It begins.... Spring Training pics.

[Sammy Sofa]

Soriano LEEDING OFF?!!?!?!?11 ONLY THE COBZ, NOTHING HAS CHANGED!!!1111

[Sammy Sofa]

LULZ at "Sorry-ano" (minus the hyphen) filtered to "Soriano."

[Derwood]

wrigley23, where art thou?

[Guest]

I have no idea where to put this, and don't really want to go to Game threads quite yet, but from today's intrasquad:

 

@ESPNChiCubs Wow. Szczur just tagged up and scored from second base on R. Johnson's fly ball to the wall in RF.

 

Brett Jackson led off the intrasquad with a HR off T. Wood.

[MWV]

I have no idea where to put this, and don't really want to go to Game threads quite yet, but from today's intrasquad:

 

@ESPNChiCubs Wow. Szczur just tagged up and scored from second base on R. Johnson's fly ball to the wall in RF.

 

This statement contains near-lethal levels of of grit and hustle.

[SouthSideRyan]

I have no idea where to put this, and don't really want to go to Game threads quite yet, but from today's intrasquad:

 

@ESPNChiCubs Wow. Szczur just tagged up and scored from second base on R. Johnson's fly ball to the wall in RF.

 

This statement contains near-lethal levels of of grit and hustle.

 

Not from DeJesus and Barney

[jersey cubs fan]

I have no idea where to put this, and don't really want to go to Game threads quite yet, but from today's intrasquad:

 

@ESPNChiCubs Wow. Szczur just tagged up and scored from second base on R. Johnson's fly ball to the wall in RF.

 

Are we sure it wasn't to left field? I could see Soriano letting that happen.

[Guest]

Padilla and Muskat tweeted RF, so it was on DeJesus. Wind's blowing out pretty well apparently.

[jersey cubs fan]

WHERE ARE THE FUNDAMENTALS!!!!!!?????????!?!?

[Sammy Sofa]

I have no idea where to put this, and don't really want to go to Game threads quite yet, but from today's intrasquad:

 

@ESPNChiCubs Wow. Szczur just tagged up and scored from second base on R. Johnson's fly ball to the wall in RF.

 

This statement contains near-lethal levels of of grit and hustle.

 

His name is too ambiguously ethnic.

[jersey cubs fan]

I have no idea where to put this, and don't really want to go to Game threads quite yet, but from today's intrasquad:

 

@ESPNChiCubs Wow. Szczur just tagged up and scored from second base on R. Johnson's fly ball to the wall in RF.

 

This statement contains near-lethal levels of of grit and hustle.

 

His name is too ambiguously ethnic.

 

Italians have been granted white guy status ever since Rocky came out.

[El Duderino]

I have no idea where to put this, and don't really want to go to Game threads quite yet, but from today's intrasquad:

 

@ESPNChiCubs Wow. Szczur just tagged up and scored from second base on R. Johnson's fly ball to the wall in RF.

 

This statement contains near-lethal levels of of grit and hustle.

 

His name is too ambiguously ethnic.

 

Italians have been granted white guy status ever since Rocky came out.

 

I can attest to this

[Guest]

I have no idea where to put this, and don't really want to go to Game threads quite yet, but from today's intrasquad:

 

@ESPNChiCubs Wow. Szczur just tagged up and scored from second base on R. Johnson's fly ball to the wall in RF.

 

This statement contains near-lethal levels of of grit and hustle.

 

His name is too ambiguously ethnic.

 

Italians have been granted white guy status ever since Rocky came out.

 

Awesome.

[Old Style]

Did you know that LaHair is french for "the hair?"

:clapping:

[Fast Freddie Bynum]

Did you know that LaHair is french for "the hair?"

 

What's Bryan French for?

[SouthSideRyan]

Did you know that LaHair is french for "the hair?"

 

What's Bryan French for?

 

Pure Pig's Anus

[pitchcs]

Wow, Brett Jackson 3-3 with a HR (off T. Wood) & 2 BB today. Not bad.

[mul21]

Did you know that LaHair is french for "the hair?"

 

What's Bryan French for?

 

Pubic

[El Duderino]

Was this gem of a quote posted yet?

 

"He’s a lifetime .260, .265 hitter that’s hit home runs and getting 200, 300, 350 at-bats a year. That’s like hitting .300 as an everyday player when you can put those numbers up playing once, twice a week pinch hitting.

- Swaim on Blake DeWitt

[Cubswin11]

Was this gem of a quote posted yet?

 

"He’s a lifetime .260, .265 hitter that’s hit home runs and getting 200, 300, 350 at-bats a year. That’s like hitting .300 as an everyday player when you can put those numbers up playing once, twice a week pinch hitting.

- Swaim on Blake DeWitt

Sveum is just a placeholder in my eyes. He's a guy who will keep the dumbass meathead fans happy with his managing style and quotes while Theo and the boys retool the system and bring in a real manager when we are ready to compete. I think this will be many of the WTF quotes we get from Sveum throughout his time as manager. All I really expect and ask of him is not to [expletive] with Castro, especially, or any of the other young guys coming up this year and in the coming years (Rizzo, Jackson, McNutt, etc.)

[Rob]

I think Sveum is the real deal. While the bench coach in Milwaukee he showed a willingness to do some pretty risky things when the numbers backed them up (like applying the pull shift to right handed batters). Theo and Hoyer have experience with him from when he worked for the Red Sox.

 

He's not a placeholder.

[Sammy Sofa]

Yeah, he's here to stay until he fucks up/the team keeps tanking. If they wanting to keep the meatballs happy they would have just hired Sandberg.

[A New Era]

there's some actual video up at the site now, of the intrasquad game. Hope he does more, I would love to see it.

 

http://journal.boysofspring.com/

[Tracer Bullet]

Was this gem of a quote posted yet?

 

"He’s a lifetime .260, .265 hitter that’s hit home runs and getting 200, 300, 350 at-bats a year. That’s like hitting .300 as an everyday player when you can put those numbers up playing once, twice a week pinch hitting.

- Swaim on Blake DeWitt

 

That's not a terrible thing for a manager to say. What harm is there in blowing smoke about some pinch hitter?

[Tracer Bullet]

Darwin Barney is my favorite and I love him and hope he's a Cub forever.

 

I'm interested to see what sort of contraption you come up with to watch games focusing on Barney at 2B while at the same time, preventing your eyes from seeing the Thing just a few dozen feet to his left.