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Huh, he must have signed a 2008 contract. Do you mean 2009 contract? Anyway, he played 3B and not catcher. Is that expected? It's really, really, really, unusual to see international players playing immediately after they sign. Usually, teams wait a year before putting their guys in the DSL.

This guy has been filling in with Zach Zaidman in the mornings the last couple days, and it's a rare coming together of two morons. I don't have a problem with what he said. Strategic bankruptcy is a tricky thing. Using it to get out of obligations you have the ability to pay is morally questionable. If they could sell your organs and not face any liability for it, creditors would do it in a heartbeat. Morality and business don't go together.

Considering we haven't heard anything about him lately, some quick news on 3rd Rounder Austin Kirk:

IL on July 28th and 29th. :banghead: Sadly, Bankruptcy law is not on the exam. I actually did pretty well in that class.

Box Scores Tennessee won 6-4 Box Score SS J. Mota 3/4, BB, R, RBI CF J. Adduci 3/5, 3 R, 2 RBI, 2B (16), HR (2) 3B M. Smith 0/5, R RF T. Colvin 2/5, RBI, 3B (2), K LF T. Wright 2/5, RBI PH D. Deeds 0/1 C W. Castillo 0/5, K 2B T. Thomas 2/3, BB, R, 2B (19), K SP A. Cashner 4 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 5/2 K/BB, 5-2 GO-FO RP C. Lambert 2 scoreless, 1 H, 3/0 K/BB, 2-0 GO-FO RP M. Mateo .1 IP, 0 H, 1 ER, 0/3 K/BB, 0-1 GO-FO Daytona won 8-2 Box Score CF T. Campana 2/4, BB, 3 R, 3B (1), K, 2 SB (32) SS S. Castro 4/4, 2 R, RBI, 2B (13), SB (16) DH B. Guyer 1/2, R, 2 RBI, K 1B/2B J. Opitz 2/5, R, RBI, K C/1B R. Chirinos 1/3, 1/3, BB, R, RBI, K 3B J. Vitters 2/4, 2 RBI, 2B (2) 2B/SS M. Gonzalez 0/4, 2 K LF J. Harrison 0/4, K SP R. Searle 5 scoreless, 3 H, 1/2 K/BB, 5-9 GO-FO Peoria won 4-2 Box Score CF D. Macias 1/5, R, 2 RBI, K 2B R. Flaherty 0/3, RBI 1B R. Ridling 0/4, 2 K RF K. Burke 1/4, RBI, K, Assist (3B) 3B J. Rosa 1/4, 2B (1), K, PO (2B), E (2, throw) C M. Brenly 0/3, BB SS J. Lake 2/4, R, SB (4) DH D. Fitzgerald 3/4, R LF D. Rundle 1/3, BB, R, 2B (9), K SP A. Shafer 5 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 3/1 K/BB, 9-2 GO-FO RP C. Huseby 1 perfect, 1/0 K/BB, 1-1 GO-FO Boise won 9-8 Box Score SS HJ Lee 2/4, 2 R, 2 SB (11), HBP 2B L. Watkins 4/5, 2 R, RBI CF B. Jackson 2/4, BB, R, 2 RBI 1B J. Bour 1/4, BB, 2 R, RBI RF JH Ha 2/5, 2 RBI, 2 2B (6), K 3B G. Rohan 1/4, R, RBI, 3B (1), HBP LF R. Davis 0/4, BB, 2 K, SB (3) C M. Williams 2/4, R, RBI, 2B (3) DH J. Valdez 0/4, K SP J. Antigua 4 IP, 4 H, 4 ER, 2/2 K/BB, HR, 6-4 GO-FO DSL Cubs 1 won 7-2 Box Score DSL Cubs 2 lost 8-2 Box Score OVERALL: 5-1 Iowa and the AZL Cubs are off today. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PCL All Star Game 7:00 PM (from Portland, OR)

5th rounder Wes Darvill made his debut for the AZL Cubs tonight. Good to see him on the active roster.

Private restraints on estates in bankruptcy are a huge no-no under the Code. You can try to contract around it all you want, but bankruptcy courts have enormously broad power. They can ignore that language or strike it altogether if they feel like it.

Under bankruptcy law, those contracts could technically be avoided and therefore those players could become free agents. However, avoiding the contract does not mean the contract is no longer in existence. The contract still exists. Avoiding it means you breach it. If the Cubs were to dump, say, Soriano, Soriano would have a breach of contract claim against the Cubs' bankruptcy estate, meaning he could get all of the money owed to him along with any other penalties that would come along with breaching his contract. The bankruptcy estate would have to pay that sucker off. Plus, as has already been mentioned, it would cause numerous headaches with the Players' Union, agents, etc.

More on LeMahieu. Sounds like him signing is a matter of time.

Box Scores Iowa, Tennessee, Daytona, and Peoria with the day off. Boise lost 3-2 Box Score CF J. Valdez 0/4, K 2B L. Watkins 2/4, R, K, SB (5) DH B. Jackson 0/2, BB, 2 K, HBP RF JH Ha 0/4, K LF B. Davis 1/4, K 3B G. Rohan 0/4, 2 K SS G. Matheus 1/3, BB, R, K, E (8, fielding) 1B J. Petraitis 0/3, K C M. Williams 0/2, BB SP R. Whitenack 3 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 4/4 K/BB, WP, 4-1 GO-FO AZL Cubs won 14-5 Box Score SS/2B R. Bautista 1/6, R, RBI, 2B (2), 2 K 2B B. Springfield 0/2, BB, R, RBI, K SS W. Darvill 0/2, E (1, throw) 3B R. Wagner 3/5, 2 R, RBI, HR (2), K C R. Jones 2/3, 2 R, 4 RBI, 2 HR (7), PB (3) RF J. Morelli 1/3, BB, 3 R, HBP 1B C. Thomas 1/4, R, RBI LF G. Cook 2/4, 2 R, RBI, 2B (1), 2 K, HBP SP J. Pena 3 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 2/0 K/BB, 5-2 GO-FO RP L. Liria 3 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1/2 K/BB, 5-3 GO-FO DSL Cubs 1 lost 5-4 Box Score DSL Cubs 2 lost 5-4 in the 10th Box Score OVERALL: 1-3

Chapter 11 bankruptcy does not mean "out of money". Chapter 11 is debt reorganization. Pretty much. Bankruptcy does not equal insolvency.

Box Scores Iowa and Tennessee on their All Star Breaks Daytona PPD: Rain Peoria won 5-2 Box Score CF D. Macias 2/4, 2 RBI, CS (2) 2B R. Flaherty 0/3, BB RF K. Burke 1/2, R, 2 BB, K, PO C M. Brenly 2/3, R, 2B (11), RBI SS J. Lake 1/3, R, 2 K LF N. Perez 1/3, R, 2B (13), 2 RBI, 2 K SP K. Hart 4 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 HR, 4-5 GO-FO RP J. Beliveau 4 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 4 K, 1-7 GO-FO - 87/34 K/BB in 66 IP RP C. Huseby 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 1-1 GO-FO - 48/3 K/BB in 34 IP Boise won 6-3 Box Score SS HJ Lee 3/5, 2 RRBI, SB (9) RF J. Valdez 2/5, CS (3), PO (2B) CF B. Jackson 1/5, R, RBI, K DH B. Davis 0/3, BB, 2 K LF L. Watkins 2/4, R 3B G. Rohan 1/4, R 2B G. Matheus 1/3, K, E (7, fielding) 1B J. Petraitis 0/4, R, K SP T. Mitchell 3 scoreless, 1 H, 1/3 K/BB, WP, 6-1 GO-FO RP L. Suarez 2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 2/1 K/BB, 4-0 GO-FO RP R. Sontag 1 scoreless, 2 H, 2/0 K/BB, WP, 0-1 GO-FO AZL Cubs lost 21-4 Box Score SS R. Bautista 0/4, BB, R, 4 K, SB (8), 3 E (11, fielding x 2, missed catch) 2B B. Springfield 0/1, 2 BB, K, SB (1) 3B R. Wagner 2/3, BB, R, 2 RBI, 2B (3), HR (1), K 1B J. Bour 0/4, 3 K DH C. Thomas 0/4, 2 K C R. Jones 2/4, R, RBI, HR (5), K RF J. Morelli 1/4 SP K. McNutt .1 IP, 0 H, 2 R, 0/1 K/BB, 0-1 GO-FO DSL Cubs 1 lost 9-3 Box Score DSL Cubs 2 lost 17-2 Box Score OVERALL 2-3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- North All Stars beat the South All Stars 7-0 in the Southern League All Star Game Box Score (Tennessee is in the North Division) 1B B. Lalli 0/4, RBI, 2 K RF J. Adduci 1/2, RBI, Assist (2B) PH/2B T. Thomas 0/1 RP C. Coleman 1 scoreless, 1 H, 2/0 K/BB, 1-0 GO-FO RP J. Jackson 1 perfect, 1/0 K/BB, 1-1 GO-FO RP B. Schlitter .2 perfect, 1/0 K/BB, 1-0 GO-FO

Gee ump, you sure about that one?

Ump's got a plane to catch.

Guh.

What's wrong with that? What would you give the Cardinals if that was found to be a trapped ball? There were two outs and the runners were on the move when he hit that.

Win or lose, this has been a fun game to watch.

Can't tell if that bounced in his glove or hit the ground.

That was quite possibly the most bizarre inning I've seen in my lifetime.

I want Tony LaRussa to counter with a move like that in the bottom of the 9th.

Oh my God this is great.

What in the heck.

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Regardless of the outcome of this game, it has entertained me greatly.

Oh dear Lord this has such great potential.