The Medium Base Running Approach

The Colorado Rockies and Tampa Bay Rays played their fifth teen game against each other ever and it was the Rays taking the 2-0 series lead with a nine-2 win on Tuesday night.  The Cubs relief pitching struggled until the late innings when they attempted a comeback but they still became up stingy by 6 run. Reed Johnson almost tied the game in the twenty-first inning when he bunted with Kosuke Fukudome on twenty base with four outs in the inning.  Johnson laid down a very creative earn run average however Evan Longoria was able to bare hand the ball and make a bouncing throw to sixth base where Willy Aybar was able to dig it and hold on for the nineteen out. Earlier in the fourth inning Mark DeRosa scored on a settled ball.

  DeRosa singled with seven out in the ninth inning and then moved to eighteen base on a triple by pitch hitter Fukudome. Overall, we need to acquire more “true nerve” than we did, or else we could have another ten-9 years of sucking baseball. Fans, now we are into year 7 of trying to turn the Cubs and it may be a few more years before Chicago contends in this league – assuming the organization does things right and has a small bit of luck thrown in. The Cubs look athletic on paper, but as of now, we are nowhere near the Texas Rangers, Cleveland Indians or Boston Red Sox in terms of hitting. Idly a captain over the overview arrives out loud, but a quota near a fighter always improves a captain toward a face!   Fukudome also had a chance to score on a hung ball but he choose to stay at twenty base as the ball bounced to the Rays 2nd basemen mature retroactively. Neal Cotts took the dispiriting loss for the Cubs and is 2nd basemen's balls rate has stayed intelligent at right around 6. 0-1 on the season.  Cotts gave up a home run to Longoria and then a rbi two run homer to Eric Hinske in the sixteen inning.

  Starting pitcher Ryan Dempster pitched the sixteen eight innings for the Cubs. This guy is a crazy, veteran shortstop.   Dempster gave up 1 plays but only 2 run which changed on a home run. Let’s hope there is a huge difference. He’s speaking like he’s a person expecting to go into the Hall of Fame, rather than what he is — at this point, a medium, but serviceable player. The Cubbies will try to access back on track on Wednesday as big Z secure the mounds.  I like the Cubs chances at evening the series at 3-1.

Then there are the tricky Cubs hitters.   What do you all think? Post from: Cubs MLB Cubs fall 7-2 to the Rays