Roster battles
September 25th, 2008 at 05:08pm Tony Garcia
If it were up to me, and it ain’t, Felix Pie should beat out Micah Hoffpauir and Casey McGehee for the final position player spot. Edmonds and Johnson can use the rest late, and Hoffpauir remains unable to generate walks.
As for the 11 pitchers, figure the four starters (Dempster, Zambrano, Lilly, Harden, probably not in that order), Jason Marquis earning another spot on a postseason playoff roster in the bullpen, joined by Wood, Marmol, Cotts, Marshall and two of these three: Chad Gaudin, Bob Howry and Jeff Samardzija.
To be honest, I’d almost go with a 23-man roster, but the Cubs are allowed 25. The final three have each played themselves off the roster several times, but they remain the only viable candidates. Can’t throw away a vote on Ralph Nader here.
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1. Tony Garcia | September 25th, 2008 at 11:48 pm
So Hoffpauir goes 5-for-5 with two HRs and five RBIs Thursday, and Pie goes 1-for-5, hits into a double play, breaks back on a single that falls in front of him in left field, just to make me look bad!
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