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40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full), plus two players are on the 60-DAY IL 

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PITCHERS: 14
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

INFIELDERS: 7
* Michael Busch 
Garrett Cooper
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
Christopher Morel
Dansby Swanson
Patrick Wisdom

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 12 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Luke Little, P
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 
* Justin Steele, P   

60-DAY IL: 2 
Caleb Kilian, P 
Julian Merryweather, P
 




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Trick or Treat

Submitted by Dr. Joseph Hecht on

On this morning's WSCR-AM, The Score sports talk show, hosts Mike Mulligan and Brian Hanley asked for input on what the Cub players were handing out for Halloween as trick and treaters knocked on their door. Some of the obvious treats were:

Derrick Lee's house was handing out double plays

Carlos Zambrano was handing out Gatorade

Ted Lilly was giving out tickets to NLDS game #4

Jim Hendry was shoveling out donuts

The Cub infielders were passing out Butterfingers...

I know our readers can apple polish this bit up; I just ask to please hold the razor blades.

 

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Submitted by 10man on Fri, 10/31/2008 - 10:21 pm

Jim Edmonds was handing out assgrabs and titty-twisters.

Submitted by Hawkeye on Fri, 10/31/2008 - 10:21 pm

I will reach way back and remind everyone that Henry Rodriguez was handing out Oh! Henrys.

Submitted by Chad on Fri, 10/31/2008 - 10:42 pm

Jim Edmonds was giving out self tanning lotion and hot dogs.

Submitted by tbone on Fri, 10/31/2008 - 10:43 pm

Bobby Howry was handing out home runs. I don't know what he'll be handing out at Halloween.

Submitted by Charlie on Fri, 10/31/2008 - 10:06 pm

Soriano was handing out mixed bags with a generous helping of All-or-Nothing.

Submitted by John Beasley on Fri, 10/31/2008 - 10:21 pm

Jim Hendry is handing out NTCs. The Shark is handing out 90-foot strolls.

Submitted by T-Dubs on Fri, 10/31/2008 - 10:23 pm

Jim Hendry - Jelly Bellies Len Kasper - Nerds Mike Fontenot - Runts Michael Barrett - Jawbreakers (for the Pierzynski kids) Felix Pie - Nut Surprise Cubs fans - suckers Non-Cub category: Tony LaRussa - Bottle Caps

Submitted by Dmac on Fri, 10/31/2008 - 10:46 pm

Grace was handing out pictures of his best "slump buster" girls.

Submitted by Dmac on Fri, 10/31/2008 - 10:47 pm

Lou was handing out blank lineup cards - except Fonzie was still in the Lead - off position. Trick or treat!

Submitted by tbone on Fri, 10/31/2008 - 10:31 pm

Lou handed out little wrapped up bags of Cubbie Swagger but when the kids got home and opened them, there was nothing inside.

Submitted by big_lowitzki on Fri, 10/31/2008 - 10:57 pm

mannytrillo was handing out dusty baker playing cards. chad was handing out mullet wigs. va phil was handing out minor leaguers. silent towel was handing out infield rakes. transmission was handing out lightning bolts. real neal was handing out cliff notes of The Wealth of Nations. TLFC was handing out Ted Lilly bobble heads. crunch was handing out seedlings. mikec was handing out arguments. navigator was handing out "How to be a jackass" books. yours truly was handing out copies of the communist manifesto.

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Submitted by 10man on Fri, 10/31/2008 - 10:02 pm

Aha, except autobiographies are written by people about themselves. So now dave and navigator are the same person?? Those schizophrenic arguments must get really tiring at times.

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Submitted by The Real Neal on Sat, 11/01/2008 - 11:08 am

That doesn't preclude 'The Navigator' from buying up all the copies. If it were his autobiography, it would be called 'The High Life with Howard Hughes' or something.

Submitted by Jackstraw on Fri, 10/31/2008 - 10:36 pm

DC used to hand out haikus. Not for a few years now.

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Submitted by The Real Neal on Sat, 11/01/2008 - 11:10 am

I think you mean 'the percentage of people that go to the main article' - I am sure that many of them don't read it. Not a dig, just saying that you go to a web page, glance it quickly to confirm that it doesn't have what you're looking for, then hit 'back' and try the next Google guess.

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Submitted by Rob G. on Sat, 11/01/2008 - 11:38 am

we get a pretty consistent traffic flow, about 50% are direct hits (people loading us up from their bookmarks or typing in the URL). While I certainly don't know the exact number that actually read every article in its entirety, I do know it's a lot more than the 15-50 people who regularly contribute to our comments. While there are certainly some comment lurkers that just read the comments and never post, it's still a small percentage of total overall readership...very small. And none of that even includes those who just read the RSS feed who currently don't get the comments at all.

I read a lot of blogs, a lot of websites (25-100 semi-regular basis), I read the comments on maybe 3 or 4 of them and contribute to about 2 of them. Now I'm not just basing my above assumption on that, it's also based on all the emails I get of people telling me to put all of Phil's and Dr. Hecht's info in posts instead of comments.

Submitted by Newport on Sat, 11/01/2008 - 11:30 am

Parachat was handing out gay witchcraft tips and suggestions.

Submitted by Pell Mell on Sat, 11/01/2008 - 11:29 pm

Fukudome was handing out whirlybirds Ronny Cedeno was handing out beets (that's what he thought they were saying) Phil Rogers was handing out spinach quiche (sources said!) Mr. Whipple was handing out old Blatz bootlegs Carlos was handing out filthy playing cards

Recent comments

  • crunch (view)

    now that cooper is gone, who's going to the IL?  seems like it will probably be a pitcher at this point.

  • crunch (view)

    can't wait to see what A-ball fringe corner OF/1st he'll be traded for...

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Cooper DFA'd

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Players on the 40 can be recalled and be placed on the MLB Taxi Squad for one day, like for example if a club is unsure if a player might or might not be placed on the IL ("game time decision"). Like maybe Happ, for example. 

    Also, a player on the MLB Taxi Squad must be returned to his optional assignment the next day if he is not officially recalled to the 26-man roster. 

    The player is NOT paid at the MLB split rate and does NOT accrue MLB Service Time while he is on the Taxi Squad. Also, it is not considered to be an official recall / option back if he is not added to the 26-man roster. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Wesneski has not spent 15 days on optional assignment since he was optioned so he cannot be recalled unless he is replacing a player being placed on the IL or other MLB inactive list (Paternity, Bereavement / Family Medical, et al), a player who is traded, or a player who is claimed off waivers.

  • crunch (view)

    excited to see more power in the lineup.

    HOU going with 3 righty starters vs the cubs and their only lefty pen arm is hader.

    unless busch has a mystery injury, we should see busch+mervis working all 3 games.

  • fullykräusened (view)

    More than 50 years ago (I'm old), I was in the audience when my HS choir performed the whole thing. (It was a really elite choir and director.) That was my first exposure to the piece. You're right, Sonicwind75, there is a lot more to it than "O Fortuna," just like there's a lot more to Beethoven's Ninth than the Ode to Joy, etc. Much if it, as you say, is bawdy: "O! O! Totus florio! Iam amori virginali, totus ardeo!" Basically, "I'm really horny for these virgins!" And the guys in the choir adopted the "Skoal"- type greeting from the tavern scene: "Wafna!" 

  • crunch (view)

    i would have pause if the cubs had a pitching squeeze.   as it is, they have more guys than they have roster.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Maybe Brewer

    He'd be able to leave the Cubs. He's out of options. That would open up a 40man spot.

    I don't think Jed would do that.

  • crunch (view)

    brewer has done nothing to keep him on the big league roster...imagine that's 1 guy gone.

    yeah, it's only 2 appearances, but they were both unimpressive.

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