2013 Spring Training Game Thread

[Guest]

Brett Taylor ‏@BleacherNation

RT @TheCCO Junior Lake is working on his defense at 3B with Sveum and David Bell on one of the back fields. Theo Epstein is watching. #Cubs

[mookie]

Epstein is a bit of a creeper, no?

[davell]

Sneaky, sneaky.......Actually though, I think our FO is higher on Lake than Vitters.

[davell]

Brett flew out to left 1st AB. Villanueva hit a HR.

[davell]

Castro doubled, Rizzo advanced him to 3rd and Brett hit a very deep sac fly to score him in the 4th.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

OK, I'll say it. Between IS and ST, Jackson has 11 PAs without a walk. I'm concerned.

[davell]

OK, I'll say it. Between IS and ST, Jackson has 11 PAs without a walk. I'm concerned.

That made me LOL.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Szczur with a bases-loaded walk.

[KingCubsFan]

Sneaky, sneaky.......Actually though, I think our FO is higher on Lake than Vitters.

I think that's definitely the case. He has the ability to be a plus defender at 3rd, and probably more power potential than Vitters.

[Derwood]

Miggy hit a homer today that touched the face of god....

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=25619541

 

That was delightful. He even seems jammed a little and still just brutalizes it out.

 

I like the guy who stands up and salutes it (during the replay)

[Guest]

Villanueva's HR:

 

 

Baez's single:

 

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Valbuena leads off with a double. I want him to win the job, so I feel like these ST stats are suddenly quite important.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

And Matherbridge kills the rally with a strikeout. I hate you so much.

[Guest]

Please, enough with Matherbridge.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Please, enough with Matherbridge.

 

Why?

[Tracer Bullet]

TT probably has better reasons, but it's annoying, which is enough.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

TT probably has better reasons, but it's annoying, which is enough.

 

I'm gonna do it because he asked nicely, but I'd like to hear the reason.

 

If we're going to start demanding people stop posting things that annoy us, I'll start working on my list.

[Guest]

Please, enough with Matherbridge.

 

Why?

 

Because it's obnoxious. It's long been our policy to avoid that type of dumb wordplay, like intentional misspellings of White Sox, Cardinals, Alfonseca, Soriano, abbreviating Corey Patterson's name, etc.

[Thed Hoyerstein]

Carrie Muskat ‏@CarrieMuskat

Athletic trainer checking on #Cubs Starlin Castro after he pulled up running to 1st. Castro coming out of game

[Guest]

Carrie Muskat ‏@CarrieMuskat

Athletic trainer checking on #Cubs Starlin Castro after he pulled up running to 1st. Castro coming out of game

 

Crap.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

And now I'm thankful that spring training is absurdly long this year.

 

Nonetheless, urge to panic rising.

[Guest]

Muskat tweeted that it's left hamstring tightness and Castro is day-to-day.

 

Let's hope it remains that unserious.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Plenty of time to rest a hamstring. I was far more worried about knee or ankle. That's good news.

[Cubswin11]

Plenty of time to rest a hamstring. I was far more worried about knee or ankle. That's good news.

Yeah, let him sit until after the WBC. He probably can do some light hitting/throwing drills until he comes back to fielding/running/playing in full games.

[Gilby]

Hey maybe Baez will get a few more AB's against some advanced pitching now. Fortunately though, it sounds like the injury is nothing to worry about. Starlin and Rizzo are irreplaceable on this team (I trust Barney at SS, but that opens up 2B).