Minor League Discussion & Boxes 8-13-12

[El Duderino]

Hayden Simpson blowing it for the Hawks.

 

Six straight hits!

[pitchcs]

I'm willing to bet this is HSimpson's last season with the Cubs. What an embarrassment.

[El Duderino]

I'm willing to bet this is HSimpson's last season with the Cubs. What an embarrassment.

 

.1 inning, 7 runs.

[davell]

If the Arizona boxscore is correct, Maples has a 3 2 0 0 1 5 line at the moment.

[Guest]

Almora now up to 4/5. Of course the rest of the AZL Cubs have 16 hits.

[davell]

Marra's not good defensively, right?

[El Duderino]

My god, AZL Cubs have 25 hits.

[davell]

Balaguert only has one, 3 guys have two and the other 5 guys all have at least three.

[Guest]

If the Arizona boxscore is correct, Maples has a 3 2 0 0 1 5 line at the moment.

 

yesss

[Guest]

Almora now up to 4/5. Of course the rest of the AZL Cubs have 16 hits.

 

5/6 now

 

suddenly he's hitting .347

[Guest]

@Kevin_Goldstein: Oh yeah! Big News! I'm doing color for a whole baseball game on the radio! Me and @nbaliva in the @peoriachiefs season finale!

[Guest]

almora is making it really hard to follow him on twitter.

[EhDubya]

almora is making it really hard to follow him on twitter.

 

Can you show us non-twitter using normal people an example?

[Little Slide Rooter]

@Kevin_Goldstein: Just one look, but I get it. RT @Eddie___T: @Kevin_Goldstein what did you think of Soler?

 

Nice.

[Little Slide Rooter]

I'm willing to bet this is HSimpson's last season with the Cubs. What an embarrassment.

 

The closest thing to consolation is that so far, there's nobody from the 2010 round picked after Simpson that really makes me want to :banghead: . Zach Lee's the obvious, but even he's getting by off of reputation so far and hasn't been particularly impressive, though I've never seen him in action and I'm going off stats. Kyle Parker, Jesse Biddle, and Gary Brown would have obviously been better picks, but again, none of them are :banghead: worthy at this point, and I think. There's also Nick Castalannos and Mike Olt, but they were far down in the supp. round. Besides, I think that they were dead set on a pitcher at the time, so Parker, Brown, Castalannos, and Olt would have been out anyway.

[Vinestal]

almora is making it really hard to follow him on twitter.

 

Can you show us non-twitter using normal people an example?

He just likes to retweet every positive thing that people tweet to him about his performance. It's just kinda egotistical and an annoying habit followers of athletes kind of frown upon. Not the worst thing in the world just kind of annoying.

[SouthSideRyan]

@Kevin_Goldstein: Oh yeah! Big News! I'm doing color for a whole baseball game on the radio! Me and @nbaliva in the @peoriachiefs season finale!

 

I'm surprised they didn't come to blows.

[davell]

Honestly, a lot of the minor leaguers do that. Post positive comments and/or articles talking about their performance. Hell, I like it honestly. I like these guys getting noticed and if it helps get them in the right frame of mind, I'm all for it.

[ctcf]

@Kevin_Goldstein: Oh yeah! Big News! I'm doing color for a whole baseball game on the radio! Me and @nbaliva in the @peoriachiefs season finale!

 

I'm surprised they didn't come to blows.

 

It was entertaining for the couple innings they shared the booth last night. There was one point where Baliva was going on about how Bour was a "special" player because of his 100 RBIs and you could practically see KG trying to dance around flat out saying that was stupid.

[jersey cubs fan]

@Kevin_Goldstein: Oh yeah! Big News! I'm doing color for a whole baseball game on the radio! Me and @nbaliva in the @peoriachiefs season finale!

 

I'm surprised they didn't come to blows.

 

It was entertaining for the couple innings they shared the booth last night. There was one point where Baliva was going on about how Bour was a "special" player because of his 100 RBIs and you could practically see KG trying to dance around flat out saying that was stupid.

 

Wait, this already happened? Why does it say season finale?

[Cubswin11]

I'm willing to bet this is HSimpson's last season with the Cubs. What an embarrassment.

He might as well try to learn a knuckle ball at this point

[tfarks]

Dillon Maples is really fun to follow right now. He's easily my favorite pitching prospect right now until he has TJS next year and he kinda sucks for a year or two.

[pccubfan]

If the Arizona boxscore is correct, Maples has a 3 2 0 0 1 5 line at the moment.

 

yesss

 

yesssss yessssssssss

[ctcf]

@Kevin_Goldstein: Oh yeah! Big News! I'm doing color for a whole baseball game on the radio! Me and @nbaliva in the @peoriachiefs season finale!

 

I'm surprised they didn't come to blows.

 

It was entertaining for the couple innings they shared the booth last night. There was one point where Baliva was going on about how Bour was a "special" player because of his 100 RBIs and you could practically see KG trying to dance around flat out saying that was stupid.

 

Wait, this already happened? Why does it say season finale?

 

KG was at the Chiefs game last night and popped into the booth for a couple innings.