Outshined_One

I was hoping he'd clothesline Pujols.

If I ever make a billion dollars, I'm investing in anyone who can invent a TV that allows you to mute sports broadcasters. Hearing just the action on the field would be so much better than this.

Great play by DeWitt! Too bad we couldn't see it. #-o

*Standing ovation for routine flyout*

June: .265/.342/.471 July: .313/.340/.667 August: .296/.387/.444 He's been back for awhile now. :D

Yay-Ram.

Phil Rogers floated this idea in his latest column.

I don't really blame them for giving Molina a standing ovation. Heck, I would have done the same for Kyle Farnsworth in his first Wrigley appearance after he beat the heck out of Paul Wilson. Sorry, giving a standing ovation that lasts until the pitch comes in and then another one for his second at bat for starting to jaw with someone at home plate is stupid. I saw a lot of stupid today. I said that after the first standing ovation. The second one was incredibly stupid.

Box Scores Iowa won 13-12 Box Score CF/LF J. Adduci 3/6, R, 7 RBI, 2B (9), HR (3) 2B J. Mota 1/5, R, K RF B. Snyder 2/3, 2 BB, 2 R, 2B (28), SB (17), CS (2) 1B M. Hoffpauir 2/4, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2B (33), HR (21), K, HBP C R. Chirinos 1/3, 2 R, RBI, HR (1), 2 HBP LF B. LaHair 1/5, RBI, 2 K 3B M. Smith 2/4, BB, 2 R, 2B (19) SS M. Camp 2/5, 2 R, RBI, K PH T. Wright 0/1 CF S. Fuld 0/0, BB SP JR Mathes 6 IP, 11 H, 6 ER, 3/1 K/BB, 8-4 GO-FO RP D. Cales 1 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 1/0 K/BB, HR, 2-0 GO-FO RP J. Muyco .1 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 0/1 K/BB, 1-0 GO-FO RP S. Maine .2 scoreless, 1 H, 2/0 K/BB RP J. Stevens 1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 2/2 K/BB, 1-0 GO-FO Tennessee won 3-2 Box Score CF T. Campana 1/4, K LF B. Jackson 1/4, R, 2 K 3B R. Canzler 2/4, R, 3 RBI, HR (18), K RF M. Spencer 1/4, K, Assist (2B) C S. Clevenger 0/4 PH N. Samson 0/0, BB SS M. Gonzalez 0/4, K PH/2B T. Thomas 0/2, R SP C. Muschko 5 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 5/2 K/BB, WP, 3-6 GO-FO, E (3, throw) RP J. Papelbon 2 scoreless, 2 H, 2/0 K/BB, 1-3 GO-FO RP L. Sommer 1 scoreless, 2 H, 1-1 GO-FO RP A. Shafer 1 scoreless, 1 H, 2/0 K/BB, 1-0 GO-FO Daytona won Game 1 of their DH 2-1 Box Score SS J. Lake 1/2, BB, SB (10) DH DJ LeMahieu 2/4, R, 2B (21), K 3B R. Flaherty 2/4, K 1B R. Ridling 1/3, BB, RBI RF K. Burke 1/4, RBI, K C M. Brenly 0/2, HBP 2B J. Opitz 2/3 LF G. Rohan 0/3, K CF E. Crawford 2/3, R SP B. Raley 1 perfect, 1/0 K/BB, 2-0 GO-FO (interrupted by rain delay) RP M. Perconte 4 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 5/1 K/BB, 5-2 GO-FO RP C. Lambert 2 scoreless, 2 H, 2/0 K/BB, 2-2 GO-FO Daytona lost Game 2 of their DH 4-3 Box Score SS J. Lake 2/3, 2 2B (15), K, SB (11) DH DJ LeMahieu 1/2, BB, R, RBI, 2B (22), K 3B R. Flaherty 0/3, BB, R, 2 K 1B R. Ridling 0/4 RF K. Burke 0/3 LF G. Rohan 0/2, BB 2B J. Opitz 0/3 CF J. Valdez 1/3, K SP R. Whitenack 5 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 5/3 K/BB, HR, WP, Balk, 6-1 GO-FO RP O. Martinez 2 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 4/1 K/BB, HBP, 0-2 GO-FO Peoria won 4-3 Box Score SS HJ Lee 1/5 2B L. Watkins 1/4, R, 3B (7) 3B M. Cerda 1/3, RBI 1B J. Bour 0/4, 3 K LF DJ Fitzgerald 0/4, K RF N. Perez 1/2, 2 BB, 2 R, E (5, throw) DH B. May 1/3, R, 2 RBI, HR (1), K CF A. Giansanti 1/4, RBI, K SP R. Searle 5 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, 5/2 K/BB, 7-1 GO-FO RP M. De Leon 2 scoreless, 2 H, 2/1 K/BB, 4-0 GO-FO RP Y. Gonzalez 1 scoreless, 1 H, 1/0 K/BB, WP, 2-0 GO-FO Boise won 7-6 Box Score 2B A. Alcantara 4/4, 2 R, 2 RBI, HR (3), E (19, fielding) DH P. LePage 2/4, BB, RBI 1B R. Jones 0/5, RBI, 2 K LF J. Morelli 1/5 3B R. Cuneo 1/5, R, 3 K, E (2, fielding) SS D. Harrington 1/3, R, RBI, K, E (2, throw) C J. Vigurs 2/4, R, RBI, 2B (3), PB (6) RF C. Huseby 0/2, 2 K, HBP, CS (1) CF KM Na 2/3, BB, 2 R, RBI, 2B (4) SP E. Jokisch 4 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1/3 K/BB, 8-1 GO-FO RP D. Fitzgerald 4 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 4/0 K/BB, 3 WP, 4-4 GO-FO RP J. Latham 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1/0 K/BB, 2-0 GO-FO AZL Cubs won 7-2 Box Score SS W. Darvill 2/5, R, 2 K 2B PC Chen 2/5, 2 R, RBI CF S. Burruel 3/4 1B C. Noble 2/4, RBI, 2B (5), K DH V. Bieneme 0/4, R, RBI, CS (6) SP H. Ackerman 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 3/3 K/BB, HBP, 0-1 GO-FO RP A. Sosa 2.1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 2/1 K/BB, HR, 3-2 GO-FO RP B. Shafer 3 scoreless, 1 H, 1/0 K/BB, 6-2 GO-FO RP J. Rodriguez 2 perfect, 3/0 K/BB, 2-1 GO-FO DSL Cubs 1 lost 11-9 Box Score SS G. Amaya 3/4, R, RBI, 2B (8), 2 HBP RF D. Arcila 1/5, R, RBI, K, Assist (3B) DH O. Zapata 1/3, 2 BB, R, 2B (7), K DSL Cubs 2 lost 8-5 Box Score 3B W. Contreras 0/4 2B J. Rodriguez 1/3, RBI, K, HBP, SB (10) LF J. Casilla 2/4, R, 3 RBI, HR (3), 2 K OVERALL: 6-3

Is it wrong that there's a slightly twisted part of me hoping for a 100 loss season?

Thomas Diamond is kinda mediocre. Good thing the Cubs converted Cashner to the pen!

I don't really blame them for giving Molina a standing ovation. Heck, I would have done the same for Kyle Farnsworth in his first Wrigley appearance after he beat the heck out of Paul Wilson.

It's not irrational, to be honest.

Albert Pujols is good.

Aw, crap. Lee and Castro were coming up lame coming home on that one.

Baker tweaked his back and is day to day. Woo Castro!

I'm actually glad DeWitt is getting time at 3B. I've always felt he and Baker should be switched when both are playing. Granted, I'm not a fan of Barney at 2B. Egh.

In this week's Hot Sheet, Chris Archer gets a spot. It's worth pointing out that Chris Archer was born 9/26/1988 and is not 19.

Box Scores Iowa won 5-0 Box Score CF S. Fuld 1/4, BB, 2B (12), CS (6) SS M. Camp 1/5 RF B. Snyder 1/4, BB, R, RBI, HR (19) 1B M. Hoffpauir 2/4, BB, 3 R, K, E (7, fielding) LF T. Wright 0/3, BB, K 2B B. Scales 1/3, BB, R, 2 RBI, HR (7), 2 K C R. Chirinos 2/4, E (1, throw) 3B M. Smith 1/3, BB, 2 RBI, 2B (18) PH B. LaHair 0/1, K SP A. Bibens-Dirkx 7 scoreless, 3 H, 3/2 K/BB, WP, 10-6 GO-FO RP B. Schlitter 1 perfect, 1/0 K/BB, 2-0 GO-FO RP J. Stevens 1 perfect, 1-2 GO-FO Tennessee won 8-4 Box Score CF T. Campana 1/5, R, 2 RBI, 2B (20), 3 K LF B. Jackson 1/4, R, RBI, 3B (4), K 3B R. Canzler 2/5, R, E (14, throw) RF M. Spencer 1/5, R, 3 RBI, HR (15), Assist (2B) C S. Clevenger 2/5, R, 2B (12), K 2B T. Thomas 2/4, R, 2 K SS M. Gonzalez 0/4 SP C. Rusin 6 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 6/1 K/BB, 9-1 GO-FO RP K. Smit 1 scoreless, 1 H, 2/0 K/BB, 1-0 GO-FO RP R. Buchter 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 4/2 K/BB, 2 HBP, 0-1 GO-FO RP B. Parker 1 perfect, 0-1 GO-FO Daytona PPD Peoria PPD Boise lost 4-1 Box Score 2B P. LePage 2/4, 2 2B (15), K 1B R. Cuneo 0/4, 3 K LF J. Morelli 1/3, BB, Assist (3B) 3B D. Harrington 0/4 SS E. Soto 1/4, 2B (6), K DH C. Huseby 0/4, 2 K C M. Gibbs 1/2, BB, R CF KM Na 1/2, BB SP A. Kirk 4.2 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 3/0 K/BB, HR, 2 HBP, 9-1 GO-FO RP L. Suarez 3.1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 6/3 K/BB, 2-1 GO-FO RP E. Rice 1 perfect, 1/0 K/BB, 2-0 GO-FO AZL Cubs lost 5-3 Box Score 2B V. Bieneme 1/5, 2 K SS W. Darvill 2/4, R, RBI, K, SB (7), E (4, throw) DH PC Chen 2/4, BB, R, SB (7) 3B D. Geiger 3/3, RBI, 2 2B (7) PR/1B S. Burruel 0/1, K C C. Noble 0/4, 2 K SP M. Perez 3 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 3/0 K/BB, 3-2 GO-FO RP L. Liria 4 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 7/0 K/BB, 3-2 GO-FO RP A. Jimenez 2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 4/1 K/BB, WP, 0-2 GO-FO DSL Cubs 1 won 4-3 in the 13th Box Score 2B/SS G. Amaya 1/5, R, K, HBP SS M. Hernandez 1/4, BB, R, 2B (21), 2 K CF O. Zapata 0/3 DH D. Arcila 0/2, 2 K SP L. Villalba 4.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 4/2 K/BB, HR, HBP, 2-5 GO-FO DSL Cubs 2 won 15-14 Box Score 3B W. Contreras 3/5, 3 R, 3 RBI, 2B (2), HBP, E (11, fielding) 2B J. Rodriguez 2/5, RBI, K LF J. Casilla 2/5, 2 K PH G. Jimenez 0/1 OVERALL: 4-2

6 scoreless, 2 H, 2 BB, 6 K I like.

Maybe he hasn't taken or passed a physical yet? :-k Him and DeJesus are the two confusing guys for me. I can understand Wells not being signed yet (to an extent), but those two guys don't exactly scream "super slot" to me.

Some good news today... Iowa: -C Robinson Chirinos assigned to Iowa from Tennessee -IF Jonathon Mota assigned to Iowa from Tennessee Tennessee -UTL David Macias assigned to Tennessee from Daytona

BA's Best Tools (subscription only) coverage rolls on with Low A. Trey McNutt was named as having the best breaking pitch in the MWL, while Hak-Ju Lee was named best defensive SS in the MWL.

According to Goldstein and Callis, MLB is sitting on a ton of signings and refusing to leak them. It might be a few days before we hear anything about guys like Ben Wells.

MIF depth with Renteria injured, plus Freddy Sanchez can't hit RHPs worth a damn.