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crunch 4 days 2 hours ago (view)

5 IN A ROW!

hack wilson, ryne sandberg, sammy sosa, christopher morel, and michael busch.

Cubster 4 days 5 hours ago (view)

A bit more Jewish take on one of my favorite Cubs, Kenny Holtzman. His 9-0 season while serving in the National Guard and being available to pitch on weekends was one of my coolest teen recollections. 

https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/388554

Cubster 4 days 5 hours ago (view)

Suzuki out with oblique strain. Canario indeed is called up. No word on Morel so that might be a red herring (or a red digit).

AZ lineup is posted but Counsell is always late to post his lineup.

crunch 4 days 6 hours ago (view)

You have to C it! (tm)

Dolorous Jon Lester 4 days 6 hours ago (view)

Best hitter: IL with oblique strain

Second best hitter: hasn’t looked the same since jamming his right hand during a swing

Third best hitter: playing through a sore hammy

Best pitcher: IL after one start 

Second best RP: IL after 1.5 weeks

Noice 

crunch 4 days 6 hours ago (view)

suzuki 10d IL.

right oblique strain.  ow.  that's generally more than a 10d thing.

Dolorous Jon Lester 4 days 6 hours ago (view)

Seiya on IL with an oblique strain

crunch 4 days 6 hours ago (view)

cooper and morel are on the field doing pre-game stuff so it's not them...

George Altman 4 days 7 hours ago (view)

I'll always remember his 3-0 No-hitter against the Braves when Aaron's HR was blown back into the LF well and BIlly Williams made the catch with his back against the ivy.

Charlie 4 days 9 hours ago (view)

I got to attend the Saturday game in person. The crowd really was half, or more, Cubs fans. It was nice to see Morel looking confident at third. Imanaga looked slightly less dominant but I was excited to be there for his first win. Almonte and Neris looked just as uninspiring as they have on TV so far. 

Arizona Phil 4 days 10 hours ago (view)

I was at the Cubs - Dodgers game at Wrigley Field in May 1967, the last game before Ken Holtzman was to report for active duty and be gone for a long time. (He ended up getting leave occasionally on weekends so he could pitch for the Cubs). Cubs won 20-3. Knocked out Claude Osteen. Holtzman pitched a complete game. Randy Hundley hit a grand slam. Adolfo Phillips hit a HR and a double and drove in six runs. Even Glenn Beckett hit a HR! Ted Savage stole home (and it was a true "Jackie Robinson" steal of home, too, not the back end of a double steal). For me, it was one of the most memorable Cubs games of the 1960's.

Arizona Phil 4 days 11 hours ago (view)

azbobbop: No update on Derniche Valdez. He is still on the Restricted List. 

crunch 4 days 11 hours ago (view)

ken holtzman has died.

crunch 4 days 12 hours ago (view)

if it's not a morel injury i'd at least like him to sit long enough to get his finger healed.  he doesn't seem to be swinging as strongly and even foul balls are bothering him.  he's been carrying the injury for a week-ish now.

dude almost lost is career and use of one of his hands years ago, and he's young...nothing short of his hand falling off will have him telling counsell or the trainers he's not good to go.

Arizona Phil 4 days 12 hours ago (view)

Could be Paternity or Bereavement.

crunch 4 days 12 hours ago (view)

weird.

morel IL (finally)?  cooper done with the cubs?  something else...

twitter detectives seem to think suzuki may have injured himself yesterday...

Childersb3 4 days 13 hours ago (view)

Heyman reports Canario is being promoted
No mention of who's going down
This seems weird
I'm not upset at all, but is he going to play?
Wisdom staying to Iowa?
Mastro going down?
Someone hurt?
We'll see

crunch 4 days 17 hours ago (view)

truth.  his velocity does tend to peak out at 80-90 pitches, but i think he has it in him with regular work given what he showed last season.

the fact he moves so seamlessly between starting and long relief may doom him to the pen, anyway.

TarzanJoeWallis 4 days 17 hours ago (view)

Phil, my presumption was that the Cubs are sellers at the trade deadline and that Happ would be willing to waive his no trade clause to play for a potential WS champion. Lots of ifs there but I don’t think completely out of the question.

Arizona Phil 5 days ago (view)

Julio Teheran was a SP for the Brewers last season, so Counsell should know him pretty well.