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Arizona Phil 1 day 13 hours ago (view)

No question right now Alfonsin Rosario is one of the Cubs Top 20 prospects (probably Top 15). Rosario is to the Cubs what Zyhir Hope is to the Dodgers.

Arizona Phil 1 day 13 hours ago (view)

The Savannah Bananas will be playing the Party Animals at Sloan Park in Mesa this coming Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights. The games are sold out (15,000+ each night), and berm tickets are going for well over $100. 

Arizona Phil 1 day 14 hours ago (view)

RAISIN: In the game versus the A's at Fitch Park last Friday, Mule threw half FB and half SL (16/16), and one CH (which coincidentally was the only hard-hit ball off him -- a near HR line-drive double off the LF fence). FB was 91-94 and the SL (really more of a "slurve") was 80-82, and he got three swing & miss on each pitch (six swing & miss total out of his 20 strikes). So I think it is safe to say that right now, Mule is strictly a two-pitch pitcher (FB/SL), 

Sonicwind75 1 day 17 hours ago (view)

Recalled it was sampled in a Nas song.  Did a little sleuthing.  It was a Nas song called "Hate Me Now" that featured Puff Daddy.  Imploring the crowd to hate somebody seems a bit overly dramatic for a keyboardist but perhaps there is some other connection to the song. 

In general there has been a weird overuse of Carmina Burana's O Fortuna in sports and commercials in past decade or so.  Maybe it is a fallback choice if there isn't anything else.   

Sidenote, while the O Fortuna part has become a bit pop-culture cliched; the overall piece is very interesting and rather expansive in scope. I played percussion in a production of it while in college.  There is a rather jovial movement set in a tavern.  In the score it calls for the clinking of beer steins.  Let's just say we did a lot of research to determine the best sounding beer steins. 

crunch 1 day 21 hours ago (view)

ooof...this is just as likely as anything.  professional organists are weird humans.

SheffieldCornelia 1 day 21 hours ago (view)

Maybe it is only played when the hitter thus far in the game is "oh for two"-na at the plate?

crunch 1 day 22 hours ago (view)

who was AB when it was being played?  it could be something as corny as playing it for nick fortes because fortes/fortuna...fortes...marlins...fish...tuna...sigh.

while the cubs organ player isn't a frequent groaner weaponizing the organ song selection, they all dabble in it.

crunch 1 day 22 hours ago (view)

in 2016 hendricks threw 190 innings for 45 earned runs.

in the shortened 2020 season hendricks threw 81.1ip for 26 earned runs.

in 2024 hendricks has thrown 21ip for 28 earned runs.

fullykräusened 1 day 23 hours ago (view)

I knew some of my fellow TCR folks would have something to say about this! I'll keep listening for the tune at games, and see if I can figure out the significance. 

crunch 2 days ago (view)

i wish i wasn't familiar, but anyone who went to raves in 1991/92 had various techno mixes of the song by an act called Apotheosis blasted at them for a good year and a half.

it's a bit...much...and very very popular at the time.

woo, being young.

Cubster 2 days ago (view)

O, Fortuna mystery. The music is striking. It reminds me of ELP’s cover of Fanfare for the common man.

 I wasn’t familiar with this so I started some research to possible pop references but no real answers.

Three items struck some potential. 

1- 1983: The album Carmina Burana by Ray Manzarek, keyboard player for The Doors, produced by Philip Glass and Kurt Munkacsi; arrangements by Ray Manzarek. A&M Records.

2- The Trans-Siberian Orchestra covered it in 2006. 
Here is the You Tube live performance:

3- The Ohio State Marching band has a cover of this. Maybe an OSU connection?

It’s still a mystery to me. (Obscure Fleetwood Mac reference intended). Maybe there is a movie score it was in?

fullykräusened 2 days 12 hours ago (view)

Okay, this is completly off the discussion. I have noticed several times that organist John Benedeck has been  playing a phrase from the first movement of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana ("O Fortuna"). He has done some hilariously hip music for opposing players over the last couple of years (succeeding the immortal Gary Pressey), but I don't get this one. I ask the very diverse TCR community to help me out! What's the connection? I can't find any pattern, but maybe it's for two-strike counts. ("O, Fortuna")

crunch 2 days 15 hours ago (view)

i say we rip the bandaid off.

hendricks pitches every inning, every day, every game...in a row...until he's on the IL.

Childersb3 2 days 16 hours ago (view)

Steele will throw 3 live innings in AZ on Friday.

Seiya did "light" baseball activities today.

We just need to hang in for a couple of weeks

crunch 2 days 17 hours ago (view)

bleh.  cubs lose.

day off tomorrow then it's 16 games in a row with no break.

crunch 2 days 18 hours ago (view)

dude threw 4 innings of 4 run ball and lowered his ERA...improvement!

but yeah, i'm done.  there's a guy with 2 pitches in the pen named ben brown that seems to be doing a bit better than hendricks's 2 pitches.

steele...how your leg, bro?  

George Altman 2 days 18 hours ago (view)

For the love of baseball and all that's holy, please - no more Kyle Hendricks. 

crunch 2 days 18 hours ago (view)

hendricks still gets some K's, but dude is just throwing complex batting practice.

sometimes it gets hit where a glove happens to be, sometimes it isn't.

two pitches, both hittable.

crunch 2 days 19 hours ago (view)

460ft HR later...1.1ip of perfection is gone.

crunch 2 days 19 hours ago (view)

HENDRICKS PERFECT GAME THROUGH 1 IP.

i'm just trying to be supportive over here.  go sportsball.