I guess it’s a reflection of having meaningful games in March with teams’ fortunes resting on just a few chances to perform.

But I’m glad Hendry isn’t making decisions one 1-game sample sizes (even with the Cubs’ backup catcher, who won’t actually play much anyway).

I have a feeling this season is going to be filled with fanposts every time a FORMER Cub has a good game. Ugh. Move on.

DeRosa did this, Wood did this, Henry went to the toilet!

…don’t read the post – or ignore if it you do. Since I was looking for some info regarding Lilly’s start last night, I’m appreciative that this was posted. Frankly, etiquette regarding fanposts, fanshots, comments etc. is nebulous at best. Maybe this should have been a fanshot, not a fanpost – doesn’t really matter. Moreover, how about etiquette detailing how not to be a jackass and allow people to make innocent and (to some) pertinent comments. Lastly, as I peruse recent fanposts and fanshots, I see that ubiquitous throughout are topics about Milton Bradley. And they’re not all, “Milton Bradley fits great into this lineup” or “It’s going to be interesting watching Milton Bradley and Lou eat eachother’s faces this season.” Instead, many of the topics and even more of the comments consider the, wait for it, SIGNING of Milton Bradley – and Hendry’s logic behind it. I for one believe, if Hendry’s decision to sign Bradley is fair game (or at least “acceptable” enough to the hard-ons on this blog), then so should his decisions to not sign or to trade others. I know, I know, I know: these issues have been covered ad naseum over the past several weeks. But now we have baseball; now we have Spring Traning. And with it comes substantive news – like DeRosa looks pretty damn good still (maybe we didn’t trade him at his peak?), or our backup catchers have looked pretty damn pathetic at the plate this spring (insert this fanpost about Blanco), or Marmol this, or Marmol that. Considering how early in the spring this is, and how amazing the team was (in the regular season) last year, why not make comparisons? Why not continue to guage the percieved failure or success of our GM’s moves (and non-moves)? Or how about just not reading the damn post and abstain from making wise-ass comments?

…it seems like it’s the same few people who are always bitching about fanposts/shots. If you don’t like what’s posted, don’t read it. We don’t need to read your 2 cents on why you think it’s a bad post.

And carmen_fanzone, how is the WBC meaningless? Who says saying this now isn’t at a reasonable point? The fact that Blanco hit the bomb happened now, no reason to wait until what you think is a reasonable point to post it.

That’s not a comment on the validity of the post but rather its structure. All the poster did here was essentially post a link with a couple lines of comments. He didn’t come up with original content of any substantial amount. IT’S NOT A BIG DEAL, but it would be nice if we could all keep working on using the site as efficiently as possible.

That aside, I was checking this WBC game on my phone on the train last night, because I was really curious as to how Lilly was doing, and I laughed out loud when I saw that Hank White had homered. Henry is a smart guy. He’s presumably been behind the plate for a number of Lilly’s starts and, otherwise, he’s sat in the Cubs dugout and watched Ted pitch for two years.

Tip your cap. I wish he was still a Cub – and, laugh if you want, but I wonder whether the Cubs could be at a slight disadvantage when playing the Padres this season.

why not just bring back Damien Miller?

On Team Venezuela, there is no Hank White.

Only Henry Blanco.

Gracias.