Of course I know he's throwing for the United States Of America in the WBC.
But man, I've heard NOTHING about him, and he's a guy I've missed a ton over the winter.
The last we really saw of him, he was gonna start against the Dodgers in Los Angeles.
But the series didn't last that long.
How bad would THAT stick in your craw?
I bet he's been thinking about that ever since.
Finally the big chance to shake off that '07 playoff meltdown, and poof!
No mo season.
I heard Big Z's going to be the opening day starter, I heard Carlos Marmol is permanently emotionally scarred from giving up a run to the Nederlanders (puh-leez), I heard Jake Peavy's team sucks, I heard Aaron Heilman just had a bad year in NY, I heard Jeff Samardzija wants that 5th starter role, I heard Rich Harden gets hurt sometimes but is the best number four ever, and I heard Sean Marshall is quietly turning out to actually be that 5th starter (my opinion along with yours I'm sure).
But I've heard zilch about the 185 pound guy that ran over Yadier Molina last year.
Then yesterday, I saw his photo in USA TODAY.
It said he'd given up a homer to our Venezuelan ex-backup catcher (don't get me started on that) Henry Blanco in a USA loss to the Home of Henry.
And I just went, "WHERE THE HELL IS TED LILLY?"
I'm already sick of the longest spring ever, and I'm already sick of the freaking WBC.
But I guess I'll have to watch some to see my favorite mini? (______)* badass.
Terrible Ted Lilly of the Valley of the Shadow of Death.
Ahhh.
Felt good to write that name again.
And if you want to visit someplace where everything's Ted, go visit The Ted Lilly Fan Club.
Those guys are funny fanatics, and they've got the best name of any Cubs blog.
*Commenter Lizz wrote in early this morning, and pointed out that "mini bad-ass" was in fact incorrect. "There is nothing mini about TL's badassery" was the quote.
And so then I tried to think of what that descriptor should be.
Can't.
So my question to you is, what kind of bad ass is Ted Lilly?
