Brett Jackson got a double and a walk, Luis Valbuena hit a HR and Josh Vitters has started his annual slide into obscurity as the Iowa Cubs lost 4-6. Jay Jackson continued to be a fantastic 5th starter in AAA.
Smokies
Dallas Beeler worked 5.2 IP and gave away 1 unearned run. He struck out 5.
Eternal Cub Minor leaguer Ryan Searle struck out 5 in 4 scoreless innings. Frank Batista has had a good start to the year. He has worked 6.2 scoreless innings while striking out 9. He earned his 5th save of the year.
Daytona
No Game
Nobody did anything worth writing about.
Overall it was a shit day with nothing going on. Which is going to happen alot when most of our talent is in EXST.
Comments
Cool story, bro.
http://www.rgj.com/article/20120418/NEWS13/120418005/Colorado-Dead-frozen-cows-may-blown-up-watch-video-report-
MishQuote Reply
DJ’s report:
(dying laughing)
Nice.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
GBTSQuote Reply
http://joeposnanski.blogspot.com/2012/04/more-fun-with-moyer.html
Jamie Moyer —> Kevin Bacon of baseball
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Huh?
joshQuote Reply
@ josh:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/washiu_01.shtml
Rice CubeQuote Reply
yeah not a single fuck was given about last nights minor league performances.
dylanjQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
Oh okay. I didn’t put together UL with Washington at all.
joshQuote Reply
GBTS22 wrote:
(dying laughing), I used to live three blocks from there. I’d walk my dogs past that park all the time. I’m kind of surprised to hear about that guy, it was always a very quiet neighborhood.
BerseliusQuote Reply
dylanj wrote:
Also true.
MishQuote Reply
Parks & Rec ———–> back tonight
BerseliusQuote Reply
@ Berselius:
That is an awesome name.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
This is why I love Len Kasper: http://www.wgntv.com/blogs/lenandbob/wgntv-coming-soon-stats-sunday-20120419,0,4863628.story
MishQuote Reply
@ Mish:
I personally can’t wait until the segment about R+RBI.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Spellcheck looks like a Musketeer in his Gameday photo.
MuckerQuote Reply
@ Mucker:
All for runs, and runs for all!
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Two batters in and I’ve already lost interest in this game.
GBTSQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
Somebody called him Optimus Prime so I now I picture him saying “Chicago Cubs……..Roll out!!” in Peter Cullen’s voice.
MuckerQuote Reply
DJ: NO, Schmitt’s gay? So the character he played in Greek is more true to life than the one he plays in New Girl? Really? I’m so deflated. I might even have to watch Game of Thrones now. On second thought, I’ll just find Freaks and Geeks reruns on Youtube.
SkipVBQuote Reply
@ SkipVB:
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/679770/
[spoiler] RIP Chris Farley and Phil Hartman[/spoiler]
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Cubs lose
BerseliusQuote Reply
Did Len just say that he expects Sveum to issue a ton of IBBs this year?
BerseliusQuote Reply
Looks like d’Artagnan is getting squeezed on Gameday. Anybody watching to tell if he is?
MuckerQuote Reply
Some of them are missing pretty bad. There were a couple close calls but I think most of it is probably F7’s fault.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Ricky Nolasco —> 12 pitches
F7 —> 32
Hmm.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Hey, something’s happening here…hope Byrd can put it in play.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
How do the Cubs screw this up? K, DP?
MuckerQuote Reply
byrd looks awful
GWQuote Reply
@ Mucker:
Some form of out after the auto-bunt.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
hanram saved lahair from a tootblan
GWQuote Reply
@ GW:
More “aggressiveness” by LaHair.
joshQuote Reply
Barney should just crowd the plate and get hit on the elbow pad if he’s wearing one.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
Shut me right up.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
What are they doing there? Why did Barney do that?
joshQuote Reply
Great work by Jeff Samardzija on that triple
BerseliusQuote Reply
@ Berselius:
I must have missed something on the TV…did F7 tell Barney to slide?
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
I believe he was attempting what some might call, “humor.”
joshQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
Clearly you are married to my wife, who is the TV watcher in our house.
I predict by the end of New Girl season 2, if it makes it that far, the sponsor will have a double meaning here.
SkipVBQuote Reply
@ SkipVB:
@ SkipVB:
And anyway–19 comments and no one gave any validation to DJ’s sponsor.
Travesty.
SkipVBQuote Reply
If only F7 would throw some damned strikes.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ josh:
The humor whooshed over my head so fast, it’s gone to plaid.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
BUNTFEST!!!
Rice CubeQuote Reply
nice bunt there
GWQuote Reply
Was it just me or did Gameday show Barney as being a lefty earlier? Did anyone notice that?
joshQuote Reply
@ josh:
The software gets mixed up because of all the grittiness.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
That was a great at-bat.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
(dying laughing) @ IBB to Byrd
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
I mean, I can understand why you’d want to do that, but the dude is in an epic slump. Might as well pitch to him and let the pitcher lead off the next inning.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
hanram returns the favor to stewart
GWQuote Reply
jefF7 not looking so great
GWQuote Reply
@ GW:
Walking a bunch of guys. THAT’s the Jeff Samardzija we know and love!
joshQuote Reply
(dying laughing)…the hell with your DH.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Who could have seen this happening to Jeff Samardzija?
mb21Quote Reply
@ mb21:
Rice CubeQuote Reply
I liked that DeJesus worked a 9-pitch out. Barney’s out was not so glorious.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ GW:
Just a bad outing. 2 bad outings and a good one, but he’s clearly more like his first start than the others.
mb21Quote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
Those people are just a bunch of pessimistic, negative, no-good non-Cubs fans. Nobody could have seen F7 pitching this poorly. He was fully transformed when the season began.
mb21Quote Reply
Nice play by Castro. Not sure it was the right call.
mb21Quote Reply
Cubs got lucky on that one
mb21Quote Reply
@ mb21:
(dying laughing)
I was kind of ambivalent about it, I figured “why the hell not”…but I’m not above saying that I was wrong. I didn’t really think he’d be lights out (though the first outing was pretty cool).
Rice CubeQuote Reply
F7 not holding runners on, or does Bonafacio just have Campana speed?
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Waving the white flag in the 4th?
XoomwaffleQuote Reply
F7’s starts are going to approach 0 IP.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Ahem.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Transformed pitching line: 3.2 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 5 BB, 3 K
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
He forgot his
Rice CubeQuote Reply
I’m consistently amazed at the inability of this lineup to drive hittable fastballs for XBH.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
I think his spark has died.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
I guess we were overdue for a TOOTBLAN.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
new shit (I’m acknowledging that F7 is in fact a better pitcher): http://obstructedview.net/facepalm/jeff-samardzija-is-a-better-pitcher.html
mb21Quote Reply
I can’t believe nobody has linked this yet
Aisle424Quote Reply
@ mb21:
Hanram probably beat it, but it was very close.
joshQuote Reply