Sunday Funnies: Albert Pujols' slump

That's it.

Just a cartoon.

Submitted by CubbyBlue on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 8:14am

Comments

Submitted by artskoe
on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 10:41am

Let's not forget Ron Paul...

...Bozo...

...Mr. Irrelevant...

and Joan Rivers.

Submitted by WISCGRAD
on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 10:57am

DeWitt DFAed to make room for Wood.

Also, report that Stewart is out today due to the flu, same thing Garza had and says Maine and Baker also sick.

Submitted by Charlie
on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 11:09am

So Mather is playing 3B I guess, with Stewart and Baker sick and DeWitt DFA'd.

When do the Cubs trade Baker? You don't need him with a righty hitting 2B and Joe Mather ready to sub at 3B and 1B when necessary. Please find a taker, Theo.

Submitted by WISCGRAD
on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 11:56am

Yeah, Mather is starting at 3B today. And if Mather can play 1B and 3B, Barney can play SS and 2B, and Cardenas can play 2B, SS, and 3B, you don't need Baker or DeWitt on the roster.

Submitted by Cubster
on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 11:09am

is Maine up? or was he sent to Iowa to infect Mike W, BJax and Rizzo?

Submitted by crunch
on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 4:47pm

with maine's numbers and performance in the bigs over his short time...he, out of all the relievers, has no business being in the minors.

conspiracy watch (ron paul approved): maine was the 1st of the cubs players to come down with the bug that's taken down garza/stewart/baker.

*shrug*

he pitched last night in iowa... 1ip 0h 0bb 1k

Submitted by Cubster
on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 11:11am

so when TWood gets sent down when Garza is better, do they bring up Adrian Cardenas to fill the utility role that DeWitt held? or add another lefty for the pen (Maine)?

Submitted by George Altman
on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 11:44am

My money would be on Cardenas coming up.

Submitted by Old and Blue
on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 11:15am

So much for my theory that Concepcion was going through a cultural hangover. He got hammered again.

Submitted by John Beasley
on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 12:06pm

He's had about as much success against Midwest League hitters as I would expect to have.

Where's my $6 million?!?!?

Submitted by Cubster
on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 12:38pm

Severe thunderstorms passing thru Chicago but it looks like they will be over the lake by 2pm

http://www.weather.com/weather/map/interactiv...

Submitted by tem99
on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 12:42pm

I'm in the NW burbs by O'Hare and it's been thunderstorming here for the last hour or so. The rain hasn't been crazy bad though.

Submitted by Charlie
on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 2:29pm

Ugh. 4 IP, 6H, 4BB, 2HR, 5ER. Time to try to make it as a position player? ERA up to 6.75. Wonder how long he'll continue on the mound if he doesn't start getting better results.

Submitted by Cubster
on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 3:09pm

At the ballpark, just announced weather should clear in 30 min (3:30pm). My guess is game starts in about 1 hour.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 3:14pm

My nose hairs are known for their 80 power.

Submitted by Cubster
on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 3:42pm

Per Muskat...

I-Cubs release Dan Berland

(we hardly knew ya)

Jonathan Mota promoted to Iowa.

Grounds crew on the field to clear tarp, start 4 pm cst.

Edit, 3:40 pm. Tarp off.

Submitted by Mike Wellman
on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 3:56pm

Guess DB was a one-hitter wonder. That first out came too easy for him last night & went to his head. Forget I mentioned him...Wells quoted in local paper today as essentially admitting that he figured he was golden on the big league roster & is bitter about demotion...sure he had some modest success but not nearly enough to figure there was no need to get better...away w/ him!

Submitted by George Altman
on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 4:08pm

I read this that the new regime is very hip to R.Wells shit. I believe he would have had to blow them away in Arizona to bring him North, and he is rotation insurance until 7/31. Not that they wouldn't trade him NOW if the right offer came to them, but he will be traded or non-tendered after the season. No sense in giving him away this early for nothing and/or paying his $2m+ salary to boot.

Submitted by Mike Wellman
on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 4:12pm

I musta been jinxing bjax the last couple nights!

Umpire trivia: where did today's 1B ump Eric Cooper work part-time during his college days? Answer: @ a pub in des moines owned @ the time by TCR correspondent yours truly!

Submitted by crunch
on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 4:36pm

hi, we're the cubs middle infield...watch us not turn double plays.

classic...

1-0 dodgers.

i think this is perhaps the biggest untold story about this middle IF...it's frustrating to watch.

Submitted by Mike Wellman
on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 4:36pm

that was decidedly not major league caliber defense!

Submitted by Rob G.
on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 5:14pm

Castro looked safe at 2b after his RBI single.

Submitted by superjimmer
on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 5:27pm

Agreed. Safe on a bang bang. Ball beat him but was high.

Man, LaHair gets more 1/2 at bats that are finished the next inning than anyone. This wasn't one of them, but Castro has a lot of crazy baserunning in front of LaHair. Doesn't seem to bother him tho . . .

Btw does LaHair qualifies as rookie this year?

Submitted by Rob G.
on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 7:04pm

No, 150 PA's in 2008 plus the handful last year.

Submitted by Old and Blue
on Mon, 05/07/2012 - 5:08pm

Fuck you, Rob.

Submitted by crunch
on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 6:45pm

chris davis (BAL, 1st/3rd) goes 0-8 at the plate...but is about to pick up his 1st MLB pitching win.

woo, 17 inning games.

btw, darnell mcdonald (BOS, OF) is in line to pick up the loss.

2ip 2h 1bb 2k and a win for davis...ha. 0.00era/1.50whip

Submitted by Charlie
on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 7:04pm

Tomorrow's headline: Cubs acquire Chris Davis, DFA Marmol.

Submitted by crunch
on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 7:01pm

whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy was he sent home???

...tie game at least.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 7:02pm

Right call by ump.

Submitted by Charlie
on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 7:04pm

Yup.

Submitted by superjimmer
on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 7:06pm

Wrong call by cubs. Castro and LaHair on deck. Wtf.

Submitted by superjimmer
on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 7:09pm

Also safe to say, if LaHair leads off 5 innings in the game - Castro is having a rough game. Probably as bad a game as you can have with 2 RBI ...

Submitted by superjimmer
on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 7:32pm

MLB tv just cut off the telecast. Damn. Anyone else getting this? seems like 7hrs from when the coverage was scheduled to begin is the limit?

Submitted by superjimmer
on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 7:44pm

Cubs just played three series in a row damn well.

Submitted by jacos
on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 7:51pm

Well this cub win helps softens the blow of the death of George "Goober"Lyndsey.

BTW Pujols homered today...d'oh!

Well some of us have been clamoring for this patient ab's and taken extras bases, seems we are getting are share this year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blQrIySidOA

Submitted by crunch
on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 8:19pm

latroy hawkins's stint as angels closer for the injured s.downs started and ended tonight...broke his pinky on the last play of the game. doh.

Submitted by The E-Man
on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 8:58pm

He can do what we can, but we can't do what he does...

Submitted by Cubster
on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 9:06pm

Rotoworld says they expect Cubs to call up Adrian Cardenas when TWood goes back (tomorrow).

http://www.rotoworld.com/player/mlb/4793/adri...

Submitted by superjimmer
on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 9:15pm

How about an "attaboy" for Travis Wood? Pitched pretty good, and hit even better!!

Submitted by Old and Blue
on Mon, 05/07/2012 - 5:09pm

Maybe the boys know what they are doing, after all.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Mon, 05/07/2012 - 5:39pm

voodoo magic he performed on Kemp's hamstring worked out well :)

best you can expect for an emergency start certainly

Submitted by superjimmer
on Mon, 05/07/2012 - 5:44pm

Especially the bat tho! Who'd a guessed? He pretty much ignited a dead team with that first double.

Submitted by Cubster
on Mon, 05/07/2012 - 6:37pm

Fuck you, Rob.
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O&B. Jealous of Rob's nosehair?

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