<rss version="2.0">
  <channel>
    <title>SB Nation User Blog:  jkobus</title>
    <link>http://www.sbnation.comhttp://www.sbnation.com/users/jkobus</link>
    <description>Posts made by jkobus on SB Nation</description>
    <item>
      <title>2009 MLB Ticket Price </title>
      <link>http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2009/7/8/942247/2009-mlb-ticket-price</link>
      <author>jkobus</author>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:35:41 -0000</pubDate>
      <description type="html">
&lt;h3 class=&quot;link-title&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flipflopflyin.com/flipflopflyball/info-ticketprices.html&quot;&gt;2009 MLB Ticket Price &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;description&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cubs obviously in the top 5, but the Nationals...really?  Kinda interesting though.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
      </description>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Cubs promote Vitters, Carpenter, Cashner</title>
      <link>http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2009/6/30/930562/cubs-promote-vitters-carpenter</link>
      <author>jkobus</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:58:04 -0000</pubDate>
      <description type="html">


&lt;p&gt;Today the &lt;a href=&quot;../../mlb/teams/CHC&quot; class=&quot;sbn-auto-link&quot;&gt;Cubs&lt;/a&gt; promoted Josh Vitters, our top prospect, to Daytona according to&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.daytonacubs.com/cgi-bin/dist/news.cgi?id=1&quot;&gt; This press release&lt;/a&gt;. Vitters was hitting .316 through 73 games to lead the Peoria Chiefs. He was also leading the team with 15 home runs.&amp;nbsp; This move makes me pretty happy.&amp;nbsp; As long as he can keep up his good hitting I think he is on his way to make it to the big leagues in a few more years.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Chris Carpenter also was promoted to Daytona. He had 4-3 record with a 2.44 ERA for Peoria. On June 15 against Quad Cities,he threw a seven-inning, complete game shutout with just three hits allowed.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To make room for both&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/players/69229/Andrew_Cashner&quot;&gt;Andrew Cashner&lt;/a&gt; and Nathan Samson are being promoted to Tenesee. A strict pitch count prevented Cashner from factoring in any decisions while in Daytona, but had an ERA at 1.50 after twelve starts.&amp;nbsp; He also had a better than 2:1 strike-out-to-walk ratio.&amp;nbsp; Samson hit .251 in 61 games this season, was second in runs scored and first in walks with 24. He struck out just ten times in 207 at-bats. Samson also committed just ten errors as an everyday 2nd baseman.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2009/6/29/929629/top-prospects-part-1&quot;&gt;This&lt;/a&gt; fanpost has more details on Cashner, Vitters, and Carpenter as players&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Good to see Vitters and Carpenter to continue to move up through the system.&amp;nbsp; But I personally am more excited to see what Cashner can do as he keeps moving up.&amp;nbsp; I would love to see him getting a start in the big leagues in 2 years.&lt;/p&gt;
  


      </description>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Ryno says Sosa shouldn't be in HOF</title>
      <link>http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2009/6/23/922527/ryno-says-sosa-shouldnt-be-in-hof</link>
      <author>jkobus</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:10:09 -0000</pubDate>
      <description type="html">
&lt;h3 class=&quot;link-title&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/news/story?id=4281359&quot;&gt;Ryno says Sosa shouldn't be in&amp;nbsp;HOF&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;description&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;Well to me when he says Sosa doesnt deserve to be in I am fully convinced he does not belong.  But where does that leave Bonds/Arod/Clemens?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
      </description>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Ricketts deal on thin ice</title>
      <link>http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2009/5/28/891834/ricketts-deal-on-thin-ice</link>
      <author>jkobus</author>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 21:34:51 -0000</pubDate>
      <description type="html">
&lt;h3 class=&quot;link-title&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/towerticker/2009/05/zell-on-cubs-if-the-ricketts-deal-doesnt-get-done-im-sure-there-will-be-other-ones.html&quot;&gt;Ricketts deal on thin&amp;nbsp;ice&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;description&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is the selling of the Cubs going happen any time soon?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
      </description>
    </item>
  </channel>
</rss>
