Outshined_One

Scott Williamson had an appearance out at Mesa today. His line: 2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 2/1

Does Peoria have a motorized tarp? I just had an idea for a minor league promotion day. :lol:

Didn't one of the Chicago Cubs columnists float the idea that Pie would be called up to lead off a couple of weeks ago during his hot streak?

Thanks a bunch and welcome aboard!

You don't get it. No one is saying Grieve is great, or should start. All he has to do is take a walk to be an improvement over what has been coming off the bench. It's not like anyone on the bench is that much better (aside from Cedeno), particularly Macias. Swapping out Macias for Grieve would be a world of improvement. Grieve is more of a major league player than Macias is or Wilson was, and they were on the team. You are right, the whole season would have been better if Big Ben were here to get a pinch hit walk. Yesterday's game would have been improvement if Grieve had taken Macias' AB with the bases loaded and drawn a walk...

Prior's starting the day game against Ramirez. Williams gets the nightcap against Smoltz.

4.5

And in Dusty's mind, Cedeno doesn't exist. "I thought Jim just got me another dude to run my errands, lose at Risk to Darren, and get me snacks and coffee."

Blackuweather forecast!

Source?

That happened last season. We all saw what happened with the malcontents.

This is a .500 team with an average manager. Get me some one better than average.

This has to be the worst lineup I've seen since 2002. This is even worse than the days in 2003 when Lenny Harris would lead off and Paul Bako was catching.

I thought I was kidding around about Dusty wanting to get fired all those months ago. Oh how right I was.

Better a country club than a nuthouse. :lol:

Dopirak also gets a blurb: Link

Hey Ron, thanks for taking questions. How's Felix Pie doing? How much more time does he need before he's back at 100%? Secondly, how has Carlos Marmol looked out there? The Cubs calling him up to AA raised some eyebrows around here, but hopefully this move is for the best. Thanks again!

I remember Tim debating whether or not he'd trade Zambrano for Abreu straight up. That would be an interesting deal, no? Still, if Abreu's out there, I'd pretty much sell the farm for him.

Schmidt's injury has decrease his value and made him much riskier, plus hes a FA at the end of the season. Wilkerson still has 2 more arbi years. Schmidt has a $10m team or mutual option. Dunno if it vests if he's traded.

Well, looks like MLB's released the names of 6 of the 8 players participating this year. Dominican Republic: David Ortiz Venezuela: Bobby Abreu Puerto Rico: Ivan Rodriguez Canada: Jason Bay Curacao: Andruw Jones Panama: Carlos Lee The players for USA and Japan are both currently not confirmed. Derrek Lee declined his invitation due to his shoulder problem. Japan's player is unconfirmed at the moment.

I'll go get Dusty some books on Wittgenstein, Sartre, and Derrida...

On a weird note, Pawelek's ERA is listed in some places as 1.59 and in others as 0.00. Yesterday's game saw him give up 1 ER at first, but the box score has been since changed to him giving up 0 ER and 2 R. Anyone know which number is accurate?

His BB numbers are down this season compared to last, actually.

The Mesa box was finally posted.

Box Scores Iowa lost 5-0 Box Score 3B S. McClain 0/4 LF B. Grieve 1/4 1B D. Kelton 1/3, BB C G. Soto 0/4 2B R. Lewis 2/4 PH M. Fontenott 0/1 PH M. Hoffpauir 0/1 SP T. Wellemeyer 5 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 6/2 RP C. Bartosh 2 scoreless, 3 H, 1/1 RP C. Pignatiello 1 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 1/2 West Tenn lost 4-2 Box Score CF D. Bacon 2/5, 2 R, 2B (5), 2 SB (24) 2B R. Theriot 3/4 LF M. Murton 1/3, BB, SB (18) 1B M. Craig 0/4 3B C. McGehee 0/3, BB SS B. Coats 1/3, BB, RBI RF B. Sing 0/4 C J. Reyes 1/4 SP R. Pinto 6 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 3/5 Daytona lost 6-2 Box Score CF C. Walker 0/4, RBI 3B S. Moore 1/4, R, RBI, HR (16) 1B B. Dopirak 1/4 RF J³ 1/4 C J. Fox 0/2, R, HBP SP JR Mathes 6.2 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 3/2, HR Peoria lost 3-2 in the 10th Box Score CF S. Fuld 0/5 2B E. Patterson 1/5 RF R. Harvey 0/3, BB LF L. Montanez 2/4, R, RBI, 2B (28), HR (12) 1B D. Larsen 2/2, BB, R, 2B (19), HBP SS J. Simokaitis 0/3, BB SP J. Estrada 6 IP, 9 H, 2 ER, 0/1 Boise lost 16-9 Box Score CF D. Gregg 3/4, R, CS (5) LF A. Joseph 1/5, R, 2 RBI PH/RF C. Quinones 0/1, BB, R PH/3B J. Rios 2/2, R, RBI 1B E. Puello 2/5, R C J. Muyco 1/3 2B S. Hode 1/3, BB, R, RBI SS J. Mota 1/4, R SP D. Downs 3.1 IP, 5 H, 6 R, 4 ER, 2/2 RP L. Hagerty 1 hitless, 1 ER, 0/2 Mesa lost 16-8 Box Score 2B E. Serrano 1/4, R, RBI 3B L. Rivera 2/3, BB, 3 R, 2B (3), SB (1) RF D. Lewis 0/5, RBI LF R. Episcopo 1/5, RBI, 2B (3) 1B R. Canzler 2/4, 2 R, 2B (2), 3B (2) C M. Mercedes 1/2, R SS S. Baez 1/4, SB (1) SP J. Pina 4 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 1/1 RP S. Williamson 2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 2/1 OVERALL: 0-6