Outshined_One

What a surprise, Joey Votto and Adam Dunn have HRs. ...as do Paul Bako and Jerry Hairston Jr. Guh.

Cal (or anyone, for that matter), what can you tell me about Eric Thames? He's been rising up draft boards lately and apparently has done quite well despite playing against tough competition and in a pitcher-friendly park. I'm hopeful that the Cubs could pick up a falling draftee with big signing demands, but Thames strikes me as a possible target if the Cubs are looking to signability with a polished college bat.

Box Scores Iowa won 4-3 Box Score 2B E. Patterson 0/4, 2 K, E (3, throw) LF M. Murton 2/3, BB, R 1B M. Hoffpauir 1/3, R, RBI, K 3B C. McGehee 0/4 RF J. Kroeger 2/4, R, 2 RBI, 2B (11), K, E (2, fielding) CF S. Fuld 0/2, BB SP R. Keisler 6 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 4/2 K/BB, WP, 10-4 GO-FO RP R. Wells 2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2/2 K/BB, WP, 2-2 GO-FO RP J. Ascanio 1 scoreless, 1 H, 1/1 K/BB, 2-0 GO-FO Tennessee won 15-7 Box Score LF/RF M. Camp 2/5, 2 R, RBI CF T. Colvin 2/4, 2 BB, 2 R, 3 RBI, K 1B D. Deeds 2/5, 2 R, RBI C S. Clevenger 1/3, BB, R, 3 RBI, 3B (1) RF R. Harvey 0/4, K 3B K. Reynolds 0/2, K SS M. Matulia 1/3, 2 BB, 3 R, RBI, HR (1) SP M. Holliman 3 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 2/2 K/BB, 2-4 GO-FO RP M. Avery 3 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 2/0 K/BB, 2 HR, 4-2 GO-FO Daytona lost 5-1 Box Score CF J. Wyatt 0/4, R, K 2B J. Mota 1/4 DH T. Wright 1/4, K LF Y. Carter 2/4, 2B (3), 2 K C W. Castillo 1/3, BB, SB (1) 3B J. Lansford 1/4, 2B (7), 2 E (9, throw x2) SS D. Barney 0/4 SP M. Carrillo 5 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 2/0 K/BB, 5-8 GO-FO Oddly enough, Peoria also won 15-7 Box Score 2B J. Made 0/4, BB, 2 R, RBI, 2 K, E (1, pickoff), HBP SS N. Samson 2/4, 3 R, 2 RBI, 2B (4), SB (1), 2 E (7, fielding, throw), HBP 3B M. Smith 1/2, 3 BB, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2B (10) 1B J. Rosa 2/5, 2 R, 4 RBI, 2 2B (11) RF K. Burke 2/4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2B (4), HR (2), E (3, fielding), Assist (2B), HBP LF E. Lara 1/4, BB, RBI, K, Assist (Home) DH D. Johnston 0/4, BB, R, 2 K CF C. Andersen 1/4, R, K, E (1, fielding), HBP SP C. Siegfried 5 IP, 10 H, 6 ER, 1/2 K/BB, 8-4 GO-FO RP B. Parker 2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 3/1 K/BB, 2 WP, HBP, 2-1 GO-FO OVERALL: 3-1

Lieber's going to get killed. I don't see how Adam Dunn and Joey Votto won't crush the ball off of him.

Yay.

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Sadly, no. I interviewed at a bunch of places, but didn't get anything nailed down. I'm going to be working in-house somewhere. We'll see where. Too bad. Good luck. Thanks. I'm not too concerned about the job hunt for this summer. Finding a job before I graduate, on the other hand, is going to be entertaining.

Brennamans 2 of them = Brennamen ;) ?? Clever. =D>

Sadly, no. I interviewed at a bunch of places, but didn't get anything nailed down. I'm going to be working in-house somewhere. We'll see where.

Rick Hill's numbers so far tonight: 5 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 5/1 K/BB, HR Former uber-prospect Jeremy Reed hit the HR. I'm guessing Hill gets another start down in Iowa, then gets called back up.

Quite honestly, I think he's ticketed to a life of trading for Goldman Sachs. He's got the arrogant attitude that investment banks love to have on their payrolls. My dad is an investment banker for Goldman Sachs...yeah I guess he is an arrogant a-hole so I'm not really offended. I'm going to be working with those people for the rest of my life at the rate my education is going. Investment and business law is entertaining, but the people...well, yeah.

Quite honestly, I think he's ticketed to a life of trading for Goldman Sachs. He's got the arrogant attitude that investment banks love to have on their payrolls. He's got the arrogant attitude that could make him a rogue trader that loses billions of dollars too. In this economy, most people simply shrug their shoulders at those kinds of things. Moreover, Kerviel wasn't alone over at SocGen.

Quite honestly, I think he's ticketed to a life of trading for Goldman Sachs. He's got the arrogant attitude that investment banks love to have on their payrolls.

Banninated. I'm going to kind of miss him come MLB draft time. The dude was a jerk, but he knew his stuff. What caused the ban? http://nsbblol.wordpress.com/ That and he pretty much was continuously on the edge of getting banned ever since he started here. Quite honestly, if he didn't have a head for statistics, a very good working knowledge of baseball, and knew nothing about draft and minor league prospects, he would have been out of here in a heartbeat. The guy brought as much to the table as he took away.

Banninated. I'm going to kind of miss him come MLB draft time. The dude was a jerk, but he knew his stuff.

Kudos to Jehrico for calling this one.

Given that the draft is less than a month away (!), does anyone have a list of Boras clients yet? I'd like to see what top talents could slide to the Cubs. :D

Don't you dare tempt me to post pictures of Ezequiel Astacio.

If that's the case and he's actually 17, that's pretty darn cool. :thumbsup:

Box Scores Iowa lost 5-2 Box Score CF S. Fuld 1/5, 2B (1), 2 K, CS (3), Assist (Home) DH M. Murton 0/4, BB, K RF J. Kroeger 1/5, K 1B J. Fox 2/5 3B C. McGehee 3/4, R, 2 2B (8), E (4, throw) SP R. Hill 5 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 5/1 K/BB, HR, 6-2 GO-FO RP S. Eyre 1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2/0 K/BB, HR, 0-1 GO-FO RP N. Cotts 1.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2/0 K/BB, 1-0 GO-FO RP J. Ascanio 1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0/1 K/BB, 1-2 GO-FO Tennessee lost 5-2 Box Score LF M. Camp 0/4, 3 K, Assist (2B) CF T. Colvin 0/4, 3 K RF D. Deeds 1/3, BB, R, 2 K 3B K. Reynolds 0/2, BB, R, K 1B S. Clevenger 1/3, 2 K PH R. Harvey 0/1 SP D. Veal 4 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 3/1 K/BB, 2 HR, 4-5 GO-FO, E (2, pickoff) RP C. Shaver 3 scoreless, 4 H, 1/0 K/BB, 1-6 GO-FO Daytona lost 4-2 Box Score CF J. Wyatt 3/4, R, 2B (6), K 2B T. Thomas 0/3, RBI, 2 K DH Y. Carter 1/4, 3 K LF R. Canzler 0/3, BB, 2 K, SB (2) C M. Reed 0/4, 2 K 3B J. Lansford 0/3, K SS D. Barney 1/2, BB, R SP J. Ceda 6 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 5/2 K/BB, HBP, 7-5 GO-FO RP B. Petrick 1.1 hitless, 1 R, 0 ER, 1/0 K/BB, 3-0 GO-FO, E (1, throw) RP C. Lambert .1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 0/1 K/BB, 0-1 GO-FO Peoria lost 4-3 Box Score DH J. Made 1/4, BB, R, 2 K SS N. Samson 1/3, BB, R C J. Donaldson 1/3, 2 BB, K, E (2, throw) 3B M. Smith 1/4, 2 RBI, K 1B J. Rosa 0/4, K 2B M. Gonzalez 1/4, 2B (7), E (8, throw) RF K. Burke 1/3, BB, R, 2B (3), SB (3) LF E. Lara 1/4, K CF C. Andersen 0/4, RBI, K SP R. Acosta 5 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 3/3 K/BB, 2 WP, 4-8 GO-FO OVERALL: 0-4

Box Scores Iowa lost 16-7 Box Score CF S. Fuld 1/3, R LF M. Murton 2/4, R, RBI, K 3B C. Mcgehee 1/4, R 1B J. Fox 2/4, 2 R, RBI, 2B (10), HR (6), SB (3) SP J. Berg 1.1 IP, 7 H, 9 ER, 0/3 K/BB, HR, WP, HBP, 2-2 GO-FO RP C. Pignatiello 1.1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2/0 K/BB, 1-1 GO-FO Tennessee won 6-1 Box Score LF M. Camp 3/5, 2 R, SB (5) CF T. Colvin 2/5, 2 RBI, K 1B D. Deeds 0/5, 2 K RF R. Harvey 1/3, BB, 2 K SP J. Samardzija 5.2 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 5/2 K/BB, WP, 7-4 GO-FO Daytona won 9-1 Box Score CF J. Wyatt 0/3, 2 BB, R 2B T. Thomas 2/4, BB, R, 3B (2) DH T. Wright 1/4, BB, 2 R, RBI C W. Castillo 1/4, R, RBI LF R. Canzler 2/3, R, RBI, 3B (1) LF Y. Carter 1/2, R, RBI 3B J. Lansford 2/4, 2 RBI, 2B (6) SP E. Caridad 6.2 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 1/0 K/BB, 10-9 GO-FO RP J. Papelbon 1.1 scoreless, 1 H, 1/1 K/BB, HBP, 2-1 GO-FO Peoria won 5-2 Box Score RF C. Andersen 3/5, 2 R, 3 RBI, HR (2) CF L. Johnson 0/2, BB, K, HBP, CS (3) SS N. Samson 0/2, BB, RBI, HBP C J. Donaldson 2/4, R, RBI, HR (3), CS (1) 1B K. Burke 1/4, K, SB (2) 3B M. Smith 0/4, K, E (5, throw) LF D. Johnston 2/3, BB, R 2B M. Gonzalez 1/4, K SP B. Muldowney 3.2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 7/1 K/BB, HR, 2-2 GO-FO RP J. Latham 2.1 scoreless, 1 H, 3/2 K/BB, 1-1 GO-FO OVERALL: 3-1

I just heard that in Jay Mariotti's voice in my head. I will now dig out my brain with an icepick.

Alright, new contest... Whoever can correctly guess Piniella's next insane and off-the-wall personnel move wins a cookie. Go!

So, who wants to take bets on what Lou's overreaction of the day will be after this loss? My money's on demoting Marquis to the long man role and going to the four man rotation.

That game was one of the first times I've ever wanted to actually kill a baseball player. LaTroy Hawkins is probably one of my most despised players I can ever remember on the Cubs.