bradley's suspension is a farce. bobby jenks admits to throwing a pitch at a batter and says he will do it again and get a $750 fine. the brim milton bradley's hat brushes the umpire's hat and he gets a 1 game suspension and a fine. what a joke!

Bradley's suspension reduced to one game. He will sit out on Friday.

They had to give him something...to back up the ump...BUT IT IS a Bush League suspension.

If it was anyone else but Bradley...there would not be one.

The Ump should have a one game suspension for frivolous penalty calling.

And after sitting out today he may as well have had a two gamer.

Oh well.

MLB couldn't throw their umps under the bus could they?

In the defense of not playing Patton, it's more along the lines of they hadn't played Ascanio yet, so who's more important to get playing time (answer: Ascanio)?

Good performance by the team for the most part: you want to see a team that's supposed to be good sweep a team that IS bad. Beating up their top two guys and then their free agent pickup is icing on the cake. Now we see if they can carry it on against Houston.

And Miles is playing poorly, which means the infield should have Fontenot and Scales, no other combinations at 2nd and 3rd. When you can only get hits when the team is winning a blowout, that speaks pretty poor of you.

120 more like this...and we should have it!!! LOL Cubs Win!!! Cubs Win!!!!

Good outing by Ascanio.

NATION REPRESENT!

CUBS WIN! CUBS WIN!

Love seeing Bobby Scales playing like this. Aaron is right Scales has played his way onto the team. Also someone else said it, If Patton can't get into a 8 run lead game then give him back to Colorado.

Hey fellas, I see our anemic offense put up 11 runs. How nice that is to see.

Wow just turned the game on. Like to see this lineup put up 11 runs. Miles needs to go. Maybe LaRussa wants him back.

Lou should pitch Patton and Ascanio now.

If he can't find a way to get Patton work with an 11-2 lead...give him back to Colorado NOW.

what an excellent game all around for us. Even though Miles got a hit....FINALLY....I'm still not a fan, and hope they do the right thing, and DFA him in favor of Scales when ARAM comes back.

I am the biggest underdog fan in the world. I love a good "Rudy" story, and Scales is my guy. I thought he should've made the team out of ST instead of Miles, but I'm okay with it now...he's the best hitter we have right now...LOL....

Fukudome's hitting well, Theriot's hitting for extra base power, Scales is awesome, Hoffpauir is getting on base like he should and driving the ball, and we already had Soriano's power....I like this team right now, and the lineup...I'd keep Lee out of it, and the only 2 modifications I'd make would be Miles out in favor of Fontenot, and I'd have Bradley in favor of Johnson. Soto appears to be driving the ball finally, so maybe Gerald Perry was right....his bat is starting to come around. I still think it needs a LOT of work, as both his fly outs today would've been bombs last year.

This is by far Dempster's best start this year

Dempster with a double!

Dempster with a double? Back-to-back-to-back doubles!

Nice hit by Miles. (About time)

Another 2-run double for Scales!

Bobby!

7 to 1 and we only have 4 hits.

That's what patience will do. Nine walks, seven by Gaudin.

Dempster did what Miles couldn't do.

Agreed...Scales has won a job...and if that's the case...Miles is irrelevent...should only be played to be traded.

I wonder what we could get for Miles and Cotts?

Scales needs to stay. Miles...we're gonna get David Spade over here to give you a big ol' "Buh-bye"

I think Freel and Fontenot should platoon at third untill Aramis gets back, use Scales in the starting rool and see what you can get for Miles.

BOBBY! 2-run double, 6-game hitting streak.

Great job Scales!! He is really earning a roster spot here.

BOBBY SCALES Keeps it going!!!

Bobby!

Nice job Johnson!! Let's keep it going.

REEEEEEDDDD!!!

Matt,

He's no Pat Hughes, but he gets the job done just fine. Doesn't have the same pollish on his voice, but he's fine. No complaints.

More importantly:

Reed Johnson!

Reed, let's see some patience this time!!

Alot of people seem to dislike Judd Sirott.

What do ya'll think of him? I don't think he's too bad. I just concluded all the haters just hate change.

A) Miles needs to get going. He's using up my patience now. And I've been a Dirtbag guy.

B) Theriot has me thinking..Aramis Who? Lately. This is silly.

C) Demp's looked great. Gaudin has looked equally efficient. I guess he shouldn't have been cut..

Aside from his silly beard, I liked Chad.

I have no clue why they are pitching to him. First mistake not tellin Geo to get up like an intentiall walk, second mistake throwing the ball right doen the plate.

Why are they pitching to him? Took over the league lead with his fourth home run of the series

Can someone, anyone please tell me why we are still pitching to Gonzalez?

Good job by Soto

The Hoff just missed one.

He was kind of surprised it did not left the building!lol

Dempster looking fine....

Listen Theriot needs has to be eating the Wheaties!

Like the fact Theriot went to right

How about....Lee, Miles and Harden for

Peavy and Gonzales?...Nice Fantasy?

Right now Harden looks a lot better than Peavy.

Neil, you're right...EXCELLENT AB by Scales. I also like Demp's movement on his pitches...he looks filthy today

High School St. George

Brenly was wrong about Miles by the way, He said, "good job on the hit and run to protect the runner."

Unfortunately, that was no hit and run, that was Miles being Miles=sucky.

If you noticed, when he went to the dugout, nobody was there to shake his hand. What that should tell you is he was trying to get a hit....NOT protect the runner...which, had it not been a SB attempt, he would've grounded into an easy double play. It did not look like a defensive swing, but a normal one from him. Normally, guys in the dugout pay attention to the signs from the 3rd base coach. If the hit and run really was on, then they'd be there to greet Miles at the steps, and were suspiciously absent.

Miles sucks, and Kegert was right...Johnson looked lost, as his 0-for-7 would indicate against Gaudin. Hopefully Piniella wises up to percentages as the season rolls along.

Good at bat by Scales

Anybody know how many times we've left the bases loaded this season...so far?...a lot I think.

Yep, it would have been nice to have Bradley in there today. Johnson looked lost.

good to see Demp throwing strikes

c'mon though....be honest....1-2 games in a row isn't good enough for a season full of bad appearances. Just because Lee hit the grand slam several games ago, many on here were saying he was coming out of his slump. It doesn't matter though, because he came back to earth right away. If he puts together a string of 10 outings without giving up a run, and not walking a single batter, then I'll believe he's good. But if you're going to be a closer, you can't walk anyone, and you certainly have to have a high strikeout ratio, otherwise in tight games, if just one runner gets on base, and another moves him over or there's a SB or wild pitch like we've seen, it can make all the difference in the world if you're able to strike guys out on a consistent basis. In that sense, if the lead-off man gets on, and your catcher has a passed ball, or you give up a stolen base in a 1 run game, and you induce a grounder to 2B, and it moves the runner to 3rd, and you induce a fly ball with the next batter, game's tied. And we've actually seen stuff like that play out, especially in the early going with Gregg. He lacks the mid-90's fastball that a closer needs, and his breaking pitches leave much to be desired. Unlike Marmol, who has a few different types of breaking pitches, Gregg has the slider that hangs, and drops, almost like a 12-6 breaking ball. A 12-6 breaking ball, though works so well, because it's extremely off-speed, often at a 15 mph difference than the fastball, whereas Gregg's slider is coming it at maybe a 6-8 mph difference than his fastball, and it's not going to throw the hitters off balance as much....

anyway, just my 2 cents

I will say that when he beat the Brewers Sunday, it looked to be solely on the strength of his fastball. Overpowering hitters with a fastball is rarely a good idea.

Gregg has been pitching good of lately.

I don't know if I would call it good....he's been adequate.

by the way...is anyone else glad the game ended early last night so Gregg couldn't blow the save? About the only thing I was hoping for was Theriot getting a chance at #3 on the day, but I did NOT want to see Gregg trotting out there.

Nick,

Couldn't agree more. If he was such a "leader" like everyone says, then he'd take responsibility (which he didn't when Soriano called the team out), and he'd lead by example (which he hasn't, or he would've gone on the DL for the betterment of the team). I can understand trying to be a tough guy and play through pain, but he has to know how bad he sucks. A sub .200 avg and .270 OBP, and .337 SLG into the 2nd month of the season is absolutely dreadful.

In 26 games, 98 AB's he has 3 hr, 15 RBI, 11 walks, 23 K's

Conversely, Hoffpauir has the following:

24 games, 62 AB's, 3 hr, 11 RBI, 5 walks, 11 K's, .306 avg, .356 OBP, and .532 SLG.

I call that highway robbery that Lee is even the "starter" at such a premium power position. Dreadful avg, OBP, SLG, and to think that in over 30 less AB's, which equates to about 7-8 full games, Hoffpauir has better production, is a travesty that he's not starting in favor of Lee.

You are kidding yourself if you think Lee is going to produce much this year if healthy. You're kidding yourself even more if you think he'll produce much of anything with a bulging disc....Sorry, you're living in a dream world if any of you are "those" type of fans.

I kind of thought bulging disc took more that a few days to recover from. Two years ago our shortstop on our softball team had a bulging disc in his neck, he kept going to the chiropractor and tried to play through it, but finally had to shut it down and it required surgery. I couldn't imagine trying to play through it everyday.

I am really really happy to see Scales in the lineup!

Like I have said before, I am a Lee fan, but I am glad to see he is not in the linuep today, he has just looked horrible at the plate lately. If he is hurting, he needs to quit trying to play through the pain and sit, he is only hurting the team.

I really hate Miles in the lineup....he's pretty useless.

I do, however, like the fact Piniella came to his senses and got Lee out of there. I thought it was rather interesting with Bradley out though, especially when his bat was starting to come around. Neil, do you think he injured himself on that running grab in the OF yesterday over the pitchers mound?

I'm quite surprised Lou still hasn't "gotten" percentages yet this year. If Bradley's alright, then what's Johnson doing in there, batting 0-for-7 against Gaudin...I know it's a small sample size, but still. Though I dislike Miles a LOT, at least he got that percentage right.

I'm surprised that Soto is playing after a long night game yesterday.

They really need him to start hitting. It was great to see him get his first bomb yesterday.

Hope Miles starts doing something.

Good to see scales in there...He is really a feel good story this year...so far.

Lineup for this afternoon:

Soriano - LF

Theriot - SS

Fukudome - RF

Hoffpauir - 1B

Soto - C

Johnson - CF

Scales - 3B

Miles - 2B

Dempster - P