Outshined_One

Blues. Halsey's getting lots of broken bats. The Cubs are hitting him and getting runners in scoring position, but he's getting outs when he needs them.

That's Jerome Williams to a tee. He's almost always good for that.

Considering his OBPRISP is well above .400 and the number of strikeouts he gets, he's not the kind of guy to kill a rally with a double play. I'll take him any day of the week, thanks.

Williams is looking like he'll pitch well enough to keep the Cubs in the game, but not well enough to slam the door on the Diamondbacks. So, the usual.

Argh, hold on to that Barrett.

Lol, quick Outshined_One :D I'm claiming an attempt at the reverse jinx there. ;) Yay Bare!

Jerome really doesn't do the best of jobs getting that third strike, does he? Edit: Except there.

There ya go Bare!

Ronnie's batting second? Who hit Dusty over the head with a mallet and made the lineup card for him?

IDK, but I sure would like to get at least ONE decent positional prospect out of this draft, and right now he seems like our best bet. Lewis and Episcopo are both putting up numbers in Mesa that make them seem decent enough. Granted, they might hit a wall somewhere down the line. But for now, they haven't done too bad for themselves down there.

Whenever the heck they post the Mesa boxes, I'll post them.

REMINDER: Go ask your Daytona Cubs questions in the Bo Fulginiti Q&A stickied at the top of this forum! Go, do it now. I'll wait. Box Scores Iowa lost 6-0 Box Score DH M. Fontenot 2/4, K 3B S. McClain 0/4, 2 K LF B. Grieve 0/3, BB, K RF D. Kelton 1/4 1B M. Hoffpauir 1/4 C G. Soto 0/2, BB, K 2B R. Lewis 1/3, K SP R. Valdes 4 IP, 8 H, 6 ER, 0/1 RP B. Brownlie 3 scoreless and hitless, 3/1 RP J. Van Buren 1 scoreless, 1 H, 3/0 West Tenn won 7-4 Box Score LF D. Bacon 2/5, R, RBI, 3B (5), 2 K CF A. Greenberg 1/5, RBI 3B C. McGehee 1/5, R 1B B. Sing 4/5, 2 R, 2 RBI, HR (22), CS (4) RF L. Montanez 4/5, R, RBI 2B R. Theriot 0/1 P C. Marmol 1/2, R, RBI PH B. Coats 0/1, K SP C. Marmol 7 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 4/2, HR RP A. Shipman .2 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 0/2 (ouch) Daytona won 7-6 Box Score CF C. Walker 3/4, 2 BB, 2 R, 2B (17), 2 SB (41) 3B S. Moore 1/4, 2 BB, 2 R 1B B. Dopirak 2/5, 3 RBI, 2B (18), E (13, fielding) RF J³ 1/5, 2B (22), SB (10) C J. Fox 1/2, 3 BB, R, 2 RBI, HR (6) SP Y. Ferreras 4 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 3/2 Peoria won 7-0 Box Score 2B E. Patterson 0/3, 2 BB, R SS N. Garciaparra 0/1, 2 BB, R SS J. Simokaitis 0/1, BB, K RF R. Harvey 3/3, R, RBI, 2B (25), SB (7) PH/RF B. Flowers 0/0, BB, RBI CF S. Fuld 1/4, R, 2 K 1B D. Larsen 0/3, BB, K SP G. Johnson 6 scoreless, 2 H, 8/1 Boise won 4-3 Box Score CF D. Gregg 1/4, R LF C. Quinones 2/4, RBI, 2B (3), K 3B E. Puello 1/4, R, 2 K SS K. Reynolds 3/4, R, K 1B C. Gaskin 2/4, RBI, K RF J. Valdez 1/4, RBI, SB (2), CS (1), K C J. Muyco 0/3, BB, K SP M. Avery 5 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 3/3, HR Mesa lost 5-1 Box Score CF R. Brown 0/3, BB, SB (3) 3B L. Rivera 1/4, 2B (5) LF R. Episcopo 0/3, BB, R, 2 K 1B R. Canzler 2/4, RBI, 2 K, E (3, fielding) C M. Mercedes 1/4 SS S. Baez 0/3, K SP D. Veal 2.2 IP, 4 H, 5 ER, 4/2, 2 HR OVERALL: 4-2

x2 Kendry Morales, Jeff Mathis, Howie Kendrick, or some bullpen help would also be nice acquisitions. :D

Part of me is glad the Cubs don't have to face them until mid-August. I'd rather the Cubs face them at the end of an Astros hot streak instead of in the beginning or middle of one. ;)

I'm curious as to whether the mediots down there will write columns about players other than Nomar down there since they might be looking for other angles. Would be kinda nice to read some fluff piece in the Times or Trib about Ryan Harvey or Eric Patterson, imo.

Depends on the circumstances. If he's battling hard, getting full counts, and protecting the strike zone effectively, but not getting results from it, yes it is encouraging. If he's doing the first pitch pop-up thing...then no, it's not encouraging.

Weber's doing well for himself I see.

Ditto. I love Sergio Mitre and all, but the depth of this starting rotation is not something I'd like to risk at the moment by trading Hill or Williams.

Box Scores Iowa lost 2-0 Box Score 3B M. Fontenot 0/3, BB, K DH S. McClain 0/4, K LF B. Grieve 0/2, 2 BB, 2 K PR C. Patterson 0/0 RF D. Kelton 0/4, 3 K 1B M. Hoffpauir 1/3, K C G. Soto 2/2, BB, PB (8) 2B R. Lewis 0/3, K SP J. Leicester 5.1 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 3/3 RP R. Rohlicek 1 scoreless and hitless, 2/1 West Tenn won 8-2 Box Score CF D. Bacon 1/3, 2 BB, 2 R, 2B (7), SB (31), K LF L. Montanez 1/4, BB, 2 R 3B C. McGehee 2/5, R, 4 RBI, 2B (25) 1B B. Sing 1/4, 2 RBI SS B. Coats 0/5, E (29, fielding) C J. Reyes 1/4, R, 2 RBI, 2 K SP R. Nolasco 7 scoreless, 2 H, 6/3, W (10-1) Daytona won 2-1 in the 12th Box Score CF C. Walker 0/5, K 3B S. Moore 1/4, BB, R, 3B (2), K 1B B. Dopirak 2/5, RBI, 2B (17), K RF J³ 1/5, 3 K, Assist (1B) DH J. Fox 1/5, R, K SP C. Shaver 6 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 6/1 Peoria won Game 1 of the DH 7-3 Box Score 2B E. Patterson 2/4, R, 2 RBI SS N. Garciaparra 1/4, 2 RBI RF R. Harvey 1/4, 3B (2), Assist (3B) DH B. Flowers 0/2, BB, R, 2 K CF S. Fuld 2/3, 2 R, RBI, 3B (4) 1B D. Larsen 2/3, R, RBI SP M. Weber 6.2 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 7/0, HR Peoria won Game 2 of the DH 5-1 Box Score CF S. Fuld 0/3, K 2B E. Patterson 0/3 RF R. Harvey 2/3, 2 R, 2B (24) DH B. Flowers 1/3, R SS J. Simokaitis 2/3, RBI 1B D. Larsen 1/2, RBI SP J. Blevins 5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 5/1 Boise won 3-2 Box Score CF/RF J. Defendis 0/4 LF C. Quinones 0/3, K PH/CF D. Gregg 0/0, BB, SB (27) 1B C. Gaskin 0/3, BB, K SS K. Reynolds 2/3, BB, 2B (4), K, E (4, fielding) 3B E. Puello 0/4, R, K, E (8, throw) LF/RF J. Valdez 1/3, R, 2 RBI, HR (1), K C M. Reed 1/3, R, K 2B J. Mota 1/3, RBI, E (12, pickoff) SP D. Downs 5 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 5/2 RP A. Santana 3 scoreless, 2 H, 4/0 Mesa lost 8-2 Box Score 2B E. Serrano 0/5, 2 K LF R. Episcopo 1/3, BB, R, RBI, K DH D. Lewis 1/4, 2 K SS L. Rivera 1/4 CF R. Brown 1/3 SP J. Pina 2.2 IP, 5 H, 5 ER, 5/2, HR OVERALL: 5-2

LaTroy Hawkins must have gone to consult Jobu after his outing.

You should join the insomniac club we have here on NSBB. Me, Navin, Slugger, BOCF, Coach, and JMD all have a fun time together. :D And the fan goes wild!

I don't mind having a spirited discussion on ethics and proper actions fans can take, but the moment you drop insults is the moment I stop taking anything you say seriously.

Disgusting? Excuse me? Are you saying that these fans wouldn't cheer or boo the hell out of Latroy if his elbow suddenly went pop? I don't know what precisely you're trying to go after me for here. I'm saying that you'll find classless fans everywhere in the sports world, be it booing the hell out of a guy like Hawkins or cheering on an injury. They are both incredibly inappropriate and classless actions by the fans. They are not wrong to the same degree, no. But to say that they aren't comparable would be a fallacy.

Up late I see. ;) Glendon has owned the Cardinals in the past and basically was a major reason the Cubs were afloat until the last two weeks of September last season. He gets PLENTY of credit in my book! :D

It was an illustration of how classless fans are. Justified or not, going after Hawkins like that was wrong and unethical.