Last September, the Cubs were in the midst of losing 47-straight games and being swept the Washington Nationals. Recently demoted Lendy Castillo threw inside to Bryce Harper and there was a scrum between the two teams. Where was then-National, now-Cub Edwin Jackson during all this? Was he sent to Chicago to finish what was started that day?
“I wasn’t a negotiator,” Jackson said Tuesday, “but I was kind of right there.”
Video replays show Jackson charging out of the dugout along with his teammates and needing to be restrained by Washington bench coach Randy Knorr.
“I was a peacemaker, but I was right there,” Jackson said. “Somehow I end up in the middle regardless of whether I’m doing anything or not. I can just be standing around, just watching everyone and observing and oh, like, ‘Oh man, I’m in the middle.’”
Oh, sure, Edwin.
The television cameras caught Jackson yelling from the sidelines and the Nationals broadcasters said the pitcher was “still hot” after the players had been separated. Jackson said he didn’t recall specifics.
“I was just standing around, watching what was going on,” he said.
“The ball is coming out of Wood’s hand so much better than last spring,” Sveum said. “The way he’s spinning the ball.”Wood agreed he felt great after a winter of working on his command. If he doesn’t make the starting staff he could be in the bullpen. He’s no longer a player that “needs starts.”“We have enough depth, so right now we’ll take the best seven guys in the bullpen, whoever it is,” Sveum said. “His development as a starter is pretty much over.”
“I feel I’m much farther along than I was at this point last year,” he said. “It was such a battle to get ready for last year’s Spring Training. Sometimes I think when you’re healthy, you’re healthy, and it’s allowed me to prepare for the season at a much greater capacity than I’ve had in the past couple years and it’s exciting.”
Villanueva’s decision to come to the Cubs came down to knowing manager Dale Sveum from their days in Milwaukee, and he hopes it gives him an edge.”I’m a starter,” he said. “I see myself as a starter, and I’m here to start some games. In the end I’m a team guy and whatever they need me to do I’ll do. My priority is to start 30 games for this team.”
Feldman likely has the inside track for a spot. He won 17 games for the Texas Rangers in 2009 but won just 15 games the next three seasons as he bounced between the rotation and the bullpen. The Rangers’ Opening Day starter in 2010, Feldman missed the first half of the 2011 season recovering from right knee surgery.”I never got an opportunity to be a starter (again),” he said. “I got hurt in 2010 and never really got back in the rotation.”When the Cubs signed him in November, general manager Jed Hoyer said the organization viewed Feldman as a starter.
“I’m looking forward to proving I can start again,” Feldman stated. “I’ll do what they ask.”
Carl, the fact that you deliver such quality work after drinking all night with me on Twitter says a lot about your talent.
Because my work right now… not so impressive.
Is that why there is no comment on the phrase “back-end rotation guys”?
“His development as a starter is over… so we’re going to use him in the bullpen.”
Everything Sale says makes so little sense.
I wish he’d say something like that for Ian Stewart…
“His development as a 3rd baseman is over…so we’re going to use him as a bat boy.”
“Sounds like we’ve got a bunch of good soldiers in Arizona.”
Too bad we don’t have a bunch of good ballplayers.
you’re on fire today.
That’s because I ate some really spicy mexican food last night.
The Nationals might be in trouble if they are sending spies to keep an eye on the Cubs
just saying
As the Cubs are a bunch of soldiers, I think the Nats are just scared that the Cubs are going to go all Zero Dark Thirty on their ass.
They realize wins aren’t cheap. Thus they are now allowing the Cubs to pay EJ while EJ delivers 5-6 Nat victories over the Cubs. It’s the new baseball with 2 wild card spots and all.
This makes sense. Remember when Theo was saying its becoming much harder to find that competitive advantage? Maybe the Nationals have found the new OBP.
Looks like Tom Tunney is going to block the Cubs wish for more night games.
Must plausible reason so far why Edwin Jackson is on this team.
No…the most plausible reason is that Jackson has some compromising pictures of Jed and Theo.
Tom Tunney with a shot across the bow:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/clout/chi-cubs-push-for-more-night-games-this-season-could-be-in-jeopardy-20130213,0,6788524.story
Um…I said that like 2 hours ago.
Give me a break. I’m working over here.
I think you are eating cupcakes.
This spring training has gotten rather boring very quickly this season.
So, there’s a guy on my floor who wears skirts. He’s not gay. He’s not a cross-dresser. He wears a shirt and tie on the top and a skirt on the bottom. Today, he’s wearing a pencil skirt and tights.
I have no explanation for this.
Maybe he wants to feel pretty. Or he wants to start a fashion trend of man skirts. Or he really, really liked early Depeche Mode. Or.. he’s transitioning..
Guy is doing Guy’s part to remind us all that gender and sex are entirely different things, yet Guy’s outer world has found a way to honor both parts of Guy’s psyche.
I should really start charging for these services. It’s not cheap living in CA to keep my ethical center flexible enough to grok such situations and explain them to the Diaspora Blue Staters. Then again, I could always become a Giants fan, but they seem to be doing just fine on the World Series without me.
what is a pencil skirt?
If you want to watch IU’s take down of Nebraska, it’s on BTN.
That doesn’t sound very entertaining. Nebraska is like the Astros of college basketball.