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  1. CaliforniaRaisin
    Yeah, wasn't he really good his last time out or something? Two in a row would be nice or two out of his last three, whatever it is... And it will be interesting to see how his opponent does, one time Cubs draftee - Micah Owings. It would be 2 out of his last 3, though that good start was the one that only lasted 3.2 innings. I saw a blurb from a month or so ago that said they expected to see Husesby get in-game action down in Mesa about two weeks ago (week of 7/16). As that hasn't happened, I don't know what's going on. Huseby definitely reported to Mesa though.
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    Probable Starters: Iowa: RHP Angel Guzman (3-4, 4.31 ERA, 1.29 WHIP) @ RHP Micah Owings (7-0, 4.26 ERA) West Tenn: LHP JR Mathes (8-4, 3.19 ERA, 1.18 WHIP) Daytona: LHP Carlos Perez (3-5, 4.50 ERA, 1.73 WHIP) Peoria: RHP Jeff Samardzija (0-1, 5.40 ERA, 1.00 WHIP; overall: 1-2, 3.00 ERA) @ RHP Rafael Gonzalez (0-2, 16.5 ERA) Boise: RHP Jose Pina (1-3, 5.79 ERA, 1.38 WHIP) Mesa: RHP Jake Renshaw (0-0, 5.06 ERA, 1.50 WHIP) *Take Mesa's probable starter with a grain of salt as they shuffle their pitchers from the rotation to the pen with frequency. It's especially problematic predicting who'll start when the previous day's game is rained out. This will be Jeff's last start of the 2006 season before he returns to Notre Dame.
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    Sexy ++++++++++++ A little bit of hope for the future. He's, without a doubt in my mind, the Cubs second best hitting prospect and he's closing in (but not quite there) on my top 5. That seems high praise for a college draftee(21 at season's end) in short season A. I think I'd have at least Pie and Patterson above him. Pie, yes. Patterson, no.
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    Friday, July 28 @ 1:20 p.m. CT, Wrigley Field TV: CSN Chicago | Radio: WGN 720 http://image.weather.com/web/common/images/mlb/stl_small.gifhttp://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/150302.jpg @ http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/461791.jpghttp://image.weather.com/web/common/images/mlb/chc_small.gif RHP Jason Marquis (12-7, 5.62 ERA) @ RHP Carlos Marmol (3-4, 4.50 ERA) Weather: 88°F (will feel like 95°F), mostly sunny with a 10% chance of precipitation and winds blowing out to RCF at about 5 mph.
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    And now he makes a fantastic running catch for the first out of the inning. Roquet is pitching for the first time since his groin injury, trying to finish the game for Boise. He gets a 1-2-3 9th inning to finish off Spokane and at the halfway point of the NWL season, Boise is 8 games over .500.
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    .316/.373/.544/.917 That was Colvin's 10th double of the season, but he and Camp are stranded. Boise goes to the bottom of the 9th, up 12-8.
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    Here's Colvin, with one out and Matt Camp at first base... Foul tip, strike 1. Swing and misses an outside fastball, strike 2. Ball 1 high. Fouled back to the screen, count remains 1-2. Ball 2 inside. Grounds a double over the thirdbaseman's head! Camp to third. 5/5, 3 singles, 1 double, 1 triple, RBI, 3 Rs, SB, OF assist. Not too shabby...for the third time this season, he's one hit shy of a cycle...I'll re-calculate his stat line in a second.
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    Sexy ++++++++++++ A little bit of hope for the future. He's, without a doubt in my mind, the Cubs second best hitting prospect and he's closing in (but not quite there) on my top 5. ----------------- Mario Mercedes *just* misses a 2-run HR and settles for an RBI triple. Boise up 12-8. Now Camp with an RBI IF single. Boise up 13-8. Colvin should get one more chance to go 5/5. Lightenberg gets a 1-2-3 9th inning. Iowa wins it 6-4.
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    Brad Clipp gets a 1-2-3 8th inning. We go to the 9th, Boise leads it 11-8 Kerry Lightenberg is in for the save for Iowa.
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    Colvin ends up scoring. We go to the bottom of the 8th, Boise leads it 11-8. I miscalculated Colvin's stat line earlier (got his SLG wrong, gave him 6 bases instead of 3 for that triple). It's actually: .310/.368/.531/.899. Sorry guys.
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    Sheesh, the guy's possessed. Stand-up triple! .310/.368/.550/.918
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    Yeah, I hope it comes soon. Boise has 4 starting OFs (Camp, Colvin, Joseph and Lewis) on the team, so they won't have to rely on a callup from Mesa (who's OFers aren't doing so hot with the bat) to help out. By the way, up to the minute Colvin stats: .304/.363/.509/.882, 18 SOs, 10 BBs. He's up right now...
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    Boise ended up scoring 3 more in that 6th inning (for a total of 4 runs, the first scoring on Colvin's RBI single) to take a 10-8 lead. The runs scored thusly: Matt Camp had an IF single. Matt Matulia walked. Colvin had the RBI single to RF. Josh Lansford reached on an E-5 which allowed Matulia to score. After a Canzler strike out and a DJ Lewis groundout, Steve Clevenger had a 2-RBI double before Elvin Puello flew out to RF to end the inning. Boise still leads it 10-8 after 6. By the way, Puello is back from his suspension for his part in the brawl last week and now Alfred Joseph is serving the first game of his 3-game suspension. Mesa loses 3-2. Oscar Bernard throws 2 scoreless innings, allowing a hit and 2 BBs with 1 K.
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    Alberto Callaspo was the one who had the 2-RBI single, stole second, advanced to third on a WP and scored. He scored on a Chris Young sac fly.
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    Iowa up 3-1 in the top of the 7th. Felix Foot with the night off. Ryu: 6 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, BB, 4 K, HR, 89 pitches (56 strikes). Boise down 8-7 in the 6th. Colvin is 3-3 with a BB and 3 singles. Mesa now down 3-2 in the 7th after scoring 2 in the 6th inning. Rundle is now 1/2 with a single and a HBP to go with that BB. Gonzalez and Parker have Mesa's RBI. Marco Carillo went 2 scoreless and hitless innings with 2 Ks. Now Oscar Bernard is in. Taylor Parker's final line: 4 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 ER, HBP, K.
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    Wow, that's messed up. I vaguely remember some pro football player being accused of stealing something from his teammates' locker a few years ago, but this is pretty bad.
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    Iowa up 2-0 in the third. Restovich and Coats have the runs, Deardorff and Hoffpauir the RBI. Daytona wins game two 3-2. Bicondoa in his Cubs debut: 5.1 IP, 2 ER, 3 H, BB, 7 K, HR. Boise and Spokane are tied at 4. Matulia and Lansford have an RBI, Canzler with 2 (on a double). Mesa losing 3-0 in the bottom of the third. Parker has struggled, giving up 2 ER and 3 R on 6 H in 2.2 so far. Drew Rundle is 0/1 with a BB and a groundout to first.
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    Bicondoa has had a pretty good debut so far. He has thrown one bad pitch, in the 4th, which resulted in a 2-run HR. 5 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, BB, 7 K Daytona is up 3-2 in the middle of the 5th.
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    Works out, unlike Farnsworth in Game 6 of the NLCS.
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    if he has trouble thowing K's he should'nt be in the bigs Then every pitcher should be in the minors, they all have games where they struggle with the strike zone. Yeah, but Hill has not been consistent enough in the strike zone to stay in the big leagues. His minor league stats are so impressive though that you know it is mental. I'm pretty sure the guy can throw strikes, he just needs the confidence that he can go out there and get the job done. Just for kicks look up Scott Ruffcorn minor league stats... just for kicks look up greg maddux's 86 and 87 stats. People keep saying that, but no one acknowledges that we are essentially comparing Hill to a once in a generation talent. Do you truly believe Hill will even approach Maddux? Isn't it more likely thaat he will be, at best, serviceable? There are also worse pitchers than Maddux who have had rough goes in their early MLB time. I think the point is not to say Hill will eventually repeat his AAA dominance in the show, but rather that we should wait before condemning him as a one trick pony. This is Hill's 9th start...You be the judge Compared to 2 awful full seasons by Maddux*. 9 starts, split over 2 seasons is not much to judge from. *I too am not comparing Hill to Maddux, I think Hill will be a 3-4 starter for about half a decade.
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    Someone missed the first inning today. And a few of his starts last season.
  22. CaliforniaRaisin
    Pujols has had 3 awful swings today against 2 Hill FBs and that Wuertz slider. Nice GIDP, Wuertzy!
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    if he has trouble thowing K's he should'nt be in the bigs Then every pitcher should be in the minors, they all have games where they struggle with the strike zone. Yeah, but Hill has not been consistent enough in the strike zone to stay in the big leagues. So send him back to the big leagues to drop that sub-2 ERA, sub-1 WHIP, .171 BAA, and increase that 6/1 K/BB ratio? Or how about we let him try to improve his control at the big leagues. I mean, we could always send Rusch back out there.
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    When's that ever called in the big leagues though? The only time I've seen it called was (incorrectly) against UCLA ladies softball against Northwestern.
  25. CaliforniaRaisin
    if he has trouble thowing K's he should'nt be in the bigs Then every pitcher should be in the minors, they all have games where they struggle with the strike zone.
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