Bus Riding, Official Minor League Thread

[waldo7239117]

The AZFL starts today and 2 Cubs are in the starting lineup and a Cub is starting.

Josh Vitters is batting 5th and playing 1B. In his first AB he lined out with 2 on-base.
Ryan Flaherty is batting 8th and playing DH.

Jake Muyco is starting and so far pitched on inning giving up nothing, but has a K.

 

[Jntg4]

Oh, that started already?

 

[waldo7239117]

Oh, that started already?

Yep. Here it is:

Phoenix vs. Mesa - October 13, 2010 | MLB.com: Gameday

 

[Jntg4]

ik, already there, lol. Muyco's in trouble.

 

[waldo7239117]

ik, already there, lol. Muyco's in trouble.

Gave up 1 run but they got the run on a dp. I call it a BIG DP.

 

[waldo7239117]

Mesa lost 6-3.

Vitters went 0-4.
Flaherty went 1-3 with a BB.
Muyco pitched 3 innings giving up 6 hits and 2 runs.

 

[Jntg4]

Vitters sucks.

 

[waldo7239117]

Vitters sucks.

I'm not going to exactly say that.

 

[waldo7239117]

Mesa won 11-6:

Vitters went 3-6 with a 2B and was playing 3B-batting 3rd.
Flaherty did not start, but came in to LF and went 1-1 with a BB.

 

[Jntg4]

cool, go Solar Sox!

 

[waldo7239117]

I haven't looked at the AZL gameday, but Josh Vitters hit a long hr.

Via Keith Law----Twitter.

 

[waldo7239117]

Mesa won 10-1 yesterday:

Vitters went 1-4 with a hr and 4 rbi and a run playing 3B.
Flaherty went 0-4 with a run and playing LF.
Kyle Smit got the win in relief and pitch 2 innings giving up nothing and struck outn 1.
Chris Carpetner came in relief and gave up 2 hits, 1 run, 2 walks abd struck out 2. He pitched 2 innings.

Also, Flaherty threw out a runner at home from LF.

Mesa is off today, but will be right back at it tomorrow.

 

[waldo7239117]

Austin Bibens-Dirkx pitched 5 innings for Zulia, giving up 4 hits, 1 run, 1 BB and striking out 5.

 

[Northside_slugger]

Vitters may finally be breaking out. I still have some doubts, as his lazy batting approach and poor plate discipline will be hard to overcome and it's something thats been with him since before we drafted him, but, he is looking good in Arizona. Like waldo wrote, he was 3-4 the night before hitting a rocket of a home run.

And his 1-4 is a bit misleading, as he nailed another bomb with bases loaded into center field with 1 out, and the center fielder (not sure who it was) made a great diving catch. Just unlucky for Vitters IMO, if that had dropped, it would have been a base clearing double or triple.

 

[Captain Obvious]

Vitters may finally be breaking out. I still have some doubts, as his lazy batting approach and poor plate discipline will be hard to overcome and it's something thats been with him since before we drafted him, but, he is looking good in Arizona. Like waldo wrote, he was 3-4 the night before hitting a rocket of a home run.

And his 1-4 is a bit misleading, as he nailed another bomb with bases loaded into center field with 1 out, and the center fielder (not sure who it was) made a great diving catch. Just unlucky for Vitters IMO, if that had dropped, it would have been a base clearing double or triple.

Just wondering, but how would it have been a base clearing double(if it had been a double), when there is 1 out? The runner would have had to hold up.

 

[Northside_slugger]

Just wondering, but how would it have been a base clearing double(if it had been a double), when there is 1 out? The runner would have had to hold up.

I don't know how fast/slow Vitters is, and, throwing the ball to home plate is farther then to 3rd from where the ball would have landed (left center).

 

[Jntg4]

Just wondering, but how would it have been a base clearing double(if it had been a double), when there is 1 out? The runner would have had to hold up.

It's happened before.

 

[Captain Obvious]

It's happened before.

Well no shit it's happened before. Pretty much everything has happened before. I was wondering how he was sure about it. I didn't know where the ball was hit, he said left center and that cleared everything up. Calm down.

 

[Jntg4]

Well no shit it's happened before. Pretty much everything has happened before. I was wondering how he was sure about it. I didn't know where the ball was hit, he said left center and that cleared everything up. Calm down.

Calm down? I made a statement. Your acting as if a bases clearing double is really rare. It happens quite a lot, like McCann in the AS Game.

 

[Captain Obvious]

Calm down? I made a statement. Your acting as if a bases clearing double is really rare. It happens quite a lot, like McCann in the AS Game.

Wow, one instance, that's great.