MLB.com Needs to Look Up the Definition of Preview

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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Submitted by Rob G. on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 11:29am
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Submitted by Rob G.
on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 11:42am

versus the Brewers today...go rookie.

Submitted by Charlie
on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 11:47am

Harden scratched from today's AAA start for "undisclosed reasons" ala Rotoworld.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 1:27pm

Sean Marshall smiles...

Submitted by Rob G.
on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 1:35pm

must have updated their story...says now stomach virus and he'll pitch tomorrow

Submitted by Charlie
on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 3:25pm

That's pretty much the best news it could've been. Sweet.

Submitted by navigator
on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 2:34pm

Kosuke's OPS dropping like a rock again

April 1.052
May .830
June .472

Submitted by Old and Blue
on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 6:05pm

Mr. April!

Submitted by big_lowitzki
on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 9:20pm

June .472

After 4 games? Good intelligent commentary on that one.

Submitted by navigator
on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 11:43pm

5 games. Clearly that's all the Cubs have played so far in June.

Submitted by big_lowitzki
on Mon, 06/08/2009 - 7:06am

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?

Submitted by Mister Whipple
on Mon, 06/08/2009 - 11:09am

He's hitting .000 for the rest of the season! We should just DFA him!

Submitted by rokfish
on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 2:46pm

cubs trying to blow another one for wells.

thank you carlos marmol,cant guzman pitch every day

Submitted by crunch
on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 2:57pm

marmol can pitch everyday evidently.

Submitted by billybucks
on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 4:15pm

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!"

Submitted by Dmac
on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 4:59pm

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.

Submitted by Eric S
on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 5:28pm

Hope Guzman still has something left in the tank to close this one out ... today is his 5th appearance in the last 6 days.

Submitted by navigator
on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 5:33pm

He had plenty left

Submitted by navigator
on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 5:13pm

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

Submitted by The Real Neal
on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 10:52pm

NAVIGATOR, who bizarrely cannot even properly spell his own Internet chat board handle, continued to blather on with facts irrelevant to the 2009 Cubs.

Submitted by navigator
on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 11:40pm

? Since when is news about Cubs former prospects irrelevant at TCR? That broom up your butt must really be bothering you.

Submitted by WISCGRAD
on Mon, 06/08/2009 - 7:35am

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.

Submitted by Pell Mell
on Mon, 06/08/2009 - 7:43am

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?

Submitted by navigator
on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 5:32pm

David Patton 2-1
Randy Wells 0-2

Submitted by Rob G.
on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 5:33pm

hell of a good time for an off-day tomorrow...

Submitted by crunch
on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 6:08pm

i just hope marmol can throw 20-30 pitches on the off-day tomorrow to stay in playing shape.

Submitted by Old and Blue
on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 6:08pm

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?

Submitted by JoePepitone
on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 6:43pm

"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.

Submitted by Doug Dascenzo
on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 7:57pm

Back in 2004, I saw Dustin Hoffman do that very thing in the men's department of Barney's in Beverly Hills.

Submitted by Romero
on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 7:55pm

Is there a place where people can browse your published writings?

Submitted by rokfish
on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 11:03pm

personally i thing marmol needs a mental break can he have
a seat next to soto.

Submitted by The Real Neal
on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 11:11pm

I think he needs a mental break followed by a 2 week stint in Daytona.

Submitted by rokfish
on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 11:19pm

call up harden send down marmol?

Submitted by Rob G.
on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 11:41pm

Len said something about Larry trying to get him to raise his arm angle or something and Marmol just won't do it.

still, tough to get too down on a guy leading the league in holds and the 2nd best ERA among relievers on the team, 5th best BAA against among NL relievers. Way too walk happy of course, and it doesn't look like it's going to fix itself anytime soon.

So much for Lou hating relievers that walks guys...seems to be sticking with him.

and now I look forward to the dozen responses to tell me I'm an idiot...

Submitted by Wes
on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 11:49pm

I really can't wrap my mind around why he won't respond to Larry about his arm slot. I don't know how Carlos can't tell it's clearly MUCH lower than last year. Just watch video.

You cannot control a slider with as much break as he has from that arm angle. It's just not physically possible. Your release has to be absolutely perfect every single time. If you're a little early, that's when that thing turns into a riser with very little break. Ends up at the guy's eyeballs. If you're a little late, that's when it breaks a mile and everything is away, away, away to righties. That pitch with that arm angle makes it nearly impossible to throw strikes. Kinda like 8.3 BB/9 impossible.

In a not really related story, I guess, we went through this exact thing with Z to start 2006. Arm angle was way down, Larry told him it was way down, and he didn't do a damn thing about it.

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