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Bad baseball in those spots, but Todd's production has been much better this season than Neifi's.

That's a really tough combo to DP. But Z took them down anyways. :lol:

Gee, wasn't that pitch a strike about two innings ago? :roll:

Nice inning from Z!

I like how Lawton attempted to lean into that pitch.

Satchel Paige was the answer.

Well done with the double play, guys. :roll:

It does go both ways sometimes, but I'd like to see the ump give Z a few of those calls tonight.

Make room... Aramis likes an end piece of the cake, preferably with all or part of a flower. Padilla is really missing his spots. The ump is helping, though.

That 98 mph fastball had sweet movement on it.

Umpire, imo.

If you ask Z, probably about 400.

Utley made a nice grab ranging to his right, then a good throw to Howard to beat Lawton by a quarter step.

Nice double down the RF line by Lee.

Good play by Howard and Utley.

That 1-2 pitch looked pretty good, imo.

Lawton wearing #50.

I actually decided to torment myself and read it. Wow. This was a horribly researched article. It was clearly intended to rile up Cubs fans and get them talking about this hack's fluff piece. How sad is it that Bill Simmons is the best and most thoughtful writer ESPN has?

Welcome aboard!

Mesa's box finally updated!

I'm sure they are interested in Pie. Heck, I wouldn't be surprised if every other team in MLB is interested in him. They'd be dumb not to be.

Scheduled Games (All Times Local) Mesa at AZL Royals 7:00 PM Box Score Box Scores Iowa won 5-4 Box Score 2B M. Fontenot 1/4, 2B (18) CF C. Patterson 1/3, 2 BB 3B/1B S. McClain 1/4, 2 R, RBI, K LF B. Grieve 2/5, R, 2B (10) RF D. Kelton 1/3, R, 2 RBI, HR (9) 1B M. Hoffpauir 0/3, BB PH R. Lewis 0/1, K SP B. Brownlie 5 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 5/0 RP S. Williamson 1 perfect, 2/0 RP R. Valdes 1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 2/0 RP J. Van Buren 1 scoreless and hitless, 0/1 West Tenn lost 4-3 Box Score LF D. Bacon 1/3, BB, R, 2 SB (33), K SS N. Garciaparra 0/4, K, E (1, fielding) 3B C. McGehee 0/2, 2 RBI 1B B. Sing 0/3, BB, K CF B. Coats 1/4, 2B (25), 2 K LF/RF L. Montanez 2/4, R, RBI, HR (2), K 2B R. Theriot 3/4, CS (7) C J. Reyes 0/2, R SP R. Nolasco 7 IP, 9 H, 4 ER, 5/1 Daytona won 8-2 Box Score CF C. Walker 2/3, BB, R, RBI, SB (43), CS (15), HBP 3B S. Moore 0/4, BB, R, 2 K 1B B. Dopirak 1/4, BB, 3 RBI, 2B (19), K RF J³ 2/5, R, 2B (24), 3B (5) C J. Fox 1/3, BB, R, RBI, K, E (4, throw) DH T. Richie 2/4, 2 R SP C. Shaver 6 IP, 2 R, 1 ER, 1/0 Peoria lost 7-3 Box Score 2B E. Patterson 1/5, RBI, 2B (20), 2 K RF R. Harvey 0/2, BB, SB (8), K, HBP LF B. Flowers 0/3, RBI, K SS J. Simokaitis 1/3, BB, K PH S. Fuld 0/1 1B D. Larsen 0/2, BB SP G. Johnson 5 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3/4 RP K. Wood 1.1 perfect, 3/0 Boise lost 6-3 Box Score CF D. Gregg 1/4, K RF J. Defendis 1/2, 2 BB, R, CS (3) 3B E. Puello 0/4, 2 K SS K. Reynolds 2/4, R, K 1B C. Gaskin 2/4, R, 2 RBI, 2B (9) LF J. Valdez 1/4, RBI, CS (2), K DH M. Reed 0/3, BB C J. Muyco 0/4, 2 K 2B J. Mota 1/4, K, E (15, throw) SP D. Downs 5 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 4/1

Great pics, thanks!

*Waves* Hi Nathan! :P

Maybe he's having problems focusing in front of the home folks. Combined with tough hitting conditions (lot of his power to CF and LCF), it's been a tough season. I really don't know though definitively, obviously. I'm going to maintain that he's just exhausted since he hasn't had much of a break since the start of last season. Keep in mind that he did play in the Arizona Fall League in the offseason.