Day: March 31, 2008

the lull before the prologue

I’ve already noted there’s no new US PS3 games for two weeks. Just announced today is there’s no new PSNetwork updates for two weeks. Sony’s putting the final touches on a new software based store and holding off updates until they’re ready. This is all a good idea, but what exactly am I going to … Continue reading “the lull before the prologue”

I’ve already noted there’s no new US PS3 games for two weeks. Just announced today is there’s no new PSNetwork updates for two weeks. Sony’s putting the final touches on a new software based store and holding off updates until they’re ready.

This is all a good idea, but what exactly am I going to be writing about on the next two Friday? There’s nothing coming out at all, all I can do is update the release dates. Hmmm.

At least when things get rolling again, there’ll be a lot of stuff. GT4 Prologue and Song From Portal are due out for you, Burnout update is due for me.

Game 1: Brewers 4 – Cubs 3

Brewers 1-0 Cubs 0-1 POTG: RF “I LOVE JAPAN AND ALL ITS PEOPLE” (3 H, 2B, HR, BB, CS, 3 RBI) Runner Up: SP Z! (6.2 IP, 3 H, BB, 5 K, Pick Off, QS), RP Carlos Marmol (1.1 IP, 3 K, 0 H, 0 BB, 0 R) What positives can we take from this … Continue reading “Game 1: Brewers 4 – Cubs 3”

Brewers 1-0
Cubs 0-1

POTG: RF “I LOVE JAPAN AND ALL ITS PEOPLE” (3 H, 2B, HR, BB, CS, 3 RBI)
Runner Up: SP Z! (6.2 IP, 3 H, BB, 5 K, Pick Off, QS), RP Carlos Marmol (1.1 IP, 3 K, 0 H, 0 BB, 0 R)

What positives can we take from this game
– that guy from Japan may be able to play the base ball okay.
– leaving insane phone messages (as quoted above) remain fun in the ’08
– Carlos Zambrano can actually pitch great on opening day
– Carlos Marmol can pitch great on any day
– we get the “Z needs to drink more liquids/play less Guitar Hero” story out of the way early
– everyone realizes they need to work on calling each other on pop outs already
– Eric Gagne is really not good any more
– Kerry learns to deal with having a bad outing and having to shake it off pretty quickly
– there’s a slight chance of a bean ball war breaking out if Weeks has anything to say about it. He was TICKED after the 9th.

It’s one loss, one bad outing. They’ve got 161 more. Not quite time to freak out.

Tomorrow’s off, and Wednesday starts things off in a normal rhythm. Lilly vs Suppan is going to be a tough matchup, especially if Lilly pitches as he did in Arizona

pick a number, any number

The Cubs will end up with 92 wins, winning the NL Central. Brewers get 89, and win the Wild Card. No other NLCentral team gets 82, though at least one non-contending team looks pretty good until June. The Mets take the NL East, and the Diamondbacks take the West. All of the divisional races go … Continue reading “pick a number, any number”

The Cubs will end up with 92 wins, winning the NL Central.

Brewers get 89, and win the Wild Card.

No other NLCentral team gets 82, though at least one non-contending team looks pretty good until June.

The Mets take the NL East, and the Diamondbacks take the West. All of the divisional races go down to the last week of the season, and the Wild Card is still up in the air on the last day.

Kosuke and Soto are okay->good, but neither wins Rookie of the Year.

Every Game Coverage starts later today. I may mess around without how I do it, if I get a good idea between now and then.