Bad Cold War cartoon: Castro, Kennedy fire missiles at each other.

After finishing this drawing yesterday, I realized that the historical significance of this matchup might not only be lost on some of you, but not interesting and perhaps in bad taste to most of you as well.
So, uh, lets just talk about the fabulous entertainment our favorite team gave us last night.
Featuring a monster homer, a frightened DBack 3rd baseman, a stupid DBack pitcher, clutch hitting, clutch walking, an ejection, and the first win for Cub Matt Garza, this game had it all.
First, the top of the 2nd.
Alfonso Soriano got ahold of one. There's a giant green wall under and around the scoreboard at Chase Field, and even on hi-def the light was so flat (with no shadow) I couldn't tell where it hit. But this ball was so crushed...I wish they'd keep the radar on balls that get hit.
I read a Paul Sullivan re-tweet that said: "Richie Sexson in 2004 is the only other hitter to hit scoreboard before Soriano tonight."
Then, the 4th.
Starlin Castro did indeed hit a missile (grounder) past overmatched DBack 3rd baseman Melvin Mora, who deftly moved his feet as if to appear ready to field a ball that clearly gave him the fear, and then like a matador watched it go by for a double.
Not to be outdone, pitcher Ian Kennedy idiotically decides to pitch to Freaky Hot Alfonso Soriano with Castro on 3rd, 1st and 2nd open, and 2 outs.
Soriano drills it.
Cubs 2 DBacks 1.
5th.
With Darwin Barney on 1st, Aramis Ramirez hits a pitch that's about 10 feet inside. It goes deep into the LF corner and Barney, a hustling machine, scores standing up.
Top of the 9th.
With Byrd on 1st, Soto crappily bunts right back to closer J.J. Putz, who wheels and throws it to where SS Stephen Drew was before he ran over to cover second. Stretching like a 1st baseman, Drew barely keeps a toe on the bag before falling. Byrd's out and...hey wait just a darn second here.
Mike Quade is either really really angry or just doing his part to fire up the team with some awesome acting, because he's got his arms behind his back (to keep from punching anybody?) and...yelling at the ump, pointing to where Drew was, running around, getting in the ump's face...and tossed!
I immediately put him in the 5% Cooler Club as he stalks off the field.
And now it's Tyler Colvin.
He goes 0-2 and I'm waiting for the strike out...but hey wait just a darn 9 more pitches here.
He walks, brilliantly.
With guys on 1st and 2nd and now 2 outs, 2 balls, and 2 strikes, Darwin Barney clutchly hits one right at and past Putz, who is still sitting on his ass when Soto crosses the plate.
Loud non-words from my mouth, beer spills on coffee table, and I'm told to stop scaring the dogs as Starlin knocks in the last run and Len reminds us that all the Cub runs tonight came with 2 outs.
Wow.
And it also means that Matt Garza, who set a Cub strikeout record for April, gets the W.
For a couple 4th place teams, this was just a wonderful game.
Lastly, I didn't mention that Other Freaky Hot Hitter Jeff Baker did something bad to himself while at bat, and since he was already playing for trainwreck Carlos Pena, I'm hoping Mr. Quade sees fit to put Tyler Colvin at first today.
Go Cubs.
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Re: Bad Cold War cartoon: Castro, Kennedy fire missiles at ...
on Sun, 05/01/2011 - 8:55am Permalink
My bad, I know Kennedy's a righty.
Too late to change it.
Re: Bad Cold War cartoon: Castro, Kennedy fire missiles at ...
on Sun, 05/01/2011 - 12:18pm Permalink
Sori bats 5th...
lenandbob: #Cubs lineup on @WGNTV today at 3: Kosuke9/Barney4/Castro6/ARam5/Soriano7/Byrd8/Pena3/Geo2/Coleman1
Re: Bad Cold War cartoon: Castro, Kennedy fire missiles at ...
on Sun, 05/01/2011 - 3:11pm Permalink
leadoff doubles are a good start...go fuku.
getting your 2nd xbase hit of the season in may...sigh fuku.
Re: Bad Cold War cartoon: Castro, Kennedy fire missiles at ...
on Sun, 05/01/2011 - 3:15pm Permalink
...and no run scores...super.
Re: Bad Cold War cartoon: Castro, Kennedy fire missiles at ...
on Sun, 05/01/2011 - 3:24pm Permalink
leadoff doubles in the 2nd is a good start...go sori
Re: Bad Cold War cartoon: Castro, Kennedy fire missiles at ...
on Sun, 05/01/2011 - 3:28pm Permalink
Who is this soriano guy?
Re: Bad Cold War cartoon: Castro, Kennedy fire missiles at ...
on Sun, 05/01/2011 - 3:22pm Permalink
coleman is literally shaking on the mound, especially his glove hand...yet he flies through the 1st 1/2/3.
Re: Bad Cold War cartoon: Castro, Kennedy fire missiles at ...
on Sun, 05/01/2011 - 3:26pm Permalink
jeff baker, d2d, sore left shoulder
Re: Bad Cold War cartoon: Castro, Kennedy fire missiles at ...
on Sun, 05/01/2011 - 3:30pm Permalink
Which is slower Sori running to third or pena's bat speed?
Re: Bad Cold War cartoon: Castro, Kennedy fire missiles at ...
on Sun, 05/01/2011 - 3:33pm Permalink
The story is last year Lou ordered pre printed batting order sheets with Soto's name in 8 th spot.
With attendance down, Ricketts won't order new ones until the other ones are used up.
Re: Bad Cold War cartoon: Castro, Kennedy fire missiles at ...
on Sun, 05/01/2011 - 3:39pm Permalink
nice
Re: Bad Cold War cartoon: Castro, Kennedy fire missiles at ...
on Sun, 05/01/2011 - 8:03pm Permalink
lol.
Re: Bad Cold War cartoon: Castro, Kennedy fire missiles at ...
on Sun, 05/01/2011 - 4:07pm Permalink
Gregg in to blow it fir O's
Re: Bad Cold War cartoon: Castro, Kennedy fire missiles at ...
on Sun, 05/01/2011 - 4:14pm Permalink
Ump bails out Gregg
Re: Bad Cold War cartoon: Castro, Kennedy fire missiles at ...
on Sun, 05/01/2011 - 4:15pm Permalink
balking the runner in...classic cubbery...and it even gives up the lead.
Re: Bad Cold War cartoon: Castro, Kennedy fire missiles at ...
on Sun, 05/01/2011 - 6:06pm Permalink
4-3 ..STOOPID loss of the year. Q-Ball totally out-managed today as he is almost every day.
Re: Bad Cold War cartoon: Castro, Kennedy fire missiles at ...
on Sun, 05/01/2011 - 8:33pm Permalink
Didn't see the game, only read ESPN update...would love to hear how Q was outmanaged (I am not the biggest Quade fan by any stretch).
Certainly wasn't fully evident from summary, but I don't doubt it happened.
Re: Bad Cold War cartoon: Castro, Kennedy fire missiles at ...
on Sun, 05/01/2011 - 10:18pm Permalink
My first thought would be that Quade put Jeff Baker in, probably under the reasoning that he has been "hot" so far this year, while ignoring that almost all of his success is against lefties and that he appears virtually useless against righties.
Re: Bad Cold War cartoon: Castro, Kennedy fire missiles at ...
on Sun, 05/01/2011 - 11:43pm Permalink
He has been a bit better this year against righties. However, since both Fuke and Pena were in the game, guess which lefty was left on the bench?
Of the two, I'd rather have Baker by a longshot.
Re: Bad Cold War cartoon: Castro, Kennedy fire missiles at ...
on Mon, 05/02/2011 - 12:51am Permalink
I would rather have johnson and DeWitt hitting over an injured Baker.
Re: Bad Cold War cartoon: Castro, Kennedy fire missiles at ...
on Mon, 05/02/2011 - 8:35am Permalink
Actually, I forgot about DeWitt.
Re: Bad Cold War cartoon: Castro, Kennedy fire missiles at ...
on Mon, 05/02/2011 - 12:04am Permalink
Baker is 8 for 30 (.267) off righties this year. The other options were Dewitt, Johnson, or Hill. Johnson is 7 for 15 off righties this year, and would have been my choice. Especially given Baker's sore shoulder. He is also a veteran who likely wouldn't ground into a DP on the VERY FIRST pitch.
Re: Bad Cold War cartoon: Castro, Kennedy fire missiles at ...
on Mon, 05/02/2011 - 12:34am Permalink
Baker is a vet, just a bad one.
Soto also took 4 straight balls b4 Baker's at bat.
Can't wait to see where he bats tomorrow, I know where soto will be batting.
Re: Bad Cold War cartoon: Castro, Kennedy fire missiles at ...
on Mon, 05/02/2011 - 7:29am Permalink
I saw that Iowa Cubs released Jake Muyco.
I guess we can put one failure in the column for converted catchers to pitchers to go with the positives (Marmol and Wells).
Re: Bad Cold War cartoon: Castro, Kennedy fire missiles at ...
on Mon, 05/02/2011 - 7:36am Permalink
Because we all know that the Cubs need more bullpen arms and are in no need of starting pitching
"The Smokies rotation took a hit this week when Rafael Dolis, their most consistent starter to this point, was moved to the bullpen at the behest of the Chicago Cubs. Dolis, who is on the Cubs' 40-man roster, had a rough outing in his first relief appearance Saturday night, giving up four unearned runs in what eventually was a 7-6 Smokies loss."
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2011/may/01/smok...
Re: Bad Cold War cartoon: Castro, Kennedy fire missiles at ...
on Mon, 05/02/2011 - 8:31am Permalink
Also in that article:
"Sunday the Smokies got a tremendous start from No. 2 Chicago Cubs pitching prospect Trey McNutt. McNutt, a right-hander, had a shutout going into the seventh inning when a blister on the middle finger of his throwing hand forced a wild pitch that allowed Carolina's Mike Costanzo to cross the plate. McNutt was immediately taken out of the game. This is the second time this season that McNutt has missed time with a blister on his finger."
Re: Bad Cold War cartoon: Castro, Kennedy fire missiles at ...
on Mon, 05/02/2011 - 11:37am Permalink
Who is #1 pitching prospect if McNutt is #2?
Re: Bad Cold War cartoon: Castro, Kennedy fire missiles at ...
on Mon, 05/02/2011 - 11:41am Permalink
Russell?
Re: Bad Cold War cartoon: Castro, Kennedy fire missiles at ...
on Mon, 05/02/2011 - 6:59pm Permalink
zing
Re: Who is #1 pitching prospect if McNutt is #2?
on Mon, 05/02/2011 - 12:20pm Permalink
Chris Archer of course.
Re: Bad Cold War cartoon: Castro, Kennedy fire missiles at ...
on Mon, 05/02/2011 - 6:59pm Permalink
boo
Re: Bad Cold War cartoon: Castro, Kennedy fire missiles at ...
on Mon, 05/02/2011 - 9:49pm Permalink
ha@!
Re: Bad Cold War cartoon: Castro, Kennedy fire missiles at ...
on Mon, 05/02/2011 - 2:26pm Permalink
I suspect that was supposed to say "#2 prospect, pitcher Trey McNutt" or something to that effect.
Re: Bad Cold War cartoon: Castro, Kennedy fire missiles at ...
on Mon, 05/02/2011 - 6:59pm Permalink
that must be it
Re: Bad Cold War cartoon: Castro, Kennedy fire missiles at ...
on Mon, 05/02/2011 - 8:39pm Permalink
I've got blisters on mah fingers
---
John Lennon had the same problem, Imagine that.
Re: Bad Cold War cartoon: Castro, Kennedy fire missiles at ...
on Mon, 05/02/2011 - 10:41pm Permalink
That was Ringo who said that.
/it don't come easy
Re: Bad Cold War cartoon: Castro, Kennedy fire missiles at ...
on Tue, 05/03/2011 - 2:24am Permalink
Nice catch there, jacos!
Re: Bad Cold War cartoon: Castro, Kennedy fire missiles at ...
on Mon, 05/02/2011 - 8:47am Permalink
d-backs score 3 w/ a single & we have 3 innings w/ man on 2nd & no outs that end up goose eggs...but hey,in the silver lining dept., pena almost hit a homerun which would have broken the tie between hill & the power combo of pena & ramirez!
Re: Bad Cold War cartoon: Castro, Kennedy fire missiles at ...
on Mon, 05/02/2011 - 9:16am Permalink
Oh, yes. I forgot to add that it is plainly obvious that the Cubs play 10x better in warmer weather.
With rain in the forecast all weekend against the Reds, look for a Redlegs sweep.
ADAM GREENBERG gets a small measure of revenge.....
on Mon, 05/02/2011 - 10:21am Permalink
http://espn.go.com/espn/page2/index?id=6460558
Re: Bad Cold War cartoon: Castro, Kennedy fire missiles at ...
on Mon, 05/02/2011 - 11:47am Permalink
" I was in Chicago for roughly four years and I had three different ownership groups," Piniella said Monday on "The Mully & Hanley Show" on WSCR-AM 670. "That's not the easiest thing in the world, either."
Yeah that really tied your hands behind your back, Lou.
damn opposable thumbs
on Mon, 05/02/2011 - 4:09pm Permalink
via rotoworld
Carlos Pena (thumb) will continue to play through his recent slump.
His thumb isn't yet 100 percent, but Pena and Cubs manager Mike Quade have apparently come to an agreement. Pena, who signed a one-year, $10 million contract over the winter, is batting just .167 with 23 strikeouts over his first 66 at-bats. It's tough to recommend him in fantasy right now, especially if Jeff Baker continues to see at-bats against left-handers and some right-handers, as well
Re: Bad Cold War cartoon: Castro, Kennedy fire missiles at ...
on Mon, 05/02/2011 - 4:14pm Permalink
they had a closed-door meeting...was wondering what came out of it.