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Free Matt Murton
Fri, 04/18/2008 - 5:22pm — Rob G.
I've been informed that indeed, the Cubs brass do read this website and have promoted Matt Murton. No word on who is getting sent down. Kidding about the Cubs brass reading this website, but our pal Steve Holley at Inside the Ivy is the one giving me the news and he's with the team currently in New Orleans. We can only assume it's Eric Patterson being sent down.
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Re: Free Matt Murton
Yay. Welcome back Orange Guy.
One down, Mumia and Tibet to go.
Re: Free Matt Murton! Ginger Is Called Up
Marty not backing down.....
"Cubs fans need to get a life."
Re: Free Matt Murton! Ginger Is Called Up
Marty is a sad, bitter old man who can't get over the fact that his precious little snowflake wasn't selected to replace Harry Carey.
Re: Marty
anyone who has to tell someone else to "get a life" probably doesn't have much of one either.
Re: Free Matt Murton
Great!
For the Marissa Miller fans out there who didn't get to see her throw out the first pitch, the Chicago Tribune has a photo of her after she jumped on Ryan Dempster...enjoy!
http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/photo/2008-04/...
Re: Free Matt Murton
This is Dempster's year - Marissa is hot!
Re: Marissa Miller
That's one catch you don't drop!
Re: Marissa Miller
Kinda looks like Dumpster is going in for the kiss
Re: Free Matt Murton
Murton is not in tonight's line-up for Iowa---Vitters got called up to Peoria today
Re: Free Matt Murton
naturally, he's being called up, like the post says...it isn't April 1st.
Re: Free Matt Murton
Watching the Brewers-Reds game here in Madison. Sheets left mid-game with a sore tricep. Was pinch hit for in the 6th after only giving up 2 hits through 5. He then left the dugout for the clubhouse.
Re: Free Matt Murton
that's a shame, baseball is better when Ben Sheets is healt....
just can't do that with a straight face, HAHA Brewers!!!
Re: Ben Sheets
Hopefully Sheets will be back sometime AFTER Prior gets back.
Tom Glavine to DL
first time in his 20 year career...
Chipper Jones on fire
another HR tonight, both my fantasy teams approve...
Re: Chipper Jones on fire
heavens to betsy...he hit another one; 4 HR in 2 games
Re: Free Matt Murton
Did Vitters deserve the callup?
Re: Free Matt Murton
Well Vitters is a first round pick whether he 'deserved' a callup to A ball or not, they have some millions invested in him so I'm sure he will get plenty of chances at every level in the minors.
Re: Free Matt Murton
Yeah, but he's also an eighteen-year-old who doesn't need to be rushed through the minors when we've got a third baseman set for years. If he needs to spend half of 2008 in EXST, then leave him there. I haven't seen a single article that says that the Cubs are completely sure he's ready to face A-ball pitching.
Re: Free Matt Murton
Vitters goes 3/4 with 3 doubles and commits a throwing error in his Peoria debut.
Re: Free Matt Murton
Regardless of whether or not Vitters deserves and/or will benefit from the call-up, Peoria now has two legitimate right-handed hitting prospects--Vitters and Donaldson. When they have games where the put it together, those guys could be dangerous in a-ball. Of course, there will likely be a number of games in which one or both of them looks absolutely lost.
Tony Thomas is off to a nice start in Daytona, though he's struck out a lot.
Keeping track of Iowa Cubs games isn't nearly as much fun this year as it was last. No Hoff-power so far, no Fontenot, no Pie, no Soto, no Marmol, no Marshall. Gallagher can only play once every five games--who else can I get excited about? Well, I am still a fan of Josh Kroeger's potential, though he's getting old to be talking about potential.
Jake Fox seems like an unusual minor league figure to me. What does one do in the minors to prepare for a career as a right-handed pinch-hitter, emergency corner outfielder/infielder, and emergency-emergency catcher?
Re: Free Matt Murton
Levine implied the same thing on his MJH spot with Murt. They just did not feel Epat was going to be of much use with 3 out of the next 5 verus lefties.
Re: Free Matt Murton
Eh, they looked at Fontenot and Patterson (since a lefty bat would be nice) but neither looked good. So it's DeRo back to 2B with Murton headed to LF.
Re: Free Matt Murton
I wouldn't count on Murton being the everyday LF until Soriano returns, I think we will see all kinds of different lineups with Derosa, Fontenot, Murton, Johnson and Pie. Maybe even a Ward sighting in Right and Fuku in center.
Re: Ward
I hope we find the Yeti or Loch Ness before we ever find Ward in RF again. He looks lost out there.
Re: Ward
I just thought he looked fat out there...
Re: Free Matt Murton
MURTON!!!!
Excellent, excellent news.
Re: Free Matt Murton
Fontenot probably sent down.
Re: Free Matt Murton
latest Steve Holley update...
http://cubs.scout.com/2/747641.html
METAIRIE, La. -- Cubs outfielder Matt Murton was a late scratch from the initial starting lineup in Friday's game between Class AAA Iowa and New Orleans -- a move that might indicate Murton is headed to Chicago. The lineup change was announced roughly one hour before the scheduled 7:05 p.m. (CT) start.
Iowa manager Pat Listach declined to say whether Murton will be recalled by Chicago, but the outfielder was not in uniform for Friday's Iowa Cubs game at New Orleans. Through 13 games, Murton batted .317 (13-for-41) for Iowa.
Re: Free Matt Murton
well I wouldn't lie to you guys and Steve gives me all kind of info that he tells me I can't run. In this case, he explicitly said I could run it and be sure to give him credit.
He then sent me an email 20 minutes later, that he talked to Listach who wouldn't confirm it, but certainly didn't deny it either...something along the lines of "maybe so".
Murton will be in Chicago tomorrow....
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