What kind of fool was I for talking about abysses and such yesterday? The Cubs haven’t had the lead in a game in 59 innings. Wrap your head around that one.
- Dale Sveum was pleased with Travis Wood’s start last night, and how could you not be? He allowed just four base runners in 5.2 innings. “I tip my hat to him,” Sveum said of Wood. “I know he’s gone through some adversity through all this and he’s had two really impressive starts for us.” Sveum added: ”Travis was great. He did a great job …. He was really, really good. He kept the ball down. He had a good changeup — 12 mph off his fastball, with really good fade. He didn’t use much of anything else [as an off-speed pitch].” Wood was replacing Chris Volstad, who didn’t have a truly good start in any of his eight starts with the big club this year.
- The Braves say that back when Jeff Samardzija hit Jason Heyward after Heyward homered on a 3-0 Samardzija offering, Samardzija was communicating a message that you don’t swing against him in a 3-0 count. That seems awfully presumptuous to me unless they actually heard him say something. I’m not saying Samardzija didn’t hit Heyward intentionally (I really don’t know – it was a tight game), but I don’t know if I buy that that was the sole reason for the plunking. After Samardzija unintentionally hit Paul Konerko in the face following a Konerko home run, though, you can understand why Samardzija has had to deflect some calls that he’s a headhunter. Samardzija and Konerko are all square, by the way, having talked things out.
- Bryan LaHair spent his “off day” yesterday working on his swing, and considering adjustments. The adjustment process happens every year, and LaHair hopes it will help him out of his present 1 for 20 funk.
- Dale Sveum is going to miss today’s game in order to attend his son’s high school graduation in Arizona. I say cool. Bench coach Jamie Quirk will act as manager.
- Cubs’ pitching coach Chris Bosio talks about the Cubs’ continued need for pitching depth, while acknowledging that the organization lacks a big arm just about ready to break through.
- The MLBullets at BCB talk about the Red Sox and Yankees sitting at the bottom of the AL East, among other things.
- Tony Campana flew last night, making his transition to the new Sam Fuld complete.
At any rate, even... –
“The Cubs haven’t had the lead in a game in 59 innings. Wrap your head around that one.”
I just tried…and couldn’t.
Ow. Ow. Ow.
add another 9 to it after todays game.
That’s the spirit! Give up before the game even starts! Are you by any chance a motivational speaker?
ha ha good one, we shall see who is right!
tonys dive/slide last night……epic
And it didn’t make top plays on ESPN for yesterday. Castros diving stop and throw did though.
Whaaat? How could that not make top plays? Jeez.
So glad I gave up on Sports Center years ago, ESPN has just stopped caring about sports. It’s approaching reality TV.
ESPN has been ‘reality TV’ for quite some time. If it isn’t a game or the like, I don’t watch. Except NFL Sunday. ESPN has the best Sunday pre-game by far. Everything else is fluff.
There were a lot of really good baseball plays last night, so I can’t really complain there. But the baseketball highlights were dumb. That pass Lebron made to D-Wade wouldn’t have even gotten mentioned if it weren’t a pass from Lebron to D-Wade. As it were, I saw it no less than a dozen times on ESPN last night, and I wasn’t even paying attention.
Hello.
My name is Jeff Samardzija.
You homered off me.
Prepare to get beaned.
+1
Nice!
On the bright side, it’s been 59 innings since I’ve had to worry about the bullpen blowing a lead. Lemons —–> Lemonaide.
pure awesome
This lemonade tastes like urine.
When life gives you lemonade, look around and make sure there were actual lemons involved.
Ah, are we now at the urine drinking stage of this shipwreck?
Every Campana for himself.
The lemonaide is like, you know, a metaphor. It’s about the spirit of the lemons.
Their spirit tastes like urine.
Yeah, but, you know, it’s like, a metaphor, and it’s all metaphory, so really, it’s a metaphor to stuff.
Oh, I get it now.
The lemons are full of urine.
Brett, do you need to use the restroom or something? There’s some subtext going on here, I can feel it…
I need you to take a 5.
I Win at the Internet.
The Internet is full of urine.
All of the urine talk here and not a single Alou reference. Cubs fans, I am dissapoint.
^ best comment string of the day
what is a 5? I know what 1 and 2 are but 5? Also, what is 3 and 4?
Urinade? Why would anyone claim to know what urine tastes like? Even metaphorical urine?
Love the Princess Bride quote- great movie- After watching T Wood swing last night he should get a couple PH calls- just kidding- he is however taking the spot formerly occupied by one crazy z. Shark had a couple pitches get away from him- can you imagine if that had been Gibson pitching today- wow I can hear them crying now or asking for a day off. Since a hitter today is allowed to lean over the plate and come up with body armor —- it is just sad a pitcher cannot pitch inside effectively any more.
Well if we have to watch this shit, then no way Dale Svuem should get a night off. I don’t care if his son is graduating.
Lol. That means laugh out loud
Really you’d deny a person their child’s graduation? What about funerals or birth of children? Maybe we should just chain him to a desk until we win heh
Boo. Mega cold, bro.
Some people in baseball think Samardzija is a headhunter and some people in baseball are stupid. The two groups are not mutually exclusive.
Hopefully Shark can pull them out of the funk. Although his road numbers don’t support him doing that.
Shark does seem like a good nickname for a headhunter.
Least maybe the batters will back off the plate…
Just saw the lineup Shark’s gonna have a rough time in terms of support, Hill’s catching. Johnson and Baker are playing, no Campagna or LaHair. And Castro doesn’t get a day off.
Love it: “Tony Campana flew last night, making his transition to the new Sam Fuld complete.” Hope we don’t trade him away too
Oh, yeah, because the pain of losing Sam Fuld has barely healed.
he knew that his departure hurt Cubs fans so, that he hasn’t played a lick of professional ball this year.
Well, if he truly does become Fuld and posts a season line of:
.240 .313 .360
Then sweet Jesus I hope the trade him immediately. Also, Fuld has 0 MLB PA this season.
For all of the wailing and gnashing of teeth that occured when he was traded away, he has not been missed.
“Tony Campana flew last night, making his transition to the new Sam Fuld complete”
-Doesn’t that require a crazy amount of fan’s falling absolutely in love with hi…yeah, you’re right. Transition complete.