RF Fuke
2B Barney
SS Castro
C Soto
1B Pena
LF Montanez
CF Colvin
3B LeMahieu
P Dempster
(dying laughing)
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I have a good feeling about the Deej today. He had roughly 13271 walk off hits in spring training so he should be a Winner.
I predict this lineup will score eleventy runs and hit cupcake hrs that leave rainbow trails.
Seriously, though, I’m glad Colvin and Lemaheiu are getting a chance to play with Ramirez and Soriano on the DL with a bad case of shittiness.
Theriot has the longest active hitting streak in the majors? Ahhh, the beauty of short hops.
(dying laughing), that was punishment for posting that cat pic
That was an awesome game.
[quote name=mb21]That was an awesome game.[/quote]
Good thing I have to leave in 15 mins or so anyway (dying laughing)
[quote name=Xoomwaffle]Theriot has the longest active hitting streak in the majors? Ahhh, the beauty of short hops.[/quote]He also hasn’t taken a walk in 2 weeks. (dying laughing)
Ramirez isn’t on the DL, is he?
[quote name=mb21]Ramirez isn’t on the DL, is he?[/quote]
No, just sitting for a couple days.
[quote name=Berselius]
[/quote]How fucking scared is Berkman’s cat? (dying laughing) (dying laughing) (dying laughing)
[quote name=mb21]Ramirez isn’t on the DL, is he?[/quote]
Nah, Whitenack was the obligatory injury news today. Ramirez will only pinch hit in four games over the next two weeks, then randomly get DLed with a foot injury.
[quote name=mb21]Ramirez isn’t on the DL, is he?[/quote]No but he should be. All his skills are broken.
There’s your (dying laughing)lipop, MO
Did Vasgersian just say that Molina runs well?
Jeebus, Dempster.
[quote name=Xoomwaffle]Did Vasgersian just say that Molina runs well?[/quote]Wouldn’t surprise me. He is a dumbfuck.
[quote name=Berselius]Nah, Whitenack was the obligatory injury news today. Ramirez will only pinch hit in four games over the next two weeks, then randomly get DLed with a severed head injury.[/quote].
Damn. Even my prate site is down. No Cubs watching for me.
Soto ——–> 2009
I have a feeling the cubs are not mentally prepared for the Cardinals.
Very, very possible the Cubs get no-hit tonight with this pathetic lineup
[quote name=Aisle424]I have a feeling the cubs are not mentally prepared for professional baseball.[/quote].
[quote name=ZappBrannigan]Very, very possible the Cubs get no-hit tonight with this pathetic lineup[/quote]At least there’s a reason to keep watching.
[quote name=Aisle424]I have a feeling the cubs are not mentally prepared for the Cardinals.[/quote]Why? Nothing wrong with this team but injuries.
[quote name=mb21]At least there’s a reason to keep watching.[/quote]DARWIN BARNEY
MO —-> http://tinyurl.com/3uhqj69
^^^^^^^^^ (dying laughing)
[quote name=ZappBrannigan]MO —-> http://tinyurl.com/3uhqj69/quoteYou, sir, are a scholar and a gentlemen.
I apologize for all but one of the bad things i said about you when you were away.
fuck the no-hitter. Perfect game.
[quote name=mb21]fuck the no-hitter. Perfect game.[/quote]This could be fun to watch.
Colvin’s AB was shittastic.
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]You, sir, are a scholar and a gentlemen.
I apologize for all but one of the bad things i said about you when you were away.[/quote]
I take it that was the dick-high comment.
[quote name=ZappBrannigan]I take it that was the dick-high comment.[/quote]That was the worst thing every done on this blog.
From Len Kasper – Bautista is first player to lead his league in HRs for 5 consecutive months since Jimmy Foxx in 1933-34.
Awful throw.
(dying laughing) runner overslides 2nd and the throw from the catcher is so bad they can’t get him out.
Crappy play by Darwin. Soto threw exactly to where he knew Jay would overslide, and dumbass Barney was standing on the bag.
Quade must be pissed. Clearly against the unwritten rules when this lineup is out there.
[quote name=AndCounting]Crappy play by Darwin. Soto threw exactly to where he knew Jay would overslide, and dumbass Barney was standing on the bag.[/quote](dying laughing)
(dying laughing)
(dying laughing)
[quote name=AndCounting]Crappy play by Darwin. Soto threw exactly to where he knew Jay would overslide, and dumbass Barney was standing on the bag.[/quote](dying laughing)
[quote name=Xoomwaffle]Quade must be pissed. Clearly against the unwritten rules when this lineup is out there.[/quote]He trusts that Demp and Sote know how to take care of it.
KG has the Cubs taking :
Taylor Guerreri, RHP, Spring Valley HS (SC).
Do we know anything about him?
Nice couple innings for Dempster now.
[quote name=Xoomwaffle]KG has the Cubs taking :
Taylor Guerreri, RHP, Spring Valley HS (SC).
Do we know anything about him?[/quote]http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/draft/2011/04/game-report-taylor-guerrieri/
Aubrey Huff hit more HR last night that Aramis has hit all year.
BA has the Cubs taking Archie Bradley in their mock draft from today
[quote name=mb21]BA has the Cubs taking Archie Bradley in their mock draft from today[/quote]
Is it normal for a high school pitcher to only have 2 pitches?
I’m putting the odds of a perfect game at about 99.97%. No hitter at 100%.
(dying laughing)
12 straight.
[quote name=Xoomwaffle]Is it normal for a high school pitcher to only have 2 pitches?[/quote]It’s not out of the ordinary. He throws two additional pitches, but just hasn’t needed them against the competition he’s faced.
Do the cubs look as bad on tv compared to in person? .com
My WGN feed is gone. Apparently my own TV can’t even watch.
Yeah, Molina runs really well. (dying laughing)
[quote name=WaLi]Do the cubs look as bad on tv compared to in person? .com[/quote]www.yes.org
Apparently Fukudome has been coaching Colvin on where to position himself in CF.
One out sac bunt. So. Fucking. Dumb.
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Apparently Fukudome has been coaching Colvin on where to position himself in CF.[/quote]
Was Colvin fielding from the Gateway Arch?
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]One out sac bunt. So. Fucking. Dumb.[/quote]
TLR FTW
Jordan Schafer bunted a foul ball off his face and had to leave his game. SO I guess the whole faceball thing is a “thing”, now.
Did WGN go out for anyone else?
Surprising statistic: the Cubs hold the record for games without being no-hit. Last time was Koufax’s perfect game. That’s honestly surprising given the franchise’s utter ineptitude for several decades.
[quote name=Mish]Jordan Schafer bunted a foul ball off his face and had to leave his game. SO I guess the whole faceball thing is a “thing”, now.[/quote]See what you get for bunting?
[quote name=AndCounting]My WGN feed is gone. Apparently my own TV can’t even watch.[/quote]It’s funny. The Cubs can’t do baseball right and they can’t do TV right either.
[quote name=mb21]He throws two additional pitches, but just hasn’t needed them against the competition he’s faced.[/quote]
reading fail…
What a crazy wild pitch.
(dying laughing)-tastic!
[quote name=mb21]Did WGN go out for anyone else?[/quote]
I saw some people on Twitter and FB who I think are out of the CHicago market complaining about this.
Brandon Webb ———-> Rotator cuff problems, taken off rehab schedule.
[quote name=Mish]I saw some people on Twitter and FB who I think are out of the CHicago market complaining about this.[/quote]I’m not complaining. I’d be a bit upset if Garcia was pitching since he’s going to throw a perfect game tonight and I’d like to see all of it. (dying laughing)
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Brandon Webb ———-> Rotator cuff problems, taken off rehab schedule.[/quote]He had a torn labrum didn’t he? I think it was Will Carroll who said in one of his books that a pitcher with a torn labrum is like a race horse with a broken leg.
Yeah, it’s the WGN America feed that went out. The local feed is still mercilessly airing the carnage.
[quote name=mb21]He had a torn labrum didn’t he? I think it was Will Carroll who said in one of his books that a pitcher with a torn labrum is like a race horse with a broken leg.[/quote]Yep. Although if Will Carroll said that, it must be wrong. (dying laughing)
Evil curve.
Soto is just fucking guessing up there. Garcia has him tied in knots.
Cubs have not even worked a 3-ball count yet.
[quote name=Rice Cube]Evil curve.[/quote]That curve looked like it bounced off an invisible ceiling.
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Cubs have not even worked a 3-ball count yet.[/quote]Peenya unravels the perfection.
Well, there goes the perfect game.
Perfecto gone. Ump did Pena a couple favors there.
Montanez breaks it up with a triple!
Lou Montanez just killed any reason for you guys to watch the game anymore (dying laughing)
Wow. Killed the perfect game, no-hitter, and shut-out…
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Perfecto gone. Ump did Pena a couple favors there.[/quote]If Gameday is giving you that impression, I think it’s off. 3 of those pitches almost hit Pena.
What a shitty throw from Fat Elvis.
BJax HR, Cubs get a hit.
[quote name=AndCounting]If Gameday is giving you that impression, I think it’s off. 3 of those pitches almost hit Pena.[/quote]Nah. Watching TV. looked like ball 3 at least was close.
Tyler Colvin’s numbers are obscene.
[quote name=Mish]BJax HR, Cubs get a hit.[/quote]
Go BJax!
DJ almost reached base with a classic Murton.
[quote name=AndCounting]Tyler Colvin’s numbers are obscene.[/quote]He’s been awful.
Oh, God, now we’re getting an ass-kissing placed on the trailer dwelling racists unfairly branded the “best fans in baseball.”
LeMaheiu has a realllllllllllllllly loooooooooooong swing.
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]LeMaheiu has a realllllllllllllllly loooooooooooong swing.[/quote]
Noticed this immediately as well.
[quote name=Mish]Noticed this immediately as well.[/quote]That’s not good, especially for a RH hitter.
Albert Pujols is very strong.
Crushed.
With a stick.
That was a terrible pitch.
Guessing Berkman still had some butter from the pretzel he inhaled in the dugout on his gloves.
A batting teeRussell up in the bullpen.[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]
A batting teeRussell up in the bullpen.[/quote]Your first instinct was correct.
Nice DP started by Peenya.
[quote name=Rice Cube]Nice DP started by Peenya.[/quote]Yup. He’s slick with the leather.
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Yup. He’s slick with the leather.[/quote]
Trade!
Dempster over 100 pitches through 4.2
Two HR with men on base. Just the way TLR drew it up. Top-drawer analysis from Vasgersian.
Adam Dunn now has a hit off a LHP.
A broken-bat IF single.
Tony Campana is slower than usual.
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Two HR with men on base. Just the way TLR drew it up. Top-drawer analysis from Vasgersian.[/quote]
Was an out given up in the process?
Well, that’s enough excitement for me for one night. emby out, fuckfaces!
[quote name=mb21]Well, that’s enough excitement for me for one night. emby out, fuckies![/quote]
/Quade’d
Russell learned how to pitch. Of course it’s the #8 hitter and the pitcher, then Theriot (dying laughing)
We shoulda kept Theriot!!!!1!!111!1one!!1!
Sadness http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/03/13-year-old-dies-after-getting-hit-by-pitch/
Empty BA from Theriot, and somehow he is dirty all of a sudden.
[quote name=Mish]Sadness http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/03/13-year-old-dies-after-getting-hit-by-pitch//quoteUgh
[quote name=Mish]Sadness http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/03/13-year-old-dies-after-getting-hit-by-pitch//quote
That blows…
TLR drew up this game exactly the way it has happened. His powers of supervention are complete.
I really want Jay to get on so we see whether Pujols can launch one onto the Arch off Pujols, but too bad.
Nice fucking pitch from Russell there.
I can’t believe Theriot made that throw.
The book on Castro right now: keep it out of the zone.
Theriot’s arm still sucks.
[quote name=AndCounting]The book on Castro right now: keep it out of the zone.[/quote]Yep. He’s too
Jaramilloedimpatient.Soto with a “fuck you” groundball.
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]TLR drew up this game exactly the way it has happened. His powers of supervention are complete.[/quote]
As they just told me on MLB Network, his plan is to have Theriot and Jay get on base so Pujlous and Berkman can drive them in.
If Cubs lose tonight and Houston wins, Cubs are only a half-game up on last place.
Garcia’s curve is pure death for LHB.
Lance Berkman actually was able to waddle to that ball in time. I’m impressed.
[quote name=Rice Cube]Lance Berkman actually was able to waddle to that ball in time. I’m impressed.[/quote]Once you get that much momentum goign in one direction, it’s easy.
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Once you get that much momentum goign in one direction, it’s easy.[/quote]
He did have to fire his retrorockets to keep from overrunning the ball.
^^^ Goldeneye?
[quote name=Mish]^^^ Goldeneye?[/quote]
That was an N64 game I recently enjoyed.
Zapp —-> Chicken and Ranch Pizza
Bah…Colvin wuz robbed.
Yup. DJ LeMurton.
DJ –> 1st MLB hit
Buddy just tweeted that Verducci mentioned something about Quade selecting Lopez to the bullpen over Zambrano. Anyone else get this?
LeMaheiu is going to have to shorten that swing. That is loopy as hell.
[quote name=Mish]Buddy just tweeted that Verducci mentioned something about Quade selecting Lopez to the bullpen over Zambrano. Anyone else get this?[/quote]
That would seriously annoy the shit out of me if that was anywhere close to true.
[quote name=Mish]Buddy just tweeted that Verducci mentioned something about Quade selecting Lopez to the bullpen over Zambrano. Anyone else get this?[/quote]If that was ever even an option, the Cubs should be fucking disbanded.
“No one has hit a HR on a ground ball, yet.”
Paging Willie Wilson, paging Willie Wilson
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]If that was ever even an option, the Cubs should be fucking disbanded.[/quote]
See CHC 2010…This organization can’t even luck into competence.
http://espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=310603124
Fukudome and Barney have identical BAs and SLG, but one is not like the other.
[quote name=Rice Cube]http://espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=310603124
Fukudome and Barney have identical BAs and SLG, but one is not like the other.[/quote]I wonder if Wittenmyer will write a column about Fukudome being the only reason to follow the Cubs.
[quote name=Mish]Buddy just tweeted that Verducci mentioned something about Quade selecting Lopez to the bullpen over Zambrano. Anyone else get this?[/quote]
I think Lopez’s turn in the rotation would be Sunday, but they went with Z to start instead because he will have enough rest. I think that’s what he meant.
Soto’s OBP > Barney’s even after that flyout.
[quote name=Rice Cube]Soto’s OBP > Barney’s even after that flyout.[/quote](dying laughing)
(dying laughing) @ Vasgersian AGAIN asserting Larussa drew it up exactly the way it happened. 2 HR and a WP. All in the gameplan.
The ESPN box score updated to include how many pitches were taken by each player. Soto saw an average of 4 pitchers per PA, and everyone else kinda sucked it up patience-wise. Didn’t help that Garcia threw so many strikes. But 110 pitches total seen by Cubs batters. Pretty sad.
Knowing that this is essentially the Iowa Cubs playing out there, it’s hard for me to be too disappointed in a loss against a real Major League team.
(dying laughing) now has half as many HR as Aramis.
[quote name=jherky]Knowing that this is essentially the Iowa Cubs playing out there, it’s hard for me to be too disappointed in a loss against a real Major League team.[/quote]Especially since that’s exactly the way Larussa drew it up.
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Especially since that’s exactly the way Larussa drew it up.[/quote]
He told them it was going to go down this way weeks ago, of course. Could’ve been as far back as spring training.
Shoot, was it my turn to let the guys know they had a game tonight?
[quote name=Josh]Shoot, was it my turn to let the guys know they had a game tonight?[/quote]www.wasitjoshsturntoletthecubsknowtheyhadagametonight.com
this team is pathetic.
I want in the draft Archie Bradley followed by Josh Bell followed by Javier Baez followed by the Gamecock signee and Taylor Guerrieri
Who will we end up with? the kid from LSU that we have a million of
i have found our new savior
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=SS&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=600948
move castro to second now
From Hobbity McDoucheypants:
The toughest part about watching this team is knowing not a damn thing is going to change going forward, and that the architects of this mess will get a chance to make a whole new mess come next season.
If the Astros lose tonight, the Cubs maintain their 1.5 game lead over last place, but fall into the third worst record in the majors.
http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/sports/cubs/ct-spt-0604-cubs-mlb-debt-service–20110603,0,7705461.story
Only problems —-> still injuries
Did you guys intend to put Todd Hollandsworth on this design twice?
[quote name=Rice Cube]
Did you guys intend to put Todd Hollandsworth on this design twice?[/quote]The heart wants what the heart wants.
[quote name=AndCounting]The heart wants what the heart wants.[/quote]
I can dig it.
Well then.
http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/cubs/5763413-573/cubs-debt-situation-figures-to-affect-free-agent-plans.html
Hmm.
[quote name=Rice Cube]Well then.
http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/cubs/5763413-573/cubs-debt-situation-figures-to-affect-free-agent-plans.html
Hmm.[/quote]
Good to see Gordo finally catching up with where a lot of us have been since Ricketts started talking about the farm system.
[quote name=Aisle424]Good to see Gordo finally catching up with where a lot of us have been since Ricketts started talking about the farm system.[/quote]I’m hoping he and Miles keep hammering Ricketts on all the shit he talks. Someone needs to expose this pollyanna for what he is. A fucking snake oil salesman, who rolled in thinking he could sell the monorail to the ignorant Spingfieldians at Clark and Addison, because “win or lose, they sell every ticket, every game.”
If there is a “pissing match” going on, who is it between? Very surprised to see Gordo use that phrase in a “family” newspaper. I’m also wondering when Yellon was allowed to start ghost writing for him. That’s a hell of a first sentence.
[quote name=Aisle424]Good to see Gordo finally catching up with where a lot of us have been since Ricketts started talking about the farm system.[/quote]
Still no mention that Ricketts didn’t really spend much on the draft considering he said building up the farm system was going to be a point of emphasis. I thought Gordo was more critical of what the farm system currently is which really pre-dates Ricketts. I’m very interested to see what they spend on the draft this season and if it gets any play in the local media. I’m betting they don’t do anything above average and it’s not noted.
I was surprised to see the Sun-Times print “pissing match” too, melissa.
I think Gordo and the rest are just getting warned up now. They might not be very informed on MLB financial matters or the Cubs farm system and draft strategy, but with the team already out of contention, these guys are going to have much more fun piling on blame on the front office than cataloguing the daily comedy or errors on the field.
You’re right the beat writers take little notice of draft spending and stuff like that, but these guys are going to need stuff to write about. They might just wake up and start pointing out the contradictions between Ricketts’ words and deeds.
It sounds like Ricketts only makes himself available to the stupid fans that have no clue how to conduct an interview. There is a reason Yellon has had a sit-down with Ricketts one-on-one and Miles, Gordo and Sullivan have not.
[quote name=Aisle424]It sounds like Ricketts only makes himself available to the stupid fans that have no clue how to conduct an interview. There is a reason Yellon has had a sit-down with Ricketts one-on-one and Miles, Gordo and Sullivan have not.[/quote]
Because as much as we make fun of Sullivan, he is still a million times better at being a journalist than Al Yellon.
[quote name=Aisle424]Because as much as we make fun of Sullivan, he is still a million times better at being a journalist than Al Yellon.[/quote]
True but the hobbit is no Editor-in-Chief.
/I should add the obligatory: Hilarious. Good luck with your blog.
Wow it is africa hot out here. I need a misting station
[quote name=melissa]True but the hobbit is no Editor-in-Chief.
[/quote]That’s “Founder and Managing Editor” now, Melissa. (dying laughing) Which is even more hilariously delusional.
I think the whole debt ratio being out of MLB guidelines is really a non-story because I’m pretty sure that part of Zell’s terms for selling required the buyer to take on a lot of debt in the new entity of which Tribco still owns 5%. All part of Zells structuring of taking over Tribco and avoiding taxes.
As you guys have pointed out here many times, the more concerning issue is what effect declining attendance has on the Rickettsessess spending on payroll, player development etc. I would think that old man Ricketts (or his advisers) would have understood the debt issue going in but may not have foreseen the drop in operating revenue coming in.
[quote name=cwolf]
As you guys have pointed out here many times, the more concerning issue is what effect declining attendance has on the Rickettsessess spending on payroll, player development etc. I would think that old man Ricketts (or his advisers) would have understood the debt issue going in but may not have foreseen the drop in operating revenue coming in.[/quote]
I’m as certain as I can be having never seen the Cubs’ financials or the models the Ricketts surely built when projecting revenue as they prepared a bid.
I said at the time that shit surely went way worse than most anybody expected and it happened faster than anyone expected. The collapse of the economy coupled with the collapse of the team’s core of highly paid players was something that could only happen to the Cubs. In that way, I do feel bad for the Ricketts, because this isn’t what they thought they were buying into. They thought they had a couple of years before the team fell apart, and by then they’d have their renovations well underway, they’d have a couple of years of a packed stadium and rising advertising revenue to help pay down their debt and then they would have a nice stocked farm system to start over while not lowering ticket prices at all and actually finding ways to bleed the most money from the high impact games as possible.
Instead they got under performance from just about everybody they were counting on. Hell, even Ted Lilly got hurt. So they had to enact Plan B, which was pretend to compete to fool everyone for a couple of years, but the Cubs have managed to underperform even those meager goals.
Now nobody gives a shit, the team is practically incapable of winning more than 2 in a row at any time against any opponent, and therefore not even able to have one of those “tease” runs that get people all worked up about the possibilities of the future. I’d probably be avoiding the beat writers too if I were Ricketts.
But when I think what their original plan was and how it really had nothing to do with winning, I lose any ounce of sympathy that they were bit in the ass by Cubdom. They need to come in here and impose a will on this team that it would fucking win, and instead they just kept everyone around and ran the same fucking playbook of a mid-market team (and a poorly run one, at that.)
My ass hurts too.
Well said, Aisley. (dying laughing)
Barry Rozner made a good point on the radio the other day about Ricketts being completely unprepared to take over the operations of the Cubs. The buying process was extremely long and thus should have enabled Ricketts to lineup a “baseball” guy to bring in and take over. Ricketts has said he came in being clueless about day to day so he just wanted to observe. It does seem strange that he would trust Kenney/Hendry and the others already employed there to be qualified. He didn’t have to fire them but he should have hired someone who knew how to run a baseball team to come in with him and see what was going on. I can’t imagine spending all that money on a franchise and putting blind faith into Kenney and Hendry to do what’s right.
[quote name=melissa]Barry Rozner made a good point on the radio the other day about Ricketts being completely unprepared to take over the operations of the Cubs. The buying process was extremely long and thus should have enabled Ricketts to lineup a “baseball” guy to bring in and take over. Ricketts has said he came in being clueless about day to day so he just wanted to observe. It does seem strange that he would trust Kenney/Hendry and the others already employed there to be qualified. He didn’t have to fire them but he should have hired someone who knew how to run a baseball team to come in with him and see what was going on. I can’t imagine spending all that money on a franchise and putting blind faith into Kenney and Hendry to do what’s right.[/quote]If Rozner, Rosenbloom, and Gordo are starting unravel this thing, it’s gotten bad, because those three are fucking clueless most of the time.
THIS
[quote name=Aisle424]But when I think what their original plan was and how it really had nothing to do with winning, I lose any ounce of sympathy that they were bit in the ass by Cubdom. They need to come in here and impose a will on this team that it would fucking win, and instead they just kept everyone around and ran the same fucking playbook of a mid-market team (and a poorly run one, at that.)[/quote]
That’s really the crux of it. During and immediately after the 2008 season, it felt like they were legitimately getting there. What a fucking tease.
There’s no reason for a large market team in a weak division not to dominate every year, or at least 4 years in 5. They shouldn’t just win regularly; they should fucking destroy and humiliate their opposition.
[quote name=Perkins]That’s really the crux of it. During and immediately after the 2008 season, it felt like they were legitimately getting there. What a fucking tease.
There’s no reason for a large market team in a weak division not to dominate every year, or at least 4 years in 5. They shouldn’t just win regularly; they should fucking destroy and humiliate their opposition.[/quote]Instead a mid-small market team (StL) dominates the division, due in large part to the provincialism espoused by the Cubs organization.
http://alexleo.tumblr.com/post/6140048872/ronswansonmeatlove
I always wonder why they say they want to emulate the Red Sox as an organization. First of all, In Their Dreams. Second of all, why not just study the fucking Cardinals, who manage to be exactly what the Cubs want to be in the exact same division.
OK, maybe they don’t want to publicly say they are emulating an arch rival, but IMO I think that is who they need to copy and/or figure out how to better them as an org.
I do not believe Pujols is the only reason the Cards are who they are, although I could be wrong. (dying laughing)
(dying laughing) @ Fox preview: Castro vs. Pujols.
[quote name=Suburban kid](dying laughing) @ Fox preview: Castro vs. Pujols.[/quote]
(dying laughing)
Castro can’t not swing.
Sorry, MO, but that was an awesome bunt.
[quote name=Xoomwaffle]Sorry, MO, but that was an awesome bunt.[/quote]This does not compute.
Not a good AB for Castro.
I thought Barney’s bunt would have gone foul if the 3B doesn’t pick it up.
He was bunting for a hit, I think.
Ugh
(dying laughing) @ Cubs offense. Leadoff double followed by a bunt hit. Let’s See What Happens!
[quote name=cwolf](dying laughing) @ Cubs offense. Leadoff double followed by a bunt hit. Let’s See What Happens![/quote]It just might work.
But, it might not.
So much for this. USMNT are playing Spain. Much mroe interesting than this shitpile of fuckfail.
The near-TOOTBLAN by Castro on the lame, never works fake-to-third-throw-to-first pickoff added just the right spice of Cubness to the top of the 1st.
Campy hit one to the outfield.
At least Wells is looking better.
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]So much for this. USMNT are playing Spain. Much mroe interesting than this shitpile of fuckfail.[/quote]That’s actually kind of funny seeing as the score is 0-0 and Wells has’nt given up a hit.
Joe Buck informing us about the hurricanes that devastated Missouri and Alabama.
Now McCarver informing us that Quade managed in the Cubs system for 22 years.
[quote name=Suburban kid]Now McCarver informing us that Quade managed in the Cubs system for 22 years.[/quote]I missed Bucky’s hurricane comments but the 22 years in the Cubs system did penetrate my Fox announcer wall of silence.
[quote name=Suburban kid]Now McCarver informing us that Quade managed in the Cubs system for 22 years.[/quote]
No wonder he has no clue how to manage a mlb baseball team.
Los > Lohse
If Campana hits that ball instead of Soto, he rounds the bases… twice…
Cubs may no longer be 0 for June. Although they might be.
McCarver advocating loose bullpen roles… I’m shocked
[quote name=Mish]McCarver advocating loose bullpen roles… I’m shocked[/quote]He’s so out he’s in again.
How is that not an error on Pujols?
The Cubs are not losing yet. I am impressed.
http://www.cubsstats.com/2011/06/on-small-ball.html
[quote name=Rice Cube]The Cubs are not losing yet. I am impressed.[/quote]Yet being the key word here, Cubie?
[quote name=cwolf]Yet being the key word here, Cubie?[/quote]
Woody told Berky to sit down. So “yet” is still in effect, wolfy.
[quote name=Rice Cube]Woody told Berky to sit down. So “yet” is still in effect, wolfy.[/quote](dying laughing)
Wonder if this makes it to extras.
“Wood’s breaking ball is Koufaxian.”
/McCarver
[quote name=Suburban kid]“Wood’s breaking ball is Koufaxian.”
/McCarver[/quote]
I know something he doesn’t know…
Is there an OVBlog IBB signal yet?
Oooh, very non-conventional not IBBing Craig.
Fucking Theriot and BABIP robbing Soto.
new shit: http://www.obstructedview.net/chicago-cubs/minor-leagues/baseball-americas-latest-mock-draft.html
They’re going to IBB Pujols to get to Berkman with the bases juiced and one out. I am amazed.
[quote name=Rice Cube]They’re going to IBB Pujols to get to Berkman with the bases juiced and one out. I am amazed.[/quote]
It’s Albert Pujols.
At least they’re bringing Marmol in. I thought he’d send Kosuke up to the mound or something.
Marmol just made Berkman look silly…