0 deficit and the early departure of starter Carlos Zambrano (http://si.com/baseball/mlb/players/6559/index.html) on Saturday to post a 7-6 win.


Todd Hollandsworth (http://si.com/baseball/mlb/players/5301/index.html) had three hits and three RBI and former Red Sox (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/teams/red_sox/index.html) second baseman Todd Walker (http://si.com/baseball/mlb/players/5700/index.html) added three hits and scored three times as Chicago won for the 12th time in 15 games overall.


During their hot streak, the Cubs have gone from three games under .500 to six games over, outscoring their opponents by a margin of 92-45.


With a chance for its third series sweep in less than a month, Chicago turns to Glendon Rusch (http://si.com/baseball/mlb/players/5764/index.html) (5-1, 2.07 ERA). The 30-year-old lefthander is 3-1 with a 1.97 ERA in seven starts since being moved from the bullpen. He is 2-2 with a 3.86 mark in six lifetime starts against Boston.


Tim Wakefield (http://si.com/baseball/mlb/players/4906/index.html) (4-6, 5.13) has been heading in the other direction for the Red Sox (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/teams/red_sox/index.html) , losing five straight starts while posting an 8.26 ERA. He gave up five runs - four earned - in 5 2/3 innings in a 7-1 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday.


Boston, which is visiting Wrigley Field for the first time, has lost four of its last five and 11 of 18 overall.

[RedSoxRooter]

Baltimore and NY have already lost. Time to win a game here folks. Let's go Wake!

[YanksHater213]

Whats with you and spelling the opposing pitchers names wrong... first Sambrano... now Rush... damnit, get your act together... haha.

Anyways... This is a must win, but family guy is on... tought choice

[RedSoxRooter]

fixed! :D

[BigPapiEnFuego]

Anyways... This is a must win, but family guy is on... tought choice

Agreed on that. Never thought i'd see someone else other then me say that.

[Youk Of The Nation]

Whats with you and spelling the opposing pitchers names wrong... first Sambrano... now Rush... damnit, get your act together... haha.

Anyways... This is a must win, but family guy is on... tought choice



Im moving the basement TV into the living room and watching Family Guy with the game on mute so I can see whats happening. :lol:

[yeszir]

I dont find Family Guy all that great. Am I alone in this respect?

[YanksHater213]

Yes... Family Guy is by far the best TV show on TV.

[yeszir]

Yes... Family Guy is by far the best TV show on TV.
Wrongo bucko!

Arrested Development and Lost are far superior.

[YanksHater213]

No...Family Guy... I will fight you over it.

[BigPapiEnFuego]

Wrongo bucko!

Arrested Development and Lost are far superior.


Arrested Developement is good, but still not as good as family guy, and wtf is lost? I heard of it, it sucks automatically compared to family guy. Family guy > all.

[YanksHater213]

Thank You. Someone knows what theyre talking about.

[yeszir]

No...Family Guy... I will fight you over it.
Deal. Parking lot at 8. :angry:

[YanksHater213]

...Which one?

[yeszir]

The "Kick yankshater's ass" parking lot.......duh.

[YanksHater213]

Ah yes... be there...

[RedSoxRooter]

The "Kick yankshater's ass" parking lot.......duh.
hahaha. That's where I live. :lol:

[stocker323]

Lost or Family Guy, oh tough decisions.

[stocker323]

Fucked up lineup tonight, and I mean really fucked up.

Red Sox

Damon CF
Renteria SS
Youkilis 3B
Ramirez LF
Millar 1B
Payton RF
Mirabelli C
Bellhorn 2B
Wakefield P

Cubs

Perez SS
Patterson CF
Lee 1B
Burnitz RF
Ramirez 3B
Walker 2B
Dubois LF
Barrett C
Rusch P

[YanksHater213]

So, yeszir... where are you? Little punk ass bitch running from a fight... ;)

[yeszir]

So, yeszir... where are you? Little punk ass bitch running from a fight... ;)
I'm gonna have to call it off. I dont want to hurt you. :blink:

[YanksHater213]

Youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuks. Jack. 1-0.

[RedSoxRooter]

Youk in the #3 spot? Looks like someone's being showcased for later. And he hits a dinger! Youk's gonna bring us a nice, shiny reliever!

[Youk Of The Nation]

Heyy heyy heyy! Yeah! How about my Youkie?

1-0 Sox! Lets see if we can hold onto this lead, hmm?

[yeszir]

Youk in the #3 spot? Looks like someone's being showcased for later. And he hits a dinger! Youk's gonna bring us a nice, shiny reliever!
:( Couldn't we find someone else to trade?

[YanksHater213]

One thing I wanna add right now that I forgot to say yesterday is that there seems to be a shitload of Sox fans out there for this series... gotta love it.

[yeszir]

One thing I wanna add right now that I forgot to say yesterday is that there seems to be a shitload of Sox fans out there for this series... gotta love it.
Yea i noticed that yesterday. Crazy sox fans.

[RedSoxRooter]

:( Couldn't we find someone else to trade?
Who? It's him, Arroyo or Shopp.

[kirby429]

6 inches off the plate!!!!!!

[YanksHater213]

Wow... shoulda had a run there... Any contact to the right side could have gotten Damon to second, and he coulda scored on Youks flyout... Its opportunities like this that have been killing us all year...

[kirby429]

The moneyball philosophy of not wasting outs to get the 3-run dinger makes us take a lot of LOB's, plus it doesn't help when you make outs on the bases. Especially THIRD-OUTS Mirabelli.

[Zenny]

Actually, instead of trading Youk, I would love to trade Mueller. We could do the classic "old reliever in the last year of a contract for the old hitter in the last year of a contract" swap. There's gotta be a billion options out there like that which allows us to keep Youk are our 3B of the future, which he really is.

By the way, I'm all for trading Shopp and Hanley in the right deal.

[Phantasmo]

A hit, run and rbi for Wake. Who needs a DH?

[RedSoxRooter]

DAMON!

[DOrtiz4prez]

Did you see Wake chugging around third? haha

[stocker323]

Manny hits a bomb, 7-0. Something to keep in mind, Johnny's a single short of the cycle.

[DOrtiz4prez]

And Youuuuuk needs a triple for the cycle.

[yeszir]

So this is what the team can look like when they decide to play well.

[YanksHater213]

God fucking damnit tonight is the last straw. YOUKS HAS TO START EVERY SINGLE NIGHT. I DONT GIVE A CRAP WHAT YOU ARE PAYING MUELLER, AND HOW HE IS A VETERAN, BLAH BLAH BLAH. YOUKS IS CLEARLY THE BETTER PLAYER RIGHT NOW. THE GUY IS A STUD AND NEEDS TO PLAY! Damnit I'm glad I got that off my chest.

[DOrtiz4prez]

He almost got that into the gap too.

[Youk Of The Nation]

God fucking damnit tonight is the last straw. YOUKS HAS TO START EVERY SINGLE NIGHT. I DONT GIVE A CRAP WHAT YOU ARE PAYING MUELLER, AND HOW HE IS A VETERAN, BLAH BLAH BLAH. YOUKS IS CLEARLY THE BETTER PLAYER RIGHT NOW. THE GUY IS A STUD AND NEEDS TO PLAY! Damnit I'm glad I got that off my chest.



Finally. Welcome to the Dark Side. <_<

[Youk Of The Nation]

Payton!

[YanksHater213]

THANK YOU! Finally, a game to build momentum upon...

[BrentD22]

That was a fun series. It was not fun watching most of the first 2 games, but this last one was a fun game, mostly do to the funny line up that worked.

Wake had some production at the plate to help himself.

Youk showed everyone he should be the everyday 3B! What is taking so long to make this move? Trade Mueller for a reliever and make Youk 3B, just do it!

[soxie thefangirl]

I like Billy. he's an amazing 3rd baseman, no way they'll trade him.

[Youk Of The Nation]

Wake had some production at the plate to help himself.



Impressive for an AL pitcher, thats for sure.

[RedSoxRooter]

Who's going to give up a young relief pitcher for Bill Mueller? Or would they more likely give up that guy for, say, Youk/Shopp/ and-or Ramirez?

[yeszir]

Impressive for an AL pitcher, thats for sure.
He used to be an outfielder, plus he played in the national league before coming to the Sox. He's had his fair share of at bats.

[soxie thefangirl]

what a great game.

[Zenny]

Who's going to give up a young relief pitcher for Bill Mueller?
No one's asking for a young relief pitcher. Hell, as soon as Craig Hansen signs, we've got one with dynamite stuff. I'm merely looking to swap Mueller for someone like Cliff Politte because Joe Crede sucks and the White Sox need a 3B. I was thinking along those lines. Not trade Mueller for Chad Cordero or something ridiculous like that.


Or would they more likely give up that guy for, say, Youk/Shopp/ and-or Ramirez?
Why are we going to mortgage the farm for a reliever? Youk, Shopp and Hanley is the kind of trade package you offer for a franchise hitter or pitcher.

[stocker323]

No one's asking for a young relief pitcher. Hell, as soon as Craig Hansen signs, we've got one with dynamite stuff. I'm merely looking to swap Mueller for someone like Cliff Politte because Joe Crede sucks and the White Sox need a 3B. I was thinking along those lines. Not trade Mueller for Chad Cordero or something ridiculous like that.


Why are we going to mortgage the farm for a reliever? Youk, Shopp and Hanley is the kind of trade package you offer for a franchise hitter or pitcher.
But do you think Mueller for Politte or something is a move which benefits us, like I think we could get more than Cliff Politte for a player who was batting champ only 2 years ago.

[Zenny]

But do you think Mueller for Politte or something is a move which benefits us, like I think we could get more than Cliff Politte for a player who was batting champ only 2 years ago.
It's pretty apparent that those days are in Mueller's past and I think everyone around the league knows that. He's a nice hitter and his OBP is around .390, but it has been inflated by Fenway and we really need to get Youk in the lineup everyday. He's torching the ball.

As far as Politte goes, he's been pitching excellently this year and it was just a name. We could look to the Padres for Scott Linebrink while Loretta is hurt and Burroughs sucks or we could look a bunch of ways. If anything, it'd likely end up being a one-for-one with some money going in one direction or the other.

[Youk Of The Nation]

He used to be an outfielder, plus he played in the national league before coming to the Sox. He's had his fair share of at bats.


This is true. He played for my family's home team (Pittsburgh) and as far as I know hes the only Sox pitcher on staff with a HR under his belt. All I meant was Id expect some of his power at the plate to bleed away after so long as a pitcher.