In case anyone needs something to listen to at work today here are some links that WGN radio has on their site to previous cub convention audio files from the past 3 years.  I'm hoping they do the same this year since I can't make it to the convention.  I tested a couple of the links to make sure they are still active.  I can't guarantee them all though.

If anyone from WGN reads this ,  Audio is cool but video would be awesome.  Harness the internets!

http://www.wgnradio.com/sports/photos/cubscon2004/audioCC04.htm
http://www.wgnradio.com/sports/photos/cubscon2005/audioCC05.htm
http://www.wgnradio.com/sports/photos/cubscon2006/audioCC06.htm

Cubs first round pick Tyler Colvin had quite a game today by hitting a Grand Slam in the bottom of the ninth to win vs Oral Roberts in the NCAA tourney to decide who goes to the college world series.  

espn.com story The next game is on ESPNU ( not available in chicago on comcast) so hopefully they make the college world series so I can get a look at him.

http://mysite.verizon.net/heyjude421/chf/chf.html

Cole Hamels makes his Major League debut tomorrow and in the spirit of all the Chuck Norris facts that went around the internet a year or so ago Hamels gets a page dedicated to his greatness.

Part of it I'm sure is the espn east coast bias but I will be paying attention when he pitches too.

I just noticed a that most of the minor league rosters had been announced.  I'm not sure if it's been mentioned here but there were a few interesting things that I noticed.

Donald Veal is moving up to Peoria
Ryan Harvey is moving to Daytona
Brian Dopirak is going to West Tennesee
Eric Patterson is staying in West Tennesee
Felix Pie is going to Iowa
Mark Pawelek is nowhere to be found
Adam Greenberg is staying in West Tenn(surprising)
Sean Gallagher is going to Daytona
Nate Spears(Patterson Trade) is starting in Daytona
Juan Mateo(returned from Cards after Rule 5 selection) is starting in West Tennesee
Luis Montanez stays in West Tennesee
Randy Wells and Carlos Marmol stay in West Tenn

http://www.northsidebaseball.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?t=29324

Sounds like Jones had a great game.  The lineup for the A team which is potentially the cubs opening day lineup had Walker hitting second.  

Pie took a walk :)  Dopriak had a good game also.  The Riot! had a good game also.  

I so hate the 300 character limit.  This is a seperate subject and I don't want to add it as a comment for today's comic or an older thread.  I think a lot of people will be interested.  How about that for skirting the rules :)

Can anyone explain the difference in number of games shown on TV for each team?

Cubs: 7
White Sox: 7

I know some will say because they are world champions but I still think the cubs have a better TV draw than the sox.  

Does anyone know what kind of coverage if any mlb.tv will have?  

Also in order to fill out my 300 character limit :)  I noticed the A's are playing the South Africa WBC team during spring training as well as their AAA affiliate.  Do the cubs play the Iowa cubs at any point?  Seems like a fun idea.  

Cubs named a new director of scouting Tim Wilkin who was an Assistant to the GM with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays according to the Cub Reporter.  He was also a Director of Scouting with the Blue Jays and Baseball America said this about him in 03

9. Tim Wilken, special assistant to the GM, Tampa Bay

Wilken ended a 25-year association with the Blue Jays this summer. The Blue Jays continue to reap the benefits from his tenure as scouting director as he helped usher Carlos Delgado, Roy Halladay and Vernon Wells to the big leagues and contributed to Toronto's unprecedented streak of getting 11 straight first-round picks to the majors. Many insiders believe Wilken, 50, could be in line to replace Tampa Bay incumbent GM Chuck Lamar.

I did a somewhat in depth write up on the Baseball America top 10 cubs prospects as a reason to look it up for myself and as a reason to dig out some baseball cards :)  

http://www.jonheupel.com/?p=50

any feedback is welcome and if anyone wants to take a shot at 11-20 that could be fun too.  I think I probably will eventually :)

I'm not totally sure if I get ESPN Deportes in Chicago (Comcast) but I saw off this site which is in spanish unfortuntely :)
http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/story?id=376880

that the Azucareros del Este which I think is the team Pie is playing for are going to be on ESPN Deportes Wed. December 7th at 7EST.  

Does anyone know if we get it in chicago?  I can't check right now because my Tivo is freaking out but I certainly see enough commercials for it.  

Also has anyone found a site for the Azucareros del Este?  (Sugar Bowls of the East?)  My spanish is muy mal so I haven't been able to find one.  Box scores are pretty universal so I don't mind a spanish site which I assume will be the case.  

A few of the other teams in the league have sites like

Licey
http://www.licey.com
Wilson Betemit
Clint Barmes

Gigantes
http://www.gigantesdelcibao.com

Leones
http://www.escogido.com/

Lou Piniella took a step down my future managers of the cubs list last night on the Fox broadcast.  I was pretty surprised Fox used the prime time playoffs to debut a new announcer.  To me he came off as not terribly sharp and in my humble opinion didn't sound like he knows as much about baseball as Bob Brenly or some of the other former managers I have heard in the box.

I just hadn't seen any mention of him today and was wondering if anyone else had as negative an opinion of it as I did.  Granted maybe he gets somewhat of a pass if it was his first game broadcasting.  But once again the playoffs isn't the place for that.