After the Bears' overachieving 2010-2011 season came to a disheartening end on Sunday afternoon and sparked the Twit-world into a frenzy, it is now time to refocus our frustration to Clark and Addison St. No, I don't mean go to Wrigleyville and drown your sorrows in $6 draft beers from Murphy's Bleachers, a place where I'm pretty sure I saw a kid without a middle school diploma sneak by the bouncer on one occasion. I mean Cubs baseball. As we sit through another February in the Windy City, scraping the windshields of our frozen mid-size sedans and wrapped up in scarves shielding the frigid air like we're Oliver Twist, Cubs baseball is on the minds of many. But in thinking about the Cubs comes the constant questioning of their motives in the front office. Already in 2011, the Cubs have signed Matt Garza, a promising, relatively young smoke-thrower from Tampa Bay, but then had to trade Tom Gorzelanny, an Evergreen Park, IL (Marist High School) native who actually did a decent job stopping the incessant bleeding during 4-6 game skids a year ago. So now the Cubs have a 5 man starting rotation that is without a southpaw (Zambrano, Wells, Garza, Silva, Dempster) in a division that is strung with mostly right-handed hitting dominance (Pujols, Braun, Holliday), but still boasts some left-handed power (primarily Votto and Fielder). All I'm saying is, eventually the Cubs will need someone who can deal from the first base side of the rubber. Now, whether or not that opportunity falls on the shoulders of my favorite Cub, Sean Marshall, or some shmohawk we pick up from a designated assignment with the Altoona Curve (a real AA affiliate of the Pirates) remains to be seen. In case your forgot about how we here at CSN feel about Sean Marshall, let me refresh your memory with this tidbit that was written in July of 2010.
"Sean Marshall- Sean Marshall may seem to possess a prudent, level-headed demeanor, but lets get real. Look Deeper. You KNOW at Virginia Commonwealth he was stumbling into his brown, 3 story 'should-be-condemned' off-campus house (equipped with wood siding and 5 burnout roommates) 2 hours before the first pitch of a Saturday double-header. This guy is no stranger to getting asked to leave John Barleycorn for falling ass backwards into the private party room, reeking like he's been drinking gasoline, asking some rich stockbroker if he can bum a Parliament Light while he ogles the broker's rail-thin girlfriend. Of course, he is also familiar with rolling over in his hotel room in a drunken stooper on a 12 game west coast road trip, and blowing his nose in a shitty, mesh batting practice hat because he is too hungover to gallop to the bathroom for some 5-star, quilted TP. He is also not a stranger to pouring a little Svedka in his Riptide Rush in the bullpen like a freshman coed at a homecoming football game. Some might think "Sean" is an Adonis. Not me, he's a one man party. He wears button down shirts with the top four buttons undone, and dark-washed jeans with vine-like embroidery on the back pockets. You heard it here first. Girls don't really care too much for him because after a few drinks, he starts acting like a frat boy at VCU's flag day parade in mid-July after taking down 12 cans of Natural ICE. Sorry, I got a little carried away with Sean. I feel he deserves it."
For what it's worth, I'm still optimistic for the 139th season of Chicago Cubs baseball. Maybe that's because they haven't even played in a Spring Training game yet, or maybe it's because it's 10:15 AM on a Tuesday and I'm writing blogs for free and desperately need something bigger than my body to consume my free-time. Either way, we got some oldies but goodies (Kerry Wood and Reed Johnson) back for a second go-round with the Northsiders this year and a few free agents (Pena and Garza) who are used to playing in a dome named after an Orange Juice manufacturer and a skipper with horned rimmed specs. It can only go up from here.
As for Pick of the Day, the Pulse Man will take the Boilers tonight (+8) in Value City Arena against the #1 team in the land. Personally, I think U of I should have clipped the Buckeyes on Saturday, but it's not always Wine and Swiss in the Big 10, sometimes you have to gnaw on the bread and butter for a while to get your meal. Boiler UP Also, I just recently saw the UCONN/Marquette spread, which is set at MU (-4.5), and nearly caused me to scream an obscenity at my desktop comp. So, if you want to get paid, I advise you to bet on both games. If you want to get greedy, go ahead and parlay the two, I still like your odds.
Pick(s) of the Day: Purdue(+8)@ Ohio State- PURDUE
UCONN (+4.5)@ Marquette- UCONN
Record:(47-34-0)
Now I'm done. Rack me
Frost
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