SB Nation User Blog: snowyman28

Former Cub news

snowyman28 — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:11:13 -0000

For any remaining Matt Murton fans out there, I found a little tiny blurb in yesterday's flood of information and disinformation from the winter meetings. Seems Mr. Murton finally found a team that will give him playing time to prove he really does have skill. Of course, to find this team he had to leave the North American continent. The Hanshin Tigers of the Central League in Japan thought he was good enough to purchase his contract from Colorado. Forgive me if this has already been posted, my internet connection is far too slow over here (Afghanistan) and I have far too little patience to have looked, so if I'm stepping on someone or recapping a recap I'm sorry and go ahead and blast me for it. I would post a link, but I can't even remember under what pile of information I dug this up from.

Guess who won

snowyman28 — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:06:36 -0000

If you saw these stats, who would you guess won the game?

1st Downs	24	17
3rd down efficiency	5-17	5-11
4th down efficiency	3-3	1-2
Total Yards	476	420
Passing	307	399
Comp-Att	22-35	32-46
Yards per pass	8.8	8.7
Rushing	169	21
Rushing Attempts	45	15
Yards per rush	3.8	1.4
Penalties	8-69	5-35
Turnovers	0	1
Fumbles lost	0	1
Interceptions thrown	0	0
Possession	36:19	23:41

Well, our stats are the first column and Cincinnati's are the second. I actually finally got to watch the game and found that while the secondary did have its problems--poor coverage, bad angles to the ball and receivers--it was more our inability to get any pressure on the quarterback that killed us. We actually should have won this game, damn. Double damn, we lost in Vegas too.

Rumorville

snowyman28 — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:37:06 -0000

Rumorville

I would highly recommend the SBNation site MLB Daily Dish, especially during the hot stove months of the off season. We appear quite often on the front page apparently having varying degrees of interest in several free agents and trade possibilities to include the recently brought up Halliday wish. For example, do we really have interest in JJ Putz and/or a trade of Milton Bradley for Luis Castillo?

Intriguing Idea

snowyman28 — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:03:40 -0000

Intriguing Idea

Since there is now serious talk out there about putting Z on the block, how 'bout some not-so-serious talk on how we could do that AND keep him in Chicago--note, this does not include the White Sox. Z would get to keep hitting, it would just be at different targets and since we've already got one football player on the roster, what's one more?

Possible Infield Help

snowyman28 — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:58:39 -0000

Possible Infield Help

According to MLBDailyDish, Dan Uggla may be pricing himself out of the Marlins range. Granted, his glove isn't the best--3 errors in the All Star game come to mind--but his bat would be incredibly valuable. As is evidenced in this late season swoon and lack of offensive output, this is the kind of move I would love to see the new ownership OK to help the team.

Cubs get Grabby

snowyman28 — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:03:45 -0000

Cubs get Grabby

Word on the street is that this is a done deal. Cubs giving up serviceable arms for Grabow and Gorzelanny as a throw in. Not quite the trade that brought us Aramis Ramirez, but hopefully enough to put us over the top.

Former Cubs on the Move

snowyman28 — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:16:58 -0000

Former Cubs on the Move

Greetings from Afghanistan. I was just reading through the Daily Dish and ran across this article and thought it was interesting. Seems you just can't send some people anywhere.

Animal House--Really?

snowyman28 — Thu, 28 May 2009 17:15:47 -0000

Animal House--Really?

Paul Sullivan at his best--again. Really, seriously--Animal House?

Slightly OT: Former Cub Report

snowyman28 — Fri, 08 May 2009 14:14:56 -0000

I was at the Mariners/Royals game yesterday when I look in the field and who should be starting at short for the Ms but our (formerly) own Ronnie Cedeno. The first play I saw to him he made a slick bare-handed fielding play and got the runner at first--not bad. However, he found a way to be Ronnie Cedeno when it really counted. On a sharp one-hopper with Coco Crisp on, Ronnie muffed the fielding attempt, allowing David DeJesus to reach and Crisp to score. While the rest of his fielding was fine the rest of the game, his day at the plate was even worse with three swinging strike outs and I only saw him take two pitches in that span. He was replaced by Yunnieski Betancourt in the 9th who promptly walked, making his offensive day that much better than Ronnie's immediately. Maybe that Heilman trade wasn't such a bad idea after all.

This Day in History

snowyman28 — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:25:42 -0000

This Day in History

On this day in 1916, the cathedral that would become known as Wrigley Field opened its doors and the Cubs promptly christened it with a 7-6 11-inning win over the Reds.