Some Monday. I had to do a lot of peopling, and that’s not my specialty, and it was capped off by a fruitless visit to the DMV, or ADOT in these parts, each step being fed by people leaving out crucial information.
Aaaagh. I want to feed them all to the Annihilation bear. He’s onscreen right now as I ‘pen’ this epistle. There’s so little going on that I feel guilty and spend most of the day skulking about...loaded up on chocolate-y coffee and herbal remedies, pecking away at the keys of the laptop and looking around like PKD (or Satchel Paige), trying to see if someone or something is gaining on me...I hope it’s a swellopt. If this keeps up, I’ll add the baseball history stuff back in here.
Here’s today’s Cubs News and Notes, such as they are. As always * means autoplay on, or annoying ads, or both (directions to remove for Firefox and Chrome).
Free-agent reliever Justin Wilson, previously with the #Cubs, is generating plenty of interest https://t.co/iBN36uPpV0 pic.twitter.com/7ZBKhB9CNH
— MLB Trade Rumors (@mlbtraderumors) January 6, 2019
#Cubs Colin Rea Pitch Quality History
— MLB Quality of Pitch (@qopbaseball) January 8, 2019
Career best pitch quality average of 4.89 QOPA in 2016 pic.twitter.com/UPXN4KNuFV
- Ken Rosenthal (The Athletic {$}): Why the Cubs are in a bind; the meaning behind the Mets’ moves; ex-manager finds interesting new gig. “At least one trade seems necessary, but which player would the Cubs move?” Evan Altman offers his thoughts.
- Brett Taylor (Bleacher Nation): New Cubs bench coach Mark Loretta on his role between players, front office, and manager. “I’ll also be involved more so on the hitting side and the infield side because that’s sort of my strengths.” Interview audio included.
- Cubs birthdays: Walker Cooper, Marv Rickert, Bruce Sutter (HoF), Geremi Gonzalez, James Russell,
Lovely aerial shot of Wrigley Field in 1939. #Cubs pic.twitter.com/kwVDTcQHgs
— BaseballHistoryNut (@nut_history) January 6, 2019
Food for thought:
Researchers are tearing up nature’s instructions for photorespiration and writing their own. https://t.co/WLv8m7DZKZ
— Science News (@ScienceNews) January 8, 2019
Scientists could engineer a spicy tomato. Is it worth it? https://t.co/NDWbNW0rKg pic.twitter.com/JcRmMckB2i
— Popular Science (@PopSci) January 7, 2019
The awesome visual mathematics of cosmic motion #science c SweetRScience pic.twitter.com/hssUYO0zMH
— Britannia PR (@Britanniacomms) January 6, 2019