Overflow Thread 4: NLDS Game #1, Cubs vs. Dodgers, Wednesday 10/1, 5:30 CT
by Al Yellon on Oct 1, 2008 8:30 PM CDT
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Boy oh boy...
I keep trying to expect the comeback… But this is just a frustrating game.
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"Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do."
- Voltaire
Z, Harden, Lilly
I hate the possible game one loss..
But having the likes of those guys for games 2,3,4 makes me feel a little better.
Definitely...
It’s just one, and that one isn’t even done yet.
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"Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do."
- Voltaire
well we have had as a great a comeback before
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
Seriously?
did that really just happen?
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"Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do."
- Voltaire
Losing Game One isn't HORRIBLE
Z, Harden, and Lilly are just as good. The only problem I have with it is that we have to win ONE game at LA
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
according to history, we have 14% chance of winning this series.
Game one winners in a five game series has gone on to win 24 of 28 series.
Sweet
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Oct 1, 2008 8:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Well..
I’m pretty sure this Cubs team has defied history many a time during the regular season..
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
No one ever said it would be easy....
I thought from the beginning that this series would go 5 games and we would win in a squeaker.
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Oct 1, 2008 10:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Its real difficult...
…to win any game, when your starter walks 7 in 5 innings. don’t know what the issue was tonight with Dempster, because you would expect him to settle in after getting out of early trouble.
It looked like he was overthrowing his fastball big time, and I guess the importance of the game got to him a bit.
No matter what happens tonight, I’ll stick with my prediction of Cubs in 4.
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
The ump wasn't the problem.
No ump should be expected to call strikes that go by the hitters’ eyes.
Pluto will always be a planet to me!
absolutely correct. his strike zone was identicla for Lowe
Demp has always had a tendency to be wild and was clearly over throwing and aiming tonight
We need Z to be focused tomorrow
It’ll be a test for him – one I hope to see him ace.
"[Lou Piniella] might be over 100, but he still has a lot of fire in him." - Ted Lilly, Sept. 10, 2008
by CaughtInTheVines on Oct 1, 2008 8:36 PM CDT reply actions
blehhh
Walking 7 batters you shouldn’t win.
DeRosa = man crush
Soriano = ARod
correction
it should be ARod > Soriano
by FloridaCubsFan on Oct 1, 2008 8:46 PM CDT up reply actions
Alfonso Soriano is the key
If he repeats his pathetic performance from the 2007 playoffs against Arizona then this offense and the Cubs are in trouble. Big trouble.
Oh please let this dubious bullpen be good enough in the playoffs...
Don't give Ramirez '07 vs. Arizona a pass
Lee either really. 0 RBIs for those three.
Lee couldn't hit a HR in a phone booth these days, to paraphrase Harry--
—the guys is late on 88 MPH fast balls right down the middle—he’s either hurt or he’s totally toast.
Lee has yet to have a post season RBI for the CUBS
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't led the Cubs to a post season win
What do you mean?
He had an opportunity for one every at bat.
Tommie Agee was out.
by Weeghman Park on Oct 1, 2008 9:17 PM CDT up reply actions
I expect him to hit zero...
…tomorrow. My point is that he has apparently lost his power, he might as well bat leadoff and le Soriano hit 3rd, at least Lee will work a walk.
I agree that he lost most of his power
but I was mostly commenting on the RBI comment. Really makes it tough to get RBIS when you have to hit solo shots to get em
ASk Ramierez and Martin bout that
Mr. 13 HR marrtin..
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't led the Cubs to a post season win
As do a lot of other Cubs..
That stat doesn’t mean squat.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
It's more than his disappearing act...
…we still haven’t gotten much if anything from the top 5 in the lineup—and Dempster was terrible. Dempster’s lucky it wasn’t 8-0 by the third inning.
It’s very disappointing to see this kind of lousy play again.
The bottom line is that the Cubs need more better players. It would help if we had one great player.
Cubs puckered up tonight....
They MUST overcome choking when the limelight is on. And I’ll say it again….Alfonso Soriano must come out of his funk because it has been demonstrated time and time again that when he hits it has big domino effect on this lineup.
Oh please let this dubious bullpen be good enough in the playoffs...
Agree....
If he’s hot he can carry the team on his back…
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
We've all noted,
you’ve jumped on to the thread when the Cubs are losing.
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Oct 1, 2008 8:43 PM CDT up reply actions
They're terrible...
Not exactly breaking news though.
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"Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do."
- Voltaire
Agreed!
TBS coverage absolutely blows. They should at least act like they give a hoot that they are covering the playoffs. Please put this back on on one of the major networks or even ESPN.
Even Joe Morgan might be an improvement..
then again, maybe not..
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
Ron Darling is fine.
Agreed on the others. And Harold Reynolds is the truth, too bad he’s assigned to other games.
by Orval Overall on Oct 1, 2008 8:45 PM CDT up reply actions
I really like Reynolds too...
Last night was the first time I’ve heard him in awhile….what a breath of fresh air!
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
Turn down the volume on the TV and listen to MLB on the computer
Or really…is the sound that important?
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't led the Cubs to a post season win
Or santo on XM
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't led the Cubs to a post season win
watch it...
He may not be smooth announcer, but he’s an icon as far as I’m concerned.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
Actually Gwynn isn't bad...
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't led the Cubs to a post season win
Better than Stockton's....
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't led the Cubs to a post season win
Kinda remindds me of Walter
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't led the Cubs to a post season win
Walter who?
Payton? Jacobson? Cronkite?
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
#34
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't led the Cubs to a post season win
Sure did...
Greatest all around back ever.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
I put him and Emmitt Smith in the same category by themselves.
They would just as soon run over you as a tackler as try to run around you. Walter could do both; was better at moving around and Emmitt better at just taking the tackler out but the same mental intensity towards an impending collision between 250 pound men running at full speed.
Tommie Agee was out.
by Weeghman Park on Oct 1, 2008 10:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Never saw him play...
but watching film, I’d put Jim Brown in that catagory too. But if you include blocking, receiving, even passing, (I think he threw about 10 TD passes) Walter stands alone.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
I see what you mean...
Walter’s voice was a little higher pitched tho….Damn, I miss him!
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
Such an athlete and gentleman
He was the kind of sports hero you want your kids to have as a role model instead of these folks now. When people talk about Chicago sports you always hear about Ernie Banks and Michael Jordan and Mike Ditka (and I like them as role modesl) but it seems like we’ve all forgotten Walter was the team for a quite a while. Yeah, I miss him too, in the same way we will miss Santo some day hopefully far far off in the future.
Tommie Agee was out.
by Weeghman Park on Oct 1, 2008 10:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Well said my friend!
I’m still a little pissed at Ditka for not giving Walter the ball near the goal line in the Super Bowl. And I sure hope Ronny gets in the HOF before he leaves us.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
Tear wipe...tear wipe...
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't led the Cubs to a post season win
It's that time of the night when you're tired and upset about the outcome of tonights game and had a few drinks of choice to gain perspective
but I do wish #34 could have scored a touchdown that game. I wish I had had an opportunity to meet him. I do desperately wish Ron gets in the HOF this time. I hope he, and we, get to see that first Cubs WS flag but even if that never happens, he should be in the HOF. That’s just good old boy gamesmanship who don’t want certain people in their little club.
Going to go up to bed and watch the rest of the boring ALDS game in bed so I can just fall asleep. Better execution and intensity tomorrow night. Luck doesn’t have anything to do with it.
Tommie Agee was out.
by Weeghman Park on Oct 1, 2008 10:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Agree with all that...
Good night and sweet Cubbie dreams!
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
Absolutely no sarcasm on my part...
Thanks for putting some of my feelings into words…
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't led the Cubs to a post season win
Yep..
Even Ditka, last I heard him speak of it, feels pretty crappy now about the way he handled it.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
Thank you both for understanding
Some treat every topic on here as a light hearted joke opportunity but some of our experiences and emotions are a little more complicated and mature than a high school jock life. When you are experiencing significant stressfull times (such as this post season for us) its as stressful as getting married or having a baby or having a death in the family or buying a business. that just means you tend to start thinking about the things that are really important to you as a person. These sports relationships mimic personal ones and can be very satisfying or horrilbly disappointing.
I’m desinging what and who I want to be in my version of heaven to be and its going to be a nice little social group of my favorite Cubs and Bears and Denver Broncos. We’re going to play schoolyard versions of the sports, bet on horse races, and do the NCAA brackets. We’re going to drink scotch and gin and chanpagne constatntly and have personal nurses to give us an IV drip do we don’t get dehydrated.
We’re going to race fast cars against each other and go fishing everyday. But the main event will be like the scene in Field of Dreams where the players from different time periods get to play again and really play. And what makes it heaven for me is that I get to participate in those games with my heroes and hold my own. and then I’ll know what is so funny about the joke Demspter tells to the pitchers shagging flies at batting practice or what Lou thinks sorianao should concentrate on to stay of the low sliders in the dirt. What we want is to be on and in that social team of those guys rather than observers fans looking in. And that would be my heaven.
Tommie Agee was out.
by Weeghman Park on Oct 1, 2008 10:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Louder?
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
Looks that way..
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
Which Lilly were starting ahead of game 4 with all those Dodger lefty hitters
Oh please let this dubious bullpen be good enough in the playoffs...
maddog pitching bottom of the 9th....that seems wrong somehow to have him
pitching for the other team
GoCubsGo
because we are Cub fans
"This is a game to be savored, not gulped. There's time to discuss everything between pitches or between innings." -- Bill Veeck
Because the Cubs do this to us
for the past 100 years
Because we know what's going to happen.
We try to convince ourselves that things will be different, but in the end we keep getting smacked in the face.
And yet, for some reason, we still come back for more; hoping again that things will finally change.
That is why we are Cubs fans.
salt on the wound.
:(
"This is a game to be savored, not gulped. There's time to discuss everything between pitches or between innings." -- Bill Veeck
Yep.
I’m going to bed.
I’ll be back and chipper tomorrow, and ready to go. This is just mean.
Believe or Leave ~Cubswynn 9/9/2008
seems very wrong to make me root against Greg
"This is a game to be savored, not gulped. There's time to discuss everything between pitches or between innings." -- Bill Veeck
Just with the Cubs.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
How'd he do with that 116 win Seattle team?
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't led the Cubs to a post season win
How'd he do with the '90 Reds?
against the unbeatable Oakland A’s..
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
Rijo....
Is Zambrano the next Rijo?
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't led the Cubs to a post season win
That would be sweet if he was!
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
That team was a ddog BTW
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't led the Cubs to a post season win
Lou can't pitch for Dempster or hit for the "superstars" in the lineup
Those “win one for the Gipper” speeches only go so far and mostly work just in the movies.
Oh please let this dubious bullpen be good enough in the playoffs...
No...but he could use the regular seasson more as a marathon than a sprint
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't led the Cubs to a post season win
what started out as upsetting
is now actually quite funny. We had 97 wins. A 17 game winner for game one. And still nothing. All year long people have been saying how great this team is. All I can do is watch and realize the deer in the headlights look every Cub batter seems to have. This team needs a few drinks. A steroid of some type. Can Lee Elia come down and go off for a few minutes?
Correction
This team We needs a few drinks.
LOL
On my 8th Leinie Red….with a few shots of Jaeger thrown down too.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
Couldn't stand the tension...
went to walk the dog……come back and turn on the radio to hear “Marquis delivers the pitch”……I knew this couldn’t be a good thing.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
A minor victory
Would be for the Cubs to force Maddux out after a couple of runs . . . at least we could burn him so he can’t be used tomorrow.
by TheNextCubsVoice on Oct 1, 2008 8:45 PM CDT reply actions
Cub therapy
One more loss and I will have to start Cub Therapy.
You ok Sue?
I had to go away for awhile…
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
I know what you mean...
but I hope you’re here….you’re the voice of reason most nights.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
My kingdom for that!
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
do you expect me to be chiiper and
happy at a time like this?? dont give me “its only game 1” either, this hurts
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark
by preachermancubsfan on Oct 1, 2008 8:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Keep the faith preacherman...
no one should know that better than you..:)
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
this definitely hurts
but if you just bitch about it its only gonna make it feel worse. you just have to shrug it off.
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
Well said Chanman.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
you really shouldnt tell people how to feel,
this isnt argueing about who should play a certain position…and please point out to me where i was “bitching”
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark
by preachermancubsfan on Oct 1, 2008 8:51 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't think he
was calling you out. If you had been in the other threads you would know what he meant.
probably, i just think its stupid for someone to
tell someone how to “feel”
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark
by preachermancubsfan on Oct 1, 2008 8:54 PM CDT up reply actions
if you thought I was calling you out sorry, it was in general to all the people moaning a bunch
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
its cool man...
i understand
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark
by preachermancubsfan on Oct 1, 2008 8:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Don't think he was talking about you specifically.
More like he was talking about all the bitching in the previous theads.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
It's natural instinct
After 31 years of being a diehard I have a certain resignation about things. I’m sick and tired of talk of our superiority on paper all the time. This is a big payroll team that needs to step up at crunch time. What we have seen tonight is horrific rerun of the 3 game series against Arizona where, again, we were the vastly superior team on paper and managed to have the Augie Ojedas beat our brains in.
Oh please let this dubious bullpen be good enough in the playoffs...
Yeah, but...
Being a fan that long, you more than most should realize what a crapshoot the playoffs are. Just getting here is a big hurdle. IMO, anything else is gravy and depends too much on luck for my taste.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
That's a start
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
Come on Maddux.
Could you just give us one run to soothe our sadness?
The bright side
A game like this is less painful than a blown save, followed by an extra inning loss, having left 10 RISP.
"Earthly fame is naught but a breath of wind, which now comes hence and now comes thence, changing its name because it changes quarter." -- Dante, Purgatorio, Canto XI
Good call, Blue
And a tough one. . . easy to react for the automatic out, and he NEARLY did.
by TheNextCubsVoice on Oct 1, 2008 8:47 PM CDT reply actions
Would be a meaningless HR
"Earthly fame is naught but a breath of wind, which now comes hence and now comes thence, changing its name because it changes quarter." -- Dante, Purgatorio, Canto XI
Sori
Is more cold-pressed than olive oil. Ugh.
by TheNextCubsVoice on Oct 1, 2008 8:49 PM CDT reply actions
There it is...
Tomorrow will be a winner.
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"Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do."
- Voltaire
Good luck..
We’re all counting on you..:)
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
We'll get them tomorrow
honest. This is the best team in the NL. Has been all season.
"This is a game to be savored, not gulped. There's time to discuss everything between pitches or between innings." -- Bill Veeck
as John McClane said............
we just got &*@*@**@’d on national television
By the way, memo to the nay-sayers . . .
Cubs hits: 9
Dodgers hits: 8
The LA hits were just bigger hits, that’s all. 9 hits will win PLENTY of playoff games if you string them together.
by TheNextCubsVoice on Oct 1, 2008 8:51 PM CDT reply actions
I didn't
I just failed to mention it in that particular post . .. I was speaking to our offensive strength, which many people have been bashing all night. Those walks made the Dodgers look like Murderer’s Row tonight.
by TheNextCubsVoice on Oct 1, 2008 8:54 PM CDT up reply actions
yeah that tends to happen
when you got a guy out there pitching scared. Our offense was alright for the first half, disappeared in the second half of the game
Offense didn't show up either...
just like the starting pitching.
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't led the Cubs to a post season win
You don't need a lot...
…of hits when every other hitter is walked.
Also, it’s hard to get hits, if the pitcher doesn’t throw the ball over the plate.
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
stop rationalizing, people and get real.
We’re the best team in the national league. This is unacceptable, period. A sub par, under achieving performance of the highest order. what a joke.
+1
It’s easy to say now, but deep inside I wanted Harden. He can be so dominating and this 1st. win is f’ng huge to say the least.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
if it weren't for one damn pitch by Dempster..
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
the strikezone too was questionable tonight
Sure Dempster was erradic that one inning, but he was getting squeezed
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
I dont think he was getting squeezed that badly
he obviously didnt have it, that showed when he walked the pitcher.
Exactly,
it wasn’t the home run that did Dempster in, it was all of the walks.
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Oct 1, 2008 10:19 PM CDT up reply actions
Why not say...
“If not for that damn foul tip before the Grand Slam”
or
“If not for the inconsistent strike zone”
or
“If not for the chalk on the foul line being 5 inches wider”
or even
"If not for the damn ‘five letter word that shall not be mentioned in these threads’ "
We lost, that’s it. If we get swept, loose in five, or win it all, that’s what it will be.
Besides, the Brewers lost, so we’ve got that to laugh at.
You can't walk 7 in 4 2/3rds and expect good outcome....
It wasn’t one damn pitch that did the Cubs in.
Oh please let this dubious bullpen be good enough in the playoffs...
Seems like he probably felt he had to groove one or the ump would call it a ball.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
Well, dempster shouldnt feel too bad.
Even without the Grand Slam, it would have been a 3-2 loss.
Assuming everything else played out as it did.
That's horse crap
Marquis never see that game.
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Oct 1, 2008 8:54 PM CDT up reply actions
Getting out of a second bases loaded jam
May have given us more momentum. That just changed the game completely.
Well, that's over...
who is staying on here and watching the next game? Anyone? Anyone?
Tommie Agee was out.
According to history, we have 14% chance of winning this series.
Game one winners in a five game series has gone on to win 24 of 28 series.
Sweet
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Oct 1, 2008 8:53 PM CDT reply actions
Of those 4
how many were by teams that lost Game 1 at home?
Stop saying this... we heard you the first time.
Jimmyeatworld
by Jimmyeatworld on Oct 1, 2008 9:05 PM CDT up reply actions
Just remember....
It took the red sox being the 1st team down 0-3 to break out of their “funk”
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't led the Cubs to a post season win
Well,
I’ve been sick for a week and this game didn’t help, I’m off to a good night’s rest.
Here’s to a healthy and victorious tomorrow!
--
"Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do."
- Voltaire
Rhetorical Question: Isn't Maintaining a 2-run deficit as Important as Maintaing a 2-run lead if you expect to come back
Why not use Marmol instead of Shark??? 4-2 or 5-2 easier than 6-2 or 7-2.
by nervousCUBlover on Oct 1, 2008 8:59 PM CDT up reply actions
Hope they aren't getting rusty
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't led the Cubs to a post season win
If
We can get back to LA 1-1, we’re still very much in it. Cubs have actually played better on the road lately than at Wrigley.
Tomorrow will be the big test.
"Earthly fame is naught but a breath of wind, which now comes hence and now comes thence, changing its name because it changes quarter." -- Dante, Purgatorio, Canto XI
Zambrano
I profess to being very worried about game 2. Zambrano is so damned hard to figure out and I’m not confident of his psyche or ability to step up in a must-win game. Just being honest.
Oh please let this dubious bullpen be good enough in the playoffs...
I'm with you MDBNIU
Jody Davis was born on Monday, November 12, 1956, in Gainesville, Georgia. Davis was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 21, 1981, with the Chicago Cubs.
im just surprised MDBNIU has a friend
(not a bash, i have no problem wih him)
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by preachermancubsfan on Oct 1, 2008 9:02 PM CDT up reply actions
a friend on here that is
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark
by preachermancubsfan on Oct 1, 2008 9:03 PM CDT up reply actions
cant be confident in zambrano tomorrow, the whole season rides on it
"This is why Major League Baseball does not need instant replay, because then every single play will then be reviewed." -- Joe Morgan, 5/18/08, referring to an umpire ruling a Carlos Delgado homerun foul when replays showed it hit the foul pole.
how about going back to what worked
Fukudome batting second didnt work the first time you tried it……
You know Torre and the Dodgers are going to try and get into Zambrano's head
I don’t think it is overstatement to say that tomorrow’s game is the biggest start of Zambrano’s career.
Oh please let this dubious bullpen be good enough in the playoffs...
i think i obviously is the biggest start
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark
by preachermancubsfan on Oct 1, 2008 9:05 PM CDT up reply actions
Hope he brings his A game...
I’d much rather see your boy Harden out there tomorrow.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
Actually, I'd really wish Ted Lilly could go given all those Dodger lefty hitters
Oh please let this dubious bullpen be good enough in the playoffs...
I wouldn't be opposed to that either...
but Harden is the type that can totally dominate the opposition. Lilly lately though has been pretty damn good.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
What a poor performance
seriously.
Bob Howry: Ruining Baseball Since 2008
by The Original Dave on Oct 1, 2008 9:04 PM CDT reply actions
A couple questions
why was fukudome batting second?? and why does Soriano suck so much at the plate?
well we got our two best pitchers
up next….mix that with hopefully a re-energized offense. Nothing is out of grasp yet
Oh that is the truth.
Len’s voice is the only comforting thing I have right now. I’m going to go watch a podcast.
2008 NL Central Champs!
How are those?
Been meaning to check em out.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
I was thinking the same thing during the game,
it’s such a bummer we get stuck with “national announcers” during the playoffs.
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Oct 1, 2008 10:22 PM CDT up reply actions
+1
Thank goodness I live close enough to get Pat and Ron, and Miller and Sutcliffe weren’t too bad on ESPN radio.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
dick stockton is a freaking idiot
Only insight one of them had to offer the entire game was about the crowd…..not sure who it was. Had the volume low for obvious reasons
Camera shot of DeRosa's home run was taken from Saturn it was so far away....
TBS apparently doesn’t have ability to place cameras where WGN and Comcast do.
Oh please let this dubious bullpen be good enough in the playoffs...
Those TBS announcers were excruciatingly bad
I watched almost the entire game without the sound on. At least the Red Sox-Angels game has Chip Caray
Tommie Agee was out.
by Weeghman Park on Oct 1, 2008 9:08 PM CDT up reply actions
If the Cubs weren't equally as bad tonight,
you might not have even noticed how bad the announcers were.
Bob Howry: Ruining Baseball Since 2008
by The Original Dave on Oct 1, 2008 9:11 PM CDT up reply actions
+1
Glad Pat and Ron were on.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
The crowd was dead tonight
Even in the beginning of the game and when the Cubs were up 2-0.
Everyone there was waiting for something bad to pop the air out of the balloon
how can you blame them, we knew it was coming
"This is why Major League Baseball does not need instant replay, because then every single play will then be reviewed." -- Joe Morgan, 5/18/08, referring to an umpire ruling a Carlos Delgado homerun foul when replays showed it hit the foul pole.
different crowd tonight...
lots of older folks there who had “seen it all” and were there to finally see a winner. Not too many of the day-to-day fans from my section at least from what I can see. Lots of shirts and ties compared to normal. Just a function of playoff baseball I guess.
They got the momentum from Demp walking all those guys.
Of course it quieted the crowd.
Jimmyeatworld
by Jimmyeatworld on Oct 1, 2008 9:08 PM CDT up reply actions
Call it hangover effect of what happen against Arizona last fall...
The crowd has a right to be cautious until proven otherwise.
Oh please let this dubious bullpen be good enough in the playoffs...
No need to remind everyone
about the last 4 post-season games at Wrigley.
Any surprise why the crowd was waiting for something bad to happen?
Good point..
noticed that too.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
um..in the words of Jim Rome: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHNNNNNN!
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
If you've already given up.
Then don’t come here tomorrow night, praising Zambrano if he has a great game.
Jimmyeatworld
by Jimmyeatworld on Oct 1, 2008 9:12 PM CDT up reply actions
There is a big difference between being frustrated and saying that the series is over...
after just ONE GAME.
Jimmyeatworld
by Jimmyeatworld on Oct 1, 2008 9:14 PM CDT up reply actions
That's all it is... a stat. Just because they won ONE GAME,
doesn’t mean that they will win the series.
Jimmyeatworld
by Jimmyeatworld on Oct 1, 2008 9:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Good grief..
Get a grip man.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
aww I miss Frank Thomas on the announcing crew for TBS
He was like the Charles Barkley of Baseball. When they were talking I remember last year he randomly yelled “who won the georgia game?”
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
LOL
The Big Hurt was a Big mistake. That was funny tho…
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
The MOST IMPORTANT THING TOMORROW...Who is the HOME UMP?
How does he call things? What is his Zone?
That is what is so important with Z……..
Unfortunately, this is the kind of nuanced crap that gets inside the head of Zambrano
Screw who the umpire is and his strikezone for the game. Pitch to conditions and pitch to the Dodger lineup. Don’t get upset over what you can’t control. Unfortunately also Joe Torre and the Dodgers are going to try like hell to get Zambrano off his rhythm. Please let his horoscope say good things tomorrow morning.
Oh please let this dubious bullpen be good enough in the playoffs...
You are very naive if you don't think that Z and Lou don't eval the ump
It isn’t nuanced crap or maleable ostentatious dog shit…………..
It is playing the game the way you can play it. As posted below. The strike zone tonight was small…sounds like tomorrow will be larger.
You on a consistant and mind numbing basis are a poster who is made fun of 90% of the time. I will refrain from adding on MDBNIU……………..how’s the Hoff pick you punk??????
Actually...
I think someone mentioned last night that the ump tonight had the smallest strike zone, and the one tomorrow has the widest….I’ll have to check their stats.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
Dempster choked, plain and simple.
7 walks is the TOTAL amount he gave up in the month of September. Plus, they swung at several that were ball four. Not good for our so-called ace.
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
hes always been walk happy
but walking the fucking bases loaded? nothing bothers me more than that……well maybe walking the pticher
He was walkin guys because he didn't feel good about his stuff...
Beyond the walks he also gave up some very loud outs. It might be the case that Dempster was picking his poison. Either nibble and maybe walk guys or watch them smack the tar out of his less than good stuff.
Oh please let this dubious bullpen be good enough in the playoffs...
This is the ultimate test.
Pick yourself up. Dust yourself off. And be a professional baseball player. Be a champion. It’s not going to be easy, The regular season is long gone. You earned it and you are better than this. Do i have to come down there myself and kick all your asses?
This is for vindication. For the naysayers. To kiss goats and black cats goodbye. To put Bartman in the rear view mirror. And never hear the word “curse” again. You can’t shake “loveable loser” until you f-ing win. So win.
This is funny but why is it here?
Tommie Agee was out.
by Weeghman Park on Oct 1, 2008 9:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Manny....
what a dolt…telling the press it’s all about Joe having him cut his hair.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
Well if some guys on the team we want to wwin....
would get some hhits to score runs…..Manny becomes irreleveant
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't led the Cubs to a post season win
well I am out
hopefully tomorrow is better!
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
too many walks to a single hitter in furcal, that did us in
"This is why Major League Baseball does not need instant replay, because then every single play will then be reviewed." -- Joe Morgan, 5/18/08, referring to an umpire ruling a Carlos Delgado homerun foul when replays showed it hit the foul pole.
Facts of first game loss
teams that have won the first game in a series have won 24 out of 28 times
I swear if anyone else parrots that stat. again, I'm going to go all ape-shit.
Jimmyeatworld
by Jimmyeatworld on Oct 1, 2008 9:21 PM CDT up reply actions
preach on!
i hear you brother!
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark
by preachermancubsfan on Oct 1, 2008 9:23 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm with you Jimmy...
Talk about beating a dead horse…my lord.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
How about 1 Cub, just once, getting pissed
and not just accepting their ass-whuppin?? Excuses. We’ll bounce back tomorrow. Blah, blah, blah. A little erratic, Demp??? Come on just say you sucked.
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
i was pretty leary about so many people
talking about “what they cant wait to see in the WS, and who they’d like to face” and not worrying about the SERIES AT HAND
maybe the team had that kind of mentality. i bet they dont anymore!
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark
by preachermancubsfan on Oct 1, 2008 9:22 PM CDT reply actions
So true, my friend.
Nothing is promised except the day at hand.
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
Did lou have a post-game conference?
and what’d he say?
------ TheRiot Squad ------
Too many walks and the rest of the baseball cliches.
Not much else. Looked whupped, like all of us feel.
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
The 24 of 28 stat is bullshit
Why play the rest of the games if it is already decided? Why not save some time and just play a one-game series instead of five? Think of the 2004 Red Sox, and forget that stat. We just have to win some games
agreed
we win the next one (with Z pitching) and it’s 1-1. We win the first in LA (with Harden back pitching in california) and it’s 2-1. I was as miserable as anyone tonight, but i’m not ready to throw in the towel.
------ TheRiot Squad ------
by RightFieldSucks on Oct 1, 2008 9:26 PM CDT up reply actions
No one is freaking arguing with it.
Jimmyeatworld
by Jimmyeatworld on Oct 1, 2008 9:27 PM CDT up reply actions
well, no kidding dude!
but you are acting like it is an absolute to happen again bc of history
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark
by preachermancubsfan on Oct 1, 2008 9:28 PM CDT up reply actions
Why don't you just do a fanpost about your freaking stat man.
And leave the rest of us alone, ok?
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
i thought the same thing.
everyone talked about how the rockies were gonna get swept bc they were sitting and waiting for a team to play, getting cold.
i thought, if that can happen to a whole team, why can’t it happen to individuals
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark
by preachermancubsfan on Oct 1, 2008 9:27 PM CDT up reply actions
*overpaid
if you’re gonna say the sky is falling, at least spell it right
------ TheRiot Squad ------
by RightFieldSucks on Oct 1, 2008 9:27 PM CDT up reply actions
Barry Zito would like to have a word with you
he is a little hot/cold for my preference but I think most of us knew that going in. You can hate on him all you want but I am going to just hope he gets hot.
Ok Im gonna jump in and defend Alfonso
First Barry Zito would like to talk to you.
Second Alfonso Soriano’s signing helped set the tone for this new Cub regime
Third Alfonso Soriano is the best player on our team not named Aramis Ramirez
Fourth Alfonso Soriano carries this team for streches, and while I blame him for setting an awful tone for tonights game, he could catch fire and carry us.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #3/4 4-0 (0-0). Next up at Nebraska October 4th. Live on ESPN in primetime. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
Hear hear...
Well said nji!
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
You've got to be freaking kidding me.
When MLB was considering contracting the Twins, the price to do it was 250 million dollars. That just so happened to be the size of the contract that Alex Rodriguez had just signed.
Jimmyeatworld
by Jimmyeatworld on Oct 1, 2008 9:30 PM CDT up reply actions
where are the Yankees this year?
and even when they did make the playoffs did you see his numbers in the postseason?
dude he played well in the regular season.
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark
by preachermancubsfan on Oct 1, 2008 9:30 PM CDT up reply actions
yea, because you dont have to go thru the reg. season
to get to the postseason. thats teh dumbest overused statement ever
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark
by preachermancubsfan on Oct 1, 2008 9:34 PM CDT up reply actions
but we wouldnt even be in the position we are in, if
it wasnt for him. theres gonna be at least 2 more games for him to prove himself
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark
by preachermancubsfan on Oct 1, 2008 9:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Hmmm
I guess that would be news to Ernie Banks…
"They played the best all year, so they're the winners." ~Tony LaRussa on the 2008 Cubs
you just got burnt, lol
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark
by preachermancubsfan on Oct 1, 2008 9:37 PM CDT up reply actions
I like DLee a lot but...
tonight I would have preferred Ernie in that batting spot.
Tommie Agee was out.
by Weeghman Park on Oct 1, 2008 9:42 PM CDT up reply actions
He's 77
Might have trouble with the high heat..:)
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
Where's our clutch???
Or more directly our post season clutch??? Does this team’s ass simply pucker up when the playoffs come….do they kinda secretly believe the curse crap….or do they wanna win so bad that they get to tight? All I know is we looked tight and Demps pitched nervous….and now we gotta rely on Mr. Mental Case tomorrow to right the ship…….I truly despise watching Manny Ramirez dance and frolic about…..why can’t karma come back and smack him in the teeth??? Series not over but I think we can all shut our traps about World Series for awhile….maybe until we actually get into one perhaps……..
I think we blew it.
anyone know a good shop in Wrigleyville?
what kind of shop?...
Walgreens has razor blades.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
Hate those rope burns tho...
It would be pills and booze for me…go out with a good buzz.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
This is not funny.
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Oct 1, 2008 10:27 PM CDT up reply actions
Wasn't meant to be...
I sure wouldn’t take anything like suicide lightly. I had a friend who unfortunately, due to a lot of bad breaks in life, chose to end his own life. I’m sorry it offended you in any way. Maybe it was in bad taste. On second reading, it was. I do apologize. Too many beers and shots for me tonight.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
Thanks for the apolgy, Bump
My younger killed himself about 25 years ago when he was in college and that was a devastating event that affects my whole family every day even now. It literally killed my dad 10-15 years prematurely based on his health at the time and how it deteriorated thereafter. It definitely makes you look at your own life differently and hopefully concentrate on what’’s right with your life rather than all the things that are wrong. Off the sopabox for a soft landing. Good Night.
Tommie Agee was out.
by Weeghman Park on Oct 1, 2008 11:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Razzy, you just answered your own question.
They were tight & pressing tonight at the start. DeRo’s homer loosened them up a little. I think that they got this tightness out of the way tonight. I don’t think the Dodgers can keep our offense down tomorrow night. When will karma smack the other team in the teeth? Tomorrow night at 9:00 is when. Stay tuned…
Jimmyeatworld
by Jimmyeatworld on Oct 1, 2008 9:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Big believer in karma here...
what goes around….
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there is a thing called a reply button
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark
by preachermancubsfan on Oct 1, 2008 9:32 PM CDT up reply actions
who is our team leader?
who is going to give us the emotional lift we need? Every great team had one. Who is ours?
i would say that dero is the emotional leader of the team
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark
by preachermancubsfan on Oct 1, 2008 9:35 PM CDT up reply actions
Agree
I was thinking on that and, surprisingly, no one immediately came to mind. In some ways, Edmonds is but he is not “Cub” enough yet, if you know what I mean. It really should be DLee and I think Lou said today or yesterday that he did say a few words to the team. Whatever it was must not have been inspirational enough. By default, DeRo is just by how he plays the game and I think that’s who Lou would name if he were asked the question, but he would never answer it.
Tommie Agee was out.
by Weeghman Park on Oct 1, 2008 9:39 PM CDT up reply actions
this is going to be a statement that might get me roasted, but...
i really kinda hope d-lee isnt on this team next year. i think he could be hindering this team leadership wise, everyone looks to him, and never delivers
Roast away
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark
by preachermancubsfan on Oct 1, 2008 9:41 PM CDT up reply actions
i dont know why he is still in the #3 hole
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark
by preachermancubsfan on Oct 1, 2008 9:47 PM CDT up reply actions
That's a more direct way of saying what I was trying to say.
Thank you. I think he is good for the team but he isn’t the leader like a Banks and he is probably batting in the wrong spot in the order. He is very good defensively.
Tommie Agee was out.
by Weeghman Park on Oct 1, 2008 9:45 PM CDT up reply actions
I like him on the team
but not in the 3 spot, he hit into another dp again tonight. I also would never, ever choose him to be a motivational speaker for any group I’m in charge of motivating.
by TheRamZamDLEE on Oct 1, 2008 9:46 PM CDT up reply actions
Football is a game of emotion.
Baseball is not. Emotion actually works against you in baseball.
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Oct 1, 2008 10:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Do the Cubs have a captain?
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
Now it's a must win situation
No excuses, curses, or any of that crap. This is it. You didn’t bust ass for 6 months to aly down to a team you know you can beat. GET IT DONE!!
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
I didn't know he stayed in ugly hotel rooms
Tommie Agee was out.
by Weeghman Park on Oct 1, 2008 10:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Ha...
rimshot…:)
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
DeRo on postgame..
WGN radio.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
goodnight,
but i think i fall under lover, and idiot, lol
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark
by preachermancubsfan on Oct 1, 2008 9:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Night
it seems like there should be more categories than that.
Tommie Agee was out.
by Weeghman Park on Oct 1, 2008 9:49 PM CDT up reply actions
+1
Pessimists, optomists, overzealous?
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
Theriot...
telling Kaplan on WGN radio that the Dodgers did a great job of laying off Dempster’s pitches….you think?
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Cubs could easily win this series 3-1
If Z dominates tomorrow – I like Harden and Lilly in games 3 and 4!
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+1
I like the way you think Mike and want to subscribe to your newsletter.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
Someones had too much cubbie kool aid tonight
Zambrano coming anywhere close to dominance is a HUGE IF, id give it about a 5% chance of him pitching a good game tomorrow, his head is going to be so f’ed up it wont matter
"This is why Major League Baseball does not need instant replay, because then every single play will then be reviewed." -- Joe Morgan, 5/18/08, referring to an umpire ruling a Carlos Delgado homerun foul when replays showed it hit the foul pole.
by CubsBall2202 on Oct 1, 2008 10:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Actually from the look on his face tonight in the dugout
I think he could come out tomorrow and just be in an untouchable zone. He sees this as his opportunity to show the world he is the pitcher he has been saying he is for a few years now in a clutch situation. If he doesn’t go out tonight and drown sorrows in swimming pools of alcohol or Red Bull and comes to work focused tomorrow he could just dominate. If anything Demp lulled the Dodgers into a nibbling kind of delivery: not overpowering and lots of ball so they just sat back and waited for something good to drive or take the BB. Z could get in front early emotionally, in the count and in the game score and never let them up off the mat. And, if he does, then Harden has incremental personal motivational reason to bring his A+ game next. Bottom line, within the first few pitches we will know the outcome of tomorrow’s game from our pitching perspective. Figuring out where the offense is going to raise its head finally is more tricky.
Tommie Agee was out.
by Weeghman Park on Oct 1, 2008 10:23 PM CDT up reply actions
Being a STL fan, I hate saying this, but...
Big Z was nails in the playoffs last year: 6 innings, 2 earned runs…but picked up a loss. If he has another 6 innings, 2 runs (not earned runs) game, then he could pick up a W against the Dodgers.
You forgot about Derrek DP Lee
Problem is that Lee will kill any rally that they cubs have going. Can you remember the last clutch hit the man had? Wow Cub bats and Playoff games are so bi-polar. ’98, 89 and 84 – big burst but mostly silent no consistency. Remember how many times Dawson came up in ’89 needing only a hit and best we got was a Sac Fly. Deja vous all over again.
I've had a lot stronger than kool aid tonight...
However, I’d put that a little higher than 5%. I think the combination of extra rest, (remember, he had a lot of rest before the no-no) cool weather, wind blowing in, an ump with a wider strike zone, (which I believe will happen) should bode well for Big Z. I agree with you about his head tho. God knows where that will be. That’s the X factor I think.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
Z should totally hire us to be his handlers and take care of him on days before he pitches like Matadors used to have.
We take him the gym to workout and the restaurant to eat and get him to the park on time and arrange for a discreet number of peronal meetings with his fans. and we work on his head to keep him LEVEL, FOCUSED and CALM. That would totally rock dude; anyone got his cell number?
Tommie Agee was out.
by Weeghman Park on Oct 1, 2008 11:08 PM CDT up reply actions
+1
Cubs actually play very well at Dodger Stadium.
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by Goat Whisperer on Oct 1, 2008 11:04 PM CDT up reply actions
I think todays loss
Is grounds for eliminating the picture of Soto saga. I mean.. Piniella would be a good one to use.. or even the starting pitcher of the day.. but today we lost so the luck ran out with Soto, maybe if you take him off he will perform better in the game as well. I dont know… just a suggestion…
WOW WHAT A SEASON!
by SouthsideCUBSfan on Oct 2, 2008 4:02 AM CDT reply actions
Dave Kaplan said the fans didn't bring their A game.
Yeah, Dave, the fans didn’t bring their A game. Sure, that was the problem.
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