Baseball season is right around the corner…pitchers and catchers report soon. Very soon.
(still a cubs fan)
Had to pick up At Bat, to quench my streaming needs.
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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.
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.
Look out…Manny is being Manny, again
From mlb.com:
PHOENIX — Manny Ramirez said Monday that 2010 will be his final season with the Dodgers.
Ramirez — 37 and in the final year of a two-year contract — hinted at retirement or a return to the American League as a designated hitter as possibilities, but committed to neither.
“I know I won’t be here next year, so I’ll just enjoy myself,” Ramirez said. “I’m happy I’m here now, I just know I won’t be back. I’ll wait until September and check out the numbers and see where we’re at. The game is still fun, but I’ll wait until the season ends and see where my family’s at and stuff like that, and make a choice. I just want to see how my body responds and stuff like that.”
When asked if he would welcome a return to the AL, he said: “I don’t know. We’ll take it a day at a time. I don’t know about tomorrow. I know about today. When the season is over, we’ll see where it’s at. If they let me play, I play.”
Failed Thumbs-Up.
Sounds about right. He only ended up in LA after the entirety of the AL passed on his contract…
At least we will have one more season of watching him run around like a lazy jackass in the field.
Word around the ‘nets is that the real reason that the Cubs are going to arbitration with Theriot is to save money in order to sign Chan Ho Park to a one year deal…
not sure about this one...
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…
Chan Ho Park: good fastball, great beard.
Kevin Gregg excels in giving up untimely dingers. That is about it.
Ball.
For some reason, the B Jays have decided to throw him a 1yr/$2.75 mil contract for ’10. He did manage to pick up 23 saves in ’09 for the C Bears, but looked awful in doing so.
Good luck.
Jim “Jimmy Baseball” Edmonds is back in the mix….
Jimmy Baseball...Old and Awesome
The Brew Crew has given Edmonds his shot to get back to the Bigs, offering him league minimum plus incentives if he can make the squad’s 40-man roster. The 39 y/o took off 2009 after a solid 2008…I’d love to have him in Cubbies blue.
Best of luck.
It has become apparent that Johnny Damon’s tenure with the Yanks is over, with Wednesday’s signing of Randy Winn to patrol the OF in NY. The short list of his possible suitors is headed by the B-Jays.
If Toronto wants to give Johnny and his noodle-arm a $7 mil, 1 yr deal, more power to them. At least he could get the man-beard back in business. And his pretty hair.
D-Lee in Mesa
The Cubs will be in Mesa until 2016…keeping their Spring-Ball home of 57 years for another six seasons, at least. The contract with Ho Ho Kam park will expire in 2011, so look for an improved fascility at that point.
The Cubs are looking to fill another outfielder spot…the pool is getting shallower. Even though fan-favorite Reed Johnson is still on the market, the Cubs brass are taking long looks at both Jermaine Dye and Xavier Nady.
They stack up fairly evenly, with career stats as follow:
Dye: 2257 Career AB; .280 AVG; 87 Dongs
Nady: 6487 Career AB; .274 AVG; 325 Dongs
Both are Right Fielders for the most part. The X-Man was injured last season, playing only 7 games…but has good career numbers and can sub in for D-Lee at 1st with little difficulty. Dye is a baseball player’s baseball player. Period. He can platoon in the OF, and possibly at 1st, if push absolutely came to shove…and those 325 dingers makes him hard to pass up.
Tough call. I do think either of these guys would be an improvement over Reed Johnson, as much as I hate to say it. We need a stick off the bench, and Reed has been spotty at the plate.