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  1. Outshined_One
    Also, I'm secretly excited for China as a baseball nation over the coming years. MLB has made some headway there and baseball has slowly been growing in popularity. There's a natural nearby rivalry with Korea, Japan, and Taiwan, to boot. I don't think China will become a baseball powerhouse any time soon, but getting a few Chinese names in MLB would be a boon to the sport. And wow, neither announcer wants to be there right now.
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    Yay for insomnia!
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    I think they played Seattle recently.
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    I'd love to see Samardzija hone that slider. It can be a really good pitch when he's got it going.
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    I love baseball.
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    Any Inoa-like prospects in this market?
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    Wow, I actually thought he had a chance to be a decent back end of the rotation guy. I wonder what happened?
  8. Outshined_One
    Minor League Ball is Sickels' blog. He has some good stuff on it and a lot of really good posters.
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    I'd like to thank Michigan for playing a sloppier game than the Badgers today. I don't think either of these teams would make it out of the first round of the tournament, but getting this win before the big Minnesota game is most welcome.
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    I love watching the guy call games in which I have no interest. He makes those games so much more exciting and dramatic. When he's calling games in which I have a rooting interest...he makes those games painfully dramatic, haha.
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    It that on BTN? Yep. Also, groan.
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    Michigan/Wisconsin has been impressively sloppy so far.
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    He played some 2B over the past two seasons, so I think the Cubs already have a bit of a jump start on that one.
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    I think Samson has a Theriot-like ceiling, maybe a tick better athletically. Flaherty's a tough one to evaluate. He has good power potential and has shown some nice strike zone judgment. His bat should be good enough to make the majors and stick there, but his eventual position is up in the air.
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    I have Nate Samson playing 2B and backing up SS at Daytona (Samson's defense was really bad last year - worse than Flaherty). I'm honestly willing to dispute that. I saw Samson enough last season in Peoria to think he has the chops to stick at SS. I think his errors were more mental than anything else, since he has the physical and mechanical chops to stick there. It just seemed to me like he was shaky early in the season, but got his act together as time went on and he got more reps. Frankly, I think the Cubs would be better off with Flaherty at 2B or 3B and Samson at SS.
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    The guy's not a future superstar, let's be frank here. However, he's a nice bench candidate with some power.
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    Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay.
  18. Outshined_One
    I totally forgot about Lilly bowling over Molina. That was freaking amazing.
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    Ala Richard Harden from last year. After years with Kerry Wood and Mark Prior, I've kind of gotten used to it.
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    I want Neifi Perez on the list. Just to show that their performance-enhancing aspect is questionable in baseball.
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    Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... I'm curious about a handful of them, but that's about it. I'll definitely see some games in Peoria this year, but none of those names really excite me. I'm hoping some better names get added to that list.
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    I don't think I've ever seen a Cubs lineup with less known commodities... It really says something when the top two prospects in the lineup are Micah Hoffpauir and Darwin Barney.
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    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! My favorite JoBo memory was a game against the Cardinals back in...2004 I think? He was having enormous struggles with his stuff. The Cubs were up 1 run and Borowski had to face Pujols, Edmonds, and Rolen in the 9th. Somehow, some way, he managed to go 1-2-3 in that inning.
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    Do you mean next year or within the next few years? Vitters having the kind of year he's capable of means that he likely shows up in top 10 lists next season. Of course, I believe that if he has the kind of year he's capable of, he'll have the kind of season that Dope put up in the MWL. I should have clarified. Did you mean that about anyone else in the system next year, or anyone else in the system within the next few years?
  25. Outshined_One
    Do you mean next year or within the next few years?
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