Nice Story on Matthew Cerda on ESPN today

by Nibbles on Aug 24, 2008 9:52 PM CDT Comment 12 comments

ESPN was doing their, "Where Are They Now", segment. We probably all remember Danny Almonte from the Little League World Series a few years ago. What I didn't know was that the last player to face Almonte was a four foot nothing eleven year old Matthew Cerda. He was barely old enough to play, having just turned old enough. Cerda struck out three times against Almonte. Making contact just once, fouling a pitch off.

Cerda put some muscle on his small frame and developed into a pretty good shortstop. Good enough to be picked in the fourth round by the Cubs this June. Almonte wasn't drafted last year. He is pitching for a JUCO in Oklahoma and will return for another year in hopes of being picked next year.

The Cubs have moved Cerda to catcher in rookie ball. A position he hadn't played since Little League. Not sure if he has enough pop in his bat. He seemed like a Fontenot clone. Best wishes to him. He'll have to really fight his way through the system with the challenge of moving positions, but the Cubs do seem weak at this position besides Welington Castillo.

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Thanks for the post but it

is already a fanshot

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But the one thing I do know is that it is the case.

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by nbt on Aug 24, 2008 10:01 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

There was also...

…a fanPOST about it here. I would respectfully submit that this fanpost is repetitive and unnecessary.

Yes, sir!

by dat cubfan daver on Aug 25, 2008 10:14 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Justice

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by nji232 on Aug 24, 2008 10:01 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

This was already posted...

…please take it down to save space….

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by NotSure on Aug 24, 2008 10:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Congrats

Congratulations. I didnt realize that Al had decided to pay a moderator for a blog.

(Sarcasm, nothing personal)

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by Ryan at Cubshub on Aug 24, 2008 10:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

None taken...

…sometimes I think there needs to be a moderator for the FanPosts.

by NotSure on Aug 24, 2008 10:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Perhaps

I’ll admit that with the Cubs playing as well as they are that a lot of fans have come out of the woodwork, and its caused message boards and sites like this to get bogged down… but happens every year that the Cubs are good…

It just seems to me that there are a lot of moderator wanna-be types on here… if you think I’m wrong, watch, and I bet that 10 people say something to the guy about it being double posted before Al even gets to it…

One thing you learned as a Cubs fan: when you bought you ticket, you could bank on seeing the bottom of the ninth.
Joe Garagiola

by Ryan at Cubshub on Aug 24, 2008 10:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

That was a great read!

And Cerda is only 17… it’s possible he may grow a little more.

I'm not going to even bother trying to update this sig everyday anymore... that's what the standings column on ESPN is for.
Updated on May 25, 2008

by SackMan on Aug 25, 2008 1:10 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

before you get flogged

just take a quick moment to search the site for the headline of your post. In this case had you searched Matthew Cerda or “Cerda” you would’ve seen the diaries posted before on this.

If you need a lesson on the search function Dr. Crawdad teaches them

not trying to pile on, just letting you know how to check for things like this in the future

by DartmouthCubsFan on Aug 25, 2008 3:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I thought I had checked,

but not closely enough. But, this does reinforce why I have rarely posted the last two years. I go to lots of boards, but this one reminds me of the monkey exhibit at a zoo. If you get too close to their area their is screaming, thumping of chests and excrement throwing.

by Nibbles on Aug 25, 2008 10:06 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Ive said this before

on this blog their are thousands upon thousands of visitors. If a story is released are a major outlet i.e. website,espn,radio etc about 99% of the time is written here within a matter of minutes. sometimes it takes a few hours. if you come across a story and its not today’s date, its here somewhere guaranteed.

from the mouth of Uecker:

"Am I the only one who’s glad it’s only a 4-game series? If was a 9-game series, I think the Cubs would win them all."

by cubsluver22 on Aug 26, 2008 12:18 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Seems to me...

…that a post like this is more akin to a monkey throwing excrement than a few members of a community respectfully telling you that you’re repeating a topic that someone else has already taken the time to cover.

Yes, sir!

by dat cubfan daver on Aug 26, 2008 8:39 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs