I apologize if this topic has been discussed at length in another place on this site, but I haven't seen many people talking about Geovany Soto lately. 

Last night against the Astros, Geo left 7 men on base.  As of the time I am writing this fanpost, he is batting .162/.296/.191.  That's not a misprint.  That's a .191 slugging percentage, folks.  With zero home runs and only four RBI.

I know he missed some time with his shoulder injury, but he has played in 22 of the 28 games so far this season, and has 81 plate appearances already.  Some people on this site have asked for Koye Hill to get more playing time, and we have seen that.  But Geo is our starting catcher.  After last night's performance, I'm starting to worry a little bit.  It doesn't help that Geo is on my fantasy team as well :)

I have a question in regards to the camera work/broadcasts during baseball games.  Being a Cubs fan, I pretty much catch at least some of most of the television broadcasts of Cubs games throughout the year (minus some day games of course).  My friends and I have consistently noticed that the camera work during Cubs games happens to capture some "high quality" fan shots throughout the game.  In fact, it is so blatant at points, that we just call it the "hot chick cam."  Please tell me that i'm not the only person who realizes this!

My greater question revolves around the logistics of the camera work for baseball broadcasts.  I know that the Cubs games that are done by Len and Bob span several different channels here in Chicago, but I am guessing that they have the same broadcast team, including camera men/women, regardless of what station they are on.  So, when Fox/ESPN come into town, I know that they have their own broadcast team, but do they bring in their own cameras and camera men/women to shoot the game?  What about the instances where the game is on Fox/ESPN, but the game ends up being on Comcast with Len and Bob locally?  I really doubt that there are 2 camera teams shooting the same game.  Or is it by stadium?  Do the Cubs take their own camera crew on the road with them?  Or do they rely on the crew at the road stadium? If this is the case, why is it that the Cubs seem to have such a sweet "Hot Chick Cam" compared to other broadcasts?  Or am I just not watching enough of other teams to realize that this is just a part of baseball?

I had the pleasure to go to the Cubs/Sox game last night here in Las Vegas.  I live in Chicago, but my sister lives out here.  So, I took the opportunity to come out here for the 2 games and some sunshine.  I thought I would give a rundown of what it was like to be at the game last night.  More after the jump....

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I recently was able to attend 3 Chicago baseball games in 2 days.  The 2 Mets/Cubs games (bleacher) and then yesterday's White Sox/Yankees game (upper deck).  Here is the story of how I lost faith in all of humanity, I hope you enjoy...

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My friend and I have never been to Cubs spring training before, and we promised ourselves that we would finally go this year.  With tickets going on sale at the beginning of January, we have some planning to do ahead of time.  We thought that we would get some BCB input into our biggest issue:

Arizona or Vegas??

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I didn't see this anywhere else, so I thought I would post it.  The Cubs (and some former Cubs) are mentioned several times in this ESPN article:

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/hotstove07/columns/story?columnist=crasnick_jerry&id=3131579&l pos=spotlight&lid=tab6pos1

Several Highlights

This is my first BCB post, so please bear with me.  I've been trying to keep up with all of the posts, but if someone has already mentioned this, please let me know.  I thought it would be interesting to look at a few cubs/brewers splits to help explain why the cubs seem to be winning close games, where the brewers can't seem to win to save their lives.  Actually, I encountered these stats purely as a way to make fun of my brewers fan friend.  So here we go...

We'll look at 3 stats.  Batting Average with men on base, BA with runners in scoring position, and BA with runners in scoring position and 2 outs.

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