Surprise starter for Duke?

The safe house is one of the coolest bars I have ever been too.

I’ve mentioned Brad Schreiber plenty of times around here already, and I have some video of him pitching for you guys.

There was a high school all-star game at Miller Park last Thursday when the Brewers were on the West Coast for Wisconsin players (excluding last year’s seniors). Three Kimberly players where there- Brad, Jamie Wells (a really fast shortstop). and Bryce Bellin, who is in my grade (going to be a junior, he had good FVA numbers but doesn’t throw too hard). Brad got to pitch the first inning for his team- they randomly split the players and had each pitcher throw one inning. He struck out the side on 12 pitches.

As a pitcher, he works around 86-87 and can crank it up to 89 already, and you’ll see in the video that the curve is pretty good too. He can command the change and all his pitches for that matter. He had an ERA under 1 in 30 innings. And some scouts like him as a hitter, he hit about .600 with 9 total homers this year. He got 3 ABs in the game and got walked twice and hit a grounder to short.

The video is just me taking a video with a digital camera of the TV broadcast on Time Warner Cable Sports channel 32. It’s pretty clear. I only got one batter, it’s the leadoff man and Brad strikes him out on 5 pitches, the last one is a good curve.

Check it out if you’re interested in seeing a potential future Wisconsin pro in action. Just think, he can be the successor of Counsell, Grudz, and Washburn as people that fans want to bring in just because they’re from Wisconsin!

Alright, I’m going to go, heading down to Milwaukee for the game tonight in about an hour.

That’s not gonna go well…

It’s already 2-0 in the 3rd. As David Pinto recaps, the Cubs scored a weird run:

The Cubs take a 1-0 lead in the first inning on a strikeout and a double steal. With Alfonso Soriano at third and Derrek Lee on first, Aramis Ramirez strikes out. Lee took off for second, and the throw is made to the base, allowing Soriano to go from third and beat the return.

From the Post Gazette.

UPDATE: 3:56 p.m. It appears Gorzelanny will start Saturday night’s game here and Jeff Karstens will start Sunday afternoon. That means Paul Maholm will start against Chicago Monday night at PNC Park. Capps won’t be activated today because he couldn’t be used tonight after pitching for Altoona Wednesday night and throwing a bullpen session Thursday.

I feel a need to contribute the following to the Intertubes:

1. Even though it ended up a long fly out, my goodness … Braun flicks the wrists, takes an off-balance swing and he almost hits it out to right. Wow. Magic Wrists™.

2. Trenni rocking an odd get-up tonight. White T-shirt, vest and long pearl necklace. What? That shirt stretched pretty tight, too. Don’t like to “Internet ogle” too much, but, again, what? Seems destined for Water Street tonight.