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Iowa's facing off against a rehabbing Yovani Gallardo. Should be a fun game.

I'm willing to give him a pass due to having a piss-poor coach and a mediocre supporting cast. I don't think he has the kind of "All Time Great" potential you'd hope for out of a #1 overall pick, but I think his floor is that of a solid, yet unspectacular, PF.

Yep. I think part of the problem we're seeing with some of the Cubs' position prospects down in Peoria is that they likely don't have much experience in cold weather. When you look at some of the notable position prospects down in Peoria, a lot of them likely haven't had a whole lot of exposure to playing in these kinds of conditions. If we're at Mid-July and no one out of the Donaldson/Burke/Rundle/Andersen/Rosa/Gonzalez/Smith group has emerged as at least an intriguing prospect, then I'll be concerned. For now, I'm happy to be patient and see how things develop as the weather improves.

I was wondering the same thing myself. the only race thing I remember was him saying that black people play better in the heat. You don't remember his claims of incessant racial taunts against LaTroy Hawkins and Jacque Jones? Or his comments about San Francisco's racist tendencies when they ran him out of town?

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Box Scores Iowa won 5-4 in 12 innings Box Score 2B E. Patterson 1/6, 2 K LF M. Murton 0/5, BB RF J. Kroeger 2/4, 2 BB, 2 R, RBI, 2B (3), CS (1), PO (3B) 1B J. Fox 2/6, R, 3 RBI, HR (3), K 3B C. McGehee 2/5, RBI, 2B (2), K CF S. Fuld 0/5, 3 K SP M. Holliman 6 scoreless, 3 H, 6/0 K/BB, 4-8 GO-FO RP C. Pignatiello .1 perfect, 0-1 GO-FO RP J. Ascanio 2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 2/0 K/BB, HR, 2-2 GO-FO RP N. Cotts 2 scoreless, 2 H, 2/1 K/BB, 3-1 GO-FO Tennessee lost 10-3 Box Score SS/P J. Simokaitis 0/2, BB, K, E (2, fielding) CF T. Colvin 0/4, RBI, 2 K DH R. Harvey 0/3, K 2B N. Spears 0/1 1B D. Deeds 0/4, 3 K RF M. Camp 0/3, BB, 2 R, Assist (Home) SP J. Berg 5 IP, 11 H, 7 ER, 0/1 K/BB, HBP, 12-3 GO-FO RP R. Roquet 2 scoreless, 1 H, 2/0 K/BB, 1-2 GO-FO RP S. Avery .2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 0/1 K/BB, 0-2 GO-FO RP J. Simokaitis 1.1 perfect, 1/0 K/BB, 1-2 GO-FO Daytona lost 10-6 Box Score 2B T. Thomas 3/5, 2 R, 2B (2), 3B (1), 2 K (Ejected in 8th) RF T. Wright 0/4, BB, R, 3 K 1B S. Clevenger 2/5, 2 K C W. Castillo 1/5, R, RBI, 2B (1), K 3B J. Lansford 2/5, R, RBI, 2B (2) SS D. Barney 1/4, R, 2B (4), K SP E. Caridad .2 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 0/1 K/BB, WP, 2-0 GO-FO RP J. Papelbon 2 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 2/1 K/BB, 3-1 GO-FO Peoria won 4-0 Box Score CF D. Rundle 0/3, BB, K 2B N. Samson 1/3, 2 RBI, 2B (1) SS M. Gonzalez 1/4, K DH J. Donaldson 1/4, K 3B M. Smith 0/4, 2 K 1B J. Rosa 0/3, R, 2 K RF K. Burke 3/3, 2 R, RBI, HR (1) SP D. Rhee 6 scoreless, 3 H, 3/3 K/BB, 8-7 GO-FO OVERALL: 2-2

Eric Patterson!

Not to mention it's been freaking cold out all day and night.

Honestly, I don't know how much I agree with the idea that a player with a high K rate has a lower chance of getting on base than a player with a low K rate. When you think of guys who K at monstrous rates like Ryan Howard and Adam Dunn, then compare them to the Juan Pierres of the world, that sort of data tends to run counter to the idea that strikeouts hinder your ability to get on base more than some other factor.

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Since we all know this one is coming a mile away for the upcoming series, I figured I might as well start the thread on it.

Corey Patterson and Dusty Baker returning to Chicago? Let me warm up my vocal cords. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

I enjoy the new changes.

Does anyone else get the feeling the bullpen is going to fade down the stretch at the rate things are going? All of these extra inning games can't be good for them.

4-2 on the Pennsylvania road trip? I'll take it. Despite it being massively painful at times and each game feeling like it lasted for a week.

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Alex Cora vs Matt Clement? The Franco matchup stung a lot more, imo. Besides, Z ended up plunking Cora quite effectively when he tried doing the same crap to him the next day. I think I laughed for a week after that.

This is slowly turning into Julio Franco vs. Kyle Farnsworth Redux.

Oh look, Burrell's here to end our suffering.

Remember Sosa's 10th inning walkoff against Lidge back in 2004 (I think)? That was awesome.

Brad Lidge, eh? I have some fun memories of the Cubs teeing off against him in the past. Let's have that happen here.

Mike Hampton? Ok, so there is one. Mo Vaughn.

We have ourselves a winner!

So, who's ready for the Cubs to blow it in the bottom of the 9th?

Lou loves decoys like Dusty loves his double switches.