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Try to watch NL Best Plays on MLB Network

Never did a fanshot but wasn't worth a whole posting. Try to check out on MLB Network the NL Plays of the Year. They have a lot of Cubs stuff in there and a few great moments from Aaron Miles. I'm actually looking forward to him playing with us now. Check it out on replays!

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Argh, I started watching it last night...

…but my wife came in and won the cage match for the remote. A quick look at the schedule tells me they’ll be replaying it at 10 am (ET) on Saturday and 2:30 am (ET) on Sunday. Ladies and gentleman, start your DVRs!

RIP Ron Asheton (1948-2009)

by dat cubfan daver on Jan 22, 2009 9:56 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

They had Ankiel ahead of Johnson and Edmonds

for outfielder’s plays. What a jib. I stopped watching after that.
The Edmonds catch in Houston was the best by anyone all 2008 season.

One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.

by chilango2 on Jan 22, 2009 10:19 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

By a mile

Looking at them again last night, Johnson was a tad late jumping and had to make up for it (not bashing him). Edmond’s was circus-like. He wasn’t looking at the ball for a bit while trying to make up ground and had to deal with that ridiculous uphill.

One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.

by chilango2 on Jan 22, 2009 1:19 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

But remember

That was a trademark Edmonds play. He’s done almost identical catches for years. It’s still spectacular and even greater that it was done in a Cubs uniform but it wasn’t anything new for him.

Johnson’s play was more of those holy #$ sort of plays that you rewound a couple dozen times to show anyone in your house that missed it.

by ak123 on Jan 22, 2009 1:44 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, it's definitely a close call.

If I may draw a ridiculous distinction here, I would say that Edmonds may have made the better “catch,” but RJ’s leaping grab was a better “play.” And in that I mean that it wasn’t just RJ’s insane jump that made the play great, it was all the stuff that went along with it:

  • The stunned-while-trying-to-be-nonchalant way he got up and ran back toward the dugout after making the catch.
  • The way the bill of his cap was turned up.
  • DeRo standing absolutely still, staring in amazement at Woody through the fence.
  • Felipe Lopez smiling in disbelief as he walked off the field.
  • Len Kasper’s call.

I think all the extra elements add up to push it over the top.

RIP Ron Asheton (1948-2009)

by dat cubfan daver on Jan 22, 2009 2:06 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

You know...

I think you make excellent points. But when Edmonds made the catch in Houston, Len Kasper also went nuts, Carlos Lee waited for him to give him a nudgie and I lost my voice screaming at the TV.
But the “stunned-while-trying-to-be-nonchalant” bit is the kicker. RJ’s wins.

One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.

by chilango2 on Jan 22, 2009 3:47 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Ah, that's right. It was Carlos Lee.

I was trying to remember that. I seem to recall Edmonds also robbing Eckstein of a hit at one point last season and laughing at the original Scrapmeister on the way back to the dugout.

RIP Ron Asheton (1948-2009)

by dat cubfan daver on Jan 22, 2009 5:27 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Agree

Johnson I think should have been #1. But it was nice they recognized Cubs for 2 of the 9 spots in that category. I feel national channels overlooks the team and they did a good job of representation for teh entire special.

by ak123 on Jan 22, 2009 10:54 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

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