A Marquis Performance
by Al Yellon on Apr 19, 2008 4:14 PM CDT
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PrintWhat a strange day.
It was cloudy. Then drizzling. Then sunny, on a day the forecasters swore up and down the sun would make no appearances. Then it started to rain, very lightly -- which made the three twentysomethings in front of us very happy, even when I told them (kidding!) that it would cost them $10 to sit under the big blue & white umbrella. By game's end fog was starting to roll in off the lake.
And Jason Marquis pitched like the guy we knew last April and May, shutting down the Pirates on six hits through six innings, striking out seven, doubling in a run, and the Cubs annihilated the Pirates 13-1 on a twelve-hit attack that included no fewer than ten walks (yes, count 'em, ten, clogging up the bases in the sixth inning, which then got unclogged on another bases-loaded walk, a sac fly and a two-run single by Ronny Cedeno.
Told you it was a strange day. The Cubs came out rocking in the first inning, taking the lead 2-0 on a Derrek Lee HR. Really, we could have all gone home then, because that lead would be enough (yes, of course, I know it doesn't work that way). D-Lee is now leading the major leagues in HR with 7, and last year he hit his seventh HR on July 15. Clearly, he's back to near-2005 form -- and that's great news for this offense, which isn't missing Alfonso Soriano at all (4-1 since Soriano's bunny-hop injury last Tuesday). Just sayin'.
Ryan Theriot, Geovany Soto and Cedeno all had two hits today, and Daryle Ward got his first hit of the year to cap the scoring, a two-run HR off rookie Pirates reliever Evan Meek. "Meek" is what the Pirates have been against the Cubs this season, losing all five games and looking mostly bad doing it. Tom Gorzelanny, who had such a fine year in 2007 and looked like he was going to lead a young Pirates staff to credibility this year, gave up seven runs for the second time this year to the Cubs. He got one more out this time than he did the first time, and his ERA jumped from 6.75 to 9.35. Ugly.
After Marquis, Kevin Hart threw a good inning but got in trouble in the 8th; after having thrown 33 pitches, he got pulled by Lou in favor of Michael Wuertz, who finished up uneventfully. Both Hart and Wuertz needed these good outings, as they have both been shaky lately, and this also saved the rest of the bullpen for tomorrow and the next week; the Cubs are in their first long stretch without a day off (13 consecutive days starting last Tuesday).
Other notes: Kosuke Fukudome made a nice running catch to end the fifth inning after the Pirates had scored what turned out to be their only run of the game on consecutive doubles. At 7-1, the game was probably in hand then but you wouldn't have wanted to see it get any closer than that.
I've said for a while that I thought the Giants were the worst team in baseball -- and they might, in fact, lose 100 games. But the Pirates aren't much better. What on Earth were they doing, putting Doug Mientkiewicz at third base in the sixth inning? Looking this up, I see that Mientkiewicz actually started a game at third last weekend, but before that had played third exactly once in his major league career -- in the ninth inning of a game his team was losing, coincidentally, 13-1. What is John Russell thinking? What plan does this team have? Hopefully, none anytime soon, as in this year's wacky schedule, they'll be back at Wrigley Field a month from now.
With the 13-run outburst, the second time this homestand the Cubs have scored 12 or more, they have now scored 98 runs in 17 games -- 5.76 per game. That's not likely sustainable over a long period, but at this moment the total is second in the majors (behind the Diamondbacks, pending other games tonight).
Back for a moment to the twentysomethings sitting in front of us. After a while listening to us talk and watching us keep score, they must have figured we knew some things. Mike & I got peppered with questions about Cub history -- "Who was hit by pitch the most times?" "Who's the all-time Cub RBI leader?" We wound up telling them about the recent history of Cub no-hitters, among other things, and left a BCB card, so if you guys are here -- welcome. Take off your shoes and stay a while.
I also met BCB readers TCobb1911 and... well, your friend whose posting name I can't remember. Nice to meet both of you. And incidentally, if you're wondering where David's photos are, he can't make every single game. He emailed to let me know he'll be at: all the rest of the weekend games, all night games except Mondays, and a couple of long homestands later in the year when he's taking vacation time. So I'd expect him to be at sixty or so games. He'll be in the park tomorrow.
Finally, rumor heard: the organization is very high on Jeff Samardzija, is pleased with his performance so far, and you may see him promoted to Triple-A very soon.
A strange day? Maybe. But also a productive one. Time to sweep these guys again, tomorrow.
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Hey, Al...
have the cubs played some nuetral game sites I haven’t known about?
From the sidebar:
“Al’s 2008 regular season record: 7-4 (5-3 home, 0-0 road)”
There is no place like Nebraska - Go Huskers!
Yes, that's correct.
I’ll fix that.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
Lee substitution
Please forgive me if this was posted in the game thread, but is Derek Lee alright? It seems like he was pulled at a strange time today, and Pat & Ron didn’t confirm that he was OK before the game was over.
The Cubs had a 7-1 lead...
... why not give him the rest of the day off? Ramirez was pulled an inning later.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
Sanchez stepped on his foot when rounding first in the 6th....
...and Lou said after the game that DLee’s neck was stiff as well, but made a point of saying he was fine.
Felix Pie must play everyday!
That must have been the 5th.
n/t
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
Lee had
a stiff neck I heard. It’s nothing serious I don’t believe but his neck was a little stiff and we had a 7-1 lead. I think he will be back in the line-up tomorrow, but at worse he should be in the line-up Monday.
A note for Cubs management
I was at today’s game and want to let off a little steam. There was so much smoking behind where I was sitting in the bleachers it was making me sick. The section where I was sitting had NO usher or security for at least two innings, so people were getting away with it. This isn’t right and it must be stopped. I was unable to enjoy part of the game. I didn’t have this problem yesterday in the upper deck. Yes, I finally found someone in security and complained. He was very nice and hung around after we talked for a few minutes and he said he’d make sure someone was around for the rest of the game. That was fine for the rest of the game, but what about future games?
Cubs management needs to be more proactive about this no smoking thing. They need more security to throw offenders out of the park. This is a LAW now, not a policy.
Getting off my soapbox. Even with the weird weather what I was able to enjoy of the game was fun and the rain wasn’t all that bad. It was the fog at the end of the game that was the most weird to me!
"I'm a Cubs fan. I'm very, very patient." -- from a Shoe cartoon.
by No Southern Belle on Apr 19, 2008 4:36 PM CDT reply actions
Well said.
Security’s been pretty good this year about throwing people out when they’ve acted out, but they’re outnumbered. They need reinforcements.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
HA!
You’re right. People lean up against the fence with a no smoking sign right over their head. And forget the bathrooms. You cant see 2 feet in front of your face.
"Stay thirsty my friend's....."
by Keystone80435 on Apr 19, 2008 4:49 PM CDT up reply actions
But a good note about bleacher security....
Yesterday I was in the top row of the bleachers and a gust of wind blew my Cub hat right off my head and on to Waveland. The dancing Hot Dog Guy on the street picked it up and there was no way he could throw it to me. So a bleacher Security guy named Joe, told the Hot Dog guy to meet him at the J gate. A few minutes later Joe returned with my hat. That was awfully nice.
Later on they did escort a couple of guys away for giving each other the bird. Al is right, they are outnumbered.
During the Thurs. Brewers game the 1st week....
I was in the front row of the section under the scoreboard, right next to a security guy. He told a coupla guys to stop using profanity, then kicked another guy out (Brewers fan) when he made a racial slur.
However, the second the final out was made, he was gone & about 2 minutes later, around 3-4 Brewers fans started jawing at 3-4 Cubs fans and a shoving match ensued causing 3 or 4 guys to fall 3 bleachers down to where I was still standing taking some pics. My scorecard was the only casualty, getting drenched in beer… I guess once the game’s over, security’s gone… pronto.
If you think that's bad
I was at Childrens Memorial hospital last night and people were smoking near the emergency room entrance, standing right under the “No Smoking within 15 feet of this entrance” sign.
Forgive me...
...for dropping the proverbial cloud on an otherwise thrilling Cubs victory, but:
Is anyone else a little disturbed that half our 10 wins have come against the seemingly hapless Pirates?
I know, I know: 1) You don’t get to pick your schedule, and 2) you have to beat the bad teams/the teams you’re supposed to beat.
But while I’m happy with the Cubs this year (Lee is in MVP shape, Fukudome is everything we could imagine, Soto is performing, Z looks like he has it together, and the bullpen looks tough, plus we’re winning without much of anything from ARam or Soriano)...well, it’s tempered enthusiasm given we’ve beating Pittsburgh 5 times and Houston twice – neither of whom are world beaters.
Six of the Cardinals wins...
... have come against the Giants and Nationals, also bad teams.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
And two more
against Houston.
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by Josh Timmers on Apr 19, 2008 4:42 PM CDT up reply actions
See my post below
Remove the five games they’ve played against us, and the Pirates are 7-5.
The team to worry about schedule is the Cardinals-3 versus Washington, 3 versus Houston and now 5 versus San Francisco-easily the three worst teams in the league. Add three against the struggling Rockies, and the only decent team they’ve played so far is the Brewers (who they did take 2 of 3 from).
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by Josh Timmers on Apr 19, 2008 4:42 PM CDT up reply actions
you gotta win the games that are on your schedule...plain and simple
...the Cubs get the Pirates 18 times this year. The Cards get the Giants 7 times.
A good team wins a majority of thier games vs. the bad teams – do that and go .500 against the best and your in the postseason.
Felix Pie must play everyday!
Pirates
are 7-5 against everybody else. That includes 2 against the Braves, 1 against the Dodgers, 3 against the Reds and one against the Marlins. How you play against these easy teams often make or break your seasons. Most of the time against good times you might break even or lose a series to one team or win a series against another. But doing really well against these teams is what puts you in a good postion to win. The rest of the division has had a very simliar schedule as well.
winning against bad teams
It seems to me that over the recent past, the Cubs have really struggled a.) early in the season and b.) against teams like the Reds and Pirates. There are a lot of “games we would have lost” that we haven’t been and its giving me real pause to believe that this is a winning team and Piniella really has been a hell of a pick-up.
DmL
Don't do it
During their glory years in the 90’s, the Yankees feasted on the bottom feeders in their division on a consistent basis. Don’t EVER, EVER, EVER apologize for a win or series of wins. EVER.
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. -- Lee Constantine Elia, 1983.
Uh...
...the Cubs have 11 wins.
Win tomorrow, then it would be half. These are the games we need to win, because the rest of the teams in the division will be playing them.
Let’s just hope the Cards cool off by the time we play them. In fact, I think today they’ve lost their first of a 6-game losing streak.
Jacque Jones is gone, and I doubt Ivan DeJesus would mind this!
The Pirates aren't that bad
Think about it—remove the games they’ve played against us, and their record is 7-5. And two of their losses to us were in extra innings. Seriously, the Pirates are not only not the worst team in baseball, they aren’t even the worst team in this division (that honor goes to Houston).
I’m not saying that the Pirates aren’t going to tie the record for most consecutive losing seasons this year, but this is only a mediocre ballclub, not a terrible one.
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I agree
People keep saying how awful the Pirate’s are. I think their a bullpen and an impact bat of being a winning team.
That rotation, despite the early troubles, is going to mature together, and could become very solid. Sanchez, Bay, LaRoche, Nady is a solid 2-5 and McLouth looks to be a great 1 hitter.
They aint great, but I think they’re a whole lot better than people seem to want to give them credit for.
by WittyUserName on Apr 19, 2008 5:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Last Year...
...the Pirates were very streaky. IIRC, near the ASB last year, they made a pretty nice run. then, they lost like 90% of their games for the first several weeks after the ASB.
Jacque Jones is gone, and I doubt Ivan DeJesus would mind this!
Samardzija
The Cubs have every reason to be excited about The Shark so far this season, but I really think a promotion to AAA right now would be premature. On the other hand, we were all predicting doom when he got promoted to AA last season, and he did much better.
On the one hand, you want to rush the Shark because he’s older and signed a major league contract. On the other hand, you want to baby him because he’s so inexperienced. The one thing is though, he’s not the type to get intimidated playing on a large stage.
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Samardzija
I think I’d just put him wherever the best pitching coach is. What I see as a positive out of him is that he’s getting outs and winning w/o the strike-out. If he refines his stuff and tweaks his mechanics, hopefully he’ll get both outs via K’s as well as getting other outs. So If the AAA pitching coach is better, move him there.
DmL
Good point
Dennis Lewallyn in Tennessee is pretty highly regarded, especially after he taught Kevin Hart the cut fastball that transformed him from organizational fodder into a major leaguer in one season.
The Iowa pitching coach is Mike Mason. I really have no idea how he’s regarded, and he’s in his first season in the Cub organization. I remember him as a pitcher, but of course, that’s pretty irrelevant to his abilities as a coach. He was the major league pitching coach for the Royals on an interim basis for part of the 2004 season, but I don’t think he was really there long enough for us to have a sense of how he was as a coach. Maybe someone over at Royals Review can tell us their impressions.
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by Josh Timmers on Apr 19, 2008 5:24 PM CDT up reply actions
I found Al's comment interesting, because I had a conversation with
the Smokies’ GM on Wednesday, and his exact comment to was that he didn’t think Jeff would be in Tennessee very long.
"...we know some things..."
I laughed aloud at this. I love it.
Dan
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
Base clogging
That was exactly what I was thinking today. I was at my first game of the year and walk after walk… and ya know what, lots of runs scored. We were sitting in good seats maybe 30 rows from the plate… Derrek Lee’s HR was an absolute rope.
The Pirates are going to be as good as their starting pitching, and with Snell, Duke and Gorzelanny, they are going to have some solid stretches, especially with Nady, Bay, and McLouth behind them. But man their bullpen is horrid and these three are going to have their fair share of rough games, The Pirates do have some very good pieces but I don’t see that organization having the money or other resources to draw an ace pitcher to Pittsburgh.
A side note… the “Horry cow” shirts are all still being sold all over Wrigleyville. Unfortunately most people seem to think that they and the “Asian headbands” are quite funny.
DmL
To be fair
their bullpen is horrid until they get to Matt Capps, who is a heck of a young closer.
I like the nucleus of the Pirates. But if history tells us anything, they’ll never be surrounded with good supporting players and then they’ll get shipped off for a bag of magic beans before they do anything.
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by Josh Timmers on Apr 19, 2008 5:27 PM CDT up reply actions
agreed
And the deal they gave to Capps might look real good on the other end, though who knows how many games Capps will have to save.
Huntington is going to have to do a great job continuing to build that team but who knows how much time he’ll have before he needs to start trading off the good pieces.
Oh, Xavier Nady running down to first makes Aramis Ramires look like a gazelle.
Dml
It's Great...
... when your team can outscore your hits.
The two things that the Cubs had issues with last year was getting on base, and then getting them in (RISP). In fact, a couple of weeks ago, Piniella was telling Santo that they could talk for 7 hours about being patient, and that in a couple of days they would need to have the same conversation.
Perhaps Fukudome is starting to rub off on these guys. It seems like every at bat Dome runs the count to 3-2. RJ, too.
Jacque Jones is gone, and I doubt Ivan DeJesus would mind this!
On the radio broadcast today
They said that the Cubs have the highest Pitches per Plate appearance in either the National League or all of MLB. I suspect it’s just NL though, given how NYY and BOS construct their rosters.
It would almost have to be the NL...
...simply given that pitchers aren’t very patient hitters. Unfortunately, ESPN has this data available for players but not teams; I’ll dig around for it.
The Cubs...
... have been notified (by me) about the “Horry Cow” shirts. Hopefully, they’ll be able to do something about it tomorrow.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
I dreamed a dream of....
Good morning!
I just dreamed a dream of overwhelming flood disaster.
Is this game why? :-)
I'm bleeding Dragons Blue.
Just watched Dome highlight reel on NHK News
His basehit, stolen 3rd base and score on bad throw, and nice running catch was featured on national sports news – it made the headline of this morning. That was good.
He’s got 2 walks so 3 on base times out of 5 at bats? Looks like great OBP machine continues to work well….
I'm bleeding Dragons Blue.
Day of Game Tix
Quick question – does anyone know what the box office hours are on the day of games and when the best time to try for tickets is? I have heard rumors that a certain number of tickets are released on the day of the game. How true is this?
Thanks!
Box office opens at 9 am on game days.
Sometimes you can get tickets then. Depends on the game and how many player/employee tickets are returned.
Good luck!
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
Real nice
to see Theriot, Cedeno and Soto off to decent start this season. All very young at playing at this level. All homegrown products.
I can only hope especially with Cedeno the start will bread confidence.
"You can't take life to seriously, you don't get out of it alive"
Chag Sameach
Al I hope I’m spelling this right. Chag Sameach to you and any of our other Jewish friends here.
I leave for Passover dinner at my sister in law’s father’s home in 5 minutes.
We are all waiting for that glorious October night when we finally win it all. Until then we will continue to cheer, never do the wave and hope.
Thank you both.
Just returned from a Seder. Happy Passover to all.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
Only 4 players are different
Only 4 players are different and one of them was here for the last month of the season but this seems like a completely different team than last year and I likey!
We are all waiting for that glorious October night when we finally win it all. Until then we will continue to cheer, never do the wave and hope.
Another great game
That puts me at 4-0 this year.
Need to get some bleacher tickets one of these games.
My 08 Cubs record 3-0
Updated April 16th
There was a fight in the RF stands in Philadelphia...
a few minutes ago, in the 9th inning, according to the Fox TV broadcasters (Albert and McCarver).
Were those Cub fans too, Marty?
A bunch of us in left field
got freaked out when Lee disappeared with no explanation. We thought maybe he was injured. Was that just a substitution to give the hot hitting Lee a break or was there something else involved?
Well....
Sanchez ever so gently grazed Lee in the 5th, and Lou did mention something of a stick neck. However, I’m pretty sure that they just wanted to give Ward a couple of extra at-bats.
by Damen Jackson on Apr 19, 2008 6:37 PM CDT up reply actions
Whew
And I hope Ward got his stroke back with that HR.
He was a beast
in ST if i recall…
"I can accept failure, but I can't accept not trying" - Michael Jordan, the one and only...
Hate those stick necks...
But I think you’re right. It looked like he barely touched him, and a good excuse to get Ward in the game.
"The good lord wants the Cubs to win" - Harry
Yeah..
I was sitting at Water Tower, and in a hurry.
by Damen Jackson on Apr 19, 2008 7:58 PM CDT up reply actions
After 17 games last year
we were 7-10, 4 games out of first. Love the winning right from the start this year. We are also 7-4 at home this year, which is where you want to be. Enjoying this season immensely so far!
"WGN, Channel 9 Cubs Baseball, Excitingly, Importantly, Dramatically Yours." - Jack Brickhouse
haha...This thread in 2 points
1. The Pirates are 7-5 not counting the games against us
2. Derrek Lee has a bit of a stiff neck
Today I was very shocked.
One of my Sox fan friends gave me a compliment of the Cubs…
He has known of Carlos Marmol and has heard all about him. He saw him the other day apparently for the first time, and he fell in love with him. He thinks the kid is amazing. And I should add that he hates the Cubs. He then went on to offer me a bet of Cubs vs. Sox for total wins this year, he wanted me to give him 5 wins..
"I can accept failure, but I can't accept not trying" - Michael Jordan, the one and only...
Anyone know
how HoffPOWER is doin?
"I can accept failure, but I can't accept not trying" - Michael Jordan, the one and only...
Was it an oblique tear or something?
Jacque Jones is gone, and I doubt Ivan DeJesus would mind this!
D. Lee...
...missed like 7-10 games last year with the same thing, no?
I remember he had one at bat with a pink bat on Mother’s Day, and that was it.
Then, he came back and hit the granny against the south side team.
Let’s not let it get to that – we need him.
Jacque Jones is gone, and I doubt Ivan DeJesus would mind this!
D. Lee
What a start this year and can’t think of a better player both on and off the field…. Really shows last year his wrist wasn’t anywhere near 100%.. Pity the pitcher that must throw to him now… Wait, no I don’t.. : )
"I'm not normally a religious man, but... if you're up there, save me, Superman!"
Homer Simpson
this is the best April baseball I've seen from the Cubs
in a long time. They could win 20 this month at the rate they are playing
2008 Cubs: Why Beat A Team in Regulation, when you can beat them in extras?
Love
their patience at the plate. I’m not used to all these walks. It’s paying off. They have moved up to 5th in the ML in OBP and they are scoring almost 6 runs a game.
LSA
Dusty Baker would have hated this game—how dare the Cub hitters clog the bases with those ten walks.
(And score 13 runs partly as a result. Man, what a difference a little plate discipline makes.)
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
agreed. 13 is an unlucky number
why did they have to score that many runs is beyond me..
2008 Cubs: Why Beat A Team in Regulation, when you can beat them in extras?
Hey Al
It was me that was with Tcobb1911. I didn’t know if you caught my posting name. Guess it was a good game for us to make the trip to from Iowa. I haven’t been ever been to a game where the Cubs lost. Hopefully that streak continues May 15 against the Padres.
Thanks for posting...
... as I said, I didn’t catch your posting name. Nice to meet you and now that I know you’ve never seen a loss—you have to get to more games!
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
Not an easy task
The drive to Aurora where we stayed last night wasn’t exactly fun with all the poor weather, and the congestion on the drive back wasn’t fun either. As much as I love the Cubs and would love for them to go 81-0 at home due to my presence, going a couple times a year is definitely enough driving for me.
OT- New Billy Williams book
Has anyone read this yet? I saw it in Barnes and Nobles tonight and picked it up. Didn’t realize he had this coming out. Can’t wait to read it, he was probably my favorite growing up.
"Sweet Swinging Billy Williams"
Thanks for the info. Haven’t heard about it. Can’t wait to read it too. He was always one of my favorites growing up also. Once after a game around 1965 my friends and I saw him, Ernie, and George Altman standing around a gas station shooting the breeze, drinking sodas. They all signed our scorecards and were very nice to us. Thrill of a lifetime…Hey, maybe you could do a review of the book for us.
"The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball"
That's a fantastic story
Though the stereotype of pro athletes being stuck-up and rude probably only applies to few of them, it’s still always nice to hear stories of fans getting a precious moment or two of friendly interaction with one of their heroes.
Beer, of course, is actually a depressant. But poor people will never stop hoping otherwise. -- Kurt Vonnegut
by bluebythebook on Apr 19, 2008 11:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Picked it up too
I picked it up too and I am going to tackle it after I finish Mary Higgins Clark’s latest.
We are all waiting for that glorious October night when we finally win it all. Until then we will continue to cheer, never do the wave and hope.
by puckishcubsfan on Apr 20, 2008 1:30 AM CDT up reply actions
John Calloway Interviewed Williams
for last Friday’s Chicago Tonight. Here’s a short clip where he discussed his batting style.
"He's not pining, he's passed on. This parrot is no more. He has ceased to be. He's expired and gone to meet his maker. He's a stiff, bereft of life, he rests in peace. If you hadn't have nailed him to the perch he'd be pushing up the daisies. He's rung down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. This is an ex-parrot!"
I can only wonder why There are METS ad's on the BCB front page.
Hmm hahah “Complimentary METS Ringtones” On the BCB front page…....
"Stay thirsty my friend's....."
wins
it,s always good to beat the bad teams.that,s a must.we,ll see how this team does next week when they start playing the good teams like the mets.i,d hate to see the cardinals run away again.hey can someone tell them they were picked for 4th
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