Cubs home opener in 4 days...

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Oh No I Didn't

edP's one and only baseball prediction this year (or at least for now)

Cubs and Indians are going to the World Series.

They've both got pitching, pitching and more pitching up the ying yang...or the Wa-Hoo if you prefer.

Sorry Native Americans

Opening Day

7 Days 3 hours 24 minutes to opening day. Who else is taking off work? I wish I still was in town to make the first game.

I wish I could say I miss Chicago more but.... two winters of no snow, not cold enough to freeze, shorts and flip flops year around. It's hard to make it north.

I still will be belly up at a bar in my Cub gear at noon on Monday.

Go Cubs!

NCAA Tourney

I had the chance to watch Duke, Purdue and Xavier practice today-very lame.
They did not run any set plays-all free throws and lay up practice.
I'm looking forward to possibly seeing some good games and, possibly, a great upset.
Coach K accidentally shook my hand (I held a door for him and he thought I was someone from CBS) I punched him out

Spring Ahead

The cubs will probably be the story of the 2008 baseball season. If they manage to make the playoffs in back to back season it will be the first time Chicago (both squads) has made the playoffs two years in a row - -

1917, SOX - - - - 1918, cubs -- - - - - - 1919, SOX being the last time the greatest summer city in the world enjoyed consecutive trips to October (although technically I think the series in 1918 was played in September…weird eh)

…and the cubs are the only team to win in back to back consecutive postseasons (1907-1908) .

So I’m on record here saying that the cub will go to the playoffs this year and that’s all I will predict.

And if my prediction is right, for that sorry-ass franchise it will be a great accomplishment and almost as great as what my beloved SOX did in 2005, or at least almost as unbelievable.

But so far, the best story of spring training is Brian Anderson. Could it be that this big donkey finally gets it? He is doing all the right things with his bat and playing great defense. I will feel better about the team I love being outflanked by the cub for Coco Crisp if BA emerges as the SOX centerfielder for the next few years.

No matter what the cubs do this summer I will be so happy if my beloved SOX are strong up the middle - -

AJ

Cabrera

Anderson

It means that they are building the baseball team the right way.

Spring training is spring training, let’s see what BA does once baseballs are fired in anger.

Dear Reds (and josh)

Let the dusty Baker era begin!
He is already all over their top prospect Joey Votto (.289/.385/.476).
This guy hits and gets on base and Baker wants him to be more aggressive.
Who needs patience in a lineup that already has a clog with Dunn, Phillips, Encarnacion, Gonzalez, Griffey and Ross (I like to call him F'Ing Dave Ross-His average sucks-and he drops balls!)

A couple of quotes from Dusty "I don't anything about managing" Baker:

"It doesn't matter to me if a guy gets on base if he can't run. If he can't run he's just clogging up the bases"-does anybody remember a speedy Giant's or Cub's team under Dusty?
McPhail traded for speed with Lofton. The Giants just seem slow moving with the times.
You have a team filled with cloggers in cincy! Move them around the horn-that's old school Dusty!

"I'm big on driving in runs and scoring runs"-Who the hell needs anybody on base then!
I forgot-this is not golf-lowest score does not win? This is rocket science to the guy! Is this what this game is bout-outscoring your opponents?
Long live the one run homer in Old Cincy! We loved it in Chicago and look at Barry(HGH/Steroid Savings) Bonds RBI totals the years he was there can tell one the same thing.

They got rid of josh hamilton (out of options kinda move and he is closer to some good mexican shit) and signed our dear friend corey patterson...what the? Patterson has to be one of the most inept major leaguers since Gary Scott. And to a minor league deal!-I have some reason to believe he will be the opening day starter. I also think Dusty is behind all the Ryan Freel trade rumors lately. what about Norris Hopper? The guy hits and gets on base everywhere and has speed (like freel). what about the kid Jay Bruce? The outfield situation has confused me for sometime in Cincy and Baker has confirmed that it is all f'ed up. Now, though, it his doing.
Oh, he added jerry hairston jr. to the roster.

Pitching. He has inherited a great ace: Aaron Harang (one of my fantasy Nl only studs). This guy is great in the park he pitches in. After that, dusty ( i hope ciny don't trusty) baker has to shaking his damn head..."What, this all I inherit? " Yeah-you get Arroyo and that colorado loser (and a loser everywhere he has been) Josh Fogg and two promising youngsters: Bailey and Belisle. Belisle had some upside ago with LA Dodgers, but got creamed out there. I guess he thought pitching in Cincy would be better for his love life.
Let's see how he handles those two young arms (see Prior, Wood, Clement and Guzman)

Bullpen: Well, they signed old Cordero (he's not that old). But he had mixed success in Arlington and Milwaukee and now let's bring into the Great American Barnstorm! And we all know hoe Dusty holds onto to "his man" in the ninth inning...they already had Davey "Steady as Gravy" Weathers! They have a decent bullpen, but dusty always sticks with his "ninth inning money shot"

Dusty is no Torre or Larussa in the way he handles youngsters and veterans on the same ballclub. His lack of knowledge of "having guys on base" might be a good thing if he looks back on the history of the game and looks at the success of past teams. Balance! (and got on base)
At least his white players play mostly at night.

The Hawk Gets Help

This news might get me to listen to Sox games on the radio - Steve Stone joins the White Sox broadcasting team. I feel like I learn something every time I hear Stoney on the radio. Good stuff. Hawk just got 1/2 as bad.

Dear Cincy Redleg Fans,

Favre tells Packers he's retiring

Thank God!

Nuff Said.