Organist Loses Job. Oh...and Cubs lose in final Ho Ho Kam match up.

Yesterday's game was great.  Sweet base running.  A Soriano homer.  Good pitching by Villanueva. 

Yes.  The game was great until we lost.  and why did we lose?  Left handed reliever Takahashi was left in the game for three innings.  Why?  I don't know.  I just couldn't tell ya.  Maybe Dale was trying to see how far he could push the guy.  Well....he pushed him, and we saw, we all saw.... But I will say this about Takahashi.  He looked good in his first two innings.  But We lost.  One sweet thing about it is that on MLB's website, the cubs are 17-16 this spring instead of 16-17.  Let's hope we can count on some of those errors in the regular season too and we can pick up a few games through computer error.  It's like winning 10$ in the beauty contest when you land on Community chest!

As far as the end of Ho Ho Kam stadium?  Who could tell it better than the stadium organist.

The best thing about this video is that he plays a sweet organny version of Quiet Riot's 'Cum on Feel the Noise'.  Yeah, pretty awesome!  Let's see Wrigley's Gary Pressey do that.  Time to up your game sir!  I have a couple of suggestions for great new songs the organists can play to match what I expect to be a mediocre season.  How bouts' Twisted Sister's 'We're not Gonna Take It'.  Or maybe AC/DC's 'Highway to Hell'.  Yes, that would pretty much describe it....Get to Work Pressey!

So, it looks like Clevenger is gonna make the club, which is exciting to me.  Mostly because he kinda looks like a confederate soldier, you know, the kinda dick who would punch you in the back of the head in Junior High for no reason.  The Cub's need more dicks on the team.  The Yankee's have plenty, especially Texiera.  Boy does he look like a dick!  But what do you think? Clev looks like a Rebel!

Plus!  Clev has a sweet Bad Teenage Moustache, which is also the name of my band.  So a little promotion never hurt.

So what's on the Cub's plate to finish off this Spring?!  We head to Houston to take on the American League West Champion Astros!

It'll be nice to see em for old time's sake.  And check out their new sweet Uniforms.....

I was really hoping they'd go back to these.....

With their sweet Leg Numbers!!!

Meh...we only play em 3 times this year, as opposed to 18 last year.  Well....good riddance!!  I always hated you bastards...The only good thing to ever happen at Minute Maid Park was this...

Go Cubbies!!

Raise Your "T" Flag Proudly!!

I can't wait until all the games are on TV!  Then I can watch my beloved Cubbies on any number of bar TV's all over Chicagoland.  There's nothing like ponying up to the bar with my best buddy, the lovable Lou Sears, and watching the game with a cold one or 6.  But alas, it's spring, and only the Royals TV televised what proved to be a wild "Tale of Two Ballgames."

The first half was all Royals.  Scoring 7 runs in the first 4 innings, while socking 4 home runs, including back to backers against Cub newcomer Scott Feldman.  The Royals scored 2 runs before Feldman even recorded an out! Yeah....Feldman was bad, really bad.  Let's just hope he's working on a new grip for his sinker ball.  Not that he out and out sucks.  I mean he was 6-11 with the Rangers last year with a 5.09 ERA.  That kinda sucks right?  I just hope Dale only starts him when the winds blowing in.  So, while I sat at the Carol's bar in Uptown with the lovable Lou Sears last night, checking the score on our iPhones, I figured I was gonna have to write a repeat of yesterdays post.  When the Cubbies got spanked and spanked hard!  But this was a tale of two ballgames.

Things really kicked off for the Cubbies when they put up a 5 run 8th, pulling within 1 run.  I love the extra base hits too!  DeJesus tripled, Valbuena doubled, as did Navarro.  BTW.  I really wish I could have seen Navarro running to second, because he hit that ball way into the right field corner, and any faster player would be standing on third.  (Tony Campana would have scored most likely with an inside the parker), if he could hit the ball that far.  I kid Navarro...I kid!  But He's fat and slow.  

 Zach Putnam (minor league Cub) gave up a run to the Royals in the bottom of the frame.  But the Cubs came back in the 9th to tie it.  Where the game stayed knotted through a scoreless 10th.  So raise your "T" flag!  We tied the Cactus League Champion Royals!

What I liked most about this game is the battling back of the Cubbies.  Losing by 6 in the 8th is usually a pretty good indication of how things are gonna end up.  But not this team.  These Cubs are young.  And it truly feels like they believe in themselves.  And 5 run innings were certainly hard to come by last year.  It would be nice to see a few more of them.  This is why I never leave a ball game early.  Hell, if they can score 9 runs.  We can do it too!  That's the attitude I like to see!

Another thing I liked seeing, was Dionner  Navarro running down the first base line still holding his bat on a clean single.  As if he was going to beat down the first base man when he got there.  I have a feeling Navarro will be a huge source of hilarity over this next year.  I like his style.  

So...we've almost made it!!  A 2 O' clock Start against Seattle today, and then two in Houston.  That's it.  3 more games.  3!!!  Let's get this party started!!

Today it's Villanueva v. Iwakuma.  And it's the last game at Ho Ho Kam.  I have a feeling there will be a lot of teary old white men in Mesa today wearing weird Indian lapel pins.  Personally, I went this Spring for the first, and last time, and the joint is a shit hole.  I'm glad it's going away in favor of something nicer like the Giants have.  (I saw the Cubs there too).  

3 more games!!!!

Go Cubbies!