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WGN Radio Cubs Theme - What Is It?

2010-08-25T04:21:56Z

Anyone know the name and/or artist of the current WGN radio Cubs theme?

Been googling for a while with no success.

triple A pitcher, Steven Straberg on an “innings count”

2010-05-13T23:50:08Z

what does the community think of this idea? The nat’s tell us that he’s on a strict innings count, he will not work more than 160 innings this year. (he’s a young fastball phenom currently in triple A and scheduled to get to the bigs at some pt in early June).

If the Nats remain in a pennant chase, should he pitch beyond 160 innings?

Some commentator on the local radio 980 AM said that they have studies that show that injuries occur when pitchers increase their pitching load a vast amount over the previous year; it’s no so much a lot of innings but the jump up from season to season. Is there any evidence of this?

Tx.

This is a test

2010-02-15T05:06:45Z

HAY GUISE

Pitching Analysis Guy?

2009-11-11T02:39:28Z

Used to love the analyses by a writer here who (I believe) got a job in some team’s front office.

I’m blocking on his name. Can anyone provide? Thanks!

Also, can I access his analyses? His early-adopter status on Lincecum was pretty prescient.

I am the handsomest man in America.

2009-10-12T05:56:47Z

And now Teal & Black will be noted as the last poster for this subsection of the forum. This is appropriate because I am the most important Marlins fan on BTF.

Go Fish. Beat the other guys.

Major League the Movie: Statistics

2009-08-23T03:43:59Z

So I’m sitting here watching Major League I: A New Hope for, I dunno, the 600th time (hey, a major milestone) and I’m wondering: What kind of numbers do you think these guys put up in that final season and over the course of their careers?

Pedro Cerrano has to be a Andre Dawson type-player. I never see that guy take a pitch. Big stick, fast, decent defense, but mostly a smack it type of player. And the voodoo. Andre Dawson loves voodoo.

I see Roger Dorn as putting up Mike Lowell-type numbers for his career (era adjusted, of course).

Willie Mays Hayes is a question mark. He could be Chuck Carr, but I see him having more offense. Not a Carlos Beltran by any means.

Harris, the starting pitcher who puts anything on it, reminds me of a David Wells type.

Jake the Catcher, last name escaping me at the moment, would probably put up a decent OBP with a .260 average and 15 HRs or so. What catcher puts up something like that at that age? Varitek with a slightly higher AVG, I’d say. And probably nowhere near as good a peak. Just a long decent career with an all-star season or two in there at 26-28.

Rick Vaughn is probably having a good Lidge or Wagner season by the end there.

Ron Santo petition for the Hall of Fame!

2009-08-08T10:33:38Z

Do you think Ron Santo should be enshrined in Cooperstown? I do and his career totals proves that he should be in the Hall of Fame. He is the best third baseman in Chicago Cubs history. If you are a fan of baseball please sign the petition for the ultimate Cub to the Veterans Committee who might have any doubts about voting for Ron Santo would see the baseball player, the broadcaster and the beloved Chicago icon who deserves to be enshrined in the Hall of Fame. Ron Santo fans lets unite together!

www.petitionOnline.com/Ron4HALL

www.santo4hof.webs.com

Planning an efficient baseball road trip

2009-05-13T09:29:04Z

I have a personal hobby of working on visiting as many different major and minor league ballparks as possible. Over the last couple years I’ve managed to put together a few very efficient road trips (where efficiency is defined as the maximum “games seen in new parks divided by days on the trip.” I’ve managed an 11/8 trip that included a lost day for a family member’s graduation as well as a 5/3 mini-trip. Finding early afternoon and even morning games helps a lot, but of course ultimately I have to be within driving distance from one game to the next.

Does anyone have any experience or ideas of how to most effectively plan one of these trips? I’ve been just choosing a fertile geographic area, putting all the area’s games into a spreadsheet, and then coming up with a route through trial and error. I’d love some suggestions for more efficient planning. At the least, it would be great to find a comprehensive location/date/time database for minor league games, as that would cut my legwork dramatically.

Or, if all else fails, general baseball roadtripping chatter would be appreciated too.

Oh, and here’s my current map, not updated since my last swing through California: Google Map

Young Pitchers- Arm Injuries

2009-04-15T01:10:16Z

I wonder if any readers or their kids have experienced arm injuries due to overuse.
It is a situation that is becoming more common ( or well documented anyway ) among young baseball
players, most notably pitchers. One such condition, dubbed “Little Leage Elbow,” is appearing with greater frequency.
We have seen it in our work with some young athletes at Reddy-Care Physical Therapy in Great Neck, New York.
Our practice hopes to conduct addtional study on the phenomenon, and would welcome any firsthand experiences readers
might like to share here.

Darrell Porter remembered…

2009-04-03T23:44:38Z

When I was a boy, I knew Darrell very well. He lived on Lake Waukomis, outside K.C. I was thrilled to be the kid in the neighborhood who got to mow his lawn, and even tho I was young, we became good friends. He was alone then, between marriages…and sorta adopted me for a few years as my own parents were divorcing and not around. We were close for about three years. I remember being at his house often, most days of the week… opening his damn fan mail (he would always have me hand him the nudie pics and chuckle…I was 12…) I just want to testify that Darrel was a gentle, sweet guy…we used to fish together, he would take me to Royals games, do tons of stuff outside on the lake…I would do odd jobs for him like cleaning out his van…stupid stuff like that and he honestly was like a dad to me….a baseball star taking his time with a local kid, much more than that actually…He was a wonderful influence on my life and a caring guy…not much more to say…when I heard he had gone, I cried…