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Iowa No Game Smokies Matt Szczur had a big game hitting 1-3 with a HR, BB and SB. Jae Hoon Ha is back from a scary head injury and walked 4 times which is nice to see. Nick Struck worked 7 innings and struck out 7 batters and Lendy Castillo worked 1 inning in his continuing recovery from a bullshit …

Iowa Do any of you really care how Alfredo Amezaga is doing? I don't.  Smokies Junior Lake went 2-4 with a double. Nobody else did shit. Daytona Rain Peoria Peoria played a 14 inning shit fest that was highlighted by Yao Ling Wang's continuing dominance on the mound. Last night Wang struck out 10 batters over 6 IP allowing only …

Iowa Ty'Relle Harris struck out 5 in 6 IP. New Cub Jaye Chapman struck out both batters that he faced.  Smokies Jacob Brigham channeled the spirit of Geraldo Concepcion giving up 6 ER while retiring 1 batter. He has now given up 8 ER in 3.2 IP since joining the Cubs. Szczur was 1-4 with a BB. Daytona Javier Baez …

Iowa Tony Campana walked once and stole two bases. That is all. Smokies Spellcheck Jr was 2-5 and stole his 2nd base in AA since his promotion. Logan Watkins drew three walks and now has an OBP of .373. Junior Lake hit his 8th HR of the year. The Smokies faced top pitching prospect Taijuan Walker who allowed 1 ER …

Iowa There isn't anyone left in Iowa to write about so lets just say Casey Coleman had a good start. Also, Esmalin Caridad should be back up in the pen. He has been very tough this year. Smokies Trey McNutt struck out 3 and allowed 1 ER in 3 IP. I thought they would keep this guy in 1 inning …

Iowa Brett Jackson had another Brett Jackson kind of game going 1-4 with and walk, SB and strikeout. Vitters was 3-5 with his 5th SB of the year and got his BA back up to .300. No idea if these two are heading up for tonights game vs the Angels but Chris DeLuca was speculating that it might be the …

Iowa The Greg Of Rohan celebrated his arrival to a more age appropriate level by hitting 2 HR's in 4 AB's. Rohan is 26 so he's probably the new Brad Fucking Snyder! but still he has 19 HR's this year across three levels. Brett Jackson did Brett Jackson things hitting 3-5 with a triple and a strikeout. Yesterday rumor was …

Iowa Brett Jackson had a Brett Jackson kind of game going 1-4 with a BB and two strike outs & a stolen base. Dave Sappelt was 3-4 and has turned his season around after a really poor start.  Smokies SUSP Daytona Ronald Torreyes hit 2-5 with a double and a pair of RBI's. 2012 pick Tim Saunders who is being …

Iowa  Alberto Cabrera struck out 4 in 2.1 IP. Thats about it. Brett Jackson was pulled as part of a double switch but I think he is staying put. Sappelt might guy the call up. Smokies Game 1 Matt Szczur has done nothing but hit since moving up to AA to fill in for the injured Jae Hoon Ha. Last …

Iowa Beef Castle was 1-3 with a BB and his 6th HR of the year. Vitters went 1-5 with a SB which is a rarity and Jay Jackson continues to suck in every single role possible giving up 3 ER in .1 IP to lose the game. Smokies No Game Daytona Ronald Torreyes has resurrected his prospect status. After a …