MLB.com Needs to Look Up the Definition of Preview
Submitted by Rob G. on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 10:29am
Soriano, Theriot, Fukudome, Lee, Fontenot, R. Johnson, K. Hill, A. Blanco and Wells go against Hairston Jr., Willie Mays (aka Chris Dickerson), Phillips, Nix, Hernandez, Gomez, Gonzalez, Hanigan and Arroyo in today's series finale.
So MLB.com is doing a minute and a half "previews" for each team leading up to the draft on Tuesday. You can find the Cubs version by following this link (Mlb.com has something against embedding video files). If you don't want to waste that minute and a half of your life, let me summarize the "preview" portion of the video.
"This year's first pick falls at number 31 overall and with a deep pitching crop, the Cubs will likely take advantage."
The other 1:22 of the video is reviewing the ineptitude of the past Cubs drafts.
Soriano, Theriot, Fukudome, Lee, Fontenot, R. Johnson, K. Hill, A. Blanco and Wells go against Hairston Jr., Willie Mays (aka Chris Dickerson), Phillips, Nix, Hernandez, Gomez, Gonzalez, Hanigan and Arroyo in today's series finale.
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#1 Tommy Hanson debuts
versus the Brewers today...go rookie.
#2 Re: MLB.com Needs to Look Up the Definition of Preview
Harden scratched from today's AAA start for "undisclosed reasons" ala Rotoworld.
#3 Re: MLB.com Needs to Look Up the Definition of Preview
Sean Marshall smiles...
#4 Re: Harden
must have updated their story...says now stomach virus and he'll pitch tomorrow
#8 Re: Harden
That's pretty much the best news it could've been. Sweet.
#5 Kosuke Recapitulating 2008
Kosuke's OPS dropping like a rock again
April 1.052
May .830
June .472
#16 Re: Kosuke Recapitulating 2008
Mr. April!
#22 Re: Kosuke Recapitulating 2008
June .472
After 4 games? Good intelligent commentary on that one.
#29 Re: After 4 games?
5 games. Clearly that's all the Cubs have played so far in June.
#31 Re: After 4 games?
After yesterday, Fukudome has played in only 5 games in June, and started just 4. He only has 21 plate appearances.
And you want to pretend that is some kind of meaningful sample size?
#34 Re: After 4 games?
He's hitting .000 for the rest of the season! We should just DFA him!
#6 Re: MLB.com Needs to Look Up the Definition of Preview
cubs trying to blow another one for wells.
thank you carlos marmol,cant guzman pitch every day
#7 Re: MLB.com Needs to Look Up the Definition of Preview
marmol can pitch everyday evidently.
#9 Re: MLB.com Needs to Look Up the Definition of Preview
Possible slogans for the 2009 Cubs:
"Chicago Cubs 2009: What's the point?"
"Bad AND boring"
"Come watch us punk Randy Wells again!"
"Hey, we won 97 games last year!"
#10 Re: MLB.com Needs to Look Up the Definition of Preview
With all of the grousing we give Hendry and Co. for giving up on players too soon, have to give them props for sticking with Gooz through all of his past trials. Can't remember another recent minor - league player from this organization that's sticked around as long as he has, yet still made the big league club.
#12 Re: MLB.com Needs to Look Up the Definition of Preview
Hope Guzman still has something left in the tank to close this one out ... today is his 5th appearance in the last 6 days.
#14 Re: MLB.com Needs to Look Up the Definition of Preview
He had plenty left
#11 Re: MLB.com Needs to Look Up the Definition of Preview
RICH HILL lost it again today
First inning of his start:
single
pop out 5
stolen base
BB
BB
BB (0-1)
HBP (0-2)
ground out 5-3 (0-3)
BB
removed from game
#23 Re: MLB.com Needs to Look Up the Definition of Preview
NAVIGATOR, who bizarrely cannot even properly spell his own Internet chat board handle, continued to blather on with facts irrelevant to the 2009 Cubs.
#27 Re: MLB.com Needs to Look Up the Definition of Preview
? Since when is news about Cubs former prospects irrelevant at TCR? That broom up your butt must really be bothering you.
#32 Re: MLB.com Needs to Look Up the Definition of Preview
Yeah, I was going to post the same thing but you beat me to it. I think a lot of us are interested in how Hill is doing, just because of his strange tenure with the Cubs, and the fact that his performance impacts our PTBNL that we will get in about a month. Furthermore, it is interesting to see how players do away from the Cubs as it helps us reflect on our coaching and player development. If everyone blossoms elsewhere, we should be worried, but so far we haven't seen that. In fact, it's mainly the opposite, Hendry seems to jettison prospects that are in fact overrated and don't turn into stars. I find all of this interesting.
#33 Re: MLB.com Needs to Look Up the Definition of Preview
I might add that those of us who took a flyer on Hill for our fantasy teams are thoroughly, completely perplexed. Mr. Hill, meet Mr. Bench...I guess?
#13 Things that just aren't right
David Patton 2-1
Randy Wells 0-2
#15 Cubs Don't Lose!!!
hell of a good time for an off-day tomorrow...
#18 Re: Cubs Don't Lose!!!
i just hope marmol can throw 20-30 pitches on the off-day tomorrow to stay in playing shape.
#17 Re: MLB.com Needs to Look Up the Definition of Preview
What was that weird thing Lou was doing with his tongue at the end of today's game while Gooz was working on his career high number of saves? It kept going in and out of his mouth like a lizard. Does he do that all the time? Is that gonna happen to me as I get older?
#19 Re: MLB.com Needs to Look Up the Definition of Preview
"Is that gonna happen to me as I get older?"
It might. You never know.
Lou also goes into Bloomingdale's and tries on shirts by stripping off what he's wearing right there on the sales floor.
Lou has just gotten old enough where he doesn't care what people think.
#21 Re: MLB.com Needs to Look Up the Definition of Preview
Back in 2004, I saw Dustin Hoffman do that very thing in the men's department of Barney's in Beverly Hills.
#20 Re: MLB.com Needs to Look Up the Definition of Preview
Is there a place where people can browse your published writings?
#24 Re: MLB.com Needs to Look Up the Definition of Preview
personally i thing marmol needs a mental break can he have
a seat next to soto.
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