Jon

Nope. FSC has the rights to it.

Upcoming USA Gold Cup schedule: 6/7 vs. Guatemala (LA) - 8 PM CT- FSC and Telefutura 6/9 vs. T&T (LA) - 4 PM CT - FSC and Telefutura 6/12 vs. El Salvador - (Boston) - 6 PM CT - FSC and Telefutura I'm glad they're going to be on Telefutura and not just FSC (which I don't get).

There's a Santo shirt here.

All boxes posted. They have yet to determine when to resume the Iowa/Round Rock game.

Iowa fell to Oklahoma 13-3 LF Patterson - 1/4, R, RBI (27), BB, K CF Pie - 0/4, K 2B Fontenot - 2/4, BB, 2 K RF Kinkade - 1/3, RBI (13), BB, K, outfield assist DH Soto - 1/5 1B Hoffpauir - 1/4, R, HR (9), RBI (42), K SS Cedeno - 1/3, R, 2B (3), BB, 2 K 3B Moore - 1/2, 2 BB SP O'Malley - 1.1 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 2/1 K/BB, 0/2 GO/FO RP Howard - 2.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 3/2 K/BB, HR RP Baez - 1.0 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 1/2 K/BB, HR, WP RP Pignatiello - 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1/0 K/BB RP Bailey - 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1/0 K/BB RP Rapada - 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0/2 K/BB, WP Tennessee lost to Jacksonville 8-4 CF Fuld - 1/4, BB, K 1B Fox - 1/4 RF Kroeger - 2/4, 2 R, 2 HR (6), 2 RBI (30), K, outfield assist C McGehee - 1/4, R, 2B (5) 3B Craig - 4/4, R SP Holliman - 5.2 IP, 11 H, 8 R, 1/6 K/BB, HR, 9/6 GO/FO RP Schappert - 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0/0 K/BB RP Reinhard - 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 3/0 K/BB RP Jones - 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2/1 K/BB Daytona beat Fort Myers 3-0 RF Amador - 2/5, R, 2B (7), RBI (13), K, SB (13) CF Colvin - 0/1, R, RBI (37), 2 BB DH Dopirak - 1/4, 2B (1), RBI (3) 3B Reynolds - 2/4, 2B (8), K 2B Spears - 2/4, R, 2B (7), K SP Atkins - 8 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 3/0 K/BB, 6/15 GO/FO RP Avery - 1 IP, 0/1 K/BB Peoria lost 3-2 against Wisconsin 2B Camp - 1/4, R 3B Lansford - 1/4 1B Canzler - 2/4, RBI (15), K CF Carter - 2/4, R, 2 K C Castillo - 2/4 DH Lewis - 0/3, RBI (12), K SP Maestri - 5.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 5/0 K/BB, 10/2 GO/FO, HR RP Ruhlman - 1.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 2/2 K/BB RP Alburquerque - 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1/2 K/BB RP Papelbon - 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 3/1 K/BB

Yeesh. This team bites right now. They need a little health right now and Blanco soon. Tim Howard will be the USMNT keeper during the Gold Cup. In addition, according to ESPN, the USMNT will announce two international friendlies for mid-October (14th and 17th) in Europe.

My power comes back on and I find the Fire are down 2-0 to the Red Bulls at the half. Talk about an early season free-fall...

Night quite the game I was hoping for, but an exciting finish. Good game.

Damnit. That last win hurts...

Wow. They really went all out trying to make this as complicated as possible.

Not sure if I've posted this before, but this guy is selling Bears DVDs at a pretty reasonable price. The people who've bought it really seem to like them. He's got the 1985 season for $70, the 1985 post-season for $25, the 2005 season for $60, and the 2006 season for $85 (the NFC Championship game and Super Bowl have separate audio tracks from WBBM Radio). But this is the one I want: Bears Historic Set ($35) *Bears vs Packers October 30, 1977 - Walter Payton rushes for 205 yards and 2 TDs *Bears vs Raiders November 4, 1984 - Hard fought victory against the Defending SuperBowl Champs *Bears vs Giants September 14, 1987 - Monday night Football, Bears take out the defending Champs *Bears vs Eagles December 31, 1988 - "The Fog Bowl" the fog rolls in, the Bears roll on *Bears vs Vikings January 1, 1995 - a wild card victory on the enemies turf *Bears vs Packers November 7, 1999 - Only 6 days after Payton passes, Bears block one for him *Bears vs 49ers October 28, 2001 - Everyone thought it was over.........except the Bears!! *Bears vs Browns November 4, 2001 - against the odds, the Bears come back and win in OT

I saw a blank one of those at Chicago Soccer on Western and Lawrence a few months back. Seemed decently priced, too.

It's not a rumor. It's just a trade proposal.

It would clearly be Bonds if he didn't only have 106 ABs. Those numbers are ridiculous. I'm tempted to go with Lee. Hardy's IsoD is not good at all.

The biggest problem with trading Z is the guy who would be trading him. I've no confidence that Hendry would know what players from which systems to target. That said, assuming Hendry is a replacement level GM, even a struggling Z would bring in a good amount of talent. There's always the "change of scenery" argument to be had. And if Z has a strong June, and the team is still 7 out, that just makes replacement level Hendry's job negotiating for a good deal easier. The odds of the Cubs being out of it to the point where Hendry is willing to concede at the end of June aren't too high. But even if Jim were to try to move Zambrano, what team would be willing to part with the big league talent under contract that he'd be looking for?

Completely disagree. He's regularly way below his past normal velocity, and only occasionally dials it up to that level. There is definitely something wrong with it. There's not really a difference from what it was last year, when they really made an effort to get him to stop overthrowing the ball (which he isn't really doing now at all). But if there is a 2 mph difference and he's dropping down a lot more, a drop in velocity isn't really the concern since you can't compare it to what he was hitting with a higher arm slot. You can't determine if there's a drop due to an arm issue or a drop that is a byproduct of something correctable. The odd phenomenon with Zambrano is how much he has been hurt by the big inning (partly because of that ridiculous SLG% against). He has given up more than 3 runs in a game 6 times. In 5 of those, he had one really bad inning: 4/13 vs. Cincinnati - 6 runs allowed, 6 runs in the 5th inning 4/18 @ Atlanta - 5 runs allowed, 4 runs in the 1st inning 5/4 vs. Washington - 4 runs allowed, 4 runs in the 1st inning 5/10 vs. Pittsburgh - 6 runs allowed (4 earned), 3 runs in the 1st inning 5/20 vs. Chicago - 7 runs allowed, 4 runs in the 7th inning In all of those, he either had his bad inning in the first inning or his last inning, nothing in between. Of the other starts, he had one bad one (4/2) when he didn't really have one bad inning and 4 strong starts. Also, for those who want to move Zambrano, what realistically could happen if he's still struggling in a month? What could Jim get, especially considering his job is on the line and he doesn't exactly favor "rebuilding" trades? And if he has a strong June, is there any way he gets moved?

The media was too busy drooling over Hester's performance (and hopefully rightly so).

Yeah, there's nothing really wrong with his velocity.

The Bears signed Corey Graham to a 4-year deal today, but no details yet.

1) Can we drop the whole "headcase" thing already? Why would it all of a sudden be what's causing his ineffectiveness when he's undoubtedly more calm on the mound now than ever before in his career? 2) Why does it matter if he's the "ace?" If the "ace" label was arbitrarily given to someone else, would it make any difference? 3) He's getting hurt because of a decrease in strikeouts, a big jump in BAA, and a HUGE increase in SLG% against (or as Fox, who is brand new to the stat, calls it, "SLUG"). It's not really the walks that are the difference, surprisingly. His GB% isn't too bad and his LD% is pretty low. 4) I'd like to hear Rothschild back-track on his previous statements about Zambrano's arm slot. But regardless, it's going to take a while to see what's going on. Even as the article suggested, there isn't a huge amount of evidence in the change in his previously inconsistent mechanics to signal shoulder soreness.

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I'm hoping that press conference went like this: NASA Scientist: Ladies and gentlemen and members of the press. I'd like to present the new generation of NASA astronauts: the average American. [Curtain rises to show Homer wearing a "Hail to the Chef" apron and Barney dressed as a golfer] Reporter: Jim Wallace, Associated Press. [clears throat] Is this a joke? NASA Scientist: Far from it, Jim. One of these men will prove space travel is within the reach of the common man. Reporter: Toby Hunter, Minneapolis Star. No really, is this a joke? NASA Scientist: No, Toby, and no more questions about whether this is a joke. [Everyone lowers their hand, dejected]

HAHAHA. Absolutely hilarious, Cubs. It would suck if I still cared, though.

I can only assume Hendry and Lou will DFA Cotts before he gets back to the dugout.

Wow. Impressive numbers from Mitre.