Outshined_One

Crap.

Did Len just say "Cubs blowpen"?

Poreda got called up for bullpen duty? Heh.

These Domino's commercials make me not want Domino's pizza.

Might want to make that singular.

Derrek tried, but he could not get the DP he wanted.

Great job showing the first out, WGN.

Damn, damn, damn. damn.

That was unexpected.

Nice throw.

With the way Z's pitching, the same may be true of the Sox, too.

Fantastic inning, guys.

That was a thing of beauty.

I'm having trouble seeing where that hit Beckham on the replay.

It was one of the most impressive storms I'd ever seen down here. It was reminiscent of the huge lightning storm that passed through Chicago last year that caused Lance Berkman to nearly crap himself while on the field.

Yet its strange that HR numbers went down sharply when they started to test for steroids. Only not. The new policy was handed down in 2005, but the differences in the home run rates pre-2005 and post-2005 are not particularly telling of anything, especially if you think of steroids as having flourished in baseball starting in the mid-90s. To say the numbers have gone down sharply is incorrect.

Some quick blurbs on the three draftees in Boise...

Article on Vitters

Box Scores Iowa won 9-3 Box Score 2B/3B R. Freel 2/4, BB, 3 R, 2B (2), 2 K CF S. Fuld 2/5, 2 R 1B B. Scales 1/3, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI, SB 2), HBP C S. Clevenger 2/4, 2 RBI, 2B (4) RF M. Camp 0/4, K 3B N. Spears 0/4 SP M. Atkins 7 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 3/1 K/BB, 2 HR, 7-11 GO-FO RP J. Russell 2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 2/0 K/BB, HR, 3-1 GO-FO Tennessee walked off Game 1 of their DH 7-6 in the 12th thanks to a Tyler Colvin HR Box Score 2B T. Thomas 2/6, 2 RBI, CS (8) CF T. Colvin 2/5, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 HR (4) RF D. Deeds 2/5, R 3B M. Smith 0/3, 2 BB, K SS D. Barney 1/4, R, RBI, HR (2), K PH T. Wright 1/1, R, RBI, HR (3) PH R. Canzler 0/1 C W. Castillo 0/1 SP M. Mateo 4 IP, 5 H, 5 ER, 2/3 K/BB, 2 HR, 4-5 GO-FO RP J. Ruhlman 1.1 scoreless, 1 H, 1/0 K/BB, HBP, 2-1 GO-FO RP M. Carrillo 2.2 scoreless, 1 H, 2/1 K/BB, 2-4 GO-FO Tennessee lost Game 2 of their DH 6-3 Box Score 2B T. Thomas 0/4, 2 K LF T. Wright 1/4, 2 K 3B M. Smith 1/4, RBI, 2B (13), K 1B R. Canzler 1/4, RBI, K RF J. Mota 1/2, BB, R, 2B (6) C W. Castillo 0/3, K SS D. Barney 1/3 SP C. Coleman 5 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 2/1 K/BB, HBP, 7-6 GO-FO RP A. Maestri 2 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 2/0 K/BB, HR, HBP, 3-1 GO-FO Daytona lost 2-1 Box Score LF T. Campana 1/4, RBI, K, SB (17) SS S. Castro 1/4 2B J. Opitz 0/2, BB, K, E (6, fielding) PH/2B N. Samson 0/1 CF B. Guyer 0/3, BB DH R. Keedy 1/3 PH/DH R. Chirinos 0/1 1B J. Rosa 0/4 3B M. Gonzalez 0/2, K SP D. McDaniel 6 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 3/1 K/BB, HBP, 9-5 GO-FO RP D. Sasser 3 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2/2 K/BB, 4-3 GO-FO Peoria won 5-4 in the 10th thanks to a Josh Vitters walkoff single Box Score 2B D. Macias 0/4, 3 K LF J. Harrison 0/4, BB 3B J. Vitters 2/5, R, RBI, K CF K. Burke 2/4, R 1B R. Ridling 1/4, R, 2 K C M. Brenly 3/4, 3 RBI, 2 2B (7), PB (4) SS J. Lake 0/4, K, E (18, throw) DH R. Flaherty 0/4, 3 K RF N. Perez 1/3, BB, R, 3B (2) PR D. Rundle 0/0, R SP C. Archer 3 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 5/2 K/BB, 2 WP, 1-2 GO-FO RP R. Buchter 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2/1 K/BB, 2-1 GO-FO RP M. De Leon 2.1 scoreless, 3 H, 2/1 K/BB, 2-3 GO-FO DSL Cubs 1 won 12-4 Box Score CF M. Pestana 1/4, BB, 2 R, RBI, 3B (2) SS A. Alcantara 3/4, BB, 2 R, RBI, 2 2B (4) 3B J. Pena 1/4, R, RBI, K, HBP RF X. Batista 3/5, R, 3 RBI, 2B (5), HR (4), K C Y. Fuenmayor 1/5, R, 2 K, PB (6) DH Y. Astacio 0/3, BB, R, RBI, K, SB (4) 2B J. Rodriguez 1/4, R, 3 K SP R. Vargas 5 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2/3 K/BB, HBP, 10-3 GO-FO DSL Cubs 2 won 10-7 Box Score 3B V. Bieneme 4/4, BB, R, 2 RBI, 2 SB (7), CS (4) SS J. Montecino 2/5, 2 R, K, SB (7) CF G. Robles 0/1 C H. Suarez 1/5, RBI, K, E (8, throw) DH J. Altagracia 0/4, R, K, HBP CF/RF J. Gonzalez 2/5, R, RBI, 3B (2) 2B C. Henry 1/3, BB, 2 R, 2 K, SB (5) SP D. Castro 2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 3/2 K/BB, WP, 0-3 GO-FO RP L. Padron 3 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1/2 K/BB, 3-5 GO-FO RP R. Leyba 2 scoreless, 2 H, 4/0 K/BB, 0-2 GO-FO RP A. Robles .2 scoreless, 1 H, 0/1 K/BB, 0-2 GO-FO RP D. Severino .1 perfect, 1-0 GO-FO OVERALL: 5-2

I apologize. I wasn't aware. But, thanks for not deleting the thread. I've gotten a few PMs over the issue. It's fine if you want to ask for tickets, but soliciting your own tickets is a no-no.

While I agree with the substance of this article, who wrote this crap? Seriously. The one sentence per line thing has to stop. I mean it. Really. Sentence fragments, too. And the whole, um, use of, uh, informal language like, umm, the writer is totally a moronic valley blonde? So not cool.

Switching from the lesser league, of course. :D

We all knew that one was coming.

*Peeks head into the thread* I hadn't noticed before but after reaching a high water mark of 566 in mid-May Aaron's OPS has slipped back below 500. Fantastic acquisition. Man, I'm really glad I can't watch this one. *Peeks head back out*

It's the Wild West. Way back in this thread people were complaining that the Cubs don't spend big in LA. I can see why. They are cleaning things up, or so it seems. I'd like to see an international draft. If teams don't want to invest in LA or the Pacific Rim, find and draft top talent so be it, but those that do will spend their pick on a longer term "investment". I think it will be good for both large and small market teams. I agree. This is a lot to be gained by looking in the pacific rim. Though the practice of "hiding" a player bothers me from a moral standpoint, it doesn't keep a great spirit of fair competition, either. If I were an MLB team scout, I'd look elsewhere just to seek out a more level playing field. Plus, most importantly, players in the Pacific Rim tend to come much cheaper than in Latin America.