Gameday Open Thread/Cubs @ Mariners

Rich Harden gets his first start of Cactus League play with Aaron Heilman set to pitch as well. Lineup is Miles 2b, Theriot SS, Hoffpauir 1B, Fox DH, Fontenot 3B, Johnson CF, Deeds RF,  Hill C, Taguchi LF

Ronny Cedeno will start at 2B  and Cub-for-a-minute Garrett Olson will start for the Mariners.

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Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 03/10/2009 - 1:42pm
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Submitted by John Beasley
on Tue, 03/10/2009 - 1:50pm

This lineup is flawless and brilliant. It cannot possibly fail to score less than 13 runs.

It is probably also the only lineup in MLB history to feature Reed, Micah, Koyie and So.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Tue, 03/10/2009 - 1:58pm

first video of A's uber-prospect Michael Ynoa

http://baybridgebaseball.com/2009/03/the-ynoa-video/

apparently this is a big deal...

Submitted by JD
on Tue, 03/10/2009 - 2:18pm

Well, he's definitely right-handed.

Submitted by The E-Man
on Tue, 03/10/2009 - 2:58pm

WAIT! - IS this the patented L-R-L-R-L-R lineup? How could we possibly fail???

If this economy continues its path, I will be joining Scott Eyre.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Tue, 03/10/2009 - 3:28pm

Harden gets through the first... 1 H, 0 BB, 0 K

Submitted by Ryno
on Tue, 03/10/2009 - 3:32pm

Probably been covered already, but this lineup blows.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Tue, 03/10/2009 - 3:39pm

through 2...another hit but he gets a K as well

2 IP, 2 H, 1 K, 0 BB

Submitted by Rob G.
on Tue, 03/10/2009 - 3:49pm

Garrett Olson enjoying the scrubs lineup...

http://muskat.mlblogs.com/archives/2009/03/310_cla...

Muskat just randomly throws this line in:
Piniella said Fukudome will likely bat second in the Cubs' lineup behind Alfonso Soriano. Other options there are Aaron Miles, Ryan Theriot and Reed Johnson.

Somehow Fontenot is not a good option to bat second? (shrug)

another muskat blog says he'll decide by the end of the week on Opening Day Starter between Z and Dempster

Submitted by VirginiaPhil
on Tue, 03/10/2009 - 4:56pm

What do these four hitters have in common?

Decent hitters, bat control, some speed, no pop. Move the runner over, etc.

Fontenot's more of a run producer, not a #2. Lou has ideas about hitting slots that may not be the same as yours or mine.

When these guys play--an important qualifier--they're candidates for #2.

Submitted by The Joe
on Tue, 03/10/2009 - 5:07pm

Her Cubs.com article also mentions Fonte, might just have forgotten on the blog.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Tue, 03/10/2009 - 3:55pm

Dempster in...

Submitted by Rob G.
on Tue, 03/10/2009 - 4:22pm

offensive explosion in the 4th...

doobles by God and Deeds, 5 runs total off Olsen and Batista

Submitted by Wes
on Tue, 03/10/2009 - 5:06pm

I read somewhere that Miguel Bautista was the favorite to close for Seattle.

I laughed.

Submitted by CincyKid
on Tue, 03/10/2009 - 4:23pm

...chipping away at those 13 runs you promised...

Submitted by Chad
on Tue, 03/10/2009 - 4:31pm

Posted without comment:

http://www.assburger.org/digicam/pwn3d/images/08a_...

(safe for work)

Submitted by crunch
on Tue, 03/10/2009 - 4:34pm

intel inside, yo.

Submitted by John Beasley
on Tue, 03/10/2009 - 4:43pm

Kerry Wood, 1 IP, 1 K, 0 H

Submitted by Cubster
on Tue, 03/10/2009 - 4:45pm

go kw and tribe go...

Submitted by Cubster
on Tue, 03/10/2009 - 4:46pm

cubs version of 30 in 30 on right now (mlb.tv)

Submitted by Rob G.
on Tue, 03/10/2009 - 5:11pm

8-0 Cubs, Fuld dooble in there

Heilman with an inning so far and 2 more K's.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Tue, 03/10/2009 - 6:05pm

3 IP, 5 K, 2 H, 1 ER for Heilman...nice.

Submitted by The E-Man
on Tue, 03/10/2009 - 9:31pm

To ROB G:

Dear Rob G.:

I am really appreciative of you and the other contributors making this a great place for suffering, generally pessimistic (and broke) Cub fans. However, I am wondering if it would be possible to re-assess the Mobile version for k-weight and to try and streamline download times?

I am using a 3G iPhone, and I have noticed on both WiFi networks (even T1) and 3G with excellent signals, the download speeds are really, really, slow, sometimes not loading a page for :30 to 1:00 or more. It is aggravating as I can't wait to see if Scott Eyre is out of hock, or the latest AZ PHIL awesome post. Yes, its great that you have (I would think) a little revenue coming in and nice banners on the main site, but on a mobile platform, user satisfaction is key. Would it be a chore to maybe have a link for a "streamlined mobile version", that has less gifs, flash, etc., on it?

Thanks for listening.

One of the many TCR fans,

The E-Man

Submitted by Newport
on Tue, 03/10/2009 - 9:57pm

Yeah, what he said. About 75% of the time, my 3G iPhone crashes when using this site now.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Tue, 03/10/2009 - 11:02pm

bookmark this instead, comments aren't threaded, but it has the basics..

http://thecubreporter.mofuse.mobi/

as for a stripped down, dedicated mobile site, I'd love to do it, but you're talking a $500-$1000 investment for maybe 30-100 hits a day and I would guess no more than 10 users. That's a bit steep for us.

We are planning some improvements to the main site and the software upgrade may speed things up a bit for your phones.

I also recommend using Opera Mini as your mobile web browser.

http://www.opera.com/mini/

hope that helps...

Submitted by The E-Man
on Tue, 03/10/2009 - 11:10pm

For the iPhone? Hmmm...unless things have changed:

"From The New York Times BITS blog,

Mr. von Tetzchner said that Opera’s engineers have developed a version of Opera Mini that can run on an Apple iPhone, but Apple won’t let the company release it because it competes with Apple’s own Safari browser."

Submitted by carlosrubi
on Tue, 03/10/2009 - 11:46pm

Yay for Apple! Competitivity! They're nothing like Microsoft!

Submitted by Rob G.
on Wed, 03/11/2009 - 12:15am

well I can't control Apple's attempt at a monopoly (and shit, how is that any different than what Microsoft went through with Explorer?)

but the mobile link I gave you should work, at least you get the stories and comments.

Submitted by crunch
on Wed, 03/11/2009 - 12:18am

I would come to apple's defense if they didn't make a living for so long selling their hardware at prices as if it was all made of diamond studded titanium. it's just so hard to...

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