Outshined_One

There we go.

Uh oh.

Sam Fuld just learned that there are bricks behind the ivy.

That's an awesome formation.

I'm convinced the A&W Show flight path was intentionally placed over Wrigley.

Glad he managed to trap that. If it got past Fuld, that would have been a disaster.

"He was pretty matter of fact about the apocalypse." :-))

Bob moreso than Len, imo.

Not a fan of that being a short inning for the Cubs, but I am a fan of that interview being cut short.

I hope he runs like a man though. He does. The guy has plus speed for a reason.

John Cusack has not aged well.

Nice snag by the guy who looks like the lost Belushi brother.

Derrek Lee's got some hops!

Well, that worked out better than I was expecting.

lol Just turned it on. Nice to see he's out of the lineup...again.

Should have let Rammy take that one.

One really good defensive play and a hard hit ball right at someone. Ah well.

Crud.

Kind of like that, eh? No O and no D!

Box Scores Iowa won 7-4 Box Score 3B A. Blanco 0/5, E (7, missed catch) 1B M. Hoffpauir 2/5, R, RBI, HR (2) DH M. Craig 1/5 RF B. Snyder 1/5, R, 2 K CF M. Camp 0/1 LF/2B B. Scales 1/3, BB, R C S. Clevenger 2/4, R, 2 RBI SS D. Barney 1/3, BB, R, K SP JR Mathes 5 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1/1 K/BB, HR, 9-5 GO-FO RP J. Gaub 2 perfect, 2/0 K/BB, 0-4 GO-FO RP B. Parker 2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 3/2 K/BB, HR, 3-0 GO-FO Tennessee won 7-4 Box Score 2B T. Thomas 1/5, K CF J. Adduci 1/4, R, 2B (20), CS (10) LF T. Wright 2/4, R, RBI, Assist (2B) 1B B. Lalli 1/4, R, 2 RBI RF T. Colvin 3/3, BB, 2 R, 3B (4) 3B M. Smith 2/4, R, RBI, 2B (32), K C W. Castillo 1/4, RBI, 2 K SS S. Castro 1/4, 2B (1) 3B J. Mota 0/1 SP C. Coleman 5.1 IP, 4 H, 4 ER, 4/4 K/BB, HR, HBP, 5-7 GO-FO RP J. Ruhlman 1.2 perfect, 1-4 GO-FO Daytona no-hit Dunedin in Game 1 of their DH 4-0 Box Score CF T. Campana 1/2, BB, 2 R SS N. Samson 2/2, BB, R, 4 RBI, 2B (4), HR (1), E (12, throw) 3B M. Gonzalez 0/3, E (18, throw) RF B. Guyer 1/3 1B J. Opitz 0/3, K DH J. Vitters 1/3 SP C. Muschko 4 hitless/scoreless, 2/1 K/BB, 6-4 GO-FO RP C. Siegfried 1 hitless/scoreless, 3-0 GO-FO RP O. Martinez .2 hitless/scoreless, 0/1 K/BB, WP, 0-2 GO-FO RP D. Cales 1.1 hitless/scoreless, 4-0 GO-FO Daytona lost Game 2 of their DH 3-2 Box Score 2B N. Samson 2/4, K CF T. Campana 1/4, K RF B. Guyer 0/3 3B J. Vitters 0/3 SS M. Gonzalez 0/3 1B J. Opitz 2/3, R, 2B (15) DH J. Jones 1/2 SP J. Leverton 5 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 3/2 K/BB, HR, WP, Balk, 5-7 GO-FO RP D. McDaniel 1 scoreless, 1 H, 1/0 K/BB, 1-1 GO-FO Peoria lost 3-2 in the 10th Box Score CF B. Jackson 0/5, 2 K, Assist (2B) 3B R. Flaherty 2/4, BB, R, RBI, HR (17), 2 E (14, throw, fielding) 1B R. Ridling 2/4, 2B (29), K RF/1B K. Burke 0/2, 2 BB 2B DJ LeMahieu 0/4, 2 K DH J. Rosa 0/4, K LF N. Perez 1/4, R, K SS J. Lake 1/4, RBI, CS (6), E (34, fielding) SP A. Shafer 5.2 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 3/0 K/BB, WP, 10-4 GO-FO RP M. De Leon 1.1 scoreless, 0 H, 3-1 GO-FO Boise won 4-3 in the 12th Box Score 2B L. Watkins 4/6, R SS G. Matheus 2/6, R, RBI, K 1B J. Bour 0/5 DH JH Ha 3/5, R, 2B (12) 3B R. Wagner 1/3, 2 BB, R, RBI, 2B (4) LF R. Jones 0/5, K RF D. Fitzgerald 0/5, 2 K, E (2, throw) C M. Williams 0/4, K, E (4, throw) PH HJ Lee 0/1 CF R. Davis 0/5, 2 K SP R. Whitenack 5 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 4/1 K/BB, 8-3 GO-FO RP Y. Gonzalez 1 scoreless, 1 H, 2/0 K/BB, 1-0 GO-FO RP D. Nunez 2.1 scoreless, 0 H, 2/2 K/BB, 2-3 GO-FO AZL Cubs won 10-4 Box Score CF F. Guzman 3/5, 3 R, 2 RBI, 3B (2), 2 SB (25) SS W. Darvill 1/2, BB, 2 R, RBI, SB (3), HBP PR/SS R. Bautista 0/1, K, SB (14) C S. Burruel 2/5, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2B (2), K, PB (2) DH C. Thomas 2/4, R, 2 RBI, 2B (9) 2B D. Kemp 1/3, BB, RBI, HBP 3B J. Petraitis 2/5, R, K LF B. Springfield 0/4, BB, K SP DE Rhee 2 scoreless, 0 H, 2/1 K/BB, 3-1 GO-FO - First outing post-Tommy John Surgery RP A. Kirk 1.2 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 3/0 K/BB, 1-0 GO-FO RP L. Suarez 1.1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 2/3 K/BB, WP, 2-0 GO-FO RP D. Encarnacion 1 scoreless, 0 H, 2/1 K/BB, 0-1 GO-FO DSL Cubs 1 won 5-3 Box Score DSL Cubs 2 lost 7-2 Box Score OVERALL: 6-3

Considering his age and the fact that he was recently promoted, I wouldn't worry too much about him. He started out slow in Daytona, too.

Reportedly the Nationals' owner went out to meet with him. I'm guessing this will get done, but at the wire.

Long piece on Aroldis Chapman by Jose Arangure on ESPN.

I'd love the Cubs to get an A+ affiliate that does not get constantly rained out and, in some years, hurricaned out.

8/14 BA Hot Sheet