About Last Night

I think I am going to stop posting detailed analysis of each game or even pithy observations. Just too depressing. Just too much of the same thing.

Two things about last night. Zambrano looked rusty but managed to pitch out of a jam that was partly of his own making. All in all a nice performance.

Second observation. I thought the Cubs just hired a new stat guy. That being said, how come they still think they have to use a lefty against Carlos Gonzalez when it is obvious from even a cursory glance at the stats, not even going into the heavy Sabermetrics and Fangraphs stuff that this guy hits lefties as well as (actually better) than righties. He had also just rapped out a single, double, triple, and sacrifice fly against the lefty Gorzelanny.

So that being said, having warmed up Marmol, who hasn't pitched in a week or so, they chose to stick with Marshall, evidently in an effort to prove that even though he pitches two innings every day, his arm will not fall off by the end of the season.

Enough already.