Outshined_One

I really doubt it unless Soriano can somehow keep up his current production over the next 5 years or so. He has no MVP Awards. He had one year where he led his league in categories meaningful to HOF Voters (2002). He wasn't a meaningful contributor to the Yankees when he was on their WS team. His postseason numbers are mediocre. He's never been a very good defender at any of his positions.

Not necessarily. On average I believe it's true, becuase you're less likely to face horrible hitters in the 9th inning(pinch hitters) Potentially, but I'd rather have my best reliever face the opposing team's 3-4-5 guys in the 8th than face the opposing team's 7 hitter and two pinch hitters in the 9th. Typically, the PHers are bench guys who aren't normally good enough to start on a regular basis, you know?

I'll take the Seattle Defense.

He's not as good as his older brother. He could become a decent middle reliever.

this scout is really looking for the right things in a ballplayer. I especially like knowing that given Wrigley's brick walls behind the ivy.

One of my all-time favorite games.

Box Scores Iowa won 6-5 Box Score CF A. Torres 2/4, R, 2B (25), 3B (8), RBI, BB, SB (17) 1B M. Hoffpauir 1/3, R, RBI, BB RF J. Kroeger 1/2, 2 R, 2B (32), 2 BB C C. McGehee 3/4, 2 2B (25), 4 RBI SS L. Figueroa 1/4, R, 2B (15) SP R. Wells 6 IP, 10 H, 5 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, HR, 2 GO-10 FO RP J. Berg 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 6 GO-0 FO - as a reliever: 7 IP, 1.29 ERA, 1 BB, 0 K, 6.00 GO/AO RP K. Hart 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 GO-2 FO Tennessee won 18-16 :shock: Box Score 2B M. Matulia 3/6, 2 R, K, SB (4), E (6, throw) RF D. Deeds 3/6, 3 R, 2B (34), HR (10), 3 RBI LF J. Fox 4/5, 4 R, 2B (26), 2 HR (18), 3 RBI CF T. Colvin 2/5, 2 R, 3B (8), RBI, BB, K 1B K. Reynolds 3/5, 2 R, 2 2B (15), 3 RBI, BB C B. Lalli 2/5, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB 3B J. Lansford 1/5, R, HR (1), 4 RBI SP M. Carrillo 5 IP, 9 H, 9 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 2 HR, 3 GO-9 FO - AA debut RP J. Ceda 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K, 2 GO-0 FO RP D. Garcia 1 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, HBP, 0 GO-3 FO Daytona lost 4-1 Box Score CF J. Adduci 2/5, R, 2 K, SB (22) LF T. Wright 2/4 C S. Clevenger 1/3, BB 3B M. Smith 1/3, RBI, BB SP B. Muldowney 5 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 8 GO-4 FO RP T. Blackford 1.1 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 2 GO-0 FO RP B. Parker 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 GO-1 FO Peoria lost 6-2 Box Score RF J. Harrison 2/4, R, 2B (1), SB (3) 2B J. Opitz 1/4, E (4, throw) SS N. Samson 0/4 3B J. Rosa 1/4, R, K LF B. Guyer 1/4, K SP K. Kreier 5 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 7 GO-6 FO RP J. Muyco 2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 2 GO-3 FO Boise lost 16-6 Box Score LF D. Rundle 0/5, K 3B J. Vitters 2/5, R, K SS R. Flaherty 2/5, 2 R, HR (4), RBI, 2 E (10, throw, throw) DH S. Hoorelbeke 2/4, R, RBI, K 1B R. Keedy 2/4, R, 2B (13), RBI, K, E (5, pickoff) RF K. Burke 1/4, R, RBI C C. Perez 2/4, RBI SP A. Shafer 4 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, HR, 8 GO-1 FO RP H. Tolentino 1+ IP, 2 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, 0 K, 2 GO-1 FO RP B. O'Donnell 2 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, HR, 4 GO-1 FO AZL Cubs lost 7-1 Box Score SS S. Castro 1/4, R, 2B (5), K DH M. Reed 0/4, 2 K - rehab LF J. Jones 1/2, RBI RF N. Perez 0/2, BB, K 3B J. Contreras 0/3, 2 K C M. Cerda 0/3, K, E (1, throw), PB (3) SP D. Nuñez 2.2 IP, 8 H, 6 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 3 GO-3 FO RP L. Suarez 2.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K, HBP, 1 GO-4 FO RP T. Mitchell 1 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 0 GO-1 FO RP D. Cales 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 1 GO-2 FO DSL Cubs 1 won 6-4 in the 10th Box Score SP E. Infante 5 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 6 GO-7 FO RP R. Carmona 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, WP, 3 GO-2 FO RP C. Galvez 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 3 GP- 0 FO DSL Cubs 2 lost 9-3 Box Score SS C. Morales 0/4, R, 2 E (31, fielding, pickoff) - .777 OPS LF J. Morelli 2/4, 2B (8), RBI, OF assist at home - .886 OPS SP R. Garcia 4.1 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, HR, 5 GO-6 FO - 40 IP, 6.08 ERA, 38 K, 10 BB - 17 years old Overall: 3-5

He'll stick at SS, but needs some more coaching and repetitions, imo.

Need someone to come hold your hand? Sorry sweetheart, I don't get touchy-feely on the first date.

There'd be something oddly poetic about it, given Hawkins' illustrious history at Wrigley.

Looking out my window, the sky is flashing white every two or three seconds. This is crazy.

I know, it's just a little lightning. :roll: He was definitely the most likely to get struck being on the grass in the middle of a steel stadium. I figured Hawkins would be the most likely to get struck.

The lightning is pretty insane around here at the moment. I don't see them finishing this game up.

Two more feet and that would have been out. And this game would have been suspended. Nuts.

I HATE YOU GOD.

The beer vendors were able to keep selling through the delay. Great day for them. hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha Seriously, that's just terrific.

Box Scores Iowa lost 11-8 Box Score CF A. Torres 1/5, R, 3B (7), RBI, 2 K, OF assist at third base 1B M. Hoffpauir 2/5, 2 R, 2B (28), HR (15), 4 RBI, K 3B C. McGehee 2/4, RBI, BB, K LF J. Dubois 3/5, R, RBI, K DH T. Richie 1/4, R, 2B (10), 3 K SP J. Stanford 6 IP, 8 H, 5 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, WP, HBP, 1 GO-11 FO RP J. Ascanio 1 IP, 4 H, 4 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2 HR, HBP, 1 GO-1 FO RP M. Wuertz 1 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K Tennessee lost 4-3 Box Score 2B N. Spears 0/1, 2 R, BB, HBP RF D. Deeds 2/4, 2B (33), 2 RBI, K LF T. Colvin 2/4, 2B (21), RBI, CS (3) C W. Castillo 0/4 SS M. Camp 2/3 SP M. Holliman 4 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 7 K, HR, WP, 2 GO-3 FO RP C. Lambert 3 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 5 GO-3 FO Daytona lost 8-4 Box Score CF J. Adduci 2/2, 2 R, 3 BB LF T. Wright 1/3, R, HR (7), 3 RBI, 2 BB, OF assist at third base - 5 HR in last 7 games, 3 in last 4 1B S. Clevenger 2/4, BB, K, SB (7) 3B M. Smith 1/4, HBP SS D. Barnet 1/4, 3B (3) SP J. Papelbon 3 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 3 GO-4 FO RP D. Sasser 2.2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 5 GO-2 FO Peoria lost 7-4 Box Score RF J. Harrison 1/4, R, E (2, throw) 2B J. Opitz 2/4, R, 2B (5), K SS N. Samson 2/4 3B J. Rosa 1/2, R, HR (6), 2 RBI, BB LF B. Guyer 1/4, R, 2B (24) SP J. Lieber 3 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, HR, 1 GO-5 FO RP R. Hernandez 5 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, HR, 4 GO-5 FO Boise lost 6-4 Box Score CF K. Calvert 1/4, R, 2B (5), BB, K, SB (6), OF assist at third base RF D. Rundle 1/4, R, K 3B J. Vitters 1/4, RBI, 2 K, CS (3) SS R. Flaherty 2/4, 2B (10), HR (3), 2 RBI, 2 K, E (8, fielding) 1B S. Hoorelbeke 3/3, BB, E (1, throw) 2B M. Gonzalez 2/4, R, 2 2B (7), K, SB (11) SP I. Camacaro 4 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 2 GO-5 FO RP R. Searle 4 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 8 GO-3 FO AZL Cubs lost 6-4 Box Score SS S. Castro 1/3, R, 3B (2), 2 K, HBP DH M. Cerda 0/4, 2 K RF J. Jones 0/3, RBI, BB, K 3B J. Lake 0/3, R, BB, K 2B L. Watkins 0/1, R, 3 BB, K LF K. Soto 2/4, 3 RBI, SB (3) SP T. Matchulat 0.2 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 1 GO-1 FO RP J. Peña 4.1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, WP, HBP, 4 GO-2 FO, E (3, pickoff) RP M. DeLeon 2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 2 GO-2 FO DSL Cubs 1 won 6-1 Box Score SP Ma. Perez 5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, HBP, 3 GO-1 FO - 57.1 IP, 1.41 ERA, 42 K/8 BB, 18 years old RP D. Encarnacion 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K, HBP, 3 GO-1 FO - 33 IP, 2.45 ERA, 32 K/17 BB, 18 years old DSL Cubs 2 lost 5-2 Box Score DH J. Morelli 0/4, 2 K - 149 AB, .295/.414/.463/.877, 27 BB, 29 K - 18 years old SP G. Pineda 4 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 4 GO-2 FO RP J. Tineo 2 IP, 1 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 4 GO-1 FO - 30.1 IP, 5.04 ERA, 33 K/26 BB, 17 years old RP Y. Veras 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 GO-3 FO - 20 IP, 8.10 ERA, 12 K/20 BB - 17 years old, 6'6" righty OVERALL: 1-7

This definitely has been one of the more unusual games I've seen in awhile. And wow does everyone at the game look smashed.

That looked like fun.

More rain!

I see we've got the forfeit lineup out of the rain delay.

Tying run at the plate!

Crud.

There were naps to be had!

I'm guessing this game gets called within the next 10 minutes. Lightning in the area is never a good sign.