Outshined_One

64 pitches through 5 for Big Z. :good: :thumbsup:

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh memories of Cubs teams past. Nothing like inexplicable bullpen use!

The ump clearly has a hot date tonight.

Brantley's bashing of Edwin Encarnacion's inability to be clutch was absolutely hilarious earlier in the season.

...what? :-"

Jung Bong would like to have a word with you about that.

If we can get to their bullpen in the first inning, that would be awesome.

Well, that's one way to get on base.

Cripes, at least put Eric Patterson out there. You called him up just to bench him against a meatballer like Fogg?

Donnie Veal got the start in Tennessee. His final line: 5.2 IP, 8 H, 1 ER, 3/0 K/BB, HR, 6-7 GO-FO Tennessee is currently down 3-2 in the 9th. Daytona, on the other hand, got two hit and lost 3-0 to Palm Beach. Wyatt and Clevenger got the only hits. Russell went 5 and gave up 8 hits, 1 walk, and three earned runs while striking out three.

Oh really? :-"

Box Scores Iowa won 6-4 Box Score LF M. Murton 3/5, R, 2 RBI, K RF J. Kroeger 3/5, R, 2B (5), 2 K, SB (1) 1B J. Fox 1/5, 2 RBI, 2B (4), 2 K C/3B C. McGehee 0/4, BB, RBI, K SP R. Keisler 4 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 4/4 K/BB, WP, 5-3 GO-FO RP J. Mateo 2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1/0 K/BB, HR, 0-5 GO-FO RP C. Pignatiello 1 IP, 1 ER, 1/0 K/BB, HR, 2-0 GO-FO RP J. Ascanio 1 perfect, 0-3 GO-FO Tennessee lost 3-2 Box Score SS J. Simokaitis 1/4, E (3, fielding) DH T. Colvin 2/4, R, 2 RBI, HR (2) RF R. Harvey 0/4, 3 K 3B K. Reynolds 1/4, 2 K 1B D. Deeds 1/4, K CF M. Camp 1/4, 2 K SP D. Veal 5.2 IP, 8 H, 1 ER, 3/0 K/BB, HR, 6-7 GO-FO Daytona lost 3-0 Box Score 2B T. Thomas 0/4, K CF J. Wyatt 1/3, K LF T. Wright 0/3, K C S. Clevenger 1/3, K DH W. Castillo 0/3 3B J. Lansford 0/3, K 1B R. Canzler 0/3, K SP J. Russell 5 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, 2/1 K/BB, 7-6 GO-FO Peoria won 2-1 in the bottom of the 12th on a Nate Samson walkoff HR Box Score LF C. Andersen 1/3, 2 BB, 2 K 2B N. Samson 2/3, R, RBI, HR (1) SS M. Gonzalez 0/4, K C J. Donaldson 0/4, K 3B M. Smith 2/4, 2B (4) RF K. Burke 0/4 1B J. Rosa 0/4, 2 K CF D. Rundle 1/3, BB, R, 2B (3), SB (6), CS (1) SP A. Cabrera 5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 3/5 K/BB, 7-4 GO-FO OVERALL: 2-2

I am, too. This worries me.

My personal favorite one of those: http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/6158/racecard1wl9.jpg

That was quite the generous call at 2B.

FTH?

Something strangely poetic about that.

Sadly, it will cost the Cubs more than Murton to acquire Brignac.

When Andy and Jim went about overhauling the organization in the mid 90's, they explicitly talked about focusing most of their developmental attention on pitchers, while trading for bats later. They thought that was the best way to emulate the Braves, ignoring how many quality position players that franchise developed. Quite frankly, I don't think any of us can really complain about the number of pitching prospects the Cubs have produced who have had some amount of success in the major leagues over the past ten years. Their plan worked. Off the top of my head, the following guys have pitched with varying degrees of success and exposure in the majors after spending some time in the Cubs' minor league system in the past ten years... Mark Prior Kerry Wood Carlos Zambrano Rich Hill Sean Marshall Jon Garland Carlos Marmol Dontrelle Willis Sergio Mitre Ricky Nolasco Renyel Pinto Carmen Pignatiello Michael Wuertz Ryan O'Malley John Koronka Todd Wellemeyer Will Ohman Andy Sisco Francis Beltran Sean Gallagher Juan Mateo That's just off the top of my head, to boot.

This shouldn't be much of an issue in terms of developing position players for an organization like the Cubs. As we have seen in numerous previous drafts, there will always be players who fall either because of contract demands or because teams did not do their due diligence in determining whether or not a player could truly be pried away from a college commitment. Moreover, by focusing solely on the draft, you ignore the international market for players. A team with sufficient resources should be able to not only afford some of the big name talent in other countries, but also should have the scouting department that can unearth the relatively unknown players who have a world of talent, but can be signed for a relatively inexpensive cost. Finally, something needs to be said for coaching and development. While the Cubs have guys in this organization who have proven themselves to be competent and capable of effectively developing position players, I don't think they have had much of that in their past. I also think this is an area which the organization could stand to improve itself. I have some faith that the current crop of position prospects in the low minors will turn out some very good major league players, but there is still plenty of work ahead. Pitchers, on the other hand, we've done a bang-up job of scouting and developing over the past 10 years. Go figure.

Are you talking about sports fans in cheering any given player or a player who plays for the team said sports fans root for?

Think of it like the Spanish Inquisition. It happens when you least expect it.

I'm always confusing him with someone I thought was going to be good, and it irritates me to see his name because I can never remember who that guy was... That would be his uncle.

Box Scores Iowa lost 2-1 Box Score LF M. Murton 0/4, CS (1) RF J. Kroeger 1/3, R, 2B (4), 2 K 1B/RF J. Fox 1/4, RBI, 2B (3), 2 K, E (2, missed catch) 3B/1B C. McGehee 1/3, BB, K 2B E. Patterson 0/1 SP M. Burns 5 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 6/1 K/BB, 5-4 GO-FO Tennessee won 3-2 Box Score RF M. Camp 1/4, K, Assist (2B) CF T. Colvin 1/4, 2 K 1B D. Deeds 1/3, BB, 2 R DH K. Reynolds 1/4, K 2B N. Spears 0/1, BB, R, K, HBP SP J. Samardzija 5 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2/2 K/BB, HR, WP, 1-11 GO-FO RP C. Shaver 2 scoreless, 2 H, 2/0 K/BB, 1-3 GO-FO RP M. Cooper 1.2 scoreless, 4 H, 1/0 K/BB, 2-2 GO-FO RP E. Campusano .1 perfect, 1/0 K/BB Daytona lost 4-3 Box Score SS D. Barney 1/5, RBI LF T. Wright 3/5, R, K DH S. Clevenger 0/3, BB PR/DH T. Thomas 0/0, PO (1B) C W. Castillo 2/4, RBI, K, E (1, throw), PB (1) 3B J. Lansford 1/4, R, K 1B R. Canzler 0/4, K SP J. Ceda 5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 3/0 K/BB, HR, 5-7 GO-FO RP M. Carrillo 3 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 3/2 K/BB, HR, WP, 0-6 GO-FO Peoria lost 5-1 Box Score LF C. Andersen 1/4, BB, R, 2B (4), 2 K, SB (2) 2B N. Samson 0/3, BB, K SS M. Gonzalez 1/3, BB DH J. Donaldson 1/3, BB 1B J. Rosa 0/4, K RF K. Burke 1/4, K, SB (1) CF D. Rundle 0/4, 2 K 3B J. Mota 2/4, 2B (2), K SP C. Siegfried 5 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 1/2 K/BB, HR, 10-4 GO-FO OVERALL: 1-3

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