Gearing up for 2012 Season

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Joseph Swanson

Baseball season is right around the corner…pitchers and catchers report soon. Very soon.

(still a cubs fan)

I’ve been more excited to select a cap from my selection on my way out the door…really digging the low crown 5950. Today’s installment: Astros in black.

2011 Recap

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Joseph Swanson

Hats off to the World Champion St. Louis Cardinals…

…it never gets easier, watching your conference rival take the cake. Cubs in ’12

Moral of the Story: Cubs are Lousy

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Joseph Swanson

Not much more to say…that is the gist.

I have been too busy over at swan tron dot com to spend very much time on this site. Plus, the Cubs have been awful.

I did a theme redesign on swantron…figured I would persist the change over here, for the case that anyone would find this site. A few do…a few do. Greetings.

I did a header update as well. Out with the old:

out with the old

In with the new. Look to the top. Perhaps I will get on a post or two as the season winds down. Perhaps…

Android At Bat 2011

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Joseph Swanson

Had to pick up At Bat, to quench my streaming needs.

plug

We’ll see how Keith does with Pat on WGN. I suspect they will pair well.

So far so good, as far as audio quality is concerned.

Barney vs Scales

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Joseph Swanson

The 2011 Cubs infield has a question mark in one primary spot. What to do with second base?

After dealing both Cajuns last season, we are left with DeWitt as the primary 2-bagger for the time being. Baker is the new jack-of-all-trades, but DeRosa he is not. He will make for a nice platoon partner with Pena, as he can cover first as well.

Here is my suggestion:

I’d love to see Bobby Scales in the line-up. I have a feeling that Darwin Barney will beat him out, as he is solid at 2nd and can snag balls at short. Time will tell, but I think Scales’ stick would be a nice addition this season.

Bullpen Bullshit, Again

Posted on April 12, 2010 by Joseph Swanson

Once again, the Cubs had a stellar outing by a starting pitcher.
Once again, the Cubs had little help from the sticks.
Once again, the bullpen sucked it up.
Once again, Sean Marshall threw like a champ.

This season seems a lot older than two series deep.

money from the pen

Gorz followed Silva by putting together a solid start. More solid than I’m guessing most of us would have hoped for. Grabow shit the bed, again, and the sticks were largely silent in big situations.

I guess we need about 5 solo shots to get a W. Meh.

M’s Season Starts

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Matt Zignego

I have not been able to watch that much ball yet this season due to a big move, but I will say that I am liking the D (with the exception of Jack Wilson at short) and the offense hasn’t sucked. But damn the pitching; I know it’s early and we need Lee back, but come on bullpen. Here’s to a better second series.