spring training Stories - South Side Sox
Indians @ Angels, 1PM GAME THREAD
"You know the only thing more pathetic than Indians on TV? Indians watching Indians on TV!" Thomas Builds-the-Fire, Smoke SIgnals (1998) While 99.8% of all male viewers between the ages of 20 - 49 are watching gym rats audition for gabillions of dollars as our future professional icons of the...
Angels @ Rockies, 1PM game THREAD
Harry: "I thought the Rocky Mountains would be a little rockier than this."Lloyd: "Yeah, that John Denver is full of shit, man."Dumb and Dumber (1994) Time to light a fire under the prime pretenders of the miNor League division of MLB, as things start to heat up for roster spots going into the...
February Opening Day Roster Projection
Pitchers and position players are all expected to report to Port St. Lucie this weekend, with the exception of visa-delayed Ronny Paulino. Players competing to be a part of the 2011 Mets will soon be together. The next five weeks or so will see various battles for roster spots, specifically on the...
Depth Chart, circa Spring 2011: Position Players
I've never quite understood the term "position player." "Pitcher" is also a position, isn't it? So I'm not sure what distinction this makes. I've been championing the term "no pitch 'ems" for years, but so far: no luck. Here's volume two of my attempt to take a non-family-metaphor-based snapshot of...
BCB Interview: Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts (Part II)
This part of the interview is going to be a little more contentious, I'm afraid, than yesterday's was -- and yesterday's had its points of contention. Today's portion of the interview deals with the proposed renovations to Wrigley Field and the proposal that was made to use a portion of the...
Rites of Spring: Sneaking a look ahead to Spring Training and Opening Day
Opening Day is a mere 52 days away. With the annual football championship match safely behind us, we can permit ourselves to look ahead to some of the key dates that ease us back into baseball season: February 16: Pitchers and catchers officially report to Goodyear, AZ February 17: First...
Ticket Exchanges: 2011 Spring Training
This post is for people who are interested in buying or selling tickets for Cubs spring training games, which begin on Feb. 27. Please do NOT use this for regular season tickets -- there will be posts for that beginning in February. As always on this site, please do NOT sell any tickets here for...
Cubs Sign Braden Looper And Augie Ojeda To Minor League Deals; Invite 21 To Spring Training
The Cubs officially announced their 21 non-roster invitees to spring training. Some of them you know already, but there are several additions as of today. First, the Cubs signed former Cardinals, Brewers and Marlins pitcher Braden Looper to a minor league deal, as well as ex-Cub Augie Ojeda, who...
Matt Garza Traded To Cubs For Chris Archer, Hak-Ju Lee, Others
As reported by Bruce Levine at ESPN Chicago, the Cubs have acquired Matt Garza from the Rays in an eight player swap: The deal, which has been agreed to pending physicals, sends right-handed pitcher Chris Archer, outfielder Brandon Guyer, catcher Robinson Chirinos, shortstop Hak-Ju Lee and...
Opening Day roster coming into focus
"I think I'm done,"-- Walt Jocketty, to Mark Sheldon. With Renteria and Lewis signed to guaranteed contracts, the 2011 Opening Day 25-man roster stew now seems very unlikely to contain any additives from outside the organization. As John Fay observes, the list is nearly complete on the position...
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