I listened to about 4 minutes total of today’s game. That was 4 minutes too much. Garza’s had a couple of bad starts. Probably sick of playing for a shitty team.
I watched this game on DVR, and after the first inning HR I said I’d shut it off when the Pirates went up by six. The Cubs were very obliging (dying laughing)
Last play involving Rizzo was in the bottom of the fifth when he took a throw from Vitters on a groundout to end that inning. Pinch-hit for in top of the sixth, not an injury, went to clubhouse per I-Cubs themselves. Kaplan says not a call-up, everyone else on Twitter telling Kaplan he’s full of shit.
@ Aisle424:
I basically agree with what you said, though. The season is gone. Doneso. But that doesn’t mean that Theo doesn’t need to put asses in the seat. There are potential costs both ways.
It really has nothing to do with asses in the seats. If they had managed to make a corresponding move that made sense and the timing was RIGHT NOW, you don’t worry about 5 years from now.
Let’s say Soriano’s recent ability to hit HRs has allowed the Cubs to save $10 million off his contract over the next 3 years and we get some prospect that has upside but injury issues or something. Wouldn’t that be worth the move? People were acting like any call-up of Rizzo is a bad move and that simply isn’t true.
I was reading somewhere that most players don’t actually file for retirement until several years have passed. But I would guess if a player stopped playing for a team midseason, the team would argue that he had retired, whether he filed or not.
@ ACT:
I take that last part back; wiki says “former.” I must have missed that. It’s just that the word order is so unusual: “American former Major League Baseball outfielder.”
@ mb21:
Hardly surprising that the Yanks have the longest streak. I love how, for the Yankees, you have to go back to the same year the Cubs won their last championship. Not ironic, really, but amusing. The Yankees are the anti-Cubs in every way.
Also, (dying laughing) at all the Sox fans on my Facebook/Twitter ripping on the Cubs for the 12 game streak. That’s the sports equivalent of ripping on an autistic kid for reading slow.
@ GBTS:
Although sometimes children with autism can do genuinely funny things, in which case I suppose it would be okay to (dying laughing) at them. But only then.
@ GBTS:
Now you have incentive to root for the Twins next time they play the White Sox. Plus the part where the Cubs and Twins are tied for suckiest MLB team.
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(dying laughing)
Nice.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
I think we should set ladybug’s picnic to auto play every time someone loads the site from now on.
mb21Quote Reply
mb21 wrote:
Sure. It’s already stuck in my head.
Aisle424Quote Reply
Damn Twins.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
The Rangers can has runs.
ACTQuote Reply
Thank god espn is showing the Nats/Braves tonight. I might see something resembling a baseball game today, after all.
ACTQuote Reply
I enjoy witnessing team records. I’ll write about this ignominious streak in future decades. I might save it for my 10,000th FanPost.
Al YellonQuote Reply
Jaime Moyer is doing much to ensure that his home runs allowed record stands for a long time.
ACTQuote Reply
Sveum’s vaunted RH lineup sucks the sweat from a dead man’s taint.
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@ Mercurial Outfielder:
What are Baker’s numbers off leftie’s this year? Doesn’t seem like he’s doing too well.
joshQuote Reply
I listened to about 4 minutes total of today’s game. That was 4 minutes too much. Garza’s had a couple of bad starts. Probably sick of playing for a shitty team.
joshQuote Reply
@ josh:
http://www.fangraphs.com/statsplits.aspx?playerid=2073&position=2B&season=2012#advanced
Not good, but single-season splits are pretty worthless, anyway.
ACTQuote Reply
@ josh:
I was encouraged by the fact that Garza was striking out batters for a change. Then again, this is the Pirates we’re talking about…
ACTQuote Reply
I watched this game on DVR, and after the first inning HR I said I’d shut it off when the Pirates went up by six. The Cubs were very obliging (dying laughing)
BerseliusQuote Reply
Would have been an even wiser decision to tell yourself you’d shut it off after they went down 1-0.
mb21Quote Reply
Bryce Harper has pretty good plate discipline it seems.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
BerseliusQuote Reply
Michael Bourn is fast.
ACTQuote Reply
@ ACT:
The first inning non-pitcher bunt with no outs always pisses me off.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Oh so we lost 12 in a row? I wonder who is on the trade block now…or which players we should bring up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrTsuvykUZk
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@ Rice Cube:
It’s not necessarily a bad idea, since the defense is more likely to play back early on.
ACTQuote Reply
@ ACT:
It’s a good idea if it’s a surprise bunt, I agree. I just hate giving away outs though, but not as much as MO 😀
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Woah…the ump got hit in the goolies.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
How can anyone not like Bryce Harper?
ACTQuote Reply
Rizzo was just pinch-hit for in a 3-1 game in just the 6th inning. Do with that information as you wish.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ ACT:
x2
ACTQuote Reply
That was a bunt I actually enjoyed.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Iowa Cubs @IowaCubs
Radio report: Rizzo leaves Iowa Cubs dugout, heads to clubhouse.
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David Kaplan @thekapman
Excellent source in Des Moines tells me that Rizzo is not getting called up to the Cubs. Repeat: NOT GETTING CALLED UP.
Guess we’ll wait for Muskat or Paul Sullivan to update.
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ACTQuote Reply
Why were the White Sox dressed like the Phillies today? Was that supposed to be some kind of Memorial Day thing?
joshQuote Reply
What I have gathered in the last hour…
Last play involving Rizzo was in the bottom of the fifth when he took a throw from Vitters on a groundout to end that inning. Pinch-hit for in top of the sixth, not an injury, went to clubhouse per I-Cubs themselves. Kaplan says not a call-up, everyone else on Twitter telling Kaplan he’s full of shit.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
What does Alvin have to say about it?
GBTSQuote Reply
Rizzo hurt his wrist. I need to go lie down.
Aisle424Quote Reply
GBTS wrote:
He’s actually re-tweeted me a couple of times, which makes me feel like I’m all turned around on the subject. Here’s what he re-tweeted of mine:
Aisle424Quote Reply
@ Aisle424:
I basically agree with what you said, though. The season is gone. Doneso. But that doesn’t mean that Theo doesn’t need to put asses in the seat. There are potential costs both ways.
joshQuote Reply
It really has nothing to do with asses in the seats. If they had managed to make a corresponding move that made sense and the timing was RIGHT NOW, you don’t worry about 5 years from now.
Let’s say Soriano’s recent ability to hit HRs has allowed the Cubs to save $10 million off his contract over the next 3 years and we get some prospect that has upside but injury issues or something. Wouldn’t that be worth the move? People were acting like any call-up of Rizzo is a bad move and that simply isn’t true.
Aisle424Quote Reply
Aisle424 wrote:
This is your fault for even thinking of adding him to your fantasy team, 424 #Aisle424FantasyCurse
BerseliusQuote Reply
@ Aisle424:
I don’t really have a problem with a Rizzo call-up. It’s their money, not mine.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ Aisle424:
True. I guess that idea seemed less likely, but yeah, just because they called him up doesn’t mean it’s for stupid reasons.
joshQuote Reply
@ josh:
It’s not so much stupid as it is potentially expensive. But I’m excited to see Rizzo anyway so I guess I’m ambivalent.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
I was reading somewhere that most players don’t actually file for retirement until several years have passed. But I would guess if a player stopped playing for a team midseason, the team would argue that he had retired, whether he filed or not.
dreaming Soriano retires
joshQuote Reply
http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/blog_article/all-franchises-most-recent-12-game-losing-streaks/
mb21Quote Reply
@ josh:
I don’t think Barry Bonds has retired yet. Wiki still refers to him as a MLB outfielder in the present tense.
ACTQuote Reply
Bryce Harper just got his revenge on Livan Hernandez.
ACTQuote Reply
@ ACT:
I believe I the context I learned that in was an article about how Sosa just filed for retirement in the last year or so. Or someone like that.
joshQuote Reply
Rizzo up, Rizzo down … the Cubs still suck. Wake me in 2016 when they might be good.
mb21Quote Reply
@ ACT:
I take that last part back; wiki says “former.” I must have missed that. It’s just that the word order is so unusual: “American former Major League Baseball outfielder.”
ACTQuote Reply
@ mb21:
The excitement that some people (not me, note) had was not, “Rizzo’s up, the Cubs might be good!”, but “Rizzo’s up, I’d like to see him!”
ACTQuote Reply
@ mb21:
Miami and Houston have never had a losing streak of 12 or more. Gotta go back to 1916 for the Cardinals and 1908 for the Yanks.
mb21Quote Reply
Personally, when I heard Rizzo was pulled, all I thought was, “I hope he’s all right.”
ACTQuote Reply
@ mb21:
Hardly surprising that the Yanks have the longest streak. I love how, for the Yankees, you have to go back to the same year the Cubs won their last championship. Not ironic, really, but amusing. The Yankees are the anti-Cubs in every way.
ACTQuote Reply
@ ACT:
I know. But the Cubs are still going to suck and they’re still going to be a team that isn’t all that much fun to watch.
mb21Quote Reply
@ ACT:
That’s what I was thinking too. Just don’t see the cubs calling him up until they can avoid super two status in a few years.
mb21Quote Reply
Cubs have lost 28 times since the last Spurs loss.
GBTSQuote Reply
Also, (dying laughing) at all the Sox fans on my Facebook/Twitter ripping on the Cubs for the 12 game streak. That’s the sports equivalent of ripping on an autistic kid for reading slow.
GBTSQuote Reply
@ GBTS:
(dying laughing) as in it’s stupid doing it, not (dying laughing) at children with autism.
GBTSQuote Reply
@ GBTS:
Although sometimes children with autism can do genuinely funny things, in which case I suppose it would be okay to (dying laughing) at them. But only then.
GBTSQuote Reply
@ GBTS:
GBTSQuote Reply
@ GBTS:
Now you have incentive to root for the Twins next time they play the White Sox. Plus the part where the Cubs and Twins are tied for suckiest MLB team.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=21814985&topic_id=11493214
Throw the barrel at the ball. Literally.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
12 down, 12 to go. Who-oh, half-way-there! Who-oh, Living on a prayer. Take Dale Svuem, we will make it I swear. First Pick, getting a new player!
Cubs will lose them all!
PezcoreQuote Reply
@ GBTS:
Actually, many people who have Auspergers or HFA have terrific reading comprehension and genius-level IQs.
PezcoreQuote Reply
@ Pezcore:
Ooh! Burn……
Suburban kidQuote Reply
new shit: http://obstructedview.net/major-league-baseball/bobby-ojeda-left-arm.html
mb21Quote Reply