Brian

I think it's 28 because Miller hasn't been DL'd, or sent to a minor league camp so he's still technically on the team, but yes it's essentially 2 guys need to be sent down. I think Novoa goes down simply because he doesn't have the arm strenght right now. I'm guessing that they are waiting to see how williams does if he struggles, then Marshall will start and Williams to the pen. If not Marshall will go down and be looked at as a 5th starter candidate when needed.

He should really have his own blog if he promises to limit the time on his computer. That's from the latest Cubs.com article. Apparently Angel stays at his house at times. that would be awesome. "Today I pitch pretty good against the Cardinals, one of them got a hit. Ok gotta go make something to eat."

jon always with the awesome Z quotes!

He pitched poorly that game. In fact, Victor outpitched him. :shock: Wasn't that the day that the defense was horrible, actually that migh thave been the Rich Hill game of that series, one of the days in NY the defense was just ridiculous. V. Zambrano was helped by swing happy cub hitters.

in Carlos' defense his team was playing like a really bad grade school girls softball team that day

BRANDON WOOD???... please?

bold prediction. wood = comeback player of the year. not so bold prediction. up and down the dl. i'll hope for one, not be surprised at the other.

maybe he'll take Ankiel, he can try to convince him to 'switch' positions back to pitcher.

yeah must suck to have 2 WS trophies in my lifetime.

hooray for Wuertz with an nice clean inning.

Anybody know if there are any players worth watching for University Of Illinois at Chicago (UIC).... my window looks out towards their field from Right field (wrigley style), and it's free to go so I'll probably be seeing alot of games.

saved, using Dusty's definiton of the word.

hey Jon, where is that carlos quote from, is it new?

Z got thrown out of opening day, after he was removed by Dusty, for telling the umpire he needed glasses, and he was thrown out of a game in late April against the Reds for throwing behind a guy (he didn't have good stuff at all that night, and I believe adam dunn had just taken him deep). So twice in the opening month and never again after that.

I'm sure that Fred can pull those up :)... I seem to also recall these numbers, I believe he's a much more patient hitter when up towards the middle of the lineup as well.

OAKLAND (0) AT CHICAGO CUBS (1) OAKLAND AB R H BI CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI J Kendall c 3 0 0 0 J Pierre cf 3 0 0 0 R Merrill Jr. 3b 1 0 0 0 C Walker cf 1 0 0 0 M Scutaro ss 3 0 0 0 M Murton lf 3 0 0 0 K Wayment 2b 1 0 0 0 J Strong lf 1 0 1 0 M Bradley rf 1 0 0 0 J Mabry 1b 3 0 1 0 J Brown c 1 0 0 0 D Aardsma p 0 0 0 0 E Chavez 3b 3 0 0 0 M Padgett ph 0 0 0 0 J Witasick p 0 0 0 0 J Koronka p 0 0 0 0 H Street p 0 0 0 0 J Jones rf 3 0 0 0 J Perry rf 1 0 0 0 R Harvey rf 0 0 0 0 J Payton cf 3 0 0 0 T Walker 2b 1 0 1 0 D Johnson 1b 4 0 1 0 R Theriot ph 1 0 0 0 B Kielty lf 1 0 0 0 S Moore 3b 2 0 0 0 R Robnett III lf 0 0 0 0 B Taylor 3b 2 0 0 0 M Rouse lf 4 0 0 0 R Cedeno ss 2 0 1 0 R Harden p 1 0 0 0 C Rojas ss 2 0 1 0 C Thomas rf 1 0 0 0 H Blanco c 2 0 0 0 J Rheinecker p 0 0 0 0 C Kopitzke c 1 1 1 0 S Marshall p 1 0 0 0 A Guzman p 1 0 0 0 B Sing 1b 2 0 1 1 TOTALS 28 0 1 0 TOTALS 31 1 7 1 OAKLAND 000 000 000 0-- 0 CHICAGO CUBS 000 000 000 1-- 1 NONE OUT WHEN WINNING RUN SCORED DP--OAKLAND 1, CHICAGO CUBS 3. LOB--OAKLAND 5, CHICAGO CUBS 8. 2B--J Mabry, B Sing, J Strong. SB--M Bradley 1 (3). S--C Kopitzke, M Padgett. IP H R ER BB SO HR OAKLAND R Harden 6 2 0 0 1 8 0 J Witasick 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 H Street 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 J Rheinecker (L,0-1) 1 3 1 1 2 0 0 CHICAGO CUBS S Marshall 4 0 0 0 4 5 0 A Guzman 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 D Aardsma 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 J Koronka (W,1-0) 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 WP--J Koronka. SO--OAK: E Chavez 2, J Payton, M Scutaro, D Johnson, M Rouse, R Harden, J Brown. CHN: J Mabry 2, J Jones 2, M Murton 2, H Blanco, B Sing, R Cedeno, S Marshall. BB--OAK: M Bradley 2, B Kielty 2, J Payton, R Harden, R Robnett III. CHN: T Walker, R Theriot, R Harvey. T--2:33. A--12,792. CHICAGO CUBS (9) AT KANSAS CITY (4) CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI KANSAS CITY AB R H BI J Hairston Jr 2b 1 1 0 0 C Ambres cf 5 0 1 0 M Fontenot 2b 1 0 0 0 M Grudzielanek 2b 4 0 1 1 L Rivera 2b 1 0 1 0 W Valdez 2b 1 0 0 0 N Perez ss 4 2 3 0 D Mientkiewicz 1b 4 0 0 0 A Ojeda ss 0 0 0 0 R Sanders rf 3 1 1 0 A Ramirez 3b 4 1 2 0 S Costa rf 0 0 0 0 C McGehee c 2 0 0 0 M Stairs dh 4 1 0 0 M Restovich dh 4 1 0 0 A Berroa ss 4 1 2 1 M Barrett c 3 2 3 6 A Gordon 3b 4 0 1 1 J Muyco c 1 0 0 0 E German lf 4 1 3 1 M Grissom lf 4 0 1 1 P Bako c 2 0 1 0 M Ciaramella lf 1 1 0 0 P Phillips c 2 0 0 0 A Pagan cf 3 1 2 1 A Greenberg cf 1 0 0 0 F Pie rf 4 0 2 1 J Defendis rf 1 0 0 0 B Dopirak 1b 4 0 1 0 M Hoffpauir 1b 1 0 1 0 TOTALS 40 9 16 9 TOTALS 37 4 10 4 CHICAGO CUBS 310 203 000 -- 9 KANSAS CITY 020 100 100 -- 4 E--M Grudzielanek, E German. DP--KANSAS CITY 2. LOB--CHICAGO CUBS 12, KANSAS CITY 7. 2B--N Perez 2, M Grissom, M Hoffpauir, A Berroa. 3B--P Bako. HR--M Barrett 1 (1) (off R Hernandez), A Pagan 1 (4) (off R Hernandez). SB--R Sanders 1 (2), E German 1 (5). CS--J Hairston Jr. IP H R ER BB SO HR CHICAGO CUBS J Williams (W,1-3) 5 5 3 3 1 1 0 R Hill (S,1) 4 5 1 1 0 4 0 KANSAS CITY R Hernandez (L,0-1) 3 2-3 6 6 6 5 3 2 S Stemle 2 7 3 3 0 0 0 J Peralta 1 1-3 1 0 0 1 0 0 J Gobble 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 L Hudson 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 HBP--J Hairston Jr by R Hernandez. SO--CHN: M Restovich 2, A Ramirez. KAN: M Stairs, R Sanders, A Berroa, C Ambres, W Valdez. BB--CHN: J Hairston Jr 2, A Ojeda 2, M Barrett, M Restovich, A Pagan. KAN: R Sanders. T--2:41. A--8,571.

i'm calling a harvey-bomb walk-off.

nice rip by Murt there.

I believe that Bruce Miles said that Calvin is working in Scott Boras' office (or another agent).

dlee will have over 50 home runs.

here's to Von Joshua coming up to MLB next year.... please?

40-Man roster players sent down Carlos Marmol Jose Reyes Geovony Soto Brian Dopirak Scott Moore

Just saw these on that guys website that takes ST pics. http://woolis.com/images/2006SpringTR/05-03-21%20051Ciaramella.jpg http://woolis.com/images/2006SpringTR/05-03-21%20052Ciaramella.jpg

I don't understand why people are still upset about Giles, to believe that he was truly available to any team but SD is not likely. All they needed to do was give hum a respectable offer and he was going to take it.

No audio No video - just Bruce-io but he just left :(