Ted Lilly: FUTURE HOF'ER ????
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Re: Ted Lilly: FUTURE HOF'ER ????
He's a proverbial lock.
He's a proverbial lock.
Re: Ted Lilly: FUTURE HOF'ER ????
He only needs 217 wins to hit 300.
He only needs 217 wins to hit 300.
Re: Ted Lilly: FUTURE HOF'ER ????
There would be no basis for a thread of this type in any way shape or form.
Unless he becomes a manager and wins more games than Torre.
There would be no basis for a thread of this type in any way shape or form.
Unless he becomes a manager and wins more games than Torre.
or not until he's regulated to being a long-reliever ???
Re: Ted Lilly: FUTURE HOF'ER ????
Nothing silly about Lilly
By Mike Spellman | Daily Herald Staff
Last week against Milwaukee, Lilly went toe-to-toe with Brewers ace CC Sabathia and got the series off to a good start with a victory.
Saturday at Wrigley Field, Lilly's assignment was to lead the Cubs back from a lackluster loss the previous day to Pittsburgh, and that's just what the veteran lefty did, surviving a shaky start to shut down the Pirates through 6 innings to lead the Cubs to a 5-1 victory on a chamber of commerce afternoon on the North Side.
"He's a gutsy kid," Piniella said. "He doesn't back off. He gets after it and it shows.
"Even though early in the game he wavers a little bit, he just collects himself and digs in and does a heck of a job."
It was Lilly's fourth straight quality start and the 10th in his last dozen starts.
And, as he's done a few times this season, Lilly (11-6) had to survive some wildness early as he walked a pair and faced seven Pirates in the second inning. But he came away relatively unscathed with just 1 run crossing the plate.
"Fortunately, I was able to get out of it," Lilly said. "You can only get away with that so many times. I've done that quite a bit throughout the course of the year and found a way out of it."
Piniella didn't know if that would be the case.
"I told (pitching coach) Larry (Rothschild), 'Boy, we'll be fortunate if we get 6 innings out of him,'" Piniella said. "I'll tell you what, over the past two years, this guy does as good a job as anybody we have here at putting an end to a losing streak.
"He started out 1-5 and he's what, 10-1 since? Not too shabby."
Lilly is the first Cubs lefty with consecutive 10-win seasons since Steve Trout in 1983-84; his 41 victories since the start of the 2006 season rank fourth among major-league lefties, and he has won 10 or more games in each of his last six seasons.
"He's just a battler," said center fielder Reed Johnson, who led the Cubs' offense with 3 hits and a pair of runs scored. "All he cares about is winning the game, and that's what you want. Even when he doesn't have his best stuff, he's going to go after hitters.
"There's been a lot of times this year when he hasn't had his good stuff, but I think a lot of good pitchers, when they don't have their good stuff, they find a way to battle through 6 or 7 innings," Johnson said. "Another thing good pitchers do is stop potential losing streaks, and that's what Teddy did today."
Piniella's right-handed-heavy lineup helped as well, cooling off red-hot Pirates lefty Paul Malholm, who came into Saturday's game with 5 wins in his previous 6 starts and was 4-0 in his career vs. the Cubs.
"It's important to stop that kind of momentum," Lilly said, "and it's a lot easier when the guys go out there and put 5 runs on the board and pressure on their pitcher."
By Mike Spellman | Daily Herald Staff
Published: 8/3/2008 12:02 AM
"Big Z," Ryan Dempster and new arrival Rich Harden may get more publicity, but when Cubs manager Lou Piniella absolutely, positively has to have a big win or needs a losing streak busted, the one guy he turns to is Ted Lilly.Last week against Milwaukee, Lilly went toe-to-toe with Brewers ace CC Sabathia and got the series off to a good start with a victory.
Saturday at Wrigley Field, Lilly's assignment was to lead the Cubs back from a lackluster loss the previous day to Pittsburgh, and that's just what the veteran lefty did, surviving a shaky start to shut down the Pirates through 6 innings to lead the Cubs to a 5-1 victory on a chamber of commerce afternoon on the North Side.
"He's a gutsy kid," Piniella said. "He doesn't back off. He gets after it and it shows.
"Even though early in the game he wavers a little bit, he just collects himself and digs in and does a heck of a job."
It was Lilly's fourth straight quality start and the 10th in his last dozen starts.
And, as he's done a few times this season, Lilly (11-6) had to survive some wildness early as he walked a pair and faced seven Pirates in the second inning. But he came away relatively unscathed with just 1 run crossing the plate.
"Fortunately, I was able to get out of it," Lilly said. "You can only get away with that so many times. I've done that quite a bit throughout the course of the year and found a way out of it."
Piniella didn't know if that would be the case.
"I told (pitching coach) Larry (Rothschild), 'Boy, we'll be fortunate if we get 6 innings out of him,'" Piniella said. "I'll tell you what, over the past two years, this guy does as good a job as anybody we have here at putting an end to a losing streak.
"He started out 1-5 and he's what, 10-1 since? Not too shabby."
Lilly is the first Cubs lefty with consecutive 10-win seasons since Steve Trout in 1983-84; his 41 victories since the start of the 2006 season rank fourth among major-league lefties, and he has won 10 or more games in each of his last six seasons.
"He's just a battler," said center fielder Reed Johnson, who led the Cubs' offense with 3 hits and a pair of runs scored. "All he cares about is winning the game, and that's what you want. Even when he doesn't have his best stuff, he's going to go after hitters.
"There's been a lot of times this year when he hasn't had his good stuff, but I think a lot of good pitchers, when they don't have their good stuff, they find a way to battle through 6 or 7 innings," Johnson said. "Another thing good pitchers do is stop potential losing streaks, and that's what Teddy did today."
Piniella's right-handed-heavy lineup helped as well, cooling off red-hot Pirates lefty Paul Malholm, who came into Saturday's game with 5 wins in his previous 6 starts and was 4-0 in his career vs. the Cubs.
"It's important to stop that kind of momentum," Lilly said, "and it's a lot easier when the guys go out there and put 5 runs on the board and pressure on their pitcher."
Re: Ted Lilly: FUTURE HOF'ER ????
rainbow,
Some of your fans have been asking about you on other threads....12io4j2w90
How the hell have you been?
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rainbow,
Some of your fans have been asking about you on other threads....12io4j2w90
How the hell have you been?
op:
rainbow
EOG Master
Re: Ted Lilly: FUTURE HOF'ER ????
I have been doing fine, just a little hurt for getting screwed out of a large amount of money from you know who, I didn?t even know you were recently in Costa Rica, I found out after you left that you were here. I guess it wasn?t meant for me to finally meet you, I hope one day we will meet.rainbow,
Some of your fans have been asking about you on other threads....12io4j2w90
How the hell have you been?
Re: Ted Lilly: FUTURE HOF'ER ????
Going for career win #88 today, 213 more and he will have a HOF shot.
<TABLE class=scores cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR align=middle bgColor=#dedec6><TD></TD><TD class=yspwhitebg width=1 rowSpan=5><SPACER width="1" height="1" type="block"></TD><TD class=yspscores width=100></TD><TD class=ysptblbdr2 width=1 rowSpan=5><SPACER width="1" height="1" type="block"></TD></TR><TR class=yspwhitebg><TD colSpan=4 height=1></TD></TR><TR class=ysptblclbg5 align=middle><TD width=10 height=23></TD><TD class="yspscores team" align=left>Chi Cubs 89-58 (Road: 38-34) </TD><TD class="ysptblclbg6 total" align=right>2:05pm ET </TD></TR><TR class=yspwhitebg><TD colSpan=3></TD><TD class=ysptblclbg6></TD></TR><TR class=ysptblclbg5 align=middle><TD width=10 height=23></TD><TD class="yspscores team" align=left>Houston 80-68 (Home: 43-30) </TD><TD class="ysptblclbg6 total" align=right></TD></TR><TR class=ysptblbdr2><TD colSpan=6 height=1></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD colSpan=2 height=3></TD></TR><TR><TD class=yspscores colSpan=2><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=bottom><TD class=yspscores height=35><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=285 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD width="100%"></TD></TR><TR><TD width="100%">CHC: T. Lilly (14-9, 4.29)
HOU: B. Moehler (11-6, 4.16) </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
Going for career win #88 today, 213 more and he will have a HOF shot.
<TABLE class=scores cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR align=middle bgColor=#dedec6><TD></TD><TD class=yspwhitebg width=1 rowSpan=5><SPACER width="1" height="1" type="block"></TD><TD class=yspscores width=100></TD><TD class=ysptblbdr2 width=1 rowSpan=5><SPACER width="1" height="1" type="block"></TD></TR><TR class=yspwhitebg><TD colSpan=4 height=1></TD></TR><TR class=ysptblclbg5 align=middle><TD width=10 height=23></TD><TD class="yspscores team" align=left>Chi Cubs 89-58 (Road: 38-34) </TD><TD class="ysptblclbg6 total" align=right>2:05pm ET </TD></TR><TR class=yspwhitebg><TD colSpan=3></TD><TD class=ysptblclbg6></TD></TR><TR class=ysptblclbg5 align=middle><TD width=10 height=23></TD><TD class="yspscores team" align=left>Houston 80-68 (Home: 43-30) </TD><TD class="ysptblclbg6 total" align=right></TD></TR><TR class=ysptblbdr2><TD colSpan=6 height=1></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD colSpan=2 height=3></TD></TR><TR><TD class=yspscores colSpan=2><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=bottom><TD class=yspscores height=35><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=285 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD width="100%"></TD></TR><TR><TD width="100%">CHC: T. Lilly (14-9, 4.29)
HOU: B. Moehler (11-6, 4.16) </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
Re: Ted Lilly: FUTURE HOF'ER ????
He could help his cause today. NONO in the 7th.
He could help his cause today. NONO in the 7th.
Re: Ted Lilly: FUTURE HOF'ER ????
Going to try to pitch his 10th UNDER game in a row,,,,
going for win #6 of 2009....
Going to try to pitch his 10th UNDER game in a row,,,,
going for win #6 of 2009....
Re: Ted Lilly: FUTURE HOF'ER ????
looking for win #104 of his career today and solidifying his HOF chances someday...
looking for win #104 of his career today and solidifying his HOF chances someday...
