Please slip him my number.

And though it wasn’t an easy catch, it should have been made, as Orie’s glove touched the ball. I understand the scorer’s reasoning, though. But I still think it should have been scored as an error.

Cueto was worried about DeRosa when he was on first, and the color guy commented that he didn’t think Cueto knew how to read. It was something along the lines of Brennaman saying- No need to even worry about DeRosa over there, and the color guy responding- He should of read the scouting report, but I don’t think he knows how.

n/t

That being said, he is clearly on a mission to make the world hate the Cubs during these local Reds games. It started with the Pie comment about always overthrowing people, accusing Soto of being on steroids, making little comments about Soriano and his contract every chance he got. The guy pretends to be an expert about a team that he hasn’t covered in years, and his “expert” opinion always paints the Cubs as either a dumb baseball team or cheaters.

Thanks. And yes, you ARE biased (but forgiven).

n/t

n/t

Catch any fish? Snare any mountain lions :-)

hahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahaha

Dat der’s funny.

You got your work cut out for you to top that

Welcome back. You were missed.

... to get his autograph that year at the convention. Though he was a touted prospect at the time, the line to get his autograph that year was short.

Hope there aren’t any officers on the board. ; )

you just talked “about him”...and we all know your far from “nobody”!

just kidding.

Harang is very underrated. I think it’s the way he appears to have stopped halfway through the evolution process. But nonetheless, not fair. Arroyo had flowing blonde locks and less monkey-like features, and look where that got him. He’s gonna have to go back to music. That’s just punishment for us all….

with the lineups

...will grab some bench after yesterday’s two-headed debacle. I’ll venture to say that 1Dec gets the start at second, though, as has been said many a time here, Theriot should really move over and play second and let Ronny take short.

that’s what I’ll be doing the rest of the day…

Man, his stuff was just SICK.

What a guy.

I was JUST about to post that, literally seconds ago.

Fielder’s steak of destruction

Nice to see A-Ram back in the lineup—and Cedeno in it, too.

Where did you find these?

Cedeno at 2B!

ARam is back, and DeRosa gets a rest. Maybe in a few days, DeRo gets back, and 1dec is moved to SS.

Repeated for emphasis.

this is sadly the EXACT members I want on the field. I like Pie and Theriot so sue me.

I would prefer a different order but ill take what i can get.

I’m guessing Ramirez will be a BP decision. If he can swing the bat without alot of pain, then Derosa gets a much needed night off. If not you can stick Derosa in and move Kosuke up without having to shuffle the whole infield around.

goooooooooooood

Its gonna be a long year either way.

...and lack of production.

Wait, you mean Archuleta didn’t get a BWI citation recently? Oh.

He didn’t run on the dropped third strike either. Expect a post from MDBNIU in four and three and two and one and…

I don’t think I’ve ever heard his play-by-play. Does he pass kidney stones during his telecast or something? Poor guy.

n/t

...but the way he’s been playing so far, I’d just as soon he NOT try and steal bases anytime soon.

He’s been caught stealing so many times this year. Last year he was caught four times; this year, six, and not even a fourth of the way thru.

If it gets as bad as last night I won’t stay.

to look at it.

are. He’ll get out of his funk he’s in.

Or I’ll CUT-CHA!

He could get hurt!

where he stole 1 base and got caught stealing twice?

Yes, it is 2002.

...they’d already gone to commercial.

but with better receiver skills…

Maybe at the plate, but Soto’s got more defensive talent than Piazza ever had.

in the 19-5 recap rout over the Brewers.

Not sure if that link will take you directly to my post, but here’s what I said then

I’ve run through a bunch of catchers (all teams, not just Cubs) in my mind and the one that keeps coming up is…
Mike Piazza. Not saying Soto will be as good of a hitter as Piazza, but the potential seems to be there, both in power and in average. Biggest difference I can see right now is Piazza had power to all fields, especially right-center. Soto seems to be a dead-pull hitter, tonight’s second homer notwithstanding. Not sure that’s a problem, but if it is, the nice thing is, it’s a area that can be worked on and improved. And it’s probably safe to say, Soto brings a better defensive toolkit to the table than Piazza.

The beauty here is that Soto can mature as a major-leaguer surrounded by the likes of DLee, ARam, Soriano, Fukudome, DeRosa – all very good hitters. So there is no pressure on him to be "the man" right now. All he needs to do is handle the pitchers and block the plate. Any offense is gravy. Having said that, let me also say it’s time to start roasting the turkeys my friends, ‘cause there’s going to be lots of gravy this year… ;-)

...and Cedeno can only get worse from here on out – unless you think he’s Sammy Sosa in his prime at the plate all of a sudden.

he won’t hit .390 all year – and he has unfairly been on the bench too much so i’m sure he’s anxious out there tonight. i predict at least one big hit from 1Dec tonight – bank it!