4/4/2016: Cubs @ Angels

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Words of Wisdom

"I don't want any messages saying 'I'm holding my position.' We're not holding a goddamned thing. We're advancing constantly and we're not interested in holding anything except the enemy's balls. We're going to hold him by his balls and we're going to kick him in the ass; twist his balls and kick the living shit out of him all the time. Our plan of operation is to advance and keep on advancing. We're going to go through the enemy like shit through a tinhorn."

– George S. Patton

Cubs Starting Lineup

Dexter Fowler CF
Jason Heyward RF
Ben Zobrist 2B
Anthony Rizzo 1B
Kris Bryant 3B
Kyle Schwarber LF
Jorge Soler DH
Miguel Montero C
Addison Russell SS

Starting Pitcher: Reigning NL Cy Young Award Winner Jake Arrieta

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Situated Somewhere In California, Please Come Starting Lineup

Yunel Escobar 3B
Daniel Nava LF
Mike Trout CF
Albert Pujols DH
Kole Calhoun RF
CJ Cron 1B
Andrelton Simmons SS
Tony Perez C
Johnny Giavotella 2B

Starting Pitcher: Garrett Richards

How to Watch

TV: ABC-7, ESPN2, 9:05 PM CST
Radio: 670AM the Score

Things to Watch

1. Mike Trout is very, very awesome. It will be great to see Jake Arrieta face off against the best player of our generation in the first inning of the first game of this season.

2. The Cubs are trotting out a lineup with 3 FA signings to start the game (and Dexter waited so long it truly felt like he was coming from the Orioles or something). Adding your top third of the lineup to a 97-win team seems strong to me.

3. No one has any idea what Joe will do with the bullpen this year, but today it may not matter. 

4. Garrett Richards doesn't have Jake Arrieta stuff, but he can dial it WAY up there. I expect good things from our fastball hitters. 

5. It's the first game of the season. If you need another reason to watch, the Pizza Hut MILFS are thataway.

Will the Cubs Win (random.org number generator)*?

Yes

Randy's Record to date: 0-0

 

 

*this is how Randy will work. He currently has the Cubs as 25-25. He'll choose a number between 1 and 50 for the first 50 games; anything up to the number of wins Randy has projected for the Cubs is a win, and anything else is a loss. As the Cubs play games, they'll replace a win and loss, alternating until the Cubs are at 50 games. After that, it'll just be weighted towards their record. Today, Randy chose 21. Since the Cubs have 25 wins in the bank, it's a win.

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  8. Rizzo the Rat

    Jake’s strategy of getting hitters to hit the ball hard at fielders has been working pretty well.

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  25. berselius

    I’ve been out drinking Pliny the Elder with scientists who are even more socially awkward than I am. What did I miss?

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  26. berselius

    Jerome Walton:
    Hi. Long time reader, not very often poster. Is there any chance you fellas could setup a crowdsource cubes top 40 prospects where readers all submit their own top 40 and then you do some kind of average? I think there was some talk of this in the past.

    Cheers,
    The Jerome Walton Fan Club

    Sounds good to me too

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  57. JonKneeV

    Quite the debut for Zobrist. Strikes out twice with a runner on third and less than two outs. GIDP and a TOOTBLAN. Yikes.

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  58. cerulean

    Perkins:
    Arrieta could throw a Maddux if Joe lets him stay in.

    Didn’t Maddux have a 63-pitch complete game? That would be nice. Arrieta is at 69 pitches, 50 strikes through 6. That’s a 103-pitch complete game, which is still awesome. If Arrieta goes 100 to 110 pitches a game, I don’t see him wearing down. Hell, I still contend that he didn’t wear down in the postseason—that was just some flukey Murphy’s law shit.

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  60. Smokestack Lightning

    Damn, Schwarbs.

    Ah, well. The BABIP gods giveth and the BABIP gods taketh away. Blessed be the name of the BABIP gods.

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  66. Perkins

    cerulean,

    That sounds about right for Maddux. Pretty sure he had at least one sub-70 pitch CG.

    He’s also the career leader in sub-100 pitch shutouts, which is why it’s The Maddux.

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  69. berselius

    Perkins:
    cerulean,

    I mute or change the channel whenever it comes on. To the Cubs’ credit, they only occasionally do it at Wrigley Field.

    Only on Sundays, IIRC, and at least it’s a song that seems to have been specifically written for Messmer’s wheelhouse

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  75. berselius

    dmick89:
    cerulean,

    Even if we ignore how alienating it can be, I just don’t see how that song and baseball go together.

    It’s as American as apple pie, so I expect this to evolve to 7th inning squat cobbler in another 20 years.

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  79. berselius

    dmick89:
    Looks like Randy is off to a good start.

    We might need to use several different random number generators for this. Perhaps we should consider classifying each one as a hat.

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  80. umbra

    I like Randy, but did the Lord say that machines outta take the place of living? And what’s a substitute for bread and beans (I ain’t seen it)?

    Do engines get rewarded for their steam?

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  88. dmick89

    Announcers talking about 20-run games for a team. Said it was done 9 times in 2001 and it was the last time the Cubs scored 20 in a game. I was thinking they did it twice that year for some reason. Pretty sure they beat the Dodgers 20-8 and for some reason I thought they did it in another game. I’ll have to look tomorrow.

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