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Done and done.

Done and done.

Probably not since Valbuena will start vs the righty. He could pinch-hit and use the boomstick. ;)

The Cubs racked up another home win and try to keep it going against the Pads in Game 2 of the series. The San Diego Padres will trot out Edinson Volquez sporting a record of 1-3 with an ERA of 6.39, while the Chicago Cubs will roll with Edwin Jackson who is winless at 0-3 and an ERA of 4.76. Can the Cubs get a repeat performance from Cody "Boomstick" Ransom? Go ... Cubs?

The San Diego Padres come to town sporting the same 9-15 record as the Cubs. SD sends ex-White Sox Clayton Richard toting a 0-2 record with a 7.94 ERA. The Cubs send their "Ace", Jeff Samardzija who carries a 1-4 record with an ERA of 3.03 Go... Cubs?

2013 HR DERBY SCOREBOARD – THROUGH GAMES ON APRIL 27 2013 ========================================================= 59 Cubswin11 57 evv98 pitchcs 56 Nuts&Gum 55 glavine93 Mariner's Revenge 53 bukie 52 Southpaw19 51 New York Cubs Fan 49 Bob Sanders 47 Derwood soccer10k sweetpeteman TruffleShuffle 45 Transmogrified Tiger 43 moochpuppy 38 Andy 34 Mark Prior’s Calves 26 Tinkertini26 BEST TEAM SCORE (92) GROUP A: Ryan Braun (7) GROUP B: Chris Davis (8), Jose Bautista OR Robinson Cano (7) GROUP C: Bryce Harper (9), Mark Reynolds (7), Nelson Cruz OR Paul Goldschmidt (5) GROUP D: Justin Upton (12), Anthony Rizzo (8), J.P. Arencibia (8), John Buck (8), Dexter Fowler (7) WILDCARD: Troy Tulowitzki (6)

Done and done.

Done and done.

Done and done.

2013 HR DERBY SCOREBOARD – THROUGH GAMES ON APRIL 20 2013 ========================================================= 41 Cubswin11 39 bukie evv98 Mariner's Revenge Nuts&Gum 38 glavine93 37 Southpaw19 36 pitchcs 35 Bob Sanders 34 New York Cubs Fan 32 soccer10k sweetpeteman 31 Derwood moochpuppy Transmogrified Tiger TruffleShuffle 26 Mark Prior’s Calves 25 Andy 20 Tinkertini26 BEST TEAM SCORE (72) GROUP A: Ryan Braun (4) GROUP B: Chris Davis (7), Alex Rios OR Robinson Cano (5) GROUP C: Bryce Harper (7), Mark Reynolds (6), Carlos Gonzalez OR Colby Rasmus OR Hunter Pence (4) GROUP D: Justin Upton (9), Dexter Fowler (7), J.P. Arencibia (6), John Buck (6), Michael Morse (6) WILDCARD: Troy Tulowitzki (5)

2013 HR DERBY SCOREBOARD – THROUGH GAMES ON APRIL 13 2013 ======================================================== 25 bukie Cubswin11 Nuts&Gum 24 glavine93 23 evv98 Southpaw19 22 Bob Sanders Mariner's Revenge 21 New York Cubs Fan 20 soccer10k TruffleShuffle 19 sweetpeteman 18 Derwood pitchcs 17 Mark Prior’s Calves moochpuppy 15 Andy Transmogrified Tiger 12 Tinkertini26 BEST TEAM SCORE (56) GROUP A: Adam Dunn OR Josh Willingham (2) GROUP B: Chris Davis (6), Alex Rios OR Prince Fielder OR Wilin Rosario (4) GROUP C: Bryce Harper (5), Mark Reynolds (5), 4 Tied at (3) GROUP D: Dexter Fowler (6), John Buck (6), Justin Upton (6), Michael Morse (6), 4 Tied at (4) WILDCARD: Troy Tulowitzki (3)

Player that doesn't mean anything this season so far: Anthony Rizzo Everyone has him. Does nothing for the standings except increase everyone's count by one.

2013 HR DERBY SCOREBOARD – THROUGH GAMES ON APRIL 6 2013 ======================================================== 16 evv98 Nuts&Gum 15 Southpaw19 14 bukie Mariner's Revenge 13 soccer10k 12 Cubswin11 glavine93 New York Cubs Fan pitchcs TruffleShuffle 11 moochpuppy 9 Bob Sanders sweetpeteman 8 Mark Prior’s Calves 7 Andy Derwood 6 Tinkertini26 Transmogrified Tiger BEST TEAM SCORE (31) *Too early for group breakdowns*

I was going to go all out for my debut Game Thread, but then the Cubs do what they did tonight, and have exhausted all my creativity. So instead... Cubs send Jeff Samardzija (1-0, 0.00 ERA) against... Atlanta's Tim Hudson (0-0, 6.23 ERA) Viewer Tip: If the Cubs have a 3 run lead or less going into the 9th, turn it off.

This year's WC Selections Bob Sanders :: Wil Myers Nuts&Gum :: Jacoby Ellsbury Mark Prior's Calves :: Wil Myers Southpaw19 :: Brandon Belt Derwood :: Wil Myers pitchcs :: Wil Myers sweetpeteman :: Troy Tulowitzki moochpuppy :: Wil Myers Cubswin11 :: Domonic Brown Tinkertini26 :: John Jaso New York Cubs Fan :: Troy Tulowitzki Andy :: Manny Machado soccer10k :: Wil Myers Mariner's Revenge :: Troy Tulowitzki bukie :: Jacoby Ellsbury evv98 :: Troy Tulowitzki glavine93 :: Troy Tulowitzki TruffleShuffle :: Troy Tulowitzki Transmogrified Tiger :: Lonnie Chisenhall

perhaps he should have posted an update beneath the thing in bright red that said "Less than 12 hours left to the deadline!" Likely an April Fool's Joke...

Less than 12 hours left to the deadline!

Deadline is tomorrow at 11:59PM CST!! sweetpeteman - you still need to submit a Wild Card selection.

Just a reminder the deadline is this Friday to submit your team for the 2013 HR Derby!

A: Josh Hamilton B: Josh Reddick, Jayson Heyward C: Buster Posey, Bryce Harper, Paul Goldschmidt D: Carlos Pena, Brandon Phillips, Justin Upton, Anthony Rizzo, Joey Votto WC: Shhhh... it's a secret.

http://instagram.com/p/WslVBDKRxF/ Hilarious.

Here's to another great season! Will we get our first repeat winner? Good luck!

The goal: Build a HR team to collect the most MLB ROUND-TRIPPERS! Pick a roster of 12 hitters. The first 11 hitters must include: -- 1 batter from Group A -- 2 batters from Group B -- 3 batters from Group C -- 5 batters from Group D The 12th hitter is your Wild Card and can be any player not listed here. You don't have to pick a WC player on a 25-man roster, but you obviously risk not accruing HRs if your player is stashed in the minors. Post your first 11 selections in this thread. The deadline for posting is 11:59:59 PM Central Time on Friday, March 29 2013. No entries will be accepted after the deadline. You must PM your Wild Card selection to me! Do not post it with your entry. It WILL NOT COUNT unless it's PM'd to me by the deadline. RULES Throughout the season, you may make 4 adds/drops to your core roster of 11 players. The following rules apply to adds/drops: » You must drop a player to add another player. A drop/add is one transaction. » You must post your transaction in the HR Derby transaction thread. The transaction becomes effective at midnight CT the day you post it. You will accrue the dropped player's HRs in any game started by midnight CT that day. You will accrue the added player's HRs for any games starting after midnight CT the next day. » No transactions between the deadline on March 29 and noon CT on April 5 and also after noon CT September 15. » If you only post an add without a drop or there's any other problem deciphering your intent, the transaction isn't finalized until it's straightened out. » You may make 2 transactions before the All-Star Game and 2 transactions after the All-Star Game. These transactions apply only to the core roster and not the WC player. It's use or lose it -- if you don't make 2 transactions before the All-Star Game, you still only get 2 transactions afterwards (no hold-over transactions). » The player added must be drawn from the same group as the player dropped. » No clones. You can't have the same player more than once. » MLB rules for stats will be followed for any games postponed, suspended, etc. » You can only change your WC player once and only at the All-Star break ... so choose carefully! » I will be providing updates roughly once a week throughout the season. If you have any scoring questions, please post them in the discussion thread or PM me. Final decisions on scoring are up to me. Winner » Anyone can enter. The winner has to be a member in good standing (in other words, not banned) at the conclusion of the season in order to collect a prize. » Tiebreaker goes to the person who posted their HR Derby team first. » You can change your HR Derby team as often as you'd like before the deadline. Just EDIT your original post instead of posting a new team. If you enter two teams, only the first team will count as your entry. GROUPS http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll31/southpaw19_josh/2013HRD/GroupA_zps62d13ea1.png http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll31/southpaw19_josh/2013HRD/GroupB_zpsdae483f2.png http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll31/southpaw19_josh/2013HRD/GroupC_zpsbf039f26.png http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll31/southpaw19_josh/2013HRD/GroupD01_zpsdd36e265.png http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll31/southpaw19_josh/2013HRD/GroupD02_zps004e00d3.png http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll31/southpaw19_josh/2013HRD/GroupD03_zps69931ac8.png ____________________________________________ Past HR Derby Champs 2006 - UMFan83 2007 - Wekse 2008 - The Logan 2009 - vance 2010 - TruffleShuffle 2011 - Bob Sanders 2012 - soccer10k _____________________________________________ EXAMPLE ENTRY Group A: PLAYER ONE Group B: PLAYER TWO, PLAYER THREE Group C: PLAYER FOUR, PLAYER FIVE, PLAYER SIX Group D: PLAYER SEVEN, PLAYER EIGHT, PLAYER NINE, PLAYER TEN, PLAYER ELEVEN WILD CARD: PM'D TO SOUTHPAW19 I'm pretty sure I've kept up with all the player movement from the offseason, but if I missed something, please let me know.

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