Archive for April, 2008

Trending Upward

The season is young, but so far I like the trends I see… Derrek Lee has as many home runs so far in 2008 than he did through June 1st of last year. We need to see the D Lee we know and love – Gold Glove .300 hitter with the ability to take the ball [...]

April 7, 2008 Posted in: observations No Comments

Nightmares of Neifi Perez

Lou Pinella said yesterday ”filling out a Major League lineup card is not as hard as the New York Times crossword puzzle”… Ya gotta like Sweet Lou. Alfonso Soriano spent exactly 1 day so far this season batting other than lead-off. Looking only at the numbers, he is the anti-leadoff hitter. However, when he bats anywhere [...]

April 5, 2008 Posted in: lineup No Comments

Another L for the Cubs, now 1-3 for ‘08

Well, at least Kosuke Fukudome kept up his .500 season batting average!

April 4, 2008 Posted in: observations No Comments

Prince Fielder is a big boy

Saw this post on the wrigleyville23 blog. The photo is of Prince Fielder on all-fours at Wrigley. His profile lists him at 6’0″, 260lbs but that might be optimistic. Still the guy sure can hit… http://www.wrigleyville23.com/2008/04/first-fat-prince-picture-of-year.html

April 4, 2008 Posted in: observations No Comments

Dempster: From Closer to Stopper

The beloved Cubs have won their first game of the young 2008 season. It played out just like the scripted it in spring training. Middle of the lineup delivered, we got a quality start, Marmol in setup and Woody closed it out without (too much) drama. Nicely done. And who’d a thunk it would be [...]

April 3, 2008 Posted in: game strategy No Comments