The Spring Training Thread

[Sammy Sofa]

I always picture Borowski as being much heftier than he was. Must've been the sweating.

[David]

[Cubswin11]

Rapid, uneducated thoughts and opinions. Rizzo looks a little slimmer than where he was at end of year last year, Schwarber is gonna be a monster, Heyward’s swing and mechanics look the same more or less, that sound off of Happ’s bat :shock:

[cubsclapp]

mark gonzalez's camera still appears to be in watercolor mode

 

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I tweeted this three years ago and apparently he still hasn't upgraded it.

 

[cubsclapp]

Rapid, uneducated thoughts and opinions. Rizzo looks a little slimmer than where he was at end of year last year, Schwarber is gonna be a monster, Heyward’s swing and mechanics look the same more or less, that sound off of Happ’s bat :shock:

 

Yeah, it's hard to take anything at all away from that... but that's smoother than I ever remember Happ's swing looking from the right side last year.

 

Heyward is still doing the dip and rise stuff where he then finishes his swing standing straight up. His mechanics have always been weird though even when he was good, so who knows. Hopefully Chili can help him find something there.

[Sammy Sofa]

Until I saw they changed the angle for some of the other players, too, I thought they did it for Heyward to stop showing that the balls he was hitting would just be soft flyouts.

[MWV]

Coomer wipes out all the pre and post-game spreads before any of the guys can get there to pack on the calories

 

yeah he really crunches the horsefeathers out of that spread

This is my favorite dumb Coomerism.

[UMFan83]

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Completely understandable with the involvement he has in that community.

[David]

 

analysis here

 

https://www.cubsinsider.com/2018/02/15/jason-heywards-new-old-swing-display-bp-video-mesa/

[Sammy Sofa]

Heyward's walkup music should just be Chopin's funeral march.

 

Hey, if he miraculously remembers how to hit, it'll still sound bad ass. Win-win.

[David]

looks like KB is in the house

 

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[David]

https://www.facebook.com/Cubs/videos/10155892307015659/

[imb]

https://www.facebook.com/Cubs/videos/10155892307015659/

 

I AM SO READY FOR BASEBALL GOT DAMN

[imb]

 

fucked up to put schwarber's beautiful dongs right after 2 minutes of heyward foul popping BP pitches

[javy knows my name]

HENDRIX SMILE

[Bull]

HENDRIX SMILE

Pause or take a snapshot of the video and the smile becomes a grimace.

[Banedon]

HENDRIX SMILE

 

http://elliottlandy.com/wp-content/gallery/jimi-hendrix-gallery/206.JPG

[squally1313]

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I know this is more of a fluff thread, but I'm bored so I'm going to see if I can do this without cheating.

 

Contreras, Jimenez

Rizzo, Zobrist, Russell, Bryant, Baez, LaStella

Schwarber, Almora, Happ, Heyward

 

Q, Yu, Hendricks, Lester, Chatwood

Monty, Edwards, Strop, Morrow, Cishek, Duensing, Grimm, Wilson

 

Had to cheat for Wilson, but that's it. Seems like there are usually a few battles every year, but not this year.

[Tim]

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I know this is more of a fluff thread, but I'm bored so I'm going to see if I can do this without cheating.

 

Contreras, Jimenez

Rizzo, Zobrist, Russell, Bryant, Baez, LaStella

Schwarber, Almora, Happ, Heyward

 

Q, Yu, Hendricks, Lester, Chatwood

Monty, Edwards, Strop, Morrow, Cishek, Duensing, Grimm, Wilson

 

Had to cheat for Wilson, but that's it. Seems like there are usually a few battles every year, but not this year.

Grimm may be in a battle with Eddie Butler for the last spot in the pen. If Maples throws strikes all spring, he may beat the both.

 

Alvarez and Simmons also have a reasonable shot at that last spot in the pen.

[David]

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I know this is more of a fluff thread, but I'm bored so I'm going to see if I can do this without cheating.

 

Contreras, Jimenez

Rizzo, Zobrist, Russell, Bryant, Baez, LaStella

Schwarber, Almora, Happ, Heyward

 

Q, Yu, Hendricks, Lester, Chatwood

Monty, Edwards, Strop, Morrow, Cishek, Duensing, Grimm, Wilson

 

Had to cheat for Wilson, but that's it. Seems like there are usually a few battles every year, but not this year.

Grimm may be in a battle with Eddie Butler for the last spot in the pen. If Maples throws strikes all spring, he may beat the both.

 

Alvarez and Simmons also have a reasonable shot at that last spot in the pen.

yeah i was gonna say i could see maples taking grimm's spot away

[David]

more decent spring training pics

 

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[Tim]

I'm not sure if they'll use it for the starters, but I can see the Cubs rotating relievers through the 10 day DL so they can keep all the guys who are out of options.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

athletes are notoriously big dumb dummies, but I'd like to find one dumber than Grimm

[Tim]

more decent spring training pics

 

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That's not a handstand.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

That's not a handstand.

it sure as heck is. to Grimm