Position players report to spring training today
Speaking of which, Mets manager Terry Collins is bitching yet again about players not reporting earlier than their report date. Pouliot summed it up well in the post
And that’s just not right. MLB and the MLBPA negotiated reporting deadlines for a reason, and no player should be pressured to show up early. Besides six weeks is more than enough time for a position player to get ready for the season.
At least I haven't heard any rumblings about this with the Cubs. Though I guess part of that could be that all but four players are already in camp anyway.
Is there a Cubs game today?
No.
Bosio ♥ Volstad
Gordo wrote a piece on Chris Volstad this morning. Bosio thinks that Volstad is "a needle in a haystack" and is "a beast out there". He's looking good so far this spring. No word on whether he is in the best shape of his life.
Twitter exchange of the yesterday
@sitrick2 Eh I don't see that happening
— jonahkeri (@jonahkeri) February 22, 2012
@jonahkeri @sitrick2 You're vastly underestimating the Chicago media. Remember how quick the media/fans turned on Sosa?
— Berselius (@STAnteater) February 22, 2012
@STAnteater @jonahkeri @sitrick2 it was as if 1998 never happened. It was "we always hated you", very odd.
— Harry Pavlidis (@harrypav) February 22, 2012
@sitrick2 @harrypav @STAnteater If that's the case, don't follow the idiots. Enjoy the Cubs on your own terms, that should be good enough.
— jonahkeri (@jonahkeri) February 22, 2012
Truth.
The knives will be out for Soriano, but once he's gone The Shire will move on to a new target. Thoyer has to be the obvious choice.
Roy Oswalt is going somewhere today
He's making an announcement today and supposedly he's not going to the Red Sox or Rangers, who were his main suitors. The Cardinals were also in on him, but my gut actually says he's going to announce his retirement. Unless Bruce Levine's mystery third starter was Oswalt. Given the way this offseason has gone, we'll find out that he's signing with the Diamondbacks or something #mysteryteam
Cubs bunting contest bracket
Via Bruce Miles
Obstructed view bunting contest
Started here.
Jed Hoyer on Clubhouse confidential
Brett at Bleacher Nation has a good breakdown of Hoyer's appearance on the show last night. He havily implied that the Cubs will do more trading/rebuilding over the course of the season (not really news).
Comments
The Will Ferrell version is better. (dying laughing)
MishQuote Reply
What’s the obsession with late 70s pomp rock?
Suburban kidQuote Reply
“Is Ron Donald any relation to Ronald McDonald?”
“Unlikely, sir. They spell and pronounce their names differently.”
MishQuote Reply
Bosio has a high opinion of Bosio.
mb21Quote Reply
@ Suburban kid:
Would you ask Tom Petty that question?
BerseliusQuote Reply
Who are the four laggards? I assume Soriano, Castro, Cardenas because they
live different countriesare lazy Latins, but who else?Suburban kidQuote Reply
@ mb21:
Probably true (dying laughing). The post is fixed.
BerseliusQuote Reply
@ mb21:
He was quite a beast.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
The only way it’s possible to do that is to not read a single article about the Cubs all season long. Even I will probably read a few.
mb21Quote Reply
@ Suburban kid:
Per Bleacher Nation, it’s Castro, Soriano, DeWitt, and Jae-Hoon Ha
BerseliusQuote Reply
@ Suburban kid:
Probably Ramirez. The media hasn’t been told that Ramirez signed with the Brewers yet.
mb21Quote Reply
@ mb21:
Maybe I shouldn’t have included a tweet that advises people not to read our website (dying laughing)
BerseliusQuote Reply
@ mb21:
False. 75% of the Chicago media celebrated when Aramis Ramirez left town.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ Berselius:
I’m one of those people who just doesn’t care when they get there. I figure they know better than anyone how long it will take for them to get ready so as long as they show up by that time I don’t care. Maddux has mentioned several times in his career how spring training is at least 2 weeks too long.
mb21Quote Reply
It turns out Cardenas is actually from Florida, not South Carolina.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
@ Berselius:
Bet you they will anyway.
#reversepsychology
Rice CubeQuote Reply
I think Sully’s new target will be Castro and I think it will start this year.
mb21Quote Reply
See the papers taped to the wall to the right of the bunting contest? Those are pages on bunting contests from the MLB rule book.
SkipVBQuote Reply
@ mb21:
And that’s for pitchers too. Position players usually need even less time.
BerseliusQuote Reply
@ Suburban kid:
That’s good. He doesn’t have to worry about a green card then.
mb21Quote Reply
@ mb21:
Me too.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
@ mb21:
Ugh, I think you’re right.
BerseliusQuote Reply
@ Mish:
Mish, I cancelled out that negative faget point with a green one. I think it’s awful how everyone hates you here.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
@ Berselius:
Exactly. I figure all these Cubs who showed up January are going to be dead fucking tired by May. They’ll be in late-season form by Opening Day.
mb21Quote Reply
@ mb21:
I wonder if this new front office will do a better job of protecting their talent from the media.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ Mish:
Mish, I gave you a positive faget point as a self esteem building exercise.
mb21Quote Reply
MIsh does catch a lot of shit around here. All in good nature and I have to admit the Batman stuff cracks me up.
mb21Quote Reply
mb21 wrote:
MB is just trying to build character
BerseliusQuote Reply
@ Berselius:
I miss Calvin and Hobbes. Thank goodness the comics are still in syndication.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Volstad’s grit and determination are what make him such a great player. Ice water in his veins.
Jslip1Quote Reply
@ mb21:
I don’t think Mish cares if it is a negative faget point or a positive faget point. He just wants all the faget (points) any way he can get them. He is sad when faget points cancel each other out.
It would be nice if there was a counter that showed total faget votes, that way if you cancel out a faget point it says “2 votes” or something, but the +/- would be at 0.
WaLiQuote Reply
Jslip1 wrote:
It’s also because he’s white. It’s a known fact white people hustle more, they show more grit, they’re scrappier and they just get it.
MuckerQuote Reply
I can’t even imagine this running in a newspaper today. There’d be a Congressional hearing.
GBTSQuote Reply
Mucker wrote:
Suburban kidQuote Reply
Probably my favorite C&H of all time:
GBTSQuote Reply
WaLi wrote:
Don’t presume to tell me if I care.
MishQuote Reply
@ Suburban kid:
As they say, internet imitates life. Or is it life imitates internet? It could go either way.
MishQuote Reply
@ mb21:
I don’t really mind anything, really, but I do find it hilarious when some of my more innocuous posts have -7 faget points. As I’m sure this one will approach. (dying laughing)
MishQuote Reply
@ mb21:
I agree, MB. Castro will be the target, and it’ll happen early on.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ GBTS:
This is on my office door.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ GBTS:
Forbidden!
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ Mish:
If Mish is Batman, then perhaps the negative faget point bandits are a superstitious and cowardly lot.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Rice CubeQuote Reply
That’s not my name.
/buntingcontest
AndCountingQuote Reply
@ AndCounting:
Took me a minute, but I got it.
I would have gone with
Suburban kidQuote Reply
I think Marmol is 1st target of the media(sullivan) once soriano is pushed off the team. They will assume he will be lights out because of lost weight and pitch selection changes.
JManQuote Reply
@ mb21:
Mish’s Star Wars theories are the only reason I come here. That and to write and delete posts correcting other people’s grammar.
joshQuote Reply
@ JMan:
Yeah, but Marmol has already failed to live up to expectations. It’s Castro’s “hype” that will get the newshounds’ hackles up. Although, personally, I’m going to vote on Garza, who will have a great year in terms of FIP, but will have a low win-loss record, which the media will blame on his lack of leadership.
joshQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
That is my favorite C&H of all time. That or the one from my avatar.
BerseliusQuote Reply
@ Berselius:
How is this not the one from your avatar?
joshQuote Reply
@ Berselius:
It’s especially funny now that I have sarcastic offspring.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
ACTQuote Reply
I don’t think Sullivan or any of the media members will pick a target based on merit. It will just flow naturally from how available and congenial the players are in general as spring training and the season go on. Soriano is always the natural target, but his reactions are always so moderate that they take the fun out of writing about him. And as much as they color their writing about the guys they despise, none of it has any teeth unless there’s an event for them to exaggerate. With Soriano, there’s never much more to report than the dropping of balls and the striking of outs. Unless he loses his temper or demands a trade or something, there’s nothing for them to go on. If Soriano does stay on the team for any length of time and ugliness happens? Hobbiton will assemble the mobs.
Castro is probably the most likely guy to have some type of newsworthy incident for Sullivan and company to attack, but until he gets a little more comfortable with speaking directly to reporters, I don’t think they’ll go after him too fiercely. And there has to be enough negative public sentiment toward a player before Sullivan can really do anything too detrimental to anybody. He’s not that good. It’s not like he can just create hatred out of thin air. All he can do is fan flames that are already burning. For whatever reason, rape allegations aren’t enough to make people hate Castro yet. If he forgets how to hit baseballs, that will change.
AndCountingQuote Reply
@ AndCounting:
Didn’t Soriano recently say he’d only want to be traded to a contender? That’s gotta be a spark.
joshQuote Reply
@ ACT:
Forbidden 🙁
Also…(dying laughing)
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/23/bryan-lahair-is-in-the-best-shape-of-his-life/
Rice CubeQuote Reply
AndCounting wrote:
This has always been the chicken or the egg type situation with the Chicago media.
BerseliusQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
Does it work now?
ACTQuote Reply
@ AndCounting:
Jesus, win.
fang2415Quote Reply
@ ACT:
Thank you for unforbidding it.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
At this rate he’ll be able to hit a HR on a check swing by 2014!
WaLiQuote Reply
ACTQuote Reply
@ WaLi:
He’ll be able to send bowling balls into orbit with telephone poles soon enough.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Oswalt ——-> going back to bed, wake him up in a few months
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2012/02/roy-oswalt-may-sign-midseason.html?utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=twitterfeed
WenningtonsGorillaCockQuote Reply
http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/cubs/post/_/id/7965/russell-hopes-to-fill-void-left-by-marshall
Couldn’t make it past the headline.
ACTQuote Reply
@ ACT:
All Russell really meant was that he’s getting Marshall’s locker.
joshQuote Reply
@ mb21:
I love how Mariano Rivera always just shows up whenever the hell he feels like it. Who’s going to tell him he’s doing it wrong? http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/yankees-closer-mariano-rivera-absent-day-training-camp-gm-brian-cashman-tells-ready-article-1.1025553
ACTQuote Reply
(dying laughing)
Holy shit: http://www.buzzfeed.com/hgrant/this-is-what-crazy-looks-like-via-text-messaging?s=mobile
GBTSQuote Reply
@ GBTS:
(dying laughing)
(dying laughing)
(dying laughing)
I almost lost it at “Do you honestly not want to see me anymore?”
Suburban kidQuote Reply
@ GBTS:
Scary, but I don’t believe it’s real.
mb21Quote Reply
But I really did like the come to ur door please line. Does that work for stalkers?
mb21Quote Reply
@ mb21:
Yes.
WaLiQuote Reply
@ mb21:
Why not? There’s thousands of needy psychos out there.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
@ mb21:
I think I have an idea, but you’ll need to open your front door in about 10 hours to find out.
BerseliusQuote Reply
@ mb21:
Eh… unfortunately, I actually find that pretty believable. I’ve known people to do crazier, if possibly a little less persistent. (dying laughing)
fang2415Quote Reply
@ Suburban kid:
Because too much of it was hilarious. I laughed out loud at at least a few things she supposedly said. I supposed it’s possible it’s real, but I think it’s humor and it was damn good humor.
mb21Quote Reply
Also, it’s entirely different than the way I’ve stalked people (dying laughing)
mb21Quote Reply
How did this Calvin and Hobbes thread get derailed?
ACTQuote Reply
@ mb21:
Crazy people are funny.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
@ ACT:
It’s reminiscent of this Dr. Seuss classic that I read to the boy every now and then:
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ mb21:
I think most of it was real, but he probably deleted some of his reponses to her and some of her replies to make it funnier.
WaLiQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
Butter side up is just logical. The Zooks are idiots.
ACTQuote Reply
@ ACT:
The Zooks for the most part had better weaponry, though. I wonder how such an idiotic, illogical country could be so technologically advanced. They must have really good spies.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Anyone else watch Survivor here?
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
@ bubblesdachimp:
Looks like we need to update that list of weird things bubbles likes
fang2415Quote Reply
@ fang2415:
(dying laughing) I was thinking the same thing.
WaLiQuote Reply
ChicagoCubsOnline @TheCCO Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
(@BruceMiles2112) #Cubs Sveum says DeJesus is his likely leadoff hitter and LaHair is the cleanup man. For now.
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
Per Miles:
LaHair —–> Cleanup
DeJesus —–> Lead off
DeJesus’s Wife —–> still hot, wondering if tweeting on an elliptical counts as a workout.
MishQuote Reply
Okay that last one is per Kim’s twitter feed.
MishQuote Reply
Is liking Survivor that weird?
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
@ bubblesdachimp:
No.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ Mish:
I guess we know who won the bunting contest.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
(dying laughing)
(dying laughing)
fang2415Quote Reply
@ bubblesdachimp:
Even Wilson ran away.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
(dying laughing)
Position players haven’t gone yet.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Ughhhhh…
Survivor is a great game.. I dont think i would last very long.
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
Damnit, now I have eye of the tiger and Rocky in my head.
WaLiQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
(dying laughing)
(dying laughing)
This is my favorite so far. But they’re all really good.
fang2415Quote Reply
@ WaLi:
(dying laughing). I also.
fang2415Quote Reply
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Cameron is dreaming here, but I’m not sure I’d mind the Cubs doing this:
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/roy-oswalt-and-the-must-trade-clause/
I have no doubt that MB would mind, though. (dying laughing)
fang2415Quote Reply
jus thad to explain someone the DUI laws in virginia becasue he is planning on driving somewhere to get plastered and he wanted to know how safe it was to drive back
(dying laughing)
(dying laughing)
(dying laughing)
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
@ bubblesdachimp:
Yes, the safety risks of driving drunk do vary considerably from one state to another.
…
fang2415Quote Reply
Most of MO’s comments are showing up blank for me. I think there have been other comments presumably with images that appear blank as well.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
Braun======> Suspension overturned
Mlb feels bad he has herpes
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
STDs FTW!
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/140213003.html
WenningtonsGorillaCockQuote Reply
@ fang2415:
Well in VA you get an automatic ten days in jail for a DUI
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
@ WenningtonsGorillaCock:
Overturned on a technicality! Go team DRUG USE!
joshQuote Reply
@ bubblesdachimp:
I know someone who won Survivor, but I’ve never watched an episode and never will.
mb21Quote Reply
@ mb21:
This is really the only reason I know about the show. I hate reality tv.
mb21Quote Reply
@ Suburban kid:
Hotlinking
mb21Quote Reply
@ mb21:
I’m with you on that one.
joshQuote Reply
I like Survivor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9fr5QkDWYs
Suburban kidQuote Reply
@ josh:
I guess I like some of the true crime stories, but Survivor, Amazing Race, Big Brother, The Bachelor and all that other shit is garbage. I don’t even have to watch them to know that. The previews make them look so fucking bad I cannot believe they even air it.
mb21Quote Reply
@ mb21:
No shit…. Do you mind me asking who?
Also Paul Maholom had the best take on Braun imo
paul maholm @paul_maholm Close
I think the whole process of confidentiality has taken on a whole new meaning. Especially when u have statements and votes public.
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
Agh, never mind.
mambochickenQuote Reply
I bet Rick Astley struggles with Lent.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
@ bubblesdachimp:
Danni Boatwright. She’s married to Casey Wiegmann who was from Iowa and attended the University of Iowa. He’s a longtime NFL player and lives in Kansas City.
Josh probably doesn’t think she’s hot. (dying laughing)
mb21Quote Reply
@ Suburban kid:
I gave this a faget point because I am having the same issue, not because I am taking pleasure in your struggles. I can’t speak for the other faget point though.
GBTSQuote Reply
@ mb21:
Shes hot. Not Kim DeJesus hot but hot. Not Chelsea from Season 23 (imo the hottest survivor ever) but still very hot
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
@ mb21:
I have no opinion.
If she doesn’t have six to eight legs and an exoskeleton, I’m probably not thinking about her right now.
joshQuote Reply
@ josh:
That’s kind of hot, I guess.
GBTSQuote Reply
@ Suburban kid:
Beyonce is their leader.
GBTSQuote Reply
@ josh:
Wtf????
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
@ GBTS:
The Pope shits in the woods.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
@ bubblesdachimp:
Ah you meant risks in addition to killing children and shit. You’re right, he should get out of VA and go for it.
fang2415Quote Reply
@ josh:
Arthropods can be sexy. I guess.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ josh:
This could explain much
fang2415Quote Reply
@ GBTS:
I gave the other faget point, because I was taking pleasure in his struggles. (dying laughing)
fang2415Quote Reply
I have no idea why MO’s pictures aren’t displaying. The tags are right.
Aisle424Quote Reply
Aisle424Quote Reply
Must be something wonky with the picture URLs themselves.
Aisle424Quote Reply
@ Aisle424:
I can see them all. Maybe you guys forgot to turn off your browsers’ MO filter.
fang2415Quote Reply
@ Aisle424:
Maybe the site has hotlinking disabled? GBTS and MO were linking from the same domain and I saw neither one’s pictures show up.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ fang2415:
I assume they all feature Gary Coleman and Lance Berkman.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
@ Aisle424:
Probably misses his old glasses.
GBTSQuote Reply
@ GBTS:
I’m not gonna dis you on the internet
Because my mama taught me better than that
Suburban kidQuote Reply
Everyone watching Lin v. LeBron tonight be careful. If Tebow is in attendance, ESPN may actually ejaculate onto you through the television.
GBTSQuote Reply
Oh my fucking God. On CTL they are having a discussion “who had the best Cubs career: Wood, Zambrano, or Prior”. Not a SINGLE PERSON PICKED ZAMBRANO.
MishQuote Reply
Mish wrote:
Jesus Christ, what the fuck?!?! Why, why why why . . . are you watching CTL?
GBTSQuote Reply
@ GBTS:
My TV was on CSN as I was firing up my PS3 to play Uncharted 3.
MishQuote Reply
Ryan Braun got real lucky
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
Looks like Ryan ZImmerman is going to be off the board now.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Back to C&H, I always was a big fan of this one too:
GBTSQuote Reply
Rice Cube wrote:
This is what I assumed it was. If a site has hotlinking enabled a picture won’t display on another domain.
mb21Quote Reply
Apparently Lake, Soriano and Castro haven’t been confirmed to show up as of 4:20 PM Central. Any updates? Or are they still being lazy?
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ GBTS:
The sun obviously takes the red-eye back to Boston so that it can rise in the east.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Rice Cube wrote:
Soriano and Castro are lazy, despicable pieces of shit who should just GTFO and go back to Dominica.
I’m sure Lake has a good excuse.
GBTSQuote Reply
(dying laughing)
Just found out Junior Lake is black. He should GTFO too.
GBTSQuote Reply
Oh my fucking God. On CTL they are having a discussion “who had the best Cubs career: Wood, Zambrano, or Prior”. Not a SINGLE PERSON PICKED ZAMBRANO.
No palm or face is big enough to express my feelings right now.
26.2cubfanQuote Reply
@ 26.2cubfan:
You should slap as many people in the face as possible until you feel satisfied.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Bunt off footage:
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?tcid=mm_chc_vid&c_id=chc
I can’t tell if they count where the ball first lands or where it stops rolling.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
I doubt they use the first land approach. It doesn’t make any sense that way.
ACTQuote Reply
I mean, would you really encourage the batter to bunt the ball in the air to land in the 40-point area?
ACTQuote Reply
I think you’re right that you don’t want to bunt it in the air.
I don’t really expect them to bunt it in the air because that would cause way too many problems in a real-game situation. I guess it’s common for a bunter to just deaden the ball in front of home plate and to either side of home plate. If they get it in the 30 point zones it’s probably harder for the catcher to field it and turn quickly to start a double play. If the bunt is strong enough to get into the 40 point zone, the corner man has to charge it as it would be out of the reach of the catcher and probably the pitcher too. The red dot represents “no-man’s land” I suppose.
They must have some kind of stipulation to make sure that the bunt doesn’t get too far past the 40 point zone because if it goes too fast, the corner man barely has to charge it.
Just thinking out loud, don’t mind me (dying laughing)
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ Mish:
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
Interviewing with the entomology department tomorrow to be a student. Trying to pack in as much knowledge as I can. Little time for sentence subjects.
joshQuote Reply
Also +5 points to the person who can tell me the name of the song playing in that photo of George.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
+5 more if someone finds the youtube of the original.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
There was also something where you had to call it, or you got bonus points for calling it. If you bunt in the air to the 40point zone, you’re probably going to end up with it rolling out of that zone, at least most of the time.
joshQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
Wasn’t it The Greatest American Hero theme?
joshQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
Is that the one with his answering machine message?
Rice CubeQuote Reply
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ria37d9mInY
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
Since it was 4:20 they were probably smoking a joint with Soto.
mb21Quote Reply
@ 26.2cubfan:
That’s ridiculous. How can everybody be so stupid? Unreal.
mb21Quote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
I’d answer, but you can’t give me 5 points.
mb21Quote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
I should at least get the first 5 bonus points for that.
joshQuote Reply
Josh get 5 points, Rice gets -5 for posting a youtube other than the original
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
I get the vague sense that nothing in the bunt game corresponds to anything remotely resembling how you’d actually want someone to bunt in an actual game.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
Funsucker.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Coincidentally, The Greatest American Hero theme was one of the first soundtracks to the infamous Theriot Files series
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
Considering the bunters are bunting against batting practice meatballs, I would say that you are correct.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
OTOH, the Cubs will be really good at something that no other team is really good at.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
Well, part of it is learning how to position your body and aim the ball. The more repetitions you have doing it, the better you should be in a game situation. Although I would think that you’d get more out of balls that were thrown in the 90s than the 60s. Maybe they’re using a pitching machine?
joshQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
Can I trade them in for a plastic spider ring or what?
joshQuote Reply
@ josh:
You get five free tokens to play the bunt game. They can also be redeemed for three tokens to play the pitching version, a.k.a. the towel drill.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
I think they should get 1000 points for bunting it in the air to the pitcher’s mound.
mb21Quote Reply
Mercurial Outfielder wrote:
(dying laughing) I had forgotten about that.
mb21Quote Reply
@ mb21:
Only if it makes Garza collide with Darwin Barney.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
Generally, you want to bunt down the line (in fair territory), and get it far away from the catcher. The point zones seem to be structured with that in mind.
ACTQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube
By that logic, you might as well get rid of batting practice, too.
ACTQuote Reply
I mean maybe, just maybe, these coaches know how to do their jobs. I’m inclined to give them the benefit of the doubt.
ACTQuote Reply
@ ACT:
Maybe, just maybe, people with nothing better to do speculate about things.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ josh:
Just show them this and they’ll give you a full scholarship
Suburban kidQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
Awesome. I’ve been trying to figure out how I could convince my doctor to give me Tommy John Surgery.
joshQuote Reply
Bubbles likes the Cubs current manager
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
@ bubblesdachimp:
Lies make baby Jesus cry.
joshQuote Reply
@ josh:
I just like the nice things he has said about soriano
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
@ ACT:
Well, of course you don’t get rid of practice (dying laughing) The point that Josh made is a good one because you want to have the players prepared with the right stance and the right technique to deaden the ball into the right spot, but in game situations, unless the other team is fine just throwing meatballs and conceding the sacrifice, you’re not going to see that same 70-mph meatball when you’re bunting. Kind of like how pitchers avoid throwing batting practice fastballs in actual games where the goal is not to build the opposing hitter’s confidence. I think the pitches are delivered by a coach or a pitcher and not a pitching machine, as it’s likely that part of the exercise is to learn how to pick the ball up from a pitcher’s delivery and not a set point on a pitching machine.
You still have to get into a good rhythm (with batting practice) and get a good technique going (with buntfest) but I think MO’s point stands that it’s going to be different in a game situation. But I will not presume to tell you what he thinks of bunt practice.
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