Official Discussion Thread, ALDS Game #1 (White Sox/Rays) and NLDS Game #2 (Brewers/Phillies)
by Al on Oct 2, 2008 9:41 AM CDT
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First!!!!
For My First Time EVER!!!!
by niuhuskie224 on Oct 2, 2008 9:57 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I predict...
…a Sox win today.
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
by MPH73 on Oct 2, 2008 10:03 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Didn't you see that Vazquez is pitching?
He’s been horrible the last two starts.
Old Style is the nectar of life.
by Mordecai on Oct 2, 2008 10:06 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just a gut feeling
n/t
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
by MPH73 on Oct 2, 2008 10:07 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gonna disagree with you.
The Sox have just won three elimination games in a row — real emotional. They have a tough time winning in domes — they were 2-14 indoors this year (and got swept at Tampa, just like the Cubs did).
I can’t figure out how the Rays did it this year either, but somehow they keep winning. The Sox could get swept.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Oct 2, 2008 10:10 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Common sense...
…would agree with you, but I just have a feeling they will win today, but will not win the series.
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
by MPH73 on Oct 2, 2008 10:46 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can see
the Sox sweeping. Just took the last three games to get into the playoffs, kinda reminds me of the Rockies last season. Went on a nice streak to get in and continued throughout the playoffs. Forgot what happened in the WS though…. didn’t they come close to winning?? :)
"What a great call! Your doing a fantastic job, but people expect me to come out here and be upset. So I'm gonna kick some dirt, you understand?" - Lou Pinella
by Lou In Blue on Oct 2, 2008 1:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If a 4-0 sweep is "close to winning"
Then yeah.
by SuperContext on Oct 2, 2008 1:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would agree if anyone else were starting
but Vasquez + big stage = blow-out for the Rays.
by SuperContext on Oct 2, 2008 10:10 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
im calling it
Rays 3-2 over the Sox : Sox don’t play well in domes
Brewers 4-2 over the Phillies: Sabbathia continues to give every NL GM reason to beg his owner for a chance to give this 100+ million next offseason.
---AC 00 00 00 - Believe
by mjk83 on Oct 2, 2008 10:43 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I agree with this
basically (I usually don’t worry about predicting scores). The Sox are going to lose, the Brewers should win with CC on the mound. Only one team has beaten CC since he came to the Brewers and their name rhymes with stubs, not willies.
"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella
by drewishdrewid on Oct 2, 2008 10:49 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Reds beat CC on Sept 20
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CIN/CIN200809200.shtml
"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 1:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
hey!
don’t mess up my great rhymes with facts! :P
"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella
by drewishdrewid on Oct 2, 2008 1:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey it sounded right since he is 11-2 with the Brewers
and the Cubs did beat him in two starts.
We had him beat in his first start but the Brew Crew tied the game after CC left. Howry gave up a HR to Branyan to blow the save. Go figure!
Torres took the loss.
"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 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lets go Rays and Lets go Brew Crew
I want the other NLDS to go to at least 4 games, as ours better
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Oct 2, 2008 11:02 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Phillies look like a team that is going to have special postseason...
I also take contrarian view and think the White Sox will pull upset and dispatch of the youthful Devil Rays in a 3 game sweep.
Oh please let this dubious bullpen be good enough in the playoffs...
by MDBNIU on Oct 2, 2008 11:21 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
After getting swept there earlier in the year?
Not a chance.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Oct 2, 2008 11:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Predicting that Javy Vasquez comes up huge today...
Don’t underestimate the Sox. They are not the best team on paper but for some reason I think their trials and tribulations over this season will serve them well in the playoffs.
Oh please let this dubious bullpen be good enough in the playoffs...
by MDBNIU on Oct 2, 2008 12:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
go Phillies, right BlueMike?
"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella
by drewishdrewid on Oct 2, 2008 1:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't care much about the Sox and usually
want them to have a good season. I even believe the Sox making the playoffs and going far is good for Chicago.
All that said, I’ve realized I want them to lose today. Real bad. Has nothing to do with the Sox organization or players. I just don’t want to listen to their fans. My friends and co-workers who are rabid Sox fans are too quick to use Sox success to degrade the Cubs. I don’t want them to have any ammo and I want to focus on the game tonight.
Can’t imagine the Sox will win today, let alone the series.
Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...
by N Oakley on Oct 2, 2008 11:22 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
im with you
for the most part I don’t care what they do but for mental well being itd be fabulous if they lost this afternoon..
---AC 00 00 00 - Believe
by mjk83 on Oct 2, 2008 11:27 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I mostly support the Sox
because I have so many friends that are Sox fans, and I want them to be happy…Same goes for them with the Cubs…
But notice I say SUPPORT. I don’t go out of my way to cheer for them…
The Missouri Tigers (4-0) begin defense of their 2007 Big 12 Conference North Division title Saturday on the road, as they take on the Nebraska Cornhuskers (3-1) in Lincoln, Neb.
by PurpleLineToWrigley on Oct 2, 2008 11:54 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
My thoughts
I think the Brewers/Phillies game today will be a close one. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Phillies won. I saw some stats yesterday that showed that, despite popular belief, the Phillies have actually hit better against left-handed pitching this year. Of course, most left handed pitching isn’t CC Sabathia.
Rays/Sox game…..gotta go with the Rays. They play very good baseball down there in Tampa this year.
by rambler19 on Oct 2, 2008 11:59 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I think CC is going to wet the bed this afternoon
And plunge the Brewers into a 0 – 2 hole.
CC is not very good in the playoffs.
by Galvan316 on Oct 2, 2008 12:17 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Agreed...
If I had to pick a team with the best chance of winning the World Series honesty would prevail me to say the Phillies. I know that team doesn’t have the greatest depth of starting pitching but something tells me that team is going to be unstoppable no matter who they play. They will dispatch of the Brewers quickly.
Oh please let this dubious bullpen be good enough in the playoffs...
by MDBNIU on Oct 2, 2008 12:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think I'll boot up my Gameday audio...
…for the Sox-Rays game.
The Chicago Cubs: 2008 Central Division Champions
by dat cubfan daver on Oct 2, 2008 1:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I just did
but I can not STAND Ed Farmer. The ESPN Nat’l broadcast won’t work.
Go All In and Enjoy The Ride.
by Jayo525 on Oct 2, 2008 1:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I'm going to suffer through the Farmer/Stone broadcast, too.
Well, at least the “Livin’ the High Life” commercials come through.
“Bistro? What’s a bistro?”
The Chicago Cubs: 2008 Central Division Champions
by dat cubfan daver on Oct 2, 2008 1:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Without being judgemental and "bleeding" over into other posts about the Wrigley crowd last night...
the crowd at the Rays-Sox game already seems more animated, relaxed, loud, into it than we ever did last night and that started with the first White Sox batter in the top of the 1st. Just an observation; not a criticism of anyone in Tampa or Chicago.
Tommie Agee was out.
by Weeghman Park on Oct 2, 2008 1:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
It is a DOME
sounds noisier to begin with.
by CubFaninNY on Oct 2, 2008 2:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I remember some of the Rays players being a little baffled
at how the stadium was only about half-packed for the entire season for home games. They spend the majority of the season in 1st place, and only now do they get their stadium filled to capacity in the postseason?
If that isn’t a band wagon fan, then I don’t know what is.
by NittanyCub on Oct 2, 2008 2:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That was a fast 1st inning.
Tommie Agee was out.
by Weeghman Park on Oct 2, 2008 1:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Anyone hear they were passing out
Cow Bells for the Rays fans? And you thought the Human Air Raid Siren was bad…..
Go All In and Enjoy The Ride.
by Jayo525 on Oct 2, 2008 1:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
One thing that stadium does NOT need is more cowbell.
The Chicago Cubs: 2008 Central Division Champions
by dat cubfan daver on Oct 2, 2008 1:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And apparently the reason they did is
bc the GM is a huge fan of the Walken skit. I shit you not.
Go All In and Enjoy The Ride.
by Jayo525 on Oct 2, 2008 1:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What's with the mohawks?
Tommie Agee was out.
by Weeghman Park on Oct 2, 2008 1:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I'd guess it's a "team unity" thing.
The Chicago Cubs: 2008 Central Division Champions
by dat cubfan daver on Oct 2, 2008 1:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If they were already a "team" why would they need those?
Just seems sort of high school-ish.
Tommie Agee was out.
by Weeghman Park on Oct 2, 2008 1:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kind of like all the Wolves sporting
their best Fu Manchu during the playoffs last season.
Go All In and Enjoy The Ride.
by Jayo525 on Oct 2, 2008 1:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
BJ Upton started it
and it caught on with the rest of the team.
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Oct 2, 2008 3:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
There's the Javy Vasquez I know and love
At least he hasn’t walked anyone yet….
by SuperContext on Oct 2, 2008 1:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Probably already said,
but Longoria is so awesome. I hope the Rays win today, both because they’re playing Chicago and that what they’ve done this year is nothing short of incredible.
I still can’t believe the Rays locked up Longoria for 6 years and 17.5 million. Rodriguez makes more in one year than he will in 6 years. Incredible management.
by NittanyCub on Oct 2, 2008 2:03 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I see a contract re-negotiation in Longoria's future
No way he sticks with that money for SIX years.
by CubFaninNY on Oct 2, 2008 2:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If he has a similar season to 2008,
I don’t see how there couldn’t be. 17.5 million for 6 years!! I looked up some numbers, and Rodriguez actually almost makes two times(32 million) as much as Longoria’s whole contract, in 2009. I don’t know what to make of that, to tell you the truth.
by NittanyCub on Oct 2, 2008 2:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Heading to the Phils/Brewers game in
a hour. My dad called a few days ago with an extra ticket.
When the Phils swept the Brewers at the Bank, C.C didn’t pitch. He will pitch well but it’s all up to Myers for the Phils. Myers pitched great coming back from the minors but has pitched poorly the past few times on the mound.
Hopefully by the time I get home tonight, the Cubs will be way ahead of the Dodgers!
by PhillyCub on Oct 2, 2008 2:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
My dad's job
gets him tickets to every sporting event, if he wants them, in Philadelphia. He’s high up in the administration (works in finance) at a university in the Philadelphia area. He deals with contracts and one of them is for who runs the food service at the university. The company that runs the food service at his university is the same one who runs the concessions at the Bank, Linc and Wachovia Center. So this company gets him tickets as a courtesy.
by PhillyCub on Oct 2, 2008 2:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Damn, that's really cool
Especially if your dad is a Philly-based fan. Well, I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t jealous.
by NittanyCub on Oct 2, 2008 2:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
My dad is a really big sports fan
He enjoys his job. He says it’s much better than working in the corporate world. He used to work for Aon so he would go out to Chicago a lot. The CEO of Aon is Pat Ryan, who owns part of the Bears and donated all the money for Northwestern’s rebuilding of their athletic facilities.
If he wants to go to any game, he calls up the guy he deals with at the food service company and gets the tickets.
He still can’t believe I’m a Cubs fan.
by PhillyCub on Oct 2, 2008 2:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just turned this game on...
…after getting chinese food. Were those EMPTY SEATS I saw in the upper deck? like, almost whole sections!?
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Oct 2, 2008 2:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Sox up 3-1 on a HR
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Oct 2, 2008 2:18 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Unbelievable.
The Chicago Cubs: 2008 Central Division Champions
by dat cubfan daver on Oct 2, 2008 2:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Felix Pie?
The Chicago Cubs: 2008 Central Division Champions
by dat cubfan daver on Oct 2, 2008 2:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
will he hit a big 3run HR in the playoffs?
by CubFaninNY on Oct 2, 2008 2:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes.
The Chicago Cubs: 2008 Central Division Champions
by dat cubfan daver on Oct 2, 2008 2:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
he's in the PTBNL
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Oct 2, 2008 2:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
How many of you remember...
… the homer that Wise hit on October 1, 2004, off Kerry Wood, that put the final nail (mathematical elimination) in the Cubs’ coffin that year?
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Oct 2, 2008 2:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think I'm gonna be sick
Anyone think he resembles Michael Tucker?
Go All In and Enjoy The Ride.
by Jayo525 on Oct 2, 2008 2:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, he just hit a home run.
Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...
by N Oakley on Oct 2, 2008 2:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That coffin was already nailed shut.
By the Mets and Reds earlier that week. Of course, losing two more to the Braves didn’t help, but they were relying on the Cubs running the table and the Astros losing out. Wasn’t gonna happen.
by CubFaninNY on Oct 2, 2008 2:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, yeah.
He’s from the Chicago area, right?
The Chicago Cubs: 2008 Central Division Champions
by dat cubfan daver on Oct 2, 2008 2:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think you're thinking of Victor Diaz
He also stuck a dagger in the Cubs hearts that week.
My next sig line quote will also be from Lou Piniella, and the first word will be either "Look", or "Listen", followed by a comma.
by JohnM on Oct 2, 2008 2:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's right...
…he was on the Mets.
The Chicago Cubs: 2008 Central Division Champions
by dat cubfan daver on Oct 2, 2008 2:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
wheels coming off the Rays....
Inexperience showing.
by CubFaninNY on Oct 2, 2008 2:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Weren't we up 2-0 at this point yesterday?
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Oct 2, 2008 2:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't remind me.
The Chicago Cubs: 2008 Central Division Champions
by dat cubfan daver on Oct 2, 2008 2:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Right.
And the Angels were up 1-0 early too. That was the last run they scored.
by CubFaninNY on Oct 2, 2008 2:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Weren't the Rays
up 1-0 first?
Go All In and Enjoy The Ride.
by Jayo525 on Oct 2, 2008 2:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Exactly!
As were the Angels at home. As were the Cubs at home. They BOTH lost.
by CubFaninNY on Oct 2, 2008 2:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, today is a new day
So there!
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Oct 2, 2008 2:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Amen!
Nobody would like to see it change more than me.
by CubFaninNY on Oct 2, 2008 2:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dewayne Wise with his 468 total career at-bats
is making the Rays Inexperience show?
Amazing!
by IllinoisCubs on Oct 2, 2008 2:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rays pitching inexperience
Wise seems to have learned from his more experienced teammates.
by CubFaninNY on Oct 2, 2008 2:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Obviously
Do Yankee fans root for the Mets?
Do Jet fans root for the GIants?
Clippers for the Lakers?
by IllinoisCubs on Oct 2, 2008 2:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought we had this "Good for Chicago" thing going...
MY BAD.
by CubFaninNY on Oct 2, 2008 2:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
There is a big split on this
Between people who are actually in Chicago and Cubs fans across the nation.
I am in Chicago, so while I normally would not care (or might even root for the Sox), the prospect of them going farther than the Cubs this year makes me cringe because of the amount of crap I would take from Sox fans about it.
So I am rooting for the Sox IF the Cubs can advance too. Otherwise, not so much.
by SuperContext on Oct 2, 2008 2:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I really don't care who wins.
The Chicago Cubs: 2008 Central Division Champions
by dat cubfan daver on Oct 2, 2008 2:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I don't think Vasquez is going to hold this lead.
The Chicago Cubs: 2008 Central Division Champions
by dat cubfan daver on Oct 2, 2008 2:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
aaaaaaaaaaand it's tied.
The Chicago Cubs: 2008 Central Division Champions
by dat cubfan daver on Oct 2, 2008 2:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The AL has some real power-arms
The Missouri Tigers (4-0) begin defense of their 2007 Big 12 Conference North Division title Saturday on the road, as they take on the Nebraska Cornhuskers (3-1) in Lincoln, Neb.
by PurpleLineToWrigley on Oct 2, 2008 2:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Javy reminds me of certain Cubs pitchers
Get a lead and give it right back.
by CubFaninNY on Oct 2, 2008 2:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Don't worry, their inexperience is showing, remember?
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Oct 2, 2008 2:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
They must have learned everything from Troy Percival & Cliff Floyd
their experienced teammates in that last half inning.
by IllinoisCubs on Oct 2, 2008 2:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is this gang up on "CubfaninNY" day?!
we’re in the 4th inning.
by CubFaninNY on Oct 2, 2008 2:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If the Cubs win tonight,
Every day will become gang up on CubfaninNY day!!! ;)
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Oct 2, 2008 2:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Holy crap, two home runs for Longoria!
4-3 Rays.
The Chicago Cubs: 2008 Central Division Champions
by dat cubfan daver on Oct 2, 2008 2:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
So... just to make sure...
The Cubs never had a shot at Evan Longoria right?
by hmlee on Oct 2, 2008 2:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
They had about as much of a shot at Evan Longoria...
…as I have at….ah, nevermind.
The Chicago Cubs: 2008 Central Division Champions
by dat cubfan daver on Oct 2, 2008 2:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
They had about as much of a shot at Evan Longoria
…as I have at Eva Longoria.
SO IN OTHER WORDS PRETTY DAMN CLOSE.
by NittanyCub on Oct 2, 2008 2:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
"So you're sayin' there's a chance."
The Chicago Cubs: 2008 Central Division Champions
by dat cubfan daver on Oct 2, 2008 2:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And I'm assuming
The Rays had a much higher draft position than the Cubs that year right?
by hmlee on Oct 2, 2008 2:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dunno.
Who did they pick that year in the first round?
by CubFaninNY on Oct 2, 2008 2:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Trib says...
The Cubs had the 13th overall pick (I didn’t remember them being that good – for some reason I thought 2005 was a horrid season) and selected “Tyler Colvin”…
Who’s he?
Their next pick, #149 overall, was the Shark. Hmm…
by hmlee on Oct 2, 2008 2:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Colvin is teh scuk so far
Well he has some potential but right now he has a horrible batting eye but some raw power, raw speed, etc.
He could become a Dewayne Wise type.
by IllinoisCubs on Oct 2, 2008 2:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I remember hearing Colvin was supposed to be the 3B replacement
for the Cubs once Ramirez’s career was in the limelight. However, he’s been playing in the outfield with the Cubs. Most notably, LF this year.
He’s been alright. Remember he’s young and was drafted a year out of Clemson, so he still has some growing up to do. I can see him being with the Cubs late 2010, early ’11.
by NittanyCub on Oct 2, 2008 3:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You're thinking of Josh Vitters
who was drafted out of HS in 2007. He’s doing quite well in the minors.
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Oct 2, 2008 4:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
They sucked in 2005, which is what I'm confused about.
They had the 3rd worst record in the Major Leagues, 1st in the National League. The only two teams ahead of the Cubs (66 wins) were the Tampa Bay Devil Rays(61 wins) and the KC Royals(62 wins).
How the hell did they pick 13th and not 3rd? I thought they went by worst record for the June drafts?
by NittanyCub on Oct 2, 2008 3:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
2005 Cubs went 79-83
and that was the record that set us for the 2006 draft.
2006 Cubs record set the spot for the 2007 draft where we did have the 3rd pick. We picked Josh Vitters.
We passed on guys like Matt Wieters, Matt LaPorta, Jarrod Parker, Madison Bumgarner, etc.
by IllinoisCubs on Oct 2, 2008 3:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
THAT'S the guy I was thinking about taking 3B, not Colvin
by NittanyCub on Oct 2, 2008 3:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's a mixed bag
He’s 19 years old so he is still very raw. His batting eye could improve, but he’s got a good .AVG going and 25 2Bs and 5 HRs in 259 ABs. At his level, you are looking more at 2Bs instead of HRs because the power develops over time.
I like his chances at starting the season at Peoria and moving up from there.
by IllinoisCubs on Oct 2, 2008 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jeeze louize, this guy's younger than me
by NittanyCub on Oct 2, 2008 3:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Get used to it
My next sig line quote will also be from Lou Piniella, and the first word will be either "Look", or "Listen", followed by a comma.
by JohnM on Oct 2, 2008 3:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, get used to it.
I learned recently that Jim Edmonds is younger than me. Now that’s freakin’ weird.
The Chicago Cubs: 2008 Central Division Champions
by dat cubfan daver on Oct 2, 2008 3:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not really. You are old.
Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...
by N Oakley on Oct 2, 2008 4:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
2006 Notables:
1. Hochevar (KCR)
3. Longoria (TAM)
10. Lincecum (SFG)
13. Colvin (CHC)
21. Kennedy (NYY)
41. Chamberlain (NYY)
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Oct 2, 2008 2:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
ARG!
Why didn’t they pick Tiny Tim!
The Chicago Cubs: 2008 Central Division Champions
by dat cubfan daver on Oct 2, 2008 2:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Perhaps he's referring to the Rays
Go All In and Enjoy The Ride.
by Jayo525 on Oct 2, 2008 3:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Perhaps and probably
I read it as “Why didn’t WE pick Tiny Tim”
My bad and I apologize
by IllinoisCubs on Oct 2, 2008 3:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well at least...
We couldn’t have gotten Lincecum either…
by hmlee on Oct 2, 2008 3:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Longoria was selected by the Tampa Bay Rays with the third overall pick in the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft. Longoria, called the “best pure hitter” among college players in the 2006 draft class by Baseball America, was given a $3 million signing bonus.1
by CubFaninNY on Oct 2, 2008 2:52 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Does anyone else find it odd...
That both the Cubbies and the Sox have a guy pitching game 1 that probably wouldn’t be considered the “ace” of the staff?
I know, I know, there were very good reasons for starting Demp over Big Z or Harden, and I didn’t really disagree with the decision last week…
At the same time, even though Vasquez isn’t the ace it would have been tough to run out one of their other guys on really short rest…
But still… If the Sox lose this game too, could that be partly to blame for both teams?
by hmlee on Oct 2, 2008 2:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Look at the records and performance at Wrigley this year
Dempster is the Wrigley ace of this team.
by IllinoisCubs on Oct 2, 2008 2:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
As I said,
There were very good reasons for starting him, but I really don’t think you could consider him the overall “ace” of the staff.
by hmlee on Oct 2, 2008 3:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
he's the best
most consistent pitcher. He’s won the most games. He’s not a dominating pitcher like Z or Harden.
"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella
by drewishdrewid on Oct 2, 2008 3:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Sox are probably doing it out of necessity
Remember, they played three meaningful games in a row just to get in. I have to think they would have went with Buehrle first if they had the luxury of setting up their rotation.
by SuperContext on Oct 2, 2008 3:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah they didnt really have a choice
Throwin Buerhle on 3 days rest back to back starts is a bit risky.
by TJ3117 on Oct 2, 2008 3:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hehe...
From the ESPN radio broadcast:
Stone: “You gotta figure he runs here… He can’t risk a pitchout so he runs here on 2-0”
Other guy: “Yeah and if it’s a strike Aybar will swing at it…”
pitch comes in…
Other guy: “And… the runner doesn’t go, and the pitch is… a strike….. and he didn’t swing at it…”
by hmlee on Oct 2, 2008 3:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Stone is doing the Sox broadcast. Not ESPN.
by TJ3117 on Oct 2, 2008 3:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought it was an
ESPN broadcast with Stone as one of the guys doing it….
by hmlee on Oct 2, 2008 3:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Naw Stone and Farmer are doing the Sox radio on WSCR 670
by TJ3117 on Oct 2, 2008 3:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yep, and they have been going off on tangents
Farmer was obsessed with the Tampa fans wearing mohawks. He kept rambling about it for a few innings. I guess the game is not interesting to him.
by Qixotl on Oct 2, 2008 3:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
hahaha i heard that too
“Even the women have mohawks!”
by TJ3117 on Oct 2, 2008 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Longoria is a stud
Go All In and Enjoy The Ride.
by Jayo525 on Oct 2, 2008 3:17 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
They announced on the Score broadcast...
…that Longoria is the first player in major league history to homer in his first two postseason at-bats.
The Chicago Cubs: 2008 Central Division Champions
by dat cubfan daver on Oct 2, 2008 3:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
They flashed a stat
on TBS’ broadcast that said Gary Gaetti (sp) did it as well. I’m at work though, so maybe I didn’t catch it correctly.
"I love when they play that Go Cubs Win song."
by BMoney79 on Oct 2, 2008 3:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Correct on Gaetti
This page confirms that he accomplished that feat as well.
by Qixotl on Oct 2, 2008 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No you're right
they said he tied Gaetti’s mark on the Score
Go All In and Enjoy The Ride.
by Jayo525 on Oct 2, 2008 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ah, OK.
Either they had it wrong the first time or I misheard them.
The Chicago Cubs: 2008 Central Division Champions
by dat cubfan daver on Oct 2, 2008 3:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or as Roger clemens would
say I Misremembered
Go All In and Enjoy The Ride.
by Jayo525 on Oct 2, 2008 5:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are the Sox as toasted as the Cubs if they lose today?
Or not because they lost on the road?
by CubFaninNY on Oct 2, 2008 3:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I don't know...
I feel like it’s a lot easier for a home team to win two in a row when they’re home games, as opposed to a road team winning two in a row. I know that doesn’t make much sense, but it’s just something about homefield advantage magnifying or blunting momentum I guess…
by hmlee on Oct 2, 2008 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Clayton Richard?!
He’s supposed to stop the bleeding?
with batters hitting .303 off him?
by CubFaninNY on Oct 2, 2008 3:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
ask Bob howry
Go All In and Enjoy The Ride.
by Jayo525 on Oct 2, 2008 3:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Who is the Rays closer now?
Is it Dan Wheeler?
by TJ3117 on Oct 2, 2008 3:21 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
believe so.
He was closing when Percival was hurt.
by CubFaninNY on Oct 2, 2008 3:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think...
Bobby Howry just put on a Clayton Richard mask and suited up for the White Sox…
by hmlee on Oct 2, 2008 3:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
If its at all possible
The Sox have even worse middle relief than the Cubs lately. It is the starters and Jenks and that’s about it as far as reliability goes. They actually pitched Jenks 3 freaking innings in that last loss at Minnesota this year.
by SuperContext on Oct 2, 2008 3:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
TBS
Lots of complaints have been made about the broadcasts but I will say that I’ve really enjoyed the commentary of Harold Reynolds. Not sure what really happened to get him booted from ESPN but I am enjoying listening to him.
by dmlichte on Oct 2, 2008 3:42 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Reynolds is good.
The NESN guy is just blah.
by CubFaninNY on Oct 2, 2008 3:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Orsillo
Don is outstanding when Jerry Remy is sitting next to him. I agree that he gets a bit flat without someone a bit silly as a foil, but he can be one of the better PBP guys in the country.
I’m glad that Harold is working his way back into the business (MLB.com, then SNY, now TBS). I assume he will find his way to the MLB Network, though he needs to avoid talking to the women who will work in the studios it appears.
by Qixotl on Oct 2, 2008 5:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Clayton Richards
He has stroke out all five guys he has faced.
That’s worth something at least
by IllinoisCubs on Oct 2, 2008 3:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
White Sox were overachievers all season long...
The world predicted them to finish 4th or 5th in the supposedly loaded AL Central. I take my hat off to Ozzie Guillen and that ballclub.
Oh please let this dubious bullpen be good enough in the playoffs...
by MDBNIU on Oct 2, 2008 3:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
And the Rays weren't?
The Missouri Tigers (4-0) begin defense of their 2007 Big 12 Conference North Division title Saturday on the road, as they take on the Nebraska Cornhuskers (3-1) in Lincoln, Neb.
by PurpleLineToWrigley on Oct 2, 2008 3:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Didn't you predict Vasquez would come up big today and the Sox would win?
Guess you’ve changed your tune!
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Oct 2, 2008 4:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sacks packed with Sox
Shiels out, Balfour in.
top 7, one out. Uribe up.
by CubFaninNY on Oct 2, 2008 3:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Was Pineilla back with the Rays on this one
Shields should hav been out by now
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by tony412 on Oct 2, 2008 3:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The official turning point of the game.....
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Oct 2, 2008 3:55 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Nice job by Balfour
Clutch sequence right there
by SuperContext on Oct 2, 2008 4:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Richard is pitching surprisingly well
That’s a good sign for the Sox going forward (assuming they are not DOOMED if they lose this game).
by SuperContext on Oct 2, 2008 4:03 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
If they somehow string it to 5 games
I’d be he starts over Javy in game 5
by hmlee on Oct 2, 2008 4:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wouldn't the game 2 starter be available on regular rest?
Game 5 would be on Wednesday.
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Oct 2, 2008 4:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
BOOO! All of you being negative towards the Sox can get out!
go start your own thread! boo! hiss
haha. is this funny yet?
The Missouri Tigers (4-0) begin defense of their 2007 Big 12 Conference North Division title Saturday on the road, as they take on the Nebraska Cornhuskers (3-1) in Lincoln, Neb.
by PurpleLineToWrigley on Oct 2, 2008 4:04 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
These Sox look surly
I sort of wish the Cubs had displayed some of that Eff You attitude last night….
by SuperContext on Oct 2, 2008 4:16 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I only like
that kind of thing if it wins you games
by hmlee on Oct 2, 2008 4:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did someone say "White Sox"?
Are the White Sox playing a game today?
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Oct 2, 2008 4:17 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
And losing...
6-3 going to bottom of the 8th
by hmlee on Oct 2, 2008 4:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Regardless, the White Sox are playing
The White Sox! The White Sox!
(i’m trying to do my best impression of our white sox troll)
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Oct 2, 2008 4:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nope,
only one color laundry has a team (according to the alphabet network) and they are Red.
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Oct 2, 2008 4:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Do you think the Sox would be winning
if Richards had started instead of Vazquez?
In light of how stinky Vazquez had been pitching of late?
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Oct 2, 2008 4:21 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Hard to say
Richards is good, but so is the TB offense…
by hmlee on Oct 2, 2008 4:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hi Sue!
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Oct 2, 2008 4:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just checking to
see how they are doing. Getting ready for tonight…a Cub’s win!!!!!
by sue369 on Oct 2, 2008 4:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You got some crap from Sox fans today, huh?
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Oct 2, 2008 4:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have a good feeling Z will come up huge tonight!
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Oct 2, 2008 4:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hope so
I like to think he does well under pressure, kinda like me (although for me it’s academic pressure – I wrote my 67 page thesis in the few weeks before it was due)…. You know he pitched well in the All-Star game, in the Brewers game earlier, and in the last few innings of the no-hitter…
And if I had a choice, I’d rather go to L.A. in a 1-1 tie having won the most recent game rather than lost it, but I have to admit, Manny scares the hell outa me.
by hmlee on Oct 2, 2008 4:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If anybody can do it, Z can.
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Oct 2, 2008 4:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Isn't this day taking FOREVER!
I can’t wait for the game to start!
I think it’s better to keep playing. The Angels lost yesterday and they have to wait until tomorrow to redeem themselves. That’s a lot of time to think which can’t be good.
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Oct 2, 2008 4:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes it has been
a very long day. I’m ready to take a bath get my jammies on, make some popcorn and watch the Cubs win.
by sue369 on Oct 2, 2008 5:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sue!!!!!!!!!
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Oct 2, 2008 4:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Help convince me to stay up until 2:30am
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Oct 2, 2008 4:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
u should take a nap now!
and wake up in 4 hours!
The Missouri Tigers (4-0) begin defense of their 2007 Big 12 Conference North Division title Saturday on the road, as they take on the Nebraska Cornhuskers (3-1) in Lincoln, Neb.
by PurpleLineToWrigley on Oct 2, 2008 4:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Cubs are
going to win today!! Have to stay up and watch that. :-)
by sue369 on Oct 2, 2008 5:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Konerko homers!
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Oct 2, 2008 4:42 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
They still have outs,
the problem is they score most of their runs via the home run.
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Oct 2, 2008 4:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rays win!!!
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Oct 2, 2008 4:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Best news I've heard all day.
Hoping for a swift sweep.
One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space. That day appears to be near.
by chilango2 on Oct 2, 2008 4:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Down goes the 2008 AL Rookie of the Year Runner-Up...
the Cuban Missile, Alexei Ramirez…
I’m gonna call it…Evan Longoria is the starting 3B on the AL All-Star team in 2 years…and he will be the AL MVP award winner that same season.
The guy’s the best pure talent I’ve seen in baseball in a long time…
"Why do you always point to the sky when Zambrano starts?" My girlfriend.
"You just wouldn't get it...it's a Cubs thing..." Me.
by cubs2k8isnxtyear on Oct 2, 2008 4:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Better than Bob Howry?
The Missouri Tigers (4-0) begin defense of their 2007 Big 12 Conference North Division title Saturday on the road, as they take on the Nebraska Cornhuskers (3-1) in Lincoln, Neb.
by PurpleLineToWrigley on Oct 2, 2008 4:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Best I've ever seen
at throwing two-seamers in extremely hittable locations.
by rambler19 on Oct 2, 2008 4:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Now...
that’s close PLTW..great question…great question…
maybe I can get the guys from ESPN.com to go at it on That’s Debatable and give us an answer huh?! lol…
Longoria’s batted balls go farrrrr.
"Why do you always point to the sky when Zambrano starts?" My girlfriend.
"You just wouldn't get it...it's a Cubs thing..." Me.
by cubs2k8isnxtyear on Oct 2, 2008 4:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And in line with "the playoff pressure" concerns
our fanbase has been expressing over OUR players…
Longoria’s first playoff game…at home…pressure indeed…
3-3, 2 homers, 3 RBIs, a walk…
the guy is just a cool customer…gotta admire the next superstar of baseball…along with Geo.
"Why do you always point to the sky when Zambrano starts?" My girlfriend.
"You just wouldn't get it...it's a Cubs thing..." Me.
by cubs2k8isnxtyear on Oct 2, 2008 4:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Staying here for the Brewers game?
Or is there a different post for that?
One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space. That day appears to be near.
by chilango2 on Oct 2, 2008 5:00 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
same post i believe...
I am gonna say Brewers win 4-3…
CC stakes them to a 3-1 lead and the bullpen tries to blow it…Corey Hart factors in the win somehow??
Hah..I’m almost certain to be wrong…either way…
GO CUBS!!
"Why do you always point to the sky when Zambrano starts?" My girlfriend.
"You just wouldn't get it...it's a Cubs thing..." Me.
by cubs2k8isnxtyear on Oct 2, 2008 5:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think this is
the place to be for the Brewers game.
by sue369 on Oct 2, 2008 5:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Brew Crew on the offensive early...
bases loaded in the top of the 1st…Hardy up…
"Why do you always point to the sky when Zambrano starts?" My girlfriend.
"You just wouldn't get it...it's a Cubs thing..." Me.
by cubs2k8isnxtyear on Oct 2, 2008 5:16 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
1-0 Brewers on a 4 pitch
walk by the ever-changing Brett Myers…
bases loaded still with 1 out for Corey Hart…
"Why do you always point to the sky when Zambrano starts?" My girlfriend.
"You just wouldn't get it...it's a Cubs thing..." Me.
by cubs2k8isnxtyear on Oct 2, 2008 5:17 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Corey Hart GIDPs...
1-0 Brewers after the 1st…
"Why do you always point to the sky when Zambrano starts?" My girlfriend.
"You just wouldn't get it...it's a Cubs thing..." Me.
by cubs2k8isnxtyear on Oct 2, 2008 5:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
CC is having some serious command issues here in the Bottom of the 2nd
Bases loaded
by Galvan316 on Oct 2, 2008 5:52 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
GRAND SLAM!!!
Shane Victorino! 5 -1 Phillies
by Galvan316 on Oct 2, 2008 5:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I love watching Sabathia get shelled...
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by jtlight on Oct 2, 2008 5:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I am actually rooting for the Brewers in this series
I don’t hate them.
by SuperContext on Oct 2, 2008 5:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't hate the Brewers either...
There’s just something about Sabathia. For some reason, I just love watching him give up runs.
--www.AddictedToQuack.com, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
by jtlight on Oct 2, 2008 5:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Whoa
Things are not looking up for our neighbors to the north.
by SuperContext on Oct 2, 2008 5:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Eerily similar to what happened on the North Side last night.
Walking the pitcher, walking ’em loaded, grand slam, game over.
Ron Santo should sing TMOTTBG everyday. Period.
by Schwa on Oct 2, 2008 5:55 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Another
example of the damage that can be done when you walk the freaken pitcher
by Galvan316 on Oct 2, 2008 5:55 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
philly announcers pointed out that if a pitcher gets squeezed at the plate --
it can do things to his head, rattle him. They even mentioned that CC was robbed of a few strikes during Moyer’s AB.
That is what happened to CC and Dempster.
"I'm not much of a chemistry guy, you know. Chemistry to me is a pinch-hit double with the bases loaded"--Jim Frey, Chicago Tribune, 1985.
by zevkalman on Oct 2, 2008 7:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
this may sound real stupid
but in a perfect world we win in 4 or 5. the phillies sweep that series and cool off a few days cause the way their playing not a team in the majors can beat them. they are flat out making cc look like les walrond.
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 6:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Not stupid at all
+1
McCain / Palin: The POW / WOW! Ticket
by Goat Whisperer on Oct 2, 2008 6:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gagne on the mound for Beers
White Flag time
by Galvan316 on Oct 2, 2008 7:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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