BigJohnAZ
Mar 17, 2008 May 30, 2012 22 4515
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Ancient canals revealing historic clues at future Cubs home in Mesa
For anyone interested in archaeology or Southwestern Native American history.
Cactus League hits new attendance record; Angels surge 47%
Obviously. most of the increase was due to Mr. Pujols, but more is always better, no matter what.
Cubs manager doomed from start
Rogers gives Quade a total pass this year. What crap.
Cubs, Old Style makers reach deal to keep selling beer at Wrigley
Psssssst...Sip......Discuss....
Quade lashes out at unacceptable mistakes
NOW he lashes out? He's about 2 months late. What a loser as a manager.
Dallas Loses! Hawks in Playoffs!
'nuff said. Whew. MOAR HOCKEY!
Compadre Stadium just a shell of the groundbreaking venue it once was
A nice little story on the field I pass to and from work every day.
Webcam of AZ Diamondbacks New ST Facility Under Construction
I drove by the new fields the other day. Pretty impressive, They will be open for first pitch of next season, according to the contractor.
Mesa, Cubs expand field of options for spring training site
More info on how the Cubs ST in Mesa, AZ is progressing.
Laviolette sticks it to refs for not penalizing Keith
I think Lavvy's feeling the pressure. The Flyers have gotten away with murder for four games and he's bitching about one no call.
At today's press conference they asked him if he told he was going to announce who would start in goal tomorrow night and he had a stupid look on his face and came back with " did Chicago announce their starting goalie?" real pisssy-like. Hah!
Quick comment comparing this year to last year (so far)
This season is shaping up to be a repeat of last season, in the regard of how many runs we score in wins and losses. Yes, I know, 17 games is a small sample size. But, since this team is basically the same team as last year, maybe a tad better, this doesn't matter. The majority of the starters are the same. We have talked on this blog about how last year the Cubs will win a game 7-2 or something and then lose 2 or 3 in a row scoring 2 or less runs in each game. This year is pretty much the same as '09. Our runs scored in our wins this year: 2, 4, 9, 7, 7, 9, 8. Runs scored in losses: 5, 2, 4, 1, 6, 3, 2, 1, 0, 2. Again, our starting pitching has been good, and we are losing games in the late innings, but out offense is the bigger problem, I believe, at this point in time. LOB and RISP numbers can't be that good, but I have not dug into those stats, that is my perception. We were shut out 12 times last year and scored 1 run18 times so that means 18.6% of our games we scored 1 run or less. We did not win a single game 1-0 last year This year we have been shut out once and scored 1 run twice. We are at 17.6% this year. Again, small sample size, but I don't like this trend already. Sorry, could not figure out why all my breaks ran into each other...
"Hail, Hail, the Gang's all here..."
Having fun with friends at HoHoKam-oh, the Cubs, won, too lol
Cubs expected to make decision on Friday
Didn't see this in the Trib or Sun Times.
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Guess where I was today??? Got me some lawn tix for this year's Spring Training games.
Same Time Next (This) Year
Reading this article reminded me of what happened last year.
Loss of Cubs Would Be Devastating
Something in today's AZ Republic.
Cubs 2009 Spring Training Debut Photos
by BigJohnAZ on Feb 26, 2009 2:23 AM EST
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Some numbers at the ASB
by BigJohnAZ on Jul 13, 2008 6:19 PM EDT
on Bleed Cubbie Blue
Just a few numbers to throw out.
W-57 L-38 1st place by 4½ games, 19 games over .500
Cubs Pythagorean record 57-38
Home record 37-12
Road record 20-26
Record in 1 run games 16-14
Record in extras 6-4
Runs scored per game 5.3
Runs allowed per game 4.2
In 1st place since May 11 (tied)
Longest winning streak 9 games 1x
Longest losing streak 4 games 1x
Vintage Baseball in The Valley of the Sun
by BigJohnAZ on Mar 23, 2008 1:37 PM EDT
on Bleed Cubbie Blue
A nice article in the AZ Republic today for all baseball fans.
Padres vs. Cubs, 3-13-08
by BigJohnAZ on Mar 13, 2008 7:26 PM EDT
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No need to recap as Al will do that, just wanted to post a couple of pics from today
BallHawk was also there, it was nice to finally meet you, Ken.
I left as I always do in the 8th inning so I didn't see the Cubs pull out the win.
Marquis pitched fine, Marshall did as well, he settled in after the HR he gave up.
Maddux was typical Maddux.
Fuld and Fukudome each made great catches against the wall in the same innning.
A view from the LF berm/lawn...
Al, Miriam and friend...
Kerry Wood 7-21-07 vs. SD Padres
by BigJohnAZ on Jul 21, 2007 6:07 PM EDT
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Hi all, was at the Peoria Sports Complex this morning to watch Kerry pitch one inning against the Padres Arizona Rookie League team. Obviously, it's not fair to rate his performance based on one inning, but I will give my impressions on that one inning.
I didn't keep a pitch count as I was taking pictures which can be viewed at this link http://home.att.net/~jvrabec/kw.html.
The leadoff man walked on 5 pitches, the next hitter rolled a comebacker through Kerry's legs that had eyes. It made it into the outfield. 2 on, no out. Next batter got a bloop hit to left and drove in one run. The next hitter grounded into a 6-4-3 twin killing and the last batter popped weakly to the SS in short left center.
I would say he threw maybe 20 pitches, more balls than strikes. His curve seemed to be snapping very well, he had trouble placing his fastball, but no one hit anything hard at all. No one hit anything farther than 120 feet and nothing that was hit, even the DP ball, was hit hard. Bunches of scouts in attendance, didn't see a gun. Velocity looked fine, but the Padres pitcher seemed to have a little more giddy-up on his fastball. Sorry, I don't know who it was. Only the scouts have a roster, I guess I could have printed one up before leaving the house, but I knew I wouldn't be staying after Kerry was done anyway.
It was very nice to meet him and wish him good luck after his stint. He mentioned to a confidante that he was heading up to Chicago this weekend. I can only assume that it might be to have a specialist look at him, just my very uninformed speculation. He may be going up for an event for all I know.
All in all, a very pleasant morning to watch his rehab, he looked thinner than when I saw him in Spring Training. He threw effortlessly, and used all his pitches. I would think after his outings this week which were all without pain or discomfort, he looks like he will most definitely be back in August. He will be a most welcome addition to the Cub's journey that is picking up steam! GO CUBS!
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