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Also, C Wellington Castillo, who was supposed to be on Boise's roster isn't there. Wonder where he's headed (I thought he was more likely for Mesa than Boise at the start of the season). Ya, I noticed that Blake Lalli popped up on Boise's roster in his place. Maybe he's injured or having visa problems? I know he was talked very highly of during spring training. Castillo got an AB in Boise's second game of the season.

They're just bluffing, trying to get the Yankees to up their ante? Yes, I've been drinking. Hopefully there's something that imparts clairvoyance in whatever the heck you're drinking.

They aren't injured. But their managers abused them, how can that be? Have you ever heard of the terms, "outliers" and "exceptions to the rule"? If most guys get overused and abused, it makes sense that they'd start to break down over the course of a season with DL stints, missed starts due to soreness or whatever, and so on. It'd be impossible for them to rank among the most abused pitchers in baseball mostly because their bodies would not be able to stand up to that kind of abuse. Yeah, back in the "good old days", guys would go out and pitch 250 innings a season or whatever. However, advances have thrown a wrench into that. The mound was lowered, the strike zone has been tightened, guys are throwing harder and earlier, and medical science has made it possible for guys who used to flame out in the minors due to various injuries to come back. Tommy John Surgery has been a career-saver for countless pitchers. Expansion has also significantly dilluted the talent base and spread out a number of those guys among various teams. In other words, this is a really bad period of time for managers to find out what guys can take a 250 IP+ load. Very few pitchers in baseball could pitch 250 innings in a season without feeling any after-effects as it is. Some could, yes, but those guys are not the norm. Besides, Redman and Vazquez both had utterly horrible years in 2004 and haven't been the same since then. Hell, there were plenty of rumors flying around New York in 2004 that Vazquez was hiding an arm injury from everyone. Overuse can result in troubling things beyond just injuries.

Questionable coaching? Crafty veterans getting meaningful playing time over potentially promising young players? Bad officiating? Massive disappointment in the national spotlight? Holy crap, the US team is actually The Cubs!

Bad PK call or not, this second half has been pathetic. The US has only played well in one game this tournament. They got what was coming to them.

Understatement of the day.

Thankfully, his mullet has been chopped down to less-crazy levels.

Thank Kent for that! I was worried he'd come back with his timing all screwed up because the Cubs decided to rush him back in a futile attempt to make a run. At least this will get him some meaningful reps against a lower level of competition.

If I'm a fan of the Bobcats, I'd be really nervous about having Jordan hanging around. He did some really inexcuseable and flatout stupid things during his time with the Wizards. Maybe he won't repeat his mistakes, but at the same time, there's enough of a history with him to make me wonder.

Here is a list of the players rostered in Mesa. Some of those guys are currently in Boise (Muldowney, Joseph), but the roster should be mostly accurate. Guys from the 2006 draft: RHP Chuckie Platt (23rd rounder, Lamar U) RHP Ron Clipp (33rd Rounder, Point Loma Nazarene (CA)) RHP Andrew McCormick (47th Rounder, Pikeville College (KY)) RHP Jacob Renshaw (10th Rounder, Ventura CC (CA)) RHP Donny Walters (30th Rounder, Richland JC (TX)) OF Elliot Shea (45th Rounder, Franklin Pierce College (NH)) Guys from the 2005 Draft: RHP Kyle Holden (19th Rounder, Cal State San Bernardino) 3B Cody Gilbert (34th Rounder, Lincoln Trail JC (IL)) 1B Luther Murphy (46th Rounder, Draft & Follow Guy) OF Victor Liriano (18th Rounder, El Paso CC (TX))

Box Scores Iowa won 8-5 Box Score 2B R. Theriot 2/4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 3B (3), K, HBP, E (7, fielding) RF F. Pie 1/5, 3 RBI, 3B (5), K LF L. Montanez 1/4, R, 2 RBI, HR (3) 1B M. Restovich 0/3, BB, 3 K 3B C. McGehee 0/4, K DH M. Fontenot 2/2, 2 BB, R, SB (7) CF B. Coats 1/4, R C G. Soto 1/3, BB, 2 R, 2B (9), K SP R. O'Malley 5.2 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 3/1 K/BB, HR, 8-6 GO-FO SP S. Williamson 2 scoreless, 2 H, 2/0 K/BB, 2-2 GO-FO West Tenn won 3-2 with an Eric Patterson Walkoff HR in the 10th Box Score CF C. Walker 1/5, K 2B E. Patterson 3/4, R, 2 RBI, 3B (6), HR (5), CS (6) LF N. Jackson 1/4, 2 K 1B B. Dopirak 1/4, 2B (2) RF M. Negron 0/3, BB, K 3B R. Lewis 1/4, R, K PH B. Sing 0/1 SP C. Shaver 6 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 5/4 K/BB, 7-6 GO-FO, E (2, throw) RP E. Campusano 1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1/0 K/BB, 1-1 GO-FO Daytona won 4-1 Box Score DH J. Simokaitis 0/3, RBI, 2 K 2B N. Spears 0/3, BB, E (5, fielding) RF R. Harvey 1/3, BB, RBI, 2B (10), K 1B M. Craig 0/4 C J. Muyco 2/3, R SS J. Mota 1/3, R, RBI, 2B (1) SP M. Holliman 7.1 scoreless, 2 H, 4/3 K/BB, 8-9 GO-FO RP A. Mendez 1 scoreless, 1 H, 1/0 K/BB, 2-0 GO-FO Peoria lost 4-0 Box Score 2B R. Chirinos 0/4, 4 K C M. Reed 1/3, K, SB (12), HBP LF J. Valdez 2/4, K 1B R. Norwood 0/3, HBP RF Y. Carter 0/4, 3 K, Assist (Home) 3B K. Reynolds 0/2, BB, 2 K DH A. Garcia 0/2, BB, K SS D. Johnston 0/3, 3 K, E (15, missed catch) CF D. Gregg 1/3 SP W. Miller 3 scoreless, 3 H, 3/1 K/BB, 2-3 GO-FO Boise lost 7-3 Box Score CF M. Camp 0/2, 3 BB, R 2B S. Clevenger 0/3, BB, R, RBI RF A. Joseph 1/4, 2 K LF D. Lewis 2/4, BB, 2 RBI, K, E (1, fielding) 1B E. Puello 1/4 DH R. Episcopo 0/3, BB, K, PO (1B) 3B J. Lansford 0/3, BB C W. Castillo 0/3, BB, R, 2 PB (2) SS S. Baez 1/2, 2 HBP SP B. Jackson 4 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 3/3 K/BB, HR, 5-4 GO-FO RP J. Papelbon 2 scoreless, 1 H, 1/2 K/BB, 5-0 GO-FO Mesa lost 6-5 Box Score CF A. Pagan 0/3, BB, R, SB (1) CF C. Andersen 0/1, SB (1), Assist (3B) SS V. Heredia 2/4, 2 R, 3 SB (3), E (1, fieldnig) C M. Mercedes 1/4, R, HBP LF C. Gilbert 1/4, 3 K, PO (1B) DH W. Inoa 0/4, K 2B P. Lopez 1/4, CS (1), PO (1B) SP P. Norton (Yes, Phil Norton) 2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2/0 K/BB, 3-1 GO-FO RP R. Clipp 2 scoreless, 1 H, 2/0 K/BB, 2-2 GO-FO RP J. Castillo 2.2 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1/2 K/BB, 5-2 GO-FO OVERALL: 3-3

I don't think abolishing the leagues is necessary, but it would be nice to have one series against each AL team each year. Interleague could be year-round. My biggest problem with the interleague play thing has been the whole made up rivalries thing, where the Cubs play the White Sox six times, the Royals play the Cardinals six times, the Padres play the Mariners six times, and so on. I know, baseball loves to pretend there's some measure of parity coming into each season. But let's face it, that's just a load of garbage. I'd rather see a balancing out of the interleague schedule within each division if at all possible. That won't happen considering the amount of cash some of those games bring in, but the novelty is likely wearing off at this point in plenty of places.

And yes, my ex did have a poster of "The Kiss" in her apartment. I enjoyed that joke.

"The last time Ronaldo scored was when he got a Grand Slam at Denny's!"

Please tell me you guys were watching The Colbert Report tonight.

Nick Adenhart, Humberto Sanchez, Matt Albers, Jacob McGee, Ubaldo Jimenez, Mark Rogers... i'll give you sanchez, and mcgee's been about the same, but hill's been better than adenhart, albers, jimenez and (by a loooong ways) rogers. Rogers is leading the minors in K/9 last I checked.

Nick Adenhart, Humberto Sanchez, Matt Albers, Jacob McGee, Ubaldo Jimenez, Mark Rogers...

It is rather odd but he still hits the ball pretty hard; Canzler's stance is quite odd to me. What's it look like?

Chad Fox says hi. Completely false. Your completely false. YOU'RE A TOWEL!

"I've always managed winning teams." And of course, the ultimate deflection tool that's like a shiny object for stupid reporters: "I was on deck when Hank Aaron hit 715."

The Cubs probably won't get anyone of much value from the Yankees. Thankfully, two of their pitchers I'm curious about (Jeff Marquez and Tyler Clippard) are both struggling in High A and AA (respectively), yet are still putting up some nice peripherals. I'd like to see Jimbo get one or both of them for Jones. But then again, if Hendry can get a sack of magic beans for Jones, I'd be all for it.

I feel bad for Owen; he's been one of my favorite guys in soccer ever since the WC four years ago when he scored that insane goal against the Brazilians.

What were they doing? I turned it off after Wade threw it in the air. Just booing him loud enough for the microphones to pick up. It likely won't be acknowledged in the media.

Box Scores Iowa won 1-0 Box Score SS R. Theriot 0/3, BB, R, K, SB (13) CF F. Pie 2/4, CS (8) LF M.Restovich 1/3, RBI, K 1B M. Hoffpauir 0/3, K 2B M. Fontenot 1/3 3B C. McGehee 2/3 RF B. Coats 0/3 C J. Reyes 0/3 SP R. Hill 7 scoreless, 4 H, 10/0 K/BB, HBP, 6-5 GO-FO, 2 E (missed catch, pickoff) RP M. Weurtz 2 perfect, 5/0 K/BB, 1-0 GO-FO West Tenn won 4-3 Box Score RF C. Walker 2/5, R, 2B (11), SB (23) 2B E. Patterson 1/3, BB, R, K, SB (21) LF N. Jackson 2/4, BB, R, 2 RBI, K, SB (10) 1B B. Sing 1/4, 2 K, HBP CF M. Negron 3/4, R, RBI, 2B (12), SB (3) 3B S. Moore 1/4, K C J. Fox 1/4, 2B (1) SP J. Mateo 4.2 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 6/0 K/BB, HBP, 1-7 GO-FO (Ejected, 5th) Daytona lost 10-4 Box Score CF S. Fuld 0/3, BB, R, 2 K 1B M. Craig 1/3, BB, RBI, K RF R. Harvey 0/4, K 2B N. Spears 1/4, K, SB (6) SS J. Mota 1/3, K, E (3, fielding) SP R. Sotolongo 4 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1/2 K/BB, 8-3 GO-FO Peoria is on their All Star Break until June 22nd. Boise lost 8-4 Box Score CF M. Camp 1/5, R, 2 RBI, 3B (1) 2B M. Matulia 1/4, BB, K, SB (1), CS (1), PO, E (1, fielding) RF A. Joseph 1/5, Assist (3B) 3B E. Puello 1/3, BB, RBI, K, HBP LF R. Episcopo 1/4, BB, K 1B R. Canzler 1/5, R, 4 K DH J. Lansford 1/4, BB, CS (1) C M. Canepa 2/2, BB, R, SB (1), PB (3) SS S. Baez 2/4, R, RBI, E (1, fielding) SP B. Petrick 3.2 scoreless, 3 H, 5/2 K/BB, HBP, 4-1 GO-FO RP W. Muldowney 2.1 scoreless, 1 H, 3/0 K/BB, 3-1 GO-FO OVERALL: 2-2

He'll hold his tongue. Game 7 had some bad moments, but he already said everything he needed to say.