I need to get out of that other thread before I get too depressed. Are these people even Cubs fans?

I think it will all come down to the first inning tomorrow. Will we get good Z or bad Z? Win tomorrow and hope for a split in LA and come home Tuesday for a huge game.

This team is great in the regular season!

How can you blame the Cubs for qualifying for post-season.

Heres the deal, was it disappointing? Of course! But the team that we saw out there was not the same that we have seen all season. Post-season jitters whatever. You have to show a little faith in what they can do, think about it, all the guys that we have seen produce aside from De-Ro just didn’t have it tonight. I have to base my thoughts on the next games on the past performances, and if thats an indication, then the team with the best record in the NL is poised to put a hurt on the Dodgers heading on out. I still like our rotation past now that we are past Lowe…we have the advantage in that department.

We all knew that Torre was going to be aggresive…thats what they did they fought to get men in scoring position – they challenged the pitchers. We need to do the same thing, show them the patience we have at the plate.

Well I’ve read both the hate thread and the non hate thread and I think both miss the point. It isn’t about believing or ledge jumping, it is about the better team going out there and getting the job done no matter what. We had one for the taking and we let it go. I don’t want to hear about the fans, the umpire, managerial mover, the bullpen or anything. Go out there and beat the weaker team. Plain and simple. I actually think the crowd response was appropriate. You guys play like you are capable and we’ll support it, play the way you did tonight and you’ll hear crickets.

Alot of bandwagoneers will be shelving their Cubs caps.

Our pitching depth is our strength. They can’t match Z, Harden, and Lilly from their 2,3,4. That’s been our strength all year, it is now. We fire our best bullets starting tomorrow. If Z and Harden aren’t up to it, well, then we weren’t going to win the World Series anyway.

Walking Lowe…I mean some of that stuff was completely out of left field…its like everyone was pressing and wiggin out.

Also, yes the it did seem a subdued atmosphere tonight, which shouldn’t be, but I don’t think the 5:30 start helped. Tomorrow night, with a start three hours later leaving that much more time for people to get oiled up before should lead to a much more intimidating environment.

See you all manana, I’m going to go for a run a hopefully wind down from a sucky night. Take care and Go CUBS!

Hell no. But did they help? Not so much. That’s the problem with this stupid drought. If the Cubs fall behind, most fans immediately get nervous and tight and reluctantly cheer somberly until the Cubs take back the lead. And then there’s the collection of fans who are jackasses (dabard, anyone?) who just want to boo and bitch and moan.

Do you really think the crowd is that passive if we fall behind 2 in mid-august? No, because we’ve learned that this team keeps fighting. So why are we more likely to give up on a game early because it is the postseason?

No, the fans didn’t lose the game and they never will. But it did kinda suck to hear boos and see the passion drained by the sixth inning.

when you walk the ballpark ( Lowe and Furcal twice!) it zaps the energy. “Z” needs a good start, get us to the 8th with the lead.
 And, our leadoff hitter needs a couple knocks.
Get them tomorrow, get that win

I’ve acted and felt like a fool enough for one day. I also will admit to being glad that the Office is on tomorrow night. I need to laugh and ease into the game. I think we were all set up to be knocked down today. Let the Cubbies show us this is different tomorrow.

By saying this is the official non-official hate thread, you’re saying this thread is the authoritative thread that isn’t authoritate for hate. In other words, this is a hate thread.

But if this is suppose to be the …. non-hate thread, I’m calling SHENANIGANS!!!

THIS IS ALL DTPOLLITT’S FAULT. IT’S HIS FAULT THE ECONOMY HAS HAS PLUMMETED AS WELL.

IF YOU SEE DTPOLLITT AT BCB, GIVE HIM A GOOD SHELACKING. DAMN YOU DTPOLLITT, DAMN YOUUUUUUUUU

you needed this picture:

BSox 2 Angels 1 in the 6th inning.

the bats were cold, demp didn’t have it, and Z is gonna have us all happy and giddy tomorrow night…

GROTA gives us a gut check. Part:

Our pitching only gets better from here, and theirs only gets worse. We are still right in this thing.

yes this was a HUGE LOSS but if we win tomorrow to tie it up we got harden for game 3 which i have alot of confidence in to win for us….but if we lose tomorrow…that wont be pretty..the season is on the line tomorrow and for all u people sayin we shud of had our best pitcher in zambrano out there today will get to see our best pitcher start tomorrow for us with this whole season on the line…simple as that

There really is nothing here that we don’t already know. The content of the fanpost is fine but there really is no value to the fanpost than to counter DeBard’s Bizarro comments in his own fanpost. It is like Rec’ing a game thread or something….

we are all faulting Dempster’s impersonation of a MLB pitcher tonight—it lacked something…maybe it was all of those BBs on a night when the wind was blowing in somewhat? A good night to challenge hitters and he looked afraid/incapable of throwing strikes.