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Chicago Cubs at Houston Astros, May 20, 2008 7:05 PM CDT



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Chicago Cubs
@ Houston Astros

Tuesday, May 20, 2008, 7:05 PM CDT
Minute Maid Park

Ryan Dempster vs Chris Sampson

Clear. Winds blowing out to right field at 5-15 m.p.h. Game Time temperature: Around 90.

Complete Coverage >


Christina Kahrl at Baseball Prospectus analyzes the Ward-to-the-DL-Hoffpauir-up roster move. ($) I was racking my brains trying to think of who Hoffpauir reminds me of from the recent Cub past, and she nailed it:
It's a great thing for him to have made it, but in the same way people shouldn't have been dancing in the streets when Phil Stephenson made it up, not everybody has to throw a party.

Yep. That's Micah Hoffpauir: Phil Stephenson, a lefty-hitting Cub career minor leaguer who also made his ML debut at age 28. Stephenson's ML career, almost three hundred AB, is about all Hoffpauir's going to get.

Today's Starting Pitchers
Ryan Dempster
R. Dempster
Cubs
vs. Chris Sampson
C. Sampson
Astros
5-1 W-L 2-3
2.35 ERA 6.46
48 SO 18
24 BB 9
3 HR 2
vs. Hou -- vs. Cubs

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2008 - Ryan Dempster 5-1 9 9 0 0 0 0 57.1 35 22 15 3 24 48 2.35 1.03


W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2008 - Chris Sampson 2-3 8 8 0 0 0 0 39.0 55 30 28 2 9 18 6.46 1.64

Chris Sampson has made three career starts and has had five total appearances against the Cubs. He's 2-0, 1.25, but a great deal of that comes from this game on June 7, 2006, his first career start, when he threw seven scoreless innings and beat Sean Marshall, and this game on April 4, when he threw 6.2 innings, allowed two runs, and the Astros wound up winning after he left the game. Sampson has alternately thrown real well this year (7 scoreless innings at LA on May 10) and real bad (2/3 of an inning, six earned runs vs. the Rockies on April 18). He hasn't faced any current Cub more than 9 times (Aramis Ramirez, 3-for-9).

Ryan Dempster has made 11 career starts against Houston, but of course, the last one of those was five years ago. Against the current Astros he's done pretty well, except for Lance Berkman (.294/.455/.647, 10-for-34, 4 HR), but then again, Berkman hits just about everyone. Let's hope Berkman's 0-for-4 last night is the beginning of a slump for him.

Today's game is on WGN, so available nationally to those who have WGN, and also on FSN Houston, so it should be on EI. For more see today's MLB.com Mediacenter.

MLB.com Gameday (2007 version)

MLB.com Gameday (2008 version)

Baseball-reference.com game preview

Today's overflow comment thread will post at 8:30 pm CT.

Discuss amongst yourselves.

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I will interested to see if Edmunds' ankle is gimpy and if Lou plays....

....Ascanio to see what he has in the pen. Also will Lou start play Cedeno on the road when a team can wear down.

I would like to see Edmunds’ first extra base hit and a multiple hit game.

Piniella: "This is a tougher job than I thought it would be, I'm going to be honest with you."

by Ivy Walls on May 20, 2008 4:37 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm refusing to read anything you write until you learn to spell

Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.

by dtpollitt on May 20, 2008 5:22 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

OKAY

sorry about my dyslexia…..

I always had a serious personality conflict with English teachers or those who were as pin headed as they were/are…..something about their attitude others and inconsequential things….kind of like it was they were extremely arrogant towards others…you know….focused on things that just were not important. But then again whom I am I to say what is important to the next person.

I bet you read this.

read whatever you like, it is a free country and what does anyone care except yourself.

Piniella: "This is a tougher job than I thought it would be, I'm going to be honest with you."

by Ivy Walls on May 20, 2008 5:44 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Edmonds

Or is that an inside joke of which I am outside on?

FU-KU-DOH-MEH! clap, clap, clap-clap-clap!!!!

by tony412 on May 20, 2008 4:39 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

He's been asked about this many times.

So far as I can conclude, Ivy Walls doesn’t actually read anything, just writes things.

by cwyers on May 20, 2008 4:50 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

IVY WALLS, CAN YOU SEE ME?

If so, please see above and respond. Thank you.

FU-KU-DOH-MEH! clap, clap, clap-clap-clap!!!!

by tony412 on May 20, 2008 4:52 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Actually, I think it's Ivy Wulls...

Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on May 20, 2008 4:54 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

yuu guys are tu funny

FU-KU-DOH-MEH! clap, clap, clap-clap-clap!!!!

by tony412 on May 20, 2008 4:55 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

to be fair....I was mispelling his name because

everyone here didn’t want him and was waiting for someone to notice….get it

someone finally did.

Piniella: "This is a tougher job than I thought it would be, I'm going to be honest with you."

by Ivy Walls on May 20, 2008 5:46 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

you conclusions compare to those of Sherlock's side kick

Watson…..

Piniella: "This is a tougher job than I thought it would be, I'm going to be honest with you."

by Ivy Walls on May 20, 2008 5:47 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's called

being childish.

by sue369 on May 20, 2008 6:02 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

As one door closes, another one opens?

Mike Piazza announced his retirement today

So in the interests of keeping the baseball world in harmony and good balance (yin yang and all that), as one veteran slugging catcher leaves the game, seems like there ought to be a young slugging catcher ready to step up and take on that mantle.

Hmm… now I wonder who that could be… ;-)

Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on May 20, 2008 4:40 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

JINX!!!!!!!!!

"I've always felt that starting pitching is the most important part of the rotation." - Joe Morgan, Sunday Night Baseball 8-12-07

by gary varsho on May 20, 2008 4:41 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Actually, you beat me by 30 seconds.

Dammit.

"I've always felt that starting pitching is the most important part of the rotation." - Joe Morgan, Sunday Night Baseball 8-12-07

by gary varsho on May 20, 2008 4:42 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

A great career

Glad to have had a chance to see him play. Not glad about (at least one that I recall seeing in person) the 18 career homers vs the Cubs. Anyway…Geo, here’s to an awesome career with the Cubs. Taking a sip of green tea for Geo.

FU-KU-DOH-MEH! clap, clap, clap-clap-clap!!!!

by tony412 on May 20, 2008 4:48 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

You mean as one door closes, the closet door opens.

MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wait a minute... who am I here?

by malicedoom on May 20, 2008 4:58 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Very subtle.

Not very funny, but very subtle.

"I've always felt that starting pitching is the most important part of the rotation." - Joe Morgan, Sunday Night Baseball 8-12-07

by gary varsho on May 20, 2008 5:01 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Great player, great career, but...

the steroid innuendos will always be there. I think he will have hard time getting into the Hall of Fame as a result. Too bad because I like the guy a great deal.

Adding knowledge and challenging the saber-magicians, one post at a time.

by MDBNIU on May 20, 2008 6:01 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Off Topic and not really Diary-worthy:

Mike Piazza has retired.

Time for Geo to start chasing the All-Time HR by C title!

"I've always felt that starting pitching is the most important part of the rotation." - Joe Morgan, Sunday Night Baseball 8-12-07

by gary varsho on May 20, 2008 4:41 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

without sounding too cliche...

dare I say – great minds post alike!

Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on May 20, 2008 4:44 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

LOL!

"I've always felt that starting pitching is the most important part of the rotation." - Joe Morgan, Sunday Night Baseball 8-12-07

by gary varsho on May 20, 2008 4:47 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

In that case

Did you guys hear Piazza retired?

by gocubsgo22 on May 20, 2008 4:48 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Soto

So true. I would love to see him in the all star this year. Im doing my part. Im voting for him plus a friend of mine is addicted to American Idol (I’ve never seen a full episode) So Im voting for her favorite contenstant tonight and she is voting for Soto.

by Madison Cub Fan on May 20, 2008 4:54 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

There's no justice

If Soto doesn’t make the All-Star team as a starter!

What does not kill you makes you stronger.

by Pa on May 20, 2008 5:36 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's about time

we finally bomb Chris Sampson, like almost everybody else has. I’m sick of this guy shuting us down everytime he pitches against us. Hopefully Dempster can keep pitching well and give us a 6-7 inning quality start. With me a little scared about Gallagher facing the hot Astros hitters tomorrow, I think tonight is gonna be a important game to win, if were gonna take the series.

by cubsfan25 on May 20, 2008 4:50 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Agreed.

Sampson has surrendered 55 hits in 39 IP. Hopefully, the Cubs can drive up that total even more.

"I've always felt that starting pitching is the most important part of the rotation." - Joe Morgan, Sunday Night Baseball 8-12-07

by gary varsho on May 20, 2008 4:54 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Go Dempster

That great starter, Ryan Dempster, needs to keep on keeping on. One would think the pitching matchup favors the Cubs. The Cubs need to take advantage of it. Don’t stub your toes, Cubbies!

"The big possum walks late." - Harry Caray

by memphiscub on May 20, 2008 5:01 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Especially if you look

at Sampson’s numbers at home: 3 GS, 8 IP, 21 H, 14 ER, 15.75 ERA, 3.25 WHIP

"I've always felt that starting pitching is the most important part of the rotation." - Joe Morgan, Sunday Night Baseball 8-12-07

by gary varsho on May 20, 2008 5:05 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

thanks for the data, Gary!

As always, you are a much appreciated fountain of info.

I hope there is no “reversion to the mean” for Sampson tonight.

THIS IS OUR CENTURY!!

by LAcarl519 on May 20, 2008 5:26 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I would like to take the chance

to say before this game starts that if there was any question about how much I love Soto, it’s gone now! How exciting for him and all of Cubdom!

Now go get ‘em Demp!

Geovany Soto you're my Hero

by love the ivy on May 20, 2008 5:06 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Why do I sense...

...that Dempster is going to get completely and totally LIT UP tonight?

I think we’re gonna pounded. – Hope I’m wrong.

Wait a minute... who am I here?

by malicedoom on May 20, 2008 5:07 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Nah

Demp is solid. We’re gonna be fine.

2008: The year we put it all together.

by drewishdrewid on May 20, 2008 6:57 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

the force is weak in this one.

"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman

by Bildo1805 on May 20, 2008 6:58 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ignore him

I’m on the leader.

2008: The year we put it all together.

by drewishdrewid on May 20, 2008 6:58 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sampson

Unfortunately, I recently reserved Sampson on my fantasy baseball team (and please don’t laugh that I have him at all – it’s a very deep, NL-only league). So he’ll probably pitch great.

"Hey hey, kiss it goodbye! That one's in Milwaukee! Man oh man did he hit it. Isn't that something?" - Lou Boudreau, May 17, 1979

by danimal15 on May 20, 2008 5:07 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Lineup

per Gordon Wittenmeyer’s Twitter. Pretty much the same as yesterday (i think)

soriano lf
theriot ss
lee 1b
ramirez 3b
fukudome rf
soto c
edmonds cf
derosa 2b
dempster p

by lance dickson on May 20, 2008 5:10 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I'd really like to see Ronny spelling Theriot and Derosa more often....

"I've always felt that starting pitching is the most important part of the rotation." - Joe Morgan, Sunday Night Baseball 8-12-07

by gary varsho on May 20, 2008 5:12 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Like this?

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on May 20, 2008 5:13 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

HAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

No, as in giving them a day or two off every once in a while. I’d like to see Ronny get at least 2 starts a week, one at 2B and one at SS.

"I've always felt that starting pitching is the most important part of the rotation." - Joe Morgan, Sunday Night Baseball 8-12-07

by gary varsho on May 20, 2008 5:15 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Cedeno got a start Sunday

so he hopefully will get one again in the next few games. He also started started last Thursday and Friday I believe.

by cubsfan25 on May 20, 2008 5:19 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yep.

I’d like to see that continue.

"I've always felt that starting pitching is the most important part of the rotation." - Joe Morgan, Sunday Night Baseball 8-12-07

by gary varsho on May 20, 2008 5:21 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

D-Lee is supposed to get an off day tommorow

So maybe DeRO slides to 1b and ronny plays 2nd

by Rezze21 on May 20, 2008 6:53 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

No point in calling up the Hoff

if you don’t play him. Hoff will go in for Lee.

2008: The year we put it all together.

by drewishdrewid on May 20, 2008 6:58 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

True

but both are red hot right now. I believe DeRosa has a 10 game hitting streak, and Theriot is hitting 350 over his last 5 games.

by cubsfan25 on May 20, 2008 5:16 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I just mean once a week.

I’m not advocating benching either one in favor of Ronny, but I don’t want everyone to get burnt out right off the bat.

"I've always felt that starting pitching is the most important part of the rotation." - Joe Morgan, Sunday Night Baseball 8-12-07

by gary varsho on May 20, 2008 5:18 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I agree

I think Piniella has been kinda doing that lately, he gave Cedeno a start last Thursday resting DeRosa, then another start Friday resting Fukudome. On Sunday he gave Theriot a day off and started Cedeno as well.

by cubsfan25 on May 20, 2008 5:21 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

What difference does it make...

we’re gonna get pounded anyway.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on May 20, 2008 5:11 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Haha..

Well played..

"I realize very well that I could regress to the mean."
-Brian Bannister on his BABIP

by Bump Bailey on May 20, 2008 6:30 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not likely.

Doesn’t seem like his style.

"I've always felt that starting pitching is the most important part of the rotation." - Joe Morgan, Sunday Night Baseball 8-12-07

by gary varsho on May 20, 2008 5:12 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Plus the fact

that he’s said it himself a couple of times this year already, that he is traditional that way.

"Is there anything he can't do?" ~Len Kasper, 4/5/08, on Kosuke Fukudome

by JohnM on May 20, 2008 5:19 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, kind of what I figured...

Wait a minute... who am I here?

by malicedoom on May 20, 2008 5:19 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

IF it were to ever happen...

It would probably be a Zambrano- Blanco combo. But doesn’t seem likely.

by JFG72 on May 20, 2008 5:27 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Crawley`s Cub Kingdom

Anyone know what`s going on there? He hasn`t posted a new blog since May 6. Highly unlike him. Thanks for any input. Go Cubs!!

by muffman on May 20, 2008 5:21 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

i dont get the..

infactuation with batting the pitcher 8th.

It might beeeeee!! It could beeeeeee!! It issssss!! Homerun!! Holyyyyyyy Cow!!!

by cubsluver22 on May 20, 2008 5:37 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

It's just the newest fad to argue over...

like the importance of the pitch count and sabermetrics. It’s all based on objective evidence.

by JFG72 on May 20, 2008 5:49 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think you've coined a new word there...

“infactuation” = having a crush on a stats geek? ;-)

Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on May 20, 2008 5:50 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Agreed

Batting the pitcher 8th is ridiculous. The practice has ruined J.J. Hardy who bats in # 7 hole in Milwaukee. And I can’t help but think it is too big a blow to the ego of the hitters put in the situation of batting # 9.

Adding knowledge and challenging the saber-magicians, one post at a time.

by MDBNIU on May 20, 2008 6:03 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Professional athletes are ruined because grown men get their feelings hurt?

Funny, I’ve been put in situations in my profession that were less than ideal and uncomfortable, yet I didn’t get “ruined”. But maybe I really do suck, and my boss is too nice to tell me…like Dusty and Ned.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on May 20, 2008 6:06 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm convinced your boss is Tommy of Who fame

How else to explain your 24/7 posting and all the wondrous photo downloads. But I’m sure the deaf, dumb and blind boss sure plays a mean pinball….

Adding knowledge and challenging the saber-magicians, one post at a time.

by MDBNIU on May 20, 2008 6:07 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm sure he'd at least directly answer a question...

with out telling me that…

“Reading is fundamental”....”Wrong again!”.... or just vaguely address the point and then continue to say the same things. Oh yeah, he also played baseball in college.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on May 20, 2008 6:10 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

When the baseball IQs between you and me link up, then we can chat

Adding knowledge and challenging the saber-magicians, one post at a time.

by MDBNIU on May 20, 2008 6:15 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Is there some kind of Baseball IQ test you've taken?

Did you get an ID card with it? Is that why you keep referring to “Baseball IQ” like it’s some kind of degree you get from Baseball School?

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on May 20, 2008 6:19 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think he

got it off the back of a ceral box.

by sue369 on May 20, 2008 6:50 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

He actually

went to the Joe Morgan shcool of baseball.

It doesnt require any actual baseball IQ. You have to continously brag about your own talent and deem everyone else inadequate.

BANANAS BANANAS BANANAS!!!!!

by Zy Toro Young on May 20, 2008 6:59 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

LSA

you get kuddos for the best comment in a long time!!!!

by Madison Cub Fan on May 20, 2008 7:00 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

lets get your IQ

and my IQ together?

No, thanks. My IQ doesn’t like to go slumming.

You know, it’s funny… even Cedneo seemed to know when he kept screwing up that he had to improve his baseball smarts.

2008: The year we put it all together.

by drewishdrewid on May 20, 2008 7:00 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Desipio

Is there some sort of feud with desipio? BCB is getting ripped on the messageboard.

What does not kill you makes you stronger.

by Pa on May 20, 2008 5:37 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

What message board

Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.

by dtpollitt on May 20, 2008 5:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Actually, they're ripping NSBB today.

"I've always felt that starting pitching is the most important part of the rotation." - Joe Morgan, Sunday Night Baseball 8-12-07

by gary varsho on May 20, 2008 5:43 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I get Dolan's humor most of the time...

but I can only take so much !#&@ (fill in the blank) player/manager/fan/blog…...

It’s like he’s MDBNIU with the nonsense replaced with cursing and angst.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on May 20, 2008 5:48 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

i wouldn't correlate Desipio with angst

In fact, most of the articles I’ve seen on there make fun of the silly hand-wringing and don’t take themselves very seriously. Maybe you’re thinking of that emotard Will Leith’s site, deadspin?

by ohboy on May 20, 2008 5:56 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

In the Dose

they are, but Dolan says he got banned from bcb on the messageboard.

just thought i’d ask, I haven’t posted in a while and was wondering what the dispute was about.

What does not kill you makes you stronger.

by Pa on May 20, 2008 5:56 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

No idea.

None of the Desipio guys have posted over here in a while that I’ve seen, so I don’t know what got one of them banned.

"I've always felt that starting pitching is the most important part of the rotation." - Joe Morgan, Sunday Night Baseball 8-12-07

by gary varsho on May 20, 2008 5:58 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I just now...

checked out that site for the first time, and man, those guys are angry. I kinda get the feeling that BCB is the Democratic Cubs site, and Desipio is the Republican Cubs site. Though I’d admit an extremelly small sample size. It’s just first impressions.

by soonerbered on May 20, 2008 6:04 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think I'd rather not know the political makeup of this blog...

and just stick to the unifying love of the Cubs thank you very much.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on May 20, 2008 6:13 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was....

speaking tongue in cheek. Geez, lighten up. I will say this though, I found this site years ago through Daily Kos. For what that’s worth.

by soonerbered on May 20, 2008 6:17 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Chill my man...

I did mean anything by it. We is cool.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on May 20, 2008 6:20 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Political makeup???

I’d like to know how on God’s green earth anybody can make assessment of the political makeup of this blog via reading what all of us doorknobs and drool monkeys have to say about the Cubs. Heavens to mergatroid.

Adding knowledge and challenging the saber-magicians, one post at a time.

by MDBNIU on May 20, 2008 6:24 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Again...

Reading is fundamental…if you could have followed the conversation, you would have seen that soonerbered suggested that I “take a poll” to determine the political makeup of the blog. Although these “polls” do involve numbers and stuff, they are widely used to find out things about groups of people.

When the political IQs between you and me link up, then we can chat.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on May 20, 2008 6:29 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

A poll to determine political party affiliation

Yeah, professor. That’s a good idea to post on a baseball blog. Hope Big Al deep sixes this idea before it happens. The day I care what your political party affiliation is via mutual participation on a baseball blog is the day I say bye bye.

Adding knowledge and challenging the saber-magicians, one post at a time.

by MDBNIU on May 20, 2008 6:33 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

My god...

Remind me to never again attempt humor. I take it all back. We’re all pissed off cubs fans. Hate all around.

by soonerbered on May 20, 2008 6:36 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Just MDBNIU.

"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman

by Bildo1805 on May 20, 2008 6:38 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

You dummy.

SWL isn’t proposing the poll. Soonerbered did.

Do you use the search function to find posts that contain the following words and just read them?
MDBNIU
College Baseball
Soriano

"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman

by Bildo1805 on May 20, 2008 6:38 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

word of advice

dont let him get to you. cause name calling will get you axed quick by AL.

It might beeeeee!! It could beeeeeee!! It issssss!! Homerun!! Holyyyyyyy Cow!!!

by cubsluver22 on May 20, 2008 6:41 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

No worries

I’m not gonna get in a mud slinging contest. I regret ever having said anything. just killing time before the game starts.

by soonerbered on May 20, 2008 6:43 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

No regrets my Okie brother!

You ever get up round Stillwater? Besides for the Bedlam matchups?

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on May 20, 2008 6:45 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ahhhh....

a different topic. But no, I stay away from Stillwater. I live in Norman. ‘97 and ‘01 OU grad. I don’t even go up for football. I hate that place.

by soonerbered on May 20, 2008 6:47 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm trying to...

curb the hate here, so maybe OSU isn’t a topic I should take up!

by soonerbered on May 20, 2008 6:49 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

dude..you're a sooner fan...

you’re supposed to hate my pokes!

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on May 20, 2008 6:58 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

lol

good. thanks for the affirmation.

by soonerbered on May 20, 2008 7:00 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

santoswoodenlegs

where do you live. I live near OKC. please dont ever pollute a perfectly good blog with the letters osu. the holy land is right smack dab in the middle of norman,ok.

p.s. sooner born,sooner bred, and when we die we’ll be sooner dead.

boomer….................

It might beeeeee!! It could beeeeeee!! It issssss!! Homerun!! Holyyyyyyy Cow!!!

by cubsluver22 on May 21, 2008 8:47 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

No regrets.

I ain’t mad at cha. MDBNIU just gets me in a lather.

SWL?

"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman

by Bildo1805 on May 20, 2008 6:46 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Keep in mind..

that anyone who enjoys going on a message board and bragging about his college days and upsetting people…
prolly has problems in his actual life.

by Madison Cub Fan on May 20, 2008 6:52 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Again...

Reading is fundamental…if you’ll note that I responded to soonerbered’s poll idea by saying that I didn’t care to know the political makeup of the board and would rather just talk about the Cubs. Although I can’t talk Cubs with you since I don’t have my Baseball IQ Card yet.

Oh…and I like this game…the one where you post complaining about something and then I respond by repeating what took place before that shows you did actually read the entire conversation.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on May 20, 2008 6:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

did = didn't

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on May 20, 2008 6:41 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

did did did did didn't did!

Spoke like a gennelman, sir!

2008: The year we put it all together.

by drewishdrewid on May 20, 2008 7:04 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

By the way,

I’m a pinko bleeding heart commie liberal.

Will you say bye bye?

"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman

by Bildo1805 on May 20, 2008 6:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

+1

"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman

by Bildo1805 on May 20, 2008 6:47 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

+1

"I realize very well that I could regress to the mean."
-Brian Bannister on his BABIP

by Bump Bailey on May 20, 2008 6:46 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

WOOOOOOSH

like so much else, this goes right over blue mike’s nerf-hearding head…

2008: The year we put it all together.

by drewishdrewid on May 20, 2008 7:02 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

lol!

2008: The year we put it all together.

by drewishdrewid on May 20, 2008 7:01 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

SEE!

Someone got my sense of humor. All is not lost!

by soonerbered on May 20, 2008 7:02 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

We are owned

by the Great Orange Satan.

Maybe that’s their problem. But having never heard of the blog you’re talking about, don’t ask me.

It's a girl! Born 1-18-08. 2246 PST. 8 lbs. 1 oz.

by Josh77 on May 20, 2008 6:17 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Stupid question time

I’m I missing something, or is that Baseball Propectus article subscription only?

by soonerbered on May 20, 2008 5:49 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Thus the dollars sign ($) in parentheses after Al's link.

"I've always felt that starting pitching is the most important part of the rotation." - Joe Morgan, Sunday Night Baseball 8-12-07

by gary varsho on May 20, 2008 5:51 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Waiting for this

game is like an addict waiting for their fix.

by sue369 on May 20, 2008 6:10 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

i am too

i must admit

It might beeeeee!! It could beeeeeee!! It issssss!! Homerun!! Holyyyyyyy Cow!!!

by cubsluver22 on May 20, 2008 6:12 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I heard that...

getting tremors

"I realize very well that I could regress to the mean."
-Brian Bannister on his BABIP

by Bump Bailey on May 20, 2008 6:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Anyone see Berkman on PTI?

Tryed to make him guarantee a victory against the cubs.

But he said he couldnt do it :D

My 08 Cubs record 4-0
My 08 W.Sox record 0-2 (I havent seen a sox win in 3 years)
Updated April 26th

by Rudey on May 20, 2008 6:18 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

You gotta love Fat Elvis, or Big Puma nowadays

Berkman is a baseball player, period. I have always liked that guy. Too bad he wasn’t a member of the Cubs all these years. Very talented and very refreshing. John Kruk with talent.

Adding knowledge and challenging the saber-magicians, one post at a time.

by MDBNIU on May 20, 2008 6:23 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I also enjoyed the guy

very humble and very likeable.

Sometimes channels like ESPN mkae you want to have a guy like that cause they make it sound like hes a God.

Good to see a down to earth type of guy.

My 08 Cubs record 4-0
My 08 W.Sox record 0-2 (I havent seen a sox win in 3 years)
Updated April 26th

by Rudey on May 20, 2008 6:27 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hate* not
have

My 08 Cubs record 4-0
My 08 W.Sox record 0-2 (I havent seen a sox win in 3 years)
Updated April 26th

by Rudey on May 20, 2008 6:28 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

What on earth does Lou have against DeRo?

Batting him 8th?? Behind a guy with a .182 BA??

Dear Lou,

The general idea of building a batting order is to give your best hitters the most PAs. That’s why the pitcher bats 9th. A position player who is imitating a pitcher should be batting behind the real hitters.

Thank you,

DMH

"I've never complained about it. I'm thankful to have a jersey." Mark DeRosa, 22 Aug 2007

by DeRoMyHero on May 20, 2008 6:36 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

It's the RH/LH thing

Now we can go RH, LH, RH,LH, RH with our final five hitters.

by cubsfan25 on May 20, 2008 6:38 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Lineup protection...

is a good idea.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on May 20, 2008 6:40 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

DeRo's ok with it...

I think it was Pat or Ron said yesterday that Lou talked to DeRo about it and told him it was just temporary…

"I realize very well that I could regress to the mean."
-Brian Bannister on his BABIP

by Bump Bailey on May 20, 2008 6:45 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

if it puts guys on base

in front of Soriano, that’s good.

2008: The year we put it all together.

by drewishdrewid on May 20, 2008 7:08 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Is DeRo OK with it

or is he just saying the PC thing? Edmonds’ lack of hustle last night cost him a double, too.

If Lou is worried about egos, then Edmonds should hit 8th (since his ego has already been deflated by being released) until he earns a higher spot. He’s still on the Interstate, for crying out loud.

"I've never complained about it. I'm thankful to have a jersey." Mark DeRosa, 22 Aug 2007

by DeRoMyHero on May 20, 2008 6:50 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I was wondering...

if anyone thought Edmonds was kinda lolliegagging on that hit. But then I thought Edmonds may just be fast enough to make it close out.

by soonerbered on May 20, 2008 6:53 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

He's ok with it..

They said he was even joking about it, telling Lou that it was better than 9th.

"I realize very well that I could regress to the mean."
-Brian Bannister on his BABIP

by Bump Bailey on May 20, 2008 7:14 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Geez!

Been waiting for this game to start since last nights game finished. Has seemed like an eternity!

FU-KU-DOH-MEH! clap, clap, clap-clap-clap!!!!

by tony412 on May 20, 2008 6:58 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

lineups?

"I'll play any day. I don't care if I'm 0-for-30, playing baseball is my PASSION. I'll go out and play." - Geo Soto

by CubbyBlues on May 20, 2008 7:02 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Gary-

Saw Radek got the “Good Game” pat on the rear today.

Gonna be switching back and forth in between the Cubs game and the FA Cup. Interested in this left winger from Cardiff, although I think he’ll be at Man U soon.

"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman

by Bildo1805 on May 20, 2008 7:04 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Are you English?

Because if not, I’ll have to haze you.

by soonerbered on May 20, 2008 7:06 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Irish-American.

Gary and I are both Tottenham supporters and talk footy every now and then.

"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman

by Bildo1805 on May 20, 2008 7:08 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

You're not a very good Englishman then!

"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman

by Bildo1805 on May 20, 2008 7:09 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was...

going to haze them for liking soccer at all. But if one is European, one can’t help it.

by soonerbered on May 20, 2008 7:11 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

JUUUUUST

a bit outside…

2008: The year we put it all together.

by drewishdrewid on May 20, 2008 7:06 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

First pitch=

in the dugout behind Soriano.

"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman

by Bildo1805 on May 20, 2008 7:06 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

With a count of 2-0 to start a ballgame you don't swing

but I can’t flame Sori too much…he has shown what he can do.

by zevkalman on May 20, 2008 7:08 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

That's when they tend to throw you meatier pitches...

...to try and just get one over. You make it way too easy on a pitcher if you NEVER swing in that situation, because then they can just throw a meatball to get it 2-1.

by cwyers on May 20, 2008 8:17 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

check the wide setting

on your wide-screen?

2008: The year we put it all together.

by drewishdrewid on May 20, 2008 7:10 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

on the monitor?

nah i mean it’s cropped out in the video window.

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by RightFieldSucks on May 20, 2008 7:14 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Len and Bob talking about the ground rules on the wall.

Um, how about this novel idea:
Build a wall. If it’s over the wall, it’s a HR. If not, it’s in play.

"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman

by Bildo1805 on May 20, 2008 7:10 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

On that topic...

I thought the HR/Foul ball call in the NY game should have been a ground rule double. It hit in fair territory past third base and bounced out of play. How is that NOT a GR double? Is there something I’m missing?

by soonerbered on May 20, 2008 7:13 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Now they're talking about Edmonds' catch last night

They seem to like him, and the fact that he plays a shallow CF.

by zevkalman on May 20, 2008 7:13 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

They sure do

it’s as if they were answering criticism of Edmonds point by point

It's fun to be a Cub right now. -- Mark DeRosa

by Emelie on May 20, 2008 7:15 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

well, I'm biased

but I thought they were protesting a bit too much, honestly.

2008: The year we put it all together.

by drewishdrewid on May 20, 2008 7:17 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Seriously.

Whose suitcase did Felix fart in?

"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman

by Bildo1805 on May 20, 2008 7:18 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bourn

obviously not as good as Edmonds, because he wasn’t playing shallow enough to catch the liner by Lee.

2008: The year we put it all together.

by drewishdrewid on May 20, 2008 7:10 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Edmonds for Bourn and Oswalt?

"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman

by Bildo1805 on May 20, 2008 7:11 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bourn

does it again. Runners at 1st and 3rd, Dome up.

2008: The year we put it all together.

by drewishdrewid on May 20, 2008 7:14 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Dome

can’t get it done, but the pitch count must be pretty high already.

2008: The year we put it all together.

by drewishdrewid on May 20, 2008 7:16 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

20

cubs = love

by cubs ftw on May 20, 2008 7:17 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

anyone see a replay of dome's foul?

how foul was it?

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by RightFieldSucks on May 20, 2008 7:17 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

three, maybe four inches.

2008: The year we put it all together.

by drewishdrewid on May 20, 2008 7:18 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Like taking T-Ball BP

"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman

by Bildo1805 on May 20, 2008 7:18 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Can I? Should I?

"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman

by Bildo1805 on May 20, 2008 7:18 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I shouldn't. I can't.

"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman

by Bildo1805 on May 20, 2008 7:19 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

It is...

teed up. but just walk on by.

by soonerbered on May 20, 2008 7:20 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

1 foot, maybe 1 1/2

BANANAS BANANAS BANANAS!!!!!

by Zy Toro Young on May 20, 2008 7:18 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

1 K

for Demp. We going for 15 this time!

2008: The year we put it all together.

by drewishdrewid on May 20, 2008 7:20 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

haha..

"I realize very well that I could regress to the mean."
-Brian Bannister on his BABIP

by Bump Bailey on May 20, 2008 7:23 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

lol

nice try miguel

by soonerbered on May 20, 2008 7:23 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

no one doing PBP?

"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman

by Bildo1805 on May 20, 2008 7:23 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

is there a need?

this game is all over cable

by soonerbered on May 20, 2008 7:24 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I live for BCB PBP

I work till 11

A ugly win is better than a pretty loss-Lou

by NIUcubbie on May 20, 2008 7:26 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

We need Northsider...

"I realize very well that I could regress to the mean."
-Brian Bannister on his BABIP

by Bump Bailey on May 20, 2008 7:24 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hope he doesnt fall behind berkman

I hear Tony La Russa may bat the Pitcher spot cleanup

by jds2 on May 20, 2008 7:25 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

is it just me

or does this place sound like a high-school gym with a karate tournament going on?

2008: The year we put it all together.

by drewishdrewid on May 20, 2008 7:26 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, it's very echoey, which makes up for the fact that it's half-filled.

Nanika Ga Okoru!

Oh, and remember, folks: Alfonso Soriano is NOT batting leadoff. He's batting first.

by dat cubfan daver on May 20, 2008 7:27 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Remember the bzzzzzzzzz....

during the 18 inning game a couple of years ago?

Hey, it's a new century!

by cowsarecool220 on May 20, 2008 7:28 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ah, yes. The Killer Bs.

Nanika Ga Okoru!

Oh, and remember, folks: Alfonso Soriano is NOT batting leadoff. He's batting first.

by dat cubfan daver on May 20, 2008 7:29 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Berkman lines to right...

matsui to third. runners at the corners 2 down

by soonerbered on May 20, 2008 7:26 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

it was a Ground ball through the 1st 2nd gap

I hear Tony La Russa may bat the Pitcher spot cleanup

by jds2 on May 20, 2008 7:27 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

ok

it looked sharply hit to me though more a liner than bouncer that found a gap.

by soonerbered on May 20, 2008 7:29 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ground out...

to theriot. 3 out no runs on 2 hits

by soonerbered on May 20, 2008 7:28 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

GO 6

out of it

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by RightFieldSucks on May 20, 2008 7:28 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

nice!

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by RightFieldSucks on May 20, 2008 7:28 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

who's the top prospect this year?

i didn’t really follow college bball

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by RightFieldSucks on May 20, 2008 7:29 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

i'll take...

beasley!

I used to be "Jones," but I got swooped on the redesign.

by Mr Snrub on May 20, 2008 7:29 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

WOW!

Who do you think they will pick?

Hey, it's a new century!

by cowsarecool220 on May 20, 2008 7:31 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

They should take PG Rose

BANANAS BANANAS BANANAS!!!!!

by Zy Toro Young on May 20, 2008 7:34 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Is this the American Idol discussion board?

Go David!

"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott

by Reddevil on May 20, 2008 7:28 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Geez, this thread has more tangents than a David Foster Wallace novel.

Nanika Ga Okoru!

Oh, and remember, folks: Alfonso Soriano is NOT batting leadoff. He's batting first.

by dat cubfan daver on May 20, 2008 7:30 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

lol

It's fun to be a Cub right now. -- Mark DeRosa

by Emelie on May 20, 2008 7:31 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Was it Dempster or DeRo

was good friends with one of the idol contestants?

"I realize very well that I could regress to the mean."
-Brian Bannister on his BABIP

by Bump Bailey on May 20, 2008 7:31 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

DeRo...can't remember the guy's name. Anyone?

Nanika Ga Okoru!

Oh, and remember, folks: Alfonso Soriano is NOT batting leadoff. He's batting first.

by dat cubfan daver on May 20, 2008 7:32 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dero and Michael Johns

He’s singing at a Cubs game on May 27th

cubs = love

by cubs ftw on May 20, 2008 7:32 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

DeRo

friends with the Aussie kid from his days as a Brave.

"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott

by Reddevil on May 20, 2008 7:32 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

that's right..

thx…that kid was pretty good…too bad they voted him off…

"I realize very well that I could regress to the mean."
-Brian Bannister on his BABIP

by Bump Bailey on May 20, 2008 7:33 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

YAY! Thanks for getting some of the PBP up

I’m at work too and it helps a lot.

by slcathena on May 20, 2008 7:30 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Straighten that out, Geo.

Nanika Ga Okoru!

Oh, and remember, folks: Alfonso Soriano is NOT batting leadoff. He's batting first.

by dat cubfan daver on May 20, 2008 7:31 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Soto..

just crushed one foul by a bit down left

by soonerbered on May 20, 2008 7:31 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Then, naturally, he struck out.

Nanika Ga Okoru!

Oh, and remember, folks: Alfonso Soriano is NOT batting leadoff. He's batting first.

by dat cubfan daver on May 20, 2008 7:32 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Soto hits a long strike

about 3 feet foul down the LF line.

"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott

by Reddevil on May 20, 2008 7:31 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

that was admittedly a lousy ab for Edmonds

BBWAA's name should be changed to "Power in the hands of Fools"

by cubfever7 on May 20, 2008 7:34 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

wow. I'm SO glad

this guy is in our lineup. He’s SUCH an improvement over Pie.

2008: The year we put it all together.

by drewishdrewid on May 20, 2008 7:34 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

DeRo

grounds sharply out to the 3B.

"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott

by Reddevil on May 20, 2008 7:33 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Dero

got robbed. nice back hand stab at third. 5-3 three down.

by soonerbered on May 20, 2008 7:34 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

BREAKING NEWS:

CHICAGO BULLS GET #1 PICK IN NBA DRAFT!!!!!

"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager

by Galvan316 on May 20, 2008 7:34 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

That's so 2 minutes ago.

"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott

by Reddevil on May 20, 2008 7:35 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's already been broken here.

Nanika Ga Okoru!

Oh, and remember, folks: Alfonso Soriano is NOT batting leadoff. He's batting first.

by dat cubfan daver on May 20, 2008 7:35 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

well it took 15 minutes to post on here....

Back to Cubs game i guess.

"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager

by Galvan316 on May 20, 2008 7:35 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

nice play by lee...

moving to his right. out 3-1. one down

by soonerbered on May 20, 2008 7:36 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

very nice play by DLee

Nanika Ga Okoru!

Oh, and remember, folks: Alfonso Soriano is NOT batting leadoff. He's batting first.

by dat cubfan daver on May 20, 2008 7:37 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

D-Lee is smooth as single malt scotch

deftly backhands a grounder 15 feet to his right and throws to Dempster… 1 out.

"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott

by Reddevil on May 20, 2008 7:36 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Pence

is quick..

"I realize very well that I could regress to the mean."
-Brian Bannister on his BABIP

by Bump Bailey on May 20, 2008 7:37 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

i like the high socks

I hear Tony La Russa may bat the Pitcher spot cleanup

by jds2 on May 20, 2008 7:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

me too

very retro

Hey, it's a new century!

by cowsarecool220 on May 20, 2008 7:41 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yes, if Frankenstein were a track star, he would be Hunter Pence.

Discuss.

Nanika Ga Okoru!

Oh, and remember, folks: Alfonso Soriano is NOT batting leadoff. He's batting first.

by dat cubfan daver on May 20, 2008 7:38 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

"I totally agree"

—Mary Shelly

"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott

by Reddevil on May 20, 2008 7:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Whoa -- from the grave!

Nanika Ga Okoru!

Oh, and remember, folks: Alfonso Soriano is NOT batting leadoff. He's batting first.

by dat cubfan daver on May 20, 2008 7:40 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I admit

that quote could taken out of context. But I’m sure she said it.

"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott

by Reddevil on May 20, 2008 7:41 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I dunno...he's a little tall for a vampire.

Nanika Ga Okoru!

Oh, and remember, folks: Alfonso Soriano is NOT batting leadoff. He's batting first.

by dat cubfan daver on May 20, 2008 7:40 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

"I don't need socks"

- The Mummy

"I realize very well that I could regress to the mean."
-Brian Bannister on his BABIP

by Bump Bailey on May 20, 2008 7:42 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

pence

first pitching swinging. grounds out to second on a very close play at first. 2 down

by soonerbered on May 20, 2008 7:38 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Towles..

looked silly on two pitches. k’s. 3 down

by soonerbered on May 20, 2008 7:39 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

ground ball to third ....

out 5-3 one down. top of the order due up

by soonerbered on May 20, 2008 7:41 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

BREAKING...

Soriano took a strike

by soonerbered on May 20, 2008 7:42 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

What?

I may fall out of my chair…

by slcathena on May 20, 2008 7:42 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

and waved at a ball.

Strike 3

"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott

by Reddevil on May 20, 2008 7:43 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

that taking a strike thing

was probably too traumatic for him.

by slcathena on May 20, 2008 7:43 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

then k's ...

on a ball that went 42 feet. two down

by soonerbered on May 20, 2008 7:43 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, that was an ugly AB.

Nanika Ga Okoru!

Oh, and remember, folks: Alfonso Soriano is NOT batting leadoff. He's batting first.

by dat cubfan daver on May 20, 2008 7:43 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

then flys out...

to right. 3 up 3 down.

by soonerbered on May 20, 2008 7:45 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

people still need PBP?

i am at work but its at a hotel i can do a decent job

"I'll play any day. I don't care if I'm 0-for-30, playing baseball is my PASSION. I'll go out and play." - Geo Soto

by CubbyBlues on May 20, 2008 7:45 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I do if you have time?

I’ll be at work for the duration. :( I have it on gamecast but it’s pretty slow

by slcathena on May 20, 2008 7:47 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

First time through.

we’ve been nails second time through.

"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman

by Bildo1805 on May 20, 2008 7:46 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ugh...

no pop in the bats tonight

by Rudy1950 on May 20, 2008 7:46 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Patience...

I think they’ll get to Sampson

Hey, it's a new century!

by cowsarecool220 on May 20, 2008 7:47 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, if they build up his pitch count, I think they'll get to him.

Per Bob Brenly, Sampson doesn’t really have an out pitch.

Nanika Ga Okoru!

Oh, and remember, folks: Alfonso Soriano is NOT batting leadoff. He's batting first.

by dat cubfan daver on May 20, 2008 7:48 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

i think the next inning

we are going to own sampson

"I'll play any day. I don't care if I'm 0-for-30, playing baseball is my PASSION. I'll go out and play." - Geo Soto

by CubbyBlues on May 20, 2008 7:46 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

sampson flies to dome

"I'll play any day. I don't care if I'm 0-for-30, playing baseball is my PASSION. I'll go out and play." - Geo Soto

by CubbyBlues on May 20, 2008 7:47 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Sampson

flys out to Dome. one down

by soonerbered on May 20, 2008 7:47 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Sampson

is horrible at best, but hes making us look sleepy

by Rudy1950 on May 20, 2008 7:47 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Biggio is now a high school bb coach?

Its hard not to like that guy.

"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott

by Reddevil on May 20, 2008 7:48 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I hear he's ruthless as a hall monitor.

Nanika Ga Okoru!

Oh, and remember, folks: Alfonso Soriano is NOT batting leadoff. He's batting first.

by dat cubfan daver on May 20, 2008 7:49 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Always like how always played hard and smart...

Those kids are lucky to have him, hope they pay close attention to everything he says.

Hey, it's a new century!

by cowsarecool220 on May 20, 2008 7:50 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

sigh....

as you’ve noticed

Hey, it's a new century!

by cowsarecool220 on May 20, 2008 7:51 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Trip over your shoelaces a lot, do ya?

Nanika Ga Okoru!

Oh, and remember, folks: Alfonso Soriano is NOT batting leadoff. He's batting first.

by dat cubfan daver on May 20, 2008 7:51 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

You would never guess...

I have a degree in journalism.

Hey, it's a new century!

by cowsarecool220 on May 20, 2008 7:54 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

1st ballot HOF?

I’d vote yes…

"I realize very well that I could regress to the mean."
-Brian Bannister on his BABIP

by Bump Bailey on May 20, 2008 7:50 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

seconded

"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott

by Reddevil on May 20, 2008 7:51 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

But at what position?

C, 2B, CF?

"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott

by Reddevil on May 20, 2008 7:51 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Good question..

didn’t he mostly play 2B?

"I realize very well that I could regress to the mean."
-Brian Bannister on his BABIP

by Bump Bailey on May 20, 2008 7:53 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's one reason why he is a HOF

because he was a major league starter at all of those positions, an all-star at catcher and 2B. Can’t remember anyone else who has done the same thing, at least in the last couple of decades.

Hey, it's a new century!

by cowsarecool220 on May 20, 2008 7:53 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

How many catchers..

have ever moved to the middle infield?....can’t think of any..

"I realize very well that I could regress to the mean."
-Brian Bannister on his BABIP

by Bump Bailey on May 20, 2008 7:54 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I could imagine such a thing in the minors...

But Biggio was an all-star. Impressive

"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott

by Reddevil on May 20, 2008 7:56 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

he was...

dare I say it???

.....scrappy

by tootle on May 20, 2008 7:55 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

don't you remember...

the crappy scooby doo spin off, scrappy wore armor.

by tootle on May 20, 2008 7:59 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

same

here, gotta love a guy that plays the way its supposed to be done. (even though he killed us for how many years?)

by Rudy1950 on May 20, 2008 7:52 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Len just said

Biggio and Bagwell “surefire” HOFs. Biggio yes but Bagwell? Surefire?

"Please move away from this vector and get into another coordinate pronto. There's no access for you in this quadrant." Mike Donnelly

by McRipper on May 20, 2008 7:53 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

that is awesome news

I always liked him…except the one year he started in the all-star game ahead of sandberg…that annoyed me.

by slcathena on May 20, 2008 7:51 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

indeed

Sandberg was a better 2 bagger.

by Rudy1950 on May 20, 2008 7:54 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bourn

works the count full

by soonerbered on May 20, 2008 7:49 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

matsui

grounds out to second. three down

by soonerbered on May 20, 2008 7:52 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

len said bagwell is a sure-fire HOF candidate

agree/disagree? i say he’s tainted

"I'll play any day. I don't care if I'm 0-for-30, playing baseball is my PASSION. I'll go out and play." - Geo Soto

by CubbyBlues on May 20, 2008 7:53 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

sweet.

time to get something goin in the 4th now.

by slcathena on May 20, 2008 7:53 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

He should have struck out.

I don’t know what was wrong with that 1-2 pitch

by soonerbered on May 20, 2008 7:53 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, Demp got squeezed on a couple of those calls.

Nanika Ga Okoru!

Oh, and remember, folks: Alfonso Soriano is NOT batting leadoff. He's batting first.

by dat cubfan daver on May 20, 2008 7:54 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah!

double for lee!

"I'll play any day. I don't care if I'm 0-for-30, playing baseball is my PASSION. I'll go out and play." - Geo Soto

by CubbyBlues on May 20, 2008 7:55 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Here we go.....

Was telling you, 2nd time through…

"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman

by Bildo1805 on May 20, 2008 7:55 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Ahem.

"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman

by Bildo1805 on May 20, 2008 7:57 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

YOU CALLED IT!

Nanika Ga Okoru!

Oh, and remember, folks: Alfonso Soriano is NOT batting leadoff. He's batting first.

by dat cubfan daver on May 20, 2008 7:58 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Lee

smoked one down the left field line. Lead off double

by soonerbered on May 20, 2008 7:55 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

DLee doubles! "He's heating up!" -- Len Kasper

Nanika Ga Okoru!

Oh, and remember, folks: Alfonso Soriano is NOT batting leadoff. He's batting first.

by dat cubfan daver on May 20, 2008 7:56 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

D-Lee

is due to start tearingit up. i typed that before he said it!!!!

by Rudy1950 on May 20, 2008 7:56 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Double for DLee

BANANAS BANANAS BANANAS!!!!!

by Zy Toro Young on May 20, 2008 7:56 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

So agree with BB....

Cubs fans don’t need a scoreboard to tell them when to cheer.

Hey, it's a new century!

by cowsarecool220 on May 20, 2008 7:56 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

YESSSSSSS

that is a 2run homer!

"I'll play any day. I don't care if I'm 0-for-30, playing baseball is my PASSION. I'll go out and play." - Geo Soto

by CubbyBlues on May 20, 2008 7:56 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

HA!!

Middle is starting to get HOT!!!!

by Rudy1950 on May 20, 2008 7:56 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Ramirez

crushed one towards South America

by soonerbered on May 20, 2008 7:56 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Actually that direction

is north. He almost hit it to Dallas. Im being literal larry, I know.

BANANAS BANANAS BANANAS!!!!!

by Zy Toro Young on May 20, 2008 8:05 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Almost hit it over the Arctic Circle and back around?

"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman

by Bildo1805 on May 20, 2008 8:05 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Aram!!!

BANANAS BANANAS BANANAS!!!!!

by Zy Toro Young on May 20, 2008 7:56 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

HOME RUN!!!

For A-Ram

Hey, it's a new century!

by cowsarecool220 on May 20, 2008 7:56 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

HOME RUN ARAMIS RAMIREZ!!!!!!!!!!!

2-0 CUBS

Nanika Ga Okoru!

Oh, and remember, folks: Alfonso Soriano is NOT batting leadoff. He's batting first.

by dat cubfan daver on May 20, 2008 7:56 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

The weather is heating up....

and so is A-Ram.

Hey, it's a new century!

by cowsarecool220 on May 20, 2008 7:58 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

broken bat

ground out to second for dome. one down

by soonerbered on May 20, 2008 7:57 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

AT&T Text Question

What is your favorite NL Central City to travel to watch the Cubs?
Pittsburgh
That city in Mizzouri
Cincinnati
Milwaukee
Houston

"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman

by Bildo1805 on May 20, 2008 7:57 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Houston

6th strret… nough said

by Rudy1950 on May 20, 2008 7:59 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well

hat would be better yes.
(looks down and checks a map)

by Rudy1950 on May 20, 2008 8:01 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'd vote Pittsburgh...

because PNC is the most beautiful park in the NL.

Hey, it's a new century!

by cowsarecool220 on May 20, 2008 7:59 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

You mean second most beautiful, of course.

Nanika Ga Okoru!

Oh, and remember, folks: Alfonso Soriano is NOT batting leadoff. He's batting first.

by dat cubfan daver on May 20, 2008 8:00 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dome shatters the maple bat

on a soft grounder to 2nd.

"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott

by Reddevil on May 20, 2008 7:57 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Notice how Bourn...

actually tracked that ball down after came back in play…just in case

by smmcctrk on May 20, 2008 7:58 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Soto

flys out to DEEP center, just short of the hill. two down

by soonerbered on May 20, 2008 7:58 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

C'mon Jimmy Ballgame!

Nanika Ga Okoru!

Oh, and remember, folks: Alfonso Soriano is NOT batting leadoff. He's batting first.

by dat cubfan daver on May 20, 2008 7:59 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Or you could just strike out and um...yeah...

Nanika Ga Okoru!

Oh, and remember, folks: Alfonso Soriano is NOT batting leadoff. He's batting first.

by dat cubfan daver on May 20, 2008 7:59 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

damn it edmonds!

its official, he sucks

"I'll play any day. I don't care if I'm 0-for-30, playing baseball is my PASSION. I'll go out and play." - Geo Soto

by CubbyBlues on May 20, 2008 7:59 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Edmonds

is now 2 for 11 as he k’s on 4 pitches. three down

by soonerbered on May 20, 2008 8:00 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

has it been 2 weeks yet?

"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott

by Reddevil on May 20, 2008 8:00 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't really...

want to start this argument again, BUT, he’s better than Pie how?

by soonerbered on May 20, 2008 8:01 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

There's an argument?

"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman

by Bildo1805 on May 20, 2008 8:03 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Patience....

is a virtue… at least my mother always told me that. I’m still not sure…but she’s usually right.

Hey, it's a new century!

by cowsarecool220 on May 20, 2008 8:01 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

ok these mlb.tv commercials are pissing me off.

i just paid $.08 to watch that commercial.

------ TheRiot Squad ------

by RightFieldSucks on May 20, 2008 8:01 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

bah!

tejada double leading off

"I'll play any day. I don't care if I'm 0-for-30, playing baseball is my PASSION. I'll go out and play." - Geo Soto

by CubbyBlues on May 20, 2008 8:02 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Tejeda

drills one off the left field wall. lead off double

by soonerbered on May 20, 2008 8:02 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

40 y.o juicer

"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott

by Reddevil on May 20, 2008 8:03 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, I got one in my kitchen. Still works pretty well, though.

Nanika Ga Okoru!

Oh, and remember, folks: Alfonso Soriano is NOT batting leadoff. He's batting first.

by dat cubfan daver on May 20, 2008 8:03 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

ha ha

touche

"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott

by Reddevil on May 20, 2008 8:04 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

HA! HA!

Hey, it's a new century!

by cowsarecool220 on May 20, 2008 8:04 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Do you think Tejada

thinks they are playing football has decided to be the cheerleading squad?

Hey, it's a new century!

by cowsarecool220 on May 20, 2008 8:03 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Ah.

Don’t mind that. He’s trying to wake up his ball club, which thus far this series has been asleep.

"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman

by Bildo1805 on May 20, 2008 8:04 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I could do without it, myself.

Nanika Ga Okoru!

Oh, and remember, folks: Alfonso Soriano is NOT batting leadoff. He's batting first.

by dat cubfan daver on May 20, 2008 8:04 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Now, why isn't that considered showing up the other team?

Isn’t he bringing attention to himself and isn’t that what showing up the other team is all about?

Hey, it's a new century!

by cowsarecool220 on May 20, 2008 8:05 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh come on.

I think baseball can get a little sensitive on this kind of stuff.

"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman

by Bildo1805 on May 20, 2008 8:07 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

lets

see what demp does

by Rudy1950 on May 20, 2008 8:04 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Berkman

gets ahead 2-0 then works it full

by soonerbered on May 20, 2008 8:04 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Demp losing some control...

he gets like this one inning a game.

"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman

by Bildo1805 on May 20, 2008 8:05 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Walk to fat elvis

"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott

by Reddevil on May 20, 2008 8:05 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Lee

almost lost a shoe on that first swing, now behind 0-2

by soonerbered on May 20, 2008 8:06 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Whoo hoo!

Go Demp!

Hey, it's a new century!

by cowsarecool220 on May 20, 2008 8:07 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

AH!!

Edmonds would’ve had tejada on the tag throw, but it hits tejada as he slid in to 3rd!

"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott

by Reddevil on May 20, 2008 8:07 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Tough error

on Jimmy

"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott

by Reddevil on May 20, 2008 8:08 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dion't get how that is an error....

Input, please..

Hey, it's a new century!

by cowsarecool220 on May 20, 2008 8:08 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wouldnt

you like to be a pepper too?

by Rudy1950 on May 20, 2008 8:09 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Could Pie have made a better throw? Just askin'.

Nanika Ga Okoru!

Oh, and remember, folks: Alfonso Soriano is NOT batting leadoff. He's batting first.

by dat cubfan daver on May 20, 2008 8:10 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Lee

flys out to edmonds. Edmonds throws to third on tag play and hits the runner in the foot. runners at second and third

by soonerbered on May 20, 2008 8:07 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Tough crowd

Edmonds gets an error.

"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman

by Bildo1805 on May 20, 2008 8:08 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Edmunds did make a good throw into 3rd base.

I’m convinced that he hasn’t lost his defensive skills.

by zevkalman on May 20, 2008 8:08 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

That

lucky son of… hit by the ball which would have got him at third.

by Rudy1950 on May 20, 2008 8:08 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Why>

He was happy. I’ve got no problem with that.

by Shanghai Badger on May 20, 2008 8:09 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

+1

"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman

by Bildo1805 on May 20, 2008 8:10 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't have a problem with happiness.

I don’t like showboating. Gibson and Drysdale wouldn’t have allowed it. :-)

by zevkalman on May 20, 2008 8:11 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

At the risk of being less than PC

but the Dominican players tend to be pretty animated. Am I wrong?

"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott

by Reddevil on May 20, 2008 8:10 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Getting a little dicey...

Come on Demp!

Hey, it's a new century!

by cowsarecool220 on May 20, 2008 8:09 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Dempster losing control...

"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman

by Bildo1805 on May 20, 2008 8:09 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

blum

walks. bases loaded one out

by soonerbered on May 20, 2008 8:10 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Good time for a DP

Hey, it's a new century!

by cowsarecool220 on May 20, 2008 8:10 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

wow ok

now DP is in effect this could be ok

um WHERE WAS THAT PITCH?!

"I'll play any day. I don't care if I'm 0-for-30, playing baseball is my PASSION. I'll go out and play." - Geo Soto

by CubbyBlues on May 20, 2008 8:10 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

ughhhh...

Time for the first DP of the night!

Hey, it's a new century!

by cowsarecool220 on May 20, 2008 8:11 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

high.

you don’t get that call when you’ve thrown this many balls in an inning.

"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman

by Bildo1805 on May 20, 2008 8:11 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

cmon demp

get yourself out of it

------ TheRiot Squad ------

by RightFieldSucks on May 20, 2008 8:10 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

BUMMER!!!!

Hey, it's a new century!

by cowsarecool220 on May 20, 2008 8:11 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Pence looks

like hes stung out or something.

by Rudy1950 on May 20, 2008 8:10 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

what's with this UMP?

2008: The year we put it all together.

by drewishdrewid on May 20, 2008 8:11 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

GS pence.

"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman

by Bildo1805 on May 20, 2008 8:11 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

WOW

that was the last thing we needed

"I'll play any day. I don't care if I'm 0-for-30, playing baseball is my PASSION. I'll go out and play." - Geo Soto

by CubbyBlues on May 20, 2008 8:11 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

True.

The worst thing that can happen.

"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman

by Bildo1805 on May 20, 2008 8:12 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

SHIT

Grand Slam for son of Frankenstein

"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott

by Reddevil on May 20, 2008 8:11 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

The Revenge of Frankenstein.

Nanika Ga Okoru!

Oh, and remember, folks: Alfonso Soriano is NOT batting leadoff. He's batting first.

by dat cubfan daver on May 20, 2008 8:12 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

well, there's something you don't see

every day.

Ouch.

2008: The year we put it all together.

by drewishdrewid on May 20, 2008 8:12 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

:(

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! :(

by slcathena on May 20, 2008 8:12 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

nice job walking everybody

"I'll play any day. I don't care if I'm 0-for-30, playing baseball is my PASSION. I'll go out and play." - Geo Soto

by CubbyBlues on May 20, 2008 8:12 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

it was

a 2-0 pitch over the plate and pence went oppo with it

by soonerbered on May 20, 2008 8:12 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Luckily, this game has PLENTY of runs left.

"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman

by Bildo1805 on May 20, 2008 8:12 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

That grand salami was instant karma for Edmond's catch last night.

Nanika Ga Okoru!

Oh, and remember, folks: Alfonso Soriano is NOT batting leadoff. He's batting first.

by dat cubfan daver on May 20, 2008 8:13 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Ump is

not making it easy here. Dempsters gotta put it down the middle to get a call.

by Rudy1950 on May 20, 2008 8:13 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

When you walk the world, you don't get the corners.

Dempster’ll get back on track, and we’re getting to Sampson. Here we go boys.

"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman

by Bildo1805 on May 20, 2008 8:15 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

towles

grounds out to demp out 1-3 two down

by soonerbered on May 20, 2008 8:14 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Sampson

grounds to theriot, it was close but out 6-3. three down.

by soonerbered on May 20, 2008 8:15 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Hmm.

Theriot’s arm gets a little help from the ump on a ground out to the deep hole at short.

"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott

by Reddevil on May 20, 2008 8:15 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Looks like

I picked a yucky time to get to the game.

by sue369 on May 20, 2008 8:15 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

IMO the curse-o-meter

shouldn’t count after an opposing grand slam.

"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott

by Reddevil on May 20, 2008 8:16 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Maybe

You’ll be our goodluck charm:)

"I realize very well that I could regress to the mean."
-Brian Bannister on his BABIP

by Bump Bailey on May 20, 2008 8:16 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Looks like

I picked the wrong night to stop snifing glue

by soonerbered on May 20, 2008 8:17 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

...and Leo's getting larger!!!

Nanika Ga Okoru!

Oh, and remember, folks: Alfonso Soriano is NOT batting leadoff. He's batting first.

by dat cubfan daver on May 20, 2008 8:18 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah

Looks like I picked the wrong night to quit amphetamines.

by grifdog on May 20, 2008 8:19 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

why?

here comes a 6-run inning

by Shanghai Badger on May 20, 2008 8:17 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

THATS IT!!!

Pence looks like a burn victim!! not trying to piss anyone off, but thats what he reminds ne of.

by Rudy1950 on May 20, 2008 8:17 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

See, I think he's hot.

"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman

by Bildo1805 on May 20, 2008 8:18 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

It was a burn joke.

"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman

by Bildo1805 on May 20, 2008 8:20 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

AH! HA!

That’s why it went south, you stopped watching! Don’t do that!

Hey, it's a new century!

by cowsarecool220 on May 20, 2008 8:20 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

man i am SO GLAD

we have dero and not brob – that oriole is hitting .270 (dero at .305)

"I'll play any day. I don't care if I'm 0-for-30, playing baseball is my PASSION. I'll go out and play." - Geo Soto

by CubbyBlues on May 20, 2008 8:18 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm also glad

we have all the guys that would’ve gone to B-more for his .270 ave.

"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott

by Reddevil on May 20, 2008 8:19 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I like Derosa, too and all

But I wouldn’t kick Roberts out of the clubhouse for eating crackers…

by AceCubbie on May 20, 2008 8:19 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sweet!

What does that put his hit streak at?

by slcathena on May 20, 2008 8:18 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

FUCK SORIANO!!

"I'll play any day. I don't care if I'm 0-for-30, playing baseball is my PASSION. I'll go out and play." - Geo Soto

by CubbyBlues on May 20, 2008 8:20 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

i dont mean that negatively - just frustratedly

"I'll play any day. I don't care if I'm 0-for-30, playing baseball is my PASSION. I'll go out and play." - Geo Soto

by CubbyBlues on May 20, 2008 8:20 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

i'm settled

just…frustrated at that pitch, i still love fonz (excuse the language)

"I'll play any day. I don't care if I'm 0-for-30, playing baseball is my PASSION. I'll go out and play." - Geo Soto

by CubbyBlues on May 20, 2008 8:21 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Soriano

k’s again on a 42 foot curveball

by soonerbered on May 20, 2008 8:20 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Is anyone more mercurial at anything

than Alfonso? Good grief!

"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott

by Reddevil on May 20, 2008 8:20 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm not talking about just stats

He goes from a work of art to looking lost in a matter of days.

"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott

by Reddevil on May 20, 2008 8:22 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Implied syllogism

All baseball players are streaky.
Soriano is a baseball player.
Therefore….

by zevkalman on May 20, 2008 8:22 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

SORI

HAS STREAKS IN HIS PANTS!!!! right?

by Rudy1950 on May 20, 2008 8:23 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not sure where you're going with this...

Nanika Ga Okoru!

Oh, and remember, folks: Alfonso Soriano is NOT batting leadoff. He's batting first.

by dat cubfan daver on May 20, 2008 8:24 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

First

thing that popped in my head.

But yes, i agree. Although his highs and lows are astronomical.

by Rudy1950 on May 20, 2008 8:25 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

-1

"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott

by Reddevil on May 20, 2008 8:24 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

i still think he will have something to say about the outcome of this game

"I'll play any day. I don't care if I'm 0-for-30, playing baseball is my PASSION. I'll go out and play." - Geo Soto

by CubbyBlues on May 20, 2008 8:21 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I will never bet against him.

"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott

by Reddevil on May 20, 2008 8:23 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Truely one of the most frustrating players I've ever seen....

When he’s good he’s great, when he’s bad, he’s really bad.

Hey, it's a new century!

by cowsarecool220 on May 20, 2008 8:22 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

You can tell the White Sox are home...

It’s raining!

Hey, it's a new century!

by cowsarecool220 on May 20, 2008 8:25 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Grand slam...

It looked like Fukudome could have lept up into the stands and catch the Pence homer if he was playing deeper to begin with. Even Breny was saying that during BP Pence was hitting deep balls to RF. Bad judgement by Kosuke. But he’s still learning.

"Hey-Hey! Home Run! Attaboy Ronnie!" ~ Jack Brickhouse

by ronsanto10 on May 20, 2008 8:25 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

no kidding

had he been standing on the wall like he should have, he woudn’t have even had to jump

by Shanghai Badger on May 20, 2008 8:26 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Really? Lemme watch it again on Gameday.

Nanika Ga Okoru!

Oh, and remember, folks: Alfonso Soriano is NOT batting leadoff. He's batting first.

by dat cubfan daver on May 20, 2008 8:26 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

it was deeper in the stands than it looked

that would have had to be an AMAZING AMAZING catch

"I'll play any day. I don't care if I'm 0-for-30, playing baseball is my PASSION. I'll go out and play." - Geo Soto

by CubbyBlues on May 20, 2008 8:27 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think

he would’ve had to have been standing on the top of the wall!

"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott

by Reddevil on May 20, 2008 8:30 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

It would have to be....

..an amazing catch, but to have a chance than to stand there and watch the ball sail over your head.

"Hey-Hey! Home Run! Attaboy Ronnie!" ~ Jack Brickhouse

by ronsanto10 on May 20, 2008 8:36 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's not on Gameday yet, but that's pretty hard to believe.

Nanika Ga Okoru!

Oh, and remember, folks: Alfonso Soriano is NOT batting leadoff. He's batting first.

by dat cubfan daver on May 20, 2008 8:29 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

negro leagues draft?

any details has anyone heard of this?

"I'll play any day. I don't care if I'm 0-for-30, playing baseball is my PASSION. I'll go out and play." - Geo Soto

by CubbyBlues on May 20, 2008 8:25 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

?

n/t

"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman

by Bildo1805 on May 20, 2008 8:28 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Negro league draft..

Ceremonial type thing…

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080506&content_id=2649319&vkey=draft2008&fext=.jsp

"I realize very well that I could regress to the mean."
-Brian Bannister on his BABIP

by Bump Bailey on May 20, 2008 8:31 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

The almost-Cub Matsui

Ks.

"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott

by Reddevil on May 20, 2008 8:26 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

glad we avoided that too

"I'll play any day. I don't care if I'm 0-for-30, playing baseball is my PASSION. I'll go out and play." - Geo Soto

by CubbyBlues on May 20, 2008 8:27 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Is he playing like a Met or a Rockie this year?

Meaning, he was bad with the Mets, good with the Rockies.

Hey, it's a new century!

by cowsarecool220 on May 20, 2008 8:27 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

more like a rockie

but still

"I'll play any day. I don't care if I'm 0-for-30, playing baseball is my PASSION. I'll go out and play." - Geo Soto

by CubbyBlues on May 20, 2008 8:29 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Houston is likely a better fit...

he didn’t seem to like the spotlight of a big market.

Hey, it's a new century!

by cowsarecool220 on May 20, 2008 8:30 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Theriot

Is starting to become one hell of a SS.

by Rudy1950 on May 20, 2008 8:28 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Solid...Maybe

But his arm embarrasses me.

"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott

by Reddevil on May 20, 2008 8:29 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

You have a bad arm too?

"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman

by Bildo1805 on May 20, 2008 8:30 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

ha ha...

Its paternal ownership. Or just my off-kilter psyche… Forget I said it.

"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott

by Reddevil on May 20, 2008 8:31 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

overstated

"I'll play any day. I don't care if I'm 0-for-30, playing baseball is my PASSION. I'll go out and play." - Geo Soto

by CubbyBlues on May 20, 2008 8:29 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

More than i thought he was going to be.

And he’s young. So the way i see it…

by Rudy1950 on May 20, 2008 8:31 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Why do you think Sampson baffles the Cubs but no one else?

Maybe it’s like most oddities in baseball….

Hey, it's a new century!

by cowsarecool220 on May 20, 2008 8:33 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

anyone up in the Cubs pen?

Demp is over 100 pitches.

2008: The year we put it all together.

by drewishdrewid on May 20, 2008 8:42 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Overflow

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2008/5/20/523748/overflow-thread-cubs-vs-as#comments

"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott

by Reddevil on May 20, 2008 8:45 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

whew

got out of that one.

Seriously. There’s no one up in the pen?

2008: The year we put it all together.

by drewishdrewid on May 20, 2008 8:46 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

wow

Edmonds is doing awesome. Good signing.

by grifdog on May 20, 2008 8:51 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

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