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First Pitch Thread: NLDS Game #2, Cubs vs. Dodgers, Thursday 10/2, 8:30 CT

"We're supposed to be perfect our first day on the job and then show constant improvement." -- Ed Vargo, major league baseball umpire

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2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Oct 2, 2008 8:30 PM CDT reply actions  

Let's even this thing up!

I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg

by Bill Potter on Oct 2, 2008 8:30 PM CDT reply actions  

agreed

No pussyfooting tonight, lets kick the Dodgers’ ass

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Oct 2, 2008 8:31 PM CDT up reply actions  

UH...TWSS?

Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.

by dtpollitt on Oct 2, 2008 8:32 PM CDT up reply actions  

no..

TWTCCS

Thats what the Chicago Cubs say!

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Oct 2, 2008 8:32 PM CDT up reply actions  

ROLL CALL! WHO'S ALL HERE FOR GAME 2?!

Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.

by dtpollitt on Oct 2, 2008 8:31 PM CDT reply actions  

I guess I am

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Oct 2, 2008 8:31 PM CDT up reply actions  

hello

"Booze, broads, and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need?" Harry Caray

by CubbieintheSouth on Oct 2, 2008 8:32 PM CDT up reply actions  

present

"Chicago baseball fans, who are composites of scar tissue and mortifying memories..." - George F. Will

by eswan9 on Oct 2, 2008 8:32 PM CDT up reply actions  

present

I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg

by Bill Potter on Oct 2, 2008 8:32 PM CDT up reply actions  

reporting from LA

time for Cub offense to roll and for Z to shine!

THIS IS OUR CENTURY!!

by LAcarl519 on Oct 2, 2008 8:32 PM CDT up reply actions  

Reading you loud and clear from Denver,

and I remembered to put my (lucky) predictions in the last thread.

"I've never complained about it. I'm thankful to have a jersey." Mark DeRosa, 22 Aug 2007

by DeRoMyHero on Oct 2, 2008 8:33 PM CDT up reply actions  

I'll stick around so long as this thread doesn't get stupid like last night.

Regardless I’ll be watching the game on TV and listening to Rick Sutcliffe on XM radio instead of that moron Stockton.

Tommie Agee was out.

by Weeghman Park on Oct 2, 2008 8:33 PM CDT up reply actions  

Here

Score quick and score often!

by jajonez77 on Oct 2, 2008 8:34 PM CDT up reply actions  

Here, BUT....

But I may lurk in silence, as everything was fine last night (up 2-0) until I came on here, and then Demps implodes with the granny to Loney. Not feeling very presonally confident with the karma right now.

Think I’m gonna take one for the team, and stay away tonight.

by Jimsil on Oct 2, 2008 8:35 PM CDT up reply actions  

We appreciate your sacrifice.

"I've never complained about it. I'm thankful to have a jersey." Mark DeRosa, 22 Aug 2007

by DeRoMyHero on Oct 2, 2008 8:36 PM CDT up reply actions  

Flachi is on his couch

while my daughter is at the game.

She’s so excited to be there.

"Every team will win 60 games, every team will lose 60 games, it's what the team does in the other 42 games that decides the season."

by flachimesa on Oct 2, 2008 8:36 PM CDT up reply actions  

TWSS

"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun

by Bump Bailey on Oct 2, 2008 8:38 PM CDT up reply actions  

I'm rarin' to go!

"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun

by Bump Bailey on Oct 2, 2008 8:36 PM CDT up reply actions  

Here

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by MrNFL on Oct 2, 2008 8:40 PM CDT up reply actions  

Here

As much as work will allow

by chitownhawkeye on Oct 2, 2008 8:40 PM CDT up reply actions  

Here!

"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."

by Itchy on Oct 2, 2008 8:47 PM CDT up reply actions  

Let's go cu-bbies

"Booze, broads, and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need?" Harry Caray

by CubbieintheSouth on Oct 2, 2008 8:31 PM CDT reply actions  

I have a good feeling about Z tonight..

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Oct 2, 2008 8:32 PM CDT reply actions  

This woman needs to learn about run-on sentences.

Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.

by dtpollitt on Oct 2, 2008 8:32 PM CDT reply actions  

stop with the debate stuff.

many of us are TiVO/DVRing the thing

focus on the matter at hand: A CUB VICTORY.

FOCUS.

THIS IS OUR CENTURY!!

by LAcarl519 on Oct 2, 2008 8:35 PM CDT up reply actions  

Because you asked nicely Carl, I will.

Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.

by dtpollitt on Oct 2, 2008 8:36 PM CDT up reply actions  

Carl,

I feel bad for you being in LA — can’t be easy right now. How about your Quaker pal?

"I've never complained about it. I'm thankful to have a jersey." Mark DeRosa, 22 Aug 2007

by DeRoMyHero on Oct 2, 2008 8:38 PM CDT up reply actions  

I won't be the only one to admit that I am scared as shit right now

especially for this first inning..

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Oct 2, 2008 8:33 PM CDT up reply actions  

Don't be scared,

This is what playoff baseball is all about!

Hey, it's a new century!

by cowsarecool220 on Oct 2, 2008 8:33 PM CDT up reply actions  

Not scared

But I could definitely throw up, if there’s a difference between the two. Somehow it makes sense to me.

by dbaltman on Oct 2, 2008 8:37 PM CDT up reply actions  

I'd Agree I am more like you

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Oct 2, 2008 8:37 PM CDT up reply actions  

sounds like anxiety

I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg

by Bill Potter on Oct 2, 2008 8:37 PM CDT up reply actions  

i'm tempering the nerves with alcohol.

it’s not working too well

I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg

by Bill Potter on Oct 2, 2008 8:39 PM CDT up reply actions  

I have my 1998 KWood shirt on...

Complete w/ holes.

"There is one thing I will never believe, and that is the Sox are better than the Cubs." - Frank Chance

by pfd89 on Oct 2, 2008 8:32 PM CDT reply actions  

Went

With my Dome jersey tonight. Needed a change from The-Riot last night.

by dbaltman on Oct 2, 2008 8:34 PM CDT up reply actions  

I broke out the Blues for Z and the 1914 throwback hat.

"Booze, broads, and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need?" Harry Caray

by CubbieintheSouth on Oct 2, 2008 8:35 PM CDT up reply actions  

I'm going with my A-Ram jersey....

Not 100%, but the luckiest of my Cubs gear.

by Jimsil on Oct 2, 2008 8:43 PM CDT up reply actions  

Sandberg jersey tonight.

just got it for the birthday.

I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg

by Bill Potter on Oct 2, 2008 8:44 PM CDT up reply actions  

Sweet!

"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun

by Bump Bailey on Oct 2, 2008 8:57 PM CDT up reply actions  

yeah, it's a good one.

I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg

by Bill Potter on Oct 2, 2008 8:58 PM CDT up reply actions  

I love the reaction I left in the other thread

If things turn out bad….

Blame me….. But im feeling good

by Galvan316 on Oct 2, 2008 8:33 PM CDT reply actions  

Gal...grrrrrr

Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.

by dtpollitt on Oct 2, 2008 8:34 PM CDT up reply actions  

All across the world Cubs fan's will be celebrating tonight.

"Booze, broads, and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need?" Harry Caray

by CubbieintheSouth on Oct 2, 2008 8:34 PM CDT reply actions  

well actually techinically, it won't be NIGHT everywhere

I.E. the game will most likely be over in the morning for us east coasters.

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Oct 2, 2008 8:34 PM CDT up reply actions  

there is always one

"Booze, broads, and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need?" Harry Caray

by CubbieintheSouth on Oct 2, 2008 8:36 PM CDT up reply actions  

:D

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Oct 2, 2008 8:36 PM CDT up reply actions  

TWSS to John Kruk!

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Oct 2, 2008 8:36 PM CDT up reply actions  

nice play

I thought she was talking to Lance Armstrong

"Booze, broads, and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need?" Harry Caray

by CubbieintheSouth on Oct 2, 2008 8:37 PM CDT up reply actions  

Remember Z's last postseason game

He was great. Hopefully, Lou will leave him in for at least 86 pitches tonight ;)

by cocknfire on Oct 2, 2008 8:35 PM CDT reply actions  

Welp...

here we go..

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Oct 2, 2008 8:36 PM CDT reply actions  

here we friggin go!

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Oct 2, 2008 8:37 PM CDT reply actions  

Well

here we go.

Its funny, you spend most of your life gripping a baseball. And in the end, its almost always the other way around.

by TCobb1911 on Oct 2, 2008 8:38 PM CDT reply actions  

oh father who art thou in heaven

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Oct 2, 2008 8:38 PM CDT reply actions  

no worried at all

"Chicago baseball fans, who are composites of scar tissue and mortifying memories..." - George F. Will

by eswan9 on Oct 2, 2008 8:38 PM CDT reply actions  

hallow be thy name

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Oct 2, 2008 8:38 PM CDT reply actions  

thy kingdom come, thy will be done

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Oct 2, 2008 8:38 PM CDT reply actions  

one out!

good start so far

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Oct 2, 2008 8:39 PM CDT reply actions  

OK

breathe

Its funny, you spend most of your life gripping a baseball. And in the end, its almost always the other way around.

by TCobb1911 on Oct 2, 2008 8:39 PM CDT reply actions  

I just hope for a consistent strike zone

if he gets the outside corner all night, the Cubs will be in good shape

I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg

by Bill Potter on Oct 2, 2008 8:39 PM CDT reply actions  

Z looks pumped

"Booze, broads, and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need?" Harry Caray

by CubbieintheSouth on Oct 2, 2008 8:39 PM CDT reply actions  

the rubber bands seem to be wound a "tad" tight tonight

let’s hope he channels the energy to good use

THIS IS OUR CENTURY!!

by LAcarl519 on Oct 2, 2008 8:40 PM CDT up reply actions  

Crowd sounds good! I’m pumped! I think Carlos is going to rock it tonight

by Caheisey on Oct 2, 2008 8:39 PM CDT reply actions  

Does anyone know what size of bat Soriano uses?

and no TWSS replies. Great 1st batter for Z to retire.

Tommie Agee was out.

by Weeghman Park on Oct 2, 2008 8:39 PM CDT reply actions  

I think

Its either a 36 or 38 ouncer. I know as of a few years ago it was one of the heavier ones in baseball.

by dbaltman on Oct 2, 2008 8:41 PM CDT up reply actions  

I know its heavy

But I don’t know that I can believe 40. 36 would be my first guess.

by dbaltman on Oct 2, 2008 8:43 PM CDT up reply actions  

A Ranger-fan friend said that he used 35 in Texas...

"I've never complained about it. I'm thankful to have a jersey." Mark DeRosa, 22 Aug 2007

by DeRoMyHero on Oct 2, 2008 8:44 PM CDT up reply actions  

fuck history hw

i am watching the game, who cares about learning about the Constitution when you could be watching baseball?

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Oct 2, 2008 8:39 PM CDT reply actions  

Hello Everyone

Let’s go Cubs! Get em Z!

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by MrNFL on Oct 2, 2008 8:39 PM CDT reply actions  

Here...

- Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is!
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!
- Germans?
- Forget it, he's rolling.

by Endrick on Oct 2, 2008 8:39 PM CDT reply actions  

reply button is your friend

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Oct 2, 2008 8:40 PM CDT up reply actions  

shit mines not working

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Oct 2, 2008 8:40 PM CDT up reply actions  

anyone else's not working?

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Oct 2, 2008 8:40 PM CDT up reply actions  

sucks

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Oct 2, 2008 8:41 PM CDT up reply actions  

doesn't it?

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Oct 2, 2008 8:41 PM CDT up reply actions  

agreed

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Oct 2, 2008 8:43 PM CDT up reply actions  

really?

must be a virus

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Oct 2, 2008 8:45 PM CDT up reply actions  

or somethig like that

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Oct 2, 2008 8:45 PM CDT up reply actions  

something*

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Oct 2, 2008 8:45 PM CDT up reply actions  

that a baby

go after ’em

Its funny, you spend most of your life gripping a baseball. And in the end, its almost always the other way around.

by TCobb1911 on Oct 2, 2008 8:39 PM CDT reply actions  

two outs!

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Oct 2, 2008 8:40 PM CDT reply actions  

2

"Booze, broads, and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need?" Harry Caray

by CubbieintheSouth on Oct 2, 2008 8:40 PM CDT reply actions  

For those without TBS..

It’s streaming live here

"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun

by Bump Bailey on Oct 2, 2008 8:40 PM CDT reply actions  

turn down the volume

"Booze, broads, and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need?" Harry Caray

by CubbieintheSouth on Oct 2, 2008 8:41 PM CDT up reply actions  

+1

Listening to Pat and Ron.

"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun

by Bump Bailey on Oct 2, 2008 8:43 PM CDT up reply actions  

I can't

I’ve love Ron, but his nervousness combines with my nervousness and it’s a mess

by cocknfire on Oct 2, 2008 8:44 PM CDT up reply actions  

No prob..

It’s also on justintvdotcom, but I think this feed is a bit better. But if you want to chat, you can do it on justintv.

"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun

by Bump Bailey on Oct 2, 2008 8:46 PM CDT up reply actions  

Don't ask, don't tell.

I don’t know, but they’ve been doing it for at least a couple years now.

"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun

by Bump Bailey on Oct 2, 2008 8:47 PM CDT up reply actions  

Did anyone

here David Aldridge when interviewing Victorino after the game tonight refer to Brett Meyers as “Randy”?

Its funny, you spend most of your life gripping a baseball. And in the end, its almost always the other way around.

by TCobb1911 on Oct 2, 2008 8:41 PM CDT reply actions  

that's Nasty.

I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg

by Bill Potter on Oct 2, 2008 8:41 PM CDT up reply actions  

pardon my

idiocy… “Hear” instead of here

Its funny, you spend most of your life gripping a baseball. And in the end, its almost always the other way around.

by TCobb1911 on Oct 2, 2008 8:41 PM CDT up reply actions  

Sounds like Z is on

and the crowd is into it. Much better vibe tonight!

It has to start some place. It has to start some time. What better place than here. What better time than now. ~Rage Against the Machine

by love the ivy on Oct 2, 2008 8:41 PM CDT reply actions  

0 -2 ON Manny

SIT DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by Galvan316 on Oct 2, 2008 8:42 PM CDT up reply actions  

Now this feels like the playoffs. I can hear the crowd tonight.


Fontenot may be the least likely looking home run hitter. He packs a big punch with his 5-foot-8 physique. Where's the power come from?

"I don't know," Fontenot said. "I've always had decent power my whole life. I guess it's bat speed. Timing a little bit. My grown-man strength."

by Villeslgr on Oct 2, 2008 8:41 PM CDT reply actions  

nice strikezone tonight!

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Oct 2, 2008 8:41 PM CDT reply actions  

big and wide

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Oct 2, 2008 8:41 PM CDT up reply actions  

I known its early, but

they look pretty (refreshingly) loose right now

by LuisSalazar on Oct 2, 2008 8:41 PM CDT reply actions  

shut up manny

"Booze, broads, and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need?" Harry Caray

by CubbieintheSouth on Oct 2, 2008 8:42 PM CDT reply actions  

Z has his A game tonight

Good start Cubbies, now let’s get some runs!

"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman

by hip2bsquare on Oct 2, 2008 8:42 PM CDT reply actions  

ONE TWO AND

THREE!!!!

"Without spikes, psychologically it plays havoc with the other team, when they realize I don't even wear a uniform--they don't know what to expect." Bill Murray

by billmurrayforowner on Oct 2, 2008 8:42 PM CDT reply actions  

Z IS ON IT TONIGHT!!

YES!!

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Oct 2, 2008 8:42 PM CDT reply actions  

Sit Down Manny!

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by MrNFL on Oct 2, 2008 8:42 PM CDT reply actions  

Furcal swings on the 4th pitch (first swing)

when it was a 1-2 count, and after 2 batters, these TBS clowns are saying the Dodger batters are less patient tonight…huh?

THIS IS OUR CENTURY!!

by LAcarl519 on Oct 2, 2008 8:42 PM CDT reply actions  

cheers from OKinawa

Have to win tonight and fly to LA with 1-1 tie!

I'm bleeding Dragons Blue.

by dragonsfanatic on Oct 2, 2008 8:42 PM CDT reply actions  

Dragons, great to see you back here

I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg

by Bill Potter on Oct 2, 2008 8:43 PM CDT up reply actions  

DRAGON!! WHERE THE HELL YOU BEEN LATELY!

Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.

by dtpollitt on Oct 2, 2008 8:43 PM CDT up reply actions  

Yes, sir

0-2 would not be good

But we should be able to take at least one in LA and bring it back to Wrigley if we have to

by cocknfire on Oct 2, 2008 8:43 PM CDT up reply actions  

Come on Z...

Strike this over hyped punk out… YESSSS!

- Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!
- Germans?
- Forget it, he's rolling.

by Endrick on Oct 2, 2008 8:42 PM CDT reply actions  

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

"Booze, broads, and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need?" Harry Caray

by CubbieintheSouth on Oct 2, 2008 8:42 PM CDT reply actions  

NICE!!!

That’s the first inning I wanted to see!

by dbaltman on Oct 2, 2008 8:42 PM CDT reply actions  

95 and at the letters - fantastic

I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg

by Bill Potter on Oct 2, 2008 8:42 PM CDT reply actions  

YEAH!

My neighbors are in for a loud night listening to me if this continues!

by Caheisey on Oct 2, 2008 8:42 PM CDT reply actions  

Same here

56 IN HDTV, Surround Sound pumping…..

Basement Apartment

LETS GO CUBS!!!!

by Galvan316 on Oct 2, 2008 8:43 PM CDT up reply actions  

Can I come over?

My satelite is out…I’ll bring the beer.

"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun

by Bump Bailey on Oct 2, 2008 8:44 PM CDT up reply actions  

Mine will be confused.

Don’t have too many Cubs fans next to me here in SF.

by dbaltman on Oct 2, 2008 8:44 PM CDT up reply actions  

A means business tonight!

Everybody feel better?

Hey, it's a new century!

by cowsarecool220 on Oct 2, 2008 8:42 PM CDT reply actions  

I breaking out the bourbon and going to woek late!

"Booze, broads, and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need?" Harry Caray

by CubbieintheSouth on Oct 2, 2008 8:43 PM CDT reply actions  

work

"Booze, broads, and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need?" Harry Caray

by CubbieintheSouth on Oct 2, 2008 8:43 PM CDT up reply actions  

Thats the ole Louisianna Fastball

BY YOU

Its funny, you spend most of your life gripping a baseball. And in the end, its almost always the other way around.

by TCobb1911 on Oct 2, 2008 8:43 PM CDT reply actions  

the Blue Bayou?

I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg

by Bill Potter on Oct 2, 2008 8:44 PM CDT up reply actions  

Wow

What a difference between yesterday & today!

by JFCubFan on Oct 2, 2008 8:43 PM CDT reply actions  

ZAMBRANO IS BACK!!!

Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.

by dtpollitt on Oct 2, 2008 8:43 PM CDT reply actions  

the BEST thing about that inning

ONLY 10 pitches!!!!!!!
keep it up. lets go

by LuisSalazar on Oct 2, 2008 8:43 PM CDT reply actions  

you damn right

my cubs are not done in fact tonight is the beginning!!! now some one toast me cause this bud light is tasting good!!!

from the mouth of Uecker:

"Am I the only one who’s glad it’s only a 4-game series? If was a 9-game series, I think the Cubs would win them all."

by cubsluver22 on Oct 2, 2008 8:43 PM CDT reply actions  

I wanna see Manny have an O-fer night...

GO BIG Z!

- Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!
- Germans?
- Forget it, he's rolling.

by Endrick on Oct 2, 2008 8:44 PM CDT reply actions  

I'd like to try for a "Golden Sombrero" night for Manny

4 K’s would be mighty nice to see in his boxscore

"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman

by hip2bsquare on Oct 2, 2008 8:45 PM CDT up reply actions  

I have a feeling Zambrano is going deep tonite

Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.

by bren on Oct 2, 2008 8:44 PM CDT reply actions  

let's see a sori-

oriorioriano lead off dinger tonight!!

"Without spikes, psychologically it plays havoc with the other team, when they realize I don't even wear a uniform--they don't know what to expect." Bill Murray

by billmurrayforowner on Oct 2, 2008 8:44 PM CDT reply actions  

but i'll take a single

"Without spikes, psychologically it plays havoc with the other team, when they realize I don't even wear a uniform--they don't know what to expect." Bill Murray

by billmurrayforowner on Oct 2, 2008 8:45 PM CDT up reply actions  

The crowd

definitely looks a lot more lively tonight.

by deutschegirl67 on Oct 2, 2008 8:44 PM CDT reply actions  

ok

Z: pumped but under control, great command in 1st

crowd: loud, chanting, into it

bats: LETS GO

the pink hat guy is my father

by joeschmitt on Oct 2, 2008 8:44 PM CDT reply actions  

Bah

just got my email that I didn’t get NLCS tix :-(

by chitownhawkeye on Oct 2, 2008 8:44 PM CDT reply actions  

ya know

i never get to brag because i am not a lucky person in these types of things at all and i didnt get picked myself, but i recruited my family to sign up for them too and mom got picked for nlcs tickets for wrigley! too bad its only two and you dont know what game, but it doesnt matter, my butt is there!!!!

It has to start some place. It has to start some time. What better place than here. What better time than now. ~Rage Against the Machine

by love the ivy on Oct 2, 2008 8:47 PM CDT up reply actions  

Theriot batting second!

Good call.

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by MrNFL on Oct 2, 2008 8:45 PM CDT reply actions  

there ya go Soriano!

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Oct 2, 2008 8:45 PM CDT reply actions  

Steal second!

Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.

by bren on Oct 2, 2008 8:45 PM CDT reply actions  

Nice start Soriano!

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by MrNFL on Oct 2, 2008 8:45 PM CDT reply actions  

perfect scenario

zambrano goes 7. we have a big lead and we can get our setup man and closer some work without worry b4 tommorrow’s off day

from the mouth of Uecker:

"Am I the only one who’s glad it’s only a 4-game series? If was a 9-game series, I think the Cubs would win them all."

by cubsluver22 on Oct 2, 2008 8:45 PM CDT reply actions  

Soriano.

good start!

THIS IS OUR CENTURY!!

by LAcarl519 on Oct 2, 2008 8:45 PM CDT reply actions  

And that...

Is the other thing we needed tonight…

- Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!
- Germans?
- Forget it, he's rolling.

by Endrick on Oct 2, 2008 8:45 PM CDT reply actions  

Soiano first pitch single

good sign for the night

I'm bleeding Dragons Blue.

by dragonsfanatic on Oct 2, 2008 8:45 PM CDT reply actions  

hit and run

"Booze, broads, and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need?" Harry Caray

by CubbieintheSouth on Oct 2, 2008 8:45 PM CDT reply actions  

holy crap posts are coming in by the millisecond!

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Oct 2, 2008 8:46 PM CDT reply actions  

One down, seven to go...

2. Sori will get on base leading off the game.

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by DeRoMyHero on Oct 2, 2008 8:46 PM CDT reply actions  

Hit and run, please

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by Bill Potter on Oct 2, 2008 8:46 PM CDT reply actions  

when sori is on

so are the cubs

from the mouth of Uecker:

"Am I the only one who’s glad it’s only a 4-game series? If was a 9-game series, I think the Cubs would win them all."

by cubsluver22 on Oct 2, 2008 8:46 PM CDT reply actions  

HELL YEAH SORIANO!!!

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by dtpollitt on Oct 2, 2008 8:46 PM CDT reply actions  

Total guess:

If Riot makes contact, it goes to the second base hole

by cocknfire on Oct 2, 2008 8:46 PM CDT reply actions  

SORIANO TO SECOND

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Oct 2, 2008 8:46 PM CDT reply actions  

sori to 2nd

from the mouth of Uecker:

"Am I the only one who’s glad it’s only a 4-game series? If was a 9-game series, I think the Cubs would win them all."

by cubsluver22 on Oct 2, 2008 8:46 PM CDT reply actions  

cmon riot

"Booze, broads, and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need?" Harry Caray

by CubbieintheSouth on Oct 2, 2008 8:46 PM CDT reply actions  

Even better. Wild pitch!

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by Bill Potter on Oct 2, 2008 8:46 PM CDT reply actions  

woo!

something’s in the air!

by nolacubbiegirl on Oct 2, 2008 8:46 PM CDT reply actions  

Go Cubs!!!! Go Z!!!! Go Sori!!!! Go Wild!

I spent last night with my son in the hospital (he’s fine but we’re still here while he is monitored – not life threatening, but life altering)

The Cubs loss last night was a sour topping on a rough night.

I’m sitting in the playroom in the hospital hoping for a win and a positive spin on the day.

Go TEAM!

Win.

by RavenswoodRob on Oct 2, 2008 8:46 PM CDT reply actions  

Sorry to hear that Rob..

Hope he gets well soon!

"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun

by Bump Bailey on Oct 2, 2008 8:50 PM CDT up reply actions  

Give him a hug

from us and I hope he is out of the hospital soon. I wish you all the best.

by sue369 on Oct 2, 2008 8:51 PM CDT up reply actions  

thanks

i hadtoshift rooms,but nowi have a tv AND a PC with speakers,so I can hear Rongroan on thishorribleinning…. (spacekey onthisPC no workie so well)

Win.

by RavenswoodRob on Oct 2, 2008 9:06 PM CDT up reply actions  

Good Z or bad Z?

Sorry no TV

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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Oct 2, 2008 8:47 PM CDT reply actions  

VERY good Z

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by hip2bsquare on Oct 2, 2008 8:47 PM CDT up reply actions  

so far so good

as the old saying goes

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Oct 2, 2008 8:47 PM CDT up reply actions  

Billingsley looks nervous out there

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by Bill Potter on Oct 2, 2008 8:47 PM CDT reply actions  

Much like a woman on TV?

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by dtpollitt on Oct 2, 2008 8:48 PM CDT up reply actions  

he's not blotchy, if that's what you mean

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by Bill Potter on Oct 2, 2008 8:48 PM CDT up reply actions  

you rattle a dogs cage

you will get the dog!!!

from the mouth of Uecker:

"Am I the only one who’s glad it’s only a 4-game series? If was a 9-game series, I think the Cubs would win them all."

by cubsluver22 on Oct 2, 2008 8:47 PM CDT reply actions  

LET'S DO THIS BOYS!!

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by dtpollitt on Oct 2, 2008 8:47 PM CDT reply actions  

Isn't this his first post season start?

"Booze, broads, and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need?" Harry Caray

by CubbieintheSouth on Oct 2, 2008 8:47 PM CDT reply actions  

yes

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by Bill Potter on Oct 2, 2008 8:47 PM CDT up reply actions  

we should get him

"Booze, broads, and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need?" Harry Caray

by CubbieintheSouth on Oct 2, 2008 8:48 PM CDT up reply actions  

Keep the

discomfort going for Billingsly

Its funny, you spend most of your life gripping a baseball. And in the end, its almost always the other way around.

by TCobb1911 on Oct 2, 2008 8:47 PM CDT reply actions  

BCPD

Looks like the Good Z…

- Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!
- Germans?
- Forget it, he's rolling.

by Endrick on Oct 2, 2008 8:48 PM CDT reply actions  

Oh man, this is starting off

just prefect! Lets rattle this pitchers cage and run up his pitch count, run him out of there!

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by love the ivy on Oct 2, 2008 8:48 PM CDT reply actions  

If that

was a “breaking pitch” I’m Santa

Its funny, you spend most of your life gripping a baseball. And in the end, its almost always the other way around.

by TCobb1911 on Oct 2, 2008 8:48 PM CDT reply actions  

Left to right at 9 mph

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by Bill Potter on Oct 2, 2008 8:49 PM CDT up reply actions  

Theriot what was that swing!

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Oct 2, 2008 8:48 PM CDT reply actions  

MLB.com says 9 MPH out to right

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by hip2bsquare on Oct 2, 2008 8:49 PM CDT up reply actions  

That was meant for the comment above... oops

"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman

by hip2bsquare on Oct 2, 2008 8:49 PM CDT up reply actions  

reply button is your friend but not in this situation

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Oct 2, 2008 8:49 PM CDT up reply actions  

Isn't that a dropped third strike?

At least draw a throw.

"Every team will win 60 games, every team will lose 60 games, it's what the team does in the other 42 games that decides the season."

by flachimesa on Oct 2, 2008 8:50 PM CDT up reply actions  

Ugh Theriot

That was ugly

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by MrNFL on Oct 2, 2008 8:48 PM CDT reply actions  

damn riot

"Booze, broads, and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need?" Harry Caray

by CubbieintheSouth on Oct 2, 2008 8:48 PM CDT reply actions  

pink hat guy

isnt sitting in his normal seat

from the mouth of Uecker:

"Am I the only one who’s glad it’s only a 4-game series? If was a 9-game series, I think the Cubs would win them all."

by cubsluver22 on Oct 2, 2008 8:48 PM CDT reply actions  

I noticed him last night when I was watching. he was to the left home plate

where is he now?

It has to start some place. It has to start some time. What better place than here. What better time than now. ~Rage Against the Machine

by love the ivy on Oct 2, 2008 8:49 PM CDT up reply actions  

same

from the mouth of Uecker:

"Am I the only one who’s glad it’s only a 4-game series? If was a 9-game series, I think the Cubs would win them all."

by cubsluver22 on Oct 2, 2008 8:50 PM CDT up reply actions  

i see him

he’s right behind home plate

by nolacubbiegirl on Oct 2, 2008 8:50 PM CDT up reply actions  

Terrible job.

Jesus… move him over

Its funny, you spend most of your life gripping a baseball. And in the end, its almost always the other way around.

by TCobb1911 on Oct 2, 2008 8:49 PM CDT reply actions  

this would be an excellent moment

for D-Lee to prove he can still hit the occasional HR.

by elgato on Oct 2, 2008 8:49 PM CDT reply actions  

a bloop

"Booze, broads, and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need?" Harry Caray

by CubbieintheSouth on Oct 2, 2008 8:50 PM CDT up reply actions  

come on Lee...

that ball was in the middle of the plate!

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Oct 2, 2008 8:49 PM CDT reply actions  

why

wont lee jump on that 1st pitch

from the mouth of Uecker:

"Am I the only one who’s glad it’s only a 4-game series? If was a 9-game series, I think the Cubs would win them all."

by cubsluver22 on Oct 2, 2008 8:49 PM CDT reply actions  

he might not have been looking for a breaking ball first pitch

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by Bill Potter on Oct 2, 2008 8:50 PM CDT up reply actions  

He was frozen last night

By sliders right over the heart of the plate too.

by dbaltman on Oct 2, 2008 8:50 PM CDT up reply actions  

come on, Lee..

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Oct 2, 2008 8:50 PM CDT reply actions  

How dumb am I?

I voted for him as tonite’s hero. jeez

by West Coast Diehard on Oct 2, 2008 8:52 PM CDT up reply actions  

VERY unscrappy

shoulda made em throw to 1st on the dropped 3rd, maybe sori could advance

the pink hat guy is my father

by joeschmitt on Oct 2, 2008 8:50 PM CDT reply actions  

i agree

"Booze, broads, and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need?" Harry Caray

by CubbieintheSouth on Oct 2, 2008 8:50 PM CDT up reply actions  

PHEW

thought that last one was a strike

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Oct 2, 2008 8:50 PM CDT reply actions  

it was

I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg

by Bill Potter on Oct 2, 2008 8:51 PM CDT up reply actions  

What the hell

is he looking for

Its funny, you spend most of your life gripping a baseball. And in the end, its almost always the other way around.

by TCobb1911 on Oct 2, 2008 8:50 PM CDT reply actions  

wow


Fontenot may be the least likely looking home run hitter. He packs a big punch with his 5-foot-8 physique. Where's the power come from?

"I don't know," Fontenot said. "I've always had decent power my whole life. I guess it's bat speed. Timing a little bit. My grown-man strength."

by Villeslgr on Oct 2, 2008 8:50 PM CDT reply actions  

that was a strike

"Booze, broads, and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need?" Harry Caray

by CubbieintheSouth on Oct 2, 2008 8:50 PM CDT reply actions  

me 2

from the mouth of Uecker:

"Am I the only one who’s glad it’s only a 4-game series? If was a 9-game series, I think the Cubs would win th