That’s the message I got on my phone around 3:30ish from Mike. It takes a lot for Mike to actually message someone, but a lot was what Shawn was serving up.
If you think about this, this makes TWO! straight good starts for Estes with the Cubs
a lot of suckiness previously
09/25 @ CIN – 9.0 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 0 BB – only 5 batters over the minimum
Today @ CHC – 2.2 IP, 7 H, 9 ER, 5 BB and a HBP
I don’t think he sees it that way. If Estes came in here and pitched good, I think we’d all have died. Mass suicide – there are few things worse than having a guy come to you, kill your team while he’s on it then go someplace else and kill your team in a whole new way. And there are few better than killing him.
This was a hard day to hit! No ball was going to make it out – Corey would’ve had a grand slam and Burntiz wouldn’t have had a face full of door – so you need someone who’s going to leave stuff hanging for line drives. Which is Shawn’s strong point!
The normal fourth and fifth guys on the Cubs rotation may make the All-Star team. What the heck. Was it that long ago when Jon Leiber was our only decent guy? Weird.
more blog to come?