Overflow Thread 1: NLDS Game #2, Cubs vs. Dodgers, Thursday 10/2, 8:30 CT
by Al Yellon on Oct 2, 2008 9:15 PM CDT
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is it really possible we could shit the bed worse than last night?
ugh, guess so.
At least its still early.
un....fucking...believable
I’m sorry about my language but this is so fucking cliche.
Theriot can’t make a play, botches a DP
DeRosa can’t handle an easy DP
Lee cant fucking hit or fucking field when it COUNTS
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
I'll forgive Theriot.
He got outfoxed by a superior manager.
DeRosa and Lee are wastes of space.
Pluto will always be a planet to me!
DeRosa can at least hit in clutch situations and is a veristile fielder
D-Lee is the opposite of clutch this season. He’s been only really great at fielding and he can’t even do that tonight
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
WHERE ARE THEY???
Where are the freaking pollyannas. I am about to go over the edge and I might just get banned. Time to take your last shots at DaBard
Pluto will always be a planet to me!
what is the point?
either way, the results are the same, at least save your energy to give love to those you care about!
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Oct 2, 2008 9:22 PM CDT up reply actions
I try to be positive...
But give me a reason. I’m just not feeling it tonight, they’ve given me no reasons.
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"Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do."
- Voltaire
Still time
But it kills me that FIELDING is why we’re losing right now
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walks last night
fielding tonight, not playing good ball at all
derrek lee has got to be traded....
one of the most mental weak players I have ever watched
And what a shame it is...
He has everything but clutch ability.
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"Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do."
- Voltaire
did ok in the 03 nlcs with the fish....
by Orval Overall on Oct 2, 2008 9:21 PM CDT up reply actions
I wouldn't say that
but he is past his prime, only 90 RBIs as the #3 hitter for the team that scored the most runs in the NL?
Pinella didn't
misplay those routine infield hits.
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"Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do."
- Voltaire
No.....but he doesbn't...
have the prima donnas relaxed and ready to play … much unlike his counterpart in the 1b dugout
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't led the Cubs to a post season win
put yesterdays game on Lou
or at least leaving demp in too long, but not this game, he is fine
You know, I haven't seen them play like this all year long.
I don’t understand what’s going on.
There’s still time though, everyone needs to stop hanging their heads and play ball!
Hey, it's a new century!
i expected us to get a hit and maybe one run there to fight back
but derosa and soto swinging at anything
What's the over/under on Cub baserunners the rest of the game
I say 2.
Pluto will always be a planet to me!
I admire your stoicism
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by RightFieldSucks on Oct 2, 2008 9:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Z is NOT the problem
Pluto will always be a planet to me!
Give them a cookie
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DeRosa
just looked depressed after that catch.
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"Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do."
- Voltaire
It ain't pinella's fault
this year or last year. This offense falls apart. I know the scoreboard will show the dodgers scoring 7 last night and probably about the same tonight and the focus will be on the pitching. But it is the offense’s inability to give our pitchers any margin of error in the playoffs. and if soriano and lee can’t get it done when it matters then good riddance.
it kinda was last night
not tonight though
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by RightFieldSucks on Oct 2, 2008 9:28 PM CDT up reply actions
I think the tightening up has been accomplished!
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Oct 2, 2008 9:25 PM CDT up reply actions
sue
wheres your thread, i want to be in that one
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
It isn't pretty in here I know, but to everyone's credit.........
it isn’t so pretty on the field either!
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by graceunderpressure on Oct 2, 2008 9:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Good to see Z is still fighting.
Hope the rest of the team continues to do so, too.
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
need 5 runs before recording 21 outs. that can be done, with the right approach and attitude
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
Didn't pick up his teammates
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't led the Cubs to a post season win
COME ON FUCKING CUBS!!!!!!!
THAT AWAY Z…………… LETS GET SOME RUNS HERE….. WE HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE!!
A couple real middle infielders wouldn't hurt
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't led the Cubs to a post season win
You know, watching the hot corner feed on the internet is kind of cool
because it only has the crowd noise, no commentary by annoying announcers.
Hey, it's a new century!
Cubs should leave Wrigley
I want more night games and better player facilties. Wrigley is a model t.
go be a brewers fan then
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by RightFieldSucks on Oct 2, 2008 9:29 PM CDT up reply actions
A good top
deserves a good bottom… GoCubsGo!
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"Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do."
- Voltaire
Need a Kerry Wood, 2003, Game 7 Moment
Only one thing will jumpstart this offense: Homer by the Big Z. The professional hitters won’t do. So lets say Z gets 2 or 3 back himself… that will wake people up.
I didnt say the whole game...
… just that one moment!
But point taken.
by Orval Overall on Oct 2, 2008 9:29 PM CDT up reply actions
need to get dom out of here
we need runs, not defense
out of a cannon?
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Oct 2, 2008 9:32 PM CDT up reply actions
much like the last
four months of the season, and people STILL think he will break out of his slump
Come on now
This year they gave us the tools, the tools are just breaking under pressure.
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"Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do."
- Voltaire
Disagree......
At least got them past the Wrigley’s who didn’t give a 4 letter word that rhymes with truck……
It’s got them competitive…it’s got the fans to care……though….we’re STUCK with a few of these guys for a while…
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't managed the Cubs to a post season win. D. Lee still doesn't have a post seasson RBI/Run scored for Cubs...ditto for Soriano
Z walks time for a Sori bomb
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Oct 2, 2008 9:33 PM CDT reply actions
That was definetly worse
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.
anyone else just feel queasy?
We just turn into a different team in playoffs…we grip too tight every inning
"You gotta be some kind of strong to hit that ball"-Joe Carter
It's a real harrd thing to get back...
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't managed the Cubs to a post season win. D. Lee still doesn't have a post seasson RBI/Run scored for Cubs...ditto for Soriano
Just back from Phils/Brewers Game 2
I’m at a bar and watch the 2nd inning of this game. Why are these guys tight? They should have been out of the 2nd down only 1-0.
Please Please Cubs come back!!!!!!!!!!!!!
came into the postseason feeling like were driving a ferrari
might be left with a steering wheel and a headlight at this point
Hah!
Are people really blaming the Tribune? They go on and put together a 98-win team that wilts under the pressure, hardly a ownership issue. The good news is at least we will see Fontenot tomorrow night. Way to stick with Dome Pinella, that really paid off. I’m changing my estimate for the Cubs offense from 2 runs to 0. They’ve quit again – on the team, on the city and worst of all on themselves
Attitude.
I’m not declaring this series/season over, because until its over, its just not over. However, we all know what is approaching very quickly: a fall from grace that no one really saw coming. It was 6 months of some of the best summer nights I’ve ever had. WE REALLY did believe this was different. The only thing I can take from this, is what I said during the Houston series, in which they looked a lot like this, and were then swept, sending us into a small tailspin. This team is not cut out to play in a tough atmosphere. They don’t have the metnal toughness.
I understand that the Cubs have come through with some pretty wild comebacks over the span of this season, however when were their backs really against the wall? Comebacks in game 108 are quite irrelevant when it comes to the postseason. Its a mental game. Its what you bring in your heart to the ball park when you get punched in the mouth. Do you stand up and fight back? Or, do you tighten up and lean on the other players in your lineup?
This team, with the given leadership (Lou, Lee, Soriano) is not going to win a World Series. They don’t have the guts. If you step away from the emotion its clear to see they’re way too tight. Lou is a chair thrower. Zambrano is a chair thrower. Its clear the way they have performed in the post season. The tighter you wind up, the harder you snap.
I fully understand that this isn’t last years team. But look at the core of the team, and its management. Its the same. I’m not calling for heads, but something needs to happen. Something needs to change, where the attitude of this team needs to be adjusted. Call me what you want, I’m not being rude. I’m not swearin, I’m not calling for heads to roll. I’m calling for some leadership to be brought to this team. They clearly need it.
Its funny, you spend most of your life gripping a baseball. And in the end, its almost always the other way around.
how can i go through another season
so just wait for a team to be great and still blow it in the playoffs. I agree with you. I can’t ever believe in this team ever again
You described it to a tee....
Look at how much fun they’re having in the 1b dugout….look how relaxed Torre is/has his players…
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't managed the Cubs to a post season win. D. Lee still doesn't have a post seasson RBI/Run scored for Cubs...ditto for Soriano
They are up 5 in game two
I would be relax too
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Oct 2, 2008 9:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Zambrano is actually pitching well
not sure why everyone is after him. One of the few on this team that is executing
5 hits in 3 and 2/3'rds????
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't managed the Cubs to a post season win. D. Lee still doesn't have a post seasson RBI/Run scored for Cubs...ditto for Soriano
Where are our
polyanna posters tonight?
I hope I’m wrong but unless things changed, this current team choked! Best record in NL and currently outscored 12-2 in first 2 games at home?!?!?!? I want to hope they come back and win, but I’m just not seeing it.
And I’m hope I’m wrong about the above comments!!!
God i wish the Mets wouldve won
we couldve taken them
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.
That last cubs inning was a micorcosm of this game
Z gives it his all and scratches out something (a walk), while everyone else lays an egg and lets it go to waste.
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Theriot wasn't an error
but it should have been runner went to 3rd
Another error
What the hell happened to the guys that played the previous 6 months!?!?!?!?!?
Doesn't it
make you wish they didn’t play a single regular agasint the Mets?
Its funny, you spend most of your life gripping a baseball. And in the end, its almost always the other way around.
Baseball season is over.
This isn’t Z’s fault by any means, but this team is done for this year. Lou screwed up last night, but this one is on the players.
What good is having the best record playing in the best division in the league if you play like this? At home, no less.
I had a bad feeling going into last night’s game, and now I have a pit in my stomach. What a waste of a summer. I don’t care what anyone says about how the season isn’t lost if they don’t win the WS. If they don’t even win a game in the postseason, it’s a waste of a summer. It was fun at the time, but I’m about to take down my Cubs flag and put the Bears flag up.
Baseball season is over.
Bob Howry: Ruining Baseball Since 2008
by The Original Dave on Oct 2, 2008 9:44 PM CDT reply actions
Maybe it wasn't the best thing
these clinched the division a week early. The “rest” didn’t do them good!!!
They weren't playing well
anyway. They got lucky that the Brewers almost completely lost it down the stretch. They haven’t really hit for the last two months.
Great start, but they certainly weren’t the hot team going into the playoffs.
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by The Original Dave on Oct 2, 2008 9:46 PM CDT up reply actions
Phillies v. Dodgers this year...
baseball gods have spoken.
What a shame. Z deserved so much better.
Three errors. This team just doesn’t deserve it, I am sad to say. If you are a baseball fan, you know that the Cubs have been outplayed, out-managed, out-pitched to this point in the series. To expect the team to sweep three in a row is just smoking crack.
Dodgers beat the Phils
in 1977 and 1978.
Phils won NLCS in 1983 vs. LA
7 walks, 3 errors...
what insanity comes next? fukudome driving in a run?
Good job Z!
Now kick some ass in the dugout and make things happen on the field!
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"Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do."
- Voltaire
I could go
for watching him getting hit right about now.
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"Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do."
- Voltaire
Nice Job Z
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Oct 2, 2008 9:46 PM CDT reply actions
C'Mon
Let’s get some F***ing runs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sure isn't Z's fault
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Results aren't any better
gAME IS ACCOUNTED IN RUNS
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't managed the Cubs to a post season win. D. Lee still doesn't have a post seasson RBI/Run scored for Cubs...ditto for Soriano
I must admit
I still like the Geico caveman commercials.
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"Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do."
- Voltaire
love them
Bleeding Cubbie Blue since 1985.
by Bricks and Ivy on Oct 2, 2008 9:48 PM CDT up reply actions
What are the Odds Fukudome finishes his contract in Chicago
hes just been night and day
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.
thatd be sweet
kind of like how the daytona 500 is at the beginning of the nascar season
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.
I wouldn't go that far
but I do think they need to do what they did to Soldier Field, but the right way.
Gut the grandstands, leave the outfield wall and ivy, and rebuild the grandstand with the same look, but no obstructed view.
I don’t think that will help our current problem, but whatever.
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by The Original Dave on Oct 2, 2008 9:49 PM CDT up reply actions
While they're at it
if they flop again, which they are on their way to it, perhaps they could unload these players that are past their prime and Post-Season chokes and go with a younger approach? Keep some pitching and Blow the rest up.
It's a good thing I've had a few
at the Phillies/Brewers tonight and the bar I went to afterwards. And now I’m in to the what’s in my fridge.
I don’t want to be negative but give me some hope!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
credit to the fans today
i would be sitting in my seat with a unique pissed/nervous/and feeling a emotion only cubs and red sox fans can experince
As I said,
in his most important game of his career, probably, his team really let him down badly.
The fact is THEY ARE NOT GAMERS at the highest level.
If Carlos was a gamer...
He would have “picked up” his infielders
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't managed the Cubs to a post season win. D. Lee still doesn't have a post seasson RBI/Run scored for Cubs...ditto for Soriano
Let's go bats. It's time to get something going. Show some signs of life offensively!!
LETS GO CUBS!! LETS GO CUBS!! LETS GO CUBS!!
Jimmyeatworld
Guys need a normal schedule
Those Wrigleville people won’t let them have Friday night games. Guys have body clocks.
bullshit excuse
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by RightFieldSucks on Oct 2, 2008 9:51 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm one of
“those Wrigleyville people” and I don’t want Friday night games keeping me from parking in already tough weekend street parking.
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"Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do."
- Voltaire
So what?
So every other team has it? Every other team doesn’t play under these circumstances. Every other team doesn’t have me as a fan. If every other team jumped off a bridge, should the Cubs?
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"Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do."
- Voltaire
Hallelujah
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.
Hey.... D Lee
didn’t hit into a DP!
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by The Original Dave on Oct 2, 2008 9:50 PM CDT reply actions
npoe but ramirez tried, I had to change in the middle
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by CubbieintheSouth on Oct 2, 2008 9:51 PM CDT up reply actions
we need to hit the ball to left more
Manny is a butcher out there, he will make things happen for us
Ramirez will hit into that
DP for Lee.
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by The Original Dave on Oct 2, 2008 9:51 PM CDT reply actions
go saints
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by CubbieintheSouth on Oct 2, 2008 9:53 PM CDT up reply actions
I think we should have let the
Mets win a few more games against us.
Then again, this layoff since the clinch of the division hurt this team. Look at the teams that had a long layoff before post-season
what about the brewers
"Booze, broads, and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need?" Harry Caray
by CubbieintheSouth on Oct 2, 2008 9:54 PM CDT up reply actions
Should have let them on the outside
They are outclassed against the Phils.
Not buying the
“layoff” thing.
As I’ve said – they have been outplayed, out-managed, out pitched, out-hit, what more could you possibly say!
BFD – they “won” the Central, and will ONCE MORE FAIL. Losers!
*click*
I can’t watch any more.
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by The Original Dave on Oct 2, 2008 9:54 PM CDT reply actions
by out #4 and 5 hitters
not getting the job done
did they just replay a previous inning?
another DP
They're planning
their offseason vacations.
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"Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do."
- Voltaire
Well, I for one
got flamed stating that I’d rather see Hoff than Ward.
There obviously something to
be said for players that truly light it up in the Post Season.
We needed one of those type of guys that can have a big series.
Unfortunately, we don’t have a guy like that on this team.
i have an idea for TBS
They could shut down the cameras and just replay the 07 series against hte Diamondbacks. No one would know the difference because the Cubs offense is exactly the same. No power, no clutch hits, just ball after ball pounded into the ground. At least Marmol’s arm will be fresh for next year.
Next Year
IF this ends the way it seems it’s going to then Hendry needs to make some changes in the offseason. Just making the playoffs isn’t good enough anymore. We need 2 solid left-handed bats and a premier starting pitcher. The team we have now reminds me a lot of the Astros teams in the late ’90s – great during the season but they never had the bats or dominant starters to do anything in the playoffs. This offseason will be an opportunity to show that we are a large market team committed to winning it all not just hoping we get lucky like the White Sox.
That being said I hope they turn this thing around and prove me wrong.
Hendry should be accountable for signing the slap hitting right fielder to 4 year deal
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."
He cant really do much
with the size and lengths of these contracts
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.
I wouldn't be opposed to
trading Lee for a starter. He’s just not the player he used to be and he’s killing us batting third.
Vitters can switch to first right?
though thatd be a few years off still
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.
We played the Pirates like 62 times...that helped.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 2, 2008 9:57 PM CDT up reply actions
doesn't help the yanks
need better scouting, better money managment
That's CLUTCH....
ssomething the Cuns seriously lack
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't managed the Cubs to a post season win. D. Lee still doesn't have a post seasson RBI/Run scored for Cubs...ditto for Soriano
Yea it was......
It KILLED the Cubs……It effecttively put any hope of a comebacck out of reach and killed their season. That’s the killer instict I’ve been screaming for from a Cub all year.
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't managed the Cubs to a post season win. D. Lee still doesn't have a post seasson RBI/Run scored for Cubs...ditto for Soriano
It sealed the season.....
stick a fork in e’m …they’re done
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't managed the Cubs to a post season win. D. Lee still doesn't have a post seasson RBI/Run scored for Cubs...ditto for Soriano
Playoffs have proven
Regular season mean $h*t! Look over the last few years
It's been a great year. I'll see you guys in the Hot stove leage. My heart is broken again.
"Booze, broads, and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need?" Harry Caray
by CubbieintheSouth on Oct 2, 2008 9:58 PM CDT reply actions
and 9mm
"Booze, broads, and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need?" Harry Caray
by CubbieintheSouth on Oct 2, 2008 10:02 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm sure the happy thread just got even happier
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."
That should be what 1-0
2-0 were it not for the errors
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.
A clutch pitcher....
helps his infielders thru that…..
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't managed the Cubs to a post season win. D. Lee still doesn't have a post seasson RBI/Run scored for Cubs...ditto for Soriano
Where are the "positive"
posters on here? They rip everyone that says anything negative but when the Cubs are playing like this, they are no where to be found!
I'm here...am I a "positive poster"?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 2, 2008 10:00 PM CDT up reply actions
I want to be positive
but when they are playing like us, it’s hard.
Should have played the Brewers better
Match up with them better.
There was no Office tonite to take the edge off either
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.
i wonder what the fuck pinella is going to say in the post game
his team got fucking outplayed and he has made some shit decisions. I just wonder.
hopefully something to alleviate some pressure
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
Seriously...
Could anyone really see this coming?
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"Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do."
- Voltaire
Yup.......
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't managed the Cubs to a post season win. D. Lee still doesn't have a post seasson RBI/Run scored for Cubs...ditto for Soriano
no doubt. but i thought it was just my pessimistic streak, since i always feel like this is going to happen. and early in the game.
"If you play more than two chords, you're showing off."--Woody Guthrie
by buckmulligan on Oct 2, 2008 10:01 PM CDT up reply actions
Colin Cowturd
has been crowing this for about a week now on ESPN radio
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't managed the Cubs to a post season win. D. Lee still doesn't have a post seasson RBI/Run scored for Cubs...ditto for Soriano
Where is Sue?
Can we not “get ’em tomorrow, Sue?”
No, Poop?
Maybe, “Get ’em next year?”
I am so disappointed in this performance.
which means out defense has to get
12 more outs, those are tough to get tonight
you beat me to the punch
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by RightFieldSucks on Oct 2, 2008 10:03 PM CDT up reply actions
this team, series, game, entire season is fucking over
derrek lee fucking learn to play baseball.
Aramis Ramirez learn to fucking field the ball.
Ryan Theriot i fucking hate you
Kosuke Fukudome go back to fucking Japan cause the shit that you did this year is embarrasing.
Zambrano get a brain learn to pitch in pressure.
agree, minus the zambrano part, and minus half the theriot part
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by RightFieldSucks on Oct 2, 2008 10:03 PM CDT up reply actions
The Riot has no range......
I like him….but he needs to be the 2nd baseman…not the SS
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't managed the Cubs to a post season win. D. Lee still doesn't have a post seasson RBI/Run scored for Cubs...ditto for Soriano
how bout Furcal
they tried a few years ago and came close
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.
the riot simply can't make the crucial plays. He is an exellent elemant of this team. But he is not going to be the startin shortstop on a ws winner.
"Booze, broads, and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need?" Harry Caray
by CubbieintheSouth on Oct 2, 2008 10:05 PM CDT up reply actions
dlee sucks too w/out the juice he got from sammy
"Booze, broads, and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need?" Harry Caray
by CubbieintheSouth on Oct 2, 2008 10:05 PM CDT up reply actions
wow...
hide the sharp objects
"In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is." - Yogi Berra
by wrigley's ivy on Oct 2, 2008 10:03 PM CDT up reply actions
tough play for theriot, no hard feelings there
Kosuke is a defensive player at this point.
Carlos has pitched well considering the circumstances.
OK.....remember the 04 Red Sox...
Remember the 84 Paders…let’s one’up them
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't managed the Cubs to a post season win. D. Lee still doesn't have a post seasson RBI/Run scored for Cubs...ditto for Soriano
I'm not particularly negative.....
I just call guys out
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't managed the Cubs to a post season win. D. Lee still doesn't have a post seasson RBI/Run scored for Cubs...ditto for Soriano
Momentum is as good as the day's starting pitcher
Harden in Game 3 isn’t a bad place to start.
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
same old story..
…every october. I am sick of watching a bunch of chokers play for this team
if nothing else.....this team continues to add to the highlight reel for ESPN and all other
postseason documentaries….
only this one will be showcased…given year #100!
Ill refrain from profanity out of respect to the other posters....
but this is bad
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.
Pressure...
Some can handle at the highest level…some can’t.
Its what made Jordan the best there ever was.
And D. Lee who he is
25% of his CAREER post season RBI’s came in that one ill fated at bat
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't managed the Cubs to a post season win. D. Lee still doesn't have a post seasson RBI/Run scored for Cubs...ditto for Soriano
basketball and football
the games are moving so fast, baseball there is way to much fucking time to think
I'll take the 2003 pain over this anyday
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't managed the Cubs to a post season win. D. Lee still doesn't have a post seasson RBI/Run scored for Cubs...ditto for Soriano
I wasn't expecting
them to do ANYTHING in 2003 so that was much better than this garbage. I’m only 31 but I really don’t feel like I will ever see them win it all.
UNDERSTAND THIS CUBS FANS
this team will choke under any pressure whatesoever. just thank god that life isn’t all about baseball because if it was then i would have been gone. I might just never be a cubs fan after this year
Liar!
You’ll be hot at it in December. Once again.
You’re a lifer.
I probably am too
but atleast I have the Twins for backup. See how well that worked out for me this year?
Should make for some nice chit chat on the Cubs Disney Cruise
how a team with mediocre power outslugs us to the nth degree? And as much as Lee frustrates me and tonight’s error aside, he saves about 20 runs a year with his fielding. I just think he has no business in the 3 hole. I also don’t understand how you bat a guy 2nd last night who is hitting .150 the last two months. I’m not saying it makes THE difference but it makes A difference.
8 postseason losses in a row. So now you have the 100 years history pressure and the postseason loss streak.
Give the Dodgers
Credit, man!
I WISH we had Manny. WISH we had Lowe.
They are bringing it and are a different team than when we swept them.
How do you see that?
It certainly doesn’t show.
Z
due to his shit defense, had to throw 100 pitches by the 2nd inning.
IS that a way to start Game 2?
Let's put a couple runs up and get *something* started
I’ve made it to 10 games this year and i’ve seen 2 more improbable comebacks than what we’d need here.
Tore’s seen worse. It’s
not over yet…
"In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is." - Yogi Berra
haha nice way to think about it
they are doing this for you
I'm ticked
but how can you win close to 100 games over a 162 game season and piss it away in the best of 5!?!?!?!?
If this team is that good, it shoudn’t happen!!!
Good thing he got that extension last week
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.
No, but hes gonna be held accountable for consecutive post season failures
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.
Lou is the best thing that ever happened to the Cubs
"Booze, broads, and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need?" Harry Caray
by CubbieintheSouth on Oct 2, 2008 10:11 PM CDT up reply actions
If your satisffied w/ no playoff wins...
More power to you….I’ll be happier (though that’s relative) being 5 outs from the world series and 5 injured pitchers next year than this crap/.
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't managed the Cubs to a post season win. D. Lee still doesn't have a post seasson RBI/Run scored for Cubs...ditto for Soriano
Seaon over, what a waste of a summer.
I am done with this garbage. If they weren’t going to win this year, they will never win the world series. Gets your hopes up all year and then shit the bed every october. so disappointing. When do the Hawks start, at least you don’t expect them to win.
Maybe we should start z at 1st in game 3
"Booze, broads, and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need?" Harry Caray
by CubbieintheSouth on Oct 2, 2008 10:09 PM CDT reply actions
talk about cursed.... think about this >>>>
play things just a LITTLE DIFFERENTLY that last week in the season — let mets win another game, brewers lose… then we play banged up mets instead of jacked-up dodgers
by nervousCUBlover on Oct 2, 2008 10:09 PM CDT reply actions
I wanted the Mets too, but we should still hand these jackasses a butt whooping
"Booze, broads, and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need?" Harry Caray
by CubbieintheSouth on Oct 2, 2008 10:10 PM CDT up reply actions
Mets hit the ball to our infielders just like
the dodgers are doing tonight
Beltran and Delgaddo....
are clutch…unlike ssome guys in the 3rd base dugout
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't managed the Cubs to a post season win. D. Lee still doesn't have a post seasson RBI/Run scored for Cubs...ditto for Soriano
Way to go
Dome…. What happened to him?
--
"Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do."
- Voltaire
I hope he can rebound like Iwamura
hes been a lot better for TB in his second year
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.
congrats pinella
keep starting fukudome. Moron
aaaarrrggghhh
I’m usually a positive person. I have supported the Cubbies all my life. But I gotta tell you that right now I am pretty pissed. They are choking again, just like last year.
The optimist in me says, “Hey, remember the Marlins in 2003? The Cubs had them down 3 games to 1 and just needed that fourth win. The Marlins pulled it out, and went on to win the World Series. The optimist in me says, "Hey, maybe the Cubs will win Saturday and then the next night, and then the last game to go on to the Championship game!”
The realist in me says, “Nope. We suck. Our suckiness is a disease that infects every player to wear the blue pinstripes.”
Am I still a Cubs fan? Yes. Am I still pissed? You betcha.
Check it to Pancakes! Pancakes!
=1
"Booze, broads, and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need?" Harry Caray
by CubbieintheSouth on Oct 2, 2008 10:11 PM CDT up reply actions
couldntve said it better
just a huge let down from a phenomenal season
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.
I know what you mean
I see other “cursed” teams do the improbable. Red Sox, White Sox, Angels, etc but when the hell will it be our turn? I always imagined if the Cubs finally win the WS it would be in the most excruciatingly gut-wrenching way. Well they certainly have a great start!!!
Hell Yeah
I’m a Cubs fan no matter what.
But the performance over the past 2 games has me depressed.
The best team in the NL is getting their asses kicked by a team that just made the playoffs because their division sucked!?!?!?
I just want to know what is it going to take to win the NL and get to the series. This team hasn’t shown it in the past few games.
Why do they tighten up in the playoffs??
That's a new phenom....
In 84 the won the 1st two games…
In 89 they were overmatched
In 98 they were oeermmatcched
In 03 They played as well as could be expected
In 07 and 08….TIGHT HINDSIDES
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't managed the Cubs to a post season win. D. Lee still doesn't have a post seasson RBI/Run scored for Cubs...ditto for Soriano
Nicely stated...
Again, the real intangibles is how a team responds under pressure – AND the 100-year thing, whether they publicly say it or not, does weigh on them.
I don't care
That is a pathetic excuse for consistently failing. Most baseball players don’t think about anything but hitting and throwing a baseball. We’re the ones affected by the 100 years. The bottom line is we’ve never had the best team in baseball wearing a Cub uniform during that time span. The Red Sox won it and so did the White Sox so I’m not buying this added pressure stuff. They’re paid millions of dollars to perform on a national if not worldwide stage. We just need to get the players that can get the job done.
Sorry...
They think about their wives, children, girlfriends, golf teee times, Lexus and Escalade payments, mutual funds and stocks, …….the 100 year thing doesnt affect them…
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't managed the Cubs to a post season win. D. Lee still doesn't have a post seasson RBI/Run scored for Cubs...ditto for Soriano
Saturday
1b – Ward
2b – Fontenot
ss – Cedeno
3b – Broom stick
RF – Reed
CF – Pie
LF – Edmonds
C – Blanco
I heard Broom Stick
Really tore it up in Triple-A.
--
"Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do."
- Voltaire
Likes to chase high fastballs
and usually only fields anything hit right at him.
Other than that….solid.
I'll take it....
Cuz it measn they won game 3 too……..and mmomentum has swung back….
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't managed the Cubs to a post season win. D. Lee still doesn't have a post seasson RBI/Run scored for Cubs...ditto for Soriano
they need ONE guy to step up on ONE situation when it matters
that hasn’t happened. Dempster and Z didn’t make the pitch they needed to get out of it, the defense didn’t make the play in the field and most glaring, not a single person has come up with with clutch hit when it might have mattered. What’s different about the offensive flame out this time versus what we saw in spurts during this season is that it is unusual that the pitching and defense crapped out along with it.
You know whos fault this really is?
JOSH HAMILTON……what a stupid, prearranged move with the reds that was! obviously no one knew what he would do, but man, can you imagine that lefty in the middle of our lineup
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.
the worst thing about the two losses
is that I can’t figure out a credible way to blame Howry
by BeltwayCubsFan on Oct 2, 2008 10:16 PM CDT up reply actions
TBS = Terrible Broadcaster Station
Any good way to deal with the long delay between annoying tv broadcasters and pat & ron?
"In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is." - Yogi Berra
I hate to say it but
the pressure of the 100 years, etc……………..
is getting to these guys. They were the best team in the NL this past year, when did they forget to pitch, field and hit?
i am really
sorry to see it apparently going up in flames.
3 straight in phoney-town? that is a TALL order;
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