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Plus, that would go a long way towards quieting all of the discontent over the BCS. Every year, someone from the MWC or from Boise State whines about not having a shot at a BCS bowl or the national championship because of the way the system is configured. With Boise State in the MWC and the MWC getting a hypothetical BCS bid, some of the pressure against the BCS would lessen substantially.

Boise's roster should be announced soon (hopefully tonight, probably tomorrow), considering the team is flying into Boise on Tuesday. It'd be nice to know what other draftees the Cubs have signed, considering there's only been one confirmed name so far.

Box Scores Iowa won 5-4 Box Score CF S. Fuld 3/3, 2 BB, 2 R, RBI, 3B (4), SB (7) SS D. Barney 1/5, R, RBI, 2B (13), E (8, throw) RF B. Snyder 0/3, BB 1B M. Hoffpauir 1/4, R, RBI, 3B (2), K 3B M. Smith 1/4, 2B (8), 2 K LF B. LaHair 1/3, BB, RBI C W. Castillo 1/4, R, K 2B M. Camp 3/4, 2B (8), CS (4) LF J. Adduci 1/1 SP T. Diamond 5 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 3/2 K/BB, 4-8 GO-FO RP J. Berg 2 scoreless, 2 H, 2/1 K/BB, 4-0 GO-FO RP J. Russell 1 scoreless, 1 H, 2-1 GO-FO RP B. Schlitter 1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 0/1 K/BB, WP, 1-1 GO-FO Tennessee won 2-1 Box Score CF T. Campana 1/4, 2B (9), 2 K SS N. Samson 1/3 PH S. Clevenger 1/1, RBI PR/SS M. Gonzalez 0/0, SB (5) LF T. Wright 0/4, K C R. Chirinos 1/2, BB 1B M. Spencer 1/3, K RF B. Guyer 1/3, R, 2B (8), SB (9) 3B J. Vitters 0/3, RBI 2B T. Thomas 1/3, R, 2B (11), 2 K SP HW Chen 6 scoreless, 4 H, 4/3 K/BB, HBP, 4-5 GO-FO RP A. Maestri 1 perfect, 2-1 GO-FO RP L. Sommer .2 scoreless, 0 H, 0/1 K/BB, 2-0 GO-FO RP D. Cales 1.1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1/0 K/BB, 1-2 GO-FO Daytona won 6-4 in the 11th thanks to a 2 run Brett Jackson HR Box Score CF B. Jackson 4/6, R, 3 RBI, 2B (11), 3B (6), HR (4), K SS.2B DJ LeMahieu 0/5 3B R. Flaherty 1/5, R, K 1B R. Ridling 1/5, R, 2B (14), 3 K RF K. Burke 1/5, RBI, 2 K PH/C . Brenly 0/2, K PH/SS J. Lake 0/1, BB, K SP DE Rhee 4 IP, 2 H, 3 ER, 2/3 K/BB, HR, HBP, 7-3 GO-FO RP D. Patton 2.1 scoreless, 0 H, 1/2 K/BB, 2-4 GO-FO RP J. Beliveau 1.1 IP, 0 H, 1 ER, 2/2 K/BB, 1-1 GO-FO RP A. Shafer .1 scoreless, 2 H, 0/1 K/BB, 0-1 GO-FO RP M. Carrillo 3 scoreless, 2 H, 4/0 K/BB, 3-2 GO-FO Peoria won 12-5 Box Score SS HJ Lee 3/5, 2 R 2B L. Watkins 1/5, R, PO (2B) 3B M. Cerda 3/5, 3 R, 3 RBI, 3B (4) 1B G. Rohan 2/4, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI, HR (4) LF DJ Fitzgerald 2/5, 2 R, RBI, 2B (7), PO (1B) RF JH Ha 2/5, R, 2 RBI, 2B (2) DH N. Perez 2/5, RBI, 2B (5), K SP R. Whitenack 6 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 3/2 K/BB, Balk, 12-3 GO-FO RP L. Suarez 2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 4/0 K/BB, 1-1 GO-FO RP J. Latham 1 scoreless, 0 H, 1/1 K/BB, 1-0 GO-FO DSL Cubs 1 won 12-4 Box Score DSL Cubs 2 lost 10-5 Box Score OVERALL: 5-1

Tennessee: -Tennessee Smokies placed LHP Dustin Sasser on the DL -RHP Oswaldo Martinez assigned to Tennessee Smokies from Daytona Cubs

The Cubs definitely made a run at him, but between his demands and his really strong commitment to Vanderbilt, they weren't going to get him signed without some ludicrous deal.

Box Scores Iowa won 4-0 Box Score CF S. Fuld 2/4, BB, 2B (4), K, CS (3) SS D. Barney 0/3, BB, K RF B. Snyder 1/4, BB, R, SB (10) 1B M. Hoffpauir 2/5, 2 R, RBI, 2B (13), 2 K, E (5, fielding) 2B B. Scales 1/3, K LF B. LaHair 1/2, 2 BB, R C W. Castillo 1/4, 2 RBI, 2B (8) 3B M. Camp 0/3, BB SP JR Mathes 6 scoreless, 1 H, 4/1 K/BB, HBP, 11-3 GO-FO RP J. Grabow 1 scoreless, 1 H, 1/0 K/BB, WP, 2-0 GO-FO RP B. Parker 1 scoreless, 1 H, 1/0 K/BB, 0-2 GO-FO Tennessee won 7-5 Box Score CF T. Campana 0/4, K, Assist (1B) SS M. Gonzalez 1/4, RBI LF T. Wright 1/4, R, 2B (19) C R. Chirinos 1/3, R, HBP, CS (3) 1B M. Spencer 1/3, BB, RBI, K, SB (5) RF B. Guyer 1/4, R, 2B (7), K 3B J. Vitters 1/2, BB, 2 R 2B T. Thomas 2/3, 2 R, 5 RBI, 3B (2), HR (2) SP C. Carpenter 6 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 5/3 K/BB, HR, 8-4 GO-FO RP R. Buchter 1.1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2/1 K/BB, 0-2 GO-FO RP D. Cales .2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2/0 K/BB, HR RP L. Sommer 1 perfect, 2/0 K/BB, 1-0 GO-FO Peoria lost 7-0 Box Score SS L. Watkins 1/4, K 2B M. Cerda 1/3, BB DH G. Rohan 0/4 1B J. Bour 1/3, HBP RF JH Ha 1/4 LF N. Perez 0/4, 2 K 3B C. Thomas 0/3, BB, K SP J. Antigua 5 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 3/0 K/BB, HR, 4-7 GO-FO, E (2, throw) RP F. Batista 2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1/2 K/BB, HR, 3-2 GO-FO Both DSL teams and Daytona with the day off OVERALL: 2-1

20th rounder Ryan Cuneo will sign soon.

Oh look, Rich Hill just came on in relief for the Redbirds. nohitter nohitter nohitter nohitter nohitter nohitter nohitter nohitter nohitter nohitter nohitter nohitter nohitter nohitter nohitter nohitter nohitter nohitter nohitter nohitter nohitter nohitter nohitter nohitter nohitter nohitter nohitter You broke it. :(

Jay Jackson's doing pretty well for himself through 5.

Box Scores Iowa lost 6-2 Box Score CF S. Fuld 0/5, K SS D. Barney 3/4, BB, 2B (12), K RF B. Snyder 0/4, BB, 3 K, SB (9) 1B M. Hoffpauir 0/4, 2 K 2B B. Scales 1/4, R, 2B (16), K LF B. LaHair 0/4, K C C. Robinson 3/4, R, RBI, 2B (5), HR (2) 3B M. Camp 2/4, RBI PH J. Dubois 0/1, K SP J. Jackson 7 IP, 2 H, 3 ER, 3/3 K/BB, HR, WP, HBP, 9-8 GO-FO RP J. Grabow 1 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 2-0 GO-FO Tennessee lost 7-5 Box Score CF T. Campana 2/4 PH/1B R. Canzler 0/1 SS M. Gonzalez 0/4, BB LF T. Wright 1/5, R, 2B (18) 1B/RF M. Spencer 2/4, K RF/CF B. Guyer 0/4 C C. Clevenger 1/2, BB, R, RBI, 2B (8), K, HBP 3B J. Vitters 1/4, R, RBI 2B T. Thomas 2/4, 2 RBI, 2 K SP C. Muschko 6.1 IP, 7 H, 7 R, 5 ER, 3/2 K/BB, 3 HR, 6-10 GO-FO, E (2, fielding) J. Papelbon 2.2 scoreless, 2 H, 3/0 K/BB, 4-1 GO-FO FSL South defeated FSL North in the FSL All Star Game 5-4 in the 10th Box Score CF B. Jackson 1/2, RBI RP R. Dolis 1 scoreless, 1 H, 2-1 GO-FO RP A. Shafer 1 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, HR, 1-0 GO-FO Peoria won 6-3 Box Score SS HJ Lee 2/4, R 2B L. Watkins 3/3, R, PO (1B) DH DJ Fitzgerald 1/3, BB, R, RBI, 2 K, CS (2) 1B J. Bour 1/3, R, 4 RBI, HR (5) RF JH Ha 1/4, R, 2 K, SB (5) LF N. Perez 0/3, K, HBP C J. Mota 2/3, RBI 3B C. Thomas 0/3 SP R. Searle 5 scoreless, 2 H, 5/1 K/BB, 3-7 GO-FO RP SM Jung 2.2 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 2/3 K/BB, 1-5 GO-FO RP Y. Gonzalez 1.1 scoreless, 1 H, 1-3 GO-FO DSL Cubs 1 won 4-3 in the 10th Box Score DSL Cubs 2 lost 7-5 Box Score OVERALL: 2-3

I'm continuing to wonder if anyone knows what the hell they're doing with the farm system.

Apparently Jeff Samardzija is back to starting for Iowa, as he started and went 4 IP today.

Club Fed is still preparing its invitation.

Two Cubs made the 6/11 Hot Sheet

Which makes me wonder, where does Fukudome fit into this whole BCB rumor?

BA has Dustin Fitzgerald as signed on their draft database.

Box Scores Iowa won 4-1 Box Score CF S. Fuld 0/4, BB, R, K SS D. Barney 2/5, 2B (11) 2B B. Scales 2/5, R, RBI, 2B (15) LF J. Dubois 0/4, BB, R, 2 K RF B. Snyder 1/3, BB, R C W. Castillo 0/3, RBI, K, HBP, E (4, throw) 1B B. LaHair 1/4, 2 RBI, 2B (13) 3B M. Smith 2/4, E (1, fielding) PH/1B M. Hoffpauir 0/0, BB SP J. Samardzija 4 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 5/2 K/BB, 2-3 GO-FO RP J. Berg 2 scoreless, 0 H, 1/3 K/BB, 3-1 GO-FO RP J. Gaub 1 scoreless, 1 H, 1/1 K/BB, 1-1 GO-FO, E (2, pickoff) RP B. Schlitter 2 scoreless, 1 H, 5-0 GO-FO Tennessee won 7-3 Box Score CF/RF B. Guyer 2/4, BB, R, 3 RBI, HR (3) SS N. Samson 2/5, 3B (1), E (4, fielding) LF T. Wright 0/5, 2 K, E (4, throw) C R. Chirinos 0/3, BB, R RF/1B M. Spencer 2/3, BB, 3 R, RBI, HR (7) DH R. Canzler 2/4, R, 2 RBI, HR (6), 2 K 3B J. Vitters 1/4, R, RBI 2B T. Thomas 0/3, BB, K, SB (5) SP A. Bibens-Dirkx 6 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 8/2 K/BB, HR, 2-7 GO-FO RP L. Sommer 2 scoreless, 0 H, 1/0 K/BB, 4-2 GO-FO RP D. Cales 1 scoreless, 1 H, 1/0 K/BB, 2-0 GO-FO Daytona is off on their All Star break until 6/14 Peoria won 5-1 Box Score SS HJ Lee 1/4, R, RBI, 3 K, SB (17) 2B L. Watkins 1/4, 2B (7) 3B M. Cerda 1/3, BB, R, RBI, 2 K DH G. Rohan 0/4 1B J. Bour 2/4, R, 3 RBI, HR (4), K LF DJ Fitzgerald 1/4, 2B (6), 2 K RF JH Ha 0/3, BB SP K. McNutt 5 scoreless, 3 H, 7/1 K/BB, 1-6 GO-FO RP R. Morla 3 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 4/0 K/BB, HR, 3-2 GO-FO RP J. Leverton 1 scoreless, 1 H, 1/1 K/BB, 2-0 GO-FO DSL Cubs 1 won 8-5 Box Score DSL Cubs 2 lost 7-6 in the 12th Box Score OVERALL: 4-1

Box Scores Iowa lost 7-2 Box Score CF S. Fuld 1/4, K SS D. Barney 2/4, 2B (10), E (7, fielding) RF J. Adduci 1/4, K, CS (7) 1B M. Hoffpauir 0/4, 2 K LF B. LaHair 2/4, R, RBI, HR (6) C W. Castillo 1/4, PB (4) 3B M. Smith 1/3, BB, R, RBI, HR (2), K 2B M. Camp 2/4 PH B. Scales 0/1 SP C. Coleman 4 IP, 9 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 3/3 K/BB, HR, 6-3 GO-FO RP J. Grabow 1 scoreless, 0 H, 0/1 K/BB, 3-0 GO-FO RP B. Parker 2 scoreless, 0 H, 1/2 K/BB, 4-1 GO-FO Tennessee lost 11-3 Box Score CF T. Campana 1/5, K SS M. Gonzalez 1/4, E (9, fielding) LF T. Wright 1/3, 2 R, RBI, HR (10), HBP C R. Chirinos 2/4, 2 RBI, 2B (15) RF B. Guyer 1/4, 3B (4), Assist (3B) DH R. Canzler 0/4 3B J. Vitters 0/4 2B T. Thomas 1/3, 2B (10), HBP SP A. Cabrera 4.2 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 1 ER, 3/1 K/BB, HR, HBP, 4-6 GO-FO, E (1, fielding) RP J. Muyco 2.1 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 1-5 GO-FO RP D. Sasser 2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2/2 K/BB, HR, WP, 2-2 GO-FO Daytona lost 12-8 Box Score CF B. Jackson 0/4, BB, R, K 3B DJ LeMahieu 3/5, 3 R, 2B (9), K SS R. Flaherty 2/4, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2B (15), 3B (2), K, E (6, fielding) 1B R. Ridling 1/3, R, 3 RBI, 2B (13) RF K. Burke 0/4, K, E (6, fielding) SP B. Raley 4.1 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 4 ER, 0/2 K/BB, HR, WP, 7-5 GO-FO RP M. Carrillo 1.2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 1/1 K/BB, HBP, 1-2 GO-FO RP D. Patton 1 scoreless, 0 H, 0/2 K/BB, 2-1 GO-FO RP A. Shafer 1 perfect, 1/0 K/BB, 1-1 GO-FO RP C. Siegfried .1 IP, 2 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 0/2 K/BB, HBP, 1-0 GO-FO RP M. Perconte .2 perfect, 0-2 GO-FO Peoria lost 7-3 Box Score SS HJ Lee 1/3, E (19, fielding) 2B M. Cerda 1/4, RBI 1B G. Rohan 2/4, K DH J. Bour 0/4, K LF DJ Fitzgerald 1/4, K, Assist (1B), E (2, fielding) C J. Mota 2/4, R, 2B (3), PB (6) RF N. Perez 1/4, K 3B C. Thomas 1/4, R, 2 RBI, HR (4), 2 K SP N. Struck 6 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1/2 K/BB, 9-7 GO-FO RP L. Suarez 1 IP, 3 H, 5 R, 1 ER, 1/1 K/BB, HR, WP, HBP, 0-1 GO-FO RP J. Latham 2 scoreless, 1 H, 3/0 K/BB, 2-0 GO-FO DSL Cubs lost 8-5 Box Score DSL Cubs 2 lost 9-4 Box Score OVERALL: 0-6 :(

I'm going to start typing out box scores for the DSL teams some time in the next week or two. In previous years, I just typed out the names of anyone who was 18 and under, but it was a pain not knowing who was any good and who wasn't. I'll probably only do 3-4 players for each team once it becomes clear which guys seem worthwhile. Arcila is the top name on my radar at the moment.

He's really improved power-wise in the past week or two. It's nice to see.

My initial reaction is underwhelmed, but intrigued. Andy Seiler had it half right, I think. Tim Wilken and the Cubs have specific molds for players they want to draft. Coming into this draft, they had a plan and they stuck to it. I don't think Wilken ever drafts defensively (i.e. "We have to take X player because he won't be there when our next pick comes around"). Where he wasn't right was I think the Cubs' FO legitimately thought these guys were the best players available at the time as far as their specific molds were concerned. They did not care what other teams thought about the guys they drafted. The two guys who struck me as emblematic of this draft are RHPs Hayden Simpson and Ben Wells. If Simpson was two inches taller, or if he pitched at a bigger school, he would have been more heralded and would have gotten more consideration in the 1st and 2nd. If the Cubs had drafted him in the 2nd, 3rd, or 4th, I think people would have liked, even loved, the selection. He has enough present stuff and projection remaining that he could conceivably end up as Oswalt Lite. The problem with the selection was that he conceivably could have been had later, meaning the Cubs could have picked someone else in the 1st and taken him later. In other words, Wilken and company had him as their #1 and didn't care what other teams thought of him. Ben Wells is someone who irked me, although, in fairness, it's hard to get worked up over a 7th round pick. Andy Seiler laid it out pretty well. BaseballAmerica similarly echoed those concerns in their writeup on him. Wells clearly was a guy who wasn't scouted much and had some upside. However, considering he was throwing in the low to mid 80s for most of his career, and only recently had a few outings where he worked in the low 90s, you really have to wonder what the future holds for Wells. Those kinds of guys usually aren't early round players. However, for whatever reason, Wells was the top guy on the Cubs' board in the 7th round, and they took him, risks and other teams be damned. Like any draft, it will come down to who the Cubs sign. As it stands for now, a lot of these guys have very intriguing upsides, enough so that I get a sneaking suspicion this draft will turn out to be a lot better than I currently think it is. Cautiously pessimistic would be the way I describe how I feel about this draft, if that makes any sense. I don't like it, but I could easily be proven wrong.

What the hell. CSN is interviewing Toews' family. His mom's grasp of English is fantastic; she sounds like a leaking tire.

i heard it on my way home. i don't know a lot about the blackhawks radio announcers, but it was pretty damn close to how i would envision ron santo reacting to a cubs world series. ...dropping dead from shock?

In case you missed it, Roenick's response to the Hawks winning

The WGN montage has numerous shots of Buff flattening Pronger. I am okay with that.