I decided to throw a party tonight to show my girlfriend what this rivalry was all about. I made wings, nachos, and bought a lot of beer, and I have a split down the middle of 20 people coming over…..and then I read that we get Morgan/Miller tandem. Crap.

I should have gone to Church like I planned on this morning, and maybe God wouldn’t have been so hard on me.

n/t

OK, two….they suck!

Miller has this so-fake call when he says, “safe” or something of the like. Morgan thinks he’s the best thing since sliced bread. Together they make me want to clip my nails in a Cuisanart.

Well, since I’ll miss at least a few innings of this game since my daughter’s softball game starts at 6pm, I can only say to those stuck with the TV call, I wish you all the best. Go Cubs! For the rest of those with the priveledge of listenening to Ron and Pat, enjoy the broadcast. Go Cubs! I’ll pick up the radio broadcast once my kids’ game is finished and everything has been put away for the night.

Jon Miller doesn’t bug me too much…. Morgan, with his constant exhibition of his Sandberg jealousy did get old about fifteen years ago. So sad no new heroes of baseball announcing has come forth in the last 10 or so years. :O(

I would be happy to take over for Jon Miller. You will find my salary requirements VERY reasonable. Four years experience calling baseball, lifetime experience following it. You may keep Joe, but only if I get to make fun of him.

Sincerely,
northsider

...how bout a lil caption fun with the above picture?!

Jon: “And tonight, we have the Chicago Cubs, with numerous players whose names I cannot pronounce, like a-RAM-is, Ko-SUKE, and Pie.”

Joe: (I hate that f*ing Sandberg)

Dan

He makes Mark Grace seem like a good broadcaster. That’s a very, very difficult thing to do.

I rank Jon Miller as my third least-favorite PBP announcer—ahead of Joe Angel and Ted Leitner.

How do I handle them? With the mute button. The 30 second delay on Gameday Audio is well worth it.

Replace him for a few nights with sandberg, when hes not managing, and hell replace miller with boomer for the night

Brewer fans must be heartbroken :-). Astros and Brewers are tied in the 10th.

Doesn’t he have some kind of grudge against him as well? I remember one game when a HR went into the basket and Morgan said something along the lines of, “Yeah, that basket helped Ernie get most of his 500+ HR’s…” Seeing how the basket came in the last year of his career I believe.

He isn’t that bad of an announcer. Don’t get me started on Joe though

How do I know if the game is going to be blacked out for me on ESPN. I’m in DeKalb and I have no idea how it works. I’ve had one game on ESPN actually come in and it apparently wasn’t blacked out.

I’m sick and tired of not being able to watch the Cubs…. only way I can watch them is if it’s on WGN.

Anyone know if the game’s blacked out?

Thanks mucho.

over/under 3-—times they tell us how long they been working together-like we dont know!!! god do we know!!

...but Cedeno is shagging fly balls in the outfield in anticipation of getting playing time in center.

http://markderosa.mlblogs.com/

an excerpt:

Those back-to-back losses to Milwaukee and St. Louis Thursday and Friday were tough. Every year, you have stretches like this of heart-breaking losses and stuff that you don’t expect to happen happens. Every year, you know that coming in, and it still doesn’t make it any easier. Everyone’s frustrated, everyone wants to do more. From my standpoint, I started the first couple weeks really swinging the bat nice, and these last two or three weeks, it’s really tailed off. I put a lot of pressure on myself in this lineup because I feel like you can’t always expect Aramis and D-Lee and those guys to do it every day. I feel like if I can contribute - Fukudome is always on base - if I can find a way to hit the some balls in the gap, games might be different. I know every guy on the team goes back to their room at night wondering what they could’ve done to make a bigger impact in the game.

I really want to like you, I really do. I want to be a fan so please give me a reason tonight to cheer for you like I did Lilly last night.

Thanks,

Sue

GO CUBS!!!!

Aramis is back in the lineup.

He was starting to heat up too.

has D backs at Mets right now BTW.

Good to watch till the cubs game.

this is my first non Len-and-Bob game since I got the TIVO, so I’m going to try to sync it with Pat and Ron. Man, I need an AM antenna for my stereo…

According to the ESPN Bottom Line, a “J. Fontenot” is starting today. Odd!

im feeling good about our bats today.

Go Cubs!

O RLY? That must suck for the Mets, they got a guy who will only pitch once a week.

I’m sure this might already be known but I just came across it today and noticed it wasn’t posted in any of the game threads on the front page.

http://presspass.mlb.com/dbdocs/77/108/1600_1755.pdf

that’s for today’s game

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/presspass/index.jsp

that is the index page

Miller said Fukudome right!

its all of MLB give us our credit.

‘05 wasn’t that long, long, long ago…

...18 miles training for marathon. Let’s see who takes longer, Cubs or Dan?

Dan

Looks like a young Curt Schilling

They name is Todd Wellemeyer

Inconsistent offense…. league leading offense

I feel bad for him

in some chew. EWWWWW!

it meant nothing about the Cubs’ 1-spot

That’s the Izturis we all know and loathe.

Here comes the Ivy League Blogger!

Surprised Morgan isn’t having a coronary about it.

Come on, Jason. Throw strikes.

doesn’t want me to like him. :-(

Unf**k yourself, without interpose delay.

Thank the LORD

D-Lee!!!!!!!!!!

He saved Marquis’ ass.

gets lucky. Lee catches the line-drive.

That was niiice.

D-Lee the biggest steak he can find for dinner some night.

would you like a rotation spot?

Marquis has nothing tonight.

maybe like the one Izturis gave Ramirez?

Z, Lilly, Demp, Lieber, Marshall

Alot of us have been saying it since Spring training.

what a save of Marquis ass

Everything that comes off his bat is a screamer.

on fire. A stand-up double.

But barely.

Come on Cubs!