Outshined_One

Took about 15 minutes to get the second out.

So, if Marshall doesn't get another out, what are the odds Samardzija makes it through the next two outs? I'll put down 50-50 odds.

You're right. WE'RE DOOMED!!!!!!!!!!! DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED! http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j205/racaulk/Television/Futurama/bender-doomed.jpg

I'm suddenly tempted to pick up a good book and relax tonight.

I've got a bad feeling about this.

They're calling a heck of a lot of curveballs on two strike counts.

Jimenez has phenomenal stuff.

...yay?

Im guessing his back again You guessed right.

I can't wait for the Cubs to call up Casey Fossum.

Oh for the love of... WGN radio and MLB GameDay do NOT comfirm this. CSN's Gail Fisher confirmed it.

Oh for the love of...

Rawling Official Major League Baseballs cost 14.99 with tax at Target. Meeting Albert Pujols is priceless, though.

I blame the fan for the Pirates not scoring.

A broken neck seems unlikely, but you could get a heck of a concussion or a stinger from that.

Albert has administered medical care to him, having stabilized the fan's neck and laid His healing hand upon the fan.

I felt horrible for laughing, but seriously, that guy did an epic face plant.

Is this the same Academy the Cubs got Kemp and Maestri from?

Box Scores Iowa won 4-2 Box Score 2B M. Camp 1/4, RBI, K RF B. Snyder 1/3, BB, R, RBI, 2B (11), K C C. Robinson 2/4, 2B (19), K 1B B. Scales 3/4, RBI, K, CS (8) 3B N. Spears 1/4 SS D. Barney 1/4, R, K, 3 E (8, throw, fielding x 2) PH M. Craig 0/1, K SP C. Fossum 6 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 6/2 K/BB, 10-2 GO-FO RP J. Gaub 2 scoreless, 1 H, 4/1 K/BB, 2-0 GO-FO RP V. Perkins 1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1/1 K/BB, 0-2 GO-FO Tennessee lost 4-3 Box Score CF J. Adduci 0/4, K, PO (2B), Assist (Home) SS S. Castro 0/4 DH B. Lalli 0/3, BB, R, 2 K LF T. Wright 1/4, R, K RF D. Deeds 3/4, R, RBI, 2B (14) 3B M. Smith 1/4, 2 RBI, K 1B R. Canzler 1/4, 2B (9), K C R. Chirinos 0/4 2B J. Mota 1/2, HBP SP J. Papelbon 6.1 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 6/2 K/BB, 4-8 GO-FO RP A. Maestri 2.1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 4/2 K/BB, WP, 1-1 GO-FO Daytona lost 3-0 Box Score LF T. Campana 1/4, K, SB (47) 3B M. Gonzalez 2/3, BB, K SS N. Samson 0/4, K CF B. Guyer 1/4, K 1B J. Opitz 1/4, K 2B J. Made 0/3 SP R. Dolis 4 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 3/3 K/BB, 7-0 GO-FO RP D. McDaniel 2.1 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 2/1 K/BB, HR, 2 WP, 3-1 GO-FO RP J. Pina 1.2 scoreless, 1 H, 1/0 K/BB, 1-3 GO-FO Peoria won 6-5 Box Score CF B. Jackson 1/4, BB, 2 R, RBI, HR (2), 2 K, HBP 2B R. Flaherty 1/4, BB, 2 RBI, 2B (17) 1B R. Ridling 1/4, BB RF K. Burke 4/5, R DH DJ LeMahieu 1/3, BB, RBI, HBP 3B J. Rosa 0/4, BB C M. Brenly 0/2, K, HBP LF D. Macias 1/3, R, HBP SS J. Lake 1/3, 2 BB, R, 2 K, CS (5), PO (1B), 2 E (29, throw, missed catch) SP J. Antigua 4.2 IP, 1 H, 3 ER, 6/2 K/BB, HR, HBP, 5-3 GO-FO, E (1, throw) RP J. Beliveau 1 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2/2 K/BB, WP, 0-1 GO-FO RP R. Buchter 2 scoreless, 1 H, 2/1 K/BB, 1-3 GO-FO, E (2, throw) RP C. Huseby 1.1 scoreless, 0 H, 2/0 K/BB, HBP, 1-1 GO-FO Boise won 3-0 Box Score SS HJ Lee 1/4, BB, SB (16) DH J. Valdez 0/4, K 2B L. Watkins 0/4, 2 K 1B J. Bour 0/4 JH Ha 0/4, K, 2 Assists (3B, 2B) LF R. Wagner 0/2, 2 BB, K 3B G. Rohan 3/4, R, RBI, HR (3) C R. Jones 2/4, 2 R, 2 2B (3) CF R. Davis 1/3, 2 RBI, 2B (4), K SP R. Hernandez 6 scoreless, 6 H, 4/0 K/BB, 2 HBP, 5-7 GO-FO RP J. Lansford 1 scoreless, 0 H, 0/2 K/BB, 1-2 GO-FO RP D. Nunez 2 scoreless, 0 H, 3/0 K/BB, 2-1 GO-FO AZL Cubs lost 5-0 Box Score CF F. Guzman 0/2, 3 BB, K 2B R. Bautista 2/5, 2 K RF J. Morelli 0/5, K 1B C. Thomas 1/4, 2 K, E (5, pickoff) 3B J. Petraitis 0/3, BB, 2 K SS W. Darvill 0/3, BB, 2 K C S. Burruel 2/4, PB (1) DH B. Springfield 1/4, 2 K SP C. Rojas 3 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 3/1 K/BB, 1-3 GO-FO RP A. Spencer 1 scoreless, 0 H, 0-3 GO-FO DSL Cubs 1 lost 11-7 Box Score DSL Cubs 2 lost 6-3 Box Score OVERALL: 3-5

Interesting exception to the signing deadline. Link Basically, if a guy is drafted his junior year, doesn't sign, plays Indy ball, and re-enters the draft, he can be signed after August 17th. This year, this rule applies most notably to Aaron Crow and Tanner Scheppers.

He was pulled after 54 pitches after his last outing. I'm going to guess and say the Cubs are trying to protect him from dead arm or potential injuries from over-use.

Let's try keeping this one on topic, shall we?

Box Scores Iowa lost 6-5 Box Score 2B M. Camp 1/4, RBI 1B M. Craig 1/3 PH/1B J. Dubois 1/1, BB, RBI RF B. Snyder 1/4, 2B (10), 2 K PH C. Robinson 0/1 3B N. Spears 2/4 C S. Clevenger 1/3, BB, 2 R, 2B (9), K SS D. Barney 1/4, R, E (5, fielding) 1B/3B B. Scales 2/2, R, RBI SP J. Russell 4 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 2/0 K/BB, 6-4 GO-FO RP J. Berg 2.2 IP, 2 H, 3 ER, 2/2 K/BB, 3-1 GO-FO RP J. Stevens 1.1 scoreless, 1 H, 2/0 K/BB, 2-0 GO-FO RP V. Perkins 1 scoreless, 0 H, 1/1 K/BB, WP, 2-0 GO-FO Tennessee lost 2-0 Box Score SS S. Castro 0/3, BB CF J. Adduci 0/3, BB, SB (25) 3B M. Smith 2/4, K RF T. Colvin 0/3 LF T. Wright 0/3 1B B. Lalli 0/3 DH D. Deeds 1/3, K C W. Castillo 0/3, K, PB (6) 2B T. Thomas 0/3, K SP C. Carpenter 4+ IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 5/1 K/BB, 4-3 GO-FO, 66-39 Pitches-Strikes RP D. Sasser 3 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2/1 K/BB, WP, HBP, 4-3 GO-FO Daytona lost 5-3 Box Score CF T. Campana 0/4, R, K, SB (46) SS M. Gonzalez 1/4, 3 E (17, throw x 3) 2B N. Samson 2/4, RBI RF B. Guyer 1/4, R, K 3B J. Opitz 0/4, R, E (16, throw) DH J. Jones 0/2, BB, K PH/DH J. Made 0/1, K SP R. Searle 3 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 1/2 K/BB, 8-0 GO-FO RP H. Williamson 2.1 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1/0 K/BB, 4-2 GO-FO RP D. Cales 1 scoreless, 1 H, 1/0 K/BB, 1-0 GO-FO Peoria won 7-2 Box Score CF B. Jackson 2/5, 2 R, 2B (2), 2 K DH R. Flaherty 1/4, BB, R, RBI, HR (15), 2 K 1B R. Ridling 3/5, RBI, 2 2B (26), K, E (12, throw) 3B J. Rosa 1/5, R, 2 RBI, HR (4) 2B DJ LeMahieu 0/4 C M. Brenly 0/4, K RF N. Perez 2/4, R, K, SB (2) LF D. Macias 2/3, BB, R SS J. Lake 2/4, R, 3 RBI, HR (6), 2 K SP A. Bibens-Dirkx 7 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 8/1 K/BB, 9-3 GO-FO RP M. De Leon 2 perfect, 2/0 K/BB, 2-2 GO-FO Boise lost 4-0 Box Score SS HJ Lee 0/3, BB 3B G. Matheus 0/4, K 2B L. Watkins 0/3 1B J. Bour 1/3 LF R. Wagner 0/3, CS (1) DH D. Fitzgerald 1/3, K C R. Jones 1/3, K, PB (2) RF R. Davis 0/3 CF J. Valdez 0/2, BB, Assist (1B) SP C. Rusin 5 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 6/0 K/BB, HBP, 8-1 GO-FO AZL Cubs won 5-4 on a walkoff Sergio Burruel double in the 9th Box Score CF F. Guzman 0/4, CS (7) SS R. Bautista 2/4, R, RBI, HR (1), K, CS (3), E (15, missed catch) RF J. Morelli 1/4, R 1B C. Thomas 2/4, 2 R, 2B (8) 3B J. Petraitis 1/4 2B W. Darvill 2/4, R DH S. Burruel 1/3, BB, RBI, 2B (1) - pro debut SP M. Sierra 3 scoreless, 2 H, 4/0 K/BB, 4-1 GO-FO RP C. Hams 2.1 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 2/2 K/BB, 2 WP, 3-1 GO-FO, E (4, pickoff) RP D. Encarnacion 2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 4/1 K/BB, WP, HBP, 1-1 GO-FO RP M. Perez 1.2 scoreless, 1 H, 1/0 K/BB, 4-0 GO-FO DSL Cubs 1 lost 4-2 Box Score DSL Cubs 2 lost 4-2 Box Score OVERALL: 2-6

I want Aaron Miles to read Desert Solitaire and decide that Edward Abbey has it right. That way, he'll become a Park Ranger in Arches National Park, living out of a metal trailer in the middle of some forsaken desert for the rest of his life. That or he decides he misses the Cardinals so much that he breaches his contract with the Cubs in order to sign up with LaRussa's bunch and hit leadoff every day.

It probably would work out better for the Cubs to just keep winning, and not rely on other teams being bad. That and I wouldn't mind seeing the Giants or Rockies run away with the WC if the Cubs kept winning. It'd mean the Cardinals wouldn't make the playoffs. :D