A Very Special Cubs-Giants Matchup

Judging by the head shots of the two starting pitchers, it's a very special Special Olympics Day in San Francisco as the Cubs meet the Giants:

Operation Seans: Phase "Stay in Rotation, Charlie Brown"

Operation Seans is firmly taking hold in the Cubs clubhouse, as Rotoworld is reporting that Sean Gallagher will keep his rotation spot for the forseable future.

The next phase in Operation Seans is Phase "Marquis Disposal," which could happen any day now. We can hope, right?

Lou, I know you read this. You're a good man.

Operation Seans: Phase A

Phase A of Operation Seans, codenamed "Get a Start, Charlie Brown" was a moderate success today.

In 4 1/3 innings of his first major league start (replacing Crazy Z), Sean Gallagher gave up 4 runs. He was moving right along in the fourth with six K's, however things unwound a bit in the fifth with a single and two doubles, with no help from the Artist Formerly Known as Chad Fox who walked in a pair of those runs.

As previously mentioned, the Cubs came back and won the game thanks to Fat Daryle's pink bat.

Now that Operation Seans is seemingly underway, the writers here at Wrigleyville23 can only assume that Lou has made this website his only resource for what us 15% think.

P.S., Happy Mother's day to Momma and Grandmas IAN.

Commence Operation Seans

As WV posted earlier, Jon Lieber's second term as a starting pitcher with the Cubs has ended a mere 49 pitches, 7 hits and 5 earned runs after it began in Cincinnati. And, rightfully so.

Therefore, with Dick Mountain in timeout in Des Moines, I hereby demand that Lou commence Operation Seans. What is Operation Seans? It's a cheap and obvious way to temporarily or permanently help the rotation by tossing out trash like Jason Marquis and Jon Lieber to the farm, where all the other terrible pitchers are set free to play with one another and live happily ever after, and inserting Sean Marshall and Sean Gallagher into their rotation spots.

I am by no means panicking. My Lord, it's only game 33. May 7th...May 7th!!! The Cubs have the sixth best record in the bigs before today's game (at the moment, it's 7-0, Reds). However, the rotation does need help behind Carlos. Operation Seans may be just the ticket. Who knows? Maybe it's the ticket.

UPDATE: Sean Marshall came in and gave up 2 H, 2 ER and 3 BB in 2.0 innings of relief of Jon Lieber. Operation Seans is by no means perfect. Just better than the current Operation Terrible Pitching. Sean Gallagher relieved Marshall and got three outs with 15 pitches.

UPDATE 2.0: Sean Gallagher has given up 2 ER on 4 H and 1 BB (1 K as well) through 2.0 innings. Maybe today is just a bad day to be a Cubs pitcher. I will remain steadfastly behind Operation Seans.

Gallagher Recalled; Hill Sent to Timeout in Iowa

The Cubs recalled Sean Gallagher from Iowa and sent struggling lefty Rich Hill (aka Dick Mountain) back to AAA to work out some kinks and think about what he's done.

The Cubs also announced that Jon Lieber will move into Hill's rotation spot, which I have no problem with. However, bringing up Sean Gallagher to rot in the bullpen is just plain moronic. Last year, Gallagher was not so impressive at the pitching at the Major League level, amassing an 8.59 ERA in 14 1/3 innings with a horrific 12/5 BB/K ratio. However, he's been outstanding so far in Iowa. I wonder if there's somebody whose rotation spot would be in jeopardy soon...

Maybe Jason Marquis is on a pretty short leash. We can only hope.