I'm just kind of chilling out watching what I am assuming is a re-run of an earlier Olympics baseball match between Cuba and the United States from last night (since it is clearly day time during the game), and there is some seriously F'd up rules going on in extra-innings.

After playing 10 innings of tied baseball, the teams now (starting with Cuba in the top of the 11th) get to start any two runners of their choosing on first and second base plus they get to start anywhere in the batting order that they want. Oh yeah...and there is zero outs.

For the remainder of the game, every half inning will start this way until someone wins.

According to the announcers, this is the first time (and perhaps the only time because the IOC is dropping baseball in the 2012 games) Olympics baseball will use this special rule.

While I could never see Crazy Bud enacting this rule in MLB (...hopefully), who from the current roster would you want on the bases and where would you start the batting order if the Cubs found themselves in a situation where they got to choose all these factors?

Personally, I think I'd put Cedeno on second with Reed Johnson on first (to take out and double play opportunity at second base). It's harder for me to decide where to start the batting order however. If you start with Soriano (who will probably be at the top of the lineup) then you run the chance of never getting Ramirez to the plate. On the other hand, if you start anywhere else then Soriano won't get to bat unless you want the pitcher's spot going before him (in which case you could probably use a pinch hitter).

Soooooooo after all that rambling, I guess I'd start with Theriot (perhaps to bunt) and then take my chances with Lee and Ramirez to bring in a run.

Just some thoughts on a lazy afternoon.