ST - 2/25: Dodgers (Vargas) @ Cubs (Samardzija) - 2:05 PM CT

[David]

I'll try to listen to the first couple innings before class, but I really cant say that I'm excited yet. I'd normally be pumped like crazy for today's game, decked out in cubs gear, and finding a way to listen to the whole thing; but I just don't feel it this year. Maybe once a couple of these games go by I will, but eh. Stupid 2008 cubs broke my spirit. Jerks.

 

It's probably good that you're not that excited for a meaningless (and incredibly boring) spring training game (although it'll be fun to listen to an inning or two after all this time). If you're not excited come Opening Day, that's when you talk about your spirit being broken.

 

I think it's got more to do with being older than any heartbreak from last year, anyway. 10 years ago I would listen to the whole games and get just as excited/pissed as I would for a regular season game. That seems completely ridiculous to me now. But time went a lot slower back then and I guess the offseason seemed a lot longer than it does now. Before I know it, it'll be real opening day.

 

Meh.

Edited February 25, 2009 by David

[Irrelevant Dude]

Anyone who isn't jonesing to hear Pat proclaim that Chicago Cubs baseball is on the air did a better job weathering the long winter than I.

I hear ya... I don't care what the calendar says, those words mark the beginning of spring.

[BleacherBadger]

Wierd, I don't have any more meetings scheduled after 2 today.

 

Spring training or not, baseball gets my blood flowing.

[Guest]

Dodgers:

7 Pierre

2 Ausmus

9 Ethier

3 Loney

5 Blake

2 Kemp

4 DeWitt

DH Young

6 Abreu

1 Vargas

 

Cubs:

7 Soriano

6 Theriot

3 Lee

DH Hoffpauir

2 Soto

4 Fontenot

8 Johnson

9 Robnett

5 Scales

1 Samardzija

 

Temps in the low 80s in Mesa.

[anabiono]

yes, scales!

[justlikethecubs]

almost gametime. if anybody has time to give updates it would be appreciated. having problems getting the audio feed to work from mlb.com

[Fred Hornkohl]

Hughes just said it.... "Chicago CUBS baseball is on the air" !!!!

 

 

Go CUBS !!!

[tulsacubfan]

Hughes just said it.... "Chicago CUBS baseball is on the air" !!!!

 

 

Go CUBS !!!

 

Best thing I have heard in a long time!!!!!

[Sammy Sofa]

ST or not, hearing all the cheesy intro music and Pat meas that all is right in the world.

[Electron Blue]

alphonsio!!

[Twiggy]

Signed up for MLB Radio earlier, but can't get the damn thing to work.

[Cubswin11]

Johnson with a great diving catch it sounds like, Samardzija isn't going to last long as a starter if he's giving up rockets to Brad Freakin Asmus.

[Cubswin11]

1,2,3 inning Flyout (Pierre), Lineout (Asmus), and Strikeout (Ethier)

[Guest]

Soriano leadoff single in the bottom of the 1st. Shows up in ST, not the playoffs. Bum.

 

Theriot single to RF.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Milton Bradley not in the lineup? Commence panic sequence.

[David]

Milton Bradley not in the lineup? Commence panic sequence.

 

lawl

[Guest]

Milton Bradley not in the lineup? Commence panic sequence.

 

Milton Bradley and Aramis Ramirez are slated to start tomorrow.

[WTFCUBS]

Pats a bit rusty.

[Guest]

Lee walks. Hoffpauir grounds into a run-scoring double play. 1-0 Cubs, 2 outs, Theriot at third. Or, as Pat calls him, Theriano.

[Sammy Sofa]

Theriot's name is messing up Pat's broadcast left and right.

[justlikethecubs]

at least Lee didnt hit into the double play.

[Cubswin11]

Cubs already in midseason form, bases loaded nobody out and get 1 run on a GIDP.

[cheapseats]

at least Lee didnt hit into the double play.

 

Theriot hit into double plays at a higher rate last year. He just didn't have as many opportunities.

[Guest]

           1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9    R   H   E  
LA Dodgers 0                                    0   0   0 
Chi Cubs   1                                    1   2   0

Chi Cubs    IP  H R ER BB SO HR ERA 
Samardzija  1.0 0 0 0  0  1  0  0.00

[justlikethecubs]

Cubs already in midseason form, bases loaded nobody out and get 1 run on a GIDP.

 

Hoff has learned from the watching the rest of the team. I think he cemented his spot on the team with that at bat.