Bobby Scales

by Gunga La Gunga on May 14, 2009 10:34 PM CDT Comment 82 comments

Two years ago, Lou lit a fire under the team by reaching into the minors to find the hot hitters and see who would stick. Theriot, Fontenot, even Pie at times, were used not only for the on field production, but to inspire greater production from the veterans (at the risk of losing their jobs).

Glad to see Lou reaching to get Scales, and hopefully his performance (or the performance of others to follow) continue to keep pressure on the rest of the troops.

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Agreed!!!

I’m just hoping to find a Bobby Scales jersey t-shirt!

by TheHawk5 on May 14, 2009 10:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I've heard that Clutche has a Hoff jersey if you want one :-)

"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.

by zevkalman on May 14, 2009 11:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

What an awesome story

How incredible must his life be right now

"That's what you live for. You live for the opportunity and when that day comes, you better be ready," Soto said. "I tried to make sure that whenever they gave me a chance, I was ready and I knew I had to take advantage of the opportunity."

by Madison Cub Fan on May 14, 2009 11:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

There are already a couple Scales post so didn't want to start another

Interesting article on him

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/chi-15-cubs-bobby-scales-may15,0,2989659.story

by Madison Cub Fan on May 15, 2009 12:20 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

That's a really nice article.

Interesting fact: he has a college degree. That puts him in a very small minority of players who have played college ball and actually graduated.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al on May 15, 2009 3:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Scales - College Graduate

Most college baseball players, even if they don’t go on to play pro ball, take at least five years to get an undergraduate degree. That’s because they have to take light course loads during their spring semesters because of all the travel done during college baseball season. There are some former players, who spend that fifth college year, as “graduate” assistant coaches.

"The big possums walk late." - Harry Caray

by memphiscub on May 15, 2009 7:12 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I am not sure if any other Cub has a degree

DeRosa has a degree but was the only one I remember from last year. It is becoming much rarer these days.

"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

by Doggie Stalker on May 15, 2009 8:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Shark must have one

"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley

by drewishdrewid on May 15, 2009 10:07 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Prior has one.

Another recent former Cub does as well. Remlinger I want to say?

by kanderber on May 15, 2009 11:12 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Prior got his from so many trips to the arm specialist

kinda learned it through osmosis

I'm officially a fan of Bobby Scales

by heine41 on May 15, 2009 11:14 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Actually, I think his degree is in finance.

But, with all his trips to the arm doc, he could probably have minored in injuries. Ha, minor injuries – if only.

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by dat cubfan daver on May 15, 2009 11:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Remlinger was an Ivy Leaguer ( Dartmouth)

I knew about Prior but was only referring to current Cubs. Forgot about Shark. Assume he got his degree though of course
he is not currently on the 25 man roster. You want to go the 40 man roster and you get my boy Sam Fuld who not only graduated Stanford but is probably the only MLB player to graduate from Phillips Exeter Academy one the elite New England prep schools

"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

by Doggie Stalker on May 15, 2009 12:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Scales and Hoff have been great influences

Other positives to the team:
-Healthy Soriano. He truly seems to love being at Wrigley.
-Theriot – He’s playing good ball this month. Wish he cut down his K’s though but regardless he deserves just as much credit as anyone else for this streak.
-Lou – He had Lee sit. I didn’t hear if it was neck spasms or not today but he went with the hotter bat and we had 6 runs and 4 runs in two innings because of that.

And on a final thought:
-A lot of our batters have .200 BA right now. Our guys are not .200 batters and they’re all getting hot at the same time. If we don’t extend this to atleast a 7 game streak I would be dissapointed.

by ak123 on May 15, 2009 12:54 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

But but but...

Soriano is overpaid! I love how all the haters go back into the woodwork when he’s playing well.

"Pounding sand since 1982...."

by cubswynn on May 15, 2009 9:31 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

IMO

most players are overpaid, but that is just part of the game

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 15, 2009 9:54 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

+1

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by KaliCub on May 15, 2009 11:06 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

He is overpaid

I’m still not his biggest fan but I am slowly coming around. If we make it to post season he’s going to have to get some big hits to win me over completely.

by ak123 on May 15, 2009 10:59 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't mind so much that he's overpaid

but my fear has always been the length of his contract. That still scares me.

by chitownhawkeye on May 15, 2009 11:00 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

If you use that same logic...

…to other players, you are waiting on a lot of people to come around on.

Hate him all you want, he has been the most important player (maybe second to Aramis) to our team since coming over.

"Pounding sand since 1982...."

by cubswynn on May 15, 2009 11:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed

But it’s just my own personal opinion of him. I wasn’t a fan of his in ‘07 or ’08. I don’t know what it is but I’m coming around to liking him this year. It’s nothing to do with performance it’s just one of those things where sometimes you just don’t like certain players…

by ak123 on May 15, 2009 1:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't get caught up in salaries too much.

Players get paid what the market will bear. Soriano’s one of a kind – thrilling, maddening, entertaining, frustrating.

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by dat cubfan daver on May 15, 2009 11:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

+1

Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team

by carmen_fanzone on May 15, 2009 2:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Theriot...

If Lou wants the Riot to drive the ball like he is, then there are going to be more strike outs. Either he is going to be a punch and Judy like last year, or we get the new and improved player this year that can drive the ball with authority.(sometimes missing it)

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by KaliCub on May 15, 2009 11:09 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

K's

He’s hurting my fantasy team with strikeouts, that’s all :)

by ak123 on May 15, 2009 1:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm loving on Bobby Scales

Note to all fans of the word grinder, a guy that fights hard through the minor league system to get finally a shot at 31/32 and refuses to struggle to go back down is the definition of a grinder.

Saw mention of his contagious postive attitude in another thread and couldn’t agree more.

if this was still new to me, i wouldn't understand

by N Oakley on May 15, 2009 8:18 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Somewhere on this site... or maybe elsewhere....

… I saw someone compare Scales to Bo Hart of the Cardinals, who came up unexpectedly in 2003 due to (IIRC) an injury and hit about .380 for a month before cooling off.

Differences: Scales is five years older than Hart, and also was a far better hitter in the minors than Hart was (Hart’s lifetime OPS in the minor leagues was .730, Scales’ is .806).

This isn’t to say that Scales is any sort of superstar; I think we all know his limitations. But he appears to be a useful bench contributor, and there is absolutely value in his positive approach to the game.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al on May 15, 2009 8:45 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Bobby Scales

is doing exactly what he should do, take advantage of an opportunity. Too many players do not do this.

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 15, 2009 9:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

cause so many thing more will come around

its scales’ humility and lack of entitlement that has my respect

I'm officially a fan of Bobby Scales

by heine41 on May 15, 2009 10:53 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Absolutely

You can see that he knows this may be his only shot, and he is not going to waste it.

by chitownhawkeye on May 15, 2009 11:01 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Didn't Fonty do the same kind of thing for us in 07

Maybe Scales can keep this up for awhile and even stick when Aram comes back. I’m liking him much better than Miles at this point.

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by KaliCub on May 15, 2009 11:12 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Bobby Scales is having his "lightning in a bottle" major league moment

Cubs need to milk it for all it is worth until he invariably turns back into a pumpkin. At least Ryan Freel is around to turn to when that moment happens.

by BLou on May 15, 2009 8:36 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

We can always count on you to be an optimist

"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

by Doggie Stalker on May 15, 2009 8:52 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

Whatever

Enjoy Bobby Scales for what he is instead of perpetually ridiculously over-inflating the long term major league value of players like him. It’s called Matt Murton syndrome, and you are as guilty as anybody on this board of perpetuating it.

I like Bobby Scales. His ability to come up and immediate contribute is a nice story. But I won’t go ga-ga over Scales. He’s having a lightning in a bottle moment. That’s it. It’s helping the Cubs right now while our best hitter is on the DL for several months.

by BLou on May 15, 2009 10:38 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

No one is overinflating Bobby Scales' value.

We see him as someone who can help the team right now. If it lasts all year, great, if not, someone else will get a chance.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al on May 15, 2009 10:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

why can't you just

be happy for him?

So far, his drive and determination — and his bat — seem better than Aaron Miles. If anyone should be worried about long-term value, it’s Miles.

"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley

by drewishdrewid on May 15, 2009 10:45 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Asking him to be happy for him is like asking you to be negative

It would throw the universe out of wack. :)

by Madison Cub Fan on May 15, 2009 10:46 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Everything has its season
Everything has its time
Show me a reason and I’ll soon show you a rhyme
Cats fit on the windowsill
Children fit in the snow
Why do I feel I don’t fit in anywhere I go?

Rivers belong where they can ramble
Eagles belong where they can fly
I’ve got to be where my spirit can run free
Got to find my corner of the sky

Every man has his daydreams
Every man has his goal
People like the way dreams have
Of sticking to the soul
Thunderclouds have their lightning
Nightingales have their song
And don’t you see I want my life to be
Something more than long….

Rivers belong where they can ramble
Eagles belong where they can fly
I’ve got to be where my spirit can run free
Got to find my corner of the sky

So many men seem destined
To settle for something small
But I won’t rest until I know I’ll have it all
So don’t ask where I’m going
Just listen when I’m gone
And far away you’ll hear me singing
Softly to the dawn:

Rivers belong where they can ramble
Eagles belong where they can fly
I’ve got to be where my spirit can run free
Got to find my corner of the sky

"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley

by drewishdrewid on May 15, 2009 10:54 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I cant believe im reading Pippin on BCB

I'm officially a fan of Bobby Scales

by heine41 on May 15, 2009 10:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

now I can't stop frakkin

SINGING it in my head. 1989 High School get out of my head!

"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley

by drewishdrewid on May 15, 2009 11:03 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

glad to know there are others out there aware of musical theaters existance

I'm officially a fan of Bobby Scales

by heine41 on May 15, 2009 11:13 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

are you kidding?

I did three shows a year in high-school, including Fiddler, Pippin, Grease, You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown (I was Linus), Brigadoon and of course, my star run in “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.” Yes. I am Walter Mitty.

Then I went to college on an acting scholarship and was cast in two shows in three years. Changed to majoring in English.

"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley

by drewishdrewid on May 15, 2009 11:18 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

yes i was kidding

but that is a fine looking resume. I went to school for musical theater myself before deciding to switch to Graphic Design. Decided i didnt want to be a starving artist

I'm officially a fan of Bobby Scales

by heine41 on May 15, 2009 11:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

and now

I work in IT. Sigh.

"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley

by drewishdrewid on May 15, 2009 11:25 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

With all due respect to the theater majors out there...

…I applaud your change of heart.

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by dat cubfan daver on May 15, 2009 11:44 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

desperation move.

theatre theory classes KILL me.

I would have done communications, but the story I wanted to turn into a movie didn’t have enough of a “message”. Apparently “this is a good story” isn’t enough of one.

So I ended up writing a Star Trek book for my senior thesis. Got honors, too.

"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley

by drewishdrewid on May 15, 2009 12:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wow, seriously on the Star Trek thing?

That is a huge win. I tried doing my Master’s thesis as a fiction piece, but there were only two slots open and my ex-girlfriend stole the last one (and never finished). True story.

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by dat cubfan daver on May 15, 2009 12:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

seriously.

I still have it, somewhere. But it’s not in electronic format.

"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley

by drewishdrewid on May 15, 2009 12:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I would miss a Cubs game

For a really good Sondheim production.

"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

by Doggie Stalker on May 15, 2009 12:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

GIRLS

by ChipSet on May 15, 2009 3:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think this is what most knowledgable Cubs fans are doing: Enjoying Scales in the moment.

You’re right – he is a great story and, as I overheard in the bleachers yesterday, he brings a great energy to the team. I guess the odds say it probably won’t last, but I don’t hear too many people saying he should be the starting second baseman.

That said, every time I see Scales drive a ball into the outfield and speed around the bases, I can’t help thinking, “Man, did they really need to drop all that cash on Aaron Miles?”

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by dat cubfan daver on May 15, 2009 11:43 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Do you look into the future

and only see death and taxes, and miss that ths un will rise inbetween?

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 15, 2009 9:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The sun will rise...

… and it will give people skin cancer, and they will die. It will provide energy so crops can grow, farmers will harvest them, and they’ll be taxed.

Even with the sun, all is darkness.

by aldimond on May 15, 2009 1:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

There is no dark side of the moon...it's all dark.

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by dat cubfan daver on May 15, 2009 1:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hopefully

the pumpkin is Miles.

"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley

by drewishdrewid on May 15, 2009 10:09 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Von Joshua should quietly get some credit

If you look at Scales and the others that have came up from the Iowa Cubs, there is a common thread, which is good hitting. Soto, Fontenot, Theriot and others give credit for Joshua and now another player in Scales comes to the big club and begins hitting right away. If you go to the front page and read about what the I-Cubs just accomplished in their last three games (albeit high altitude) you can see evidence of a hitting coach who knows his stuff.

Gearald Perry might be an awesome hitting coach. Von Joshua is very good at what he does…why he doesn’t have a job in the bigs is strange. I think the Cubs are fortunate to have someone at AAA that the players really respect and buy into and gets results that transform to the big league level.

Thanks for sending us another good hitter Von! (Scales wife has a doctorate?? This is not typical of a MLB player!)

This is only the beginning....Lou Pinella end of '07 season and Chicago Transit Authority (the band when they were really good).

by mrcubsfan on May 15, 2009 8:37 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Von Joshua did a really good job with the 2000 White Sox.

When they got off to a horrendous start in 2001, he was the scapegoat and was fired. Not sure why he hasn’t gotten a major league job since then, but I’m glad he is helping Cub hitters in Triple-A, at least.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al on May 15, 2009 8:41 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

many times a coach

is better in the minors, since the players there are more willing to learn and adjust

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 15, 2009 9:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's a good point.

I’ve heard Billy Ripken say that it would make sense for organizations to send their best coaches to their minor league teams with the team’s best prospects (and pay them like major league coaches).

I definitely think minor league coaching and scouting are the areas where organizations scrimp on expenses at times.

Didn’t the Dodgers used to be known as the organization with the best overall coaching staff?

Hey, it's a new century!

by cowsarecool220 on May 15, 2009 11:30 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Bobby Knight

stated more than once, he would never coach in the NBA unless he was paid more than the players. He reason was not greed, but for two facts

1. less likely to be the fall guy for players who are not playing
2. the boss should not make less than his employees.

he also said that coaching in the NBA is more like babysitting, since none of the players at that level want to be coached.

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 15, 2009 1:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not sure if this is going overboard but...

I think I may even get a Scales jersey… My friends and I made him our official “favorite iCub” last year mostly on the basis of his goofy picture on the scoreboard but the more you hear about this guy, regardless of how it ends, you want him to succeed. This guy is everything I would want my kids to exemplify. He works hard, doesn’t complain, isn’t afraid to go after his dreams, and makes the most out of his chances when he gets them.

by iCub on May 15, 2009 8:40 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

in the wake of Manny and ARod to start the season

Scales is a breath of fresh air, and a true feel good story

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 15, 2009 9:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

BLou "speculates" about him juicing in

5… 4… 3… 2…

After all, there’s no other explanation for his sudden ability to play in the Show.

"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley

by drewishdrewid on May 15, 2009 10:11 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

same goes for Theriot

I'm officially a fan of Bobby Scales

by heine41 on May 15, 2009 10:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

except for the fact

that Riot is BLou’s favorite “sparkplug”. Somehow, short, skinny, white dudes get a pass from BlueMike.

"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley

by drewishdrewid on May 15, 2009 11:04 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

so I need to lose some weight

and he will support me too?

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 15, 2009 1:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

are you a sparkplug?

"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley

by drewishdrewid on May 15, 2009 2:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

TWSS?

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 15, 2009 3:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

So let's talk nicknames.

I’ve heard Lou calling him “Scalesie” (or “Scalesy”), but that just ain’t cuttin’ it for me. I’m tempted to suggest “Feel Good” for obvious reasons. I briefly flirted with the idea of suggesting “Dr. Feelgood,” but I believe that has some illicit drug implications, and we don’t want to go there. (After all, that’s what we have Geo for!) Plus, do we really want to hear Cubs organist Gary Pressy playing Motley Crue every time Bobby comes to the plate?

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by dat cubfan daver on May 15, 2009 11:51 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

How about BS

’cause that is what his start is so far, right BM? ;)

"Manny Trillo is coming in to pinch run. You know, for a lot of teams, you would pinch run for Manny Trillo." - Harry Caray

by Archie on May 15, 2009 11:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Danny Satan

likes “The Cobra”.

In all those WWII movies, the soldier who used to be a teacher is invariably called “The Professor”. Why aren’t we doing that? Scales is a substitute teacher.

"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley

by drewishdrewid on May 15, 2009 12:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

What's Satan's justification for "The Cobra"?

Yeah, “The Professor” could work. Or just “The Substitute.”

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by dat cubfan daver on May 15, 2009 12:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

He just likes it, something about Scales being like a snake.

The Substitute sent that ball to DETENTION!

"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley

by drewishdrewid on May 15, 2009 12:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah...and we could rewrite the lyrics to The Who song.

Substitute!
Scales is at-bat
He rips the ball into the gap
Substitute!
Him for Aaron Miles
At least he makes the reporters smile

Best I could do on the fly…

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by dat cubfan daver on May 15, 2009 12:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

me likey

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 15, 2009 1:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Bobby Scales

Bobby Scales sounds like the name of the piano bar player at the airport Ramada Inn. Complete with cheesy leisure suit and an inventory of Captain & Tenielle tunes. But I digress.

Just enjoy Bobby Scales for what he is today. Because chances are strong his name will be cussed within a matter of 2 or 3 weeks when he crashes back down to earth.

by BLou on May 15, 2009 1:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

maybe we'll get lucky

and he’ll make the the final out in the bottom of the ninth to lose game 7 of the WS.

Right? RIGHT???

"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley

by drewishdrewid on May 15, 2009 2:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

maybe he plays

Jazz flute on off days

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 15, 2009 3:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think we need another 4 or 5

FanShots and FanPosts about Scales, we have not met the 5 a day quota yet (right?)

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 15, 2009 3:34 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Bobby Scales

So when does the orgasmic reaction for Bobby Scales blow over on BCB? Crikey. There are like 200 something devoted threads to the subject matter of Bobby Friggin Scales. I for the life of me will never understand the phenomenon of going mental over journeyman callups among a portion of Cub fans. Every year it is somebody knew. Did Mark Friggin Bellhorn start this phenomenon?

by BLou on May 15, 2009 9:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

yet

you post in each thread about him.

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 15, 2009 9:59 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs

I was thinking that before I got to your comment Tim.

You get a rec for that one!

by Madison Cub Fan on May 15, 2009 10:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think it's very sad

that you can’t get excited about baseball anymore. If Bobby Scales pans out and sticks in the majors, and helps the Cubs win it all — or, hell, even get past the conference series — it’s the kind of story movies are made of.

Bobby Scales is doing what hundreds of thousands of boys (and men) dream of doing. Making it to the Show, long after anyone reasonable would have given up hope.

I’m amazed you don’t think he’s a sparkplug.

And I think it’s sad that you’ve lost your affection for this game.

"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley

by drewishdrewid on May 17, 2009 11:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs