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It looks like Sickels did a horrible job of taking over, unless he believes they'll go big early and use the last part of the 1st day to get signable college kids who are safer but have lower ceilings. McKenna- Not too many 6ft nothing OF'ers survive on the corners with avg. speed, it seems like a severe reach that early.

Never underestimate the power of the eastern seaboard promotional network. Yeah but looking at it there aren't a lot of places that are wrong. Manny isn't doing that great and definately shouldn't be leading over Hamilton but there aren't three dominanting OF's in the AL so he's probably still a starter with Maggs. Varitek shouldn't be starting over Mauer but it's close. The worst one is probably Pedroia (.319 OBP, the dude doesn't walk) over Kinsler, or Ortiz over Matsui (batting .330). But none of them are clear definate snubs other than Kinsler (Ortiz does have more Hr's and rbis). That should be good news as far as winning/losing the game for the NL, even if it is for only an inning or two. Any time you get lesser players there, I wouldn't complain.

Beyond the 6 games they play the Cubs or any other team you support, you shouldn't really care. The only ones that it's important to are some of those sports talk radio nimrods, who want to compare these two teams rather than their own division. I see my fair share of Sox games being in the Chicago area and I enjoy watching their pitching as well as Quinten and Ramirez, but I don't actively root against them.

I just looked up the stats for that weatherford kid, and he has 61 K's in 33 innings pitched!!!!! only 10 walks as well. Keep in mind that he played in a very difficult conference to pitch in. He also posted a 0.85 ERA. Anyone have a report on him? Weatherford started the 2007 season in the Mississippi State rotation but couldn’t sustain his velocity in that role and was soon moved to the bullpen to shorten games for the Bulldogs. He played a key role for the Bulldogs as they made an unexpected trip to the College World Series, going 3-2, 3.53 with five saves and 72 strikeouts in 66 innings. Weatherford has electric, closer-type stuff with a fastball that sits at 93-95 mph in short bursts and can top out at 97. The pitch also has excellent arm-side run and explodes in the strike zone. A hard slider gives him the second pitch he needs to dominate as a closer, but he also throws a splitter—an effective pitch as the bottom falls out as it reaches the plate. His control is inconsistent, a result of his tendency to rush his delivery, opening his front side early. He reminds scouts of fellow Alabama high school product Jake Peavy. He’s not overly big and there’s some effort in his upright delivery, but he’s very athletic. Like Peavy, he’s also an exceptional competitor and thrives in pressure situations. Weatherford continued to thrive in his role at the back end of a bullpen, though his fastball didn’t climb to 97 as it did a year earlier. He still showed plenty of velocity, however, as his heater sat at 94-95 mph. Not only did it get on hitters quickly, but it had plenty of movement. He also worked in an effective power curve and splitter. Weatherford saved only seven games on the season, but his opportunities were limited and he missed five weeks of the season with tendonitis in his pitching arm. Ole Miss closer Scott Bittle got plenty of attention for leading the nation both in strikeouts per nine innings and hits per nine innings, but Weatherford actually topped him in both categories. He allowed just 10 hits in 32 innings, while striking out 62—but he didn’t work enough innings to qualify among the national leaders. Weatherford also went 3-1, 0.85

I like how Kenny forgot he was using an appositive in the last quote. That wasn't the worst part though was he threw Hitting Coach Greg Walker under the bus, which is pathetic.

He can't stay healthy even enough to do that. It's almost as if, he has just been a victim of horrible medical practice between not being diagnosed with the req'd surgery with the Cubs and then he supposedly gets that taken care of in SD and either didn't get the proper surgery or a poor rehab schedule that re-injured it.

They have 4 quality starters right now and Buehrle. That's going to keep them in the game almost every night, they have a very good bullpen, and have played more road games than home. They're not as strong as LAA, Bos, or prob. TB, but what it'll take to win the division won't likely require that. I didn't expect Thome, Konerko, or Swisher to tank like they have and if any of them start producing they should win the division. Although, I do question the stamina of Danks and Contreras. They'll likely finish around 85-86 wins and unless something dramatic happens with Det. and Clev, that should be enough to get by Minnesota. I thought what Guillen said in the post-game conference was about as classless as I have heard from a manager in a long-time.

The Sox are a good team b/c of that staff, it's going to keep them competitive throughout the year. That's more b/c of the weak division than a team you can peg at as a likely 90 win season. The Sox faced one of the better staffs over the last 4 days and it showed how they struggle to score espec. with RISP. With that offense and whether it's b/c the hand of Konerko and the lack of bat speed from Thome, they're going to be up and down. A bigger mystery should be Swisher who started out hot at leadoff and then cooled and hasn't been nearly as good. He did hit some hard today though.

The only College arms that will be there will be relievers. I would rather them take the greater risk with higher upside than a college reliever with great stuff. (fwiw, the last college arm they took in the 1st was Brownlie or Grant Johnson if you wanted to use 1st pick in the draft for the Cubs).

Fascinating. Niko Vasquez Seems like he could be an option in the second round. That's good to see he showed some power in EXST, his power is his biggest question (since his lack of speed has been confirmed).

He's throwing Monday and for the U of I students, the Super-Sectional game is at your place at 4PM.

The Cubs released RHP Scott Taylor.

Does it count seeing it at a College All-Star game with the ambidextrous pitcher, two pitchers RH'ed and one LH'ed?

I wish Zagone could've cont'd what he did after his Fresh. year. I seen him play in HS at PR, I drive by his house all the time, he's a good kid that comes from a good family.

I haven't a clue, but I would guess rds 15-30.

I will be rooting for UK, UIC, and EIU.

Based on net reports, the 2B Suire will likely get drafted ahead of Soignier, given that Suire is a senior sign and had a good Summer with wood.

Pedro on David Price: http://tampabay.rays.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080528&content_id=2791307&vkey=news_tb&fext=.jsp&c_id=tb

Highland is going to cruise to Joliet.

Every team would love to have Soriano's production on their team, Sosa in his prime, or Patterson coming up thru their farm while hoping he develops and lives up to his tools. Sosa developed a very good eye at the plate as he developed into one of the best power hitters of the last 10 years, Soriano has been able to remain productive despite a poor approach with lightning quick hands and strength from a wiry frame. Patterson never had the same power or bat speed to overcome his poor approach. To say that baseball people do not like players like Sosa, Soriano, and Patterson to where they would not want Soriano and Sosa (in his prime) as well as Patterson as a high draft pick would be incorrect as there are plenty of teams that would kill for that production from the 1st two and the potential of the last one.

His team is playing again today. Here's a link to the live scoring updates. Not sure if he's pitching or not. http://www.ihsa.org/scores/8y28ba3.htm He pitched today gave up 1ER which was surprising, last I had heard Highland was up 2-1 in the 4th (of course the game has been over for some time.

I took it off, it was only 45 seconds of a kid grounding thru SS and 3B. Hopefully, the kid will be representing your avatar.

Thanks, for some reason my boss could only see 10 seconds.

For those around, when you play this video are you able to watch the 45 seconds or so of this? gracias in advance.