Diory Hernandez went 1-5. Who is Diory Hernandez? Exactly.
Jae Hoon Ha was 2-3 with a BB and has really been on a hot streak for the last few weeks. Ha also gunned down a runner at the plate. Junior Lake went 2-4 and is hitting .286. Trey McNutt pitched a clean inning out of the bullpen. I wonder if we will see him in September.
Daytona
No Game
Tim Saunders just keeps hitting and went 2-4 last night. The D3 product has just pissed on the ball since he was drafted although yesterday BA's Jim Callis mentioned he may not stick at SS and the Cubs have tried him out at several positions so far. Knuckleballer Joe Zeller gave up 5 ER in 6 IP.
Dan Vogelbach went 3-4 with a BB and his 9th HR which was a massive shot to dead center. His OPS in Boise is currently 1.104. Stephen Bruno collected 3 hits and a pair of walks and is hitting .340. Marco Hernandez was 1-3 with a BB and hit his 5th HR of the year as well. Hernandez has recovered from a pretty bleak stint in Peoria to start the year. Hopefully his return next season goes better.
Paul Blackburn had a great start striking out 4 in 4 and only allowing a pair of hits. Blackburn has 12 K's in 17.2 IP.
http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/2012/08/21/shop-sells-meth-candy-honor-breaking-bad/BvHMg8SPfKCYgabsDbnrNI/story.html
NM shop sells ‘meth candy’ to honor ‘Breaking Bad’
(dying laughing) (dying laughing) (dying laughing)
And they have it on donuts…
Also I guess Aaron Paul was on the Price is Right 14 years ago (dying laughing)
http://www.buzzfeed.com/whitneyjefferson/aaron-paul-the-best-the-price-is-right-contesta
Does this sound familiar?
So I guess the moral of the story is that Iowa sucks?
@ Mobile Rice:
Looks like it will next year, too. There are like, what, 2 people who may get called up?
@ akabari:
The 2013 Cubs: Iowa Still Sucks
DJ is the Iowa Cubs of letting people know he has posted something new.
Only place I’ve seen this so far…so I have no idea if it could even be true:
http://www.suntimes.com/sports/14636291-419/cubs-plan-to-move-peoria-chiefs-to-kane-county.html
Also unrelated but I had my first bottle of Pumpking last night and it is still my favorite seasonal beer ever
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2012/08/nick-swisher-expected-to-seek-100mm-plus.html
ROFL. Someone will likely give it to him too.
Rice Cube wrote:
Fixed
Mercurial Outfielder wrote:
So true. I normally just check the main page around 10 am since that’s about when he posts something new (dying laughing)
Sounding like Cubs A-ball affiliate next year —————–> Kane County
How have the prospects the Cubs got back in trades been doing?
@ Edwin:
If it would ever stop raining in Florida, this one might be able to show you how well he’s doing:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=villan001chr
I just wanted to drop in to say that I only just now realized that Josh Vitters is white.
aside: http://www.obstructedview.net/aside/nick-swisher-has-gone-bananas.html
@ fang2415:
The 2013 Cubs: Tune In And Find Out Which Of Them Are White
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/21/hero-umpire-jim-joyce-saves-a-diamondbacks-employees-life/
I think Peoria and Kane County were blind sided by the news of the Cubs switching low-A facilities.
@ Mish:
It’s odd that it didn’t really have any info on the woman. What caused it? Did she just stop breathing because she had a seizure? Was she epileptic?
@ Mish:
Figures, even though someone looks out he makes sure they end up safe.
mb21 wrote:
He probably deserves $126M. I heard about this one time he hit four grand slams against Ryan Dempster.
@ Mish:
I saw one on twitter that labeled each ovary as “rape chaff.” (dying laughing)
Garza —> 60-day DL? Wow.
@ Rice Cube:
A visit to Dr. Andrews cannot be far in the offing.
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
I wonder if they can negotiate a smaller extension since he was sucking a bit this year (bad luck/shitty variance) and he’s now injured. I’m pretty sure he’s gone to untradeable now.
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
I think you’re reading too much into this. Even if he was going to be out for just a month, why not shut him down for the rest of the season? It’s only 5 weeks or so until it’s over, and 60-day DL will be gone come next year.
@ Rice Cube:
That’s just to open a roster spot since guys on 60 day DL can be replaced. Since he’s out for the year this was inevitable.
@ Rice Cube:
Why sign someone to a long term contract when they’re injured? If they aren’t tradeable you probably shouldn’t be locking the guy up long term.
@ Berselius:
Agreed. Who knows what’s up, but this is just to open a spot on the roster. It probably means they’ll be adding to it in September.
@ Berselius:
@ mb21:
We’ll see. I bet he doesn’t pitch for the Cubs again until 2014.
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
That’s entirely possible, but I don’t think putting him on the 60-day DL has anything to do with any new information about his injury.
@ Berselius:
Probably not, but I’ve suspected their downplaying of the severity of this injury from the get-go.
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
That’s a safe bet. I think all sports injuries are downplayed, but surgery doesn’t seem necessary at this point so I’d assume he’ll be healthy to start the year.
@ GBTS:
(dying laughing)
(dying laughing)
(dying laughing)
By the way, Jim Joyce: Best ‘stache in Baseball
The new fan at OV HQ might have been installed improperly:
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
We take our site name seriously. Obstructed View ——-> Obstructed Fans
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
Tom Ricketts wants to incorporate that at Wrigley Field.
@ mb21:
He should put Todd in charge.
I’m surprised that Minute Maid Park doesn’t have that fan by the stupid fucking flag pole they have in CF.
@ mb21:
I was thinking of giving him $5MM over 10 years because he’s broken, but that was really just a fantasy and I wasn’t serious about it at all (dying laughing)
Rusin, Rusin. Chris, Chris, Rusin, Rusin. Anyways, is anybody really excited to watch Rusin pitch? Can’t be worse than Raley, right?
mb21 wrote:
Dammit, mb. It’s a hill that happens to have a flagpole. Not just a flag pole. This makes it better.
Get it right or pay the price.
didnt one of you beer fags mention Hennepin the other day? I found a dusty 4 pack in my local store. Does it bring the thunder?
@ dylanj:
Hennepin is really, really good.
do you just serve it from the bottle or refrigerate it?
Aaron Cook is pitching today!
@ Rizzo the Rat:
We can be almost assured that he…
*puts on sunglasses*
…won’t strike out.
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAH
@ Rice Cube:
He has fewer strikeouts per start than Brett Jackson.
@ dylanj:
Hennepin > all other beer
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
Nice fan shot.
OK. The game should have been going about 20 min by now. Do I open a tab for Gameday to see how Rusin is doing, or not? Decisions, decisions…..
If I do, it just means I have to wait around for the 5 R he’s going to give up. If I don’t, I won’t know that he’s given them up, so I’ll keep thinking about surfing to Gameday. ARRRGGGHHH, why is life so difficult?
Aaron Cook has 4 strikeouts today, more than doubling his previous high this season. He’s also allowed 10 hits and has a throwing error.
I hate people.
@ Rice Cube:
“It’s just Max.”
(dying laughing) For fucks sake.
Rusin!
Chris Rusin should be the team’s cleanup hitter.
@ GBTS:
I like how he capitalized the word vowel and put quotes around it. (dying laughing)
Of course they stranded him (dying laughing)
@ GBTS:
“Missed it by that much” Maxvowel Schmart
Can someone explain why Josh Vitters keeps batting 2nd? I guess when you have 4 or 5 7/8 hitters you have to put guys in spots they don’t belong.
The Brewers announcers were wondering if Aramis could win the Gold Glove. No. No he can’t.
@ Rice Cube:
GBTS, MB21, GW, and I would like to invite you to the vowelless club, RCCB.
No hitter through 2.1
This is infinitely better than what I had expected.
I wonder when it’ll all go to hell.
@ GBTS:
Looks more like a fan post to me
Rice Cube wrote:
The Cubs go back to Houston on Sep 10, if that’s what you’re asking
I wasn’t paying attention…did the Cubs just allow a stolen base on a pickoff attempt?
Bryce Harper got a golden sombrero.
@ Rice Cube:
I’m just disappointed no one went with the obvious “yrnm” tweet.
@ shawndgoldman:
That would’ve been a clever one, except that this appears to have been a compendium of stupidity which is the opposite of cleverness.
Four runs on two hits!
39% strikeout rate for Vitters and a 46% strikeout rate for Jackson. (dying laughing)
The Cubs have 2 hits and 12 strikeouts today.
It’s almost as if the Cubs are terrible or something.
@ Rizzo the Rat:
A new era of Cubs baseball is upon us.
The position players have 1 hit, 1 walk and 12 strikeouts.
Castillo now has 3 passed balls in less than 180 innings behind the plate. The Cubs catchers have 7 this entire season. He’s been behind the plate when 5 wild pitches have been thrown. The Cubs have 26 as a team.
Dude cannot stop a baseball from getting past him.
This was nice for the new guy:
http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=24093589&c_id=mlb
@ mb21:
I’m still surprised the universe didn’t implode in a singularity event when those guys faced Chapman last week.
I liked the part where this pitch was the exact opposite of where the catcher wanted it.
http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=24100901&c_id=mlb
@ Rice Cube:
Yowsers.
@ Rice Cube:
Center field?
mb21 wrote:
Well, it’s not like it’s his job or anything.
Honestly, though, sample sizes and so forth. Are those numbers anywhere close to statistically significant?
Rizzo the Rat wrote:
/akined
mb21 wrote:
Brett Jackson must be rubbing off on him
@ Berselius:
FLAGGED
This is fun, and I believe, free:
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=18101
@ dylanj:
I like it at room temperature better than refrigerated. I found the 4-pack last time I was at the beer store and I was very happy, as we previously only had the big 750mL bottle, which is good, but to be honest it gets my fairly intoxicated.
To me, it doesn’t taste as good cold. You could may be refigerate it for just a little while first, but I really like it room temp.
@ josh:
Same. It should be served at 50-60 degrees.
Watching replays from last night and a) what is Rusin, like 12? b) that kid has a really nice swing for a pitcher.
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
Right, that’s what it says on the bottle, too. But I’m not really sure how to get it that temp, and I prefer it slightly too warm than too cold.
@ josh:
Best way is to buy a small chest freezer and temp it, but I buy it warm and stick it in the freezer for 10 minutes, pour, let it rest and then drink it.
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
Cool, that’s what I do.
Rizzo the Rat wrote:
No, but it’s still funny.
Holy shit. The Brewers release Randy Wolf.
The exclamation isn’t so much about his performance, but about the fact that he was supposed to be the guy who would stabilize that rotation and now he’s being kicked to the curb.
Baseball is the cruelest sport.
@ josh:
(dying laughing) I didn’t even know he was still playing.
@ mb21:
I was thinking that too. I think he must have been hurt or something. Or he’s just sucked.
@ josh:
yeah i said “holy shit” too but it was more like “holy shit, randy wolf is still alive” than “holy shit, randy wolf was unsuccessful in stabilizing the rotation.”
@ EnricoPallazzo:
I guess I’m just surprised that he was dropped. Not that he was great, but he had some effective years to be unceremoniously dumped like that. I mean, do the Cubs know that this is an option?
I don’t know, I guess I have a friend who’s a Brewers fan, and I remember him being excited about Wolf. Didn’t work out.
OK, fine, I’ll go sit in the corner wearing the DERP hat.
Truest. Comic. Ever.
@ EnricoPallazzo:
josh – it’s a combination of the fact that he’s been playing full time since i was in high school, which seems like a really fucking long time ago, plus the fact that i have blocked the last few years of MLB from my memory. i guess that’s why i figured that he had retired a while back.
but you’re right, he’s not actually super old and his numbers look pretty decent up until this season. hell, he can’t be worse than [insert current cubs pitcher here].
@ EnricoPallazzo:
I remember him pitching last year, but was confused why. He reminds me of Wandy Rodriguez. Any time you look at the numbers they’re much better than you’d think, but when you watch the player you can’t figure out why he’s playing baseball.
@ EnricoPallazzo:
I meant “this is an option” as in “they could dump players who suck,” but I could see them picking him up for cheap.
new shit up