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The original gameday link I had for last night’s 6-5 Cubs win over the White Sox had the Cubs listed as the home team, so that’s how I listed it in the game preview.
So, I was surprised when the Cubs came up to bat first. (According to this link for Gameday today, the Cubs will again serve as the “visiting” team this afternoon in Las Vegas.)
No matter. Cubs pitchers didn’t allow a hit for the first five innings, but that didn’t stop the White Sox from scoring a run off Tom Gorzelanny, who walked the bases loaded and then wild-pitched a run in. He wound up striking out the side in that second inning and his other two innings were decent enough. Still, neither he nor Jeff Samardzija has been impressive in their attempts to make the starting rotation.
Omar Vizquel, who has been around so long that one of his teammates his rookie year was Jeffrey Leonard, who made his major league debut in 1977, broke up the no-hitter in the sixth with a single off Jay Jackson, who got hit pretty hard and allowed three runs. The Cubs got those runs right back in the top of the seventh off Jhonny Nunez. Then Ryan Braun came in to put out the Cubs rally. No, not “that” Ryan Braun — this Ryan Braun, who threw some relief innings for the Royals in 2006 and 2007 and who is trying to make the White Sox as a non-roster invitee.
Offensively, the Cubs put on a pretty good show, with 11 hits and seven walks. Mike Fontenot had three of them and Geovany Soto (now hitting .600) had two. Josh Vitters hit a triple and Ryan Theriot was 1-for-2, bumping his spring average to .667.
Theriot also stole two bases off Sox catcher-in-waiting Tyler Flowers and helped Len Kasper out on the pregame show. If you’re outside the Chicago area and couldn’t watch the game, Bob Brenly was not there due to recovery from knee surgery, so Len did the game solo with some help from various people. Theriot did a decent job talking with Len about the team on the pregame. Some guy whose name I forget from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority did some marketing for Vegas for about an inning, and then the Tribune’s Dave van Dyck spent some time in the booth.
And one final question. New White Sox outfielder Juan Pierre has worn #9 his entire career. He’s wearing #1 for the White Sox — #9 is retired for Minnie Minoso. Isn’t it a White Sox tradition this year to unretire numbers? Why didn’t they ask Minnie? He’s still around — in fact, he lives within walking distance of Wrigley Field.
Just askin’.
.:”
What do you think.
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The original gameday link I had for last night’s 6-5 Cubs win over the White Sox had the Cubs listed as the home team, so that’s how I listed it in the game preview.
So, I was surprised when the Cubs came up to bat first. (According to this link for Gameday today, the Cubs will again serve as the “visiting” team this afternoon in Las Vegas.)
No matter. Cubs pitchers didn’t allow a hit for the first five innings, but that didn’t stop the White Sox from scoring a run off Tom Gorzelanny, who walked the bases loaded and then wild-pitched a run in. He wound up striking out the side in that second inning and his other two innings were decent enough. Still, neither he nor Jeff Samardzija has been impressive in their attempts to make the starting rotation.
Omar Vizquel, who has been around so long that one of his teammates his rookie year was Jeffrey Leonard, who made his major league debut in 1977, broke up the no-hitter in the sixth with a single off Jay Jackson, who got hit pretty hard and allowed three runs. The Cubs got those runs right back in the top of the seventh off Jhonny Nunez. Then Ryan Braun came in to put out the Cubs rally. No, not “that” Ryan Braun — this Ryan Braun, who threw some relief innings for the Royals in 2006 and 2007 and who is trying to make the White Sox as a non-roster invitee.
Offensively, the Cubs put on a pretty good show, with 11 hits and seven walks. Mike Fontenot had three of them and Geovany Soto (now hitting .600) had two. Josh Vitters hit a triple and Ryan Theriot was 1-for-2, bumping his spring average to .667.
Theriot also stole two bases off Sox catcher-in-waiting Tyler Flowers and helped Len Kasper out on the pregame show. If you’re outside the Chicago area and couldn’t watch the game, Bob Brenly was not there due to recovery from knee surgery, so Len did the game solo with some help from various people. Theriot did a decent job talking with Len about the team on the pregame. Some guy whose name I forget from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority did some marketing for Vegas for about an inning, and then the Tribune’s Dave van Dyck spent some time in the booth.
And one final question. New White Sox outfielder Juan Pierre has worn #9 his entire career. He’s wearing #1 for the White Sox — #9 is retired for Minnie Minoso. Isn’t it a White Sox tradition this year to unretire numbers? Why didn’t they ask Minnie? He’s still around — in fact, he lives within walking distance of Wrigley Field.
Just askin’.
.:”
What do you think.
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The original gameday link I had for last night’s 6-5 Cubs win over the White Sox had the Cubs listed as the home team, so that’s how I listed it in the game preview.
So, I was surprised when the Cubs came up to bat first. (According to this link for Gameday today, the Cubs will again serve as the “visiting” team this afternoon in Las Vegas.)
No matter. Cubs pitchers didn’t allow a hit for the first five innings, but that didn’t stop the White Sox from scoring a run off Tom Gorzelanny, who walked the bases loaded and then wild-pitched a run in. He wound up striking out the side in that second inning and his other two innings were decent enough. Still, neither he nor Jeff Samardzija has been impressive in their attempts to make the starting rotation.
Omar Vizquel, who has been around so long that one of his teammates his rookie year was Jeffrey Leonard, who made his major league debut in 1977, broke up the no-hitter in the sixth with a single off Jay Jackson, who got hit pretty hard and allowed three runs. The Cubs got those runs right back in the top of the seventh off Jhonny Nunez. Then Ryan Braun came in to put out the Cubs rally. No, not “that” Ryan Braun — this Ryan Braun, who threw some relief innings for the Royals in 2006 and 2007 and who is trying to make the White Sox as a non-roster invitee.
Offensively, the Cubs put on a pretty good show, with 11 hits and seven walks. Mike Fontenot had three of them and Geovany Soto (now hitting .600) had two. Josh Vitters hit a triple and Ryan Theriot was 1-for-2, bumping his spring average to .667.
Theriot also stole two bases off Sox catcher-in-waiting Tyler Flowers and helped Len Kasper out on the pregame show. If you’re outside the Chicago area and couldn’t watch the game, Bob Brenly was not there due to recovery from knee surgery, so Len did the game solo with some help from various people. Theriot did a decent job talking with Len about the team on the pregame. Some guy whose name I forget from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority did some marketing for Vegas for about an inning, and then the Tribune’s Dave van Dyck spent some time in the booth.
And one final question. New White Sox outfielder Juan Pierre has worn #9 his entire career. He’s wearing #1 for the White Sox — #9 is retired for Minnie Minoso. Isn’t it a White Sox tradition this year to unretire numbers? Why didn’t they ask Minnie? He’s still around — in fact, he lives within walking distance of Wrigley Field.
Just askin’.
.:”
What do you think.
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The original gameday link I had for last night’s 6-5 Cubs win over the White Sox had the Cubs listed as the home team, so that’s how I listed it in the game preview.
So, I was surprised when the Cubs came up to bat first. (According to this link for Gameday today, the Cubs will again serve as the “visiting” team this afternoon in Las Vegas.)
No matter. Cubs pitchers didn’t allow a hit for the first five innings, but that didn’t stop the White Sox from scoring a run off Tom Gorzelanny, who walked the bases loaded and then wild-pitched a run in. He wound up striking out the side in that second inning and his other two innings were decent enough. Still, neither he nor Jeff Samardzija has been impressive in their attempts to make the starting rotation.
Omar Vizquel, who has been around so long that one of his teammates his rookie year was Jeffrey Leonard, who made his major league debut in 1977, broke up the no-hitter in the sixth with a single off Jay Jackson, who got hit pretty hard and allowed three runs. The Cubs got those runs right back in the top of the seventh off Jhonny Nunez. Then Ryan Braun came in to put out the Cubs rally. No, not “that” Ryan Braun — this Ryan Braun, who threw some relief innings for the Royals in 2006 and 2007 and who is trying to make the White Sox as a non-roster invitee.
Offensively, the Cubs put on a pretty good show, with 11 hits and seven walks. Mike Fontenot had three of them and Geovany Soto (now hitting .600) had two. Josh Vitters hit a triple and Ryan Theriot was 1-for-2, bumping his spring average to .667.
Theriot also stole two bases off Sox catcher-in-waiting Tyler Flowers and helped Len Kasper out on the pregame show. If you’re outside the Chicago area and couldn’t watch the game, Bob Brenly was not there due to recovery from knee surgery, so Len did the game solo with some help from various people. Theriot did a decent job talking with Len about the team on the pregame. Some guy whose name I forget from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority did some marketing for Vegas for about an inning, and then the Tribune’s Dave van Dyck spent some time in the booth.
And one final question. New White Sox outfielder Juan Pierre has worn #9 his entire career. He’s wearing #1 for the White Sox — #9 is retired for Minnie Minoso. Isn’t it a White Sox tradition this year to unretire numbers? Why didn’t they ask Minnie? He’s still around — in fact, he lives within walking distance of Wrigley Field.
Just askin’.
.:”
What do you think.
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The original gameday link I had for last night’s 6-5 Cubs win over the White Sox had the Cubs listed as the home team, so that’s how I listed it in the game preview.
So, I was surprised when the Cubs came up to bat first. (According to this link for Gameday today, the Cubs will again serve as the “visiting” team this afternoon in Las Vegas.)
No matter. Cubs pitchers didn’t allow a hit for the first five innings, but that didn’t stop the White Sox from scoring a run off Tom Gorzelanny, who walked the bases loaded and then wild-pitched a run in. He wound up striking out the side in that second inning and his other two innings were decent enough. Still, neither he nor Jeff Samardzija has been impressive in their attempts to make the starting rotation.
Omar Vizquel, who has been around so long that one of his teammates his rookie year was Jeffrey Leonard, who made his major league debut in 1977, broke up the no-hitter in the sixth with a single off Jay Jackson, who got hit pretty hard and allowed three runs. The Cubs got those runs right back in the top of the seventh off Jhonny Nunez. Then Ryan Braun came in to put out the Cubs rally. No, not “that” Ryan Braun — this Ryan Braun, who threw some relief innings for the Royals in 2006 and 2007 and who is trying to make the White Sox as a non-roster invitee.
Offensively, the Cubs put on a pretty good show, with 11 hits and seven walks. Mike Fontenot had three of them and Geovany Soto (now hitting .600) had two. Josh Vitters hit a triple and Ryan Theriot was 1-for-2, bumping his spring average to .667.
Theriot also stole two bases off Sox catcher-in-waiting Tyler Flowers and helped Len Kasper out on the pregame show. If you’re outside the Chicago area and couldn’t watch the game, Bob Brenly was not there due to recovery from knee surgery, so Len did the game solo with some help from various people. Theriot did a decent job talking with Len about the team on the pregame. Some guy whose name I forget from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority did some marketing for Vegas for about an inning, and then the Tribune’s Dave van Dyck spent some time in the booth.
And one final question. New White Sox outfielder Juan Pierre has worn #9 his entire career. He’s wearing #1 for the White Sox — #9 is retired for Minnie Minoso. Isn’t it a White Sox tradition this year to unretire numbers? Why didn’t they ask Minnie? He’s still around — in fact, he lives within walking distance of Wrigley Field.
Just askin’.
.:”
What do you think.
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The original gameday link I had for last night’s 6-5 Cubs win over the White Sox had the Cubs listed as the home team, so that’s how I listed it in the game preview.
So, I was surprised when the Cubs came up to bat first. (According to this link for Gameday today, the Cubs will again serve as the “visiting” team this afternoon in Las Vegas.)
No matter. Cubs pitchers didn’t allow a hit for the first five innings, but that didn’t stop the White Sox from scoring a run off Tom Gorzelanny, who walked the bases loaded and then wild-pitched a run in. He wound up striking out the side in that second inning and his other two innings were decent enough. Still, neither he nor Jeff Samardzija has been impressive in their attempts to make the starting rotation.
Omar Vizquel, who has been around so long that one of his teammates his rookie year was Jeffrey Leonard, who made his major league debut in 1977, broke up the no-hitter in the sixth with a single off Jay Jackson, who got hit pretty hard and allowed three runs. The Cubs got those runs right back in the top of the seventh off Jhonny Nunez. Then Ryan Braun came in to put out the Cubs rally. No, not “that” Ryan Braun — this Ryan Braun, who threw some relief innings for the Royals in 2006 and 2007 and who is trying to make the White Sox as a non-roster invitee.
Offensively, the Cubs put on a pretty good show, with 11 hits and seven walks. Mike Fontenot had three of them and Geovany Soto (now hitting .600) had two. Josh Vitters hit a triple and Ryan Theriot was 1-for-2, bumping his spring average to .667.
Theriot also stole two bases off Sox catcher-in-waiting Tyler Flowers and helped Len Kasper out on the pregame show. If you’re outside the Chicago area and couldn’t watch the game, Bob Brenly was not there due to recovery from knee surgery, so Len did the game solo with some help from various people. Theriot did a decent job talking with Len about the team on the pregame. Some guy whose name I forget from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority did some marketing for Vegas for about an inning, and then the Tribune’s Dave van Dyck spent some time in the booth.
And one final question. New White Sox outfielder Juan Pierre has worn #9 his entire career. He’s wearing #1 for the White Sox — #9 is retired for Minnie Minoso. Isn’t it a White Sox tradition this year to unretire numbers? Why didn’t they ask Minnie? He’s still around — in fact, he lives within walking distance of Wrigley Field.
Just askin’.
.:”
What do you think.
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The original gameday link I had for last night’s 6-5 Cubs win over the White Sox had the Cubs listed as the home team, so that’s how I listed it in the game preview.
So, I was surprised when the Cubs came up to bat first. (According to this link for Gameday today, the Cubs will again serve as the “visiting” team this afternoon in Las Vegas.)
No matter. Cubs pitchers didn’t allow a hit for the first five innings, but that didn’t stop the White Sox from scoring a run off Tom Gorzelanny, who walked the bases loaded and then wild-pitched a run in. He wound up striking out the side in that second inning and his other two innings were decent enough. Still, neither he nor Jeff Samardzija has been impressive in their attempts to make the starting rotation.
Omar Vizquel, who has been around so long that one of his teammates his rookie year was Jeffrey Leonard, who made his major league debut in 1977, broke up the no-hitter in the sixth with a single off Jay Jackson, who got hit pretty hard and allowed three runs. The Cubs got those runs right back in the top of the seventh off Jhonny Nunez. Then Ryan Braun came in to put out the Cubs rally. No, not “that” Ryan Braun — this Ryan Braun, who threw some relief innings for the Royals in 2006 and 2007 and who is trying to make the White Sox as a non-roster invitee.
Offensively, the Cubs put on a pretty good show, with 11 hits and seven walks. Mike Fontenot had three of them and Geovany Soto (now hitting .600) had two. Josh Vitters hit a triple and Ryan Theriot was 1-for-2, bumping his spring average to .667.
Theriot also stole two bases off Sox catcher-in-waiting Tyler Flowers and helped Len Kasper out on the pregame show. If you’re outside the Chicago area and couldn’t watch the game, Bob Brenly was not there due to recovery from knee surgery, so Len did the game solo with some help from various people. Theriot did a decent job talking with Len about the team on the pregame. Some guy whose name I forget from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority did some marketing for Vegas for about an inning, and then the Tribune’s Dave van Dyck spent some time in the booth.
And one final question. New White Sox outfielder Juan Pierre has worn #9 his entire career. He’s wearing #1 for the White Sox — #9 is retired for Minnie Minoso. Isn’t it a White Sox tradition this year to unretire numbers? Why didn’t they ask Minnie? He’s still around — in fact, he lives within walking distance of Wrigley Field.
Just askin’.
.:”
What do you think.
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The original gameday link I had for last night’s 6-5 Cubs win over the White Sox had the Cubs listed as the home team, so that’s how I listed it in the game preview.
So, I was surprised when the Cubs came up to bat first. (According to this link for Gameday today, the Cubs will again serve as the “visiting” team this afternoon in Las Vegas.)
No matter. Cubs pitchers didn’t allow a hit for the first five innings, but that didn’t stop the White Sox from scoring a run off Tom Gorzelanny, who walked the bases loaded and then wild-pitched a run in. He wound up striking out the side in that second inning and his other two innings were decent enough. Still, neither he nor Jeff Samardzija has been impressive in their attempts to make the starting rotation.
Omar Vizquel, who has been around so long that one of his teammates his rookie year was Jeffrey Leonard, who made his major league debut in 1977, broke up the no-hitter in the sixth with a single off Jay Jackson, who got hit pretty hard and allowed three runs. The Cubs got those runs right back in the top of the seventh off Jhonny Nunez. Then Ryan Braun came in to put out the Cubs rally. No, not “that” Ryan Braun — this Ryan Braun, who threw some relief innings for the Royals in 2006 and 2007 and who is trying to make the White Sox as a non-roster invitee.
Offensively, the Cubs put on a pretty good show, with 11 hits and seven walks. Mike Fontenot had three of them and Geovany Soto (now hitting .600) had two. Josh Vitters hit a triple and Ryan Theriot was 1-for-2, bumping his spring average to .667.
Theriot also stole two bases off Sox catcher-in-waiting Tyler Flowers and helped Len Kasper out on the pregame show. If you’re outside the Chicago area and couldn’t watch the game, Bob Brenly was not there due to recovery from knee surgery, so Len did the game solo with some help from various people. Theriot did a decent job talking with Len about the team on the pregame. Some guy whose name I forget from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority did some marketing for Vegas for about an inning, and then the Tribune’s Dave van Dyck spent some time in the booth.
And one final question. New White Sox outfielder Juan Pierre has worn #9 his entire career. He’s wearing #1 for the White Sox — #9 is retired for Minnie Minoso. Isn’t it a White Sox tradition this year to unretire numbers? Why didn’t they ask Minnie? He’s still around — in fact, he lives within walking distance of Wrigley Field.
Just askin’.
.:”
What do you think.
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The original gameday link I had for last night’s 6-5 Cubs win over the White Sox had the Cubs listed as the home team, so that’s how I listed it in the game preview.
So, I was surprised when the Cubs came up to bat first. (According to this link for Gameday today, the Cubs will again serve as the “visiting” team this afternoon in Las Vegas.)
No matter. Cubs pitchers didn’t allow a hit for the first five innings, but that didn’t stop the White Sox from scoring a run off Tom Gorzelanny, who walked the bases loaded and then wild-pitched a run in. He wound up striking out the side in that second inning and his other two innings were decent enough. Still, neither he nor Jeff Samardzija has been impressive in their attempts to make the starting rotation.
Omar Vizquel, who has been around so long that one of his teammates his rookie year was Jeffrey Leonard, who made his major league debut in 1977, broke up the no-hitter in the sixth with a single off Jay Jackson, who got hit pretty hard and allowed three runs. The Cubs got those runs right back in the top of the seventh off Jhonny Nunez. Then Ryan Braun came in to put out the Cubs rally. No, not “that” Ryan Braun — this Ryan Braun, who threw some relief innings for the Royals in 2006 and 2007 and who is trying to make the White Sox as a non-roster invitee.
Offensively, the Cubs put on a pretty good show, with 11 hits and seven walks. Mike Fontenot had three of them and Geovany Soto (now hitting .600) had two. Josh Vitters hit a triple and Ryan Theriot was 1-for-2, bumping his spring average to .667.
Theriot also stole two bases off Sox catcher-in-waiting Tyler Flowers and helped Len Kasper out on the pregame show. If you’re outside the Chicago area and couldn’t watch the game, Bob Brenly was not there due to recovery from knee surgery, so Len did the game solo with some help from various people. Theriot did a decent job talking with Len about the team on the pregame. Some guy whose name I forget from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority did some marketing for Vegas for about an inning, and then the Tribune’s Dave van Dyck spent some time in the booth.
And one final question. New White Sox outfielder Juan Pierre has worn #9 his entire career. He’s wearing #1 for the White Sox — #9 is retired for Minnie Minoso. Isn’t it a White Sox tradition this year to unretire numbers? Why didn’t they ask Minnie? He’s still around — in fact, he lives within walking distance of Wrigley Field.
Just askin’.
.:”
What do you think.
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Shaun “Of The Dead” Marcum made a lot of Rays hitters look like zombies as he delivered three shutout innings in the Jays 4-1 loss to Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte Thursday afternoon. Jordan Bastian of bluejays.com reports the Kansas City native could be the man on the mound for the Opening Day start April 5th in Texas.
A banner of Shaun Marcum at Merchantsauto.com Stadium, home of the Jays Double-A affiliate in New Hampshire.
Marcum allowed just one hit while striking out two batters on just 39 pitches, 31 of which were strikes. Marcum’s brilliance was not matched by Shawn Camp as the Rays got to him for three runs in the fifth inning, including a John Jaso two-run homer. He gave up six hits over two innings but at least he didn’t walk anyone and five of his outs were on the ground. Lefty Brad Mills allowed a run on three hits over two innings to go along with a walk and a strikeout. Steven Register worked a clean eighth with three ground ball outs.
At the plate, the Jays only totalled five hits and two of them belonged to Jorge Padilla. David Cooper had the only extra base hit with a double in his lone plate appearance while Joey Gathright and John McDonald had the other base hits. Gathright’s RBI single cashed in Johnny Mac with the first run of the game in the top of the fifth.
The Jays lose ground in the Grapefruit League AL East standings as they fall to 5-3 on the season. That puts them behind 6-3 Boston and 9-1 Tampa Bay while Cleveland remains unbeaten at 5-0. The Jays host the Houston Astros in Dunedin this afternoon in a 1:05 post meridian start in the time zone that is Eastern. It’ll be the “Life of Brian” on the mound as Tallet pitches against Moehler. Hopefully, no one utters this magic word!
In other Jays-related news…….
- Jordan Bastian speaks to the PMOD and Kyle Drabek.
- The Toronto Star talks to Joey Gathright and Aaron Hill.
- The Canadian Press chats with Brett Wallace.
Around the majors…..
- Mets shortstop Jose Reyes could be on the shelf for a while because of a thyroid problem.
- Diamondbacks righty Brandon Webb may start the year on the disabled list due to mechanical and velocity issues.
- Giants ace Tim Lincecum is still trying to find his Cy Young form.
- MLB officials mull over a potential realignment scenario.
- Angels center fielder Torii Hunter gets himself in hot water over comments about Latin Americans.
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