Iowa
PPD
Not worth a summary. Worst team EVER.
F7 Jr went 2-4 and continues to raise his batting average. He is putting together a decent season so far. The Cubs decided to try Hayden Simpson out of the pen today but it didn't work. Simpson went 1.2 IP walked 3 guys and gave up 2 ER. He did get 2 k's. Zach Cates continues to really struggle which is a shame because there was some reason to think he could take a step forward this year.
Ben Wells! returned to the rotation and had a decent start working 5.1 scoreless innings while striking out 3. His sinker was really working getting 10 groundouts to 2 fly outs. Really like this kid and think he has a decent shot at a MLB rotation.
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jtsunamiQuote Reply
+1000 for the Sabor de Soledad reference
BerseliusQuote Reply
Rice Cube wrote:
YOU MUST CONSTRUCT ADDITIONAL PYLONS
BerseliusQuote Reply
AkabariQuote Reply
Man, the fans sure support the Royals.
jtsunamiQuote Reply
@ Akabari:
On the bright side, Heath Bell makes him look like Mariano Rivera.
ACTQuote Reply
Go here and hover over Soriano’s name in the lineup. Lulz.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/chi-soto-back-in-cubs-lineup-for-finale-20120430,0,564207.story
Rodrigo RamirezQuote Reply
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I like people who like to have fun.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/7874251/mlb-eyeing-end-annual-rival-series-including-mets-yankees-sources-say
Guess no more silly trophy cup.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
That’s not too surprising, since the league changes are going to result in a balanced interleague schedule anyway.
BerseliusQuote Reply
@ Berselius:
I would prefer said balanced schedule.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
(dying laughing) they should try out for the Boise Cubs.
WaLiQuote Reply
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The Tribune must be getting (more) desperate for ad revenue (dying laughing)
WenningtonsGorillaCockQuote Reply
(dying laughing)
Royals free fall all the way to #9 in this week’s power rankings.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/baseball/mlb/04/30/fangraphs.power.rankings.week3/index.html?sct=mlb_t11_a2
GBTSQuote Reply
@ GBTS:
(dying laughing)
(dying laughing)
.500 week —> #9 in baseball
GBTSQuote Reply
@ GBTS:
(dying laughing)
(dying laughing)
(dying laughing)
The Tigers are last.
GBTSQuote Reply
Cubs:
WAR Winning Percentage: .402; Current Winning Percentage: .364; WAR Wins: 9; Current Wins: 8
What is this I don’t even (dying laughing)
Any system where the Cubs move up 2 and the Tigers fall 14 is just….Christ.
AkabariQuote Reply
@ Akabari:
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@Mercurial Outfielder
Fix’d
AkabariQuote Reply
@ WenningtonsGorillaCock:
I hope there’s a 1-900-OKFACE ad
BerseliusQuote Reply
TOOTBLAN
BerseliusQuote Reply
@ Akabari:
Do you want to be like the UN, or just squabble and waste time?
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ Berselius:
Stupid aggressiveness on the basepaths is the other end of managerial idiocy spectrum from not wanting to clog the bases by walking.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@Mercurial Outfielder
Yes sir, you American pig!
AkabariQuote Reply
@ Akabari:
Is that some sort of plush novelty?
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@Mercurial Outfielder
Its cold and hurty!
AkabariQuote Reply
@GBTS
The more I read those power ranking entries the angrier I get
AkabariQuote Reply
FWIW, DeJesus was safe.
Aisle424Quote Reply
@ Akabari:
Hurty is a perfectly cromulent word.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Volstad’s shitty luck continues
BerseliusQuote Reply
@ Aisle424:
We’ll have to wait 4-5 business days (holidays not included) until MLB posts the highlight clip to be sure.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Berselius wrote:
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
4 ground balls, no outs. Cub’d.
BerseliusQuote Reply
Cubs lose.
GBTSQuote Reply
At least that last groundball single was hit hard
BerseliusQuote Reply
Worely went all breaking balls to LaHair, all on the inner third.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
So fucking predictable that Soriano swings at that garbage.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ GBTS:
At least we’re not the Tigers!
AkabariQuote Reply
@ Akabari:
I need to go brag to some Tigers fans how much better this team is
BerseliusQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
That wasn’t stupid at all. It would have taken a perfect throw to get him out (or a good throw and a bad call, as was the case).
ACTQuote Reply
The Cubs made my dilemma (watch the Cubs or Yu Darvish) pretty easy today.
ACTQuote Reply
Holy damn, Yu is awesome at missing bats.
ACTQuote Reply
Dammit Geo…gotta figure this shit out, man.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ ACT:
I was more speaking about the strategy rather than this particular instance.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Kemp —> 12 HR
Wheaties!
Rice CubeQuote Reply
And now the calls for Soto’s head rain down harder.
Not that he doesn’t deserve some scorn…what a slump.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
How dare he suck in an even-numbered year!
ACTQuote Reply
@ ACT:
He’s sucking as much as the tenth Star Trek movie.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Campana –> fast
Rice CubeQuote Reply
I imagine the Cubs twitterverse is a dark and forbidding place for Soto right now.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Tony Campana can flat-out fly.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
…and Facebook.
Wonder if it does get so bad that he just gets released. I can’t imagine they’d ever do that, but it’s in the back of the mind.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Cubs non-lose.
GBTSQuote Reply
LABOMB!!
BerseliusQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
I think there’s almost no chance that happens. They’ll trade him first. There’s some manager is whispering in his GM’s ear that Soto can be fixed.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
LaHair is strong.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Pat sounded shocked on that homerun call. Like he was watching Seinfeld or something.
joshQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
Soto could keep hitting in the low to mid 200s and still have a decent chunk of trade value at midseason.
BerseliusQuote Reply
LaHair is hotter than fresh shit.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ Berselius:
Exactly. There’s simply no sense in dumping him.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
I’ll take your word for it?
GBTSQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
That’s what I think as well, as long as the angry mob doesn’t kill him first.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
I think Soto will go on a run here. I’ve been wrong before, but I think he’ll heat up again.
joshQuote Reply
@ GBTS:
You can get a good look at a t-bone by sticking your head up a bull’s ass, but I’d rather take the butcher’s word for it.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Dolis dropped clown shoes on Rollins with that sinker
BerseliusQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
Tommy Boy… *guffaw*
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
BEES! BEES EVERYWHERE! YOUR FIREARMS ARE USELESS!!
BerseliusQuote Reply
Ruh roh…
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Dolis —> oops
Rice CubeQuote Reply
BerseliusQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
You can get a good look at your butcher’s ass if you stick your head up there, but wouldn’t you rather take his word for it? No wait, you can get a look at your BUTCHER’S ass . . . no, it’s gotta be YOUR bull . . .
GBTSQuote Reply
I feel okay about the Cubs splitting this series. That seemed very unlikely coming in.
joshQuote Reply
According to gameday, every single one of those pitches were strikes.
joshQuote Reply
@ GBTS:
Richard, what’s happening?!?!
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
David Ortiz seems to have forgotten his yearly tradition of starting slowly.
ACTQuote Reply
Papelbon vs. Campana ::
vs. 
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ ACT:
Maybe he found a new religion. If so, he should try converting Mark Teixeira.
ACTQuote Reply
@ ACT:
Bob Brenly told him it doesn’t count right now.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
I love how Tony took a fastball for a strike on an 0-2 count.
ACTQuote Reply
@ ACT:
And Geo Soto
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ ACT:
Lulzy, indeed.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
And Aramis.
ACTQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
He could also do a posthumous baptism on Ryne Sandberg’s career.
ACTQuote Reply
New shit
http://obstructedview.net/commentary-and-analysis/where-we-stand-now-5-1-12-batters.html
BerseliusQuote Reply