The Cubs have had injury problems. This is not a secret. Tom Ricketts will tell anyone with a camera or a microphone about the injuries and how they ruined a perfectly good baseball team. But when you look at the injuries piled up together and and see how the Opening Day roster has been beaten within an inch of its life, it is hard not to just stare slack-jawed at the carnage.
So let’s do just that:
Starters
The starters have been the most heavily decimated. If Dempster ends up having to be DLed, that means 100% of the Opening Day rotation will have spent time on the Disabled List and it isn’t even the All-Star Break yet.
Ryan Dempster – He’s been one of the more healthy pitchers for most of the year, but now he has a sore back, or intestines, or something. Nobody seems all that certain what is wrong with him.
Someone mentioned to Quade that his wife had that same soreness when she was pregnant.
“I don’t think he’s having a baby,” Quade said. “That would just about do it. If that’s the case, then we really had an interesting first half.”
At this point, I don’t think the Cubs can absolutely rule anything out. This is the Cubs, afterall.
Carlos Zambrano – Currently on the Disabled List with a sore back. BUT THAT DIDN’T STOP HIM FROM LOBBING A SOFTBALL AND POSING FOR PICTURES!!! ZOMG!!! HE IS ALL THAT IS WRONG WITH THE CUBS AND AMERICA!!!
Matt Garza – Went down in May with elbow tightness. He’s back and he threw 114 pitches in his complete game loss to the White Sox, so it seems like he’s OK. For now.
Randy Wells – Made one start and was disabled with forearm tightness. He didn’t return until May 28th after we had endured starts by Casey Coleman, James Russell, and Doug Davis. Of course, now we have to endure his starts, which are almost as bad, so there really is no winning here.
Andrew Cashner – Made one start and has never been seen again. The Cubs say it is a shoulder issue. I think he’s been kidnapped by aliens.
Bullpen
The Opening Day bullpen has been relatively healthy, but they are not completely immune.
Carlos Marmol – The action on Marmol’s slider makes me think he is always one pitch away from a visit to Dr. James Andrews, but he just keeps going out there and throwing those pitches with no particular knowledge of where they will end up. Hooray!
Kerry Wood – The good news is that Kerry has not had elbow or shoulder issues. The bad news is that he was held out of a few games earlier in the year with a bade back, and then he made his customary trip to the DL with blister problems. All in all, this has been a really healthy year for Kerry Wood.
Sean Marshall – still healthy. Shhhh!!!!
John Grabow – still healthy. This may be the only thing he does well.
Jeff Samardzija – still healthy. I know he’s supposedly now one of the “good” options in the bullpen thanks to the injuries, but he still scares the bejeezus out of me.
James Russell – still healthy. Which is good as long as he stays in the bullpen. I don’t care if the entire rotation goes on the disabled list at the same time. This man should never ever start another game. I should start before James Russell does.
Marcos Mateo – He was healthy but bad. Then he suddenly turned it up to eleven, blew away batters for five innings after Zambrano got hurt, and now he’s hurt with a sore elbow. Of course he is. We don’t know MRI results yet, but I’m just assuming that Dr. Andrews is penciling him into his appointment calendar.
Catchers
Any catcher on this team getting hurt besides Geovany Soto probably helps, so it stands to reason that Geovany Soto is the one catcher that got hurt.
Geovany Soto – Went down for almost three weeks with a left groin strain. Not that it mattered much since this is a Bad Geo year, but even Bad Geo is better than Koyie Hill.
Koyie Hill – Still healthy. Somebody get this guy a home improvement project he can work on.
Infielders
The infield stayed pretty healthy for awhile and we were able to really focus on all the pitching injuries. They’re starting to catch up lately so the Cubs may want to bubble-wrap Starlin Castro when he’s not playing.
Carlos Pena – Pena never served actual time on the disabled list, but he had a troublesome thumb early on that may or may not have contributed to his total of zero homeruns in the month of April.
Jeff Baker – Left the game last night after injuring his back while making a throwing error. This is probably the consumate Cubs injury. I’m just glad it didn’t involve burned ass hairs.
Darwin Barney – Scored the winning run on June 13th and hurt his knee in the process. Some said it was a Grade 1 strain. Others said it was a Grade 3. He’s back without the aid of crutches or a Rascal, so I’m assuming the reporters that said it was Grade 1 were correct.
Starlin Castro – Still healthy.
Aramis Ramirez – Still healthy.
Blake DeWitt – Still healthy. The guy with the .639 OPS who barely made the team out of Spring Training is still healthy. Of course he is.
Outfielders
You have to wonder what sort of calamities have befallen a team that has caused it to regularly field lineups with infielders playing in the outfield, and worse yet, Tony Campana.
Alfonso Soriano – Soriano hurt his quad while trying to beat out a throw to first that caused him to miss about half of June. People wonder why he looks so slow all the time. That’s why.
Marlon Byrd – He got hit with a pitch that broke his face. That is really all that needs to be said. Our starting centerfielder had a broken face that could have easily blinded him.
Kosuke Fukudome – Still healthy.
Tyler Colvin – Still healthy. But he sucks and is now swinging at every damn pitch in the minors.
Reed Johnson – He hurt his back, went on the DL and then got hit in the face with a pitch during his rehab stint. Seriously. If that doesn’t pretty much sum up the Cubs season in a nutshell, I don’t know what does.
Wait… maybe this does:
Comments
While Soto’s production has been disappointing, I wouldn’t go so far as to say he’s having a “bad” year. His offense has been league average, which is good for a catcher, and his defensive stats are good thanks to his improved caught stealing rate. His hitting numbers should improve when those liners he keeps hitting find holes (which has been happening lately).
ACTQuote Reply
False.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Soto’s OPS has been below .700 after 35 of the 62 games he’s played, so he’s been below average for a majority of the year and that is not what our expectation was for him. So in a simple blurb, I’m perfectly comfortable using the word “bad.”
Aisle424Quote Reply
I mostly wrote this post as an excuse to use a picture of naked Jennifer Aniston. Any useful information that may or may not be present is purely extraneous.
Aisle424Quote Reply
I’d be surprised if vogelbach doesn’t sign. I read a quote from his dad somewhere saying they submitted a figure to all the teams before the draft.
GWQuote Reply
http://www.news-press.com/article/20110608/SPORTS/106080393/Southwest-Florida-MLB-s-spotlight
GWQuote Reply
[quote name=Aisle424]I mostly wrote this post as an excuse to use a picture of naked Jennifer Aniston. Any useful information that may or may not be present is purely extraneous.[/quote]I’m sorry but this is only an acceptable excuse for posts containing gifs of Sofia Vergara. I’m writing to the OV Blog Executive Board of Excellence in Blogging and demanding your removal, without interpose delay. I will also demand they withhold dinner. And softball.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]I’m sorry but this is only an acceptable excuse for posts containing gifs of Sofia Vergara or Salma Hayek. I’m writing to the OV Blog Executive Board of Excellence in Blogging and demanding your removal, without interpose delay. I will also demand they withhold dinner. And softball.[/quote].
BerseliusQuote Reply
[quote name=GW]http://www.news-press.com/article/20110608/SPORTS/106080393/Southwest-Florida-MLB-s-spotlight[/quote]
Vogelbach looks like the Thing before he became the Thing. He could probably also stop a semi-truck just by standing in front of it.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius].[/quote]Excellent edit.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Vogelbach looks like he ate Glendon Rusch.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Excellent edit.[/quote]
I was floored that it wasn’t your go-to choice.
BerseliusQuote Reply
Cubs have a chance to get 1.5 games “ahead” of KC tonight. Could’ve been 2.5 games but KC forgot how to win in the first game of the series. D’oh.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]I was floored that it wasn’t your go-to choice.[/quote]I promise not to eat dinner or play softball.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Seattle Mariners 2011 offense: .226/.293/.337
The 2011 Chicago Cubs: Hey, It Could Be Worse
BerseliusQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]Seattle Mariners 2011 offense: .226/.293/.337
The 2011 Chicago Cubs: Hey, It Could Be Worse[/quote]
The AL West is terrible. Lucky the Mariners have decent-ish pitching.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Angels and Rangers five games over .500, tied for division lead at the start of today. Think one of them could use Pena?
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]Angels and Rangers five games over .500, tied for division lead at the start of today. Think one of them could use Pena?[/quote]
Maybe the Angels will trade for Soriano to complement Vernon Wells (dying laughing)
BerseliusQuote Reply
Pujols mutant super-healing —> complete (playing 1B, batting third)
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]I’m sorry but this is only an acceptable excuse for posts containing gifs of Sofia Vergara. I’m writing to the OV Blog Executive Board of Excellence in Blogging and demanding your removal, without interpose delay. I will also demand they withhold dinner. And softball.[/quote]
Motion denied.
So sayeth the Supreme Overlord of all Chair-Based Furniture and First Tiger.
Aisle424Quote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]Pujols mutant super-healing —> complete (playing 1B, batting third)[/quote]Albert Pujols is Wolverine.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Aisle424]Motion denied.
So sayeth the Supreme Overlord of all Chair-Based Furniture and First Tiger.[/quote]I’ll appeal. This is an outrage.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]I’ll appeal. This is an outrage.[/quote]
Appeal denied.
Aisle424Quote Reply
[quote name=Aisle424]Appeal denied.[/quote]
Woooo…shut him right up (dying laughing)
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=Aisle424]Appeal denied.[/quote]I’m Irish. You know what comes next:
then
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
I’ll flag that one myself.
Aisle424Quote Reply
At least they only ALMOST took a 2nd round guy with a Top 10 pick.
Aisle424Quote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]I’m Irish. You know what comes next:
[/quote]
then
I actually love Irish Car Bombs.
Aisle424Quote Reply
[quote name=Aisle424]I’ll flag that one myself.[/quote]Blatant anti-Irish sentiment.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Aisle424]I actually love Irish Car Bombs.[/quote]Those are simply the ruination of perfectly good Guinness and Jameson, and I won’t even entertain their actual existence.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Jack on shopping Matt Garza:
http://rooftop-view.com/2011/06/29/matt-garza-the-even-bigger-race-changer/
Rice CubeQuote Reply
How come he’s not “Helly?”
Aisle424Quote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Those are simply the ruination of perfectly good Guinness and Jameson, and I won’t even entertain their actual existence.[/quote]
I meant actual Irish Car Bombs. They blow up real good.
Aisle424Quote Reply
[quote name=Aisle424]I meant actual Irish Car Bombs. They blow up real good.[/quote]Booooooooo
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Wish my dad had a sense of humor.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Vogelbach looks like he ate Glendon Rusch for breakfast and washed it down with Mountain Dew and two pieces of cake.[/quote].
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=Aisle424]At least they only ALMOST took a 2nd round guy with a Top 10 pick.[/quote]That would have been just as surprising as taking the guy they did. I expected someone ranked 180th.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=Aisle424]How come he’s not “Helly?”[/quote]Quade doesn’t allow unclean language in the clubhouse.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Vogelbach looks like he ate Glendon Rusch for breakfast and washed it down with Mountain Dew and two pieces of Carlos Silva.[/quote]
.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder].[/quote]
Carlos Silva is a satelite of Dan Vogelbach. They’re close to the same size though so maybe they’re more like a binary system.
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Aisle424Quote Reply
Sounds like Q will by trying Barney in the 8-hole for a while. Good-ish news.
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GBTSQuote Reply
(dying laughing)
(dying laughing)
(dying laughing)
This thread just got real thanks to Geebee and Aisley
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
irish car bombs are good. fuck mayo
dylanjQuote Reply
(dying laughing)
(dying laughing)
Aisle424Quote Reply
I would say we need to leave this thread up til tomorrow so Ryno can see that pic, but he probably made it.
GBTSQuote Reply
[quote name=dylanj]irish car bombs are good. fuck mayo[/quote]Those things are an abomination. God will judge all those who consume them.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
10 pitches (dying laughing) (dying laughing)
Rice CubeQuote Reply
If I remember, Castro had 2 strikes looking, so it’s not that he was impatient.
ACTQuote Reply
[quote name=ACT]If I remember, Castro had 2 strikes looking, so it’s not that he was impatient.[/quote]
1-1 count. S’okay, Cubs lose.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Soto trade value —> up
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Jeebus, Wells is not fooling anyone tonight.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Peenya!
BerseliusQuote Reply
Pena! Glad to see that Q no longer rests him against southpaws.
ACTQuote Reply
PEENYA!
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Marlon Byrd’s trip to the DL didn’t do anything to improve his patience.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Soriano couldn’t get all of that one. Up to Barney now.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Ah, good #8 hitter.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
MB, I think you need to keep working on your Halloween costume, but props on the total coverage: http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lif3yxIehe1qbwn05o1_400.jpg
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]MB, I think you need to keep working on your Halloween costume, but props on the total coverage: http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lif3yxIehe1qbwn05o1_400.jpg%5B/quote%5D
I still think no halloween costume will ever top this one
BerseliusQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Those things are an abomination. God will judge all those who consume them.[/quote]Have enough of them and you might get the same treatment from a jury of your peers.
uncle daveQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]I still think no halloween costume will ever top this one
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=uncle dave]Have enough of them and you might get the same treatment from a jury of your peers.[/quote]As one should.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
What is this outfield defense shit? I thought I was watching a Cubs game.
BerseliusQuote Reply
TOOTBLAN!
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]What is this outfield defense shit? I thought I was watching a Cubs game.[/quote]It’s amazing what can happen when CF can throw the ball more than 4 ft. on the fly.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Tom Gorzelanny bunts better than Tony Campana.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]It’s amazing what can happen when CF can throw the ball more than 4 ft. on the fly.[/quote]
Helped by the fact that Ramos is slower than my grandmother.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Yay giving away outs!
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]Tom Gorzelanny bunts better than Tony Campana.[/quote]Can throw further, too.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Bah…Rami missed that one.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Cubs are hitting Gorz hard today.
BerseliusQuote Reply
If only the outfield fence were five feet closer.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]Cubs are hitting Gorz hard today.[/quote]Lots of contact by both teams. Methinks this would be a much different scoreline in Wrigley.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
I like Pena
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
Might as well have been wearing the big purple suit there.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Headfirst slide —-> bad for Espinosa
Rice CubeQuote Reply
I don’t think Morse could possibly look like any more of a smarmy douchebag than he does in his MLB.com photo.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
TOOTBLAN again.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
tHis teem iznt any good on the bases.
mb21Quote Reply
So much for Bob Dernier fixing the Cubs inept baserunning.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
To spice things up in DC, the Nats really should consider replacing the presidents they use in those races with presidents under the Articles of Confederation.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]So much for Bob Dernier fixing the Cubs inept baserunning.[/quote]There ain’t no fixin the Cubs baserunning issues. They flat out fucking suck.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]MB, I think you need to keep working on your Halloween costume, but props on the total coverage: http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lif3yxIehe1qbwn05o1_400.jpg%5B/quote%5D(dying laughing)
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]To spice things up in DC, the Nats really should consider replacing the presidents they use in those races with presidents under the Articles of Confederation.[/quote]Or with dictators we installed, and subsequently deposed. “Bring out the kids to see the Noriega-Pinochet-Aristide-Hussein race!”
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Wells isn’t a bad pitcher by any means, but he’s quite possibly the least exciting Cubs pitcher I’ve seen in my lifetime.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Or with dictators we installed, and subsequently deposed. “Bring out the kids to see the Noriega-Pinochet-Aristide-Hussein race!”[/quote]
I’d pay to see that.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Gorzo?!
ACTQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]To spice things up in DC, the Nats really should consider replacing the presidents they use in those races with presidents under the Articles of Confederation.[/quote]That would be a pretty boring race.
Edit: Nevermind.
GBTSQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Wells isn’t a bad pitcher by any means, but he’s quite possibly the least exciting Cubs pitcher I’ve seen in my lifetime.[/quote]Steve Trachsel would like a word.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Or with dictators we installed, and subsequently deposed. “Bring out the kids to see the Noriega-Pinochet-Aristide-Hussein race!”[/quote]During the race fans can predict which nation we’ll install and then depose a leader in. Predict it right, win a nickel.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=GBTS]That would be a pretty boring race.
Edit: Nevermind.[/quote]Damn right, nevermind. (dying laughing)
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]During the race fans can predict which nation we’ll install and then depose a leader in. Predict it right, win a nickel.[/quote]I think we’re onto something here.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Damn right, nevermind. (dying laughing)[/quote](dying laughing) I needed an Articles refresher.
GBTSQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Steve Trachsel would like a word.[/quote]I’d rather watch Steve Trachsel start a Cubs game right now than watch Wells. It’s not that I think Trachsel is better. He wouldn’t be, but at least with an old Trachsel on the mound I could laugh.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=GBTS](dying laughing) I needed an Articles refresher.[/quote]Were there 10 of them?
mb21Quote Reply
I’d like to see this guy in a mascot race:
Rice CubeQuote Reply
What about a race with Presidents of the Continental Congress? Peyton Randolph must be in the race.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]What about a race with Presidents of the Continental Congress? Peyton Randolph must be in the race.[/quote]Or they could just do a race with the managers the Nationals have gone through lately.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Were there 10 of them?[/quote]Yeah. To be fair to me, they were Presidents of Congress. That’s different. So fuck all of you. (dying laughing)
GBTSQuote Reply
If insanity is defined as doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result, then the Cubs batters are all insane.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Fuck it. Let’s just have a mascot race including mascots for Tony Soprano, Dexter Morgan, Walter White and Omar Little.
mb21Quote Reply
88 pitches through 4+…yikes.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Houston is winning and the Royals have already won. Thank you, Ryan Zimmerman.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=GBTS]Yeah. To be fair to me, they were Presidents of Congress. That’s different. So fuck all of you. (dying laughing)[/quote]Why would we want to be fair?
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]If insanity is defined as doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result, then the Cubs batters are all insane.[/quote]That definition kind of fits for Cubs fans, too. Us included. (dying laughing)
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]That definition kind of fits for Cubs fans, too. Us included. (dying laughing)[/quote]Oh, indeed.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Wells isn’t missing many bats.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Wells only hit 90 once today with his fastball, and was barely hitting 88 against ZImmerman
BerseliusQuote Reply
(dying laughing)
(dying laughing)
Nice relief pitching we have here.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
mb21Quote Reply
This is a hell of an AB by Gorzelanny.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]This is a hell of an AB by Gorzelanny.[/quote]He could teach the Cubs hitters a thing or two.
mb21Quote Reply
Castro!
ACTQuote Reply
Starlin Castro is good at sports. And lucky too.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Aramis!
ACTQuote Reply
RODRIGO!!!!!
melissaQuote Reply
Wow.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
I don’t believe in hot streaks, but Aramis is having one.
ACTQuote Reply
Rodrigo!
BerseliusQuote Reply
Considering his plate coverage and 40 doubles pop as a 21 year old, if Starlin Castro isn’t cranking out 15-20 homer seasons in a few years I’m going to be very disappointed. Put that kid in a weight room the entire offseason.
GBTSQuote Reply
Feed Castro some of whatever Aramis has been eating.
Fuck it. Feed everyone that shit.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Nats announcer: Why wouldn’t they consider making this guy (Carpenter) a starter?
(dying laughing)
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=GBTS]Considering his plate coverage and 40 doubles pop as a 21 year old, if Starlin Castro isn’t cranking out 15-20 homer seasons in a few years I’m going to be very disappointed. Put that kid in a weight room the entire offseason.[/quote]
That might move him off of SS even more quickly than his inaccurate arm (dying laughing)
BerseliusQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Feed Castro some of whatever Aramis has been eating.
Fuck it. Feed everyone that shit.[/quote]Have you looked at the bottom of the page here? The Cubs are in 2nd place and they aren’t going to get into first place by feeding everyone whatever it is that Aramis has had. (dying laughing)
mb21Quote Reply
Aramis is going to get at least 3-45..
I refuse to believe he doesnt have trade value
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]That might move him off of SS even more quickly than his inaccurate arm (dying laughing)[/quote]I’d be surprised if he’s at SS after next season. If the Cubs went out and spent a bunch of money in the hopes of contending, he’d be moved away from SS. He’s terrible.
mb21Quote Reply
Bruce Miles wonders who will get axes
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20110706/sports/707069824/
BerseliusQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]I’d be surprised if he’s at SS after next season. If the Cubs went out and spent a bunch of money in the hopes of contending, he’d be moved away from SS. He’s terrible.[/quote]
Jose Reyes is a FA, right?
BerseliusQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]Jose Reyes is a FA, right?[/quote]Sounds lazy.
GBTSQuote Reply
Is it July 17th yet?
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Is it July 17th yet?[/quote]
You just can’t wait to see how they end the Harry Potter films,can you MB (dying laughing)
BerseliusQuote Reply
This team sucks becuase of the pitching yes?
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]You just can’t wait to see how they end the Harry Potter films,can you MB (dying laughing)[/quote]That’s July 15, retard.
MishQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]Jose Reyes is a FA, right?[/quote]Yeah, but he’s going to get a billion trillion dollars.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]You just can’t wait to see how they end the Harry Potter films,can you MB (dying laughing)[/quote]Harry Potter and Walter White have a lot in common. (dying laughing)
More good baserunning.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=bubblesdachimp]This team sucks becuase of the pitching yes?[/quote]This team sucks because they are the Cubs.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Have you looked at the bottom of the page here? The Cubs are in 2nd place and they aren’t going to get into first place by feeding everyone whatever it is that Aramis has had. (dying laughing)[/quote]I don’t trust the Cubs to do shit with their picks, so I don’t give shit about where they pick. (dying laughing)
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=bubblesdachimp]This team sucks becuase of the pitching yes?[/quote]Yes. Also, hitting, baserunning and defense. Other than that, good shape.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Yes. Also, hitting, baserunning and defense. Other than that, good shape.[/quote]
Only problem is the injuries.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Two TOOBLAN day for Soriano. That’s Theriot-esque.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Kerry Wood pitching batting practice.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Anyone thinking it’s time for Woody to hang ’em up and embark on his career as a pitching coach?
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Missed squeeze had Pat and Keith giddy there.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
They tried it again (dying laughing)
It just might work.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
And the squeeze play. Fucking Keystone Kubs. (dying laughing)
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Jeter –> 2997 hits
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Dammit, Starlin
ACTQuote Reply
I just knew when he had 2 strikes that he was going to chase something terrible.
ACTQuote Reply
[quote name=Mish]That’s July 15, retard.[/quote]
Hey, same weekend (dying laughing)
BerseliusQuote Reply
I’m in Google+ now Mish
BerseliusQuote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]Jeter –> 2997 hits[/quote]
Reed Johnson ————-> similarly arbitrary number of hits
BerseliusQuote Reply
Geo won’t chase strike 3. I trust him.
ACTQuote Reply
This pitcher has a cannon of an arm.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=ACT]Geo won’t chase strike 3. I trust him.[/quote]
Nah, he’ll just take it (dying laughing)
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Of course!
ACTQuote Reply
Grabow time!
ACTQuote Reply
Grabow! (dying laughing)
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]Jose Reyes is a FA, right?[/quote]
28 years old, having the best season of his career, injury prone, demonized by some as lazy/aloof.
I’m assuming the Cubs offer him 8/140.
Chris DickersonQuote Reply
Balk! (dying laughing) (dying laughing)
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=Chris Dickerson]28 years old, having the best season of his career, injury prone, demonized by some as lazy/aloof.
I’m assuming the Cubs offer him 8/140.[/quote](dying laughing)
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Ye gods. Grabow is fucking dreadful.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Ye gods. Grabow is fucking dreadful.[/quote]
Shut you right up.
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[quote name=Rice Cube]Shut you right up.[/quote]False.
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[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]False.[/quote]
Correct.
I can see Pena tying this game right now.
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[quote name=Rice Cube]Correct.
I can see Pena tying this game right now.[/quote]
Shut me right up.
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Ah, Byrd…
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3 K for BJax tonight. Ick.
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The Cubs are bad at sports.
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Very bad at sports. This team gets more depressing daily. They seem to get worse at defense every game.
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Can’t play defense when the other team hits it over the wall (dying laughing)
This was a great play and nobody had a chance except for Kerry Wood to get the out at home. I don’t think he’d have gotten the out anyway.
http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=16685363
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Pujols put the ball in play in his four ABs so far…the last one was a run-scoring single.
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Matt moore got bjax 3 times.. He ks a lot of people. It happens
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[quote name=bubblesdachimp]Matt moore got bjax 3 times.. He ks a lot of people. It happens[/quote]I’m worried about Jackson a bit. HIs MiLB K% is higher than Colvin’s, and Colvin’s jumped ~7% when he hit the bigs. If Jackson’s did the same, he’d be K’ing in ~30% of his AB. That’s dreadful.
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Holy stinking crap pile. This has been an awful series to watch in person.
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(dying laughing) @ Reds blowing 8-0 lead to Cards
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Aramis’ home run today was 442 feet.
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[quote name=ACT]Aramis’ home run today was 100 Tony Campana Throws.[/quote]
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Might take more, sometimes they don’t go where they’re supposed to.
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[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]I’m worried about Jackson a bit. HIs MiLB K% is higher than Colvin’s, and Colvin’s jumped ~7% when he hit the bigs. If Jackson’s did the same, he’d be K’ing in ~30% of his AB. That’s dreadful.[/quote]
MO he does strike out a ton but he also gets on base a ton.. I still think he is a very solid to good prospect. i dont really care about K’s when the BB’s and power #’s are there as well
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[quote name=bubblesdachimp]Matt moore got bjax 3 times.. He ks a lot of people. It happens[/quote]
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MB, whenever I try to refresh comments I get this:
A username and password are being requested by http://proxyadc2.
Any ideas? It’s happened before but went away.
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Fittingly, I post the ^^^ and it stops. Fucking stupid fagetty reundiscredited blog.
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Any chance you could take a screen cap the next time it does it?
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I search for proxyadc2 and get no results: http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=jzo&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&biw=1104&bih=595&q=proxyadc2&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=
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Yeah it’s gone now, but I’ll try and grab a pic next time it happens. It happened a while before but went away.
It could be something related with my work PC’s security; I’ve never gotten it at home.
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[quote name=Mish]MB, whenever I try to refresh comments I get this:
A username and password are being requested by http://proxyadc2.
Any ideas? It’s happened before but went away.[/quote]
It’s because you touch yourself.
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[quote name=Mish]Yeah it’s gone now, but I’ll try and grab a pic next time it happens. It happened a while before but went away.
It could be something related with my work PC’s security; I’ve never gotten it at home.[/quote]My guess would be that it is your machine and/or firewall wherever you are, but I really don’t know. The fact I can’t find anything at all on google isn’t a good isn’t a good sign either. I think seeing the screen cap would help.
Thanks for letting us know about this.
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I’m not always wrong, but when I am…
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Has this team really still not won 3 in a row all season?
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[quote name=Mish]I’m not always wrong, but when I am…[/quote]… you’re banned.
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[quote name=Xoomwaffle]Has this team really still not won 3 in a row all season?[/quote]
It’s a Way of Life
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(dying laughing) My phone still had me logged in as Jesse from last week.
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I can’t believe cubs.com still has that It’s a way of life banner at the top of the page. This is a team that’s going to lose more than 90 games easily and maybe even 100.
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[quote name=GBTS](dying laughing) My phone still had me logged in as Jesse from last week, yo.[/quote].
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hayden simpson needs to stop pitching. he got destroyed in Mesa
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[quote name=dylanj]hayden simpson needs to stop pitching. he got destroyed in Mesa[/quote]But if he can do in the pros what he did in Divsion 2, dj. Think about the kids.
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[quote name=dylanj]hayden simpson needs to stop pitching. he got destroyed in Mesa[/quote]
Convert him to Catcher! We can call it the reverse Marmol.
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i mean if the reason the kid sucks so bad is that he lost weight/strength then shut him down and get him to camp colvin or camp Burger King. Let Vogelbach be his personal chef. Because right now he has no business on a mound
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2.1 IP, 5 ER, 2 BB and no K’s. In Rookie Ball. Oh, he also had an error, wild pitch and a balk.
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The Smokies face Chris Archer again. Didn’t they crush him last time? Probably since he’s been hit all over this year.
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[quote name=Xoomwaffle]Convert him to Catcher! We can call it the reverse Marmol.[/quote]May as well. He has as much chance of reaching the big leagues as a catcher.
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[quote name=dylanj]2.1 IP, 5 ER, 2 BB and no K’s. In Rookie Ball. Oh, he also had an error, wild pitch and a balk.[/quote]
This is just preparation for all of the stories next spring about how he’s finally healthy. He’s a very early candidate for a “best shape of his life” story.
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Regarding Simpson, it really is mind blowing that the Cubs picked him so high. I know they did it for money reasons but there had to have been a better option than him. How much did they really save by drafting Simpson?
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They saved half a million with that pick. I agree. There had to be someone better than Simpson that they could have signed for the same amount of money.
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[quote name=mb21]They saved half a million with that pick. I agree. There had to be someone better than Simpson that they could have signed for the same amount of money.[/quote]Yeah, me.
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Baseball Reference will now have minor league stats available for players. They are hidden by default but there should be a “Show Minors” tooltip.
Currently just for active players but should have it for all soon.
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[quote name=Muckey]Regarding Simpson, it really is mind blowing that the Cubs picked him so high. I know they did it for money reasons but there had to have been a better option than him. How much did they really save by drafting Simpson?[/quote]
$5.
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[quote name=Mish]Baseball Reference will now have minor league stats available for players. They are hidden by default but there should be a “Show Minors” tooltip.
Currently just for active players but should have it for all soon.[/quote]
Haven’t they always?
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[quote name=bubblesdachimp]Matt moore got bjax 3 times.. He ks a lot of people. It happens[/quote]
17 GS, 96 2/3 IP, 2.14 ERA/2.5 FIP, 125 Ks, 61 H, 26 BB.
More Ks than Baserunners. Yah, he’s good.
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[quote name=Jame Gumb]Haven’t they always?[/quote]
Well they posted about it. IDK. I usually go to minor league cube or Fangraphs or something or another.
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[quote name=Mish]Well they posted about it. IDK. I usually go to minor league cube or Fangraphs or something or another.[/quote]I think it was just segregated from the minor league stats.
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Must stop going to ESPN…. feel myself getting dumber…
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[quote name=Mish]Baseball Reference will now have minor league stats available for players. They are hidden by default but there should be a “Show Minors” tooltip.
Currently just for active players but should have it for all soon.[/quote]There’s been a link to view their minor league stats for several years.
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[quote name=mb21]There’s been a link to view their minor league stats for several years.[/quote]
There’s been a comment about this for several years: http://obstructedview.net/chicago-cubs/articles/doh-cubs-doh.html#comment-34262
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Mish, you should be ashamed of yourself for getting statspunked by a yuck monkey.
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[quote name=Jame Gumb]$5.[/quote]
They’ve got these great chewy pretzels……adjns,dmnks.d.vsd,m……….sdv,.smnv
What???… $5!? get outta here….
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http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/12661
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[quote name=Mish]http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/12661[/quote]Maybe I’m blind but I don’t even see the tooltip. I know how to get their minor stats though.
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[quote name=mb21]There’s been a link to view their minor league stats for several years.[/quote]
Is the difference now that you can see the minor league stats on the regular b-ref page and not on a separate minors page?
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[quote name=Berselius]Is the difference now that you can see the minor league stats on the regular b-ref page and not on a separate minors page?[/quote]Correct.
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I went to the game on Tuesday night and there was a girl behind me telling me that Reed Johnson should be in the AL because he is the “prototypical” DH……………WTF? (dying laughing)
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[quote name=Muckey]I went to the game on Tuesday night and there was a girl behind me telling me that Reed Johnson should be in the AL because he is the “prototypical” DH……………WTF? (dying laughing)[/quote]
Maybe she had beer goggles.
I see JG has discovered the joy that is Garfield Minus Garfield.
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KG
Hayden Simpson, RHP, Cubs (Rookie-level AZL): 2.1 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 2 BB, 0 K. Just going backwards, and it’s hard not to feel bad for him.
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[quote name=Muckey]I went to the game on Tuesday night and there was a girl behind me telling me that Reed Johnson should be in the AL because he is the “prototypical” DH……………WTF? (dying laughing)[/quote]
Maybe she was a White Sox fan and thought Reed could outhit Omar Vizquel
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Reyes —> DL (maybe)
Tulo or Starlin to start the ASG?
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[quote name=Rice Cube]Reyes —> DL (maybe)
Tulo or Starlin to start the ASG?[/quote]
Even if he’s not on the DL I wouldn’t be surprised if he sits it out to recuperate.
Tulo has to be the choice
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[quote name=Berselius]Maybe she was a White Sox fan and thought Reed could outhit Omar Vizquel[/quote](dying laughing) She was actually pretty knowledgable about the Cubs but once she said that, I had to stop talking to her.
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[quote name=Berselius]Maybe she was a White Sox fan and thought Reed could outhit Omar Vizquel[/quote]
Or for that matter, 2011 Adam Dunn (dying laughing)
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[quote name=Berselius]Even if he’s not on the DL I wouldn’t be surprised if he sits it out to recuperate.
Tulo has to be the choice[/quote]
If they were playing the ASG to win, and given that nobody plays to win until the end of the game, I’m guessing (didn’t check numbers, too lazy) that Tulo is the better SS and should be playing when the game actually matters. But I agree that Tulo probably starts and then Castro pulls a Dan Uggla and makes four errors in relief (dying laughing)
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Tulo is hurt, too, though it’s probably just day-to-day, so he may be fine by the ASG.
ACTQuote Reply
new shit: http://obstructedview.net/chicago-cubs/minor-leagues/midseason-look-at-the-cubs-top-prospects-part-3.html
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http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/05/troy-tulowitzki-out-of-the-lineup-but-says-quadriceps-injury-not-serious/
So, it sounds as though there’s a real chance that Tulo could rest during the ASG, in which case, Cassie will probably start.
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