Chad Durbin Career Tracker

It's 7:45, well 8:20 now.
And we have laptops at my school.

Lucky. My school starts at 7:30, and all I have is the computers in my Word Processing class.

My school starts at 7:30, but if you go to my school you are issued a laptop for your use all four years.

cdurbfan22 wrote:

It's 7:45, well 8:20 now.
And we have laptops at my school.

A Grand Slam...

Never thought I'd say the word.
I knew I had jinxed him.

cdurbfan22 wrote:

A Grand Slam...

Never thought I'd say the word.
I knew I had jinxed him.

Damn Cubs!

I seriously threw a fit and got really mad.

CHICAGO -- No one had to move or look. Everyone knew.

Aramis Ramirez left no doubt on the final landing spot of this unfortunate baseball. The roar of 40,362 told Phillies reliever Chad Durbin, who served up the 91-mph sinking fastball that didn't sink, or Shane Victorino, the center fielder who stood with arms folded, that this wasn't going to be good.

"Just a bad pitch that came back over the plate," Durbin said.

Ramirez's mammoth drive traveled well out to center field, beyond the ivy, the bushes and almost reached Pennsylvania. The box score will show it as a grand slam that lifted the Cubs to a 6-4 win over Philadelphia in the first of a four-game series.

In the aftermath of a loss that pushed the Phillies a full game behind the idle Mets in the National League East, a stellar Cole Hamels start had been erased and a bullpen that has become increasingly tired and unreliable was exposed.

"You think about how well Cole threw the ball, and how well our guys put at-bats up against [Cubs starter Ryan] Dempster," Durbin said. "This is a tough one."

The Cubs don't own the National League's best home record (50-19), the highest batting average (.282) and the most runs scored (735) by accident, but this mattered not to Hamels. The lefty quieted the Wrigley Field faithful with seven innings of one-run ball, but left because he had thrown 108 pitches.

Manager Charlie Manuel would have loved for his ace to go deeper.

"He was absolutely spent," Manuel said. "I definitely thought about leaving him in, but I knew there was no sense. We got a tremendous outing against them. He's had tough luck all year long. When he pitches that good and leaves with the lead, I want him to get the win."

But?

"They're a good hitting team, and showed it in the eighth inning," Manuel said.

Already worried about his overworked trio of Durbin, Ryan Madson and J.C. Romero -- all three rested in Wednesday's loss to the Mets -- Manuel used Madson to start the eighth.

Infielder Mike Fontenot greeted Madson with a pinch-hit home run. Alfonso Soriano then doubled and went to third on Ryan Theriot's single.

"I was pulling every ball," Madson said. "I don't know what it was. It was a mechanical issue that happens every once in a while. They were jumping on every bad pitch I made. The ball wasn't going where I wanted it to go, that's for sure."

Ditto for Durbin, who walked Derrek Lee on five pitches, then surrendered the slam to Ramirez on a 1-0 pitch.

"I've been able to do that since I was in the Minor Leagues," Ramirez said. "I've always been able to drive in runs. It's something I'm proud of, and I like being in those situations late in the game."

"We got in situations where we couldn't get people out," Manuel said. "Most of the games we lost, that's how it's been."

The bullpen entered the eighth in the past two games, giving up nine runs in that frame. Rudy Seanez and Brad Lidge combined for the damage Wednesday, and Madson and Durbin took their turn Thursday.

Almost daily, Manuel expresses concern over his bullpen's use, when he's not answering questions about an inconsistent offense. Though the Phils' relievers have logged the third-fewest innings in the NL, key members like Durbin and Madson are among the leaders in appearances.

Durbin, especially, is in his first full season as a reliever. He insists that he's physically fine.

"They have been working quite a bit," Manuel said. "We're at that point in the season. It seemed like we couldn't make pitches. When we got in trouble, we got behind in counts and threw the ball in the big part of the plate, and they were getting hammered."

Ken Mandel is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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cdurbfan22 wrote:

I seriously threw a fit and got really mad.

Made me and


Hopefully Durbin won't give up another home run for a long time

Tigers should never have let him leave



Rather see him than Rodney or Farnsworth in the Tigers BP

I was quite upset.

Durbin needs to be a Tiger again

1.2 IP
0 R/ER
0 H
0 BB

cdurbfan22 wrote:

1.2 IP
0 R/ER
0 H
0 BB

Whoo Chad Durbin!!!

Not so great last night...

Got the loss and his ERA shot up to 2.69.

I'll have to update his stats later today.

He had a *gasp* great outing last night!!

cdurbfan22 wrote:

I'll have to update his stats later today.

He had a *gasp* great outing last night!!

I was so glad that Charlie Manuel didn't put him in...I was so surprised actually.

I spoke WAY too soon...

Aww. Its ok cdurb. Hes still one of the best relief pitcher this year.

I was really, really mad.
And I still kind of am...but

we gotta get him back somehow!

There's always a possibility that Philly won't resign him.

In that case...he needs to make his way to Houston, I'd be really really happy!

Goodness gracious Chad Griffin Durbin...

2.98 ERA

I think he's hurt. He's just not doing as well for some reason. Maybe, he's tired, I have no idea!

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EDIT: I realize that his ERA isn't bad, but for about a month it's been steadily rising. To think it was <1.50 or so, it just drives me crazy!!

cdurbfan22 wrote:

Goodness gracious Chad Griffin Durbin...

2.98 ERA

I think he's hurt. He's just not doing as well for some reason. Maybe, he's tired, I have no idea!

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EDIT: I realize that his ERA isn't bad, but for about a month it's been steadily rising. To think it was <1.50 or so, it just drives me crazy!!

Durbin needs to get his ERA back down.

CHADLEY! Cmon dude!
(He's just having a slump. It'll get better)

GO DURBIN!


GET THAT ERA DOWN

gdennis59 wrote:

Durbin needs to get his ERA back down.

You're telling me.
It looked so much better before.

It went down a small bit last night.

Currently at 2.92.