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What is Mark Prior doing now? According to Wikipedia, the Red Sox signed him to a minor league deal earlier this month... But when I go to his minor league page on baseball-reference or even Milb.com, there are no stats for this season. So what injury is he nursing now?

Almost everyone Wood mentioned in his speech was mentioned in a plural tense.

Will the Cubs ever get a manager this board doesn't complain about?

Maybe if you include batting practice.

How about instead of having a closer we just treat the 9th inning as another inning and put out whoever is well-rested and can get 3 outs without giving up the tie/lead?

Cubs v. Halladay PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG Alfonso Soriano 60 59 14 3 0 2 7 0 20 .237 .250 .390 .640 0 0 0 1 1 David DeJesus 20 19 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .211 .211 .211 .421 1 0 0 0 0 Starlin Castro 9 9 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 .556 .556 .556 1.111 0 0 0 0 0 Ian Stewart 9 9 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .444 .778 0 0 0 0 1 Geovany Soto 6 6 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 .167 .167 .667 .833 0 0 0 0 0 Darwin Barney 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0 0 0 0 0 Blake DeWitt 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 1.000 1.333 0 0 0 0 0 Reed Johnson 3 3 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 .333 .333 1.333 1.667 0 0 0 0 0 Total 115 113 30 4 1 4 13 0 28 .265 .272 .425 .697 1 0 0 1 2 Phillies v. Maholm PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG Hunter Pence 49 44 14 4 1 2 9 2 3 .318 .347 .591 .938 0 2 0 1 3 Jimmy Rollins 20 18 4 1 0 0 0 2 2 .222 .300 .278 .578 0 0 0 0 0 Juan Pierre 16 13 4 0 1 0 3 2 1 .308 .400 .462 .862 1 0 0 0 0 Ty Wigginton 10 10 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .600 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 Carlos Ruiz 9 7 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .286 .444 .286 .730 0 0 1 0 0 Shane Victorino 9 8 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 .500 .556 .875 1.431 0 0 0 0 0 Cole Hamels 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Joe Blanton 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Kyle Kendrick 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Total 120 107 32 8 3 2 13 9 8 .299 .353 .486 .839 1 2 1 1 3

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Just came back from my first game of the season. That was awesome. Also, Ryan Dempster signed a ball for me.

Switch over to ESPN 1000 after games.

Reds v. Volstad PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG Wilson Valdez 16 14 6 0 0 0 2 2 1 .429 .500 .429 .929 0 0 1 0 0 Willie Harris 14 12 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 .083 .214 .167 .381 0 0 0 0 0 Jay Bruce 9 8 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 .250 .333 .375 .708 0 0 0 0 1 Brandon Phillips 9 7 3 0 0 0 3 2 0 .429 .556 .429 .984 0 0 0 0 0 Joey Votto 9 7 3 0 0 1 3 2 2 .429 .556 .857 1.413 0 0 0 0 0 Ryan Hanigan 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 Ryan Ludwick 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 .500 .667 1.000 1.667 0 0 0 0 0 Scott Rolen 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Drew Stubbs 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Bronson Arroyo 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0 Homer Bailey 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Sean Marshall 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Total 75 63 16 3 0 1 12 11 12 .254 .365 .349 .714 1 0 1 0 1 Cubs v. Bailey PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG Alfonso Soriano 11 10 3 1 0 1 3 1 2 .300 .364 .700 1.064 0 0 0 0 1 Ian Stewart 9 9 2 0 0 0 2 0 5 .222 .222 .222 .444 0 0 0 0 0 Marlon Byrd 8 8 3 0 0 2 4 0 2 .375 .375 1.125 1.500 0 0 0 0 0 Starlin Castro 8 7 2 0 0 1 3 1 0 .286 .375 .714 1.089 0 0 0 0 1 Darwin Barney 6 5 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 .400 .500 .400 .900 0 0 0 0 0 Jeff Baker 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Blake DeWitt 3 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 0 0 0 0 0 Bryan LaHair 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .667 .500 1.167 0 0 0 0 0 Geovany Soto 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0 0 0 0 0 Chris Volstad 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0 0 0 0 0 Paul Maholm 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Reed Johnson 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Rodrigo Lopez 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Total 61 57 17 1 0 4 15 4 13 .298 .344 .526 .871 0 0 0 0 2

Ozzie loves all the Castros'

Yeah, it looks like Reed Johnson will start today.

Cubs v. Buehrle PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG David DeJesus 83 78 14 2 0 1 3 3 10 .179 .220 .244 .463 1 0 0 1 3 Alfonso Soriano 39 37 7 1 0 2 3 1 8 .189 .205 .378 .584 0 1 0 0 0 Reed Johnson 30 30 11 3 0 0 1 0 4 .367 .367 .467 .833 0 0 0 0 0 Marlon Byrd 15 15 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 .267 .267 .267 .533 0 0 0 0 1 Geovany Soto 11 10 2 1 0 0 0 1 4 .200 .273 .300 .573 0 0 0 0 0 Jeff Baker 6 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0 0 0 0 0 Starlin Castro 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 0 0 0 0 0 Kerry Wood 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 Total 192 184 42 7 0 3 8 5 28 .228 .251 .315 .567 1 1 0 1 4 Marlins v. Garza PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG Hanley Ramirez 15 14 3 0 1 1 3 1 0 .214 .267 .571 .838 0 0 0 0 1 John Buck 14 12 3 2 0 0 3 1 4 .250 .357 .417 .774 0 0 0 1 1 Gaby Sanchez 8 7 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .286 .375 .286 .661 0 0 0 0 0 Giancarlo Stanton 7 6 2 0 0 1 4 1 2 .333 .429 .833 1.262 0 0 0 0 0 Omar Infante 6 5 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .600 .667 1.000 1.667 0 0 0 0 0 Chris Coghlan 5 5 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 .800 .800 1.800 2.600 0 0 0 0 0 Austin Kearns 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0 0 0 0 0 Emilio Bonifacio 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 Jose Reyes 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0 0 0 0 0 Greg Dobbs 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0 0 0 0 0 Logan Morrison 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 Anibal Sanchez 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 0 0 0 0 0 Total 77 70 23 5 3 2 10 6 16 .329 .390 .571 .961 0 0 0 1 2

Cubs Vs. Westbrook PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG David DeJesus 30 25 7 0 0 1 3 4 0 .280 .400 .400 .800 0 0 0 1 0 Alfonso Soriano 26 25 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .120 .154 .120 .274 0 0 0 0 2 Marlon Byrd 14 13 2 0 0 0 4 0 2 .154 .214 .154 .368 0 0 0 1 0 Starlin Castro 14 13 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 .308 .357 .385 .742 0 0 0 0 0 Reed Johnson 13 13 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 .308 .308 .308 .615 0 0 0 0 0 Darwin Barney 11 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 .182 .182 .364 0 0 0 0 0 Blake DeWitt 7 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .429 .714 0 0 0 0 0 Geovany Soto 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0 0 0 0 1 Ryan Dempster 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0 Rodrigo Lopez 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Paul Maholm 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0 Matt Garza 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Jeff Samardzija 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 Total 126 115 25 2 0 1 11 7 11 .217 .274 .261 .535 2 0 0 2 3 Cards Vs. Maholm PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG Lance Berkman 38 34 7 1 0 0 1 4 3 .206 .289 .235 .525 0 0 0 0 1 Yadier Molina 33 29 9 1 0 0 4 4 2 .310 .394 .345 .739 0 0 0 0 3 Matt Holliday 27 24 3 0 0 2 4 3 4 .125 .222 .375 .597 0 0 0 0 2 Carlos Beltran 24 20 8 2 0 2 6 2 2 .400 .417 .800 1.217 0 2 0 0 1 Rafael Furcal 20 19 8 3 0 1 3 1 2 .421 .450 .737 1.187 0 0 0 0 0 Adam Wainwright 11 10 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .300 .300 .400 .700 1 0 0 0 0 David Freese 9 8 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 .250 .333 .625 .958 0 0 0 0 2 Jon Jay 9 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 .125 .222 .375 .597 0 0 0 1 0 Tyler Greene 6 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .500 .833 0 0 0 0 0 Kyle Lohse 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Jake Westbrook 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Total 180 161 43 9 1 6 20 15 17 .267 .330 .447 .777 1 2 0 1 9

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN200506290.shtml It was the day the Cubs released Joe Borowski. Also, Hollandsworth hit a single to drive in Jeromy Burnitz as the winning run.

Cubs Vs. Wainwright PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG Alfonso Soriano 33 28 5 2 1 0 1 5 8 .179 .303 .321 .624 0 0 0 0 0 Geovany Soto 22 20 5 2 0 1 1 2 7 .250 .318 .500 .818 0 0 0 0 0 Blake DeWitt 15 15 5 2 0 0 3 0 3 .333 .333 .467 .800 0 0 0 0 0 David DeJesus 12 11 4 0 0 1 2 0 2 .364 .364 .636 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 Marlon Byrd 9 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 .222 .222 .333 .556 0 0 0 0 0 Paul Maholm 9 8 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 .250 .333 .250 .583 0 0 0 0 0 Jeff Baker 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .167 .286 .167 .452 0 0 0 0 1 Ian Stewart 7 6 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 .167 .286 .333 .619 0 0 0 0 0 Starlin Castro 6 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 Darwin Barney 5 5 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .600 .600 .800 1.400 0 0 0 0 0 Ryan Dempster 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0 Reed Johnson 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 0 0 0 0 0 Matt Garza 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0 Chris Volstad 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 1 Total 136 123 33 9 1 2 9 10 34 .268 .323 .407 .730 3 0 0 0 3 Cards Vs. Shark PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG Matt Holliday 8 5 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 .400 .625 .400 1.025 0 0 0 0 0 Jon Jay 7 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .429 .429 .429 .857 0 0 0 0 0 Yadier Molina 7 6 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .500 .571 .500 1.071 0 0 0 0 1 Daniel Descalso 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .400 .000 .400 0 0 1 0 0 Lance Berkman 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 .500 .333 .833 0 0 0 0 0 David Freese 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Jaime Garcia 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Jake Westbrook 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Carlos Beltran 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0 0 0 0 0 Tony Cruz 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 Rafael Furcal 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Total 40 32 10 0 0 0 3 8 3 .313 .450 .313 .763 0 0 1 0 1 What does the MissG column mean?

I really want to know what is in the briefcase of that secret KFC recipe.

Brewers v. Volstad PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG Nyjer Morgan 21 17 3 0 0 1 2 0 4 .176 .211 .353 .563 2 1 0 1 0 Alex Gonzalez 13 12 3 2 0 0 2 0 1 .250 .308 .417 .724 0 0 0 1 0 Aramis Ramirez 13 12 6 2 0 1 3 1 0 .500 .538 .917 1.455 0 0 0 0 0 Ryan Braun 12 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 0 0 0 0 0 Corey Hart 12 10 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 0 0 0 0 1 Rickie Weeks 12 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 0 0 0 0 0 Yovani Gallardo 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 0 0 1 0 George Kottaras 6 5 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .400 .500 .400 .900 0 0 0 0 0 Jonathan Lucroy 6 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .500 .833 0 0 0 0 0 Carlos Gomez 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0 0 0 0 0 Travis Ishikawa 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0 0 0 0 1 Cesar Izturis 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Chris Narveson 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 Total 111 101 25 5 0 2 9 4 16 .248 .294 .356 .650 2 1 0 3 2 Cubs v. Marcum PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG David DeJesus 20 16 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 0 0 1 0 Marlon Byrd 11 10 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .100 .182 .100 .282 0 0 0 0 0 Darwin Barney 7 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 .429 .429 .857 1.286 0 0 0 0 0 Starlin Castro 7 7 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 .143 .143 .571 .714 0 0 0 0 1 Alfonso Soriano 6 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 .167 .167 .333 .500 0 0 0 0 0 Geovany Soto 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 0 0 0 0 0 Bryan LaHair 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Ian Stewart 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Reed Johnson 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0 0 0 0 0 Total 65 60 8 4 0 1 2 4 17 .133 .200 .250 .450 0 0 0 1 1 Might need to give DeJesus a day off.

http://i.imgur.com/NNl3a.png So close, yet so far away.

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Nationals Vs. Garza PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG Jayson Werth 11 9 4 0 0 1 2 2 3 .444 .545 .778 1.323 0 0 0 0 1 Xavier Nady 8 8 2 0 0 1 2 0 2 .250 .250 .625 .875 0 0 0 0 0 Ryan Zimmerman 8 7 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .429 .500 .429 .929 0 0 0 0 0 Danny Espinosa 5 5 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 0 0 0 0 0 Edwin Jackson 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0 Wilson Ramos 5 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 .200 .200 .400 .600 0 0 0 0 0 Ian Desmond 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Mark DeRosa 3 3 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 .667 .667 1.667 2.333 0 0 0 0 0 Roger Bernadina 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 0 0 0 0 0 Total 51 47 15 2 0 3 10 3 14 .319 .360 .553 .913 1 0 0 0 1 Cubs Vs. Gonzalez PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG David DeJesus 8 8 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 .250 .250 .625 .875 0 0 0 0 1 Marlon Byrd 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .200 .333 .200 .533 0 0 0 0 0 Luis Valbuena 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 .500 .333 .833 0 0 0 0 0 Jeff Baker 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0 0 0 0 0 Alfonso Soriano 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 1 0 0 0 0 Starlin Castro 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.000 .500 1.000 1.500 0 1 0 0 0 Ryan Dempster 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Bryan LaHair 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0 Geovany Soto 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 0 0 1 0 0 Total 32 25 8 2 0 1 5 4 8 .320 .400 .520 .920 2 1 1 0 1

Throwing nasty stuff to a pitcher I see.

I think Soriano ran on his own.