Truth in John Nuveen/Chicago Cubs Advertising
From a campaign for Nuveen Investments designed specifically for use in and around the Wrigley Field skyboxes.You can see the rest of the posters here and here.
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The Cubs have clinched the #2 spot in the 2013 draft. Congrats?
2013 Draft Pick Order
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ELIGIBLE FOR DECEMBER 2013 MLB RULE 5 DRAFT
Last updated 5-9-2013
Depth Chart
AZ Phil's Roster Info
Hunter Ackerman, LHP
Arismendy Alcantara, INF
Gioskar Amaya, INF
Jose Arias, RHP
Frank Batista, RHP
Xavier Batista, OF
Dallas Beeler, RHP
Justin Bour, 1B
Sergio Burruel, C
David Cales, RHP
Esmailin Caridad, RHP
Marcelo Carreno, RHP
Lendy Castillo, RHP
Javier Castro, RHP
Zach Cates, RHP
Hunter Cervenka, LHP
Pin-Chieh Chen, OF
Casey Coleman, RHP
Gerardo Concepcion, LHP
Willson Contreras, C
Wes Darvill, INF
Antonio Encarnacion, RHP
Luis Flores, C
Anthony Giansanti, OF
Enyel Gonzalez, RHP
Carlos Gutierrez, RHP
Jae-Hoon Ha, OF
Eric Jokisch, LHP
Dong-Yub Kim, OF
Austin Kirk, LHP
Luis Liria, RHP
Matt Loosen, RHP
Jeff Lorick, LHP
Eric Martinez, RHP
A. J. Morris, RHP
Chad Noble, C
Loiger Padron, RHP
Juan Carlos Paniagua, RHP (see NOTE)
Amaury Paulino, RHP
Felix Pena, RHP
Starling Peralta, RHP
Dae-Eun Rhee, RHP
Kevin Rhoderick, RHP
Greg Rohan, IF-OF
Jose Rosario, RHP
Zac Rosscup, LHP
Victor Salazar, RHP
Brian Schlitter, RHP
Ryan Searle, RHP
Elliot Soto, INF
Nick Struck, RHP
Luis Villalba, LHP
Yao-Lin Wang, RHP
Oliver Zapata, OF
NOTE: Player not eligible for selection if added to MLB 40-man roster by 11/20. Also, Juan Carlos Paniagua signed his first contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks as "Juan Callado" on 5-8-2009 and pitched for the DSL Diamondbacks in the Dominican Summer League in 2009-10, but the contract was "pending" for almost two years and was never officially approved by MLB. The contract was eventually rejected by MLB due to "fraudulent paperwork" and Paniagua (Callado) was suspended for one year and then was declared a free-agent. He signed with the New York Yankees in March 2011 but then was suspended again and that contract was rejected, too, because his birth certificate could not be verified. Paniagua was cleared by MLB in 2012 and he signed with the Cubs on 7-9-2012. Therefore, Paniagua could be eligible for selection in the Rule 5 Draft for the first time in December 2013, since 2009 was his "first season" on the field and he was 18 on the June 5th immediately preceding the signing of his first contract, or he might not be eligible for selection in the Rule 5 Draft for the first time until December 2015, if 2012 is considered Paniagua's "first season" for Rule 5 eligibility purposes.

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From a campaign for Nuveen Investments designed specifically for use in and around the Wrigley Field skyboxes.You can see the rest of the posters here and here.
Mets fans are louder than Cubs fans. A new low point.
Brett Jackson...
"Some of the best advice I've gotten is, I was sitting with Ian Stewart, talking about hitting and I was feeling for my swing as you do early in the season," Jackson recalled. "He asked if I was comfortable at the plate and I said I'm not very comfortable right now. He's like, 'You need to be yourself at the plate and be comfortable and be the type of hitter [you] want to be.'"
Geiger-Soler put on a fireworks show in yesterday's Daytona Cubs doubleheader...
http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130518&...
Over his past three games, Geiger is 10-for-13 with eight extra-base hits.
Soler...
Interesting tweet in the tweet box: z'Remember when Rizzo was striking out a lot? No K's in last 31 AB's..tied for 2nd longest active streak in majors"
Don't know if that includes last night, but it sure goes a long way to explaining his improved hitting. It's a curious thing, though, the difference between the way his season started and now. How does that happen?
A short doc on a long ago MLB legend
Semi NSFW
Baseball America Hot Sheet:
Christian Villaneuva, 3b, Cubs
Team: Double-A Tennessee (Southern)
Age: 21
Why He’s Here: .435/.500/.739 (10-for-23), 3 R, 4 2B, 1 HR, 4 RBIs, 1 BB, 6 SO, 1-for-2 SB
wow...Arizona Phil's universe intersects with Wrong-way Phil Rogers!
per Roto...
The Cubs will wait to see how Matt Garza (lat) feels and how his bullpen session goes Saturday before they make a decision about activating him.
Garza declared himself ready to rejoin the Cubs' rotation after six scoreless innings during Thursday's rehab start. It's probably just a formality at this point before the team announces that he'll rejoin the rotation next week. Carlos Villanueva is the likeliest candidate to be demoted to the bullpen.
Remember Albert Almora? The Cubs’ first-round pick last June is almost all the way back after breaking his hamate bone in mid-March. He’s been playing center field and hitting in extended spring games in Arizona and should soon be assigned to the low-A Kane County Cougars. There’s no sign yet of Junior Lake, who suffered a stress fracture to the top rib on his right side in mid-March. Outfielder Reggie Golden, a second-round pick in 2010 recovering from two torn ligaments in his left knee, appears close to completing his recovery.
USA Today Article on Mark Appel.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/2013/...
Scouting report
#2 Mark Appel
"Analysis: This is Appel or Gray, assuming one of them goes first, with Appel the preference. The Cubs are in the catbird seat in this draft -- they don't have to pay the premium that comes with picking first overall but are guaranteed to get one of the two huge arms in the class."
Why would you want the threading on the balls to be different?
then maybe the greater story is that when he pitched here on the 6th the balls he was using, at least in the 1st inning that day, were PCL's...otherwise, as that Gilda Radner character used to say on SNL, 'never mind...'
America's wang.
MIKE: MLB rehab pitchers always get to use MLB baseballs when they pitch in a minor league game, even at Extended Spring Training. Healthy MLB pitchers use MLB baseballs when they pitch in a Minor League Spring Training game, too. You'll notice the home plate umpire changing out his baseballs every half-inning (unless two MLB pitchers are pitching against each other in the same minor league game).
However, MLB position players rehabbing in a minor league game or playing in a Minor League Spring Training game have to hit minor league baseballs.
©The Cub Reporter 2013. The Cub Reporter is in no way affiliated with the Chicago National League Ballclub.





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Add a caption
on Fri, 06/27/2008 - 12:07pm Permalink
One of hundreds of seats at Wrigley Field without obstructive view.
Re: Add a caption
on Fri, 06/27/2008 - 12:54pm Permalink
"The Cubs new January schedule means plenty of available seats for the entire family"
Re: Truth in John Nuveen/Chicago Cubs Advertising
on Fri, 06/27/2008 - 12:13pm Permalink
Nice find!
C Welington Castillo named to Futures Game
on Fri, 06/27/2008 - 12:36pm Permalink
http://cubs.scout.com/2/765207.html
Fuku DH, Ward RF, and Dero on the bench according to WSCR
on Fri, 06/27/2008 - 12:42pm Permalink
So I imagine the line-up looks like this:
DH Fukudome
LF Patterson
1b Lee
3b Ram
CF Edmonds
RF Ward/C Soto
C Soto/RF Ward
2b Fontenot
SS Theriot
Re: Fuku DH, Ward RF, and Dero on the bench according to WSCR
on Fri, 06/27/2008 - 12:53pm Permalink
That looks like an outfield that can turn some outs into doubles.
Re: Fuku DH, Ward RF, and Dero on the bench according to WSCR
on Fri, 06/27/2008 - 1:01pm Permalink
Theriot also a benchwarmer, as the line-up is:
DH Fukudome
LF Patterson
1b Lee
3b Ramirez
RF Ward
CF Edmonds
C Soto
2b Fontenot
SS Cedeno
V.
SS Cabrera
C Jackass
LF Quentin
RF Dye
DH Thome
1b Swisher
3b Crede
2b Ramirez
CF Wise
I dont understand playing Ward in RF or giving Cedeno a bat.
Re: Truth in John Nuveen/Chicago Cubs Advertising
on Fri, 06/27/2008 - 9:18pm Permalink
this is a 1/2meg image.
link to or download and replace with this. it's 24.6K
i re-sized it to fit the dimensions given in the url source for the image size.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2068/2617445716_733...
Re: Truth in John Nuveen/Chicago Cubs Advertising
on Fri, 06/27/2008 - 9:30pm Permalink
Did it. Thanks, Crunch.
Re: Truth in John Nuveen/Chicago Cubs Advertising
on Sat, 06/28/2008 - 2:13am Permalink
good thing i was able to grab it before the change. new desktop wallpaper!
Re: Truth in John Nuveen/Chicago Cubs Advertising
on Sat, 06/28/2008 - 5:58am Permalink
if you follow the link below the image in the post it sends you to a page with a whole bunch of them (including that one).
i cropped out the image of the ivy going up at wrigley, myself. i considered that one a "gold" find for sure. thanks cubnut.