Another Cubs Blog (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Baseball America has released their Cubs top 10 prospects and Jim Callis will have a chat about it at 1 pm if you’re interested. The Top 10 are: 1. Starlin Castro, ss 2. Brett Jackson, of 3. Josh Vitters, 3b 4. Andrew Cashner, rhp 5. Jay Jackson, rhp 6. Hak-Ju Lee, ss 7. Logan Watkins, 2b 8. Chris Carpenter, rhp 9. Ryan Flaherty, ss/2b/3b 10. D.J. LeMahieu, ss/2b I’m still...
The Cub Reporter (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Baseball America has listed their top 10 Cubs prospects ....drumroll please... Starlin Castro Brett Jackson Josh Vitters Andrew Cashner Jay Jackson Hak-Ju Lee Logan Watkins Chris Carpenter Ryan Flaherty D.J. LeMehieu I was expecting Kyler Burke to make the list, but apparently repeating A ball justifiably knocked him down. You can compare and contrast with Arizona Phil's Top 15 list...
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
I’m guessing yes: A Cubs offer could be built around 19-year-old shortstop Starlin Castro, who is emerging as one of the top prospects in the minors. Third baseman Josh Vitters, 19-year-old Korean shortstop Hak-Ju Lee and minor league pitching from a group including Andrew Cashner, Jay Jackson and Chris Carpenter also could be part of deal. A [...]
Fake Teams (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
... Korean shortstop Hak-Ju Lee and minor league pitching from a group including Andrew Cashner , Jay Jackson and Chris Carpenter also could be part of deal. Rogers also mentions that the Cubs could offer 3B/OF Jake Fox or Mike Fontenot in the deal for Granderson as well. Fox would make a perfect DH for the Tigers, or any other AL team for that matter. Should the Cubs deal for Granderson, I...
Another Cubs Blog (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
... Korean shortstop Hak-Ju Lee and minor league pitching from a group including Andrew Cashner, Jay Jackson and Chris Carpenter also could be part of deal. A Cubs source suggests a Granderson offer also could include low-priced veterans whom the Tigers either could keep or move elsewhere. Those players include Jake Fox, Micah Hoffpauir, Tom Gorzelanny, Aaron Heilman, Mike Fontenot and Aaron...
icWales (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
A hat-trick from Daniel Taylor and further strikes from Dave Bond and Richard Mallinson proved to be just enough to earn Pentwyn Corries a 5-4 victory over Channel View. A hat-trick from Jonathan Homp and another goal from Jay Jackson turned out to be not quite enough.
Another Cubs Blog (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
You fuckers probably get sick of hearing my opinion on prospects, so I’m going to give you a dose of your own medicine. Nearly 100 of you who read every word weighed in on the Chicago Cunts’ top prospects. And here’s what you said (total points in parentheses)… Top 10 1. Josh Vitters (2998) 2. Starlin Castro (2782) 3. Bert Jackson (2716) 4. Andrew $ner (2622) 5. Hak-Ju...
Virgin Islands Daily News (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
... Pirates 15-yard line but failed to score. After 10 minutes of scoreless football, the Barracudas' Jay Jackson ran in from 3 yards out to put Complex up, 12-0, with 11:22 left in the first half. The Pirates' woes continued in the next series when Complex's Keon Patrick picked off Clement at the Pirates' 31-yard line, the first of this three picks. But Complex again failed to convert the turnover...
The Cub Reporter (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
... - 24 strikes). Archer was 4th in the Cubs minor leagues in strikeouts in 2009 (trailing only Jay Jackson, Mitch Atkins, and Chris Carpenter), but he led all Cubs minor leaguers in walks. 2009 4th round pick LHP Chris Rusin (U. of Kentucky) followed Archer, and threw three perfect innings, while needing just 35 pitches (24 strikes) to do it. Down 4-0, the Cubs came back with one run in the...
Stereogum (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
Duck Sauce is the vintage crate-digging disco-inspired collaboration of Armand Van Helden and A-Trak. Their "aNYway," a song that loops Final Edition's " I Can Do It (Anyway You Want) " into an up-tempo dance anthem, is very much deserving of its two tongue-in-cheek clips: We get a hammy O'Jays/Jackson 5-nodding '70s performance on Burt Kirshner's The Midnight Spectacular...
