Bleacher Bums
The Bleachers at Wrigley Field are home to some of the most loyal, vocal, and interesting fans in baseball. A couple of them grabbed some notoriety this past Sunday over a homerun and spilled beer.
Deconstructing the Development of Starlin Castro
Michael Jimenez checks in with a look at the progress Starlin Castro has made and the reevaluation of his potential to come.
Full Story »Closers – Can’t We All Just Get Along?
As I was racking my brain as to what to write about this week, I heard a discussion on sports radio regarding closers and it gave me the inspiration for my rant.
Full Story »Game 43 – Wood Not Enough
Travis Wood had yet another solid start. He also did the bulk of the damage for the Cubs at the plate. But on Sunday it wasn’t quite enough. The Mets left town with a 4-3 victory and two wins in the three game series.
Full Story »Game 42 – A Horselike Performance on Preakness Day
Cubs knock in eight runs to defeat the Mets today, who only brought two across against Hector Rondon in the late innings. Scott Feldman dominated and Rizzo and Schierholtz knocked in solo homers. DeJesus and the aforementioned dominating Feldman led the way with two RBI a piece.
Full Story »Three Up, Three Down
In this week’s special addition of Three Up/Three Down, Noah looks at three players who on first glance look like they’re up, but a deeper look into the numbers reveals some concerns. Noah also readily admits that he has crafted this adaptation to our regular series to discuss Dan Vogelbach’s inconsistent power in the Midwest League.
Full Story »GirlieView (05/16/2013)
GirlieView is a VFTB recap column on alternate Thursdays. We give our readers props for having timely and funny quotes from the past two weeks of VFTB commentary. Join us for a few good laughs!
Full Story »Game 40 – “Let’s Get Some Runs!”
The Cubs put together a complete effort Wednesday night, out-pitching and out-hitting the Rockies to take their first home series win of the year. Jeremiah describes the rare pleasure it was to watch this game.
Full Story »Out of the Park Baseball 14, iOOTP13
For a long time, Out of the Park Baseball has been the gold standard for baseball franchise simulations. That has not changed this year. After significant user interface changes a year ago, the focus this year appears to be more on the stuff you can’t see, but has just as big an eff.
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