Rodrigo Lopez gets the first Cactus League start today at 2:05 pm. Starters generally pitch a couple innings their first start and then build up after that. You can click here to get Gameday. I wish I could write something about how important it is to get off to a good start, but I can't. Not only is it mostly irrelevant how teams or players perform in spring training, but this team is going to suck so it's even less relevant. It's not like going 22-9 in spring training means a damn thing. They're still going to lose more than 90 next year and potentially as many as 100.
Cubs Lineup
- Alfonso Soriano, LF
- Ian Stewart, 3B
- Starlin Castro, SS
- Bryan LaHair, 1B
- Marlon Byrd, CF
- David DeJesus, RF
- Jeff Baker, DH
- Darwin Barney, 2B
- Welington Castillo, C
- Pitcher: Rodrigo Lopez, RHP
A's Lineup
- Coco Crisp, CF
- Cliff Pennington, SS
- Josh Reddick, RF
- Chris Carter, DH
- Brandon Allen, 1B
- Kurt Suzuki, C
- Eric Sogard, 2B
- Collin Cowgill, LF
- Wes Timmons, 3B
- Pitcher: Brandon McCarthy, RHP
Baseball!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHH
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It took 2 games, but Miguel Cabrera finally had a ground ball hit to him at 3B. That’s the good news. Bad news is: He clanked it. E-5.
super (dying laughing)z
Since I just posted this toward the end of the last thread I thought I’d post it here too. Unobstructed View on Luke Scott: http://www.obstructedview.net/unobstructed-views/luke-scott-is-racist.html
It’s not going to go well for Cabrera at 3rd base. It will be like Ryan Braun when he played there.
@ mb21:
He’s never been an adept fielder, and I don’t know why the Tigers ever thought that would change after he gained 400 lbs and got older.
Looks like the mlb.com feed is just pulling wgn right now
edit: nevermind, it looks like it’s at the park
@ mb21:
I think it will be worse than Ryan Braun
Chicago Cubs baseball is on the air!
Bad Cubs > No Cubs
@ GBTS:
This is true until July when Bubbles has completely stopped caring
@ bubblesdachimp:
Thank goodness for the 29 other teams.
bubblesdachimp wrote:
*throws banana at Bubbles*
/Patriot’d
Lots of content here.
Gorzelanny had a nice outing today: 1 IP, 3H,7R, 7ER, 4BB, 1K, 2HR
Lopez strikes out Crisp on three pitches. Go figure.
I guess he also hit a guy and threw a wild pitch.
Rodrigo Lopez > breakfast cereal
@ Aisle424:
(dying laughing)
(dying laughing)
I mean is that racist of Luke Scott? Probably? But if the Orioles players dont have an issue with it is it really that racist?
Sounds like it took a fair amount of browbeating to get Jaramillo in line with their hitting philosophy.
Rodrigo is dealing!
Lopez—-> Opening Day Starter
bubblesdachimp wrote:
Yes, it is.
Just signed up for mlb.tv premimum and can’t even watch the game (dying laughing)wtf
GBTS wrote:
Soriano —> Awful leadoff hitter
@ bubblesdachimp:
Throwing bananas at a dark-skinned Latino player? Yes. It’s incredibly racist. That Pie didn’t kick the living fuck out Scott right then only speaks to the degree to which prejudice has become parlance in MLB clubhouses.
@ bubblesdachimp:
Just because Pie and the other guys don’t rise to the bait doesn’t mean it isn’t racist. Now, friends will say all sorts of mean stuff to each other in jest, but it doesn’t mean that it is right. If I call MB a cocksucker just in the course of bantering back and forth, it might not bother him, but that doesn’t make it homophobic in nature.
We call each other fagets and we’re walking a fine line because it comes from mocking those who use it as a real derogatory comment, at least that is always how I have taken it. I don’t think Luke Scott is using the racial connotations to mock those who believe such things, I think he actually believes those things.
I’d bet you money that the Cubs don’t lose 90 games this year, much less 100.
BRING BACK COLVIN
If Bob Brenly calls latino players lazy in a forest, it’s still racist. If he does it in the forestgif, I don’t know.
GBTS wrote:
Experiment ——-> over
Fuck this team, I’m out.
bubblesdachimp wrote:
For some reason this reminds me of the whole “if a tree falls in the forest” idiom.
That’s impressive.
@ Rice Cube:
Please read every word and forego dinner tonight.
Cubs lose.
The Tigers are going to need to score 15 runs a game with the shambolic defense they’re going to field.
So does mlb.tv not have the spring games?
Rodrigo should start on opening day.
In non-MLB news, Northwestern is in big trouble if ISU pulls out this upset.
Yea it is pretty racist.
@ WaLi:
Only games that some tv network is covering.
No no-hitter! W00t
Apparently, there’s no MGD this year at Ho-Ho-Kam.
Baserunning improved.
@ Berselius:
So is everyone listening/gameday now?
DeJesus —-> Moneyball walk
Darwin Barney has been working out.
Barney —> Best shape of his life
Darwin’s extra 20 punds of muscle are working today
Barney —-> Best Shape of His Life
@ Rice Cube:
Yeah Kasper was talking about his biceps (dying laughing)
Stolen bases. Doubles. Walks. BASEBALL.
Darwin on pace for a lot of RBIs
I wonder if Marmol will blow the save.
Pitcher fielding practice sounds like it’s working out so far.
Baseball is better when the Cubs are winning
Marmol threw a strike?
Soriano can has defense.
@ Rice Cube:
According to the announcer with Kasper, he made a “one handed catch”. Good job Sori!
WaLi wrote:
USE TWO HANDS! FUNDAMENTALS! 11111111
Baseball is better when Carlos Marmol throws strikes
Beliveau spring ERA —-> infinity
Baseball is better when Jeff Beliveau throws strikes
Whoops.
facepalm
Wait till next year…
(dying laughing)
Prediction: the Cubs will be eliminated from playoff eligibility before the regular season starts.
beliveau ——> rotation
Ozzie Guillen said:
My week is complete.
It was nice to see that one some of the pitchers were able to generate outs.
TOOTBLAN
Oy vey.
@ Rice Cube:
x2
@ Rice Cube:
2 in a row!
Fundamentals!
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
It sounds like they were trying to be aggressive and didn’t realize that Suzuki was that good at smothering breaking balls.
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
That’s the most amazing song I’ve ever heard. Steven Goodman was the man.
This Brandon Allen guy is on fire.
@ Rice Cube:
They should test him a few more times just to make sure.
@ Rice Cube:
They should have read the scouting report. I believe the title of the report was “Kurt Suzuki Good at Smothering Breaking Balls.”
(dying laughing)
(dying laughing)
(dying laughing)
9-3. They’re giving runs away, too.
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
I wonder what Keith Moreland thinks of that song, since he’s the only player mentioned by name.
Welington loves Spring Training.
Beef Castle!
Haven’t checked the score. Are we World Series bound?
This picture is not refuting my LeBron/Wade gay lovers theory.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Beef does what Beef does best
@ mb21:
We are, but the Cubs are fucked.
@ GBTS:
When Metta World Peace misses a shot…prepare for war.
Sounds like BJax had a sweet catch.
David wrote:
$200?
Sheridan’s Blog has a video of some of the intrasquad action:
http://journal.boysofspring.com/
Who is this guy with Kasper? I think he gets paid by the cliche.
WaLi wrote:
They only have some games. Take a look at the Cubs schedule on cubs.com. They have broadcast info there.
EnricoPallazzo wrote:
(dying laughing)
@ Rice Cube:
That sounds like something they should know before the fact.
Cubs are the best!
It will be really frustrating watching the Cubs learn that Yadier Molina keeps throwing them out.
bubblesdachimp wrote:
@ mb21:
Especially when they are being surprised to learn that Carlos Beltran likes fastballs on the inner third.
Do we thisnk Sappelt has a legit shot to break camp?
@ bubblesdachimp:
Eh. we already know Reed, Byrd, and Sori make the team. LaHair can play LF, so they only take one OF more, and that’s gonna be Campana.
bubblesdachimp wrote:
/fart joke
But seriously, if he bats better than Tony Campana he’d probably be the fifth OF, methinks.
Dear Len Kasper and the Cubs advertising department: there are no backslashes in URLs.
I like Brett Jackson.
Corey Hart ——-> Knee surgery
@ GBTS:
Must have been the extra mullet weight he was carrying.
Ha!
Ha ha!
Tie game (dying laughing)
mb21 wrote:
My God, these teams both suck balls,
Yay. “Baseball.”
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
You’re what Al’s kids call a fun sucker.
@ Suburban kid:
@ Rice Cube:
I think so too. Sappelt is known as a good glove man and can play all 3 spots.
Suburban kid wrote:
False
@ mb21:
Harry Pavlidis @harrypav Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
Was Cashner pumping gas or what? 103 mph, and a quick look at other pitchers shows nothing out of whack with the pfx data.
Wow…
Kobe —-> Still awesome
@ bubblesdachimp:
Cashner was never known to hit 103 in his life so I don’t know why we’d think there isn’t something out of whack. I mean, if he was sitting at 101-103 I’m pretty damn certain something was out of whack. If he hit 103 on 1 of 20 pitches and the others were in the high 90s then maybe not.
@ mb21:
Best shape of his life?
http://www.isthereacubsgametomorrow.com
I forgot they get like one day off all month. Dumbass.
Ron Swanson ——–> Cubs fan
@ Suburban kid:I’m surprised that’s not an actual website, it seems like a logical and desirable expansion.
@ GBTS:
You should register the domain.
It appears likely that the US will be back to 48 states after Tuesday.
@ mb21:
1912 had a flag SK recently enjoyed.
@ mb21:
Who is joining SC?
@ GBTS:
I believe that was the announcer for the Tennessee Smokies.
I hope late satisfaction is better than none.
Sickles on LaHair.
http://www.minorleagueball.com/2012/3/4/2844900/thoughts-on-bryan-lahair-chicago-cubs-first-baseman
Sickle on Hair.
(dying laughing)
(dying laughing)
(dying laughing)
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
Georgia, I’m guessing
McCutchen —> extension
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2012/03/pirates-agree-to-extend-andrew-mccutchen.html
@ Rice Cube:
Considering he produced almost 6 WAR last year and is expected to get better, that seems like a pretty good deal at 6/$51M for the Pirates.
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/fivethirtyeight/primaries/georgia
@ mb21:
At least we aren’t losing any good states. I don’t know if you have ever driven through GA, but it smells like shit.
@ WaLi
That’s the remnant of the massive turd the Braves laid last September.
Also in GA, up until November of last year (when the new law took place) it was illegal to buy liquor/beer at retail stores on Sunday, but you can buy it at the bar. So they were okay with you going out to the bar and getting shitfaced while watching the shitty
FalconsNascar on TV, but they weren’t okay with you buying beer and getting shitfaced at home.Also they are okay with selling overproofed (190) grain alcohol and allow you to marry your cousin. Weird state.
… there are a lot of states that allow you to marry your cousin.
http://marriage.about.com/cs/marriagelicenses/a/cousin.htm
North Carolina: First cousins, yes. Double first cousins are not allowed to get married.
wtf is a double first cousin?
@ WaLi:
Arkansas is like that. In dry counties, like the one where I went to college, there are no liquor stores, but there are bars. The law allows them if you call them “Clubs” and charge a membership fee (they allow a provisional membership fee). Basically, so the rich people could keep drinking, while the poor slobs had to suffer the agony of driving to the next county to buy booze. Needless to say, drunken driving was a huge problem.
You still can’t buy alcohol on Sundays in Arkansas at the liquor stores.
http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/dispatch_article/andrew-cashner-lit-up-pitchf-x-in-spring-opener/
WaLi wrote:
Is that like when you are cousins with someone on both your mom’s and dad’s side?
because your mom and dad were first cousins, so their siblings kids would be both of their natural nieces/nephews?
i don’t, i can’t figure that shit out. We need a botanist or geneticist something.
@ Suburban kid:
Both set of grandparents in common. So what you said. Your mom and dad’s brother and sister marry each other, or something like that.
That’s about as close as you can get, genetically, without marrying your own brother or sister.
@ josh:
You seem to be intimately aware of the facts regarding double first cousins. But then you said you went to college in Arkansas.
I live in Maryland where you can only get alchohol at beer and/or liqour stores but those stores are open on Sundays and you can still get it at restaurants or bars on Sundays. But if I drive 10 miles to West Virginia you can’t buy alchohol on Sundays at all, anywhere. It’s a dry state on Sundays. But you can buy it Monday through Saturday at any store, grocery, 7-11, CVS, Walmart……anywhere. It’s really weird going to the grocery store and seeing a beer aisle if you’re not used to that. Weird how those laws work.
/cool story bro
@ Suburban kid:
That’s a fine looking set of legs on that dame.
I’m so freakin’ old, Iowa had state-run liquor stores when I went to college there.
@ Mucker:
I grew up in Iowa/Nebraska, where they’ve have beer in the grocery stores since I was a kid. I remember it was a big deal when they started selling beer/wine in the one grocery store in the pissant town in Nebraska where I went to high school. The arguments against were literally that housewives would be tempted to get drunk.
@ Suburban kid:
I would say that my time in Arkansas did directly contribute to my knowledge of that sort of thing. Arkansans are obsessed with family ties, more so than anywhere else I’ve lived. My family is thankfully small. So small, in fact, that it would be impossible for me to have a double first cousin.
@ josh:
In fact, I have no actual full-blood first cousins. So I’m in the clear in most states regarding who I get to marry. My wife is no relation to me.
@ Suburban kid:
North Carolina still does. I can’t buy liquor anywhere but at a government run ABC (Alcohol Beverage Control) store.
WaLi wrote:
I assume it’s only a relation which occurs in select states. (dying laughing)
josh wrote:
(dying laughing)
Even Mike Quade realized early on that this team and being aggressive was stupid. Hopefully Sveum also realizes it because it’s fairly obvious.
I could never understand how somebody would want to marry their cousin. Fuck em….sure. But marry them?
http://tangotiger.net/marcel/
@ WaLi:
In Viriginia you could buy wine and beer at the grocery store, but liquor only in an ABC store.
In PA you have to buy wine and liquor at the ABC, but if you buy beer you are restricted to buying at most 192 ounces (2 six packs) unless you buy from a distributor, who can only sell at the case/keg level (and really only to retail stores).
@ Berselius:
I don’t understand stupid liquor laws. I mean, I guess I understand where they started, but why states keep them is what I don’t get. Is it because people don’t vote, or what?
@ Mucker:
If you knock them up, though. Do you want to totally piss Jesus off?
@ josh:
I couldn’t care less about liquor laws. At least liquor is legal. When marijuana is legal then I might care about the stupid liquor laws, but it’s retarded that marijuana isn’t legal. It’s no worse than alcohol and is in all likelihood better.
I don’t want to drink or smoke weed, but how one is legal and the other is not is stupid.
@ mb21:
I’ll agree with that.
@ mb21:
Wait, marijuana is illegal?!?!?!
/has lived in the PacNW too long already
Palm ———-> Face
http://www.obstructedview.net/news-and-rumors/daily-facepalm-3-5-12-random-state-laws-edition.html