Overflow Thread 3: NLDS Game #3, Cubs vs. Dodgers, Saturday 10/4, 9:00 CT
by Al Yellon on Oct 4, 2008 11:15 PM CDT
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Where did the offense go?
C’mon guys, we only have 8 more outs. This is what we waited all season for? Unreal.
error...start it for them!!!
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark
by preachermancubsfan on Oct 4, 2008 11:20 PM CDT reply actions
rally time
"You put up with a few minor inconveniences when you live in a condemned building."
by Reverend Jim Ignatowski on Oct 4, 2008 11:20 PM CDT reply actions
Hope this thread has some runs in it.
Channel your inner-Ted Lilly!
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Oct 4, 2008 11:21 PM CDT reply actions
Because he isn't hitting, but Lou will try anything now...
and it just paid off.
Jimmyeatworld
by Jimmyeatworld on Oct 4, 2008 11:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Dome has always hit Kuroda well..
just sayin..
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
why didn't he start then?
"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.
This team
has put up runs in bunches all year. Don’t give up ye…
Wait, what?
Fukudome is up.
Never mind.
"Manny Trillo is coming in to pinch run. You know, for a lot of teams, you would pinch run for Manny Trillo." - Harry Caray
We are one big fly from being back in this
"WGN, Channel 9 Cubs Baseball, Excitingly, Importantly, Dramatically Yours." - Jack Brickhouse
Darling is spoutinh the truth there
Relax, all right? Don't try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring! Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic. Crash Davis
done
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 4, 2008 11:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Here we go!
good start..
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
GTFO
Relax, all right? Don't try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring! Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic. Crash Davis
THIS IS THE START OF THE RALLY !!!
GET EXCITED
holy shhhhhhh....
whoa! lol
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark
by preachermancubsfan on Oct 4, 2008 11:23 PM CDT reply actions
Pray preacherman, pray very hard...
Jimmyeatworld
by Jimmyeatworld on Oct 4, 2008 11:23 PM CDT up reply actions
He was due?
:)
"Manny Trillo is coming in to pinch run. You know, for a lot of teams, you would pinch run for Manny Trillo." - Harry Caray
SO what does Sori do here...????
Relax, all right? Don't try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring! Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic. Crash Davis
Smart move by Lou putting Dome in.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
LOL...the biggest BCB reaction to a non-RBI basehit EVAR!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 4, 2008 11:23 PM CDT reply actions
I WLL NAME MY FIRSTBORN ALFONSO IF YOU HIT A HR HERE
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
LOL
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
What if it's a girl?
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
guys come on...
given what this team has done this year I am going down with this ship with faith that we will come back and win until the game is over. LETS WIN THIS THING!!
a HR will change everything about this game
and hopefully gag those f’n fans with those f’n towels of theirs
OK, here we go
"You put up with a few minor inconveniences when you live in a condemned building."
by Reverend Jim Ignatowski on Oct 4, 2008 11:24 PM CDT reply actions
Dearest Fonzie
please please swing at strikes.
Channel your inner-Ted Lilly!
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Oct 4, 2008 11:24 PM CDT reply actions
Sori:
I will fly to Europe, have a sex change operation and bear your children…
If you just knock in some runs.
cocknfire
not that time.
"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.
that didnt work
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark
by preachermancubsfan on Oct 4, 2008 11:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Stockton is an idiot
Relax, all right? Don't try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring! Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic. Crash Davis
Just figured that out?
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
He's ok for basketball, absolutely HORRIBLE at baseball
"WGN, Channel 9 Cubs Baseball, Excitingly, Importantly, Dramatically Yours." - Jack Brickhouse
awful
he’s all around awful.
Channel your inner-Ted Lilly!
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Oct 4, 2008 11:27 PM CDT up reply actions
Cue bitching in
3…
Channel your inner-Ted Lilly!
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Oct 4, 2008 11:26 PM CDT reply actions
he sicks
Relax, all right? Don't try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring! Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic. Crash Davis
HA
136 million, what a world
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.
Look, I don't bug Cubs fans who want to be "Rah, rah!" I let them live and let live. Many of us deal with this through
dark humor, it doesn’t mean we are not rooting for the win. So just live and let live.
un real
Relax, all right? Don't try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring! Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic. Crash Davis
Organist is playing "A Little Help From My Friends"
Who wants to be our friend?
So much for first-pitch swinging.
how long are we stuck with him?
Relax, all right? Don't try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring! Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic. Crash Davis
6 more years
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.
2014
http://mlbcontracts.blogspot.com/2005/01/chicago-cubs_112114177768677294.html
18M every year from 2010-2014
by IllinoisCubs on Oct 4, 2008 11:27 PM CDT up reply actions
little babe ruth time?
i would love for ronnie to get another chance to yell that
cubs = love
Soriano, please donate your money
Not back to the Cubs, just to charity. You don’t deserve it!
wasnt that an off speed pitch soriano swung at>>
Relax, all right? Don't try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring! Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic. Crash Davis
Please walk the bases loaded....
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 4, 2008 11:27 PM CDT reply actions
Why didn't Dome go?
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
WAKE UP KOSUKE!!!
"That’s what I love about my skip, man. He’ll tell you that you suck...I know I suck. We know we suck...Yeah, we suck. But we’ll see who sucks at the end."
- Gary Sheffield
why does he swing at that damn first pitch every time I just don't get it
Fat , drunk , and ,stupid is no way to go through life son.
probably didn't think theriot was going.
He shouldn’t have. Risky
"Manny Trillo is coming in to pinch run. You know, for a lot of teams, you would pinch run for Manny Trillo." - Harry Caray
I love Ryan Theriot!
I’ll love him more if he crosses home plate!
step into that one mikey
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.
Darling on point tonight
Relax, all right? Don't try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring! Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic. Crash Davis
Fuku is for another 3 years
and can work on his swing
Soriano is for another 6 years and he is as good as he is going to get
by IllinoisCubs on Oct 4, 2008 11:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Sori. Fuku was okay first half,
and as he adjusts to the longer American season he’ll extend that. Sori was a ridiculous waste of money.
by Dongfang Hong on Oct 4, 2008 11:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Please
Everyone who gets a major league deal can be called a ‘ridiculous waste of money’.
I can think of 3 games this year off the top my head Fonz won for us damn near singlehandedly. Can we all just take a deep breath and NOT lose our shit, please?
Channel your inner-Ted Lilly!
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Oct 4, 2008 11:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Well said.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
He put up a 1.41 WPA this year, and an 0.90 WPA last year.
That’s a net 2.3 games he won for the Cubs over two years. So, um, yeah. What a great use of $36,000,000.
by Dongfang Hong on Oct 4, 2008 11:37 PM CDT up reply actions
Sequence
Cubs player comes up, everyone roots for him
Cubs player strikes out/makes mistake
That Cubs player is blamed for entire series; calls are made to trade him
Lather, rinse, repeat
Do what you know.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 4, 2008 11:29 PM CDT up reply actions
if you read derosas lips
when soriano was going into the dugout it looked like dero mouthed “every time man, first pitch everytime.” to the guy he was sitting next to.
so true.
come on cajun!
"You put up with a few minor inconveniences when you live in a condemned building."
by Reverend Jim Ignatowski on Oct 4, 2008 11:28 PM CDT reply actions
That was crazy for Theriot to be running to 3rd there...
He’s lucky he wasn’t thrown out!
Jimmyeatworld
both
Relax, all right? Don't try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring! Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic. Crash Davis
If Dusty had Soriano and patterson 1-2 in the lineup he would be in heaven.
Bases never at risk for glogging, liquid plumber.
poop, fudge, dang
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark
by preachermancubsfan on Oct 4, 2008 11:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Damn!
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
this god damn team
Relax, all right? Don't try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring! Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic. Crash Davis
shit, that almost went over his head
"You put up with a few minor inconveniences when you live in a condemned building."
by Reverend Jim Ignatowski on Oct 4, 2008 11:29 PM CDT reply actions
you really a rev?
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark
by preachermancubsfan on Oct 4, 2008 11:31 PM CDT up reply actions
TAXI!!!!
CHRIST
"How's your mother?"
"She's on her way out."
"We all are. Act accordingly."
by louslovechild on Oct 4, 2008 11:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Church of the Peaceful
"You put up with a few minor inconveniences when you live in a condemned building."
by Reverend Jim Ignatowski on Oct 4, 2008 11:41 PM CDT up reply actions
Great, thanks for getting my FUCKING HOPES up after I already was kind of accepting it
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
We should have score at least one run....
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 4, 2008 11:29 PM CDT reply actions
Theriot is just dumber than a box of fucking rocks
He had no business running.
and his wife is big and fat
Relax, all right? Don't try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring! Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic. Crash Davis
by Reed's Johnson on Oct 4, 2008 11:30 PM CDT up reply actions
I cant continue to waste 6 months a year on this pathetic loser of a franchise
Relax, all right? Don't try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring! Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic. Crash Davis
OK...quit...go watch the NBA....LOL.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 4, 2008 11:31 PM CDT up reply actions
it is the tons of money i spend watching, listening, or attending every game,
not to mention the $8 beers
this is not our team.
"In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is." - Yogi Berra
Not the one we've watched for 6 months
that’s for damn sure
by deutschegirl67 on Oct 4, 2008 11:31 PM CDT up reply actions
I can't listen to Ronnie anymore
it’s just breaking my heart.
im in ok too...where U @?
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark
by preachermancubsfan on Oct 4, 2008 11:32 PM CDT up reply actions
also in tulsa...wow
actually ba…
what part of tulsa?
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark
by preachermancubsfan on Oct 4, 2008 11:38 PM CDT up reply actions
He almost did
That’s the story tonight — almost.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Oct 4, 2008 11:31 PM CDT up reply actions
what the fuck
ExtenZe? way to go TBS, kids are watching..
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
At 0:30 EST? I think after a while, we assume the kids are asleep, old enough,
or are generally up late enough that they’re exposed to everything anyway.
by Dongfang Hong on Oct 4, 2008 11:32 PM CDT up reply actions
I'll be flamed for this...but this has been a good game...actually
Cubs have just had a few bad breaks. Fonty really crushed that ball….
Too bad….
"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.
bs... cant believe anymore
Relax, all right? Don't try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring! Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic. Crash Davis
by Reed's Johnson on Oct 4, 2008 11:32 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't believe, I gotta grieve
In and out of luck
with a buck and a booth
catchin’ on to the truth
in the vast past, the last gasp
in the land, in the dust, trust that you must
catch as catch can.
by Dongfang Hong on Oct 4, 2008 11:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Thank You again Mike Fontenont for showing up
that is a major league at bat . I’m talking to you Soriano!
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Oct 4, 2008 11:32 PM CDT reply actions
they haven't hit good pitching all year,
why start now.
Wrong
They’ve beaten Oswalt, Halladay, Haren, Billingsley … plenty of others.
Get your facts straight before you post bullcrap.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Oct 4, 2008 11:33 PM CDT up reply actions
The comeback begins after the first out of the eighth
Five outs to go … 3-0 score … sound familiar?
by Not Bruce Froemming on Oct 4, 2008 11:32 PM CDT reply actions
From your lips (or computer)
to God’s ears…
by deutschegirl67 on Oct 4, 2008 11:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Soriano is Mr Clutch
What a freaking joke of a ball player. Zero stones. Fonty nailed it, dammit.
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
Exactly
I am personally going to say I overreacted the last game about Lee…Soriano is the main culprit here and ARam is a close second…THOSE two should shoulder the blame…
Teixeira in 2009.
ok role call
where are all the Soriano apologists………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….silence, crickets
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Oct 4, 2008 11:33 PM CDT reply actions
Right here.
Just so nobody thinks I’m hiding:
I STILL THINK SORIANO IS A BETTER BASEBALL PLAYER THAN REED JOHNSON.
I AGREE WITH COLIN
Channel your inner-Ted Lilly!
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Oct 4, 2008 11:35 PM CDT up reply actions
yeah, he is awesome
ACTUALLY he is freaking baggage to this team. He is Sammy Sosa 2004 all over again. He will bring this team to its knees!
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Oct 4, 2008 11:36 PM CDT up reply actions
I used to be an apologist
but not anymore-I don’t care if he wins the triple crown next year, I’ll know he’s going to completely fold up in the play-offs (if we even make th eplayoffs next year).
by bluekoolaide on Oct 4, 2008 11:35 PM CDT up reply actions
Um, if I tried to take up for every player who's being unfairly crucified on this thread
I’d have no time for anything else
unfairly?
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Oct 4, 2008 11:37 PM CDT up reply actions
Yes, unfairly
Almost every one of these players has helped us win at some point in the season. Remember? That was one of the great things about this team.
Have some of the players sucked? Has there been a teamwide slump? Yes. But to say that a player who hasn’t played well in three f*cking games is worthless is stupid. I’m sorry, I’ve tried to avoid saying something like that, but it’s stupid.
is Derek Jeter a great player?
The answer is NO, but he has rocks and shows up when it counts. It is not just Ok anymore to get to the postseason. We need some heros on this team, not selfish one dimensional guys who lose their one dimension the moment the calender turns to October. I know it is just three games, but those three game are more important than lead off homers against the Pirates in June!!!!!!
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Oct 4, 2008 11:41 PM CDT up reply actions
Um.
How is Derrek Jeter not a great player? Guy’s going into the Hall of Fame on the first ballot, man.
That is my point, Thank You
he couldn’t hold Alex Rodrigues jock strap from March-Sept, but he is a stud when it counts, and his ENTIRE reputation is based on the postseason.
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Oct 4, 2008 11:43 PM CDT up reply actions
Jeter never shows up in the regular season?
What?
I dont’ even understand this argument anymore.
Channel your inner-Ted Lilly!
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Oct 4, 2008 11:44 PM CDT up reply actions
Forget the stats, you all know what I'm saying
why are you all apologizing for this guy?
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Oct 4, 2008 11:46 PM CDT up reply actions
Because we refuse to blame our best player for a total team failure?
Channel your inner-Ted Lilly!
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Oct 4, 2008 11:47 PM CDT up reply actions
if soriano is our best player than I will truly quit being a Cubs fan
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Oct 4, 2008 11:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Now that pisses me off
I’m a diehard who is angry and everyone I know (who by the way aren’t Cubs fans) tell me how much of a joke soriano is. This is like parents arguing with a teenager who won’t dump the piece of trash boyfriend!
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Oct 4, 2008 11:52 PM CDT up reply actions
K.
bye.
Channel your inner-Ted Lilly!
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Oct 4, 2008 11:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Best?
2008 WPA
ARam: 3.31
Lee: 1.81
DeRosa: 1.80
Edmonds: 1.63
Soriano 1.41
by Dongfang Hong on Oct 4, 2008 11:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh, sorry
I thought stats meant something. You’re right. It’s much better to go with your gut, like Dusty did.
then forget my horrible analogy
let us side with the guy who demands to hit first, but don’t call him selfish, makes brant brown look like roberto clemente
makes great adjustments on his approach at the plate
on and on and on
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Oct 4, 2008 11:50 PM CDT up reply actions
No, he's not a great fielder
But this crap abou him being a leadoff hitter is absolute BS. A leadoff hitter is guaranteed to hit first once in a game. Once. I’d much rather have a good hitter getting a lot of at bats than not. If you could get lots of players with plus bats and plus gloves, you’d probably need a $300 million payroll. And, as the Yankees have shown, that doesn’t always win it either.
I agree completely.
Channel your inner-Ted Lilly!
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Oct 4, 2008 11:54 PM CDT up reply actions
good night
you all are right, there is nothing wrong here. We just blasted through the division series and are on are way to the promised land
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Oct 4, 2008 11:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Dude
we are all as pissed off about the series as you are.
Channel your inner-Ted Lilly!
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Oct 4, 2008 11:57 PM CDT up reply actions
I know, but
I’m looking ahead (sorry if we have one inning left) at 2009 and I just don’t see this Sori thing ending well
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Oct 4, 2008 11:58 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't mind you disagreeing with me
I enjoy debating. But, dude, have something more than gut instinct to debate with. One player does not make or break a team.
I know stats stats stats
how many times did Oakland (the stat team) make to the world series in the last 20 years. sometimes your gut is more important. I don’t think the Cardinals of 2006 were worried about stats.
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Oct 5, 2008 12:01 AM CDT up reply actions
they had pujols
"You put up with a few minor inconveniences when you live in a condemned building."
by Reverend Jim Ignatowski on Oct 5, 2008 12:01 AM CDT up reply actions
thank you for biting
the difference between pujols and soriano
EVERYTHING!!!
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Oct 5, 2008 12:02 AM CDT up reply actions
I don't think stats are everything
I am most assuredly not a sabermagician. But I do think they mean something.
Listen, I shouldn’t have insulted your baseball IQ. That was going too far.
But Sori’s not a bad player.
You didn't insult me about the IQ comment
you insulted me by defending soriano
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Oct 5, 2008 12:05 AM CDT up reply actions
Wow.
Channel your inner-Ted Lilly!
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Oct 5, 2008 12:07 AM CDT up reply actions
What you're saying is totally unfounded in reality.
He’s had his good moments in the postseason, and he’s had his bad moments. On the average, he’s about as good as he is in the regular season.
The same is true for A-Rod.
by Dongfang Hong on Oct 4, 2008 11:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Derek Jeter's postseason OPS: .846
A-Rod’s postseason OPS: .844
by Dongfang Hong on Oct 4, 2008 11:46 PM CDT up reply actions
Okay, let's just trade for a lot of players who are good in the postseason
After all, the point is not to win more games during the season so you get into the playoffs. The point is to have players who come up big in the postseason and just hope and pray you somehow get there.
And Jeter isn’t great? Okay, you’ve shown your baseball IQ there.
Don't start and get smart now, I have a right to be frustrated
I’m just asking how you can’t see what Sori is. Go look at game threads from Aug and sept. I was warning everyone then that he’ll burn us. I’m not a genious, but this guy is not doing anyone on this organization favors.
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Oct 4, 2008 11:45 PM CDT up reply actions
And I'm saying I'd rather have a player who's good in the season
Than one who’s not good in the season (though your example was a horrible one) and “turns it on” in the postseason.
Because a roster with 25 of those players (who are largely mythical anyway) would be screwed in a divisional race.
I remember after i came out of game 6 in 2003
that i made a pledge to myself that, while i’d always be a Cubs fan, I’d never let them suck me in again. I’ve tried really hard to keep my enthusiasm in check and remind myself that they could easily blow this but THIS STILL REALLY FUCKING HURTS
im right with you
"How's your mother?"
"She's on her way out."
"We all are. Act accordingly."
by louslovechild on Oct 4, 2008 11:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Like Pacino in "Godfather III"
It can’t be helped.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Oct 4, 2008 11:34 PM CDT up reply actions
On the list of Cubs heartbreaks though
this pales in comparison to ’84 and ’03 (just desperatelytrying to keep some perspective)
by bluekoolaide on Oct 4, 2008 11:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Maybe the Cubs will get one of those chartered tours of the Hollywood Stars' Home before they catch a flight back?
Might as well have come out here for a reason.
newsflash
soriano has always sucked in the postseason:
No kidding.
Before the series started I hear ESPN guys, I think Phillips and Hersheiser say how Soriano was not a guy they feared, especially at leadoff, that a good pitcher would not have much difficulty getting him out.
Never too Late and Lets start a Riot
2 songs by 3 Days Grace!
put it in his ear!!!!!!!!!
"How's your mother?"
"She's on her way out."
"We all are. Act accordingly."
that comment wasn't made from the position of winning the game.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 4, 2008 11:37 PM CDT up reply actions
You're in the wrong thread to discuss winning the game...LOL.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 4, 2008 11:39 PM CDT up reply actions
WIN?!?
I am sorry. I am angry. I am sad. I am sick by how much of my life I spent on this team. Win? Maybe not, but it wouldnt feel horrible.
"How's your mother?"
"She's on her way out."
"We all are. Act accordingly."
by louslovechild on Oct 4, 2008 11:37 PM CDT up reply actions
Maybe that's what stings the most is the amount of time and energy I've wasted on this team, I think I'll take up some volunteer work, gotta be more rewarding
Fat , drunk , and ,stupid is no way to go through life son.
Why are we pitching to Manny?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 4, 2008 11:36 PM CDT reply actions
bc hes the batter
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark
by preachermancubsfan on Oct 4, 2008 11:36 PM CDT up reply actions
I can't look at him
without hearing Jim Memelo calling him, “Big Stinky Manny Ramierez”
The worst part will be
that I live in LA and have to hear idiot LA fans tell me how much the Cubs suck. Not that they did not in this series but it is really more the fact of the way the season goes…whoever is hot going into October usually makes it to the Series.
LA was hot. The Cub were in cruise control mode and believing all the hype that they were in the midst of a cake walk to the WS.
This hurts.
Teixeira in 2009.
I've lived in LA and most people don't talk baseball, so you don't have to worry about it.
If you had a BMW though, they would like you. Buy one.
"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.
True
but I teach HS and have enough stupid kids who will all of a sudden be huge dodger fans and let me know it…
Teixeira in 2009.
I'll continue to wear my Cub stuff with pride in LA...
Dodger fans are fair weather fans. I’ll stay with this team whether they come back or not.
"When you are in a hole, stop digging." - anon.
How to tell the people in the stands aren't really fans:
they cheer for every medium fly ball.
LISTEN to it ya dips. You can tell if its really HIT or not by the sound.
Channel your inner-Ted Lilly!
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Oct 4, 2008 11:37 PM CDT reply actions
I actually liked FrankTV
until they began overadvertising it
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
I like the ads better than the show
"Cubs Win!!"
by northofwrigley on Oct 4, 2008 11:38 PM CDT up reply actions
Now stupid Tony Gwynn
is following Stockton’s lead and mispronouncing Marmol’s name… Aren’t these guys suppose to get up to speed on the teams in the post-season? Awful coverage.
by ReleaseTheHounds on Oct 4, 2008 11:38 PM CDT reply actions
I like Gwynn, but his friggin voice!
"Cubs Win!!"
by northofwrigley on Oct 4, 2008 11:39 PM CDT up reply actions
This all started off so well with DeRosas homer too
what a shame
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.
Sad that was the only highlight in 3 games
"WGN, Channel 9 Cubs Baseball, Excitingly, Importantly, Dramatically Yours." - Jack Brickhouse
No matter what anyone says now
We’ll all be following the Cubs again next year
"Earthly fame is naught but a breath of wind, which now comes hence and now comes thence, changing its name because it changes quarter." -- Dante, Purgatorio, Canto XI
True
But, this was that “all in” kind of year. I will follow, but “all in” is hard to do twice.
"How's your mother?"
"She's on her way out."
"We all are. Act accordingly."
by louslovechild on Oct 4, 2008 11:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Obviously
But i think the team is good enough to keep contending for the playoffs, but if they reached their ceiling, some changes need to be made, asap
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'd argue as soon as
Lou didnt have anyone warming in the pen and Dempster was left in despite repeatedly looking into the dugout for help
by DartmouthCubsFan on Oct 4, 2008 11:40 PM CDT up reply actions
It would only be fair
if the Cubs are gonna be swept, then Ronnie goes into the HoF this year….give us something!
If the Cubs can't come back
The Milwaukee Brewers will have won more playoff games, 1, than the Cubs over the past 2 years even though the Cubs have won the division the past 2 years.
who cares?
they are going to lose that series anyway
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
219
soriono’s postseason lifetime batting average, pathetic
another lead off double
just to strand a third, get this #%$^*(# run across
alright im out...laptop batt low...later
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark
by preachermancubsfan on Oct 4, 2008 11:42 PM CDT reply actions
D lee doubles
and they wont get him around…as usual
of course, if they do……….
aram sucks tonight
"You put up with a few minor inconveniences when you live in a condemned building."
by Reverend Jim Ignatowski on Oct 4, 2008 11:43 PM CDT reply actions
He's not supposed to miss fastballs down the middle.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 4, 2008 11:44 PM CDT reply actions
get off your ass
soriano get off the bench and root for your teammates
dammit
"You put up with a few minor inconveniences when you live in a condemned building."
by Reverend Jim Ignatowski on Oct 4, 2008 11:44 PM CDT reply actions
Man are they choke artists
A good day for me is a cubs win and a sox loss.
So maybe we can trade Ramirez
and have Hoffipaur play 3rd?
Is Josh Vitters ready yet?
Anyone?
Maybe DeRosa at 3rd, Fontentot at 2B?
Another RISP 0 outs left out there
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 for Cubs...ditto for Soriano
+1000
"You put up with a few minor inconveniences when you live in a condemned building."
by Reverend Jim Ignatowski on Oct 4, 2008 11:46 PM CDT up reply actions
Opportunities...stop wasting them.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 4, 2008 11:45 PM CDT reply actions
Crowd chanting "Let's Go Cubbies"
Nice.
"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.
203
aram’s postseason lifetime batting average, pathetic choker
I know how you feel, 42 years of this I'm like a crack addict
Fat , drunk , and ,stupid is no way to go through life son.
Slumpbuster!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 4, 2008 11:46 PM CDT reply actions
That's it for me
I can’t stomach watching the inevitable conclusion
Six months to Spring training-maybe the pain will have subsided by then
OT: I think Al is taking this bad, he left after the first inning...
Hope he will be OK for next year….
"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.
run one
"You put up with a few minor inconveniences when you live in a condemned building."
by Reverend Jim Ignatowski on Oct 4, 2008 11:47 PM CDT reply actions
1 run
A good day for me is a cubs win and a sox loss.
get out!
Relax, all right? Don't try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring! Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic. Crash Davis
4 more bloops singles PLEASE!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 4, 2008 11:48 PM CDT reply actions
If only the players realized that bloop singles are just as good as line drives.
Some of them continue to swing only for the fences.
Pinch run for the love of God
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.
Not until he gets to second base.
Jimmyeatworld
by Jimmyeatworld on Oct 4, 2008 11:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Anyone pitch running for ward?
A good day for me is a cubs win and a sox loss.
If DeRo swings at the first pitch again, I will shat myself
"WGN, Channel 9 Cubs Baseball, Excitingly, Importantly, Dramatically Yours." - Jack Brickhouse
On further review......you are correct. My bad
"WGN, Channel 9 Cubs Baseball, Excitingly, Importantly, Dramatically Yours." - Jack Brickhouse
Welcome..
Hope you brought some good luck with you.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
when Boston was down 0-3 didn't they fall far behind in game 4 before the historic rally
"You put up with a few minor inconveniences when you live in a condemned building."
by Reverend Jim Ignatowski on Oct 4, 2008 11:49 PM CDT reply actions
ONEDEC pitch running, he better be smart out there
"WGN, Channel 9 Cubs Baseball, Excitingly, Importantly, Dramatically Yours." - Jack Brickhouse
C'mon DeRo.
Contact, please.
Channel your inner-Ted Lilly!
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Oct 4, 2008 11:51 PM CDT reply actions
Why DQ though?
Shouldn’t it be like the Republican party or OJ? I mean it is stealing.
by IllinoisCubs on Oct 4, 2008 11:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Damn
"You put up with a few minor inconveniences when you live in a condemned building."
by Reverend Jim Ignatowski on Oct 4, 2008 11:54 PM CDT reply actions
3 outs......
….oh hell, we all know what’s going to happen.
um, really?
thats the stupidest fucking question i’ve ever read.
Channel your inner-Ted Lilly!
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Oct 4, 2008 11:55 PM CDT up reply actions
ha ha, the girls are getting mad...i'm starting to be afraid :-)
"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.
technically it didn't have a ? so it wasn't a question
but i hear you
Zero plate discipline and going for HRs. Led by idiots Soriano & ARam
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
8 hits and only 1 run
theres your answer right there
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.
great they so that Cubs commercial now…
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
I'm a Maize and Blue fan, it's hard seeing the season already over this early. Boy, do they suck this year, but we knew they would
"WGN, Channel 9 Cubs Baseball, Excitingly, Importantly, Dramatically Yours." - Jack Brickhouse
USC won too.
"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.
Hey, don't you like my alma mater?
Or do you have something against Trojans?
"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.
Well, actually, I am still pissed about the copyright BS
But, beyond that, I’m not crazy about dynasties. Loved y’all in 2003, 2004, etc, when you were having a return to glory for the first few years. Then it got old. If my team’s not the dynasty, I don’t like seeing the same teams over and over.
(Besides, I’ve thought for the last two years that USC was overrated. So far, so good.)
Hey, and our former running back is going to jail I guess....
"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.
3 outs left
lets hold em here and get 3 of our own. its not over yet
this is excruciating, but you gotta believe.
That could of been the last we see of Dero as a cub.. :(
Devin Hester, you are ridiculous! -Jeff Joniak
He's signed for another year.
WTF?
Channel your inner-Ted Lilly!
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Oct 4, 2008 11:56 PM CDT up reply actions
I know. But there will be changes.
Devin Hester, you are ridiculous! -Jeff Joniak
by ARAM FOR MVP on Oct 4, 2008 11:56 PM CDT up reply actions
I just said those exact words to my girlfriend
"How's your mother?"
"She's on her way out."
"We all are. Act accordingly."
by louslovechild on Oct 4, 2008 11:57 PM CDT up reply actions
why? are you just now reaching puberty?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 4, 2008 11:57 PM CDT up reply actions
LMAO. Best one tonight.
"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.
hes not going anywhere
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.
Let's say...
…there should be some changes, but I don’t know how much Hendry can do with all these backloaded deals and no trade clauses.
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
Or Park
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
who are these imposters,
They are not the Cubs of 2008, its a conspiracy. Tommy Lasorda has them locked up somewhere
D--it! DeRosa made a mistake!
TRADE HIM! FIRE LOU! GET RID OF THEM ALL! THEY’RE HUMANS! WE DON’T NEED F——NG HUMANS!!!!
how dare the other team field talented players!
Channel your inner-Ted Lilly!
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Oct 4, 2008 11:57 PM CDT up reply actions
I still like the Chicago Cubs...so there!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 4, 2008 11:57 PM CDT reply actions
I love the Cubs...still
but that may be the codeine cough medicine talking at this point. :-(
"When you are in a hole, stop digging." - anon.
i love all the regulars on BCB
you know, Al, halfblind, santoswooden, Sue, bump, deromyhero, sorry for any other regular I neglected to mention but you know who you are.
Yes, I’m drinking
Check out my Cubs shrine: http://picasaweb.google.com/vegascubfan/CubsRooms#
Thanks man...
Love you too!
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
thanks vegas
Channel your inner-Ted Lilly!
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Oct 5, 2008 12:08 AM CDT up reply actions
I'd kick you in the nuts right now for saying you love me.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 5, 2008 12:09 AM CDT up reply actions
ha ha ha
it wouldn’t be as painful as this
Check out my Cubs shrine: http://picasaweb.google.com/vegascubfan/CubsRooms#
Bet
he’s only in for the two lefties
"Earthly fame is naught but a breath of wind, which now comes hence and now comes thence, changing its name because it changes quarter." -- Dante, Purgatorio, Canto XI
by sweetswinger on Oct 4, 2008 11:59 PM CDT up reply actions
Dumbass on the TV says Saito in the 9th
Thats better than Broxton
"How's your mother?"
"She's on her way out."
"We all are. Act accordingly."
if fukodome hits I may never watch again
Relax, all right? Don't try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring! Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic. Crash Davis
LIAR.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 4, 2008 11:59 PM CDT up reply actions
He will hit.
He knows Kuroda and Saito
"How's your mother?"
"She's on her way out."
"We all are. Act accordingly."
by louslovechild on Oct 5, 2008 12:00 AM CDT up reply actions
he got a hit his last at bat
"Cubs Win!!"
by northofwrigley on Oct 5, 2008 12:00 AM CDT up reply actions
yes because it went so badly the last time.
Geez.
Channel your inner-Ted Lilly!
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Oct 5, 2008 12:00 AM CDT up reply actions
LOL I don't know why I found that funny, maybe it's the alcohol
Fat , drunk , and ,stupid is no way to go through life son.
Cotts looks good
Channel your inner-Ted Lilly!
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Oct 5, 2008 12:01 AM CDT reply actions
I'm gonna go home, draw a nice hot bath... and drop the alarm clock in...
+10 BCB points to who can name the comedian.
Jimmyeatworld
hey good news is I'll be getting a refund for my game 5 ticket, might need it for some therapy sessions
Fat , drunk , and ,stupid is no way to go through life son.
My sister is a shrink in Beverly Hills
She is always astounded at the crazies that inhabit Los Angeles. I’ll arrange a discount.
"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.
I'd be happy if we got Harden off the hook for the loss
"WGN, Channel 9 Cubs Baseball, Excitingly, Importantly, Dramatically Yours." - Jack Brickhouse
Riot, Dome, Fonzie.
Please, boys.
Channel your inner-Ted Lilly!
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Oct 5, 2008 12:03 AM CDT reply actions
Well, Dick Stockton declared it: the Cubs last at bat... I guess this game is already over
accordinbg to the stupid TBS crew.
by ReleaseTheHounds on Oct 5, 2008 12:04 AM CDT reply actions
ARE YOU SERIOUS?? DODGERS ARE STILL BOOING?!?!
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
+100000000000000000
"WGN, Channel 9 Cubs Baseball, Excitingly, Importantly, Dramatically Yours." - Jack Brickhouse
seriously Dodgers fans are still booing
jackasses
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
Really?
2006 was worse I thought.
That season was over by about… June? Tops?
Channel your inner-Ted Lilly!
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Oct 5, 2008 12:08 AM CDT up reply actions
halfway through April when Lee broke his wrist
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
Whoa. I'd forgotten it was that early.
Channel your inner-Ted Lilly!
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Oct 5, 2008 12:09 AM CDT up reply actions
So whats everyone doing for Columbus Day next 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.
Funny, I want it to end with a Cubs victory
Probably won’t but I think wanting it to end on a Cubs player making a bad decision is a piss-poor way to be a fan
Where was the scrappy grit?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 5, 2008 12:07 AM CDT reply actions
I think Lou is pissed and he will make changes next year.
"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.
What changes can be made?
When you don’t know who the owner is and have a lot of players with no-trade contracts and backloaded money
unreal
Relax, all right? Don't try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring! Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic. Crash Davis
why show a Giants fan?
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.
Let's see if Fonzi wakes up...
Or has he earned the nickname, “Mr June”
"When you are in a hole, stop digging." - anon.
Before this gets buried in an avalanche of bad comments
Thank you all for this experience. It’s been one of my favorite Cubs seasons, in part because I got to share it with all of you.
you too buddy.
Channel your inner-Ted Lilly!
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Oct 5, 2008 12:10 AM CDT up reply actions
you know this blog won't disapper tomorrow don't you?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 5, 2008 12:10 AM CDT up reply actions
Yes. And I'll be back
But some probably won’t for a few weeks, and I wanted to say it now.
I’ve been a Cubs fan since I was a boy watching Andre Dawson hit the ball out of the park. I ain’t going anywhere.
Yeah thanks everybody it's been fun, great bunch of folks have a great off season!
Fat , drunk , and ,stupid is no way to go through life son.
You make me want to be a better person.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 5, 2008 12:18 AM CDT up reply actions
short fly to left on second pitch
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.
seriously, I wouldn't mind if a fucking earthquake hit that stadium next week when the Cubs are out
those Dodgers fans are the worst fans in baseball
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
can sori make contact?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 5, 2008 12:10 AM CDT reply actions
fly out
Relax, all right? Don't try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring! Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic. Crash Davis
well, fitting Sori is up
its been real, kids, i will hang for the last out, but prob last post
100 YEARS
J
U
S
T
DAMN!
Generations have come and gone…..
"You put up with a few minor inconveniences when you live in a condemned building."
by Reverend Jim Ignatowski on Oct 5, 2008 12:10 AM CDT reply actions
didnt see that one comign
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.
he sucks
Relax, all right? Don't try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring! Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic. Crash Davis
check back in 2108
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.
perfectly horrible ending..
1….2…..3……
"In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is." - Yogi Berra
That was a pathetic AB from Soriano.
"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.
Cubs look pretty sad in the dugout.
"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.
wouldn' t you knowing how badly you choked?
Check out my Cubs shrine: http://picasaweb.google.com/vegascubfan/CubsRooms#
I went all out for the Cubs this year...
wish I didn’t…
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
you know what forget that statement
I made a bunch of memories this summer
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
And had a lot of fun in here right?
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
We'll catch a break
When we make one for ourselves. Might need a couple more “playoff” players, though. We are still too streaky and prone to freezing up when facing good playoff pitching. A lot of getting ourselves out.
This is a damn good dodger team.
They have Manny now and a healthy Furcal, and their pitching is very good.
agreed
I sure was hoping we’d get to play the Mets
"Cubs Win!!"
by northofwrigley on Oct 5, 2008 12:13 AM CDT up reply actions
any team is good when the other team plays like that!
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Oct 5, 2008 12:14 AM CDT up reply actions
F*&K The Dodgers
May they never win again
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 for Cubs...ditto for Soriano
Goodnight SWL... Goodnight Sue, Goodnight HBCG,
goodnight daver, cwyers, drew & the rest.
Jimmyeatworld
night jimmy
Channel your inner-Ted Lilly!
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Oct 5, 2008 12:13 AM CDT up reply actions
See ya later brother...
"The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible." ~Arthur C. Clarke
l8tr
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 5, 2008 12:14 AM CDT up reply actions
Night Jimmy..
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
Fitting end to this series. 100 years and counting...and counting....
"WGN, Channel 9 Cubs Baseball, Excitingly, Importantly, Dramatically Yours." - Jack Brickhouse
Give soriano credit.......................
it must have been hard to take the first pitch
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Oct 5, 2008 12:12 AM CDT reply actions
nope
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Oct 5, 2008 4:34 AM CDT up reply actions
How could you possibly get excited about the Cubs
regular season again?
nice game Nomar!
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.
Hi Everybody...
I just got here… did I miss anything?
Proud recipient of a hot dog shot from the Iowa Cubs hot dog gun.
thanks for the laugh.
i dont’ know why i laughed. but i did.
Channel your inner-Ted Lilly!
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Oct 5, 2008 12:13 AM CDT up reply actions
Why, what's the point
This team has proven nothing between April and September matters.
by IllinoisCubs on Oct 5, 2008 12:14 AM CDT up reply actions
It's disappointing and all but this is nowhere near as hard as 2003
I don’t think we have what it takes, we need more change at the top, probably won’t happen and we’ll tread more water.
At least theres another World Baseball Classic in march
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.
dempster and harden will burnout for Team Canada too
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.
Harden ain't no #1 as some people think.
He can’t even get past the 6th and is as fragile as a china doll. Can’t rely on him, period.
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
Can't blame him tonight
1 run ain’t gonna win too many games.
"WGN, Channel 9 Cubs Baseball, Excitingly, Importantly, Dramatically Yours." - Jack Brickhouse
Thank You
All I do is work and watch the Cubs. You all have been so much fun. This site kept me going many nights. Thank you so much.
"How's your mother?"
"She's on her way out."
"We all are. Act accordingly."
Change is coming in 2009.
to be discussed at another time.
This can’t make Sam Zell too happy, but since he is not really a Cub fan, let us win a WS for a true Cub fan/owner.
Good night all.
"When you are in a hole, stop digging." - anon.
See I think there worth more without the title
b/c its just gonna get as crazy next year when they get on their first roll
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.
Nice to see $136 million stallion whiff to end it all
fitting ending for Mr Clutch.
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
sshhh, don't bad mouth our little baby!
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Oct 5, 2008 12:16 AM CDT up reply actions
He is the most flawed superstar on the planet and will always suck in the postseason
when teams know all his weaknesses and we’re not facing the Pirates.
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
AL--thanks for running a great blog--seriously--you do a great job here!
Too bad it ended this way—again.
We got swept.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 5, 2008 12:15 AM CDT reply actions
His White Sox are next.
He still has my vote.
Proud recipient of a hot dog shot from the Iowa Cubs hot dog gun.
I hope you will have as much fun as I will working 2 days a week for the government...
for the next 4 years.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 5, 2008 12:23 AM CDT up reply actions
OT: Queen Latifah nailed Gwen Ifil on SNL tonight.
Tina Fey was her usual terrific self. I watched the east coast feed of SNL with my wife when I needed a break from this depressing game tonight.
"When you are in a hole, stop digging." - anon.
gross...I didn't know Gwen was a lesbian.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 5, 2008 12:27 AM CDT up reply actions
100% pure uncut fun at all times....
especially when the boss isn’t looking.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 5, 2008 12:29 AM CDT up reply actions
Wish I'd found this site sooner.
But, I will be back next season. I’m a glutton for punishment. What can I say?
Go Cubs, 2009!
Site is open all year round..
We never close!
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
No prob..
I’ll be counting the days myself. Nice to have you here Cricket!
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
Words could not explain...
…how dissappointed I am in how this club failed to show up for the post-season two straight years.
I would pay to be a fly on the wall when Lou and Hendry discuss where this team came up short.
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
it will probably take the entire offseason to have time for that conversation
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Oct 5, 2008 12:17 AM CDT up reply actions
it's going to be...
…a slow burn, no doubt.
They need to make a statement this off season to the players much more than the fans. They don’t need wholesale changes but a couple big moves need to be made to shake things up, and most importantly, improve leadership from the player perspective.
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
Tears.
Someone convince me that this wasn’t a waste of time.
Proud recipient of a hot dog shot from the Iowa Cubs hot dog gun.
i'll try
because of all the times they made us smile through april an september this year. winnning when down 9-1, Z’s no hitter. All those games. They show up for us 162 games every year and make our days just a little more bearable….aw man….now i’m crying
This wasn't a waste of time
You have to take the bad with the good.
The games mean something, and that’s why it hurts right now. But that’s why we were thrilled when Z pitched a no-hitter. That’s why we yelled our lungs out whenever Aramis showed some of his late-game flash. That’s why we applauded Edmonds’ great catches and cheered for Geo’s emergence as a rookie of the year candidate.
That’s why our hearts sank when Sabathia became a Brewer, and why they soared again when Harden became a Cub.
The pain makes us appreciate the joy.
The pain is all we have right now. But all this pain will make the joy so much sweeter when it comes.
With an end like this
how can any number of wins over six months of a regular season give you hope for the post season? It goes to show how the components of a successful world series team are substantially different from the components of a divisional or wild card winner. There is just such a drastically different mentality in terms of the type of quality of player you need, the depth of your staff, etc. Sad, just sad. Really really sad.
Great season, Cubs, -- sorry to see it end
Thanks to the team for an exciting season.
Next year, we need to a couple more players that shine in the playoffs. Not enough of those on this team. Or we need to figure out how to relax somehow. Anyway, it was great while it lasted.
Can't belive it's over
and won’t hear “Go Cubs Go” until next March.
This one hurts bad.
"WGN, Channel 9 Cubs Baseball, Excitingly, Importantly, Dramatically Yours." - Jack Brickhouse
exactly!!
Channel your inner-Ted Lilly!
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Oct 5, 2008 12:17 AM CDT up reply actions
Don't have the same love for football...
and doesn’t bother me that much when the Bears lose, but I’ll still watch it.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
Damn you Bartman
We were almost there (sarcasm, it wasnt his fault)…..that was so 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.
I hope the Brewers win. I really do.
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Oct 5, 2008 12:18 AM CDT up reply actions
Sorry. Works for the SEC, not for the NL. I hate the Brewers.
Besides, TB is my second-favorite team. That’s where my allegiance goes now. Maybe they can make history, anyway.
yeah
i prolly won’t watch another second of baseball until pitchers & catchers report.
Channel your inner-Ted Lilly!
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Oct 5, 2008 12:27 AM CDT up reply actions
Me either.
Just thinking about it makes me want to puke.
This line from a movie, television show or other piece of popular culture pretty much sums up my entire personality.
MAYBE NEXT YEAR
"WGN, Channel 9 Cubs Baseball, Excitingly, Importantly, Dramatically Yours." - Jack Brickhouse
OK...who do we have coming up to bat in the 10th?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 5, 2008 12:18 AM CDT reply actions
Hey..
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
Tease.
Channel your inner-Ted Lilly!
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Oct 5, 2008 12:24 AM CDT up reply actions
I know how you like it.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 5, 2008 12:24 AM CDT up reply actions
We need to leave him off the playoff roster, the season is ok with him in the lineup
"WGN, Channel 9 Cubs Baseball, Excitingly, Importantly, Dramatically Yours." - Jack Brickhouse
Sigh.
I don’t know if I can do this again.
I’m so sick and fucking tired of “next year”. I want it to be our turn. Soon.
Channel your inner-Ted Lilly!
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Oct 5, 2008 12:19 AM CDT reply actions
Surprisingly..
I don’t feel that bad. I’ve resigned myself to think of the season as one great, fantastic dinner, and anything else is just desert. The playoffs are just too much of a crapshoot to count on anything with much confidence.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
I just feel so drained
I really thought it was “gonna happen”… Even in 2003 I never thought it was gonna happen….
Channel your inner-Ted Lilly!
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Oct 5, 2008 12:29 AM CDT up reply actions
haha
maybe. we’ll see.
Channel your inner-Ted Lilly!
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Oct 5, 2008 12:32 AM CDT up reply actions
Quick...somebody fell Sue and make sure she's not lying!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 5, 2008 12:30 AM CDT up reply actions
My emotional door shut after game 2
Tonight I was resigned to the likelihood that it was all over and if not, well then I could get excited again. But you’re absolutely right that the playoffs are a crapshoot. So, the only thing we can do is try to continue to get there EVERY YEAR. The law of probability says that eventually the ball will bounce in our direction.
My feelings exactly...well said my friend.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
Well
97 times this summer it was great. All the wins, comebacks, great performances. Hell it was fun on this board too (ie. Milton (miss it), TWSS, Bill Murray, FIRSTS, and what nots). It was a great season with an extremley disappointing ending
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
I feel bad about how this ended
but I feel worse because there’s won’t be another Cubs game until April.
Thanks, all, for putting up with me all season. Even you ledge-jumpers have been great.
I’m too old to cry, but this hurts too much to laugh.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Oct 5, 2008 12:19 AM CDT reply actions
Bruce, You're A Good Egg
(yes I’m back out of hibernation)
Thank YOU for putting up with my Ray Rhodes “losing is like when someone breaks into your house and assaults your wife” mentality whenever we were behind. Like you always tell me, when you’re on point you bring a lot to the BCB party.
Never, but NEVER, put ketchup on a hot dog.
NBF, it's been a pleasure again
I feel the same.
Good night, and drive safe.
"WGN, Channel 9 Cubs Baseball, Excitingly, Importantly, Dramatically Yours." - Jack Brickhouse
*hug*
I’ll miss ya, ya big lug.
Channel your inner-Ted Lilly!
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Oct 5, 2008 12:23 AM CDT up reply actions
Great having you. We'll see you later.
It’s time to watch the rest of the postseason and then get down to Hot Stove stuff
Soriano
I’d say he he’s worthless in April, and unfortunately, also in October.
"Earthly fame is naught but a breath of wind, which now comes hence and now comes thence, changing its name because it changes quarter." -- Dante, Purgatorio, Canto XI
Well I am signing out, I'll be here in the offseason as well
Goodnight and cya next year….
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
Hot Stove Time
looking forward to months of Samardzija debates, Rich hill sightings, Josh Vitters Countdowns and Yu Darvish Dreams
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.
Wait wait wait
Everyone has to guess which overpriced outfielder the Cubs will sign in the off season!
better not be Abreu
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.
chances edmonds comes back?
not that he’d be overpriced, but for a vet like him this can’t be the taste he wants to leave with.
Channel your inner-Ted Lilly!
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Oct 5, 2008 12:25 AM CDT up reply actions
I don't actually know...
But I was thinking more along the lines of some crazy free agent signing. Are there any free agent CFs out there this year?
I say none
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
I think he would if we were willing to pony up
I’ve been an advocate. If he wants to come back, and the tag is reasonable, sure. I like him. Inspite of myself, I like him.
I think he could be really good for Felix.
Channel your inner-Ted Lilly!
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Oct 5, 2008 12:28 AM CDT up reply actions
meh I gotta leave now....
Tons of memories from this season and a great time on this board (sue, Bump Bailey, daver, SWL, HBCG). Hopefully next year is better
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
bye chanman.
you should come hang out w/ us at WCG for the bears game tomorrow.
Channel your inner-Ted Lilly!
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Oct 5, 2008 12:27 AM CDT up reply actions
later dude...keep the faith.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
It's fitting that I'm in Chicago for the first time this year.
I drove up to Wrigleyville and walked around Waveland, Sheffield… stopped a Murphy’s for a brew, walked around for a while and said hi to the Harry and Ernie statues, sort of aimlessly then ended up at the Piano Man on Clark.
I drove back to my hotel and watched the end of the game. I’m here for business, but it’s terribly cruel that I’m in Chicago, overlooking the skyline from the 32nd floor of the Hyatt on Wacker just sort of numb.
Proud recipient of a hot dog shot from the Iowa Cubs hot dog gun.
Last year
I went up to Wrigleyville for the last game of the season (this was before I lived near the ballpark) and ended up wallowing in pain at the Cubby Bear…
At least this year I didn’t pay $7 for a Leine’s
Can't wait to see Lou's post game presser.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 5, 2008 12:28 AM CDT reply actions
Come on...
stiffing us on seeing Lou after a performance like this would be almost as disappointing as the performance like this!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 5, 2008 12:33 AM CDT up reply actions
where would one go to watch the proverbial Loucano explode?
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Well, now Chicago can become a hockey town again
Blackhawks will at least ease the burden of the offseason . . . there’s a team that’s a guaranteed winner! Maybe they can rub a little good mojo off on the old ballyard on Jan. 1st . . .
by TheNextCubsVoice on Oct 5, 2008 12:28 AM CDT reply actions
NLDS Batting
Soriano 1-14, 4 K, 6 LOB
Theriot 3-11, BB, 3K, 2 LOB
Lee 3-11, 3 2B, 2 R, 2K, 3 LOB
ARam 3-11, 2B, 2K, 7 LOB
Soto 2-11, BB, 3K, 6 LOB
DeRo 4-12, HR, 4 RBI, 5 LOB
Edmonds 2-10, 2K, 2 LOB
Fukudome 1-10, 4K, 5 LOB
Never, but NEVER, put ketchup on a hot dog.
Welll....
Sori – Blegh. I can barely even stand to say his name right now.
Theriot – Eh, but he’d been sliding in the last bit of the season anyway.
Lee – Redeemed himself tonight in my eyes
A-ram – marginally better than last year, but at all the wrong times
Soto – Not as good as I expected, but he caught well
DeRo – Most of our offense, except for that crap AB tonight
Edmonds – Pretty good
Fukudome – Expected
one last thing: Al posted a message on the front page that yall should see
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
Never, in the history of BCB, has one person said so much with so little.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 5, 2008 12:30 AM CDT up reply actions
Al pretty much sums up everyone's feelings
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Kaplan...
…stepping out and saying the Cubs need to trade Soriano.
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
I like that bravado.
Read the final overflow post for my empassioned appeal.
by TheNextCubsVoice on Oct 5, 2008 12:31 AM CDT up reply actions
Yes, seriously.
This team would have made the playoffs without him this season, and he’s MUCH more trouble than he is worth in October. Presses in every at-bat, never changes his approach, and is just a turd on the bench looking lost and distant. Not a player I’d EVER want on my team if I want a true winner, no matter his skill set.
by TheNextCubsVoice on Oct 5, 2008 12:33 AM CDT up reply actions
No I agree
I just am surprised that Kaplan said it… I missed it so I was wondering who he wanted as a replacement
I'm just taking everyone's word for it
I’m in Missouri and don’t have Gameday Audio, and I’m not going to my car to turn on the AM dial that is strong enough to listen. But if he did say it, great for him.
by TheNextCubsVoice on Oct 5, 2008 12:37 AM CDT up reply actions
He also said two weeks ago that Soriano...
should be bunting more. Kaplan is a dipshit.
Proud recipient of a hot dog shot from the Iowa Cubs hot dog gun.
Epic choke job
Swept out of the playoffs in the NLDS 2 years in a row.
This f**king sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This season was a waste. Every Cub said all that mattered was getting back to the playoffs and winning. And they didn’t do that.
I’m upset that they went down without a fight. I still can’t believe how tight they looked during the first 2 games at Wrigley. They didn’t look like a team that won 97 games during the regular season.
The worst part for me is dealing with the fact the Phillies are most likely going to still be playing. During the season, I would not believe that would be possible.
I’ll be back in the spring but I’m going to have a bitter taste on how this season ended. And it’s going to take me a long time to get over it.
Got nothing left to say
History tells me that’s probably a good time to sign off.
I really have enjoyed it. And I’ll be back for all the hot stove and preseason chat.
But right now, it’s time to let it hurt for a while.
One of my and Al’s SBN colleagues put it best recently:
“”http://www.dawgsports.com/2008/10/1/625839/let-it-bleed" >Let It Bleed"
For the last time in the 2008 season,
Good night, all
Not one clutch hit in the series after DeRo's Hr. Pathetic. Choke. Job. Period.
"WGN, Channel 9 Cubs Baseball, Excitingly, Importantly, Dramatically Yours." - Jack Brickhouse
Guess its sign off time for me too.
Y’all have my email on my profile page if you need me. I’m sure I’ll be back, but…. I don’t know when.
The bulk of this season was so fun b/c of you all… it just sucks that it ended like this.
Channel your inner-Ted Lilly!
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Oct 5, 2008 12:39 AM CDT reply actions
I want to take a vacation
from my feelings. I’ll be back here in a few days.
Proud recipient of a hot dog shot from the Iowa Cubs hot dog gun.
We'll wait here for you.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 5, 2008 12:45 AM CDT up reply actions
I quit...cant take it anymore
if they show up with the same squad next year…im not watching
Relax, all right? Don't try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring! Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic. Crash Davis
Right...(stifling laughter)...
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 5, 2008 12:49 AM CDT up reply actions
weird
We had the rookie of the year, veteran manager, the 2-head CF position, well balanced 1-4 pitchers, great setup man, solid closer, a player with a career year (DeRosa). Look at history and teams like that usually win it all. Stunning, just stunning…
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We needed more cowbell.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 5, 2008 12:59 AM CDT up reply actions
I knew we were missing something
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C – Gerald Laird
1B – Mark Teixeira
2B – Orlando Hudson
SS – Rafael Furcal
3B – Adrian Beltre
LF – Manny Ramirez
CF – Marlon Byrd
RF – Matt Holliday
DH – Aubrey Huff
SP – C.C. Sabathia
SP – Jake Peavy
SP – Derek Lowe
SP – A.J. Burnett
SP – Ryan Dempster
RP – Francisco Rodriguez
RP – Brian Fuentes
RP – Huston Street
Relax, all right? Don't try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring! Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic. Crash Davis
Adrian Beltre?
Are you serious? The guy had 1 good year for the Dodgers and that is it. I’ll keep A-Ram
we don’t use DH’s in the NL,
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Nice Fantasy team....
would you have the 400 million dollars for the payroll?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 5, 2008 1:04 AM CDT up reply actions
someone besides dempster better be on the cubs next year,,,,
Relax, all right? Don't try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring! Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic. Crash Davis
I think that a safe bet...it's a 25 man roster.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 5, 2008 1:04 AM CDT up reply actions
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