Cub Tracks Is Batty For Baez

Did the major league Cubs just become appointment television again?

From Comcast SportsNet

• The future is now as the Cubs promoted Javier Baez.
• Starlin Castro thinks Javier Baez can handle the big leagues. And this was even before he got called up!
  
• All eyes -- or at least some of them -- are on Rick Renteria's in-game decision making.
• After a bounce back start (dead cat bounce?), Edwin Jackson isn't worried about his future.
• Carlos Villanueva is looking forward to talking some smack when the Cubs get good.
• The Cubs are starting to think big and will make pitching a number one priority.

From Cubs Den

• The Cubs have made the call to Javy.
• Kyle Hendricks is continuing to impress.
• And those fans who compare Hendricks to Greg Maddux have it right. And wrong.
• EconoBall looks at the relative import of OBP versus slugging.
• The non-waiver deadline has passed, but the Cubs may not be done dealing.
• His brother Sam has taken over the Anarchist's Brunch for the recently passed Adam "Felzzy" Fels.

• Baez got the call. This also includes a photo gallery.
• Mark Gonzales, mailbag expert.
• Starlin Castro is looking to the future while reflecting on the past.

From the Chicago Sun-Times 

• Carlos Villanueva knows he could still be traded.
• Players are looking forward to winning next year, feeling that some help could be on the way this offseason.

From the Daily Herald

• Javy has arrived.
• Len Kasper says baseball's unwritten rules aren't worth writing.

Miscellaneous

• Recently acquired Felix Doubront made the list of wildest pitches of the month. A lesson for all you youngsters: any time you throw a terrible pitch, look at the mound dirt with accusatory eyes.

Today's food for thought

• Don't get too excited over NASA's new "Miracle Engine."
• But this could be more fun. Scientists think they've figured out how to make organisms transparent.