Keener98

Our 3rd base coach is a moron. How many runners have we had thrown out at home this year? My God

CPatt leading off for the Cards tonight...hahahaha

Roy Williams has signed a 2 year deal with the Bears. Money not disclosed yet

WSCR is reporting ARam told the Cubs after the game he is now willing to possibly waive his no trade if they find a trade partner

Brad Maynard has been notified the Bears aren't interested in re- signing him

Yet these same fans are the ones who rip on Zambrano for showing emotion, and being a "hothead". Which is it? Is it good to show emotion or is it not?

Hunter Pence seems like he misplays a ball at Wrigley everytime the Astros come to town.

Got to love how terrible manager throwing our All Star SS under the bus for losing a ball in the damn sun. Come the [expletive] on Quade. "The sun is in the same spot every damn day" Really?

WSCR reporting Ricketts and Gillick have spoken recently, as recent as last Wednesday. Also noted though, Gillick and Hendry are very good friends and its very possible Hendry stays if Gillick comes in.

Biggest pitching mismatch in baseball history?

How does the ump miss that call on the pickoff? That was [expletive] terrible

Yeah, I know he's still 5 years away, but I really like that pick. He will be here before 5 years. Probably 2-3 years.

Keener, thanks. Would be interesting if he had some power, which I don't think he manifested in college. That's a good observation. Any thoughts from his 3 strikeouts? Look bad? overswinging? Fishing at junk? (I think he was a low-walk-high-K kid in college, so I assume he's a hacker who might not see breaking balls well...) Did it look like his knees buckled pretty easily on anything offspeed? Perhaps in a first game in full-season, he was swinging harder, both for the HR and the K's. We'll see how the K's go as the summer goes on. No problem Craig. As for Easterling, in his 1st AB, he attempted a bunt on the 1st pitch, should have pulled the bat back as the pitch was nowhere near the zone, but didn't and missed. 2nd pitch had a fastball blown right past him, and struck out looking(I think, but he may have swung) on an offspeed pitch that he didnt seem to pick up well at all. Basically his 1st AB was pretty ugly. 2nd AB I believe he struck out again, this time on another offspeed pitch. His 1st 2 AB's to me he seemed nervous and jumpy. The Fort Wayne pitcher was dealing the entire game, as the Chiefs only had 1 hard hit ball(Jones deep fly ball to straight away CF caught with the OF'ers back against the 400FT sign). The 3rd AB for Easterling came in the 7th. Finally this AB he looked more relaxed. Took a few pitches for balls and wasnt "jumpy" in the box. The home run was a missile off his bat that as soon as it was hit you knew it was gone. Came on a fastball I believe, and he turned on it and hit it over the LF wall by plenty. The HR seemed to relax him a little bit as he had his best at bats of the night following it. He walked in his next AB after going down 0-2. This was probably his most impressive AB of the night. Got down 0-2 and the fouled some really good pitches off, then managed to work back to a 3-2 count and took a high inside pitch for ball 4. He had an infield single in his last Ab, hitting a shot deep into the hole at SS and legging it out. Also I dont know know what the reports say about his defense, but he looked really smooth out there. Chased a few balls down in the gap that I didnt think he had a chance at, and also had a couple that he was able to cut off before going to the wall. He had a couple chances to show off his arm, that to be honest, was pretty impressive. Pop fly to almost the warning track with runners on 1st and 3rd, did a really good job setting up under it, and unleashed a nice straight throw right to the 2nd basemean on a line, keeping the runner at 1st. Also on a stolen base, Gibbs overthrew the bag, Easterling was there backing up, and about had the runner at 3rd after picking up the errant throw. Overall, a pretty good debut I thought. He definitely looks to be "in shape". Has a football players look to his build. EDIT: I think Im forgetting a strike out, but honestly, I dont remember that at bat now. Didnt get home till midnight after the 13 innings sorry.

Easterling just crushed a 2 run Homer in his 3rd at bat for Peoria to tie the game. It was smashed

Any idea if he will be there for tonights game? Yeah, he's in the starting lineup. Rubi Silva is shifting to 2B for today's game. He played some second in Cuba. Ok good to hear. Ill be there tonight so ill try giving a report of what I see. Anybody on Fort Worth that is noteworthy?

Any idea if he will be there for tonights game?

So you'd rather keep Darwin Barney then keep Matt Garza, Dempster, and ARam? WHATTTTTTT?

Great start Z

How dare he get excited on a walk off homer against a team ahead of them in the standings. ...I fail to see why that was so bad

Nevermind! Nice job Marshall

Not real sure I like the idea of bringing in a lefty to face Mike Stanton. Hes got almost a 200 point higher OPS vs lefties than he does rightys

Im pretty sure the gun hasn't worked at Peoria all year. I know it wasn't working at the 3 games I've been to this year. Here is an article about Kirk's no hitter, and they talk about his "stuff" a little in it. http://www.chicagonow.com/cubs-den/2011/07/cubs-farmhand-austin-kirk-throws-no-hitter/

1st no hitter since 1988 for the Chiefs

No hitter!

No hitter thru 8.1