6/26 Mets (Gee) @ Cubs (Wells), 7:05 PM, WCIU

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Anthony Rizzo 's Cubs debut and there's no game thread?

 

TV: WCIU. Radio: WGN.

 

RHP Randy Wells: 1-2, 25.2 IP, 4.91 ERA, 5.28 FIP, 6.23 xFIP, 3.86 K/9, 7.01 BB/9, 0.1 WAR

RHP Dillon Gee: 5-5, 90.2 IP, 4.27 ERA, 3.94 FIP, 3.34 xFIP, 8.24 K/9, 2.48 BB/9, 1.0 WAR

[pitchcs]

Probably the third game this year I'm excited to go to.

 

Rizzo is in the fantasy lineup over Freddie Freeman & Hosmer, time to stick there.

[Schwarber Fan]

What a fail that this game is on WCIU for everyone in Illinois... I'll be watching the Mets broadcast here in NY

 

http://media.zenfs.com/en/blogs/sptusfantasyexperts/Anthony-Rizzo-finally-gets-the-call-Getty-Images.jpg

[pitchcs]

Doesn't everyone in IL get WCIU?

[otis89]

Yay Rizzo!

 

Boo WCIU! Boo MLB's blackout rules!

[Sammy Sofa]

Ugh, Wells.

[Cubswin11]

Longest game thread of the year, with Rizzo's debut tonight?

[Stu]

Go Ratso

[El Duderino]

Probably the third game this year I'm excited to go to.

 

Rizzo is in the fantasy lineup over Freddie Freeman & Hosmer, time to stick there.

 

If he goes 0/5, i'm blaming you

[Andy]

I've grown so used to losing when I start game threads it completely blanked on me to start this one. Now I won't go down in history as the NSBBer to start Rizzo's first game thread. Sad.

[manbearcub]

[expletive] OFF WCIU

[C.C.]

WCIU! YES! I can watch the game. Can't flippin wait.

[El Duderino]

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/anthony-rizzos-swing/

[tgkimmel]

I really miss the days when WGN carried almost every game. . .on basic cable. :(

[Guest]

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/anthony-rizzos-swing/

 

Thanks for posting this. I just sent it to Boers and Bernstein after Abbatacola said that Rizzo had nothing left to prove (at the start of this season) at AAA.

 

They're about to talk about it. Just a heads up.

 

 

...and he just Tweeted it. I'm famous! Sorta...

 

Dan Bernstein ‏@dan_bernstein

The thorough @fangraphs analysis of Anthony Rizzo: http://bit.ly/NxCaCM #Cubs

Edited June 26, 2012 by David

[Old Style]

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[Guest]

It's official

 

Chicago Cubs ‏@Cubs

#Cubs lineup vs. @Mets 6/26: DeJesus CF, Castro SS, Rizzo 1B, Soriano LF, LaHair RF, Valbuena 3B, Barney 2B, Clevenger C, Wells P

[jersey cubs fan]

It's official

 

Chicago Cubs ‏@Cubs

#Cubs lineup vs. @Mets 6/26: DeJesus CF, Castro SS, Rizzo 1B, Soriano LF, LaHair RF, Valbuena 3B, Barney 2B, Clevenger C, Wells P

 

It's not official until the 5th

[Andy]

Probably the third game this year I'm excited to go to.

 

Rizzo is in the fantasy lineup over Freddie Freeman & Hosmer, time to stick there.

I started the year in fantasy with both Freeman and Hosmer (I have since traded the latter though I wish I'd traded the former), so I can say from experience that you ain't missing much.

[imb]

I've grown so used to losing when I start game threads it completely blanked on me to start this one. Now I won't go down in history as the NSBBer to start Rizzo's first game thread. Sad.

 

derelict in your calling

[abuck1220]

I've grown so used to losing when I start game threads it completely blanked on me to start this one. Now I won't go down in history as the NSBBer to start Rizzo's first game thread. Sad.

 

when you walk down the street does the sad charlie brown music just automatically play?

[RammyFanny]

I think Rizzo deserves his name in the parenthesis over Wells.

[Vinestal]

Is there a way for me to listen to the game tonight without having to pay? Miss the days when you could just stream wgn radio for the game with out having to pay mlb.

[Old Style]

Wind blowing in tonight?

[Cubswin11]

I mentioned this in the Rizzo thread in the Transaction section. MLB Network is airing a game tonight, they usually do a good job of doing live lookins, etc. I wouldn't be surprised if they show Rizzo's first ab on there