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Just like BA hopped off Dopirak and Harvey's bandwagons after multiple struggling seasons? Oh wait. BA is one of the last to ever hop off a bandwagon. They admitted they made a mistake in rating Colvin before the draft (as did just about everyone else). They're off the Pawelek bandwagon b/c of showing up for camp out of shape. Dope and Harvey barely make the list these days. Dope was our #1 prospect back in 2005 (Harvey 3). I think the bloom is off the rose. Not the best guys to back your bandwagon argument. You do realize that BA listens to the Cubs when they create their lists? And it wasn't like Pawelek wasn't demoted to the bullpen during the Boise season after showing up out of shape and not making the Peoria team. The fact that Dope is still at #12 after barely doing anything in 05 and 06 is a good example. What about Mark Rogers with the Brewers? David Kelton in the past? BA always takes a long time to drop the high-ceiling guys (especially if they have a lot of hype or were drafted high), they even admits to it.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (AGUILAS CIBAENAS): P Jose “Mambo” Lima, Joel Peralta, Julian Tavarez, Julio De Paula, Leo Nunez, Santiago Ramirez, Hector Almonte (GREAT beard), Jose Vargas, Arnaldo Munoz, Fabio Castro, Jose Capellan, Jose Acevedo. C Alberto Castillo, Luke Carlin. INF Tony Batista, Tony Pena Jr., Miguel Tejada, Bernie Castro, Jose Fernandez, Pablo Ozuna (INF-OF) OF Luis Polonia, Anderson Hernandez, Nelson Cruz, Alex Fernandez MEXICO (NARANJEROS DE HERMOSILLO) P Elmer Dessens, Pablo Ortega, Michael Tejera, Arturo Lopez, Oscar Rivera, Troy Cate, Jose Silva, Jonhatan Castellanos, Luther Hackman, Mauricio Tequida, Justin Lehr, Dennis Sarfate C Geronimo Gil, Adan Amezcua INF Vinny Castilla, Alfredo Amezaga, Erubiel Durazo, Heber Gomez, Carlos Gastelum, Juan Canizalez, Jose Luis Sandoval OF Derrick White, Karim Garcia, Luis A. Garcia, Jon Weber PUERTO RICO (GIGANTES DE CAROLINA) P William Collazo, Bubbie Buzachero, Luis Gonzalez, Josue Matos, Jose Santiago, Pedro Feliciano, Ivan Maldanado, Miguel Martin, Giancarlo Alvarado, Fernando Cabrera, Jonathan Albaladejo, Brian Edwards C Jose Molina, Yadier Molina INF Ruben Gotay, Cesar Crespo, Luis D. Figueroa, Victor Rodriguez, Luis R. Figueroa, Javier Valentin, Alex Cora OF Armando Rios, Hiram Bocachica, Juan ‘Igor’ Gonzalez, Luis Matos VENEZUELA (TIGRES DE ARAGUA) P Cory Bailey, Yorman Bazardo, Francisco Butto, Horacio Estrada, Rosman Garcia, Tim McClaskey, Victor Moreno, Vladimir Nunez, Juan Carlos Ovalles, Yohan Pino, Josmir Romero, Kevin Tolar C Alexander Delgado, Yosnel Garcia, Ramon Hernandez, Steve Torrealba INF Ronny Cedeno, Jose Martinez, Luis Maza, Alexis Nunez, Luis Rodriguez, Randall Simon OF Gregor Blanco, Jose Castillo, Oscar Salazar

DR trounced Mexico 9-0, box Puerto Rico beat Venezuela 6-3, box: SS R. Cedeño 1/3, K (2) Overall: 4/10, 1 2B, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 SB, 1 E

Day 1 summary: http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/news/263280.html

Just like BA hopped off Dopirak and Harvey's bandwagons after multiple struggling seasons? Oh wait. BA is one of the last to ever hop off a bandwagon. They admitted they made a mistake in rating Colvin before the draft (as did just about everyone else).

ESPN2 is showing highlights of Super Bowl XX. :)

I really think out of K's class though King is the weak link. Singler and Nolan Smith are great gets. Love is good, I saw him play against Gordon and Rose this summer and was real impressed with his ability to outlet the ball then beat it downcourt. He was a hell of a get for UCLA. Kent has to be sick to let that kind of talent leave the state this year. What does he think he is Bruce Weber missing on all the instate kids? :P Singler and Love both said they didn't consider Oregon because of Kent (but Ernie's done a heck of a job with the Ducks this season, despite the sweep in LA). I agree that Singler and Smith are way ahead of King and King might become irrevelant with guys like Singler ahead of him.

Wow, stunned that Harper practiced after all the talk of him on Friday.

He's going to need to learn that when the chips are down, running right into the teeth of the defense and attempting to get off a wild, well-defended shot isn't going to win you many games. But yeah, I'm impressed. 2 road wins in a row out west for the Bulls. Yes, they were against weaker teams, but we need this badly. It will once he's a star (he'll draw the foul). In regards to Thabo and Tyrus - I felt the Clippers game was a great time to get Thabo more playing time because he matched up well against the Clippers bigger guards.

Hey illiniguy, Lake Oswego HS beat Santa Ana Materi Dei HS yesterday. Kevin Love had 36 points, 16 boards, 4 blocks and did all that with a 102-degree fever. :) The thing that stunned me was his passing (which you always hear about) - he knew where and when to pass it as the double and triple teams came. Mater Dei's Wear twins (class of 09, definitely on UCLA's radar) didn't look that great and Taylor King (Duke) had a bad shooting night but I've seen him before and Coach K is getting a good one.

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Didn't look great but it was another road win out west. Brandon Roy is going to be a stud.

As good as that second quarter was, the first and third quarters have been brutal.

I've been spending a lot of time on YouTube this afternoon, looking at various videos. Getting me pumped up.

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Those are shockingly appropriate. Hopefully they don't turn out true of course. So if the Bears win, Rex is awesome and Peyton collapses in disaster and chaos, the stars explode? Man...talk about choices...I need to think about it. You need to think about it? What a bandwagoner.

If you're really craving for some baseball and can't watch it, you can always follow on Gameday off MiLB.com's web site. Puerto Rico and Venezuela are tied at 2 in the fourth inning and Ronny is 1 for 1 tonight.

How many posts per page is that? 20 per page. Your post was the first on page 88. Quality, my man. We're working on providing quality. Shouldn't you be preparing for the game? I provide quality in all my posts.

How many posts per page is that? 20 per page. Your post was the first on page 88.

Sorry to reply to something all the way from page one... Why did they even have to add Shark to the 40-man? That seems short-sighted as now he has only 3 option years left. Had he not been added to the 40-man, he'd have some time for that to happen. Vance, Samardzija has 4 option years. As NCCF said on page one, since Jeff signed a major league contract, he has to be put on the 40-man roster.

I think ASU is better than OSU, mainly because they have a player that would probably start on every other Pac-10 team (except Washington and Stanford) in Jeff Pendergraph. It can get pretty easy to shut down one player when he's the only good guy on the team - especially if he's a low-post player.

I didn't know about the rumors about the improved slider. That'd be huge, more important than his velocity coming back. Of course, BA generally asks the Cubs for their opinions on prospects (and takes it into account), so when Grant doesn't crack the Cubs' top 30, it makes you wonder about the rumors from instructs.

Man, we're not gonna hit 100 Premium pages before the game. :(

82-35 is the final. :shock: No starter played the final 12 minutes, it was walk-ons and the last big men on the bench for the final 4 minutes. All the walk-ons scored except Matt Lee, I believe. Up next, USC (1 game back in the Pac-10) at Pauley on Wednesday.

Umm, it's now 61-20. ...