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Marmol in for the Cubs. Weeks with an IF single off of Ramirez's glove. Sounds like he short-armed it and he should have had it. Counsell caught looking on strike 3 for the first out. Weeks steals 2B, sounds like fault was on Marmol for a high pitch. Gomez gets a knee-buckler slider on 3-2 called ball four, but was close. Runners on 1st and 2nd. RBI Single for Prince Fielder. Runners on 1st and 2nd, 3-1 Cubs. Marmol left his breaking ball up. Gomez gets a huge jump on Marmol and breaks for 3rd, Soto overthrows Ramirez and Gomez scores. 3-2 Cubs. Edmonds strikes out swinging for the 2nd out. 3rd out is a K, didn't catch who was at the plate. -
Lee with an opposite field HR! 3-0 Cubs Ramirez grounds out for the first out. Byrd with a routine groundout to short for the second out. Soriano Ks swinging for the third out.
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Wells starts the 3rd and racks up a K. Then he gets a groundout for the next batter. And then he gets Suppan to ground out on what sounded like a difficult play from Fontenot to Lee.
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Fukudome grounds out. Going to the top of the 3rd, 2-0 Cubs.
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Theriot Ks. Two outs for Fukudome.
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Wells with a deep fly out, Soriano scores, Fontenot moves to 3rd. Runners at the corners. 2-0 Cubs.
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Sounds good. Soto HBP.
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Fontenot singles in Byrd, runners at the corners.
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Soriano with a deep double, Byrd had to hold up at 2nd and advanced to 3rd.
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Double for Byrd.
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Rain delay. Neither pitcher has started warming up. Should be starting later.
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Game's starting in a few minutes and I'll be listening on WGN Radio. I fully expect Pat & Ron to be discussing cargo shorts and the mechanics of windmills by the fourth inning. Lineup: Theriot, SS Fukudome, RF Lee, D, 1B Ramirez, A, 3B Byrd, CF Soriano, A, LF Fontenot, 2B Soto, C Wells, R, P
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What makes you think Scott Downs, Jason Frasor, or any of the other potentially available relievers will be legitimately good? Downs struggled with injury problems last year and Frasor is coming off of a career year after three years of being a tick above average.
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Where I once wouldn't have been surprised to see Cashner in the bullpen come Opening Day, now I pretty much expect it.
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While they had the second fewest SB attempts, I'd love to know how they compared with the rest of the majors in hit & run attempts.
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Jesus, I like him very much. But he no help with curveball.
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LOL seriously? Considering the byline, this really doesn't come as a surprise.
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Which is a bit ridiculous. He's got two very good pitches in his pitcher and slider, along with a changeup that's developing but supposed to be halfway decent. Comparing him to Kerry Wood is not something I'd wholly recommend, though. Also, it's worth pointing out that Cashner wasn't a full-time reliever during his time as an amateur. As memory serves me, he spent two seasons in junior college as a starting pitcher, but ended up moving to closer when he transferred to TCU for his junior season.
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Cubs Top Prospect Lists (NSBB, BA, etc.)
Outshined_One replied to Outshined_One's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
From yesterday's Ask BA -
I loved the Pirates 2009 draft strategy. I'm envious.
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Cubs Top Prospect Lists (NSBB, BA, etc.)
Outshined_One replied to Outshined_One's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Callis had a chat a few days ago on BA's Top 100. -
Considering Latham is a professional athlete, I'm guessing he has insurance or has deep enough pockets to cover that kind of damage. He's a moron and deserved to be punished through criminal and civil means, as well as by the Cubs, but I really don't see this kind of an act as unforgivable. You can speculate all you want, but it's basically just that...speculation. Maybe if he had someone in the car with him, he would have paid better attention and avoided this accident. Maybe that friend would have taken his keys away. Maybe he would have crashed into a truck carrying nuclear weapons, causing a massive explosion that would have wiped out most of Boise. None of those things happened. There's no point in castigating him for what didn't happen.
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On the upside, the Cubs actually seem to have enough pitching depth in the upper minors to shore up the bullpen from within if anything happens to Guzman.
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Jae Kuk Ryu hung around in the system for awhile after the osprey incident. The same can be said for Andy Sisco, assuming the story about him getting into a fight with Ryu is true.
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Atlanta to be a power in the NL this year?!!
Outshined_One replied to Magdal's topic in General Baseball Talk
They have one of the best farm systems in all of baseball if not the best and they have Jason Heyward who is going to be a star. Well, outside of Freddie Freeman I can't really think of many other offensive threats besides Heyward in their system. They've got a couple pitchers in the wings who are supposed to be good... Arodys Vizcaino and another guy... forgot his name though. Outside of those guys (and maybe one or two others I'm forgetting) I think the drop off is pretty steep Most of their good pitching prospects have limited experience above High A. Mike Minor might get a callup this season depending on how he develops, but he doesn't have the makings of an impact pitcher. Plus, Freeman had a wrist injury and is a bit of a question mark going into this season.
