tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60619422011-04-21T17:34:18.956-04:00“I’d rather swing at a ball in the dirt or out of the zone than take one right in the middle. You’ve got to be aggressive in the zone. That’s what you have to do.” -Corey Patterson (or Lou Brock, I'm not sure)Joenoreply@blogger.comBlogger1401100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061942.post-1133469825442554692005-12-01T15:42:00.000-05:002005-12-01T15:43:45.453-05:00

Give him a hand! Thanks for commenting on my site that is (pretty much) dead. Seriously, though I'm going to start another site-but I don't think Blogspot offers a whole lot of flexibility.

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The new and improved...Eat at Joe's!!!!No, I'm not dead.

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I know I don't post much anymore, but anytime the major leagues worst player, and official "Eat at Joe's mascot", Gabor Paul Bako II, busts out with a 2 hit and 2 RBI game, I know I need to throw something up here. What's most surprising about this is that it wasn't against the Reds. After not getting an RBI the entire month of July, Bako raised his batting average to a robust .198 and his

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Jose Macias, Damian Jackson, Rey Ordonez, Ramon Martinez, Alex Gonzalez... The new guy's probably an upgrade.

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I really hate this son of a bitch! I've got an idea.  Let's send a guy home with no outs that was out for two weeks with a groin pull.   What an absolute genius decision!   Wild Card, here we come (maybe).

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Some offense would be nice. And that's all I have to say about that.

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Thanks Craig Biggio! Apparently, after watching Alou and Korey (only 1 K now, instead of 3), The Beege thought he'd make a stellar defensive play of his own. The Cubs may have been lucky to win this game, but they'll take it. The Astros improve to 1-3 with Carlos Beltran. Hey Astros, maybe you can flip Beltran for some bullpen prospects! With the win, and another Cardinals loss (to the

Joenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061942.post-1088176028671748412004-06-25T09:52:00.000-05:002004-06-25T10:13:09.366-05:00

Ok, for the three of you that check this site hoping I've written something recent, let's recap the last week and a half of Cubs games: Win Win Win Win Loss Win Win Win Loss Loss There you go. We can blame the last two losses on the following things: Bad Bullpen Paul Bako Sammy's baserunning Wavin Wendell Rey Ordonez It's obvious the Cubs need another arm in the pen. If it's trading for a

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Did anyone else think once Capt. Tightpants blew the game in the 8th, the Cubs were destined to lose? And then again with Hawkins in the 11th? I know I sure did. But this was a big win. Jon Leicester (the man with the silent "ice" in his name) pitched three scoreless innings for his first career win. Thankfully, the game didn't go any further because Maddux was warming up to come in. Sammy

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Well, they managed a split with a blowout win on Thursday. Why leave Zambrano in for 121 pitches with a 10 run lead? Because 7 pitchers threw the day before? None of them went more than an inning and a third. Oh well. You may have heard the fine Cubs broadcaster Chip Caray refer to "two out magic" once or twice in the last few weeks. I didn't see yesterday's 10 run inning with two out, but

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Please stop sending baserunners to their certain doom. Sincerely, Joe Well, it wasn't all Wavin Wendell's fault. Another game, another opposing pitcher without a walk and a sub 100 pitch outing. Another game, another embarassing Korey Paterson at-bat. It would really be a bad idea to lose 3 of 4 to the Cards without Pujols in the lineup. So, let's win today, shall we? Let's recap the

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...to the question "HOW HIGH DOES ERA HAVE TO GET BEFORE HE IS SENT BACK TO MEXICO (OR THE DL)" IS: 8.02. Sweaty Joe is on the DL and may be there for a long time. Thanks for 2003 Joe, but I don't have any sympathy for you if you were covering up an injury. This isn't typical Cubs team where they were just trying to get to .500 to consider the season a success. Jon Leicester has been

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When the Cubs allow 3 runs or less, they are 22-5 When the Cubs allow 4 runs or more, they are 5-19 In 52 games, the Cubs have thrown fewer pitches than their opponent 18 times. They are 12-6 in those games. In 52 games, the Cubs have thrown more pitches than their opponent 34 times. They are 15-19 in those games. The Cubs hitting is: 23rd in walks (160) 21st in OBP (.329) 2nd in homers (

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...besides Dusty using the lineup 1) Macias 2) Ordonez 3) Patterson Or any game where Mike Wuertz pitches Friday, Game 1: Ramon E. Martinez: Strike looking, Martinez singled to center Todd Walker hit for Kyle Farnsworth. Todd Walker: Strike swinging, Intentional ball, Walker singled to right, Martinez to third. Jose Macias: Macias singled to left center, Martinez scored, Walker to second.

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mir·a·cle ( P ) Pronunciation Key (mr-kl) An event that appears inexplicable by the laws of nature and so is held to be supernatural in origin or an act of God: see Paul Bako, 5/31/04. "3-3 with a double". Seems innocent doesn't it? Hell, you can see a similar line for some player almost every day of the Major League Baseball season. But when 3-3 with a double follows this guy's name: ,

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The Cubs finally won a game on Sunday. Everybody hit everything. Including many of the Pirates batters. Mark Prior will be back on Friday (out of all the dumbass predictions I made at the beginning of the season I lucked into getting this date exactly right). Hopefully, that means good things. The Cubs have the Astros for 3, and are up against the Rocket on Wednesday. Glendon Rusch pitches

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Is CubsSuck2004.com taken as a domain name? Fuck You: and you: you too: nice beard idiot: uh huh: yes: hell yes: oh yeah: and now, let's play the latest game craze sweeping the country: HOW HIGH DOES YOUR ERA HAVE TO GET BEFORE YOU ARE SENT BACK TO MEXICO? This month's contestant: ERA as of May 29th: 8.30 Pack it in boys or get Prior on a plane to Pittsburgh, put Sosa in a

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Let's take this time to look over the Iowa roster: Iowa: Trenedad Hubbard: He's currently got a stat line of .323/.408/.402. I like the .323. I really like the .408. I don't like the .402. When your slugging is less than your OBP, you've got some issues. If you have 6 extra base hits in 127 at-bats, that's a problem. Dave Kelton: Soon to be called up for Friday's doubleheader to not

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2 out of 3? I'll take it. Friday: Where would the Cubs be without Moises Alou? I admit I thought at the beginning of the year that Moises' luck would run out and he'd spend half the year on the DL. All he has done is be the Cubs best hitter so far this year. Why do pitchers keep throwing him first pitch fastballs? Alou on the first pitch: .447 (17-38), 2 HR, 7 RBI However in this

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Well, if you're Sweaty Joe Borowski and you've just given up a 2 run homer to perhaps the greatest player in the game today, Barry Bonds, you can't feel too bad for him. Bonds has over 660 home runs! He's probably going to be the all-time home run leader in the next couple of years! Wait, what's that you say? Bonds wasn't playing yesterday? Neifi Perez hit the home run? Neifi Perez? The

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Alou dropped a #2 on his Dad and the rest of the Giants, and jacked a hanging whatever that was (slow fastball, spinning curve?) into the second row of the family section in left. I believe the Cubs are now 2-0 when they start Jackson and Macias in the same game. That frightens me. Let's give that Dubois kid a start in right field against the next lefty that starts against us. Or the next

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After his super sneeze, Sammy's now on the 15 day DL. Read it! Jason Dubois anyone?

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Wonder how your favorite Ex-Cubs are doing in Japan? Courtesy of japanesebaseball.com: Roosevelt Brown - .299/.436/.583, 8 HR, 34 RBI in 127 AB Matt Franco - .326/.404/.514, 4 HR, 23 RBI in 144 AB Angel Echevarria - .312/.353/.640, 10 HR, 31 RBI in 125 AB Spring MVP Scott McClain - .200/.308/.356, 2 HR, 5 RBI in 45 AB Tuffy Rhodes - .351/.476/.739, 16 HR, 33 RBI in 134 AB Julio Zuleta -

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Nice 3 game series for the Cubs in San Diego. Any time you get wins from games started by Meat-tray and Rusch, that's a good thing. And with the Astros losing to the Mets, the Cubs are tied for first. Friday: The new #7 hitter, Corey Patterson, went 2-4 with a homer. Sammy homered. There's a problem with the box score: Jose Macias had 3 hits and 3 RBI. Paul Bako, not feeling the good vibes,

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The Sphinx Stonehenge Crop Circles Two hits, One RBI and One Intentional Walk IN ONE GAME!!!! Folks, let me tell you about yesterday's game. Sure, the Cubs finally scored a few runs using a Bizarro World lineup (Goodwin #1, Macias #2) that hopefully will never, ever be used again. But the important thing is, that Major League Baseball's worst player Gabor Paul Bako II, achieved to what

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Can we get a lefty up to throw some BP to Sammy and the rest of the Cubs? Please? Well, at least they drew 1 of those baseclogging walks. Alex Cora saw about as many pitches in one at-bat (18), as Corey Patterson sees over a 2 game stretch. Of course, instead of striking out, he hit a homer. Moises Alou is hitting .524 (11-21) against today's Dodger starter, Hideo Nomo. Let's see if that

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Well, Ordonez signed a minor league deal with the Cubs. ATTENTION CHICAGO CUBS! PLEASE DO NOT ACQUIRE ANY MORE LIGHT HITTING SHORTSTOPS! THERE ARE NO MORE SPACES AVAILABLE! That is all.

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The Cubs again made a guy that has pitched very poorly in Jeff Weaver, look like a future Cy Young winner. This seems to be a reoccuring theme. Kerry Wood left the game with a tightness in his right triceps. He and the Cubs season will be reevaluated on Wednesday. Mark Prior seems to be progressing well, and could be back in early June. No Rey Ordonez! Pitcher and MIT grad Jason Szuminski

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I threw up a handy little link on the right side under "Cubs Links" to keep tabs on all the Cubs minor league stats. Now you can easily find out on a regular basis which position players tearing up in the minors that you'll never see outside of a Spring Training game! From the San Diego Union-Tribune: Who goes? If Cirillo is activated, the Padres will have to make the first change to their 25-

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...to have Corey Patterson removed from the #2 spot, I present to you this information: Corey Patterson has 9 walks this year. 6 of those walks were on 4 pitches. 2 of those walks were on 5 pitches. 1 of those walks was on 6 pitches. Now, I know we really don't need any more evidence that the Cubs #2 hitter is somewhat "less than selective" with his hitting, but having seen a decent majority

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The Cubs managed to actually get a couple of clutch hits (2 out magic!) and managed to win 2 of 3 from Phil Rogers' favorite team, the Colorado Rockies. Hey Phil, how's that prediction looking? The time has come to stop picking the Yankees and Braves every year and start playing hunches. So who's going to be the next team to spring a sneak attack? The Colorado Rockies are that team. No, Phil,

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Well, the Cubs avoided getting swept and had their "hitting shoes" on yesterday in the 11-3 win. Derrek Lee led the way with a homer and a 5-5 day. Matt Clement is 5-1? Today, the Cubs get to face our old friend Shawn Estes. Estes, of course, was the majors worst starter last year but Dusty nearly cost the Cubs the division continually running him out there. He's 4-1 so far in 2004, and his

Joenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061942.post-1083879541455546882004-05-06T16:39:00.000-05:002004-05-06T16:52:03.780-05:00

We here at "Eat at Joe's", the occasional one stop shop for an average of 40-50 people a day for some of their Cubs news, would like to extend a warm welcome to those of you visiting this site searching for the following: "moises alou urine on hands" "gary miller moises alou urine" and of course... "alou urinates hands baker" Scroll down a bit and you'll find out some info on that whole

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Chicago shortstop Alex Gonzalez has a broken bone in his right wrist and could miss six weeks, the latest injury setback for the Cubs. Gonzalez was hurt in the seventh inning of Wednesday night's 2-0 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks when he was struck by the ball on a pitch from Mike Koplove. Home plate umpire Charlie Reliford ruled that Gonzalez fouled the pitch, and after a brief argument, he

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The Cubs announced today that in lieu of batting practice inside Wrigley Field this afternoon, they're going to look for lamp posts and telephone poles on Addison and Waveland to use some of these:

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From the Arlington Daily Herald: Patterson normally is the Cubs' No. 2 hitter, where making contact and getting on base are prerequisites. During his tough time at the plate, Patterson's on-base percentage dropped to .302 entering Wednesday. Last season, Patterson batted second just twice, having spent 30 of his 83 games in the No. 6 position. Manager Dusty Baker was asked to assess Patterson

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Out of 192 MLB players ranked in pitches seen per plate appearance, here's where the regulars for the Cubs rank: 47-Walker-3.97 186-Patterson 3.19 39-Sosa-4.01 182-Alou 3.32 105-Ramirez 3.71 45-Lee-3.98 166-Gonzalez 3.47 175-Barrett-3.44 and their average P/PA throughout their career... Walker-3.74 Patterson-3.38 Sosa-3.87 Alou-3.39 Ramirez-3.70 Lee-4.05 Gonzalez-3.73 Barrett-3.48 With

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Andy Pratt: In Iowa, he's 0-4 with a 17.00 ERA, walking 15 in nine innings. Some other notable minor league stats: AAA: Dubois: .276/.351/.598, 8 HR, 22 RBI, 8 BB, 25 K in 87 AB Kelton: .271/.344/.518, 5 HR, 13 RBI, 8 BB, 19 K in 85 AB Jimmy Anderson: 30.1 IP, 32 H, 11 ER, 9 BB, 15 K John Koronka: 21 IP, 18 H, 7 ER, 13 BB, 25 K Check out the rest! AA: Richard Lewis: .349 in 83 AB

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Maddux pitches well for the third time in a row and steals a base! Sammy, Derrick and Walker go deep! Bako gets his first extra base hit of the year! Corey only swings at the first pitch once! Jose Macias hits a ball to the outfield! Kent Mercker gets an out! Farnsworth doesn't pitch! Grudz suffered a setback on his hammy running the bases in St. Louis. It could be one week, two weeks or

Joenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061942.post-1083600856064715502004-05-03T11:14:00.000-05:002004-05-03T11:40:29.653-05:00

I am hitting .100 (2-20) My slugging percentage is .100 I have one RBI. Yet, I will be the starting catcher today for your Chicago Cubs. But what about me? I have one hit and my batting average is .067 (1-15), which matches my fine slugging percentage (.067) and my OBP (.067). I too, have one RBI. Why am I on the team? I'm supposed to be fast, but it's hard to outrun all those

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OK, I'm back. Let's cover the last three games in order of stupidity. Sunday and Friday: Dear Capt. Tightpants, You've thrown 24 pitches in St. Louis. You've gotten 6 strikes. One of the strikes was a line shot off the wall. The strike zone is a beautiful thing. Your hanging slider is not. Please stop relying on it and throw the fastball. What's that you say? You can't throw the

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Maddux pitches fairly well, except to Steve Finley, and Alex Gonzalez hits a big home run off Matt Mantei in the ninth. Paul Bako walks twice. Cubs win 4-3. The "vaunted Reds bullpen" enabled the Brewers to set a club record by coming back from a 9-0 deficit. Thank you for playing the first month of the season Cincinnati, now go back to the bottom part of the division. Kerry Wood got

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Sure hope this isn't how the Cardinals series will go. Well, when Goodwin bats second and Hollandsworth is hitting cleanup, you know the Meat-tray was feeling pretty good about his chances. Todd did account for the only run with his homer in the ninth, but the Cubs finished about 8 runs short of a rally. Maddux against this girl's husband today:

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...to purchase this.

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Other than Paul Bako batting cleanup, I can't think of anything more detrimental to winning a game except when Randy Johnson singles on an 0-2 pitch to drive in a run and Jose Macias bats leadoff. True to form, the Cubs were blown out by the D-Backs and The Big Unit runs his lifetime mark against the Cubs to a pretty fair 12-0. Cub Killer (is there a power hitter in the National League that

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Go here for an amusing link courtesy of Rooftop Report. They don't link to me, but that's OK, I forgive them.

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I know there probably aren't many Colorado Rockies fans out there, and after reading Rockies GM Dan O'Dowd's statements in Peter Gammons' column on ESPN, I can understand why: The Coors Effect on arms No one knows the winning formula in Colorado. "We've tried a lot of things," says GM Dan O'Dowd. "I don't know if we'll ever get it right, although I'll say this: if we can get into the playoffs,

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From Baseball Prospectus: DUSTY + PITCH COUNTS = TWIQ GOLDMINE "[Kerry Wood]'s approaching the threshold of the great pitchers who don't really need a closer in the ninth. It'd been hell taking Ferguson Jenkins out of that game (Saturday) or Bob Gibson or (Sandy) Koufax or Curt Schilling or Randy Johnson or Dave Stewart or Roger Clemens back in his day." --Dusty Baker, Cubs manager, on Kerry

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I guess when you allow 2 runs in 3 games, that would normally result in something good. Friday: Maddux finally pitches like Maddux and gets the ERA under 7. Alou homers again. Todd Walker is the unshaven man. Saturday: Kerry Wood continues his march toward 15 wins. Latroy has given up nothing! Sunday: Good god, th..that's Matt Clement's music! Wavin'

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OK, the wind is not blowing out at 35 mph. It's not 30 degrees. Let's go. Nice moustache.

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Rained out yesterday. Maddux pitches today (the wind is expected to be 5 to 10 mph, not sure which direction) and gets 2 extra days of rest and will start tomorrow.

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From the Miami Herald: As an action movie star in a film project that he expects to start shooting later this year, Jose Canseco plays a guy who steals a drug lord's artwork because the drug lord has kidnapped his niece. The movie has just about everything, Canseco said. ``Car chases, fast driving, fight scenes.'' But no baseball. At 39, Canseco didn't hook up with the Los Angeles Dodgers

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8 runs in the first against the Battlin' Bucos. Maybe they're not better than the Cubs after all? And what a great list that is, huh? How are the Marlins second after being swept by the Braves this last weekend? 12 runs and no homers. What's going on? Corey Patterson had 5 hits and Meat-tray got his first career win. Congrats. Less-than-average Joe entered in the ninth and promptly

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They can't be stopped! (Of course, it is the Pirates and the Reds.) But for a team that struggled to score 4 runs per game last year, 58 runs in 7 games will work. Can they keep it going for Meat-tray? Grudz is taking BP and is not wearing the walking boot any longer. Mark, I think I speak for everyone when I say, take your time. They're running wild in the streets in Wrigleyville! Calm

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...for finally getting a meaningful hit. A-ramis continued his hot hitting. Clement settled down after a lot of pitches in the first couple of innings. Game scores for the pitchers so far... Wood: 44, 71, 63 Maddux: 53, 19, 31 Clement: 35, 72, 63 Zambrano: 73, 61 Mitre: 63, 36 Let's hope Carlos keeps it going tonight against the (cue Chip Caray voice) Battlin' Buccos. Oh, and the

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Let's just blame another poor Maddux start on the wind blowing out at 35 mph and leave it at that (at least, until the next one). Why did Dusty pinch hit Macias first in the ninth and then send up his best pinch hitter next? Would Hollandsworth have bunted Macias over to second if Jose had managed to hit it past the pitcher? Ah, it was so we could add Hollandsworth to the ever growing:

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Jackass umpires! Kerry Wood being left in for 131 pitches in APRIL with a fairly rested bullpen, when the Cubs are now conceeding and commenting that Prior could susceptible to a "chain of events" and cause him to be lost for the year.

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And the Cubs! Wavin' Wendell-o-meter: 2 out at Home!

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I don't have time to sufficiently cover the game the readers of Eat at Joe's are used to, so I'll summarize: Good: Aramis finally hitting them where they ain't. Todd Walker Matt Clement (though he was very lucky early on) Bad: The Farns Hey, let's score some more runs today!

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The answer to the Andy Pratt question is Francis Beltran! Go get 'em Francis! (that's probably not a sentence that has been said too often in the context of baseball) As a matter of fact, not counting the various 'Franciscos', he's the second "Francis" ever to play Major League ball. The first was Francis Healy 70 years ago.

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Grudz was placed on the DL yesterday with a torn achilles. He'll be out 2 weeks. Jose Macias was activated. I believe that is considered subtraction by addition. As of this time, Andy Pratt is still with the team. It looks like the Cubs will send him down and call up either Francis Beltran (3 1 /3 IP, 0 H, 3 K, 0 BB, 3 SV so far) or Jon Leicester (6 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 8 K so far). I'd

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I didn't realize the Cubs signed the 1987 version of Greg Maddux. Maddux went 3 2/3, gave up 8 hits, 5 runs, walked 5 and hit another guy. But, that's OK because the Cubs pitchers have all absorbed from Greg what they should be doing and gave up 7 more runs. 3 of those runs were complements of the "closer", Joe Borowski. I think Bill Murray was the most accurate pitcher of the day and he

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Friday: Cubs 2, Braves 1 (15 innings) Last year, the Cubs had an 0-63 record when trailing in the ninth inning. This year, they're 1-3. Hopefully, this is the first of many things we will see that they never did last year. Hollandsworth blasted the first pitch from John Smoltz into the right field seats, and the Cubs managed to overcome blowing many, many scoring opportunities to win it in

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Nothing like losing 2 out of 3 to the Reds. They did the same thing in the second series of the year in 2003. Today, we saw the hack and slash Cubs (none of those base clogging walks) swinging at whatever they could that we all love and remember. How do you make 10 outs on the first or second pitch? It was also the Sammy Sosa show. He went deep for 2 of the runs and drove in the other with

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Well that was exciting. Greg Maddux gives up 4 hits in 6 innings. Unfortunately, 2 of those hits were home runs. And due to the Cubs inability to get anything going against Farnsworth's punching dummy Paul Wilson, they lost 3-1. Derrek Lee did hit a 2 out, 9th inning home run and Wuertz pitched another perfect inning, but it didn't really matter. Also, Paul Bako managed to strike out twice

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The headline says it all.

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Anytime Sosa, Ramirez and Lee do virtually nothing in a game and you still score 7 runs and win, (two of which were a gift from Adam Dunn), you're doing OK. These obviously are not your 2003 April- July Cubs where it was a struggle to score 4 runs. Granted, it is just one game, and it was against the AAA Reds (whose lineup falls off as dramatically after #5 as the Cubs did last year), but you

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Arizona 8, Cubs 7 Other than the fact that Clement got rocked (3 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 0 K) and Meat-Tray didn't (3 IP, 3 H), that's all you need to know about that game. I think the Cubs final record was 16-15-2, but I'm not sure, and it doesn't really matter anyway. Now, in honor of the actual Opening Day, let's get to the first annual "Eat at Joe's" Major League Baseball Predictions: First,

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Cubs 8, Arizona 1 Only 1 more Spring game to cover... (thank God) Good: Sosa, Ramirez, Gonzalez: 2 hits each Maddux: 3 IP, 1 H, 1 K Pratt: 2 IP, 1 H, 1 BB, 2 K Borowski: 1 IP, but 2 hits Bad: Nothing. Box Score! Mike Wuertz is the final piece of the bullpen. Jimmy Anderson, you get a ticket to Des Moines. Scott McClain decided to forego Iowa, and rejoin his former team the Seibu Lions in

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Cubs 12, Arizona 2 Good: Sosa 3-3, HR (4) Hollandsworth & Walker homered Jimmy Anderson: 5 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 2 sac bunts and 1 error! Mike Wuertz: 1 IP, 2 K Kent Mercker: 1 IP, 0 ER The newly signed Glendon Rusch: 1 IP, 1 H, 2 K Bad: Randy Johnson: 5 IP, 8 H, 8 ER, 1 BB, 5 K (looks like a Meat-tray pitching line) Paul Bako: 1 AB, 1 HBP, 0 apparent injuries Box Score! As I mentioned

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Cubs 12, Milwaukee 4 Good: Kerry Wood looks ready for opening day: 4 IP, 1 H, 1 BB, 4 K (finishes at 5-0 in the spring) Farnsworth: 2 scoreless innings, 2 K Barrett, Lee and someone named "A Weston" hit homers Scott McClain: 1-3, RBI Bad: Wellemeyer: 1 2/3 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K Hawkins roughed up again: 1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 K Box Score! Sergio Meat-Tray is your 5th starter according to

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Seattle 16, Cubs 4 Good: Goodwin, Ramirez, Hollandsworth: 2 hits each Alou and Ramirez homered Brian Corey and Mike Wuertz were the only pitchers not to give up a run Bad: A lot: Sergio Meat-tray: 4 IP, 8 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 1 K Gary Glover: 1 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 1 K Andy Pratt: 2/3 IP, 2 H, 3 ER, 1 BB Kent Mercker: 2/3 IP, 2 H, 4 R, 0 ER, 1 BB Joe (85 MPH) Borowski: 1/3 IP, 2 H, 1 ER Good job

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Angels 3, Cubs 0 Good: Pratt, Wellemeyer, Hawkins: 1 scoreless inning each Bad: The Cubs didn't score any runs Why would you want to read this box score? Joe Borowski's velocity is down about 4-5 mph to 89 mph. His pact with Satan is coming due. Mark Guthrie was released by the Pirates. Ken Griffey is hurt...again.

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Friday: Rangers 10, Cubs 7 Good: Walker and Sosa - 3 hits each Mike Wuertz: 2 IP, 1 H, 5 K Mercker: Another scoreless inning Bad: Gary Glover: 2 IP, 5 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 2 HR Brian Corey: 2 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K Box Score Saturday: Padres 7, Cubs 1 Good: Michael Barrett: 2 hits Andy Pratt: 1 IP, 1 K Farnsworth: 1 IP, 1 H Bad: Maddux: 5 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 1 BB, 3 K Borowski: 2/3 IP, 2

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Jamey Wright (10 2/3 IP, 16 H, 8 ER, 4 BB, 9 K) Trenidad Hubbard (.250, 7-28, 5 RBI) Casey Kopitske (.250, 3-12, 3 RBI) Fernando Lunar (.208, 5-24, 1 RBI) Calvin Murray (.321, 9-28, 1 HR, 4 RBI) Bill Selby (.208, 5-24, 1 HR, 3 RBI) Nic Jackson could be the replacement for Jose Macias. According to the Daily Herald, he could be used as a pinch runner. Why do

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Let's recap the game first... Cubs 2, A's 1 Good: Sosa 3-4 Wood: 6 1/3 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6K Jimmy Anderson: 1 2/3 IP, 2 H, 1 BB, 3 K (thanks Jimmy, you're fired!) Hawkins: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 BB (his stat lines have been less than impressive) Bad: Nothing really Box Score Chicago Tribune coverage of the Cruz trade Sun Times ESPN I can only say that the Cubs did need a left handed power

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I was more psychic than I thought today. The Cubs Thursday acquired left-handed pitcher Andy Pratt and infielder Richard Lewis from the Atlanta Braves in exchange for right-hander Juan Cruz and left-hander Steve Smyth. The 24-year-old Pratt pitched for Triple-A Richmond in 2003, leading the International League in strikeouts with 161. He went 7-10 with a 3.40 ERA in 27 starts, a career-high.

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Angels 8, Cubs 7 I'm really getting bored with Spring Training games. I promise I'll have more to say once the real games start and I can actually watch the Cubs. But for the three of you that rely on Eat at Joe's to bring you your Spring Training recap, here we go! Good: Grudz went 3-5 (3 singles) Scott McClain 1-1 Farnsworth got lucky and didn't allow any runs in 2 IP (4 hits and 1 walk,

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Cubs 12, Giants 4 That's good: Sosa, Lee, Gonzalez and the greatest Cub ever, Scott McClain had 2 hits apiece Zambrano: 6 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 0 ER (gave up a 3 run shot to Bonds), 0 BB, 2 K Jimmy Anderson, Gary Glover and Todd Wellemeyer: 1 scoreless inning each That's Bad: Grudz went 0-3 (he's now hitting .167 (4-24)) Box Score! Mark Prior will now definitely start the season on the DL. Shawn

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Cubs 1, A's 0 Good: Maddux: 6 IP, 3 H, 0 BB, 1 K Guess Who? Scott McClain: Homer #6 in his only at-bat Jamey Wright and Michael Wuertz combined for 3 shutout innings of relief Bad: Uhhh....Bako: 0-2, 2 K Box Score! Mark Prior threw 50 pitches, felt fine, but he will miss his first start. Sergio Meat-tray or Juan Cruz will take his place. Say goodbye to and welcome them to beautiful

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Cubs 7, Padres 6 Good: Derrek Lee: 3-3 Scott McClain: his 5th home run Paul Bako: A Stolen Base (granted, it was a dropped pitch by the catcher on an attempted hit & run, but a stolen base nonetheless) Mercker & Farnsworth: one scoreless inning each Bad: Juan Cruz: 4 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 K - Dusty Baker on Cruz: "I can't say it was a step forward. But it was not a step backward." Er, OK.

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Friday: White Sox 9, Cubs 3 The Good: Sergio Mitre: 4 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K Hollandsworth and Felix Martinez went 2-2 That's about it The Bad: After Mitre, the bullpen did its best impression of a gascan: Beltran: 1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER Jamey Wright: 2 IP, 5 H, 3 ER Hawkins: 1 IP, 4 H, 3 ER Todd Walker went 0-3. Does he have any hits this spring? Box score fun Saturday: Cubs 10, Brew

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Cubs 12, Angels 7 That's good: Alex Gonzalez, Derrick Lee and Corey Patterson all homered Sammy had a couple of hits Kent Mercker made his spring debut: 1 IP, 2 K Zambrano did a little better: 5 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K That's bad: Gary Glover and Todd Wellemeyer gave up 2 runs apiece in one inning each of work Let's read the box score. Prior threw 35 pitches yesterday and was pronounced

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Rangers 6, Cubs 1 This wasn't one of the better efforts. Pretty good: E-ramis and Hollandsworth had 2 hits apiece Mike Wuertz, Brian Corey and Borowski combined for 4 innings of shutout relief Pretty Bad: Greg Maddux: 4 IP, 8 H, 5 ER, 0 BB, 2 K - "I left some pitches up," Maddux said. "I didn't make good enough pitches with two strikes. I think I pitched well until I got to two strikes."

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The Cubs took the day off yesterday and decided to not play any games. So I guess that means I'll have to find something else to talk about... Mark Prior threw some pitches off an actual mound, and everyone says it went OK. He'll throw again on Thursday. Let's talk ex-Cubs! Shawn Estes has 10 IP this spring, and has given up one earned run. The apocalypse is tomorrow. Hee Seop Choi is

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Cubs 3, Royals 2 The good: Kerry Wood threw 4 shutout innings, giving up 2 hits and striking out 4. He threw 126 pitches. (Just kidding) Farnsworth and Borowski had one scoreless, hitless inning apiece Nic Jackson hit a homer The bad: Nothing was really "bad". Well, Grudz went 0-3. How's that? Box scores are informative. Also, the following were banished from Cubs camp: Sent to AAA:

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Let's recap the exciting weekend of spring action! Friday: Mariners 10, Cubs 5 Highlights: Hmm...how about Greg Maddux and 3 IP, 1 H, 2 BB and 8 K's! Lowlights: Felix Sanchez will enjoy Iowa. 2/3 IP, 5 H, 6 ER, 2 BB, 1 K Jamey Wright (2 1/3 IP) and John Foster (1 IP) gave up 2 runs apiece I like to read box scores. Saturday: Cubs 4, White Sox 3 Not bad: Sammy homered Hawkins gave up

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You know, for about 2/3 of the season last year, I actually went through each boxscore and kept track of how many runners the Cubs had thrown out at the plate, because I thought it seemed to be a ridiculously high amount. Unfortunately, this is not readily available information, but the folks over at Baseball Prospectus put together a nifty article showing that yes, Wendell Kim needs to be

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Rockies 13, Cubs 3: Shawn Estes: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K Juan Cruz: 1 1/3 IP, 8 H, 8 ER, 2 BB, 2 K Thanks for playing Juan! You get one shot with Dusty, so you are hereby banished to Iowa. Box Score Action! Speaking of Dusty, he flips out again in another interview: "How come people don't just leave me alone?" Baker said. "Why are they talking [trash] all the time?" I think the

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From today's Tribune: General manager Jim Hendry laughed at a statistical-analysis book that used on-base percentage to suggest Moises Alou should be the leadoff hitter. "Those things are written by guys who never have been in a dugout," Hendry said. Baker agreed that stats like on-base percentage can be overdone. "Computers make it easier to come up with these numbers and make it possible to

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Cubs 8, A's 3 Every once in a while a cosmic event occurs that makes you feel glad to be alive to witness it. Here is that event: P Bako c 2 2 2 1 That's right, the official "Eat at Joe's" mascot, Punchless Paul Bako, actually got 2 hits in a regulation Major League Spring Training game. This wasn't batting practice, folks. An actual quality Major League Pitcher, and former Cy

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The numbers: Not bad: Hollandsworth 1-2, HR (2) A. Ramirez 1-2, HR (1) C. Murray 1-2, HR (1) J Wright 1 IP, 2 K Not good: Clement 3 IP, 2 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 K J Pena 2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 1 ER The box score is here! I am in a number of fantasy baseball leagues, but the guys that have done it the best over the years are the people at baseball.mocksports.com. I've been playing fantasy

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Here we go... The Good: Scott McClain 2-3, 2 HR, 4 RBI Sammy 1-2, HR, 2 RBI Zambrano 3 IP, 3 H, 7 K! Gary Glover 2 IP, 1 H, 1 BB, 2 K The Bad: Bako 0-3 (but I'm sure they were really hit hard) Foster 1 IP, 3 H, 2 BB, 2 ER Check out all the numbers here.

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Two games yesterday for the Cubs, and two ties. Cubs 4, Royals 4 The Good: Hollandsworth 2-2, HR, 3 RBI David Kelton made some nice defensive plays at first Maddux 2 IP, 1 H, 3 K J. Anderson 2 IP, 3 H, 3 K F Sanchez 2 IP, 2 BB, 2 K The Bad: Beltran 1 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1 K Cubs 6, Giants 6 The Good: Patterson 1-3, HR (2) Leicaster 2 IP, 1 BB, 1 K Pinto 2 IP, 1 K The Bad: Vazquez

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The Cubs improve to 2-1 in the spring. Heroes: Goodwin: 2-2, RBI, SB Gonzalez: 1-2, 2 RBI Cruz: 2 IP, 3 H, 1 K Juan Pena (L): 2 IP, 1 H, 1 BB Hawkins: 1 IP, 1 K Zeroes: Michael Wuertz (R): 2 IP, 3 ER Check out the box score here! Mike Remlinger will begin the season on the DL. Barring a bad spring, I would say "Crafty Veteran" Jimmy Anderson has the inside track on his spot in the

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A little bit better performance in the spring's second game. Kerry Wood went 2 innings, gave up 1 run, 3 hits, 3 walks and struck out 1. Offensive heroes: Nic Jackson 1-1, SB Alou 2-2 Barrett 1-2, 3B, 2 RBI Pitching heroes: Gary Glover (R) 2 IP, 1 H John Foster (L) 2 IP, 2 H, 2 BB, 1 K Farnsworth 1 IP, 2 K Other notes: Walker 0-3 Patterson & Sosa 0-2 Check out the box score here.

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The rest of the Cubs blog army I'm sure have covered this game in detail, but if "Eat at Joe's" is your one stop shop for up to the minute Cubs news, here you go! (And if it is your one stop shop, perhaps you need to click some of those links on the right where they do this kind of thing a little better.) Giants 9 Cubs 3. Corey Patterson hit a homer in his first at-bat (off a lefty, no less).

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No, not that hall of fame. Pete Rose will be inducted into World Wrestling Entertainment's hall of fame later this month, The New York Times reported Tuesday. Rose, baseball's career hits leader with 4,256, participated in three Wrestlemania events from 1998-2000 for WWE. He's ineligible to enter baseball's Hall of Fame because he's banned from the game for life. "He has a deep, abiding

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