Overflow Thread 3: NLDS Game #3, Cubs vs. Dodgers, Saturday 10/4, 9:00 CT
by Al 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.
by bergs55 on Oct 4, 2008 11:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
well one is on...
if they can just..
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
by Chanman25 on Oct 4, 2008 11:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
They called that a hit
Whatever. Let’s bring him home.
by ChipSet on Oct 4, 2008 11:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
dome cork screw K
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 11:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
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 0 recs
Dome is in because he has hit Kuroda well in his career...
Jimmyeatworld
by Jimmyeatworld on Oct 4, 2008 11:21 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
Dome has always hit Kuroda well..
just sayin..
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Oct 4, 2008 11:21 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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.
by zevkalman on Oct 4, 2008 11:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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
by Archie on Oct 4, 2008 11:21 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
We are one big fly from being back in this
"WGN, Channel 9 Cubs Baseball, Excitingly, Importantly, Dramatically Yours." - Jack Brickhouse
by BigJohnAZ on Oct 4, 2008 11:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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
by Reed's Johnson on Oct 4, 2008 11:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Fukudome turns things around here, and the Cubs ride it to the Series.
by Dongfang Hong on Oct 4, 2008 11:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
done
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 4, 2008 11:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
BASEHIT!
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
by Chanman25 on Oct 4, 2008 11:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Here we go!
good start..
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Oct 4, 2008 11:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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
by Reed's Johnson on Oct 4, 2008 11:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
SORIANO PLEASE!
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
by Chanman25 on Oct 4, 2008 11:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
THIS IS THE START OF THE RALLY !!!
GET EXCITED
by WUSTLCubsFan on Oct 4, 2008 11:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
Pray preacherman, pray very hard...
Jimmyeatworld
by Jimmyeatworld on Oct 4, 2008 11:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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
by Archie on Oct 4, 2008 11:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
COME ON SORIANO!
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
by Chanman25 on Oct 4, 2008 11:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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
by Reed's Johnson on Oct 4, 2008 11:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
swing at the first pitch
Fat , drunk , and ,stupid is no way to go through life son.
by alabebo on Oct 4, 2008 11:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
wow finally a spark of life
Fat , drunk , and ,stupid is no way to go through life son.
by alabebo on Oct 4, 2008 11:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Smart move by Lou putting Dome in.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Oct 4, 2008 11:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
I WLL NAME MY FIRSTBORN ALFONSO IF YOU HIT A HR HERE
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
by Chanman25 on Oct 4, 2008 11:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
i will change my name to alfonso
by WUSTLCubsFan on Oct 4, 2008 11:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Oct 4, 2008 11:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What if it's a girl?
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Oct 4, 2008 11:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Alfonsa could do
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by Chanman25 on Oct 4, 2008 11:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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!!
by WUSTLCubsFan on Oct 4, 2008 11:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
a HR will change everything about this game
and hopefully gag those f’n fans with those f’n towels of theirs
by JFCubFan on Oct 4, 2008 11:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
Oh Lord who art thou in heaven
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by Chanman25 on Oct 4, 2008 11:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
hallow be thy name
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
by Chanman25 on Oct 4, 2008 11:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
thy kingdom come thy will be done
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
by Chanman25 on Oct 4, 2008 11:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Dearest Fonzie
please please swing at strikes.
Channel your inner-Ted Lilly!
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Oct 4, 2008 11:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Sori:
I will fly to Europe, have a sex change operation and bear your children…
If you just knock in some runs.
cocknfire
by cocknfire on Oct 4, 2008 11:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
When Soriano hits the first pitch, he hits .414/.424/.776. Just saying.
by cwyers on Oct 4, 2008 11:25 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Hits.
Or hits him… there’s a HBP in there.
by cwyers on Oct 4, 2008 11:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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.
by zevkalman on Oct 4, 2008 11:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
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
by Reed's Johnson on Oct 4, 2008 11:25 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Just figured that out?
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Oct 4, 2008 11:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's ok for basketball, absolutely HORRIBLE at baseball
"WGN, Channel 9 Cubs Baseball, Excitingly, Importantly, Dramatically Yours." - Jack Brickhouse
by BigJohnAZ on Oct 4, 2008 11:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
awful
he’s all around awful.
Channel your inner-Ted Lilly!
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Oct 4, 2008 11:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
COME ON THE FONZ
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
by Chanman25 on Oct 4, 2008 11:25 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Cue bitching in
3…
Channel your inner-Ted Lilly!
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Oct 4, 2008 11:26 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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
by Reed's Johnson on Oct 4, 2008 11:26 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
meh...
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
by Chanman25 on Oct 4, 2008 11:26 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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.
by bren on Oct 4, 2008 11:26 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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.
by DudeVf11 on Oct 4, 2008 11:26 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
fucking typical...
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by Chanman25 on Oct 4, 2008 11:26 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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
by Reed's Johnson on Oct 4, 2008 11:26 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Organist is playing "A Little Help From My Friends"
Who wants to be our friend?
So much for first-pitch swinging.
by ChipSet on Oct 4, 2008 11:26 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
COME ON FONTE
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
by Chanman25 on Oct 4, 2008 11:26 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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
by Reed's Johnson on Oct 4, 2008 11:26 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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.
by bren on Oct 4, 2008 11:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
little babe ruth time?
i would love for ronnie to get another chance to yell that
cubs = love
by cubs ftw on Oct 4, 2008 11:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Soriano, please donate your money
Not back to the Cubs, just to charity. You don’t deserve it!
by IllinoisCubs on Oct 4, 2008 11:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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
by Reed's Johnson on Oct 4, 2008 11:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
WP
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by Chanman25 on Oct 4, 2008 11:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Why didn't Dome go?
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Oct 4, 2008 11:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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
by DrGalazkiewicz on Oct 4, 2008 11:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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.
by alabebo on Oct 4, 2008 11:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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
by Archie on Oct 4, 2008 11:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I love Ryan Theriot!
I’ll love him more if he crosses home plate!
by deutschegirl67 on Oct 4, 2008 11:28 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
How does Fukudome not advance on that?
Especially with the throw going to 3rd?!
by ChipSet on Oct 4, 2008 11:28 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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.
by bren on Oct 4, 2008 11:28 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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
by Reed's Johnson on Oct 4, 2008 11:28 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
So what was Hendry's worse signing Fuku or Sori?
by bluekoolaide on Oct 4, 2008 11:28 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
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 0 recs
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 0 recs
Well said.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Oct 4, 2008 11:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
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
by cocknfire on Oct 4, 2008 11:28 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
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.
by meancubface on Oct 4, 2008 11:28 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
"count remains 3-2"
it was 3-1
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
by Chanman25 on Oct 4, 2008 11:28 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
That was crazy for Theriot to be running to 3rd there...
He’s lucky he wasn’t thrown out!
Jimmyeatworld
by Jimmyeatworld on Oct 4, 2008 11:28 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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
by Reed's Johnson on Oct 4, 2008 11:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
If Dusty had Soriano and patterson 1-2 in the lineup he would be in heaven.
Bases never at risk for glogging, liquid plumber.
by DudeVf11 on Oct 4, 2008 11:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
Damn!
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Oct 4, 2008 11:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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
by Reed's Johnson on Oct 4, 2008 11:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
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 0 recs
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 0 recs
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 0 recs
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?
by Chanman25 on Oct 4, 2008 11:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
Theriot is just dumber than a box of fucking rocks
He had no business running.
by salparadise23 on Oct 4, 2008 11:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
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
by Reed's Johnson on Oct 4, 2008 11:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
it is the tons of money i spend watching, listening, or attending every game,
not to mention the $8 beers
by Zakh on Oct 4, 2008 11:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
this is not our team.
"In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is." - Yogi Berra
by wrigley's ivy on Oct 4, 2008 11:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
I can't listen to Ronnie anymore
it’s just breaking my heart.
by deutschegirl67 on Oct 4, 2008 11:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
thats why i can't listen to him
I’m sad already..i couldnt imagine listening to him
by KC in OK on Oct 4, 2008 11:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
im in tulsa
about to go to the bars to numb the pain
by KC in OK on Oct 4, 2008 11:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
God I wanted Mike to put a charge in that one!!
"Cubs Win!!"
by northofwrigley on Oct 4, 2008 11:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
He almost did
That’s the story tonight — almost.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Oct 4, 2008 11:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
what the fuck
ExtenZe? way to go TBS, kids are watching..
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
by Chanman25 on Oct 4, 2008 11:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
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.
by zevkalman on Oct 4, 2008 11:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
NOT OVER YET
its not too late.
you gotta believe.
by meancubface on Oct 4, 2008 11:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
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 0 recs
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 0 recs
they haven't hit good pitching all year,
why start now.
by player101 on Oct 4, 2008 11:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
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 0 recs
that would absolutely freak me out.
sounds good
by AndHart120 on Oct 4, 2008 11:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Only if you can
Wave a magic wand and turn Rafael Furcal into Alex Gonzalez
by hmlee on Oct 4, 2008 11:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
From your lips (or computer)
to God’s ears…
by deutschegirl67 on Oct 4, 2008 11:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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."
by Itchy on Oct 4, 2008 11:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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.
by airweino on Oct 4, 2008 11:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Let's be honest here... the whole offense didn't show up in the post season.
Jimmyeatworld
by Jimmyeatworld on Oct 4, 2008 11:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
Right here.
Just so nobody thinks I’m hiding:
I STILL THINK SORIANO IS A BETTER BASEBALL PLAYER THAN REED JOHNSON.
by cwyers on Oct 4, 2008 11:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I AGREE WITH COLIN
Channel your inner-Ted Lilly!
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Oct 4, 2008 11:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
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 0 recs
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
by cocknfire on Oct 4, 2008 11:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
unfairly?
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Oct 4, 2008 11:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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.
by cocknfire on Oct 4, 2008 11:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
Um.
How is Derrek Jeter not a great player? Guy’s going into the Hall of Fame on the first ballot, man.
by cwyers on Oct 4, 2008 11:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
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 0 recs
Um.
Career .316/.387/.458 hitter in the regular season? Seventh most hits of all active players?
by cwyers on Oct 4, 2008 11:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
I know what you're saying.
It’s just that you’re very, very wrong.
by cwyers on Oct 4, 2008 11:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
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 0 recs
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 0 recs
K.
bye.
Channel your inner-Ted Lilly!
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Oct 4, 2008 11:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
Oh, sorry
I thought stats meant something. You’re right. It’s much better to go with your gut, like Dusty did.
by cocknfire on Oct 4, 2008 11:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
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.
by cocknfire on Oct 4, 2008 11:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree completely.
Channel your inner-Ted Lilly!
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Oct 4, 2008 11:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
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 0 recs
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 0 recs
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.
by cocknfire on Oct 4, 2008 11:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
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 0 recs
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 0 recs
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.
by cocknfire on Oct 5, 2008 12:04 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
Wow.
Channel your inner-Ted Lilly!
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Oct 5, 2008 12:07 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
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 0 recs
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.
by cocknfire on Oct 4, 2008 11:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
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.
by cocknfire on Oct 4, 2008 11:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Oct 4, 2008 11:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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
by bluekoolaide on Oct 4, 2008 11:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
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 0 recs
always does
I got sucked in back in ’69 and still here hoping against hope
by JFCubFan on Oct 4, 2008 11:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
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.
by DudeVf11 on Oct 4, 2008 11:34 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
newsflash
soriano has always sucked in the postseason:
by WUSTLCubsFan on Oct 4, 2008 11:34 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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.
by DudeVf11 on Oct 4, 2008 11:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
he is that kind of player
over-anxious free-swinger, those guys get murdered in the playoffs
by MJMars on Oct 4, 2008 11:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No matter what
Marmol still has a bitchin slider
by BOSSFAN on Oct 4, 2008 11:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Glad Fukedome was there
"Cubs Win!!"
by northofwrigley on Oct 4, 2008 11:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Never too Late and Lets start a Riot
2 songs by 3 Days Grace!
by Zakh on Oct 4, 2008 11:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
put it in his ear!!!!!!!!!
"How's your mother?"
"She's on her way out."
"We all are. Act accordingly."
by louslovechild on Oct 4, 2008 11:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
Well, as badly as we all seem to want to win this game...
…I thought that was the main concern.
by cwyers on Oct 4, 2008 11:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
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 0 recs
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.
by alabebo on Oct 4, 2008 11:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hoping Marmol buries Manny
"Cubs Win!!"
by northofwrigley on Oct 4, 2008 11:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
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 0 recs
I can't look at him
without hearing Jim Memelo calling him, “Big Stinky Manny Ramierez”
by deutschegirl67 on Oct 4, 2008 11:36 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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.
by airweino on Oct 4, 2008 11:37 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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.
by zevkalman on Oct 4, 2008 11:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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.
by airweino on Oct 4, 2008 11:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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.
by LAcarl519 on Oct 4, 2008 11:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
I actually liked FrankTV
until they began overadvertising it
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
by Chanman25 on Oct 4, 2008 11:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I like the ads better than the show
"Cubs Win!!"
by northofwrigley on Oct 4, 2008 11:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
I like Gwynn, but his friggin voice!
"Cubs Win!!"
by northofwrigley on Oct 4, 2008 11:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
FRANK TV
IF IT ENDS HERE I WILL NEVER SEE THESE COMMERCIALS AGAIN!
by BOSSFAN on Oct 4, 2008 11:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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.
by bren on Oct 4, 2008 11:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Sad that was the only highlight in 3 games
"WGN, Channel 9 Cubs Baseball, Excitingly, Importantly, Dramatically Yours." - Jack Brickhouse
by BigJohnAZ on Oct 4, 2008 11:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
My highlight was
Zambrano’s wry smile in that comedic inning of game 2…
Teixeira in 2009.
by airweino on Oct 4, 2008 11:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just checking the line right now for the series, look at all of those .200s for the Cubs and Soriano's .077.
WOW!
by DudeVf11 on Oct 4, 2008 11:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Ironically
If you double Sori’s BA it would still be below the Mendoza line
by hmlee on Oct 4, 2008 11:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why does TBS
use NBA broadcasters? Terrible.
Teixeira in 2009.
by airweino on Oct 4, 2008 11:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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
by sweetswinger on Oct 4, 2008 11:39 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
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.
by bren on Oct 4, 2008 11:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
As soon as the Dodgers got that Grand Slam in the first game...
Everything changed.
Jimmyeatworld
by Jimmyeatworld on Oct 4, 2008 11:39 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
It would only be fair
if the Cubs are gonna be swept, then Ronnie goes into the HoF this year….give us something!
by deutschegirl67 on Oct 4, 2008 11:40 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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.
by PhillyCub on Oct 4, 2008 11:40 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
who cares?
they are going to lose that series anyway
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
by Chanman25 on Oct 4, 2008 11:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
219
soriono’s postseason lifetime batting average, pathetic
by player101 on Oct 4, 2008 11:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
here we go again
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
by Chanman25 on Oct 4, 2008 11:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Not over yet!
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
by Chanman25 on Oct 4, 2008 11:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Damn. Why is Lee still playing? He sucks sooooo bad.
Oh. Wait a minute.
by cocknfire on Oct 4, 2008 11:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
No matter what happens...
…I guarantee every one of you will be back. Glad D-Lee showed up tonight.
by bergs55 on Oct 4, 2008 11:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
NOW can we stop bitching about Derrek Lee?!?!
by cwyers on Oct 4, 2008 11:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs