Ex-Irish WR being called up

**OAR** · July 25th, 2008, 02:31 PM

Maybe he will do better than I thought...Personally I figured he would have done better in the NFL, but I didn't watch him play much baseball

[ame="http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3505155"]Cubs bring up RHP Samardzija to replace injured Wood - MLB - ESPN[/ame]

**NotSoSilentBob** · July 25th, 2008, 03:48 PM

He didn't stay in Iowa very long. He struggled in Sevierville, did quite well in Iowa.

He's going to see his first action most likely in today's game. It's the bottom of the 5th and he's up in the pen.

**NotSoSilentBob** · July 25th, 2008, 04:25 PM

He's in, top of the 7th. Gotta earn that money quick as it's 2-1 and the Marlins have 9-1-2 up.

And he strikes out the first ML batter he faces.

Throwing some major heat, 99 second pitch against Hanley Ramirez.

**NotSoSilentBob** · July 25th, 2008, 04:36 PM

He had one K, gave up two hits, threw a wild pitch and gave up a run.

Give him time to settle down and get used to the bigs and he could be killer in middle relief. Maybe even spot start in place of Marsuck.

**BlueWahooChambordDevil** · July 25th, 2008, 06:07 PM

not bad for a debut

**imported_PioneerBlue** · July 26th, 2008, 12:27 AM

If he throws 99 thats why he picked baseball over the nfl

**steer** · July 26th, 2008, 08:57 PM

Actually he picked baseball over football, because he was originally a baseball player, who was asked by the ND coaching staff to try out for football.

I hope he does well. Just needs to settle down some, and take everything his mentors tell him.