Open Thread: 2006 NLCS, Game 5

by Al Yellon on Oct 17, 2006 5:03 PM CDT in Chicago Cubs Game Threads

Yes, they're still playing baseball.

Mets at Cardinals, 7 pm CT. (Series tied 2-2) TV: Fox

Don't have much to say about this, other than we already know there'll be a game six tomorrow in New York. The Mets appear to have the advantage as Tom Glavine gets to start tonight on normal rest instead of short rest. Not that I like either NL team, but at least a Tigers/Mets matchup, which would be a first-time matchup, would spare us all the Tigers/Cardinals comparisons from the two other times (1934, 1968) they met in the World Series.

Discuss amongst yourselves.

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Since it's an open thread,

does that mean I can carry a conversation with my myself for hours again?

"Incidentally, Colossus was right and I was wrong about Maddux being dealt." -Al Yellon

by colossus @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Oct 17, 2006 5:07 PM CDT reply actions

with myself*

"Incidentally, Colossus was right and I was wrong about Maddux being dealt." -Al Yellon

by colossus @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Oct 17, 2006 5:08 PM CDT up reply actions

not until

you finish your homework

by cashcowsquirtingsourmilk on Oct 17, 2006 5:13 PM CDT up reply actions

I have

a mid-term and test tomorrow. I'm like 50% done studying, but just too damn tired to finish right now.

"Incidentally, Colossus was right and I was wrong about Maddux being dealt." -Al Yellon

by colossus @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Oct 17, 2006 5:19 PM CDT up reply actions

Make sure

you get your work done before you start talking to yourself. :)

Go Hawkeyes...Beat Michigan!!!

by sue369 on Oct 17, 2006 6:08 PM CDT up reply actions

Just woke up from a nap

and am eating Chipotle.

How's my favorite over the hill BCBer doing?

"Incidentally, Colossus was right and I was wrong about Maddux being dealt." -Al Yellon

by colossus @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Oct 17, 2006 9:28 PM CDT up reply actions

I hate finance,

it's so boring.

"Incidentally, Colossus was right and I was wrong about Maddux being dealt." -Al Yellon

by colossus @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Oct 17, 2006 10:36 PM CDT up reply actions

No doubt

This is why I'm a history major.

by Perkins on Oct 17, 2006 10:42 PM CDT up reply actions

Well,

I hate the notion of living under the Dan Ryan far more than the notion of learning about wicked boring finance.

"Incidentally, Colossus was right and I was wrong about Maddux being dealt." -Al Yellon

by colossus @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Oct 17, 2006 10:46 PM CDT up reply actions

i used to be a

history major, then I met a good friend of mine in a psych class and through her I just got more and more fascinated w/ psych.

Keeper of Mike63

by Faith plus 1 on Oct 17, 2006 11:05 PM CDT up reply actions

I hear that a psych degree

is great for waiting tables.

J/K. Are you pre-med too?

"Incidentally, Colossus was right and I was wrong about Maddux being dealt." -Al Yellon

by colossus @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Oct 17, 2006 11:09 PM CDT up reply actions

lol

fwiw, you're right, my degree will be good for waiting tables.

Nah, not pre-med, theory is what I look at more. However, I will definetly do pre-med once I've settled into a nice teaching job.

Keeper of Mike63

by Faith plus 1 on Oct 17, 2006 11:13 PM CDT up reply actions

I'd cry myself to sleep at night

even more often if I wanted to teach.

"Incidentally, Colossus was right and I was wrong about Maddux being dealt." -Al Yellon

by colossus @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Oct 17, 2006 11:15 PM CDT up reply actions

LOL

c'mon now, it in itself is it's own reward....if you even understand what it is.....it.

Keeper of Mike63

by Faith plus 1 on Oct 17, 2006 11:25 PM CDT up reply actions

Lies

There's no reward in it whatsoever. Teaching is so boring and kids are the devil.

"Incidentally, Colossus was right and I was wrong about Maddux being dealt." -Al Yellon

by colossus @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Oct 17, 2006 11:31 PM CDT up reply actions

Ah, teaching

That's what I want to do after I finish my Army time. Like a Psych degree, a History degree is basically good for teaching and waiting tables. Though I do dream of opening my own cigar store someday.

by Perkins on Oct 17, 2006 11:30 PM CDT up reply actions

I did ROTC

until the past summer. It didn't end on the best terms thanks to an asshole colonel that felt his huge ego gave him the right to say things me he wasn't allowed to. Also, a military doc with a hidden agenda is never a good thing either. When I tell a doctor, "it hurts to breathe," I don't want his response to be, "that'll go away in a couple weeks" and take away my medical leave all bc he doesn't want me to quit the program.

I never had a chip on my shoulder until that piece of shit colonel said those things to me.

"Incidentally, Colossus was right and I was wrong about Maddux being dealt." -Al Yellon

by colossus @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Oct 17, 2006 11:35 PM CDT up reply actions

Well that sucks

My experience has been much better, for the most part. ROTC is actually one of the few things I've ended up liking about Georgetown. Many (though not all) of the rest of the people here are tools.

by Perkins on Oct 18, 2006 12:27 AM CDT up reply actions

I hated

ROTC. It was absolutely boring and nothing but a pain in the ass. I'm much happier without it. I hated pretty much all the people in it. There was only one person out of the entire battlion I considered a friend and wanted to hang out with.

"Incidentally, Colossus was right and I was wrong about Maddux being dealt." -Al Yellon

by colossus @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Oct 18, 2006 12:30 AM CDT up reply actions

Sorry to hear it

Though it's definitely not for everyone.

by Perkins on Oct 18, 2006 12:54 AM CDT up reply actions

It's just far too boring

for my taste. Plus, I could never get a straight answer from Officers and NCO's. Some said one thing, the rest said another. There's far too much bullsh*t.

"Incidentally, Colossus was right and I was wrong about Maddux being dealt." -Al Yellon

by colossus @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Oct 18, 2006 12:57 AM CDT up reply actions

Georgetown?

thats 'cause all the fun is hanging out in College Park

by flyball on Oct 18, 2006 10:14 AM CDT up reply actions

You think

a study guide would be too damn much to ask for?

"Incidentally, Colossus was right and I was wrong about Maddux being dealt." -Al Yellon

by colossus @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Oct 17, 2006 10:45 PM CDT up reply actions

At least

I have LOST and South Park to look forwar to tomorrow night. With my luck, I'll probably get hit by a CTA bus and end up a vegetable though.

"Incidentally, Colossus was right and I was wrong about Maddux being dealt." -Al Yellon

by colossus @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Oct 17, 2006 10:53 PM CDT up reply actions

Do you know

what commercials I really like?

This one with my boy, Lance Armstrong. Great message from one of the greatest people and athlete ever (who just happens to be an Atheist, like me).

And this one. While I don't love Kobe's game 100% of the time, the message is great.

"Incidentally, Colossus was right and I was wrong about Maddux being dealt." -Al Yellon

by colossus @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Oct 17, 2006 11:02 PM CDT up reply actions

Coverd interest arbitrage

is worse than the idea of having Piniella be our manager.

"Incidentally, Colossus was right and I was wrong about Maddux being dealt." -Al Yellon

by colossus @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Oct 17, 2006 11:19 PM CDT up reply actions

Conan is on!!!

Tina Fey is hot.

"Incidentally, Colossus was right and I was wrong about Maddux being dealt." -Al Yellon

by colossus @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Oct 17, 2006 11:39 PM CDT up reply actions

that's for damn sure

Keeper of Mike63

by Faith plus 1 on Oct 17, 2006 11:42 PM CDT up reply actions

I miss

the Walker Texas Ranger Lever.

He needs to bring that baby back!!!!

"Incidentally, Colossus was right and I was wrong about Maddux being dealt." -Al Yellon

by colossus @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Oct 17, 2006 11:45 PM CDT up reply actions

chuck norris

kicks ass in his sleep, it just comes so natural.

Soarin higher than a 1st base down the right field line....

by Faith plus 1 on Oct 17, 2006 11:46 PM CDT up reply actions

I liked his cameo

in Dodgeball. The "Walker told me I have AIDS" clip was one of the funniest things ever.

"Incidentally, Colossus was right and I was wrong about Maddux being dealt." -Al Yellon

by colossus @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Oct 17, 2006 11:49 PM CDT up reply actions

i miss Santos Sorrow

One for me!

One for my homie!

Soarin higher than a 1st base down the right field line....

by Faith plus 1 on Oct 17, 2006 11:51 PM CDT up reply actions

I'm sure he

will create a second account and post in a toned down manner.

"Incidentally, Colossus was right and I was wrong about Maddux being dealt." -Al Yellon

by colossus @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Oct 17, 2006 11:53 PM CDT up reply actions

c'mon now

He's BJ...not Mike63

and if he ever does that I want my 'one' back.

Soarin higher than a 1st base down the right field line....

by Faith plus 1 on Oct 17, 2006 11:55 PM CDT up reply actions

What do you mean

he's BJ not Mike63? I know about the Mike guy, but not the other thing.

"Incidentally, Colossus was right and I was wrong about Maddux being dealt." -Al Yellon

by colossus @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Oct 17, 2006 11:57 PM CDT up reply actions

I forgot already

why they call him BJ, but they called him BJ for some reason.

Soarin higher than a 1st base down the right field line....

by Faith plus 1 on Oct 17, 2006 11:58 PM CDT up reply actions

Go to Blog-A-Bull

and check out my sig there. It's the BCB sister site for da Bulls. My sig is line said by none other than sue369 who also posts at that site.

It seems that she has a thing for BJ too.

"Incidentally, Colossus was right and I was wrong about Maddux being dealt." -Al Yellon

by colossus @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Oct 18, 2006 12:00 AM CDT up reply actions

Here's a link

Read all the comments by Sue and I, they're funny.

"Incidentally, Colossus was right and I was wrong about Maddux being dealt." -Al Yellon

by colossus @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Oct 18, 2006 12:04 AM CDT up reply actions

LOL

dayum sue!

Soarin higher than a 1st base down the right field line....

by Faith plus 1 on Oct 18, 2006 12:08 AM CDT up reply actions

Mention it to her

the next time you see her here. She'll love me for it.

"Incidentally, Colossus was right and I was wrong about Maddux being dealt." -Al Yellon

by colossus @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Oct 18, 2006 12:11 AM CDT up reply actions

He has

not shown all of what I said. I said I liked BJ Armstrong the former Iowa and Bulls basketball player. He took it upon himself to look like I said something else.

You need to grow up colossus!!

Go Hawkeyes...Beat Michigan!!!

by sue369 on Oct 18, 2006 10:58 AM CDT up reply actions

I gave him a link

to the entire thread where you made that comment originally.

He can read it and see your original comment.

"Incidentally, Colossus was right and I was wrong about Maddux being dealt." -Al Yellon

by colossus @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Oct 18, 2006 11:02 AM CDT up reply actions

Unless Al was lying to me,

I believe I was not only the first person he has ever banned, but also the first person he has ever unbanned.

I hope all my haters enjoy having me back :)

"Incidentally, Colossus was right and I was wrong about Maddux being dealt." -Al Yellon

by colossus @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Oct 17, 2006 11:55 PM CDT up reply actions

Pop

I feel like a few more glasses of Diet Pepsi. I know it's wicked late and I have to wake up at 7:30 to review, but it's just so damn addicting.

Not even for the caffeine, just for the taste.

"Incidentally, Colossus was right and I was wrong about Maddux being dealt." -Al Yellon

by colossus @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Oct 17, 2006 11:56 PM CDT up reply actions

I dunno man

Me and the Dr. are chillin here, and we're havin' a good time (I'm talking about Mr. Pepper, Dr. if you please)

Soarin higher than a 1st base down the right field line....

by Faith plus 1 on Oct 17, 2006 11:57 PM CDT up reply actions

Do you have

class tomorrow? Where do you go?

"Incidentally, Colossus was right and I was wrong about Maddux being dealt." -Al Yellon

by colossus @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Oct 17, 2006 11:58 PM CDT up reply actions

UIC

and yeah, at night though, tommorow morning I work.

Soarin higher than a 1st base down the right field line....

by Faith plus 1 on Oct 18, 2006 12:00 AM CDT up reply actions

I go to Loyola

I'm lucky enough to not have to work, but I still have to get up wicked early for classes M-F anyway :(

"Incidentally, Colossus was right and I was wrong about Maddux being dealt." -Al Yellon

by colossus @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Oct 18, 2006 12:02 AM CDT up reply actions

I love Loyola

I love that part of the city and on into Evanston, I want to live there one day.

Soarin higher than a 1st base down the right field line....

by Faith plus 1 on Oct 18, 2006 12:08 AM CDT up reply actions

It doesn't compare to

Downtown, which is where I used to live (right by Grant Park). Evanston is boring, there isn't crap to do there except going to the great movie theatre by the Davis stop.

Rogers Park (RoPa) is wicked boring. We have a ghetto movie there a couple blocks away (known as the ghettoplex) and a few college bars. Our Downtown campus is great, but it's kinda a pain in the ass to ride the shuttle (Loyola has a contract with a private bus company to go back and forth between campuses M-F all day every 10-15 minutes) for class.

"Incidentally, Colossus was right and I was wrong about Maddux being dealt." -Al Yellon

by colossus @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Oct 18, 2006 12:15 AM CDT up reply actions

see that's kind of odd

I used to go up there about 3 years ago and party with my friends Laurie and Holly and we always had a good time, then again we used to take the red line into the city and drink around Wrigley.....which explains a lot.

Soarin higher than a 1st base down the right field line....

by Faith plus 1 on Oct 18, 2006 12:23 AM CDT up reply actions

What bar did you go to up here?

Was it Hamilton's? Pco?

There are far too many cliques here for my taste, I'm usually a loner as a result.

"Incidentally, Colossus was right and I was wrong about Maddux being dealt." -Al Yellon

by colossus @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Oct 18, 2006 12:32 AM CDT up reply actions

Does that mean

you get a little star next to your name? I want a damn star.

Soarin higher than a 1st base down the right field line....

by Faith plus 1 on Oct 17, 2006 11:56 PM CDT up reply actions

I'd like to have

a * or something like that next to my name. It would go really well with my sig that people just seem to love.

"Incidentally, Colossus was right and I was wrong about Maddux being dealt." -Al Yellon

by colossus @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Oct 17, 2006 11:58 PM CDT up reply actions

eh..I've

gotten used to it, it's kinda like that uneccasary bump at the end of a roller coaster, it's just there, accept it and go on.

Soarin higher than a 1st base down the right field line....

by Faith plus 1 on Oct 17, 2006 11:59 PM CDT up reply actions

I'd much rather

never get a job and just continue mooching off my parents.

It's a lot more fun.

"Incidentally, Colossus was right and I was wrong about Maddux being dealt." -Al Yellon

by colossus @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Oct 18, 2006 12:05 AM CDT up reply actions

my folks

would laugh at me if I asked for money to get drunk...

Soarin higher than a 1st base down the right field line....

by Faith plus 1 on Oct 18, 2006 12:09 AM CDT up reply actions

I don't put it to them like that,

I just use my allowance. I don't even drink that often, just to kill stress.

"Incidentally, Colossus was right and I was wrong about Maddux being dealt." -Al Yellon

by colossus @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Oct 18, 2006 12:16 AM CDT up reply actions

either do I

but they know that's where it would go.

Soarin higher than a 1st base down the right field line....

by Faith plus 1 on Oct 18, 2006 12:22 AM CDT up reply actions

Hang it up. I'm watchin' "Dog."

n/t

Coming Soon! Build-A-Bear Workshop's "Sweet Lou" Doll Giveaway!

by Littlerock Rynofan on Oct 17, 2006 5:35 PM CDT reply actions

gilmore

girls is on!

by bh714 on Oct 17, 2006 7:32 PM CDT reply actions

That show used to be so good

and now it just sucks. I stopped watching a couple years ago but watched a few episodes last year.

I've heard this year is the absolute worst bc the creator left.

"Incidentally, Colossus was right and I was wrong about Maddux being dealt." -Al Yellon

by colossus @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Oct 17, 2006 9:29 PM CDT up reply actions

This just in

Joe Buck thinks Lou Piniella is going to do a "fantastic" job as manager. Where does the line form for World Series tickets?

by gauchodirk on Oct 17, 2006 8:18 PM CDT reply actions

It's Amazing

My hatred of the Cardinals is absolute. I've been fairly indifferent through this series, but have just been screaming at Glavine at the top of my lungs to get somebody out.

And he has complied.

Let's go Mets. At least for the next couple of nights.

by 08Cubs on Oct 17, 2006 8:46 PM CDT reply actions

i just want to know....

Will Maddux be back???

NO MORE TRADING THE FUTURE ITS ALL WE GOT!!!!

by KyCubsFan on Oct 17, 2006 8:47 PM CDT reply actions

back where?

he will most likely be back with the dodgers

by cashcowsquirtingsourmilk on Oct 17, 2006 8:58 PM CDT up reply actions

also from the ESPN article about ARod

For the Cubs, whose management experienced the rare and unnerving sight of empty seats at Wrigley Field this past season, the attraction of Rodriguez is obvious.
I know I tuned out towards the end of the season but every game I watched looked pretty packed to me and even the games that didn't have full capacity most likely were sellouts at the box office.

NO MORE TRADING THE FUTURE ITS ALL WE GOT!!!!

by KyCubsFan on Oct 17, 2006 8:54 PM CDT reply actions

Buck and Timmy

were talking about that during the game for a few minutes

by cashcowsquirtingsourmilk on Oct 17, 2006 8:59 PM CDT up reply actions

The Cardinals have to be the luckiest

franchise in baseball. Only in St. Louis could Jeff Weaver turn things around. If I'm Mark Prior or Kerry Wood, I try to get to St. Louis, so I can win the next 10 Cy Youngs. :(

GET SORIANO!

by CubFaninCA on Oct 17, 2006 11:00 PM CDT reply actions

Yeah

it is pure luck and I'm sure Dave Duncan had nothing to do with it.

by jazzman56 on Oct 17, 2006 11:10 PM CDT up reply actions

Bud Black's a pretty damn

good pitching coach. I mean look @ that Anaheim rotation, and Weaver stunk it up in Anaheim.

GET SORIANO!

by CubFaninCA on Oct 18, 2006 12:45 AM CDT up reply actions

Black may be good

but Duncan just seems to be able to turn guys around. Ponson was the one that was even too much for him. I don't think Ponson really wants it and no coach can overcome that. I remember all the laughing here when Weaver signed with the Cards. I said just wait, he seems a perfect Duncan candidate. I wouldn't be surprised to see him win 12-14 next year for the Cards.

I'm still waiting for the first Rothschild turnaround.

by rlpete on Oct 18, 2006 1:27 AM CDT up reply actions

Dave Duncan

is miracle worker with reclamation projects. Look at the guys he had success with during his days in Oakland and now in St. Louis. As mentioned previously, I spend a lot of time down in St. Louis on business (I'm three blocks from Busch today and tomorrow). According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Cardinals and Duncan want to re-sign Jeff Weaver and think he can be a solid perennial 15 game winner. They also want to bring back Jeff Suppan and Mark Mulder, and think they will be successful on both accounts. Jason Marquis is the guy they probably let walk. And a big rumor floating down here is that the Cards will pull out all the stops to acquire Adam Dunn AND MAYBE EVEN JUAN PIERRE.

by BlueMike on Oct 18, 2006 10:08 AM CDT up reply actions