You Can't Beat Fun at the Old Ballpark

Earlier this season, Victoria's Secret model Marisa Miller threw out the ceremonial first pitch before a game at Wrigley. Check out the arm (and other nice parts) on this lady:

I realize the video is kind of fuzzy, so here's a nice clear photo from the day:

For more photos, visit the following site: Marisa Miller at Wrigley

Roster Moves for May 30, 2008

May 30
STONES reserve Matt Holliday, activate Joe Dillon.

COPPERFIELDS reserve Bill Bray, activate Brett Myers.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Odalis Perez, activate Ted Lilly.

KENNDOZA LINE reserve Brian Bixler, activate Rafael Soriano.
KENNDOZA LINE reserve Shawn Hill, activate Chris Sampson.

DOORMATTS reserve Greg Reynolds, activate Tyler Yates.
DOORMATTS reserve John Lannan, activate Tim Redding.
DOORMATTS reserve Jair Jurrjens, activate Jeremy Affeldt.

REVENGE reserve Ryan Church, activate Aaron Boone.

CLOWNS reserve Scott Podsednik, activate Jay Bruce.
CLOWNS reserve Nick Evans, activate Chad Tracy.
CLOWNS reserve Tyler Walker, activate Jon Lieber.

DEM REBELS reserve Eric Byrnes, activate Russell Branyan.

PICTS reserve Roy Oswalt, activate Mark Hendrickson.
PICTS reserve Jeff Francis, activate Matt Cain.

RED HOTS reserve Matt Wise, activate Aaron Heilman.
RED HOTS reserve Vinnie Chulk, activate Paul Maholm.

Roster Moves for May 26, 2008

May 26
DOORMATTS reserve Tyler Yates, activate Ben Sheets.
DOORMATTS reserve Tim Redding, activate Brandon Webb.
DOORMATTS reserve Jeremy Affeldt, activate Jair Jurrjens.

RED HOTS reserve Matt Belisle, activate Matt Wise.
RED HOTS reserve Paul Maholm, activate Johan Santana.
RED HOTS reserve Bronson Arroyo, activate Vinnie Chulk.

REVENGE reserve Paul Bako, activate Michael Barrett.
REVENGE reserve Aaron Boone, activate Jacque Jones.
REVENGE reserve Jake Peavy, activate Shawn Estes.

DEM REBELS reserve Greg Norton, activate Eric Byrnes.
DEM REBELS reserve Scott Olsen, activate Hiroki Kuroda.

COPPERFIELDS reserve Brett Myers, activate Braden Looper.
COPPERFIELDS reserve JC Romero, activate Randy Wolf.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Ted Lilly, activate Scott Schoenweiss.

MOORE BETTER reserve Chris Gomez, activate Jack Wilson.

PICTS reserve Mark Hendrickson, acitcate Derek Lowe.
PICTS reserve Clint Barmes, activate Yunel Escobar.
PICTS reserve Matt Cain, activate Roy Oswalt.

RUFFINS reserve Taylor Tankersley, activate Doug Davis.
RUFFINS reserve Emmanuel Burriss, activate Omar Infante.
RUFFINS reserve Jayson Werth, activate Seth Smith.

CLOWNS reserve Corey Patterson, activate Nick Evans.

BULLS reserve Chad Cordero, activate John Maine.
BULLS reserve Ian Snell, activate Clayton Kershaw.

KENNDOZA LINE reserve Patrick Misch, activate Shawn Hill.
KENNDOZA LINE reserve Chris Sampson, activate Brian Bixler.

FAAB Results for May 25, 2008

The following players were acquired via FAAB today:

Jacque Jones
.21 Revenge (release Matt Morris)
.20 Red Hots (Joe Nelson)
.16 Copperfields (Willie Harris)
.10 Ruffins (Scott Elbert)
.07 Moore Better (Angel Chavez)
.05 Dem Rebels(Chris Duffy)
.05 Bulls (Chris Coghlan)

Shawn Estes
.07 Revenge (release Jose Cruz)

Seth McLung
.06 Revenge (release Justin Huber)
.05 Red Hots (Todd Coffey)

Seth Smith
.10 Ruffins (release Jason Marquis)
.07 DoorMatts (Oscar Villareal)

Paul Janish
.05 Red Hots (release Edgar Gonzalez)

Russell Branyan
.05 Dem Rebels (release Nomar Garciaparra)

Nick Evans
.06 Clowns (release Scott Hatteberg)


Some Nice Things You May Have Missed...

• Online Gator
• Blast From the Past

Online Gator

When I stumbled across the Brad Morris podcasts the other day, I started poking around for info about his filmmaking partner, Nick Barrionuevo. That eventually led me to the page at MSN Video where Nick had posted a couple segments of Trading the Gator, the documentary he and Brad made featuring the CFCL. I had linked to those segments from the main CFCL page a while ago, but it looks like since that time Nick has posted nearly the entire film (almost everything is there except for when a couple segments are prematurely cut off).

I found the MSN Video page rather difficult to navigate and work with, so I put together a page embedding all of the segments in order for easy viewing. If you joined the CFCL after our brief moment of fame (or simply haven't revisited the film in a while), here's your ticket to an online viewing:

Trading the Gator

Blast from the Past

The other day I was hunting around the website of the local ESPN radio affiliate looking for a podcast of something I'd heard. I never found the audio I was looking for, but I did run across a familiar face.

Those of you who were around the CFCL in 2002 will recognize Brad Morris, one of the producers/directors of Trading the Gator, the fantasy baseball documentary that featured the CFCL.

It appears that Brad and a collegue from The Second City are podcasting for WMVP (ESPN 1000). I don't know if their work is actually broadcast on the station, or if this is internet-only, but you can check them out by clicking on the picture or the link above. I listened to a couple ... the Bobby Knight bit was so-so, but the Ozzie Guillen segment was pretty good.