Why Not.

First game back, why not live blog my thoughts?

Because it's useless since most people have radio?

It was a rhetorical question, voice in my head. Shut it.

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2:31 PM
Listening to Pat and Ron live from Scottsdale. Missed the top of the first, tuned in just in time to hear Rambo give up a solo shot. Yipee.

2:32 PM
Top 2
Holy crap! Pie takes a walk! This is gonna be his year, I'm sure of it. Green light for him in game one?

2:33 PM
Top 2
Properly executed bunt by the pitcher? Maybe I'm listening to the wrong game. Pat has just informed us that DeRosa's heart thingie went well today (my wife will be happy). Good news. It's hard to inform a guy with a bum ticker that he is about to be replaced as a starter.

2:35 PM
Murder's Row. Theriot singles. Cedeno reaches on an error. Run scores. 2-1 Cubs.

For a quick oil change, think Jiffy Lube.

Bye bye, Lowry.

2:38PM
Top 2
Awesome. Just found out that Fukudome got hit in the arm with the first pitch he saw in America last inning. Welcome to The Show, kid.

2:39PM
Top 2
Whoever had the top of the second inning in the "When will Pat and Ron make their first uncomfortable Japanese joke" Pool is the big winner.

2:41PM
Top 2
Double steal? Really? Fukudome takes the walk with the next pitch. D-Lee up with the bases drunk.

2:43PM
Ron: That looked like a backup curveball...meaning it didn't break at all.

Huh?

2:44PM
Top 2
Pat mentions that Murton has red hair. Hater.

2:46PM
Middle 2
3-1 Cubs.

Can anyone explain to me why there are no commercials between innings with MLB Audio? Seems like an untapped revenue source. I don't know how many times I've come back from lunch and cranked my speakers thinking the audio feed was broken only to have a heart attack when Pat's voice came out of nowhere. Good times.

2:49PM
Bottom 2

1-2-3 inning for Rambo. Good to see he settled down.

I think this nickname is gonna stick...at least with me. It's just fun to say Ryan "Rambo" Dempster. Try it.

2:52PM
Top 3
My latest man-crush/fantasy sleeper Mr. Soto is up. We need to find a good nickname for him as well. Goto? Yes, I have a talent for crappy nicknames (C-Pat, E-Pat, etc.).

2:56PM
Top 3
After a "great at-bat," Soto gets a base knock. I know it's early, but I'm saying 40, 90, 140 for the kid. And I'm hedging my bets a little.

(I should probably just get this out of the way now, so people don't think I'm insane. Just assume I'm being sarcastic most of the time. I'll probably tell you if I'm being serious.)

That being said. I'm serious about Soto.

2:59PM
Top 3
Pie goes off the wall. Fontenot goes yard. It's the hair. 6-1 Cubs.

Ron: This guy can hit in Mesa in Spring Training (italics added by me).

3:01PM
Top 3
The Riot is 3 for 3. Somewhere Marty is pissed.

3:04PM
Top 3
Fukudome gets his first RBI as a Cub. Someone get him the ball! Lou took him out afterwards to a chorus of boos from somewhere in the South Pacific.

3:06PM
Top 3
Lee gets another RBI. First mention of how last year was a "recovery year" for Lee. THIS is his year. Whatever. Bye Lee.

Don't know if I will stick with this through the end if it ends up being Bobby Scales et al.

3:07PM
Top 3
Murton bats, gets a hit without anyone mentioning that he's a red head. Baby steps.

8-1 Cubs.

3:15PM
Bottom 3
Gallagher is a little wild. Goto (I'll stop when someone thinks of something better) has already been out to the mound. Good sign.

3:17PM
Bottom 3
No retaliation for Winn hitting a HR last time up? Wusses. I love it when teams become enemies in meaningless Spring games.

3:22PM
Pie goes yard. This is his year too.

(Should be noted, that I put waaaay too much stock in practice games. I actually drafted Skip Hicks in the 5th round of our football draft one year after he ran for 150 yards and 2 scores in a preseason game the night before. I'd find that funny if it weren't true.)

3:39PM
Trying to edit the blog so that this post doesn't take up the entire page. This could take some time. Sorry.

4:00PM
Yeah, me and HTML code don't hang out that much. That was a waste of my time. If anyone reading this knows how to create "expandable post summaries," feel free to leave the info in comments. Yes, I'm a giant tool.

And, yes, I AM busy at work today. I can do to things at once thank you very much.

4:01PM
Bottom of some inning after the 4th
Pat: All the Cubs starters are out now.

Fun. Score is 10-2 now for anyone who cares. I don't. I'm still mad about HTML. Maybe I should have actually gone to the college class I took on Web Publishing. Irony is a bitch sometimes.

4:05PM
Top 6
I don't know how Pat does it. I can't stay focused on the game at all at this point.

4:09PM
Let's treat this as Spring Training for me too. Nothing left to report in this game. I'm hitting the showers. More later.

Go Cubs.