08/19 St. Louis (Garcia) @ CUBS (Wells) 1:20 CDT, CSN TV

[Guest]

I didn't see it, but was it a true hit and run? Castro takes a lot of swings, and Campana would be more likely to not notice the line drive if he were singularly focused on stealing 2nd.

[Little Slide Rooter]

I didn't see it, but was it a true hit and run? Castro takes a lot of swings, and Campana would be more likely to not notice the line drive if he were singularly focused on stealing 2nd.

 

That's what I got from it via gameday.

[Careless]

I didn't see it, but was it a true hit and run? Castro takes a lot of swings, and Campana would be more likely to not notice the line drive if he were singularly focused on stealing 2nd.

i don't know, and it wasn't a line drive. Castro skied it to very short right, Campana got to second, stood up, looked around for a few seconds, then took off for third, got about 15 feet before noticing his coach waving him back. Got most of the way back before being thrown out, too

 

And we even get a nice win out of the day.

Edited August 19, 2011 by Careless

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I didn't see it, but was it a true hit and run? Castro takes a lot of swings, and Campana would be more likely to not notice the line drive if he were singularly focused on stealing 2nd.

 

It was a straight steal and Castro swung at the pitch. Cards defenders deked Campana.

 

Bob (who gets hard for hit and runs) blamed Campana for not picking up the third base coach, but if anyone's at fault there, it's Castro.

[SouthSideRyan]

I didn't see it, but was it a true hit and run? Castro takes a lot of swings, and Campana would be more likely to not notice the line drive if he were singularly focused on stealing 2nd.

 

It was a straight steal and Castro swung at the pitch. Cards defenders deked Campana.

 

Bob (who gets hard for hit and runs) blamed Campana for not picking up the third base coach, but if anyone's at fault there, it's Castro.

 

Why?

[UMFan83]

Cubs win again today!

[Little Slide Rooter]

Cubs are 1-0 in the Randy Bush era.

[Careless]

I didn't see it, but was it a true hit and run? Castro takes a lot of swings, and Campana would be more likely to not notice the line drive if he were singularly focused on stealing 2nd.

 

It was a straight steal and Castro swung at the pitch. Cards defenders deked Campana.

 

Bob (who gets hard for hit and runs) blamed Campana for not picking up the third base coach, but if anyone's at fault there, it's Castro.

 

Why?

Presumably for swinging at a pitch out of the zone when his teammate was stealing.

[Irrelevant Dude]

This is awesome. For the first time in the last couple years, I can freely root for the Cubs without hesitation, knowing that the Cubs have finally made a commitment to change. Really nice to see Colvin come through there.

[CubmanPi]

Cubs are 1-0 in the Randy Bush era.

Hendry was a game over .500 too. This means nothing.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Cubs are 1-0 in the Randy Bush era.

Hendry was a game over .500 too. This means nothing.

 

Did that really need green font?

[jersey cubs fan]

Cubs are 1-0 in the Randy Bush era.

Hendry was a game over .500 too. This means nothing.

 

W% matters.

[Guest]

Cubs are 1-0 in the Randy Bush era.

Hendry was a game over .500 too. This means nothing.

 

Did that really need green font?

 

 

Did that?

[Guest]

Doesn't it suck (and isn't it so fitting) that the one awesome young hitter we have come up through the system is a guy who is nearly entirely allergic to drawing walks?

 

 

I love Castro and if he continues to develop power he's going to be great, but that is always going to gnaw at me.

[CubmanPi]

Pena's failure to teach him is proof that Pena is a poor leader.

[Guest]

Pena's failure to teach him is proof that Pena is a poor leader.

 

Very true.

[CyHawk_Cub]

Pena's failure to teach him is proof that Pena is a poor leader.

 

He can't help it, due to his Latin-ness & whatnot

[CubColtPacer]

I didn't see it, but was it a true hit and run? Castro takes a lot of swings, and Campana would be more likely to not notice the line drive if he were singularly focused on stealing 2nd.

 

It was a straight steal and Castro swung at the pitch. Cards defenders deked Campana.

 

Bob (who gets hard for hit and runs) blamed Campana for not picking up the third base coach, but if anyone's at fault there, it's Castro.

 

Why?

Presumably for swinging at a pitch out of the zone when his teammate was stealing.

 

It wasn't out of the zone though. The video of that play is up on Gameday, and the pitch is a clear strike. In fact, it was a really good pitch to hit. That's on Campana there. Unless there was a take sign (unlikely with a 2-1 count), he has to know Castro is going to swing if he gets a pitch like that and he just has to have more awareness of what's going on there. He had a ton of time to get back.

[CubColtPacer]

Doesn't it suck (and isn't it so fitting) that the one awesome young hitter we have come up through the system is a guy who is nearly entirely allergic to drawing walks?

 

 

I love Castro and if he continues to develop power he's going to be great, but that is always going to gnaw at me.

 

Castro has never really needed to take a walk though. Growing up with little power and a unbelievably elite hit tool makes it very hard to have any reason to walk. There's no need to wait for a good pitch when you're hitting singles anyway and you can reach out and hit a bad pitch for a single.

 

Hopefully as his power continues to develop he realizes that he will have to wait in order to get the type of pitches that he can hit over the fence. But anybody with that elite of plate coverage is going to have a hard time holding back.

[Little Slide Rooter]

The way things are going, The Brewers are going to have this division locked up by the end of the month. How often is it where a division has had 4 different champs in 4 consecutive years? Each of the past 3, including The Cubs twice in a row have severely wet themselves when October rolled along.