Outshined_One

Honestly, this has been the best broadcast of the year. I'm watching the game not for the Cubs, but to see what Brenly says next. He is absolutely disgusted and it's been enjoyable watching him shred the Cubs on national television.

One of these times, they're going to have to play Nazareth's "Love Hurts" during the Bud Light Fan Cam bit.

Neifi's throw was absolutely horrible on that play. Even if Ramirez was in position, he wouldn't have been able to field that throw. I think you're wrong. Ramirez should have been on the other side of the bag and closer to it. I'm not denying that Ramirez botched his end of it, but I think Neifi is equally responsible for botching that sucker.

Marshall and Marmol could be on that list ten years from now with Hill nowhere near it.

Neifi's throw was absolutely horrible on that play. Even if Ramirez was in position, he wouldn't have been able to field that throw.

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Now Len's getting in on the bashing! He's a Dempster fan.

I flip to see if the WC is back on, flip back...then I hear the crowd booing while the camera pans to Murton, Neifi, and Baker in that order, followed by Brenly saying, "You couldn't play this bad if you tried." Wow.

Anyone else enjoy it when Brenly rips on Ramirez, even if it's just with a seemingly innocuous comment? "That probably wouldn't have been a triple with the way Ramirez came out of the box."

It drives me nuts seeing how bad the rest of the Central is. A better-assembled Cubs team with better managing, some health, and some luck could have been running away and hiding with the division lead by now. But instead, we get this. Guh.

See, this tirade is why I don't want Bob Brenly managing the Cubs. So all they need is Derrek Lee calling a team meeting and calling out people for their mistakes?

At least Marmol and Marshal has shown some sort of talent and poise. Hill has no poise, walked the world, and just was flat out awful with a 9 ERA. So the Maddux thing doesn't apply to Hill I'm guessing? Don't give me that. Hill's been yanked back and forth between the minors and majors as well as starting and relief. Hill was only given four starts this season before being kicked back down to AAA. Any number of pitchers can have four bad starts for pete's sake. These three guys have plenty of promise and talent. But why people rag on Hill so much while Marmol and especially Marshall remain sacred cows is just baffling to me.

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As much as people here have been drooling over Marshall, his numbers have not been all that good this season. He's handled himself well, all things considered, but I don't think he's proven much more than any other pitching prospect in this system. I mean, for heaven's sake, his ERA is 4.92 with an away ERA of 6.53! That's just dreadful. We'll he's young...He barely pitched AA ball. Look at Maddux stats his first year... Look, I'm as big of a fan of the young guys and minor leaguers as anyone else on this site, but people around here have weird double standards. Some people have been yapping about how Marmol and Marshall are better than Hill, when in reality I don't think any of those three guys stand out above each other. A number of people on this site seem to be operating under the assumption that Marshall has been performing quite well this season despite evidence to the contrary. There's plenty of promise for the future, but for right now, Marshall has just as much to work on as Marmol and Hill do when it comes to making the necessary adjustments to being a good major league pitcher. Face it, he hasn't had a good season. I don't know why a number of people on here have not accepted that yet.

As much as people here have been drooling over Marshall, his numbers have not been all that good this season. He's handled himself well, all things considered, but I don't think he's proven much more than any other pitching prospect in this system. I mean, for heaven's sake, his ERA is 4.92 with an away ERA of 6.53! That's just dreadful.

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Gotta ride the hot hands, dude.

Gee Jim, I thought you wanted guys who knew how to catch the ball.

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Sarcasm? Time to change your sig. :P

Box Scores Iowa won 5-3 Box Score 3B R. Theriot 2/5, R, RBI CF F. Pie 2/5, 2B (13), 2 K, Assist (3B) DH M. Restovich 3/5, R, 2B (17), K 1B M. Hoffpauir 1/3, R, 3 RBI, HR (9) 2B M. Fontenot 2/4, 2B (12), K LF L. Montanez 0/4, K RF B. Coats 1/4, R, 2B (9), K C G. Soto 2/3, R, RBI, HBP SP JK Ryu 6 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 5/1 K/BB, 7-6 GO-FO RP S. Williamson 1 perfect, 1/0 K/BB, 2-0 GO-FO RP M. Wuertz 1 scoreless, 1 H, 2/1 K/BB, 1-0 GO-FO West Tenn won 6-0 Box Score CF C. Walker 2/5, R, RBI, K, SB (24) 2B E. Patterson 3/5, R, RBI, 2B (17), CS (7) RF N. Jackson 2/3, 2 RBI, K 1B B. Dopirak 0/4, K 3B S. Moore 0/4 C J. Fox 2/4, R, 2B (2) PR/LF R. Lewis 0/0, R SP JR Mathes 9 scoreless, 4 H, 4/0 K/BB, 13-10 GO-FO Daytona lost 15-9 Box Score 2B N. Spears1/5, K DH M. Craig 2/4, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 2B (20) RF R. Harvey 2/5, R, RBI, 2B (11) C J. Muyco 0/3, R SS J. Mota 1/3, R, K SP J. Berg 4 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 2/4 K/BB, 7-2 GO-FO, E (1, pickoff) Peoria lost 5-1 Box Score 2B R. Chirinos 1/3, BB, 2B (20), K, E (7, throw) DH J. Valdez 1/4, R 1B R. Norwood 0/4, K, E (7, throw) SS K. Reynolds 1/4, 2 K RF Y. Carter 1/4, K LF A. Garcia 1/4, K SP S. Taylor 7 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 3/0 K/BB, 9-9 GO-FO Boise lost 8-4 Box Score CF M. Camp 1/5, R DH J. Lansford 1/5 3B E. Puello 1/4, R, 3 K, HBP 1B R. Canzler 1/4, 2 RBI, 2B (2) 2B S. Clevenger 0/3, BB RF A. Joseph 2/4, R, RBI LF R. Episcopo 0/4 SS S. Baez 0/3, RBI, K, E (2, throw) SP D. Downs 3.2 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 3/2 K/BB, 4-3 GO-FO, E (1, pickoff) RP W. Muldowney 3.1 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 3/1 K/BB, HR, 4-3 GO-FO Mesa with an off day. OVERALL: 2-3

The sad thing is, with how weak the NL Central and NL in general is right now, the Astros could very well make the playoffs...with a .500 record.

Geez. The sheer level of concentration, timing, and luck needed to make that shot was just unreal. That was indeed a once in a lifetime shot for Rodriguez. Damn.

Anyone else think Mexico's regretting that own goal right now? Heck of a shot.

Overtime!