Outshined_One

The TV cameras found Rocket.

That was actually kind of funny.

That was definitely a sweet play.

Oh come on.

See, that's how you jump and catch a ball at the track.

Gamer!

I'd rather he didn't.

You could see the place where he got hit on his arm just from the redness. Owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

That's not good.

Interesting defensive plays today.

I love scoreboard watching in August.

Bases loaded, 1 out for NY. That ERA should take a little baloon ride in about 10 minutes. Not with Johan and Angel Pagan due up. Angel Pagan still has a job? :-s I guess the Mets really have been suffering from some bad injuries.

Low risk, high reward type of guy. He was a top prospect with the Mariners for a few years.

Bloop doubles RULE!

No way Ludwick is the ugliest outfielder on that team. Hello? Not safe for children; gah!

They...didn't...score...? Gorzelanny clearly is not a Cubs pitcher.

Yep. He needed to jump higher to catch that. And by "higher", you mean an inch off the ground. He jumped like an inch off the ground in the first place.

Yep. He needed to jump higher to catch that.

Robb Nen in 2002 was Dusty's crowning achievement, imo. With Prior, you can argue that his career actually came to a screeching halt thanks to his collision with the midget 2B and taking a screaming liner off his pitching arm, rather than high pitch counts. With Wood, you can argue the abuse he suffered through HS was what hurt his career the most. But Nen? It was so abundantly clear the guy was injured. He had nothing left in the tank, but Dusty kept trotting him out there night after night, even in the playoffs to the point where Nen was throwing batting practice in the World Series. Nen's admitted that he basically knew he was jeopardizing his career pitching in his condition. Yet, Dusty didn't know, didn't care, or looked the other way.

Considering it's a newer stadium and field, they should have a pretty solid drainage system in place. The game might be delayed a bit, but this one should happen tonight.

Aaron Miles after 21 games (87 ABs) with the I-Cubs: .253/.267/.299/.566 with 4 2Bs, 0 3Bs, 0 HRs, and 5 errors GRIT!

JA Happ looks pretty good for the Phils so far.

I don't see any more than RH power option off the bench for Ridling in his future. He has very good power, but his other hitting tools are not particularly noteworthy for someone who's relegated to 1B. His defense isn't all that great, either.

Box Scores Iowa lost 3-1 Box Score CF M. Camp 0/3 1B M. Craig 0/4, K C S. Clevenger 1/3, BB, 2B (8) 3B B. Scales 1/3, BB 2B N. Spears 0/4, K SS D. Barney 0/4, K PH/1B J. Dubois 0/1, HBP SP JR Mathes 6 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 3/0 K/BB, HR, 9-5 GO-FO, E (1, throw) RP BJ Ryan 1 scoreless, 0 H, 1/1 K/BB, HBP, 0-2 GO-FO RP RP J. Berg 1 scoreless, 0 H, 1/0 K/BB, 1-1 GO-FO Tennessee lost 9-8 Box Score SS S. Castro 2/4, BB, R, 2 RBI, E (1, fielding) RF T. Colvin 1/3, BB, RBI, 3B (3), K PH J. Mota 0/1 C G. Soto 1/3, R, RBI, HR (1), K C W. Castillo 0/2 LF T. Wright 2/5, R, 2 K 3B M. Smith 1/5, K CF/RF D. Deeds 1/4, 2 R, 2B (13), 2 K, HBP 1B R. Canzler 2/4, R, 2 RBI, 2B (8) 2B T. Thomas 1/3, BB, 2 R PH B. Lalli 1/1, 2 RBI, 2B (20) PH/CF J. Adduci 0/2 SP HW Chen 3 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 3/1 K/BB, HR, HBP, 3-3 GO-FO RP M. Carrillo 3 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 4/2 K/BB, 0-5 GO-FO RP C. Lambert 2 scoreless, 0 H, 3/1 K/BB, 2-1 GO-FO Daytona with an off day. Peoria won 7-4 in the 14th Box Score CF B. Jackson 3/6, R, 3 RBI, HR (1), K, SB (5), HBP DH R. Flaherty 1/6, R, K 1B R. Ridling 2/6, BB, K RF K. Burke 0/5, 2 BB, R, K SS DJ LeMahieu 2/7, 2 R, 2 RBI, 3B (2), K 3B J. Rosa 3/4, RBI, 2B (7) PR/2B J. Lake 0/3, RBI, 2 K C M. Brenly 1/7, R, 2B (14) 2B/3B D. Macias 1/5, BB, R, K, PO (1B) LF N. Perez 1/6, 3 K, Assist (2B) SP C. Archer 6 scoreless, 3 H, 2/3 K/BB, HBP, 5-9 GO-FO RP A. Cabrera 1.1 IP, 4 H, 4 ER, 3/2 K/BB, HR, 1-0 GO-FO RP R. Buchter 2.2 scoreless, 0 H, 4/1 K/BB, 1-3 GO-FO RP C. Huseby 2 scoreless, 1 H, 4/0 K/BB, 2-0 GO-FO, E (1, pickoff) Boise lost 6-4 Box Score HJ Lee 2/4, R, RBI, HR (1) 2B L. Watkins 1/4, R, RBI DH R. Wagner 1/4, R, 2 RBI, HR (1), 2 K 1B J. Bour 1/3, BB, K RF JH Ha 0/4, K 3B G. Rohan 1/4, K LF D. Fitzgerald 0/4, 2 K, E (1, fielding) C M. Williams 1/4, R, 2 K, PB (7) CF R. Davis 1/3, 2 K SP SM Jung 3 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 3/1 K/BB, HR, 3-3 GO-FO RP K. McNutt 2 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 3/1 K/BB, HR, 2 WP, 1-2 GO-FO RP R. Sontag .1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1/1 K/BB, Balk AZL Cubs with an off day. DSL Cubs 1 won 8-4 thanks to a four run 9th and a four run 10th Box Score DSL Cubs 2 lost 6-5 Box Score OVERALL: 2-4

He's got some bat speed, somewhat level maybe too much of an uppercut at this stage, but has some decent pop. I don't think he's going to be an all-star at the plate. He might be someone that can hit .275-.285 with 10-20 HRs per year and play CF'er. He can get pull happy at times and that might hurt his avg. as he progresses. His 2 BBs weren't counts where he had to work they were both all balls that were well out of the zone (low and away). I think I he'll be better than the draft day reports from BA and PG. Thanks for your reports! How did LeMahieu look?