PLAYERS:
Aramis Ramirez,
Shane Victorino,
Jeff Baker,
Alfonso Soriano,
Derrek Lee,
Ted Lilly,
Kosuke Fukudome,
Randy Wells,
Charlie Morton,
Tom Gorzelanny,
Zach Duke,
Rich Harden
TEAMS: Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Diego Padres
TEAMS: Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Diego Padres
Aramis Ramirez should be able to play Friday and the Pittsburgh Pirates are coming to town...and we're on day 10,256,753(est.) of the last apocalyptic asteroid hitting the Earth.
That's all I got...hey, you get what you pay for here at TCR.
Okay fine, more ranting, raving and rumbling after the jump...
- I guess when the team is playing so bad, it's easy to set your sights elsewhere, but the guy turning himself in who threw the beer at Shane Victorino is "breaking news?" Really? Sun-Times had not 1, not 2, not 3, but 4 articles (cue Feist ) on it last night.
- Justin Berg was perfectly adequate in his 2 inning major league debut last night, throwing 17 strikes on 26 pitches inducing 3 ground-balls outs including a double play with his sinker/change combo.
- The answer to the Cubs second base problem apparently is hoping that Jeff Baker stays hot. Why not?
- Somehow the writer of this "rumor" for Yahoo got "The wo...
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