Seriously?
This is my FAVORITE goofy story in years.
Go read this from Carrie Muskat at Cubs.com.
Over in Des Moines, Cubs Triple A hitting coach Von Joshua has something called a "Fuzz Machine", which he used to help Ryan Theriot find his power stroke.
Quote from Carrie's story: Joshua, in his
fourth year at Iowa, has been a hitting coach since 1984, and some of his
pupils include Mike Piazza and Magglio Ordonez. What's the secret? It's
something Joshua calls a "fuzz machine," which is basically a
pitching machine that hitters use in the cage. The gauge is set at 86-87 mph,
but for some reason, the ball appears to be coming at hitters at 105 mph.
Okay...so have you heard about a "Fuzz Machine" before?
I haven't.
I googled it, and nothing about baseball comes up.
This could be the BIGGEST THING IN BASEBALL EVER!
And yet it's buried in a Carrie column somewhere on Cubs.com.
D. Lee or Milton Bradley - why haven't you had an appointment with the Fuzz Machine?
How come Aaron Miles isn't "going yard"?
And why isn't Von Joshua as familiar a name as Walt Herniak?
Or at least as famous as Ron Popiel (of Pocket Fisherman fame)?
I don't know, but I'll tell you if I was a certain manager from St. Louis, I'd either be raising holy hell with MLB or trying to steal myself a Fuzz Machine.
Now, to the Astros game.
Man, Rich Harden can look soooo freaking good sometimes.
He went 7 innings deep and then kinda fell apart, but awesome til then.
Reed Johnson.
He's platooning because the Cubs have talent in the outfield.
But if he ever got to play for a long stretch I bet his average would go up rather than down, and of course the guy's D, spark and energy (unmatched by anybody on this team) would bring Ws.
Giant 2-out triple in the first to clear the bases and drive in 3.
Cubs 6 Astros 3.
I already forgot about that last...what was it a loss or something crazy?
That last game at Wrigley?
Can't remember.
Go Cubs.
