At the beginning of March we did a pre-season NL power rankings and plan to do this every few weeks once the season starts. DJ is taking part in these now too so there are 5 really smart and knowledgeable people. These are probably the most accurate power rankings you'll ever find. You shouldn't even question them since they are …
The Children Are The Future-Cubs Minor League Update Sponsored by the City of Racine
Iowa PPD Smokies Trey McNutt made his return from the 7 day DL and worked 3 scoreless innings. His MO this season is 3-4 inning appearances and unless he can get his stamina up its time to give him the bullpen test. Daytona Erick Joksich had a strong start working 7 IP striking out 8 and only allowing 1 ER. …
Welcome Back, Welington?
So here we all were, basking in the glory of defeating Roy Halladay and minding our own business, and suddenly the Cubs Twitterverse is abuzz about a tweet. The tweet causing the commotion is from Enrique Rojas: #Cubs call up catcher Wellington Castillo, agent said. — Enrique Rojas/ESPN (@Enrique_Rojas1) April 28, 2012 Of course, nobody on the Cubs beat has …
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (6-13) at Philadelphia Phillies (9-10)
The Cubs finally got their first series win of the year! Things are looking up….except that they just barely avoid having the worst record in the NL (mostly due to opportunity – the Padres are 6-14). It already feels like forever since the last Cubs game. The series was the Cardinals was a nice reminder that not every game will …
Ask OV: Because We Had a Day Off and We Haven’t Done This For a While.
Many of you might have been asking, "Hey! What happened to my favorite new feature on Obstructed View? When the hell are they going to do another Ask OV?" Some of you might have been hoping that we never do another stupid Ask OV post again. Most of you probably didn't even think about Ask OV since the last time …
The Children Are The Future-Cubs Minor League Update Sponsored by Sega Dreamcast
Iowa Off Day Smokies Nobody did anything. Daytona Szrzrzr drew a walk and stole a pair of bases, his plate discipline has really improved from last year. Torreyes had a pair of hits and non prospect Greg Rohan hit his 5 HR of the year. On the pitching side Tony Zych earned his 2nd save of the year. Peoria The …
All Hail Our Cuban Overlords (And their sub 5 K/9 rate)
Live Blogging the Geraldo Concepcion Debut
The Children Are The Future-Cubs Minor League Update Sponsored by Advil
Iowa Iowa got a good test today as perhaps the best pitcher in the minors in Shelby Miller faced them. Miller shut the Cubs down but only lasted 5 innings. Lets see how our top guys fared vs a legit future star Brett Jackson– BB, 2 K's Anthony Rizzo – 1-3 Josh Vitters – 1-2 Travis Wood had a good …
Game thread – Cardinals at Cubs 4/24
Cardinals lineup SS Rafael Furcal 2B Skip Schumaker LF Matt Holliday RF Carlos Beltran 3B David Freese C Yadier Molina 1B Matt Carpenter CF Shane Robinson P Adam Wainwright Cubs lineup RF David DeJesus CF Tony Campana SS Starlin Castro 1B Bryan LaHair LF Alfonso Soriano 3B Ian Stewart 2B Darwin Barney C Geovany Soto P Ironhide