spring training
 

pitchers and catchers reported to spring training today!!!


GO CUBS!

Kerry Wood is hurt ALREADY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You know what Kerry said when he got hurt?

The official Cub motto: "Wait til next year"!

The Cardinals are world class. They just need one more really good starter.

we have learned not to depend on Kerry. Many predicted he would not last the entire season. We have some really good pitchers this year. now if we can just keep them healthy........

Go Cubs??? What?? Go Brewers!!!!!!!!

Kerry Wood hurt himself getting out of the hot tub and is already listed as day to day!

He reminds me of Ben Sheets of the Brewers.

Great arms can't stay healthy.

I still think the Brewers are going to do well....

They had him in Jeff Supan! Oh what is that! The Brewers picked him up! Go Brewers......

I would love to see the Brewers do well, but not at the expense of the Redbirds. REMEMBER 1982!

Harvey's Wallbangers got whupped! :bliss

I hear you. Good old Lonnie Smith hitting that ball in game 7.

I go to the Brewers fantasy camp and have met many of the 82 Brewers.

We have been trying to get a Cardinal or 2 too join us one year.

My brother lives and Pastors a church in Waterloo, IL he is a big Cardinal fan.

I think the Brewers are going to be tough this year....

Good luck to the Cardinals, they are going to need it....

You do realize Suppan struggled mightily last year? He did not pick up the pace until the playoffs. Don't count on him too much.

The Cardinals shocked even their most ardent fans last year. Of course, five throwing errors by the Tigers pitching staff really helped. Brought to mind the whole Black Sox scandal.

watch out brewer and cardinal fans. here comes the CUBBIES!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR YEAR!!!!! :praying :praying :praying :praying :praying

Kerry is scheduled to throw off the mound monday.

Go Rangers!

The cubs always end the season like this:ranting

First baseline season tickets this year!!!! Go Padres!!!!

They lost 96 last year and this year they will lose 90 in 07. All the while Lou will lose his cool atleast 10 times.

I can't wait for Prince Fielder to hit one all the way out of Wrigley onto the roof top of the cheap seats accross the street.

My predictions Brewers win 90 games and go to the playoffs.

Cards and Cubs do not make the playoffs.

Nathan Eckstadt

2nd Deck perfectly behing home plate in the family section where there is no drinking. Go Brewers....

behind the cubs dugout in houston! GO CUBBIES!

Wood adjusts in first live session

MESA, Ariz. -- It was only 25 pitches, but it was enough to show that Kerry Wood is on the right track.
Wood threw to hitters Saturday at Fitch Park, the first time the Cubs pitcher has faced batters since June 6. It was a positive sign after the right-hander spent the offseason rehabbing from a partial tear in his rotator cuff. He was limited to four starts in 2006 because of problems with his shoulder.
"If I were Kerry Wood, I'd be very pleased with the way I threw," Cubs manager Lou Piniella said. "He looked nice and comfortable out there. He threw the ball nice and easy. [For the] first time out on the mound, [it was] very encouraging."
Not only was Piniella impressed, but so were the hitters who faced him. Just ask infielder Casey McGehee, a non-roster invitee to camp.
"It wasn't fun," said McGehee, the first batter to see Wood. "He looks pretty good. When he's telling you what's coming and he can buckle you on a breaking ball, he's got a pretty good one going.
"I've never faced him before but the ball was coming out of his hand good, and he threw a couple sliders, and he buckled me even though he told me it was coming," McGehee said. "He located the ball pretty good."
The crowd at Fitch Park knew how big Saturday's session was. They applauded and there were a few "Yeah, Kerry" cheers when he walked off the mound. He was frustrated at a couple pitches and showed his competitive side. But what catcher Koyie Hill liked was seeing Wood make adjustments on the mound to correct himself.

"For pitchers, it's the same as for hitters, so it's timing," Hill said. "Once the pitcher figures out what his timing is mechanically and his rhythm, he's going to be just fine. He was able to make adjustments off that.
"I was pleased with [his ability to make adjustments] and I was pleased with his aggression and his mindset," Hill said. "His whole day was good."
Wood, penciled in for the Cubs bullpen in this comeback season, could provide a welcome 90-plus mph arm.
"He had some life, threw some real nice breaking pitches," Piniella said. "I'm sure he was probably a little nervous going out there first time out. I'm not talking about [first time] throwing batting practice but getting through the 25 pitches he threw. It was really encouraging."
Next step for Wood will be 35 pitches to hitters. He's a little behind the rest of the pitchers after being slowed this spring by a freak accident when he fell out of his hot tub and bruised his chest. The right-hander could see Cactus League action next weekend.