Split Squad Day: Cubs vs. Indians at Goodyear, Wednesday 3/4, 2:05 CT
by Al Yellon on Mar 4, 2009 12:00 PM CST
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PrintSome of the Cubs -- the only one we're clear on is Milton Bradley, who will return as the DH today -- will be in Goodyear to play the Indians, as the Cubs make their first visit to the Tribe's new Goodyear Ballpark. Kerry Wood is not expected to pitch against his former mates today, and Mark DeRosa is off at the World Baseball Classic.
Chad Gaudin gets the start for the Cubs vs. Cleveland's Carl Pavano. The Cubs last faced Pavano when he was a Yankee on June 17, 2005 at Yankee Stadium. They cuffed him around pretty good, but the Yankees hit Carlos Zambrano harder and won 9-6. (That was a pretty awful lineup that day -- how did they score six runs?)
Pat & Ron return on WGN radio for this afternoon's game. Here's the MLB.com Mediacenter link for the rest of today's games, which include several WBC teams playing against other ML squads in Florida (and Australia vs. the Mariners in Peoria, Arizona).
If you don't have access to audio, here's today's MLB.com Gameday link.
I'll post a recap of this game when it's over and then another game thread (or maybe combine them) for the night game (9:05 CST) in Vegas.
Discuss amongst yourselves.
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Let's play TWO!
Go Green! Go White! GO STATE! (Now #12,966 on the Cubs season ticket waiting list- UP from 13,031...WHOO HOO!)
Bradley
I am anxious to see Bradley back in the lineup and what he will do in 2 or 3 at bats.
I'm anxious to see if he actually bats more than once....
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Mar 4, 2009 12:43 PM CST up reply actions
I'm anxious to see if he actually plays defense.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Mar 4, 2009 12:44 PM CST up reply actions
Sounds like we have the makings of a new Parker Brothers game...
…“Anxious”
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
"Anxious and Allies"...
Go Green! Go White! GO STATE! (Now #12,966 on the Cubs season ticket waiting list- UP from 13,031...WHOO HOO!)
I know this is just ST...and I know the team is just being cautious...
but dammit Bradley’s “health issues” make me nervous.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Mar 4, 2009 12:51 PM CST up reply actions
Makes me nostalgic
Bradley’s just fine. I heard he was fielding towels this morning.
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Mar 4, 2009 12:54 PM CST up reply actions
do we have a treadmill
made of towels for him to run on?
"I like coconuts, you can break them open and they smell like ladies lying in the sun" Widespread Panic
The belt is a roll of paper towels
Hopefully Milton isn’t a paper tiger . . . .
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Mar 4, 2009 1:23 PM CST up reply actions
He's supposed to play in the field by Friday...
… a full month to Opening Day. I think you can hold your worries until at least then.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
I suppose I woudn't feel like this...
if Lou had explained that they were going to ease him into ST one AB at a time. And they hadn’t given us the BS about his “flu-like leg problem”.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Mar 4, 2009 12:57 PM CST up reply actions
MLB.TV and gameday audio question
I am thinking of getting the mlb.tv subscription this year for the first time and I have two questions for folks regarding mlb media:
1) Does a gameday audio subscription come with the mlb.tv premium (or regular) package, I thought I remembered seeing that.
2) Is the premium worth it, and, more generally, how fast a connection/computer do you need for either to be worthwhile?
thanks!
Eamus Ursuli!
Yes, I believe it does.
But check the MLB.com fine print first.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
I've used the regular subscription to MLB.TV for the last 3 years.
I have a T1 line at work (where I use MLB.TV the most) and a DSL line @ home. I sometimes have “buffering issues” no matter where I use it, but it’s gotten better each year. I’ve made the switch to the premium package this year, but I haven’t seen what it looks like yet and today’s game isn’t listed as a “premium” game (i don’t think ST games will be). Ask me again when the season starts and I can let you know how it’s working out for me.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Mar 4, 2009 12:29 PM CST up reply actions
I have had MLB.tv regular three years
The first was free through MSN, the last two paid for it. It has improved each year incrementally. I have a friend who said he integrated it with is big screen digital TV with premium and it was good.
I like it because of two features:
A) I can use my laptop and wireless connection and sit anywhere in the homestead and watch the game.
B) I can put in plugs and sit and watch TV with the family and not be sequestered in my office…that said I still like WGN broadcasts
Piniella: "This is a tougher job than I thought it would be, I'm going to be honest with you."
The Premium Package - This Year
Has some good new features – You can pause the action and re-start and rewind.
It’s very similiar to the DVP I have from Dish.
Like above if you have a lap top you can watch the game anywhere
I upgrade d to premium for the 1st time. The picture quality is about the same, when I have watched a few ST games this week.
"If The Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me"
I'm sure looking forward to seeing the game on TV tonight.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
I nearly cried on the way to work
when I thought I left my radio at home. Had to do a little dance when I saw that my radio was in my desk drawer. The only thing better in March than one Cubs game to follow? Two Cubs games.
"You just don't know understand how frustrating this is"- Kevin Borseth
Ahhh... Finally!!!!
The first of my 2009 Trifecta of Triumph & Tragedy – Spring training matchup between my adopted Cubs and my hometown Indians.
Part II will be in June with the regular season matchup between Cubs and Indians. And I don’t think I need to explain what Part III is – it’s so obvious Steve Phillips could figure it out.
Ok, maybe not Steve Phillips, but definitely Joe Morgan…
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
Cubs lineup vs. Indians per Muskat Love
Joey Gathright CF
Aaron Miles SS
Derrek Lee 1B
Bradley DH
Jason Dubois LF
Brad Snyder RF
Bobby Scales 3B
Nate Spears 2B.
Apparently, the Cubs have decided to forego using a catcher. Their defense is overrated anyway. (Note: I’ve asked Carrie about this on her blog, but she has a 0% response rate to comments thus far.)
My sig line is out for jury duty.
Ya gotta admit
That blog is appropriately named.
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Mar 4, 2009 1:06 PM CST up reply actions
Hoff @ C
"I like coconuts, you can break them open and they smell like ladies lying in the sun" Widespread Panic
Good to see Nate Spears getting moved up to Major League camp
if it’s just for a day.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
Enrique Wilson??
Wow, even back in ‘05 I probably wasn’t aware that he was on the Cubs.
Even with minor-league spring roster fillers, the Cubs have a better lineup against Pavano today than the last time they faced him.
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman
twss
I've told you a million times never to exaggerate!!
I am so bummed I'm going to miss these games
sincerely,
yours truly STILL at O’Hare Airport
"Truth does not do as much good in the world as the semblance of truth does evil," - Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims, 64.
Oh no!
So sorry to hear that.
Where are you headed to?
One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.
I'm trying to make it to Fairbanks for a housing trip... sigh
"Truth does not do as much good in the world as the semblance of truth does evil," - Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims, 64.
Are you flying Alaska?
If so, let me know via e-mail so I can hook you up with a lounge pass.
One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.
What a great guy you are, Chi
I appreciate the offer but I’m going to be investing in a membership soon. Doesn’t make sense for this trip because the connections are so close I wouldn’t be using it anyway.
"Truth does not do as much good in the world as the semblance of truth does evil," - Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims, 64.
What!?!
I thought your flight was yesterday . . . you haven’t been there since, have you?
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Mar 4, 2009 2:09 PM CST up reply actions
all kinds of problems with yesterday's flight
so I went back home, got a good night’s sleep and am now starting all over again. Gate agent tells me I made the right decision. Think last night’s plane is ::still:: stranded but now on the west coast instead of Chicago.
"Truth does not do as much good in the world as the semblance of truth does evil," - Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims, 64.
thanks, Sue. I'm confident it will.
"Truth does not do as much good in the world as the semblance of truth does evil," - Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims, 64.
Glad you didn't spend the night at O'Hare, anyway.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
still....no catcher mentioned in the line-up just announced on pre-game show
"Every team will win 60 games, every team will lose 60 games, it's what the team does in the other 42 games that decides the season."
maybe theriot?
he’s scrappy
There's nothing wrong with this team that more pitching, more fielding and more hitting couldn't help......"--Bill Buckner
I still say Hoff @ C
Lou loves a LH bat, and wants to see where else he can play Hoff before making his decision if Hoff is #25 or not
"I like coconuts, you can break them open and they smell like ladies lying in the sun" Widespread Panic
The LH catcher.
Lou’s really trying to be revolutionary these days.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
Dale Long.....
caught 2 games for the Cubs in 1958 before most of you were born I’m guessing
If you had to choose just one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humor.
I don't think I've seen a left-handed catcher
since eighth grade.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
Gameday has Mark Johnson listed, hitting 9th in your scorebooks.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
with no Hoff
does that mean no EA today?
"I like coconuts, you can break them open and they smell like ladies lying in the sun" Widespread Panic
Trust me...we'll think of something.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Mar 4, 2009 2:02 PM CST up reply actions
Tonight in Vegas, perhaps?
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
good one!
"Truth does not do as much good in the world as the semblance of truth does evil," - Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims, 64.
No, we gotta figure out what hot babe...
…makes DLee or The Game go yard.
My sig line is out for jury duty.
dero's wife?
There's nothing wrong with this team that more pitching, more fielding and more hitting couldn't help......"--Bill Buckner
Well, Mark's no longer on the team...
…so I guess she’s fair game.
My sig line is out for jury duty.
Since Clue is a Milton Bradley game...
Miss Scarlet perhaps?
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
That could work.
I’ve already decided to yell “Yahtzee!!!” every time Bradley homers.
My sig line is out for jury duty.
This may come in handy:
A list of Milton Bradley games.
I may go with Parcheesi myself.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
Molly Sullivan on Mountain West Sports Network...
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Mar 4, 2009 2:09 PM CST up reply actions
Well, she is on her way to cover the game in Vegas tonight
but she said she’d have time to make a quick(ie) appearance here…
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
I like what I see
"Every team will win 60 games, every team will lose 60 games, it's what the team does in the other 42 games that decides the season."
wow - I didn't realize they were making JPG files in 3D yet... ;-)
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
I think someone got happy with the liquify filter in CS3
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Mar 4, 2009 2:12 PM CST up reply actions
Put on your special glasses
you never know what you may find poking you in the face
"Every team will win 60 games, every team will lose 60 games, it's what the team does in the other 42 games that decides the season."
Captain Ballhawk, reporting for duty!
Sir, Yes Sir!
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
not a fan of the country version of
take me out to the ball game.
not sure why, just doesn’t do it for me.
There's nothing wrong with this team that more pitching, more fielding and more hitting couldn't help......"--Bill Buckner
Well done, Slappy Joe.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
::holding breath::
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Mar 4, 2009 2:11 PM CST up reply actions
What a bum.
He clearly needs an attractive female picture when at bat.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
The Game pops out to second base.
That was an anti-Yahtzee! moment.
My sig line is out for jury duty.
At least he didn't hurt himself trying to beat out an infield hit.
Disaster averted.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Mar 4, 2009 2:13 PM CST up reply actions
you're not turning into nervouscubsfan, are you?
"Truth does not do as much good in the world as the semblance of truth does evil," - Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims, 64.
not so much...
just for Bradley maybe.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Mar 4, 2009 2:19 PM CST up reply actions
More like a Boggle moment.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
The former Indian farmhand wants revenge...
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
ouch
Pavano is a tad wild… just ask DuBois…
I've told you a million times never to exaggerate!!
Nice! Snyder gets it done.
Nice job by Gathright and DLee getting on base, too.
My sig line is out for jury duty.
Maybe he's the modern-day Pat Tabler
that guy had unreal numbers with bases loaded. From baseball-reference.com
Pat Tabler amassed an incredible record with the bases loaded. He had 43 hits in 88 at bats for a .489 batting average in this situation. Breaking it down another way, Pat came to the plate 109 times with the bases loaded in his career. He had 43 hits, 11 walks, 1 hit by pitch, 9 sacrifice flies and reached on error twice. That amounts to a 60.6% chance that at least one run scored when Pat came to bat.
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
I could have you burned at the stake for practicing sabermagic!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Mar 4, 2009 2:22 PM CST up reply actions
Gaudin goes to the bender for the K.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
Poor Ron - he wasn't cut out for pronouncing Asdrubal.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
Just a little bit.
His comment on Asdrubal: “What would his nickname be: Joe?”
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
Is Gaudin 100 % healthy this spring?
I think he could play a useful part in this years team if so. (as long as he stays away from wayward dumpsters)
Baseball is like church--many attend, few understand. - Leo Durocher
Bo knows HRs.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Mar 4, 2009 2:26 PM CST up reply actions
Gaudin getting rocked...
…..double….by grafininoonooiofino
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
Not in my earpiece
"Every team will win 60 games, every team will lose 60 games, it's what the team does in the other 42 games that decides the season."
Now it is!
"Every team will win 60 games, every team will lose 60 games, it's what the team does in the other 42 games that decides the season."
just a flesh wound
"Every team will win 60 games, every team will lose 60 games, it's what the team does in the other 42 games that decides the season."
catching up on some shout-outs between innings...
“This one goes out to a big Cub fan, Em who’s stuck at OHare waiting for a flight to Alaska…”
“Say Pat, Em spelled backwards is Me!!! heh heh heh…”
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
Do they have dumpsters in AZ ?
Maybe one attacked Chad again ?
"I daydream just like everybody else, I just do it with my body facing the field, so everybody thinks I'm paying attention."- Greg Maddux
I think that's why the intro music into the 2nd inning was none other than
Garbage.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
I'm on the audio and a bit behind...
you should act as if you’re a fortune teller, like you have ESP
I've told you a million times never to exaggerate!!
The Spears guy can stay in big league camp.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
Trey, is he AA or AAA bound?
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Mar 4, 2009 2:35 PM CST up reply actions
I could see either one.
My guess is Triple-A, but that’s if Rivas gets his release instead of heading to Iowa at the end of ST.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
too easy!
"I like coconuts, you can break them open and they smell like ladies lying in the sun" Widespread Panic
TWHS
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Mar 4, 2009 4:55 PM CST up reply actions
Gameday here they have Gaithright
up as the second batter with a man on first and third, I guess Johnson was a ghost hitter
If the world didn't suck we would all fall off.
Chad, watch out. .don't end up in another so soon--please!!
Baseball is like church--many attend, few understand. - Leo Durocher
I guess I'll just turn off Gameday
It’s easier to follow the ramblings here
If the world didn't suck we would all fall off.
and more entertaining
"I like coconuts, you can break them open and they smell like ladies lying in the sun" Widespread Panic
I am looking forward to DLee this year--he is due for a much better one.
Baseball is like church--many attend, few understand. - Leo Durocher
Fausto Carmona in for Cleveland.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
Ohhh...the tension!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Mar 4, 2009 2:53 PM CST up reply actions
Wut ded he dew?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Mar 4, 2009 2:54 PM CST up reply actions
6-3
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
I assume Lou will take him out of the game now...
so he can get another Theraflu injection in his leg.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Mar 4, 2009 2:56 PM CST up reply actions
Game Board
Know he’s 0-2, but how does he look at the plate?
by Tangled Up In Blue on Mar 4, 2009 3:04 PM CST up reply actions
That sounds really stupid....
Know the game is on radio. Just meant is he working counts, etc.
Long day.
by Tangled Up In Blue on Mar 4, 2009 3:08 PM CST up reply actions
Seems that way
Conversation at a Cubs Game
Me "I think it's cool that a lot of Cubs have names that are abbreviations. A-Ram, D-Ro, D-Lee.... how about R-Ther (R-Tear).
Cousin "....that just sounds graphic."
I dont have audio
just behind slow gameday.
Would be nice to know whats going on :D
V.ery D.elusional N.incompoop
Until I think of something better :D
Nate Spears
Am I the only guy who believes this guy is a prospect? I think he can be a major league ballplayer—heck, he’s Mike Fontenot 2.0. Yet the Cubs left him unprotected in the Rule 5 draft and no one took him.
Good to see him triple today. I see him going to Iowa and starting everyday and getting a callup if there’s an injury to Fontenot or Miles.
I haven't given him much thought...
…but I’ll definitely keep an eye on him.
My sig line is out for jury duty.
and what would Pat say if Nate gets another triple?
[ wait for it…]
Oops! He did it again…
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
I'm in the Spears camp.
I still don’t understand why he wasn’t invited to big league camp, but you’re right, I think he’s cut from the Fontenot mold and could really help this team – if not this year, then in 2010.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
I like Spears.
Saw him play in the Arizona Fall League. I concur with you — he’s Mike Fontenot 2.0. He has a future as a utility player, and given that the Cubs need a backup SS, I can’t understand why he didn’t get a camp invite. Isn’t that mostly what the AFL is for, to identify guys like that? Spears had a good AFL season.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
And that being the case...
… we might see him in Chicago in August (at the Iowa game at Wrigley).
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
Slightly OT,
Al, did the Cubs play exhibition games here at and against Iowa once upon a time? I seem to remember that happening early in the year at least a few times, but can’t find any confirmation on it.
Music here!
Retrosheet...
… has a complete list of in-season exhibition games. I spot at least a couple of Cubs vs. Iowa games there.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
Doesn't sound like Ron has much faith in Bernie Williams' comeback efforts
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
Do you, Trey?
He was great, 10 years ago.
One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.
Nope, I sure don't.
Gosh, it has been 10 years since he was great. Now I feel old.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
Yeah, I feel ya
I guess his marquee year was 1999.
One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.
Quiet in here huh?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Mar 4, 2009 3:27 PM CST reply actions
Indians are running like crazy.
Oh, and they’ve taken the lead – 4-3.
My sig line is out for jury duty.
I wonder if it's Campusano they're running on or Mark Johnson.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
that's my guess, too.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
These thoughts about sneezing brought to you by Vicks
makers of DayQuil and NyQuill.
ahh I’ve missed Pat and Ron
"You just don't know understand how frustrating this is"- Kevin Borseth
Sneezes??
This is comedy….Ron discussing how his wifes loud sneezes scare him
Milton Bradley games
I have been debating what to yell when Milton hits home runs and have decided against Yahtzee because that was used on SportsCenter back in the 90’s (Kilborn maybe?). I have decided I am going to set up an area in the RF bleachers dubbed CandyLand, and get Milton to hits bombs there and scream CANDYLAND!!!!!
Uncle Wiggly?
nah
"Every team will win 60 games, every team will lose 60 games, it's what the team does in the other 42 games that decides the season."
Probably can't go with Jenga, either
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
so that's like Yahtzee, Jr.?
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
Just don't lose the dice in the seat cushions.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
I like this guy Bradley....
"I'm not much of a chemistry guy, you know. Chemistry to me is a pinch-hit double with the bases loaded"--Jim Frey, Chicago Tribune, 1985.
looking at this list of MB games...
The possibilities are endless.
http://thegettinplace.blogspot.com/
Indeed. Say Milton is up with men on, you can say:
Come on Milton, Don’t Spill the Beans.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
just as long as we dont see him
playing Operation, Its all good with me
"I like coconuts, you can break them open and they smell like ladies lying in the sun" Widespread Panic
Absolutely.
Or, after a hanging breaking ball:
http://thegettinplace.blogspot.com/
dammit.
I thought that list was nothing but MB. How did I miss that large “Praker Brothers” insignia…
http://thegettinplace.blogspot.com/
Sounds like a night at the local pick-up joint.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Mar 4, 2009 3:49 PM CST up reply actions
If that was my last name...
I would make up my own signature pitch.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Mar 4, 2009 3:42 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah, how could he have missed that opportunity?
He should have at least learned a splitter, so he could throw the Schlitter splitter. Man, these players today just don’t think about marketing.
My sig line is out for jury duty.
reminds me of Mr baseball
the pitchers throwing the “shitter”
"I like coconuts, you can break them open and they smell like ladies lying in the sun" Widespread Panic
How about Schlitter throwing a splitter to the hitter in the shitter?
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Mar 4, 2009 3:48 PM CST up reply actions
OK, damnit, this made me laugh.
Although I’d point out it’s NOT COOL to throw a breaking pitch at a guy trying to do his business.
My sig line is out for jury duty.
Shit the shitter split the hitters shitter
"I like coconuts, you can break them open and they smell like ladies lying in the sun" Widespread Panic
that's too damn hard to say.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Mar 4, 2009 3:51 PM CST up reply actions
I pray he's not just another ST phenom.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Mar 4, 2009 3:50 PM CST up reply actions
He was a Southern League Postseason All-Star last year
So there is some talent there.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
And he won the "Best Hustler" award
for the Southern League, which sounds dirty but apparently isn’t.
Yeah, but is he scrappy?
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Mar 4, 2009 3:54 PM CST up reply actions
I thought that meant he had the best porn collection on the team.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Mar 4, 2009 3:56 PM CST up reply actions
as long as he isnt posing in it
"I like coconuts, you can break them open and they smell like ladies lying in the sun" Widespread Panic
Talented and scrappy?
How is he not in big league camp (today aside)?
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
Don't ask me
I don’t understand why he didn’t get taken in the Rule 5 draft.
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think Spears is much more than a backup. But he could be a good utility guy and I’m not sure why he doesn’t get more love.
Joey Gathright is leaving for a pinch runner?
What is this, Bizarroworld?
My sig line is out for jury duty.
You've got to give those power bats a rest from time to time.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Mar 4, 2009 3:53 PM CST up reply actions
Slappy Joe only has so many hats left in those bats.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
*and by hats, of course I mean hits.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
Jim A-duece-E?
God help us if he catches Schlitter next inning.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
I think his name was Jim Adoozy
Too lame…
One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.
Here's his lifetime numbers.
He’s got a .698 lifetime OPS in 4 minor league years. Not a prospect.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
Because he's got no power
and OPS skews towards power. But his speed and OBP are good.
He’s only 24. I wouldn’t say he’s not a prospect. I’d say he’s not a good prospect. But I ‘d guess he’s closer to not being a prospect than being a good one.
I took
B-Ball lessons from a Jim Aducci out of Tinley Park when I was in Junior High. I gotta believe that’s his Dad. That’s a riot.
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." ~Alvin Dark
by DamonBerryhillsMitt on Mar 4, 2009 4:12 PM CST up reply actions
Ooops
Prolly shoulda read a little further down b4 posting. That is his kid, huh? That’s cool.
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." ~Alvin Dark
by DamonBerryhillsMitt on Mar 4, 2009 4:13 PM CST up reply actions
He had a really good year
for Daytona last season. Leadoff left fielder with great OBP skills, good speed (stole 26 bases) and absolutely no power. Canadian.
If you’re old enough, you might rememberhis dad of the same name playing for the Brewers.
When I first heard the name ...
… I wondered why a 49-year-old guy was trying a comeback…
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
4-4, end of 6th.
FYI, I will post a recap of this game which will also serve as your game thread for tonight’s game.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
Wonder if Ernie ever imagined
“Let’s Play Two” could mean the Cubs playing in 2 different cities on the same day.
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Mar 4, 2009 4:01 PM CST up reply actions
Did half the coaching staff go to Vegas?
Who did they leave in Mesa? I’d assume Trammel is managing, correct?
Enquiring minds want to know!
Hey, it's a new century!
I think they said that Bobby Dickerson was managing today.
Lou and Alan are enjoying the nightlife in Vegas.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
Prediction...
… since there’s a split squad, if this game is tied after 9, they won’t bother with extra innings.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
I think they still go 10, then done
"Every team will win 60 games, every team will lose 60 games, it's what the team does in the other 42 games that decides the season."
Cubs are already on pitcher #4 after six innings.
Depends on how many pitchers they brought over.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
Hoff can pitch too
"I like coconuts, you can break them open and they smell like ladies lying in the sun" Widespread Panic
And Rocky Rocquet...stepped onto the mound...
…only to find Gideon’s Bible.
My sig line is out for jury duty.
you win 3 beatles points
Conversation at a Cubs Game
Me "I think it's cool that a lot of Cubs have names that are abbreviations. A-Ram, D-Ro, D-Lee.... how about R-Ther (R-Tear).
Cousin "....that just sounds graphic."
Too bad he can't find the strike zone instead.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
Gideon checked out...
… because Rocky was walking too many people.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
It's so slow in here gameday is faster.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
So this here thread is dead I reckon
Where’s everyone?
One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.
I was wondering the same thing.
It is getting close to 5. Maybe people are leaving work.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
I'm at my office til the other game starts
without much at all to do. I’s still hoping for some gossip or something.
One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.
I'm here.
One eye on the game, one eye on work.
by Tangled Up In Blue on Mar 4, 2009 4:51 PM CST up reply actions
well it is Spring Training, so most of the regulars have already left the thread...
SWL and Trey are signing autographs down the line…
Me and Daver are running sprints out on the warning track…
Em left early to catch a flight to Vegas for tonight’s game…
Al is already in the locker room looking for some scoops…
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on Mar 4, 2009 4:51 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
Trey and I have hot dates with a couple of the "lady fans" we met...
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Mar 4, 2009 4:58 PM CST up reply actions
Cleveland gets the go-ahead run, 5-4.
Sellers couldn’t get the ball out of the glove with the IF in.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
Gameday's going bizarro again...
There’s a bunch of empty lines in the Cubs line up.
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Mar 4, 2009 4:48 PM CST up reply actions
I think they don't have the minor league campers in the roster files.
so that’s causing the blanks.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
And it's over in Glendale. Cubs lose, 5-4.
Onto Vegas for tonight’s game.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
Yep, just takin' him out for a test drive.
Hopefully I won’t have to use him too many times in the regular season.
My sig line is out for jury duty.
Classic picture...
…that I only want to see about 60 or so times this year.
by Tangled Up In Blue on Mar 4, 2009 5:00 PM CST up reply actions
And not at all after October 4.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
Recap posted.
Also, use that post for tonight’s game thread.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
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