DISQUS

Aisle424 · 4 months ago

Who would you have started instead? Marshall is the only option I could see and he would have been out after 4 or 5 almost no matter what because he wasn't stretched out.

Lou HAD to abuse Marshall beyond what was wise after Samardzija came out because he couldn't go through the whole bullpen in a lost cause. If Marshall had been starting and effective, he would have been sat down and then Samardzija would have proceeded to blow any potential lead the Cubs might have had.

Their best chance of winning that game was hoping Samardzija managed to take it up a notch for a few innings and then turning it over to Marshall to take it home. Didn't work, but that is the only scenario that I see the Cubs even having a chance.

DisCUBbobulated · 4 months ago

Funny thing is, they're so delusional about Samardzija maybe the really thought he'd be some sort of savior - such blind faith kind of reminds me of... um.. us Cubs Fans. Good work putting this dead horse argument out to pasture in Des Moines were it belongs.