A long day in New York went about as expected. C.J. Edwards has a prediction on winning later, CSN goes "inside" the Tanaka bidding to show why the Cubs expected the result, Cubs Den debunks St. Louis success, and Shark talks about the dangers of Wrigleyville.
Programming note: this was filed between games of the doubleheader against the Yanks. No complainin' - you don't need me to surf the internet.
From Comcast SportsNet
- C.J. Edwards thinks he knows when the Cubs will contend. He's saying 2-3 years. Join the conversation on BCB, C.J.!
- Jeff Samardzija thinks playing for the Cubs in Wrigleyville is dangerous.
- Patrick Mooney takes an inside look at the bidding for Masahiro Tanaka. Turns out, Cubs execs pretty much always expected Tanaka to be a Yankee. So there's a chance all that "we won't be outbid" rumoring was just that. Shocking, I tell you.
From Cubs Den
- I love this article. John Arguello talks about the myth of how the St. Louis Cardinals were built. He says you should understand how they got to where they are.
- The top 35 prospect countdown was delayed. But it continues here with numbers 10 through 6.
- And then finish it off with the top 5.
From Cubs.com
- Mike Oltcongratulated former teammateGeorge Springer on his promotion to the Astros.
- Maligned starters Edwin Jackson and Carlos Villanueva will each get another turn in the rotation, albeit in a different order.
- Wesley Wright was honored to participate again in honoring Jackie Robinson.
From ESPNChicago.com
- (Audio) Alfonso Soriano talked about facing many old teammates.
- Columnist Howard Bryant talks about the causes of declining number of African Americans in baseball.
- Early trends on a number of lefty hitters, including Anthony Rizzo.
- Theo Epstein still likes the trade of Alfonso Soriano. Like elgato, among others, I'm less certain.
- Alfonso Soriano is happy to be playing for the present.
From the Chicago Tribune
- Paul Sullivan says baseball needs to challenge its own inner Jackie Robinson.
From the Chicago Sun-Times
- Gordo names four Cubs who could wear Yankees' uniforms.
- Former teammates were eager to talk to Alfonso Soriano.
Miscellaneous
- If you haven't seen the MTV commercials for "Off the Bat", consider yourself lucky. But this, well, very MTV show did feature Anthony Rizzo taking batting practice with meatballs. Yes. Meatballs. I did snicker at the complete lack of concern for leaving meatball remnants all over cars.
Today's food for thought
- This map shows the popularity of music genres across the U.S.
- What is science's most intriguing unanswered question?
- This map shows where nobody lives.