Bullish on Jason Kipnis

It may be because he's on one of my fantasy teams but I'm feeling pretty good about the future of Jason Kipnis.

Tub Dumpers

"They call him 'Dutch Oven,' Derek Holland" - Len Kasper

        Derek Holland is pleased with himself after successfully pulling off the Dutch Oven last night

Yes, Len Strikes Again.  It's been awhile since Len struck, he has turned himself into a thoughtful and knowledgeable play-by-play man after serving up money quote after money quote early in his Cubs career.

Here is the top definition of "dutch oven" from Urban Dictionary:

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	March 3, 2011 Urban Word of the Day The act of trapping a person under bed covers after releasing vile ass fumes

Do you trust me to go to the loo?

Darwin's Gold Glove

Darwin Barney was presented with his Gold Glove yesterday for his amazing defensive season at second base last year that saw him rank 7th among all MLB players in UZR (15) and 6th overall in UZR/150 (17.2).  These pictures are straight from Bleacher Nation, I thought this great:

Ranking the hitters

I'm doing a weekly series on ranking the top 150 batters for fantasy baseball over at Vigilante Baseball.  Check out week one.

Cooper's dream

In light of Carlos Marmol's struggles in his first two appearances of the year, which have seen him give up four hits, three earned runs, two walks, and one hit batsmen in just an inning and a third of work, I felt it necessary to post this text message from my brother Cooper:

Luckily somehow Marmol has not caused the Cubs to lose a game yet, and he did miraculously get the save yesterday.  I may need to change the name of this blog soon, however.