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Muschko got the start for Daytona. Castro so far: 2/2, BB, R, 4 RBI, 2B, 3B :shock:

And this year, by all accounts.

Lou Piniella told Milton Bradley to take his uniform off and go home. Bradley smashed the cooler and reacted angrily. They then had words in the clubhouse. Apparently throwing helmets and overreaction has been a common occurrence and Lou's been tired of it. No physical confrontation. He's putting Bradley's name in the lineup tomorrow.

It'd be better for Bradley, but he still would come off really badly in this situation. If he left the game of his own accord...yikes. If he left on his own that would have to be the end of him as a Cub right? Wouldn't surprise me.

It'd be better for Bradley, but he still would come off really badly in this situation. If he left the game of his own accord...yikes.

This whole debacle really should be a fireable offense for Hendry. I don't think Hendry can be held accountable for Bradley's actions. He wanted to upgrade the offense and he did so by picking up a really good hitter...who just so happens to be nuts.

Box Scores Iowa won 7-3 Box Score CF S. Fuld 0/4, BB, 2 R, K 3B/1B B. Scales 2/4, R C S. Clevenger 1/3, BB, R, RBI, K, SB (2) C/1B C. Robinson 1/4, R, RBI, 2 K LF M. Camp 2/3, BB, RBI, SB (7) SS/3B N. Spears 0/3, BB, K, SB (5), E (6, throw) SP J. Samardzija 7 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, 5/2 K/BB, HR, 8-7 GO-FO RP J. Gaub .2 scoreless, 0 H, 0/2 K/BB, 0-2 GO-FO RP J. Stevens 1.1 perfect, 3/0 K/BB, 1-0 GO-FO Tennessee lost 4-2 Box Score SS D. Barney 1/4, K RF D. Deeds 2/4, 2 R, RBI, 2B (4), HR (2) LF T. Colvin 0/4, K 3B M. Smith 1/4, RBI, 2B (17) DH T. Wright 1/3, K 2B T. Thomas 1/2, BB 1B R. Canzler 0/3 C W. Castillo 0/3 SP J. Papelbon 3.2 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 3/2 K/BB, 2 HR, 1-7 GO-FO RP M. Carrillo 3.1 scoreless, 2 H, 3/2 K/BB, 3-4 GO-FO RP T. Blackford 1 scoreless, 1 H, 3-0 GO-FO Daytona won 8-6 Box Score CF T. Campana 2/5, R SS S. Castro 2/4, BB, R, 5 RBI, 2B (10), 3B (3), 2 CS (6), PO (2B) RF B. Guyer 2/4, RBI, 2B (6), K, CS (1), PO (2B) C R. Chirinos 1/5, K 3B J. Opitz 1/4, BB, R, E (8, throw) 1B J. Rosa 2/5, R, 2B (17) DH R. Keedy 1/5, R, K 2B M. Gonzalez 3/5, R, RBI SP C. Muschko 4 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 5/2 K/BB, 4-3 GO-FO RP H. Williamson 2 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 0/2 K/BB, 2 WP, 4-2 GO-FO RP L. Sommer 2.1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1/0 K/BB, HR, 3-3 GO-FO RP A. Alburquerque .2 scoreless, 0 H, 1/1 K/BB, Balk, 1-0 GO-FO Peoria lost 3-2 Box Score LF J. Harrison 1/4, R CF D. Macias 2/4, K, CS (1) 3B J. Vitters 2/4, R, 2 RBI, HR (14), 3 E (13, fielding x 3) DH K. Burke 0/3, BB, K 2B R. Flaherty 0/3, BB, 2 K RF N. Perez 0/3, 2 K, E (8, fielding) RF D. Rundle 0/0, BB C M. Brenly 1/4 1B R. Ridling 1/4, K SS J. Lake 1/3, 2 K SP C. Archer 5 scoreless, 0 H, 4/5 K/BB, 7-4 GO-FO RP A. Cabrera 2.1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 3/1 K/BB, 1-3 GO-FO RP C. Huseby 1 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1/0 K/BB, 2-0 GO-FO Boise lost 11-1 Box Score SS HJ Lee 1/3, 2B (3), 2 K 2B L. Watkins 0/3, BB, E (3, fielding) DH M. Cerda 0/2, K RF JH Ha 0/3 C A. Sosa 1/3, R, HR (1), RBI, 2 K SP R. Hernandez 4+ IP, 5 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, HR, WP, 3-4 GO-FO RP J. Lansford 2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 3-1 GO-FO RP A. Quezada 2 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, WP, 2-2 GO-FO AZL Cubs lost 7-5 Box Score 2B DJ Fitzgerald 3/5, R, 2B (4), RBI, SB (2), - 1.737 OPS C M. Williams 1/5, R, 2B (1), RBI, K, 2 PB (2) RF J. Morelli 1/4 LF S. Williams 3/4, R, RBI 3B D. Kemp 0/3, RBI, BB, 2 K SP T. Matchulat 3 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, HBP, 4-4 GO-FO RP C. Hams 0.2 IP, 2 H, R ER, 3 BB, 0 K, 2 WP, 2-2 GO-FO RP Me. Vazquez 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP, 5-0 GO-FO DSL Cubs 1 lost 9-5 Box Score CF M. Pestana 2/5, 2B (2) SS A. Alcantara 0/4, BB, R 3B J. Pena 2/4, BB, 2 R, 2B (6) 1B Y. Astacio 1/5 2B J. Rodriguez 0/3, BB, R SP R. Reyes 3 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 2/1 K/BB, 2 WP, 3-4 GO-FO RP W. Fransua 2 perfect, 2/0 K/BB, 1-3 GO-FO DSL Cubs 2 lost 7-4 Box Score SS V. Bieneme 2/4, R, K, SB (11) DH J. Montecino 0/3, BB, R 3B J. Altagracia 0/4, 2 K, E (12, fielding) RF J. Gonzalez 1/3, RBI, 2 K C R. Parra 0/4, K 2B C. Henry 0/4, K, E (23, throw) CF G. Robles 0/3 SP S. Rodriguez 3 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 2/1 K/BB, 1-6 GO-FO RP E. Martinez 3 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 4/0 K/BB, WP, HBP, 3-2 GO-FO OVERALL: 2-6

This is like the MLB Draft all over again. Everyone's a great player who is above criticism. I miss Charles Barkley covering this event. :(

Blair is heavier than Granger and will play a position that will cause him to incur much more contact than Granger.

I think Stu Scott is under orders from the NBA to hype up the struggling mid-market teams at all costs. However, begging your broadcast partners to acknowledge a .500 season as exciting is kind of sad.

Blair's knees are extremely worrisome. The guy's knees actually have no acls. Yeah and he dominated in college on a historic level without them. It's not as if the Bulls are the only one passing on him. It seems to be the consensus that his knees are in really bad shape. Arthritis isn't something that goes away. It gets worse as you age. It also gets substantially worse when you put a lot of strain on the affected area. 82 games a season running up and down a hardwood court would definitely qualify in that category. Blair's a great talent, but bad knees on a big in basketball? Yikes.

"Here's a guy who has a liver disease..." Uh oh.

If we're going to moralize about how pot declines athletes' performances, I'd like to make the claim that Mark Grace would have been a first ballot Hall of Famer if he didn't go through a pack of Winstons a game.

Brett Jackson is on his way to Boise. Link

It's hard to tell until we start seeing more numbers, since a lot of the guys are either making their professional debut or making their Stateside debut. The names I've been looking at are the three Australians (RHP Adam Spencer, LHP Cody Hams, OF Sean Williams), RHP Julio Pena, RHP Toby Matchulat, and OF Jesus Morelli. That list will probably change once things start shaking out, especially with regard to this year's draftees.

Considering you'd be moving from one incompetent owner who stabbed his fanbase in the back for another, I'd consider OKC a lateral move.

Box Scores Iowa won 5-4 Box Score CF S. Fuld 4/5, 2 R, 2B (16), 2 SB (20), CS (5), E (3, throw) 3B B. Scales 0/3, 2 BB, K LF J. Dubois 0/4, BB, 2 K C C. Robinson 2/5, R, 3B (3), K 1B S. Clevenger 2/5, R, 2B (6) SS/LF M. Camp 2/5, R, RBI, 2B (4) PH/SS N. Spears 0/1 SP M. Atkins 7.1 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 4/1 K/BB, HBP, 4-14 GO-FO RP J. Berg 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0/2 K/BB, HBP, 2-3 GO-FO RP J. Russell 1 scoreless, 1 H, 2-1 GO-FO Tennessee lost 8-4 Box Score 2B J. Mota 1/4, R, 2B (7), 2 K SS D. Barney 0/4 RF D. Deeds 0/3, BB, R, K 3B M. Smith 2/4, R, RBI, 3B (1), E (9, throw) LF T. Colvin 1/3, BB, R, RBI, K DH T. Wright 1/4, RBI, 2 K C W. Castillo 0/1, BB, HBP SP HW Chen 5.1 IP, 5 H, 5 ER, 6/2 K/BB, HR, 6-4 GO-FO RP J. Ruhlman 1.2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2/0 K/BB, HBP, 1-2 GO-FO Daytona lost 6-4 Box Score CF T. Campana 4/4, R, RBI, Assist (3B) SS S. Castro 1/5, RBI, PO (3B) DH B. Guyer 2/3, BB, R, RBI, 2B (5), SB (5) C R. Chirinos 0/2, 2 BB, R, SB (2) 3B J. Opitz 0/4, 2 K 1B J. Rosa 0/4, K LF M. Gonzalez 2/4 2B N. Samson 0/4, R, K SP R. Searle 4.2 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 1/1 K/BB, 9-3 GO-FO RP D. Sasser 2.1 scoreless, 1 H, 1/3 K/BB, 3-2 GO-FO RP D. Cales 1 perfect, 2/0 K/BB, 1-0 GO-FO Peoria lost 4-1 Box Score LF J. Harrison 2/4, RBI, 2B (17), CS (9), Assist (2B) 2B R. Flaherty 1/3, BB 3B J. Vitters 1/4, K CF K. Burke 1/4, K 1B R. Ridling 1/4 DH N. Perez 0/4, 2 K SS J. Lake 0/4, 2 K C M. Brenly 1/3, BB, R, 2B (8), K RF D. Rundle 1/4, 2 K SP J. Bristow 5 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 3/2 K/BB, HBP, 6-6 GO-FO RP M. De Leon 1 perfect, 1/0 K/BB, 2-0 GO-FO Boise gets their first win of the season 5-4 Box Score SS HJ Lee 1/5, R, 2B (2) 2B L. Watkins 1/4, 3 RBI, K DH J. Petraitis 1/4, 2 K 1B G. Rohan 1/4, R, RBI, HR (1) C M. Cerda 0/2, 2 BB, R 3B G. Matheus 0/4, E (2, throw) RF JH Ha 2/3, BB, R, RBI, 2B (2), SB (1) CF J. Valdez 1/4, R, 3 K, SB (1), E (3, fielding) SP J. Nagel 3 scoreless, 0 H, 2/0 K/BB, 5-2 GO-FO, E (1, throw) RP D. Keefe .2 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 0/1 K/BB, 1-1 GO-FO RP R. Sontag 1 scoreless, 0 H, 0/1 K/BB, 1-2 GO-FO AZL Cubs with an off day. DSL Cubs 1 won 7-6 Box Score CF M. Pestana 1/4, BB, R, RBI, K 3B J. Pena 0/4, RBI, 2 K, HBP RF X. Batista 1/4, BB, R, 2 K C Y. Fuenmayor 1/3, R, 2 K, PB (8) C C. Romero 0/1 DH Y. Astacio 2/4, 2 R, RBI SS J. Rodriguez 0/2, BB, R, 2 K, E (8, fielding) SS A. Alcantara 1/1, R, E (10, missed catch) SP F. Batista 5 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 3/0 K/BB, HR, HBP, 6-6 GO-FO RP R. Vargas 3.1 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 1/2 K/BB, WP, 5-4 GO-FO DSL Cubs 2 lost 8-4 Box Score DH V. Bieneme 0/4, BB, 2 K, SB (10) SS J. Montecino 2/5, R, 2 RBI 3B J. Altagracia 0/4, 2 K, E (11, throw) 2B C. Henry 0/2, BB, R, K, E (22, missed catch), HBP CF G. Robles 1/2, 2 BB, R, RBI, K SP F. Pena 3.2 IP, 3 H, 5 R, 2 ER, 2/3 K/BB, HR, 6-3 GO-FO RP A. Encarnacion 3.1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 5/1 K/BB, HBP, 1-3 GO-FO OVERALL: 3-4

Kinda sucks they never got him during the season. That would have made the playoffs a hell of a lot more fascinating.

29th rounder Timothy Clubb got the start for the AZL Cubs.

That was about a foot off the plate.

He's perfect for this team.

Form of a whiffle ball bat... Form of a 6 year old Little Leaguer!

Jim Leyland wants to go out for a smoke Fernando, hurry up already.

I'm going to replace that final K with a pickoff.

Marmol walked in a run?! http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/1082/1204946508906qc6.jpg