Archive - Mar 9, 2008
Who should be the starting center fielder out of camp for the 2008 Cubs?
Submitted by Rob G. on Sun, 03/09/2008 - 11:55pm.
Gameday Open Thread / Cubs @ Royals
Submitted by Cubnut on Sun, 03/09/2008 - 2:17pm.
The Cubs (4-7 in Cactus League play) meet the Royals (5-5) in Surprise, Arizona (which, if it had any real guts, would add an exclamation point after its name. "Surprise!, Arizona"--now that's a town with character).
Ryan Dempster starts against Brett Tomko. Making his third appearance of the Spring, Dempster comes in at 1-0/3.60.
Yesteday, the Cubs split the squad and beat the Diamondbacks 4-1 in Mesa, while losing 7-6 to the A's on the road. Jon Lieber's four shutout innings against the D-Backs were one of the day's highlights.
So far this Spring:
Cub starters--2-1/3.38 ERA; 22 K, 7 BB; 26 H in 29 1/3 IP.
Cub relievers--2-6/6.55 ERA; 38 K, 38 BB; 73 H in 67 1/3 IP.
Coco Crisp Soon To Be a Cub?
Submitted by Rob G. on Sun, 03/09/2008 - 4:10am.
One of our readers, chifan, says he heard on the radio that the Cubs and Red Sox are close to a deal that would send Sam Fuld and Jason Marquis to the Red Sox for Coco Crisp. I've also seen the same radio rumor mentioned on a few other message boards as well, so keep your eyes and ears open.