The 2013 version of the Cubs Bunting Tournament is rapidly approaching and the Cubs beat writers seem pretty psyched about it. Carrie Muskat, Paul Sullivan, and Jesse Rogers are all Twitpic-ing the shit out of the brackets they've seen so far this morning.
The first bracket is actually a play-in tourney for the 64th spot in the main tournament between some baseball ops, media relations and other front-office types:
(Via JesseRogers)
The highlight of this side bracket is the bottom match-up:
Battle of the Titans twitpic.com/c4a2pa
— Paul Sullivan (@PWSullivan) February 16, 2013
OMG! OMG! OMG!
Jed vs. Theo! Theo vs. Jed! How is this not on pay-per-view?!
We also got a partial picture of the pitchers' side of the bracket from Jesse Rogers:
I'm not sure when all the bunting madness begins, but rest assured, our crack OV team will keep you up to date as developments occur.
I love this tag: http://www.obstructedview.net/tag/this-is-about-motherfucking-bunting
I love it even more because it doesn’t have just one article. And the article mentions Kate Upton.
You what now?
/Grandpa SImpson
I want video of Paul Sullivan going up against Todd Ricketts in the bunting caper.
The-o! The-o! The-o! The-o! The-o!
A little discrepancy here in how it’s going so far…
@ Aisle424:
No discrepancy. Just dial down what Sully said and you have the truth.
There. That’s what Sully meant, but he’s too fucking stupid to say it like that.
DOWN GOES THEO! DOWN GOES THEO! DOWN GOES THEO!
@ Aisle424:
BREAKING: Scott Harris reassigned to Cubs Alaskan scouting bureau, jewel of the Hendry scouting empire.
What happened to Ari Kaplan?
@ dmick89:
He’s Ricketts’ stats consultant now. I have no idea why he needs a personal stats consultant.
Aisle424 wrote:
Man, I hope MLB.TV gives me another free year. Probably jinxing it now.
Why is Carlos Villanueva the only one with his entire name on the bracket? Did they think others would think Hector came back?
What does it say about our team if members of the staff beat the players at any baseball skill, even one as stupid as bunting? Probably nothing that the presence of Dioner Novarro doesn’t already say.
@ josh:
I think they were just referring to the staff bracket, not the whole thing.
@ SVB:
I assume Christian Villanueva is taking part in the tournament.
dmick89 wrote:
@ dmick89:
Oh, right. The Dempster pick up. How, oh how, could I have forgotten him? (dying laughing)
Congratulations on the lottery victory, MB. Sorry about your brother.
http://www.kansas.com/2013/02/16/2678987/brothers-celebrate-lottery-win.html
@ Aisle424:
People on meth have to be the dumbest people ever.
SVB wrote:
I told Villanueva-ey three years ago that if there was a bunting tournament, I would put his full last name on the bracket. Sveumy is just carrying out that promise.
They couldn’t fit “Villanueva-ey” on the tournament card anyway
Garza was throwing live BP to Soler, Baez and others. They loved it so much, they cut it short and he left with the trainers.
@ Aisle424:
MO may have been right after all.
New shit: http://www.obstructedview.net/news-and-rumors/garza-leaves-throwing-live-bp-early-with-trainers.html