Home Run Howry Returns to Cubs

UPDATE: Apparently CSN Chicago jumped the gun on that one as Sullivan is saying that nothing has been agreed upon, although the Cubs are interested in bringing Howry into the bullpen fold.

It appears that Carlos Zambrano's return to the rotation can be partially credited to the return of Bob Howry to the Cubs. He'll join the team this weekend after being released by the Diamondbacks earlier in the week.  Howry was 1-0 with the Diamondbacks and that's where the good news ends. He also had a 10.69 ERA in 14 IP, 1.674 WHIP, struck out 6, walked 6 and I guess this isn't a typo, but gave up 6 home runs in those 14 IP.  Howry did have a decent season with the Giants last year with a 3.39 ERA albeit a 2-6 record to follow up the 5.35 ERA he put up with the Cubs in 2008. If Fangraphs data can be trusted, his fastball is averaging 89.4 mph, down about 2-3 miles from where he's been most of his career.

Speaking of Z, he'll throw a 60-70 pitch simulated game on Monday and he may have found his spot in the rotation after tonight. Sloth was pitching a gem against the Phillies before a line drive knocked him out of the game hitting his bare pitching hand. Grab-Ass came in to finish the 7th inning and they head to the bottom of the 8th, up 2-0 and looking for their 4th straight win.

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Comments

Submitted by navigator
on Wed, 05/19/2010 - 8:19pm

Just shoot me!

Submitted by Pell Mell
on Wed, 05/19/2010 - 8:26pm

1. Holy macaroni was that a nice play by Castro to nail Werth.

2. Holy macaroni is Howry a bad idea.

Submitted by Cubster
on Wed, 05/19/2010 - 8:51pm

Holy macaroni...

http://photos.weddingbycolor.com/p/000/014/33...

Submitted by JoePepitone
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 12:27am

Cubster -- is there anything you can't find a picture or video for?

I bow three times to your incredible superiorityness.
Salaam.
Salaam.
Salaam.

Submitted by Jace
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 9:36am

What the hell?? Do you just have that saved somewhere in your bookmarks, in case someone says "Holy Macaroni"? I'm baffled....

Submitted by big_lowitzki
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 9:53am

Haven't any of you heard of a google image search?

Submitted by JoePepitone
on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 12:28am

Of course I have. I just would have never thought to do a image search for the term "holy macaroni", much less expect that there would be a picture that could adequately convey that idea effectively. Cubster seems to come up with surreal visuals (video or pictorial) that address an incredible array of topics we discuss here at TCR. It's a talent that deserves commendation, not trivialization.

Anyone can type in a Google image search. Few have the vision to make it yield so much.

Submitted by Jace
on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 9:01am

Yeah!

Submitted by Mike Wellman
on Wed, 05/19/2010 - 8:45pm

sounds like a play theriot might [wink, wink] not have made...howry? really? don't you wish you were in a fantasy league w/ hendry?

Submitted by Cubster
on Wed, 05/19/2010 - 8:46pm

a late April fools joke?

Submitted by Cubster
on Wed, 05/19/2010 - 8:47pm

per a Wittenmeyer tweet...

X-Rays on Gorzelanny's left ring finger are negative (no fracture seen) after he took shot off hand in 7th and left the game.

http://twitter.com/CST_CUBS

Submitted by The Real Neal
on Wed, 05/19/2010 - 9:47pm

That's a relief. He seemed to be yucking it up after they won, so I guessed the news wasn't too bad.

Submitted by billybucks
on Wed, 05/19/2010 - 9:08pm

Howry to the Cubs? Not funny. Not funny at all.

At what point will Marmol's arm actually just fall off?

Submitted by jacos
on Wed, 05/19/2010 - 9:47pm

Howry gives me gas.

Submitted by Cubster
on Wed, 05/19/2010 - 9:52pm

when Howry officially gets put on the Cubs 25 man roster, does his May 1st blown save get changed by the official scorer? Will they take away Marshall's first win and credit it to Howry?

HR: Soriano, A (4, 7th inning off Howry, 1 on, 2 out).

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=...

rumors are flying (pigs too) that Will Ohman is on Hendry's radar, and both Scott 'Stevie' Eyre and Joe Borowski are considering coming out of retirement

http://tinyurl.com/22tfveb

Submitted by The E-Man
on Wed, 05/19/2010 - 10:06pm

PLEASE!! NO OH-Man!!

Submitted by John Beasley
on Wed, 05/19/2010 - 10:00pm

I'm disappointed Marshall didn't get into the game, but at least Lou got him up twice.

Submitted by jacos
on Wed, 05/19/2010 - 10:04pm

I didn't know they called that "dry humped". When pitcher warmsup and does not get in.

Barry Rosner was saying on the radio last week.

"Z was getting mad because he was getting dry humped" I almost drove off the road.

Submitted by crunch
on Wed, 05/19/2010 - 10:37pm

probably cuz he saw lou do it to both wuertz and eyre for days in a row without actually using them. i imagine there's a bit of negative conatation to anyone who's been there and seen it before.

still, Z didn't come close to wuertz or eyre's level of "dry humping"...lol.

Submitted by The Joe
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 12:30am

Now I've got a mental image of Lou dry-humping Z. Now I gotta take a cold shower.

Submitted by JoePepitone
on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 12:30am

Really? Something wrong with your gag reflex?

Submitted by fullykräusened
on Wed, 05/19/2010 - 10:11pm

Actually, I thought Tim Stoddard looked pretty good in the booth with Len and Bob the other day; why not sign him?

Submitted by Charlie
on Wed, 05/19/2010 - 10:15pm

Anyone know the single season record for K's per inning pitched? And, anybody know what Marmol is on pace for? Seems like about 2 per inning.

Submitted by big_lowitzki
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 7:53am

17.4 k/9 is what Marmol is currently doing.

Randy Johnson has the record at 13.4, but Marmol would have to pitch 162 innings in order to qualify. Not sure what the record is at a lower qualifying level.

Submitted by Old and Blue
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 8:32am

If Marmol has too many more games like last night he'll probably qualify by mid-June.

Submitted by big_lowitzki
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 9:54am

Huh? That doesn't make any sense. How would he throw more innings if has more games like last night?

Submitted by Old and Blue
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 1:21pm

I mixed up innings with pitch count. That's what I get for hitting the discussion board at work. I think he through about 30 or so pitches last night.

Submitted by Charlie
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 9:53am

If you can continue to do that, you can continue to walk as many people as Marmol does.

Of course, then you also throw 29 pitches an inning.

Submitted by navigator
on Wed, 05/19/2010 - 10:24pm

Angel Pagan completes one of the rarest feats in baseball, he hits an inside the park homerun and then starts a triple play with a shoestring catch in the same game.

AND his throw after the catch went to none other than Henry Blanco.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100520/ap_on_sp_...

Submitted by crunch
on Wed, 05/19/2010 - 10:41pm

via ye olde world o' roto:

"Kerry Wood suffered a massive implosion on Wednesday night, blowing a save and giving up five earned runs while getting just one out against the Royals.
Wood tossed his glove into the stands as he was booed off the field."

wow.

Submitted by Cubster
on Wed, 05/19/2010 - 10:47pm

Wood for Howry? (Tribe picks up remaining salary)

Submitted by WISCGRAD
on Wed, 05/19/2010 - 11:13pm

So is this actually confirmed anywhere? Len and Bob reported on the air during the game that the team explicitly denied the reports that a deal had been reached with Howry, and I don't see it reported anywhere else.

Still annoyed at watching Howry get rocked down the stretch in 2008 while seeing Eyre help the Phillies get to the World Series

Submitted by navigator
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 12:16am

Kap on the postgame show said despite the reports that it's not, the Howry deal is a done deal according to at least two of his insider sources. The papers are supposed to be signed by Friday.

Submitted by Cubster
on Wed, 05/19/2010 - 11:28pm

looks unconfirmed to me...Sullivan unconfirms this in the link below (the equivalent of Sullivan saying he doesn't not dislike Milton Bradley?).

The Cubs denied a report that Bob Howry was signed after clearing waivers Wednesday, though they are interested in the veteran right-hander.

...If the Cubs bring him in, it wouldn't be as a set-up man, but as a sixth or seventh inning reliever.

http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2010/05/...

Maybe they are unstretching Bobby Howry out as we speak.

Submitted by The Real Neal
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 9:06am

It would also be cool if someone told Wrongway that setup men pitch in the 7th.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 12:54am

“If it happens, it would give us some experience in our bullpen from the right side,” manager Lou Piniella said after Wednesday's 4-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. “I’m not saying anything’s going to happen. I’m saying when we had him before he was a rock in the clubhouse. He was great with the younger pitchers.”

sounds like Kaplan is closer to the truth than Sullivan, probably just waiting for a physical and medical reports.

Submitted by Pell Mell
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 8:30am

Oh goody, a clubhouse chemistry move. What could possibly go wrong with that? But no, I see the need. Young pitchers like Russell and Marshall have clearly been the problem, and it's not like the Cubs have anybody like Greg Maddux around to lend them a word of advice.

Can he also be a rock with veteran pitchers? Can he hit Grabow with a rock?

/had my Sarcasm Wheaties this morning

Submitted by Cubster
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 11:07am

Can he also be a rock with veteran pitchers? Can he hit Grabow with a rock?
-------
Bob Howry posing for his role in the locker room...

http://tinyurl.com/24b9383

Submitted by H_Vaughn
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 5:24am

This is plan B. Hendry called Rod Beck's place several times but there was no answer.

Submitted by WISCGRAD
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 8:18am

Rod Beck's corpse would probably out perform Homerun Howry.

Submitted by The E-Man
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 8:52am

That is pretty low coming from a WISCGRAD. Feel the burn, HR Howry.

Submitted by WISCGRAD
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 10:12am

I'm still annoyed at 2003 when Beck had 20 saves and a 1.78 ERA in 35 IP for the Padres after leaving his Des Moines trailer, while we watched guys like Afonseca and Veres suck it up on a regular basis. Maybe Beck improves the bullpen down the stretch, maybe the starters don't throw so many pitches in August and September, maybe the playoffs turn out differently. We will never know.

I'm generally a fan of Hendry, but seeing bullpen guys like Beck, and Eyre, and Wuertz get away, while he continually signs guys like Grabow (and maybe now Howry) irks me.

Submitted by Dr. aaron b
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 2:54pm

I'm amazed that someone is generally a fan of Hendry????

Submitted by WISCGRAD
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 3:51pm

Well, he's made a handful of terrible moves, but I think the vast majority of his moves have worked out well, we just tend to focus on the bad ones. And in the 7 seasons he has been GM the Cubs have finished over .500 fives times and finished in 1st place three times.

Submitted by Dr. aaron b
on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 10:35am

But he does it by outspending everyone else by the Pirates payroll.

Submitted by WISCGRAD
on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 1:07pm

So by that logic, GMs with high payroll's can never be good at the their jobs? That makes no sense.

Also, this year and last year the Cubs were third in payroll, but in previous years they were 8th, 8th, 7th, 8th, 6th, and 11th. You can find all of those rankings here:

http://www.stevetheump.com/Payrolls.htm#2003p...

Take a look a many of the teams with higher payrolls than the Cubs. A lot of top 10 payroll teams suck. This should prove to you that even with a high payroll, the GM has to know what he is doing. Hell, the team ranked 2nd the last two years behind the Yankees is the Mets!

Also, you can find all of Jim Hendry's signings and trades here, with my commentary below them:

http://wiklifield.thecubreporter.com/Jim_Hend...

The vast majority of the time he unloaded veterans at the right moment. Gained prospects who developed while trading away Cub prospects who did not. And his gambles like signing Ryan Dempster paid off.

Yes, he has screwed up a bunch of times, sometimes royally, that's to be sure. But on the balance, I think he has done a pretty good job. You are, of course, free to disagree with me.

Submitted by Dr. aaron b
on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 1:26pm

There have been worse GM's than Hendry. I just don't think he has done anything overly special.

He fleeced two teams who were desperate to shed payroll and overpaid for some solid vets. Not rocket surgery.

I would like him better if he didn't overpay everyone he deals with by 25-40%

Submitted by WISCGRAD
on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 9:15pm

I guess I think it is more than just the Ramirez-Lofton and Karros-Grudzielanek trades. See Choi for Lee for example. On that page I linked to you can see dozens of trades in which the Cubs gave up nothing and got something, even if it was just a bench bat or a reliever in return. He comes out ahead way more times than not.

Also, there were 28 other teams who could have picked up Ramirez then if it was so easy, but no one else did.

Submitted by Craig A.
on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 2:12pm

Thanks, the wiklifield article is an interesting read. Of course, such things need periodic updating.
"[Kevin] Gregg has settled into the closer’s role nicely for the Cubs in 2009."

Submitted by WISCGRAD
on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 9:03pm

It's a wiki article, so I was hoping others would add to and update it when I put it up last year! It's also not formatted too well. Feel free to make any changes.

But I thought it would be nice to have a record of transactions all in one place. I also hate when looking at transaction lists that I have to go to baseball reference to look up the stats to see things like "how did he do after getting traded away." So I tried to put those types of things in there as well.

Submitted by John Beasley
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 9:30am

Happy to pick up a game on the Cards and Reds. More disappointed that we're just a half-game ahead of a team with a -100 run differential.

Submitted by Jace
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 9:33am

Anyone else have an ominous feeling about today's game? I think this is gonna be one of those throwaway games that Lou pulls, where he blatantly forgets that even games on getaway day count. I see Hill at C, Baker at 3rd, Fonty at 2nd, Colvin in LF, Nady at first... The regulars will be on the bus by the 7th inning...

Submitted by The Real Neal
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 10:13am

Aram and Lee taking a day off sounds like a good plan to me.

Submitted by Jace
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 10:19am

I don't mind giving these guys days off. In fact, I think they should get more of them. But I think they should do that ONE AT A TIME so that the game they miss is not a complete throwaway.

Submitted by Rob Richardson
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 10:31am

Jace it is not like either of them are hitting the cover off the ball.

Submitted by Jace
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 10:56am

I am not just talking about Lee and Ramirez. I am talking about Lou's propensity for giving more than one, often more than two, regulars the day off at the same time...

Submitted by Rob Richardson
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 11:00am

Fair enough, and I agree with your main point, but TRN was talking about ARam and Lee in particular.

Submitted by The Real Neal
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 11:29am

Yeah in general I agree with this, but if today's lineup has Baker at first and Fountainout at 3rd, I'll be happy.

Submitted by Cubster
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 11:13am

Lineup per Muskat...

Fukudome, Theriot, DLee, Byrd, Soriano, Fontenot (3B), Castro, Hill, Dempster

ARam held out due to a sore thumb (per Sullivan tweet)

Marshall will be in closer role today, giving Marmol and Z day off (also Sullivan)

Submitted by Jace
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 11:51am

Okay. This is better than i was expecting... Just two regulars get a day off, and it is a sort of platooning situation... I can live with this (not that i have any choice).
Oh yeah...
Worst
Lineup
Ever!

Submitted by The Real Neal
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 11:58am

Rob G and I did that with Gorzellany yesterday and it seemed to work... I think not really expecting the reverse psychology on the fates to work makes it work.

Submitted by Jace
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 12:07pm

Agreed - That shit never works (maybe it will work).

Submitted by Rob G.
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 1:28pm

TO THE PEN!!!

that was some dumb pitching...3-0 on Rollins with first base open and he lays it down the middle.

Submitted by navigator
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 1:35pm

6th inning
Another throw by Marlon Byrd that goes wide right of target allowing a runner to take second. The Chicago media doesn't seem to notice his wildly innacurate arm, but believe me, opposing team broadcasters do.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 1:41pm

he threw it online actually to the cutoff man, but Theriot let it go for whatever reason, I assume because Castro told him to. Looks like they were lined up for the throw to third for no good reason.

Submitted by navigator
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 2:06pm

oh, I think they just line up like that in anticipation of another wide throw by Byrd. :^)

Submitted by Rob G.
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 1:59pm

FUKU!!!!

off a lefty as well

Submitted by navigator
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 2:01pm

That should be Fuku Bastardo!

Submitted by Rob G.
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 2:03pm

Theriot on 3-1 does everything he can to not walk...

Submitted by Rob G.
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 2:04pm

aw crap, Grab-Ass up in the pen

Submitted by Rob G.
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 2:22pm

good job once again Grab-Ass, Fuku fumbled the throw or something as well, took some extra steps.

Submitted by Old and Blue
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 2:36pm

I just saw on gameday Soriano was hit by a pitch, and the ominous words, "Injury delay". Is he hurt?

Submitted by big_lowitzki
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 2:39pm

Injury delay was actually before the hbp. Soriano fouled a ball off of the back of his knee. He seems fine now.

Submitted by Old and Blue
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 2:40pm

cool, thanks. Ya I just saw he made it to third on Fontenot's hit

Submitted by Rob G.
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 2:40pm

he's fine

fouled off a ball off his leg earlier in the at-bat, then nailed on a 3-2 pitch, also broke 2 bats during the at-bat.

was running on 3-2 when Fontenot singled

Submitted by Rob G.
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 2:41pm

bah Castro

let's go Aramis!!!

parachat rally?

Submitted by Rob G.
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 2:45pm

holy craptastic swing aramis

Submitted by tem99
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 2:47pm

Fucking pathetic.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 2:47pm

dear god, 1st/3rd 0 outs and can't get a run home

Submitted by Rob G.
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 3:08pm

epic Reds fail.

up 9-3 heading into 9th, lose 10-9 on walk-off grand slam by somebody I never heard of (Conrad).

Submitted by Mike Wellman
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 3:11pm

the cubs are like the car in front of you in traffic; you must follow @ a safe & sure distance...monitoring on a daily basis, the # of failures to score w/ 1&3; no outs, etc. really lead to madness - didn't they do the same thing in the 1st inning last night? so much for the 'streak' -

Submitted by MikeC
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 3:25pm

Grabow sucks

Submitted by MikeC
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 3:26pm

Grabow really sucks

Submitted by The E-Man
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 3:32pm

This has been well-established.

But i certainly do not mind he-hashing the point.

ROB G: you were right on questioning Hendry's zeal to sign him for the amount they did.

But - you have to grudgingly give him credit for this year's MVP's - Byrd and Silva.

I think I picked Byrd as team MVP - IIRC

- sigh -

What a shitty pitcher Grabow is.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 5:01pm

http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/news/st...

Re: if Lou will finish the year with the Cubs...

"As the owner I don't guarantee anything, it's Jim's decision. (edit) I think [Piniella finishing the season] is what to expect. The fact is we like Lou, we support Lou. He's done very well for this team. He wants to win. He's the kind of guy you want leading your team. The players respect him and he's doing a good job.""

~snip~

"I think everyone has been very impressed with [Sandberg's] performance as a manager," Ricketts said. "He's done really well. That kind of decision is in Jim's court. You hire a general manager, you make him accountable for what happens on the field. To try to take that decision away or to try to control it kind of undermines the guy you are supposed to support.

"When that discussion comes up, we'll be in the room and see what the reasoning is behind any decision. Ultimately, you've got a guy you've made accountable for winning, and you can't overrule him and then get mad at him for not winning. We've got a guy we trust who has put together some pretty good teams over the years, and we're going to back him."

Submitted by Rob G.
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 5:10pm

loads the bases with 0 outs in the 9th and a 2-run lead

-edit- and coughs up 3 runs for the loss

Submitted by The E-Man
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 6:18pm

I thought the fabulous Jason Frasor was the closer there?

Submitted by Rob G.
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 6:28pm

he was for about 2 weeks, Gregg had 12 saves and a 1.89 ERA before today with just one blown save that the Blue Jays ended up winning anyway.

Submitted by The E-Man
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 6:30pm

Ohhhh!

It's early still.

Submitted by crunch
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 6:40pm

that's what aram keeps telling himself.

Submitted by Eric S
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 6:41pm

The stats look good so far overall, but would like to see more results - steping up more to the challenge as the team's defacto staff ace. 4 runs in 6 IPs not getting it done to keep the team hot.

Submitted by jacos
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 8:52pm

Levine reporting Howry signing tomorrow, will be in Texas.

Submitted by crunch
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 9:27pm

chad fox is somewhere throwing his hands up in frustration...and probably getting injured while doing it.

Submitted by The Joe
on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 1:00am

55555

Submitted by rokfish
on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 9:40pm

Great who can i hate more Grabass or Homerun Howry.

I would guess Berg will be making a detour to iowa.

Submitted by Cubster
on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 7:31am

Is Lou too feeble to remember to give Stevie Grabow the Scott Eyre or Will Oh-no-Man doghouse treatment? I'm hating the fact that Lou continues to use Grabs as a one inning guy, he needs relegation to blowout games or one batter Loogy at most.

Based on Iowa performances, I'm excited to see Thomas Diamond and Andrew Cashner get their chance in the bullpen at Wrigley...Shark and Gray still sucking with the I-Cubs (which probably is a good thing, consider them to have blown their chances this season).

Submitted by Ryno
on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 8:16am

Holy balls, Howry? That doesn't make much sense. Even if the Cubs were still in this thing (and after going 1-5 to the Pirates, how can you seriously still consider yourself "in it"?), even if, how does Howry help? I'm not as much as a Howry hater as some around here, but still, this move doesn't make sense to me.

Submitted by Mike Wellman
on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 9:12am

cubs adding the only guy in the league w/ a worse ERA than grabow? you can't make this stuff up...

Submitted by Leningrad Cowboy
on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 9:50am

It is all part of the master plan: Find someone worse than Grabow -> Grabow feels better about himself -> relieved of the burden of being the club's suckiest pitcher, Grabow pitches better. That is the only logic I can find.

Submitted by The Real Neal
on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 10:18am

What about Berg and Samardizja?

Submitted by Leningrad Cowboy
on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 1:09pm

Hmmm...they are...err...young. Yeah, that's the ticket--Hendry had to find a fellow veteran pitcher that was worse than Grabow because those youngin's don't count.

Submitted by QuietMan
on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 1:55pm

Berg optioned to AAA.

David Patton designated for assignment.

To make room for Howry.

http://twitter.com/CarrieMuskat/status/144453...

Submitted by Charlie
on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 2:09pm

Really? We kept David Patton around all last year so that we could designate him for assignment to make room for Howry? Awesome.

Submitted by Charlie
on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 2:09pm

Why is Guzman not on the 60-day yet?

Submitted by Charlie
on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 2:09pm

Does Jim Hendry know what a roster is?

Submitted by Charlie
on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 2:09pm

I'm upset.

Submitted by QuietMan
on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 2:35pm

Patton's number don't look good this year. Maybe they felt this was a good time to get him off the 40 man and not end up losing him to another team. But I'm no expert like AZ Phil.

Submitted by Arizona Phil
on Sat, 05/22/2010 - 5:03pm

Submitted by QuietMan on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 1:35pm.
Patton's number don't look good this year. Maybe they felt this was a good time to get him off the 40 man and not end up losing him to another team. But I'm no expert like AZ Phil.

=============================================
QUIET MAN: I believe that's exactly what the Cubs werre thinking, because it would have been very easy to open up a roster slot for Bob Howry by simply transferring Angel Gznman to the 60-day DL.

But having had a terrible Spring Training and Minor League Camp, then getting demoted
all the way down to Daytona, and then even struggling there, Patton's value is pretty low right now, and if the Cubs want to get him through waivers, now would probably be a good time to try it.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 2:40pm

eh, wtf?

as mentioned below, just 60-day Guzman.

not that they probably run a big risk with Patton at the moment.

Submitted by Cubster
on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 3:30pm

Justin Berg, son of Nancy and Bill Berg of Tempe, will become a bar mitzvah Nov. 16, 2002, at Temple Emanuel.

Grandparent is Rhoda Tucker of Tempe.

Justin attends Pueblo Middle School. His hobbies include playing ice hockey.

http://www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/021115/bna...

Submitted by crunch
on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 3:39pm

our berg was drafted in 03 and is from wisconsin.

that said...check this out from 05

“When I heard I would not be a good candidate for LASIK, I was disappointed,” said Berg, who is in Tampa at the Yankees’ spring training facility. “However, I was an excellent candidate for an implantable contact lens and Theda Clark and Dr. Vrabec have more experience than just about anyone.”

dude has implanted contact lenses.

Submitted by Ryno
on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 3:43pm

Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology.

Submitted by Cubster
on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 4:19pm

Justin Berg, giving a fan an autograph...

http://100megsfree3.com/glaw/robby/robby9.jpg

Submitted by Cubster
on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 3:31pm

Answer: no he is not

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_current_Chicago_...

Submitted by Cubster
on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 3:36pm

Kaplan's JML update page

http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/2009/09...

Fuld is and so is Grabow (how embarrassing), Berg not a MOT.

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