Outshined_One

Dare I say it? Today was a perfect day in the Cubs' minor league system. :D

Wouldn't hurt to try, given that they're battling it out with the A's for the AL West and have fallen short a few too many times in recent years due to a lack of quality pitching.

Meaning will Dusty run him into the ground, or meaning will Dusty/Jim decide to send him down to make room for more Rusch? Or trade him along with Sean Gallagher and Randy Wells to the Twins for Torii Hunter.

For all the problems the Cubs have had developing hitters, they do have a gift for getting the best out of their pitching prospects (when not injured, that is). At 21, Danks might be a worthwhile project, and I'm skeptical that Wood would stay with the Cubs in 2007 as a reliever. True, but if Volquez has more upside, I'd rather go with him. Or heck, maybe the Cubs could somehow con the Rangers out of two of those three. :D

I want to gouge out my own eyes.

Might want to update your sig since T2 is projected as going #2 to the Bulls right now. :D

Since we're on the topic, can anyone make this avatar-sized for me? http://gifdepot.com/albums/Animals/SadRoo.gif

Cripes, couldn't they have thrown Rich Hill to the wolves for the rest of the season?

I predict a slaughter.

Danks' HR/9 is 1.57 down in the Texas League. Ewwwwwwwwwwww. Um...how about Edison Volquez? He's doing pretty well down in AAA right now and seems to have passed Diamond and Danks on the Rangers' pitching prospect lists, both of whom are repeating AA this year and having a bit of a rough time with it.

From the looks of it, Juan Mateo started off the third inning of Game 1 for the DJaxx. Follow along here.

Paraguay's ballhandling and passing was atrocious. I kept waiting for those turnovers to kill them...and it finally happened. Then again, Sweden wasn't exactly playing all that well, either...

I've been back and forth in terms of paying attention to it. Is it me or have teams been pretty bad at finishing plays so far this year?

Eriksson is the Dusty Baker of football managers for leaving Crouch on. Somewhere, Sir Alex is throwing a fit. Sorry this is late, I was out watching the game. Just curious why you guys thought it should have been Crouch coming off? Obviously it's easier to say it was a good decision after his goal, but even before that it seemed like Crouch was much more involved than Owen. Owen had that one shot that went wide and I don't remember much else, Crouch had a few chances which he admittedly botched, but at least he was there. His screwups were much more visible, plus Owen's been battling injuries lately, hasn't he? I get the feeling that this English team is going to have trouble making it past the quarters...if they even get that far.

So is Bynum.

That's an awful strategy, BTW. (for Poker anyway) hmmm. not sure why I posted that. My first drunk post on NSBB? YEA! I'd rather not reveal the number of times I've been inebriated and updated the minor league boxes. 8-[ :oops: :D

Thanks T2E!

Box Scores Iowa won 5-2 Box Score LF R. Theriot 2/3, BB, 3 RBI, 3B (2), K, Assist (3B) CF F. Pie 1/4, BB, K, Assist (1B) RF M. Restovich 1/5, K 1B M. Hoffpauir 0/5, K 3B C. McGehee 1/5, R 2B M. Fontenot 1/3, BB, R, 2B (11), K, HBP C G. Soto 2/4, R, 2 RBI, K PH L. Montanez 0/0, BB SP R. Hill 6 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 6/1 K/BB, GO-FO 4-7 RP M. Wuertz 1 scoreless, 2 H, 2/1 K/BB, 1-0 GO-FO West Tenn won Game 1 of the DH (suspended on 6/1) 4-1 Box Score CF C. Walker 0/4, BB, K, SB (19) 2B E. Patterson 0/3, BB, R, 2 K, E (8, fielding) 3B R. Lewis 2/4, R, SB (7) LF N. Jackson 0/2, 2 BB, R, K 1B B. Sing 0/4, K RF M. Negron 3/4, R, 3 RBI, 2B (2), SB (1) PH S. Moore 0/1 SP R. Wells 2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 2/2 K/BB, 2-2 GO-FO SP #2 J. Mateo 4 scoreless, 2 H, 3/1 K/BB, 3-6 GO-FO West Tenn won Game 2 of the DH 9-0 Box Score CF C. Walker 1/3, BB, R, K, CS (9) 2B E. Patterson 2/3, 2 R, RBI, SB (19), HBP LF N. Jackson 2/3, BB, R, 3 RBI, 3B (3), K 1B B. Sing 1/4, R, RBI, K 3B S. Moore 3/4, R, 3 RBI, HR (10), K, SB (8) RF M. Negron 1/3, BB, R, 2B (8) C J. Reyes 1/3, R, 2 K SP C. Shaver 7 scoreless, 5 H, 5/3 K/BB, 13-3 GO-FO Daytona won 2-0 in the 10th Box Score CF S. Fuld 0/3, 2 BB, R, K DH J. Fox 1/4, BB, RBI, K 1B M. Craig 0/5 RF R. Harvey 0/1, K 2B N. Spears 1/3, R, 2 K, SB (5), HBP SS J. Simokaitis 0/2, BB, SB (7) SP R. Sotolongo 4 scoreless, 1 H, 5/0 K/BB, 1-5 GO-FO RP M. Weber 4 scoreless, 1 H, 4/2 K/BB, 3-5 GO-FO Peoria won 7-5 Box Score 2B R. Chirinos 0/4, BB, R DH M. Reed 1/5, R, K LF J. Valdez 2/4, R, 2 RBI, 2B (9) 1B R. Norwood 1/2, 2 R, 2 HBP (owwwwww) RF Y. Carter 1/4, R, 3 RBI, HR (2), K 3B K. Reynolds 1/4, K C J. Muyco 0/4, 2 K SS D. Johnston 2/3, BB, R SP M. Atkins 6 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 5/1 K/BB, HR, 4-9 GO-FO RP S. Williamson 1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1/0 K/BB, 0-2 GO-FO RP E. Campusano 1 scoreless, 1 H, 2/0 K/BB, 1-0 GO-FO OVERALL: 5-0!!!!!

Congrats to whoever called Mabry for PH.

I wake up from my nap, turn on the game, and all of a sudden this starts up!

Anyone else find it amusing that Wily Taveras has been slightly better than Juan Pierre, but is currently riding pine? No? Okay then.

I'm curious about Jose Pina. He had a pretty nice run down in AZ last year and I was kinda hoping to see if he could make a mark in Boise this season. Other guys I expect to be in Boise: Russ Canzler, Deryck Lewis, Sammy Baez, William Paganetti, Ryan Episcopo, and Randy Brown.

That looks almost exactly like last year's roster. Something tells me it may be a bit out of date.

Took them long enough!

HOLY *^%$*^e%^*$*!!!