Brett Jackson went 2-4 and DID NOT STRIKEOUT! Hopefully bizzaro Jackson can keep that up. Anthony Rizzo hit a double but did not hit another HR so basically he is the batting equivalent of NOT AN ACE! One interesting fact about Iowa is that our bullpen is currently the land of misfit RP's. Retreads like Manual Corpas, Nate Robertson, Mike MacDougal are all resisting the inevitable trip to Japan by spending one more summer in the Des Moines sun. Sadly for us all of them are pitching like shit.
Since this guy is the pretty much the only reason to follow the AA team lets just skip right to it- he went 2-4 and was caught stealing.
The Greg of Rohan hit another HR and Hayden Simpson continues to beg for his outright release. In just 2.1 IP Simpson walked 4, gave up 4 hits and only struck out 1 batter. Somehow the other team only scored 1 run.
Oliver Zapata went 3-4 with a pair of RBI's and Marco Hernandez got a pair of hits to raise his batting average over .200. If Phil Rogers is to be believed Javier Baez will get the SS spot in a few weeks so Hernandez could be heading down to Boise. Kyle(r) Burke had another great start only giving up a pair of hits in 6 IP. Burke needs to head up.
mikeakaleroyQuote Reply
Overall Lake is having a good season of course his BB/K is coming back to earth.
mb21Quote Reply
Adam Jones close to signing 6 year $85 milliion dollar extension. Seems like a win win for both.
MuckerQuote Reply
Is Adam jones that good?
mb21Quote Reply
Via MLBTR, I thought this was interesting:
http://www.85percentsports.com/2012/05/23/chicago-cubs-upcoming-draft/
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
Did GW also write about this once?
Rice CubeQuote Reply
http://www.theonion.com/articles/wrigley-field-supporters-propose-tearing-down-rest,28329/
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Aisle424Quote Reply
@ Aisle424:
(dying laughing)
mb21Quote Reply
mb21 wrote:
Depends on which one you’re talking about, but yes. Also, odds are he is Welsh and likes rugby:
Adam Thomas Jones is a three time Grammy Award-winning Welsh-American musician and visual artist, best known for his position as the guitarist for Grammy-Award winning band Tool.
Adam “Pac-Man” Bernard Jones is an American football cornerback for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League.
Adam Jones (born 9 August 1980 in Birmingham) is an English auto racing driver.
Adam Rhys Jones (born 8 March 1981) is a Welsh international rugby union player, currently playing for the Ospreys in the Pro12 league.
Adam Mathias Jones (born 12 January 1980 in Swansea) is a Wales international rugby union player.
Adam Jones (born in Singapore in 1963) is a political scientist, writer, and photojournalist based at the University of British Columbia Okanagan in Kelowna, BC, Canada.
Adam La Marque Jones (born August 1, 1985) is an American professional baseball outfielder with the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball.
WenningtonsGorillaCockQuote Reply
Reverse standings are now located where the Superfriends use to be.
Aisle424Quote Reply
@ Aisle424:
Stupid Twins.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ mb21:
He’s either having a Matt Kemp style breakout season, or he’s a flash in the pan. There’s good reason to think it might be the latter, from what I’ve read. He’s already been worth nearly 3 fWAR this season.
joshQuote Reply
@ Aisle424:
Too damn funny,
joshQuote Reply
@ WenningtonsGorillaCock:
I was obviously talking about the Welsh international rugby union player playing for the Ospreys.
mb21Quote Reply
@ mb21:
If he continues to hit like he has been this year……..yes. He’s only 26 and plays a pretty good CF.
MuckerQuote Reply
I love the way the table looks 424.
mb21Quote Reply
I think the O’s could actually compete in the near future. The Indians looked all right the first half of last year and petered out, but they were riding a lot of improbably high batting averages (and lost Shin-Soo Choo). The O’s have some legitmately good young players. They could be cycling back up to the top as the Bosox and Yanks get old.
joshQuote Reply
Man, I just looked at the standings and didn’t realize the Brewers sucked almost as much as the Cubs.
MuckerQuote Reply
@ Mucker:
Let’s just say Ryan Braun has to be a little more “careful” this season.
joshQuote Reply
@ josh:
Plus if they extend Weiters, in about 2-3 years they are looking at a core of Jones, Weiters, Markakis, Machado, Bundy and the rest of that young pitching staff. Orioles look primed for a run in a couple of years.
MuckerQuote Reply
“Somehow the other team only scored 1 run.”
Somehow nothing. Haven’t you seen how popular re-enacting is in the South? Clearly the other team wasa reenacting a Cubs team from the late 70s, or early 90s or last year, or last week.
mobile skipQuote Reply
@ Mucker:
They at least have an excuse of injuries
BerseliusQuote Reply
mobile skip wrote:
The 2012 Cubs are celebrating their heritage
BerseliusQuote Reply
DNA evidence!
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/25/expert-dna-on-the-syringes-cotton-balls-match-clemens/
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Have they already sent Concepcion to the pen? It’s his spot in the rotation yet they have Starling Peralta as tonights starter. I was excited as it looked like Concepcion was finally starting to turn it around.
PezcoreQuote Reply
@ Pezcore:
In his last 15 innings he’s walked 11 and struck out 6.
mb21Quote Reply
I don’t think it matters for Concepcion. He sucks and will probably suck in relief too.
mb21Quote Reply
Lineup vs RHP Burnett today
RF DeJesus
SS Castro
CF Mather
1B LaHair
LF Soriano
3B Stewart
2B Barney
C Hill
P Dempster
BerseliusQuote Reply
@ Berselius:
Josh, what random island are the two beer drinking guys sitting on?
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ Berselius:
Deck Chairs —–> Burned to ash.
joshQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
I imagine they’re sitting at The Point in Hyde Park, you know, if it didn’t have all that concrete and bullshit when you sat by the lake staring out. I lived in Hyde Park for a year, and I loved walking out there. So it’s like the The Point’s wet dream of itself.
joshQuote Reply
@ josh:
My first thought was of the Point. I live like two blocks away. Nice place to hang out and picnic.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
Oh that’s right, because you are at UC. We lived in the Windermere House on 56th. I worked at UC Press and my wife worked at the Graduate Finaid office at UC.
joshQuote Reply
I feel like this list and definitions was written by Alvin:
http://deadspin.com/5912832/
Aisle424Quote Reply
I wish the cubs actually had a decent lineup so I could complain about Castro hitting 3rd all season. Then I see joe Mather 3rd and I want to complain Castro isn’t hitting 3rd. (dying laughing)
mb21Quote Reply
@ mb21:
Castro hitting third isn’t bad when there’s a southpaw pitching, at least.
ACTQuote Reply
@ Berselius:
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ ACT:
I’d consider hitting him 4th with a lefty on the mound.
mb21Quote Reply
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Suburban kidQuote Reply
This should be a response to the last post about Epstein, but I’m behind. Hoyer and McLeod apparently built the Padres system into one of the best in MLB in 2 seasons. They traded alot of players and made good draft picks, I think.
NateQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
Stephen Fry speaks for all Cubs fans.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
@ Suburban kid:
I can’t wait for Sveum to fall in love with No Finger Hill and play him way too much.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
Done deal.
joshQuote Reply
I’m feeling pretty psyched about this 3-day weekend. Not about the Cubs, but like…. life.
joshQuote Reply
@ josh:
You must have not hired Koyie Hill to build your shed.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
I’m going to laugh if the orioles win it all. Andy MacPhail will have built of helped build 3 world champions and none were the cubs.
mb21Quote Reply
The cubs finally face an offense that the cubs are better than.
mb21Quote Reply
@ mb21:
By a crazy random happenstance, that is a team that has not faced the Cubs bullpen yet (dying laughing)
BerseliusQuote Reply
Judging from his interview today on The Score, someone has provided Tommy Boy with a copy of Atlas Shrugged
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/05/25/listen-tom-ricketts-on-the-mully-and-hanley-show/
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
Is he trying to buy up all the railroads and wear a bowler now?
joshQuote Reply
@ josh:
(dying laughing)
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
this is great
http://draftmag.com/beereditor/the-new-way-to-talk-about-bitterness/
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
preview up
http://obstructedview.net/previews/series-preview-chicago-cubs-15-29-at-pittsburgh-pirates-20-24.html
BerseliusQuote Reply