3/16ST Cubs (Guzman) @ White Sox (Vazquez) 3:05CT WGN TV

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From that same BCB article:

 

You'll like this. I was talking to Bruce Miles while we were watching Prior throw, and I casually mentioned, without making an accusation, the difference in the size of Prior's calves (remember "Calfzilla"?) when he first came up, compared to now -- they look almost sticklike. Guess who, standing right next to me, rolled her eyes and said, "Oh, come on!"?? That's right, Carrie Muskat. Draw your own conclusions.

 

Carrie Muskat is self conscious about the size of her calves?

[C.C.]

Wasn't Prior pitching at night?

 

Nope, pitched this morning. Well, if you call it pitching.

[BRASKYS SCOTCH]

Erstad grounds out to Lee.

 

1 out.

 

 

yeah, but it was a "grinder's" ground-out. Eeesh, Hawk ... zip it.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Thome flies out to left.

 

2 out.

[98navigator]

Guzman is really pitching well. He has better poise and command than last season.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Damn that curve looked good!

[98navigator]

Wasn't Prior pitching at night?

 

Nope, pitched this morning. Well, if you call it pitching.

 

was it 7am?

[PrimeTime]

Gooz offspeed stuff is awsome today

[MustangMike]

Guzman is really pitching well. He has better poise and command than last season.

 

 

Its nice to see young talent on the cubs stepping up and creating his own opportunity isn't it? :)

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Guzman is really pitching well. He has better poise and command than last season.

 

His stuff is back so he's got a lot more confidence.

[David]

From that same BCB article:

 

You'll like this. I was talking to Bruce Miles while we were watching Prior throw, and I casually mentioned, without making an accusation, the difference in the size of Prior's calves (remember "Calfzilla"?) when he first came up, compared to now -- they look almost sticklike. Guess who, standing right next to me, rolled her eyes and said, "Oh, come on!"?? That's right, Carrie Muskat. Draw your own conclusions.

 

I'm by no means a fan of Muskat, but I'd roll my eyes too. Calling his calves "stick-like" is asinine.

[PrimeTime]

Well, we all know what happened then. No need to belabor it, but this morning in Mesa, Arizona, many miles, many years, and much water under the bridge from that October day, Mark Prior stood on a mound at Fitch Park in front of about fifty fans and reporters and Cubs brass, trying to figure out what went wrong, bringing him to the point at which his career might hinge.

 

But most importantly, the guy who used to look like he was on top of the baseball world had absolutely no mound presence. Constantly wiping his face (it wasn't that hot at 8:30 in the morning!), scuffling around, he looked as if he'd rather have been just about anywhere else in the world than on that pitcher's mound.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Kornerko grounds out to Theriot. Inning over.

 

End of 3, 2-1 Sox.

 

Guzman looked sharp in the third.

[E.J.]

Great inning for the Gooz. He looks really good. Wasn't really his fault that 2 runs were given up. I don't see how he can't be the 5th starter.

[VanceJergins]

Any word on Prior today? I know he was pitching a minor league game..

 

This is what the guy from bleedcubbieclue.com had to say.Dosent look good for Prior.

 

I'm here to tell you it's unhinged. Prior threw four innings, fifty-nine pitches (only a little more than half of them, thirty-two, were strikes). He walked two, hit a batter, was constantly behind hitters, gave up two hits and no runs to a team consisting of players who will wind up spending this year playing for Tennessee and Daytona (some names I recognized: Dopirak, Fontenot, Spears, Simokaitis). The outs were hit fairly hard, and it was just not very impressive. There weren't any scouts with radar guns -- just one of the Cubs' minor leaguers behind the plate with one. I was able to see it while Jason Marquis (who was the opposing pitcher; he went today in this game because the Cubs wanted Angel Guzman to face the White Sox) was on the mound; Marquis was consistently at 90.

 

But while Prior was throwing, this player (who I couldn't identify; he was wearing warmups) hid the gun so no one but him could see it. It didn't matter. It was easy to see that Marquis' fastball was popping into the catcher's glove; Prior's wasn't. Prior seemed to be dropping down his arm again -- that's a sign of something wrong, even though he and everyone else denies it.

 

From the stats alone, that seems like improvement..... I guess it depends on how much this guy really knows.

[RichHillIsABeast]

Wasn't Prior pitching at night?

 

Nope, pitched this morning. Well, if you call it pitching.

 

was it 7am?

 

Yeah, they had it early so Rothschild could go to both games.

[98navigator]

Guzman is really pitching well. He has better poise and command than last season.

 

 

Its nice to see young talent on the cubs stepping up and creating his own opportunity isn't it? :)

 

It's fabulous

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Great inning for the Gooz. He looks really good. Wasn't really his fault that 2 runs were given up. I don't see how he can't be the 5th starter.

 

I'll be eager to read Lou's comments after the game.

[CubColtPacer]

Great inning for the Gooz. He looks really good. Wasn't really his fault that 2 runs were given up. I don't see how he can't be the 5th starter.

 

At least 1 of the runs was his fault-he gave up 3 straight singles-1 run would at least have scored even if there hadn't been 2 misplays allowing runners to move up.

[goonys evil twin]

From that same BCB article:

 

You'll like this. I was talking to Bruce Miles while we were watching Prior throw, and I casually mentioned, without making an accusation, the difference in the size of Prior's calves (remember "Calfzilla"?) when he first came up, compared to now -- they look almost sticklike. Guess who, standing right next to me, rolled her eyes and said, "Oh, come on!"?? That's right, Carrie Muskat. Draw your own conclusions.

 

I'm by no means a fan of Muskat, but I'd roll my eyes too. Calling his calves "stick-like" is asinine.

 

Yeah, that's a pretty stupid remark on his behalf.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Floyd K's. One out.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Jones singles to CF.

[Rob]

That was awkward looking.

[VanceJergins]

Wasn't Prior pitching at night?

 

Nope, pitched this morning. Well, if you call it pitching.

 

4 IP, 2H, 0 R..... You wouldnt call that pitching? I think there's a lot of over-reacting based on one guy's opinion.

[98navigator]

What is DJ talking about when he calls Murton an "aggressive hitter?"