Brett Jackson got a hit, stole his 21st base, walked 3 times annnddddd struck out. Josh Vitters was 2-4 with a walk of his own. Remember each walk Vitters gets for the rest of the year is groundbreaking stuff for him.
edit by mb21: I watched this game last night (Omaha Storm Chasers are shown on TV here) and the defense was pathetic. They made 4 errors, forgot how many outs there were, forgot a runner at 3rd base, Welington Castillo failed to catch a fastball (seriously!) and there was no communication whatsoever between the outfielders. Brett Jackson has a fantastic eye at the plate. Maybe too good considering he does swing and miss a lot too. Dave Sappelt looks like he's 8 years old and if Vitters was 16 I'd say he was a pretty big kid. I knew Sappelt was pretty small, but I didn't realize Vitters was that small. He looks more like a shortstop than he does a 3rd baseman, which is odd considering he's so slow and not a very good fielder. He looks like he should have blazing speed. He did look good at the plate last night. Doug Davis looks like Doug Davis and Chris Volstad looks just as shitty in an Iowa Cubs uniform as he does a Chicago one. Both are really bad pitchers. Davis is probably better.
Zach Rosscup fell victim to the curse of all Cubs SP this year and laid an egg in his first start in AA. He failed to escape the 1st inning giving up 4 ER & walking 2 while recording 1 out.
Nick Struck had a great game going 6 IP striking out 7 while only allowing 3 hits and no walks. Struck lowered his season ERA to 3.34. On the hitting side of things Logan Watkins was 1-3 with a BB. He also displayed some AGGRESSIVE BASERUNNING! and got thrown out trying to steal.
Matt Loosen gave up 3 ER in 6.2 IP and struck out 6 batters along the way. Rubi Silva was 2-4, Szczur took a walk and stole base # 30 and that's about it from this game.
Taiwan Easterling had himself a game going 3-5 with a HR and SB. Easterling is a very athletic player but has struggled getting his average going this year and is only batting .240. Chadd Krist made his Peoria debut after tearing up Boise and went 2-4.
# 9 OV prospect (and really thats the only ranking that matters) had the best game of his young career. In 4 AB's he racked up 3 Runs, 2 hits, 1 HR, 3 RBI's a SB and a walk. Rock Shoulders hit his 2nd HR in as many days and added a pair of walks as well. Bijan Rademacher is a 2012 draft pick who has torn up Boise so far. Last night he 3-4 with a BB and it currently batting over .400. James Pugliese struck out 5 batters in 4 IP.
Dan "Smash" Vogelbach hit another HR last night and is now slugging a cool .700. Some guy named Matt Iannazzo struck out 6 batters in 3.1 IP.
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@ mb21:
Wouldn’t that make us lose our pick next year? I thought we only had $22,000 or so to go over.
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@ WaLi:
I’m pretty sure Underwood was included. Today was just the day the signing was announced.
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@ mb21:
Makes sense then. I wouldn’t think they would overspend that much and waste our future #1 pick.
WaLiQuote Reply
bulls reportedly will match on asik
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@ GW:
Really!? Isn’t that a lot of money for a guy who avg’s 3 pts and 5 reb?
MishQuote Reply
GW wrote:
Ugh.
Aisle424Quote Reply
I wish I was insanely tall and/or left-handed.
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Mish wrote:
Maybe they are still hoping he develops. I thought he pretty much plateaued. His defense is good, but he never got great, his offense is a mess and he can’t catch a pass or make a free throw to save his life.
In theory, if they can somehow swing a deal to move Boozer or Joakim, he could be a starter and they’d get him for less than a FA would get paid. Big men are getting crazy dollars now.
Aisle424Quote Reply
ARI at CHC has been delayed due to SNOW….
Nice one ScoreCenter
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@ srbutch5:
(dying laughing)
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@ srbutch5:
In this universe, there’s only one absolute… everything freezes!
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deleted for redundancy
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Funny thing is, the rockets may be praying they match right now, as they up the ante trying to absorb salary from the magic in a Howard deal.
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Fukudome —> Yankees
MishQuote Reply
(dying laughing) @ my iphone failures
GWQuote Reply
@ Aisle424:
Wow.
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@ GW:
Did it have to do with the mobile site? I’ve noticed I’ve had some issues on it lately too. I just turn it off and access the desktop version. If that’s what other people do then we may as well get rid of the mobile version altogether. Maybe we should poll people on this. Actually, go ahead and answer here (all of you). Do you use the mobile version of the site? If so, do you prefer it to the desktop version?
mb21Quote Reply
I’m going to start a forum thread on this.
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forum post on the ov mobile site: http://obstructedview.net/forum.html?mingleforumaction=viewtopic&t=101#postid-1365
Hopefully all of the people who use a mobile phone to access this site will provide some input here. Thanks.
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new shit: http://obstructedview.net/news-and-rumors/pirates-fail-to-sign-first-round-pick-mark-appel.html
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