Week of 3/4-3/10 Spring Training Game Thread

[Smack]

Nice to hear Pat again.

 

It's pretty damn lame that I paid for MLB Audio to listen to day games at work and I can't use it on the iPad without paying another $15 fee. I already paid for the damn thing. So I have to stream it over my crappy work pc which is already slow... or pay the $15. I'll probably break down and pay...

 

Hell I would pay for the MLB TV package if I could get the games live in Milwaukee...

[otis89]

Hell I would pay for the MLB TV package if I could get the games live in Milwaukee...

 

That's the only reason I refuse to buy MLB.tv, too. I can't watch Cubs games with it because I'm in their "home territory." I'm 180 miles south of Chicago! Come on, MLB! Blacking out games down here accomplishes absolutely nothing.

[Smack]

Hell I would pay for the MLB TV package if I could get the games live in Milwaukee...

 

That's the only reason I refuse to buy MLB.tv, too. I can't watch Cubs games with it because I'm in their "home territory." I'm 180 miles south of Chicago! Come on, MLB! Blacking out games down here accomplishes absolutely nothing.

 

I don't even get WGN HD (thank you Time Warner Cable), so I get a handful of ESPN/FOX games and standard definition WGN games if I care to stomach those..

[MWV]

Who is Marco Carrillo?

[Flames24Rulz]

Keith Moreland is a terrible listen. Poor Pat.

[Smack]

Who is Marco Carrillo?

 

a bum apparently

[Sammys Boombox]

Castro, Rizzo, and Szczur all bat in the same inning. I wonder how long it will be before we see that in Chicago.

[Smack]

Castro, Rizzo, and Szczur all bat in the same inning. I wonder how long it will be before we see that in Chicago.

 

September?

[SouthSideRyan]

Who is Marco Carrillo?

 

a bum apparently

 

But not da bum :(

[El Duderino]

Castro, Rizzo, and Szczur all bat in the same inning. I wonder how long it will be before we see that in Chicago.

 

September?

 

i didn't think szczur was close to ML ready.

[TruffleShuffle]

ok who the F is fabio castro?

[Smack]

Castro, Rizzo, and Szczur all bat in the same inning. I wonder how long it will be before we see that in Chicago.

 

September?

 

i didn't think szczur was close to ML ready.

 

I think he's starting in AA, so it's not out of the question for a cup of coffee.

[SouthSideRyan]

ok who the F is fabio castro?

 

He was involved in some Phillies trade at some time. The Freddy Garcia deal maybe?

 

ETA: Daniel Haigwood and then Matt Stairs?? Why does this stupid [expletive] stick in my head?

Edited March 5, 2012 by SouthSideRyan

[Guest]

Szczur probably won't see Iowa unless he absolutely kills the ball this year, so a September call up would be incredibly aggressive.

[Guest]

Castro, Rizzo, and Szczur all bat in the same inning. I wonder how long it will be before we see that in Chicago.

 

September?

 

i didn't think szczur was close to ML ready.

 

I think he's starting in AA, so it's not out of the question for a cup of coffee.

 

I think and hope he's starting at A+.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Castro, Rizzo, and Szczur all bat in the same inning. I wonder how long it will be before we see that in Chicago.

 

September?

 

i didn't think szczur was close to ML ready.

 

I think he's starting in AA, so it's not out of the question for a cup of coffee.

 

He'd have to really impress to earn it, even as a September call up. Even if Soriano, Byrd, and Johnson are all traded/injured, I'd assume that Jackson, Sappelt, and Campana would round out the outfield along with DeJesus. If LaHair manages to impress with the bat, they might even want to give him a look in the outfield for future considerations while Rizzo gets 1B.

[Smack]

Ah, ok. I just read his prospect blurb in the 2012 BA prospect handbook yesterday and they said he would likely start in AA. That's where I got it from. This is the first year I ever got the prospect handbook, I'm trying to pay more attention to the minors now that they're actually going to matter more (I hope).

[ctcf]

This should be a fun season of base stealing. FUNdamentals!

[Guest]

I just read the chapter on baserunning in The Extra 2%, so I'm pretty excited about it.

[Rob]

Brett Jackson with a 3 run jack.

[otis89]

This should be a fun season of base stealing. FUNdamentals!

 

I think DeJesus should stop trying to steal. He's 51 for 97 in his career. That's a crappy success rate.

[Guest]

Brett Jackson with a 3 run jack.

 

Guy is beast moding.

[Guest]

Soriano also with a jack

[Guest]

Rizzo with an RBI single after Soriano's double.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Soriano with another HR !! Now 7-3 CUBS in the 5th.