Earlier in Spring Training, we learned about Dale Sveum‘s desired Opening Day lineup. This setup of was obviously barring any trades or further injuries. With less than four days until Opening Day, it looks like the aforementioned lineup is the one that will take on the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday. Before we get to that game,… Read more »
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Yahoo! suggests Cubs fantasy team names, bats .200
Here’s some fluffy fluff for your afternoon. The Chicago Cubs take on the David DeJesus‘ former team, the Kansas City Royals, late tonight. You can catch the game on MLB.tv, if you have it. The PS3 MLB.tv app was just updated; this will be my first game watching on the big screen. Onto the fluff!… Read more »
Sizing up the Cubs’ 25 man roster
The Chicago Cubs have 9 Spring Training games left to evaluate the talent they still have in camp as Dale Sveum & company put together the Opening Day roster. This post is a quick and dirty attempt at figuring out which 25 guys will be sitting in the dugout for the Cubs’ first game against… Read more »
The Cubs’ Opening Day lineup is set
Courtesy of Carrie Muskat, and first presented to me by the Born On Third blog, Dale Sveum has unveiled his Opening Day lineup for the Chicago Cubs. (As George notes, this is of course barring any trades or further injury.) It’s the same lineup the Cubs will use against the Texas Rangers tomorrow. CF David… Read more »
Sunday/Monday Reader Round-up: Bunt Tourney, Spring Cuts, Favorite Brewer
A few days ago I started playing Skyrim again for the PS3, and discovered the Hearthfire DLC. It’s safe to say I’ve been a little preoccupied. Thus, here are some interesting links about the Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs that popped up in my Google Reader since I last posted. — MLB Reports offers… Read more »
Cubs look to improve kid experience … with a mascot?
Photo from NBCsports.com The Chicago Cubs sent a survey out to fans a few days ago, asking for opinions on how to improve the experience for young ones at the ballpark. The email said the Cubs are “teaming up with Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management to explore additional opportunities to improve our youngest fans’… Read more »
I-94 series kicks off (sort of)
The Milwaukee Brewers and the Chicago Cubs kick off their 2013 season series today. Sort of. The first meaningful meeting of the Cubs and Brewers occurs on the Wrigley Field home opener, 1:20pm on April 8th. But this is the first time these two teams have squared off in Spring Training. The Cubs send a… Read more »
Playing Pepper over at Cardinal70.com
Every so often, I get an opportunity to write guest content on other wonderful baseball blogs, whether it be an entire post to myself, or just some commentary to be added to another post. Most recently, I was given an opportunity to perform the latter. Over at Cardinal70.com, a Cards blog run by Baseball Blogger’s… Read more »
Recap: My first game with Castrizzo Vittejack #69
I’m back! Camp is done, I’m back home, most of my stuff is unpacked. And best of all, it’s back to baseball. I wasn’t able to catch much baseball (make that pretty much any baseball) while working. I watched the first inning or two of Anthony Rizzo‘s debut streaming over cruddy wifi, but that’s about it. The… Read more »
Emma Award 7: Joey Votto
Joey Votto began his week with a bang. On the 13th, a three-homer game coupled with six RBIs put the Cincinnati Reds over the Washington Nationals, 9-6. The $225 million dollar man kept it going through the week, belting two more home runs on the 17th and 19th. 5 home runs and 5 walks on… Read more »