For some reason I’m finding this to be the most baseball-boring time of year this year. My #1 and #2 teams are in the Super Bowl so I’m not bored there, but baseball is putting me to sleep! Thought I might stir up some conversation about the lineup. I won’t take any offense if y’all are as bored as me and don’t much care, but we’ll give it a try!!
It’s been widely publicized that Lou’s lineup will look something like this:
1/2: Some ordering of Fukudome/Theriot
3/4/5: Some ordering of Ramirez/Lee/Byrd
6/7/8: Some ordering of Soto/Soriano/Font’nBake
But what would your lineup look like, if you were Lou? No need to stick with these exact players … if you’d rather a different starter or two feel free to include. Hope to hear some interesting suggestions!
Lizzies
- And don’t you stomp out any fires on your front stoop.
- or some reason I just don’t see Alf turning it around in 2010 and I can envision Uncle Lou telling him to ‘grab some bench Meat.’
- Laughed out loud today when I heard that the CARDINALS signed Rich Hill.
- Until Sori’s hammy gives up or Nady’s arm falls off at the elbow…
- Chan Ho Park (I rarely (read: never) justify the Lizzies but I feel this one deserves an explanation. Every time one of you mentions this guy, I think you’re talking about HoHoKam Park (spring training) and it takes me a minute to straighten myself out. So now it gives me a giggle. Not to mention the pickins are slim this week!)
- Whose head is it anyway?
- we just have to hope Theriot can regain some of the OBP he lost in ‘09 and Blanco can continue being his ace glove-man backup.
Lizard
- He replied: “It’s good because it’s modern and old”.
P.S. Where’s Matt? Where’s Kris? Where’s Dave L? Where’s Sherm? Where’s Rob? Pipe up guys, it’s almost time to start arguing! And you’re fixtures in my Lizzies, I need you. At least let us know you’re out there, even if you’ve got nothing to say. 
Baseball has been dead to me since mid-August. I haven’t watched any Cubs games since I was at a game (and on TV) in late August. But football, and plenty of it, especially college, has gotten me through to this point. After the Super Bowl, we got 2 months until baseball comes back, and those 2 months feel like 2 years, with the 1 week of spring break taking 1 year. Every year, spring break is the week before baseball begins, so for that week off, I am bored out of my mind, but at least I can look forward to spring break as it means baseball is about to return. And then last year, after spring break, there was still another week before baseball returned. That made things even worse. I can’t wait for spring break so I can put the lyrics to Go Cubs Go on my door, and then once the Cubs win their first game of the season, I am going to walk around my dorm blaring Go Cubs Go on my computer, especially at all the bloody White Sox fans on my floor
Is Font’nBake some sort of variation on the oven that cooks with a light bulb I remember from the 60’s?
By the way, I was not able to out hit AAron Miles this week. He had 29 hits in 2009, I was only 23 for 35 on the week… But I did have more HR (1) and as many triples (1) as he did. Just wait until next year.
Seymour- Did you leave the yard or do a Raker special of hitting a fly ball over the 70 year old accountant in right field and motor the 360 feet under pressure?
23 for 35 is Rakin, good job.
Matt is hanging out with Lady Gaga, Kris is a roady for Kiss, Dave is feverishly working on a new formula that figures out when Big Z will grow up and act like an 18 year old, Sherm joined the Peace Corp and Rob got locked up for assaulting a Cardinal fan while on vacation in Cancun last I heard.
Why am I not getting email notification to comments after mine?
Ahh Lizzie but we’ve gotten some quality reading out of Terrelle, Seymour and Doc! I’m especially appreciative of Terrelle’s posts, he’s usually got something to add to our articles.
the accountant was no more than 55.
I fixed that. Sorry for the issue.
Much improved
Why is no one playing your lineup game? The No. 2 spot is the one giving me the most trouble. I love Fukudome leading off but am not a big believer in Ryan Theriot’s bat. And I know Lou seems intent on batting Byrd fifth, but in his better seasons (’03, ‘07 and ‘08), Marlon put up a pretty nice OBP. So, in an ideal world in which Soriano and Soto went back to slugging, here’s what I might do:
Fukudome
Byrd
DLee
Aramis
Soriano
Soto
Baker/Fontenot (the latter would be ideal to add another lefty to the lineup)
Theriot
Pitcher
PS: I, too, have been a little dismayed at the lack of comments around here. I’d suggest, at the very least, anyone who writes for VFTB make an effort to at least scribble a comment (or two) on every post that goes up.
scribble, scribble
Lizzie,
I’m not so much concerned with the order of the lineup as I am with the names on it. I’m hoping that Blanco, Castro, and Fuld find their way into some games in 2010.
And I hope that if any of the regulars are injured or find themselves in a prolonged slump (Soriano, Soto, Fukudome, & DLee, for example) Lou gives ‘em a day or two off and pencils in a different name.
@CubbieDude: I’d definitely like to see Blanco and Fuld on the roster for defensive purposes in 2010. But Castro really needs a solid year (at least) in the upper-levels of the minor leagues, IMHO. I guess they could give him a September callup if the timing seems right.
dcd: agreed–”some games”
Daver thanks for playing! CubbieDude, I agree with you, particularly about the day or two off. No one should be immune to that.
P.S. Hi Sherm. Thanks for checking in!