Outshined_One

El Toro is Z's nickname!

Hamstring cramps in his AB.

I'm not sure how the LF didnt break his wrist on that play. or his face. ball looked like it short hopped right into his teeth Owwwwwwwwwww...

It hit his bat!

Did that even hit him????

Get tossed!!!!

Box Scores Iowa won 9-2 Box Score 2B E. Patterson 1/4, BB, 2 RBI, 2B (5) CF F. Pie 2/5, R, 2 RBI, K, SB (3) 1B M. Hoffpauir 1/5, R, RBI RF B. Coats 2/5, R, 2B (7), K C G. Soto 1/4, R, 3 K 3B S. Moore 1/4, 2 R, RBI, 2B (8), 2 K SS R. Cedeno 3/4, 2 R, 2B (1) SP S. Marshall 8 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 3/2 K/BB, HR, 12-8 GO-FO RP C. Marmol .2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 2/0 K/BB, HBP Tennessee lost 3-2 Box Score CF S. Fuld 0/3, BB, Assist (2B) LF J. Fox 3/4, R, 3 2B (15) RF J. Kroeger 1/3, BB, 2 RBI 3B C. McGehee 1/3, BB, 2 K C C. Robinson 1/4, K SS J. Simokaitis 0/3, 2 K PH M. Craig 0/1, K SP J. Berg 5.1 IP, 11 H, 2 ER, 3/0 K/BB, HBP, 6-4 GO-FO Daytona lost 6-3 Box Score 3B M. Matulia 1/5, K CF T. Colvin 1/4, R, 2 RBI, HR (3) SS R. Chirinos 0/3 SP J. Estrada 6 scoreless, 4 H, 5/3 K/BB, 6-6 GO-FO RP G. Johnson 1 IP, 2 H, 3 ER, 0/2 K/BB, HR, 1-1 GO-FO RP M. Phelps 2 IP, 1 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 4/2 K/BB, WP, 2-0 GO-FO, E (1, throw) Peoria lost 2-1 Box Score 2B M. Camp 0/2, 2 BB, K, E (6, fielding) 3B J. Lansford 2/3, RBI, 2B (6), K CF Y. Carter 1/4 DH A. Joseph 0/4 1B R. Canzler 2/4, K SP J. Pina 6 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 4/1 K/BB, 8-6 GO-FO RP M. Carrillo 3 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1/0 K/BB, 4-4 GO-FO OVERALL: 1-3

Len echoing what we've heard: 9 PM or PPD.

He'll be promoted the day before Vance goes to see him :) A la Justin Upton and me. :( Upton played for the Class A South Bend Silver Hawks last year and I stupidly never made a trip out to see him. Dumb, dumb, dumb. Apparently he's a completely different player this year. He's on pace to beat the crap out of the numbers he posted down in South Bend.

Box Scores Iowa with an off day. Tennessee won 5-4 Box Score CF S. Fuld 0/4, R, K, Assist (3B) 1B J. Fox 3/4, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2 HR (8), K, CS (2) RF J. Kroeger 2/4, R, RBI, 2B (8), 2 K 3B C. McGehee 1/3, BB, RBI, 2B (2) C C. Robinson 1/4, K PH M. Craig 0/1 SP S. Gallagher 6 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 5/2 K/BB, 5-7 GO-FO RP B. Petrick 2 scoreless, 1 H, 1/0 K/BB, 3-2 GO-FO Daytona lost 5-1 Box Score 3B M. Matulia 1/4, K, CS (4) CF T. Colvin 1/4, 2B (15), K SS R. Chirinos 0/2, BB, HBP SP J. Samardzija 6.1 IP, 9 H, 4 ER, 1/0 K/BB, HR, 13-5 GO-FO Peoria lost 1-0 Box Score 2B M. Camp 1/4, 2 K LF A. Joseph 0/4 CF Y. Carter 0/4, 2 K 3B J. Lansford 0/3, 2 K 1B R. Canzler 1/3, K C W. Castillo 0/3, K SS J. Mota 2/3, 2B (2) SP C. Shaver 4 scoreless, 3 H, 2/2 K/BB, 4-6 GO-FO RP J. Papelbon 2.2 perfect, 4/0 K/BB, 2-2 GO-FO OVERALL: 1-2

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Based on what just happened with the Spurs/Suns series, I'll take a swing at it and say "arbitrary".

Yay.

So much for the new "Rasheed Wallace Rule".

Stop...just...stop. It's got to work eventually...doesn't it? Perhaps. But maybe punching yourself repeatedly in the nuts while yelling, "Cubs win!" in Farsi would also work eventually.

I'm hoping Z gets this zone.

Stop...just...stop.

Beltran has a cannon. Wow.

Lame.

My guesses: Ward at 1B Theriot at SS Fontenot at 2B in the 8-hole Soriano batting 3rd

See kids? Statistics can be fun and insightful! :D

I saw a fascinating article on The Hardball Times about this sort of thing. Yoink In other words, the Cubs have been in the second most pressure-filled games when they hand it over to the bullpen of any team in baseball. This basically means that, compared to all but one team this year, the Cubs' bullpen has been placed in situations with little to no room for error. Even if the bullpen has been merely decent, with those kinds of situations constantly popping up, that's not good enough. Take it for what you will. Maybe the starters need to improve, maybe the lineup needs to do a better job, or maybe the bullpen could use an upgrade. Heck, maybe it's all of the above. The bottom line is, these tense situations in games handed over to the bullpen have magnified any flaws it has to a strong extent.

Fixed.

Box Scores Iowa won 6-4 on a walkoff HR in the bottom of the 10th Box Score 2B E. Patterson 2/5, BB, R, K CF F. Pie 1/5, BB, R, Assist (Home) 1B M. Hoffpauir 2/5, RBI C G. Soto 1/3, 2 BB, RBI RF B. Coats 2/4, R, RBI, SB (2) SS R. Cedeno 0/3, BB, K, CS (1), PO (1B) LF C. Walker 1/5, K SP L. Walrond 6 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, 3/7 K/BB, 7-7 GO-FO, E (2, throw) RP C. Rapada 2 scoreless, 3 H, 3/0 K/BB, 0-2 GO-FO Tennessee won 6-4 Box Score CF S. Fuld 1/4, R, K C C. Robinson 0/3, BB, R, K LF J. Fox 4/4, 2 R, RBI, HR (6) 3B/2B J. Simokaitis 1/3, BB, R, RBI, K SP W. Miller 5.2 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 1/2 K/BB, 7-9 GO-FO RP A. Mendez .1 perfect, 0-1 GO-FO RP D. Veal 2.2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 3/4 K/BB, 1-3 GO-FO Daytona lost 2-0 Box Score 2B M. Matulia 1/4, 3B (5), 2 K CF T. Colvin 0/4 SS R. Chirinos 1/4, K C M. Reed 0/3 SP M. Atkins 7 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 4/2 K/BB, 5-11 GO-FO, E (4, pickoff) RP M. Phelps 1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 0/2 K/BB, 1-2 GO-FO Peoria won 3-1 Box Score 2B M. Camp 1/4 LF A. Joseph 0/4, K CF Y. Carter 2/4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2B (7), HR (4) 3B J. Lansford 2/4, RBI, CS (2) 1B R. Canzler 0/4 C W. Castillo 2/4 DH DJ Lewis 1/3 SS J. Mota 0/1, 2 BB, E (3, fielding) SP A. Maestri 4 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1/1 K/BB, HR, 7-3 GO-FO RP J. Ruhlman 3 scoreless, 1 H, 4/1 K/BB, 4-1 GO-FO RP O. Bernard 1 hitless/scoreless, 0/1 K/BB, 3-0 GO-FO RP R. Roquet 1 scoreless, 1 H, 1/1 K/BB, 1-1 GO-FO OVERALL: 3-1

Painkillers + Alcohol = Really bad idea