Cubs Spring Training Notes

- Quade has named his Opening Day starter and it won't be Zambrano's 7th straight start which would have tied Ferguson Jenkins for the Cubs record. Instead it will be Ryan Dempster, followed by Z and then Matt Garza. Z will get the road opener start against the Brewers. Presumambly the last two spots are still open with Randy Wells and Carlos Silva likely occupying them with James Russell and Andrew Cashner on the outside looking in.

- The Jose Ceda deal is looking good.

- Some bright one in the Cubs office thought it would be wise to compare Starlin Castro to Derek Jeter on an outdoor billboard (eye roll). The Cubs.com article says Castro has been working on making the routine plays and his footwork over the offseason and you do have to like this bit of humility.

"I feel like I have to make the team like I did last year. There's no
pressure. I don't feel like I've made the team. I have to work hard
every day."

Which does offset this bit of information...

Soriano took Castro into his home last year and taught him the importance of being prepared for games.

I imagine that includes things like this:

which might explain why this happens sometimes:

Alright, that was a bit of a low blow, what do you think about that Fonzie?

To all the Dead Presidents...

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Submitted by Rob G. on Mon, 02/21/2011 - 12:39pm
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Submitted by Brick
on Mon, 02/21/2011 - 1:42pm

Going for "zany" over "crazy" for an opening day starter this year. Bold move.

[edit]
Or maybe it's "krazy" over "crazy."

Submitted by Paul Noce
on Mon, 02/21/2011 - 2:56pm

Carlos Silva has been taking a page out of Castro's workouts, practicing his forkwork on routine pies.

Submitted by Ryno
on Mon, 02/21/2011 - 3:25pm

On Castro...

...What does he have to work on?

"Defense, and that's it," Cubs manager Mike Quade said. "Every aspect of defense. I believe he's going to be a good offensive player. I know what we need from him defensively -- we need to be better up the middle and obviously he's a huge part of that.

I think Quade gets it. I still wish they would have found a veteran SS FA over the off season in case he pulls a Cedeno and decides to be terrible.

Submitted by The Real Neal
on Mon, 02/21/2011 - 4:31pm

(shakes head)

Submitted by The E-Man
on Mon, 02/21/2011 - 4:40pm

Oh Come on, man! I mean really? Really?

Submitted by Jumbo
on Mon, 02/21/2011 - 5:31pm

No offense to you, E-Man, but I wonder hoe long this "really" phenomenon will last. I somewhat remove myself from pop culture, so these new fads take me by surprise. I have a feeling that "really" will fall even harder than the once famous "whazzup" campaign by Budweiser.

Submitted by Old and Blue
on Mon, 02/21/2011 - 5:41pm

I dunno, dude. My generation was saying dude, like, dude, 40 years ago, dude, but, like, dude, I'll admit the girls weren't calling each other dude.

Submitted by Paul Noce
on Mon, 02/21/2011 - 5:46pm

Dusty put a twist on "Dude" by spitting every time he said "Dude".

Submitted by QuietMan
on Mon, 02/21/2011 - 6:19pm

http://dudeism.com/

Submitted by jacos
on Mon, 02/21/2011 - 6:21pm

The Dude abides

Submitted by The E-Man
on Mon, 02/21/2011 - 9:39pm

It is pretty odd and amusing that chicks call each other "dudes" now, as you say, O&B.

Submitted by Paul Noce
on Mon, 02/21/2011 - 5:45pm

I think the Really? phenomenon already ended. The SNL stuff got old a long, long time ago.

Submitted by Ryno
on Mon, 02/21/2011 - 6:35pm

Castro? The third rail of Cubdom?

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