Overflow Thread 2: Cubs vs. Braves, Thursday 6/12, 1:20 CT
by Al Yellon on Jun 12, 2008 3:30 PM CDT
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A steady diet of sliders....
and Infante files suit against White Castle.
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
White Castle!!
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"What a great call! Your doing a fantastic job, but people expect me to come out here and be upset. So I'm gonna kick some dirt, you understand?" - Lou Pinella
YEAH YEAH YEAH!!!
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Wait a minute... who am I here?
you should be glad.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2008 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions
cant wait to get home and watch that inning
win or lose
"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip
Filthy and nasty just the way I like it!
Man he throws some kinky stuff!
by bubbamike the one and only on Jun 12, 2008 3:35 PM CDT reply actions
My love of Marmol knows no bounds!
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel
If i predicted the future with the first post in the Comeback Thread
I get a cookie in the mail plz.
My 08 Cubs record 7-0
Updated June 01
BCB will send you a cookie
look in your cache.
by bubbamike the one and only on Jun 12, 2008 3:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Lets get this one
Cmon bats. Does anyone no if Atlanta’s closer is healthy?
Thank god...
...I just ordered a grey Marmol jersey t-shirt.
"It's good to be here at Wrigley Stadium!"
-Jeff Gordon
SAY IT WITH ME GUYS!!!
MOMENTUM!
Love some good shutdown pitching.
My 08 Cubs record 7-0
Updated June 01
Patterson flies out to CF on the first pitch he sees. 1 out.
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
get
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions
some
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions
runs!
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions
C'mon Epat
A little bingo here
"What a great call! Your doing a fantastic job, but people expect me to come out here and be upset. So I'm gonna kick some dirt, you understand?" - Lou Pinella
Rafael Soriano is day-to-day due to elbow tendonitis, according to Len. (Atlanta's closer)
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
2 pitches 2 outs?
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." - Alvin Dark
Please take a blessed pitch
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
dammit
E-Pat and The Riot swing at first pitches.
The last 3 cub batters have seen….......... 3 pitches.
My new life, my new world, and my beautiful daughter:
Kayla Davis: Due date (8-11-08)!
Moment-doh!
"What a great call! Your doing a fantastic job, but people expect me to come out here and be upset. So I'm gonna kick some dirt, you understand?" - Lou Pinella
Yeah Take Two!!
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
Lee smashes one off of a diving Escobar's glove, it goes into CF, LEE GOES FOR SECOND! Here comes the throw and it's high! Lee safe at 2nd with a hustle double!
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
Here we go Ramirez here we go
"What a great call! Your doing a fantastic job, but people expect me to come out here and be upset. So I'm gonna kick some dirt, you understand?" - Lou Pinella
I call home run.
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
We got
most of our runs with two outs last night.
C’mon Rami!
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
lol
"What a great call! Your doing a fantastic job, but people expect me to come out here and be upset. So I'm gonna kick some dirt, you understand?" - Lou Pinella
If I'm Bobby cox...
I walk Ramirez here…
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2008 3:40 PM CDT reply actions
ugh.
come on.
My new life, my new world, and my beautiful daughter:
Kayla Davis: Due date (8-11-08)!
I call base hit
Lee tagged out at the plate, throw from Francouer, Lou gets ejected
"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip
+1
C’mon Cubbies!!!
"What a great call! Your doing a fantastic job, but people expect me to come out here and be upset. So I'm gonna kick some dirt, you understand?" - Lou Pinella
Pay off pitch
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
spoiled
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
Outta play!
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
crowds getting loud
might have to turn down the radio
FULL COUNT
"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip
Full count, two outs. Tying run at second. The 3-2 pitch ... fouled back to the screen by Ramirez and we'll do it again...
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
I'm boring holes in my monitor right now.
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
Here's the payoff pitch. Ramirez pops one high, but foul behind the first base dugout. Still 3-2...
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
You're a godsend, mate.
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 3:43 PM CDT up reply actions
Brian McCann
was about to jump in the stand for that one.. lol.
My new life, my new world, and my beautiful daughter:
Kayla Davis: Due date (8-11-08)!
Oh Lord
I’m nervous!!
"What a great call! Your doing a fantastic job, but people expect me to come out here and be upset. So I'm gonna kick some dirt, you understand?" - Lou Pinella
That'll bring up Fukudome with two runners on and two out...
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
DOME DOME DOME DOME
DOME DOME DOME DOMEDOME DOME DOME DOMEDOME DOME DOME DOMEDOME DOME DOME DOMEDOME DOME DOME DOMEDOME DOME DOME DOMEDOME DOME DOME DOMEDOME DOME DOME DOME
"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip
he's eye at the plate is so much better than it used to be...
one reason why he is so clutch.
I haz blurg: hotbeans.wordpress.com
by digitalbenjamin on Jun 12, 2008 3:45 PM CDT up reply actions
Fuk-U-Dome!
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
Fu-Ku-Doh-May!
"What a great call! Your doing a fantastic job, but people expect me to come out here and be upset. So I'm gonna kick some dirt, you understand?" - Lou Pinella
OMG -
Like 16 new posts at once. Good grief.
"ROUS's? Rodents of Unusual Size. Don't worry, they don't exist."
http://margaritagirl11.spaces.live.com/
Rally Caps!!!
"What a great call! Your doing a fantastic job, but people expect me to come out here and be upset. So I'm gonna kick some dirt, you understand?" - Lou Pinella
Lee is the runner at 2nd, and the go-ahead run stands at first in Ramirez. Fukudome takes 95 mph fastball, strike 1.
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
Help My 'Z' key is about to go out on me!!!
"What a great call! Your doing a fantastic job, but people expect me to come out here and be upset. So I'm gonna kick some dirt, you understand?" - Lou Pinella
ugh.
please don’t strike out.
My new life, my new world, and my beautiful daughter:
Kayla Davis: Due date (8-11-08)!
Negative thoughts
/shun
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
Who here wants a Kosuke batflip?
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2008 3:46 PM CDT reply actions
+1
I haz blurg: hotbeans.wordpress.com
by digitalbenjamin on Jun 12, 2008 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Dragon Fantastic
let us get some runs!
by bubbamike the one and only on Jun 12, 2008 3:46 PM CDT reply actions
Fukudome tries to slap one to LF, it's foul by plenty into the seats. Still 1-2....
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
HOW!
does he take that?
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
He's not a mere mortal.
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions
God I love this sport!
"What a great call! Your doing a fantastic job, but people expect me to come out here and be upset. So I'm gonna kick some dirt, you understand?" - Lou Pinella
well poop
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
Fukudome grounds sharply to Chipper Jones, who beats Lee to the bag to end the inning. To the 9th....
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
Ugh.
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." - Alvin Dark
BUT, you have to admit
IN PLAY (run)s can be awfully exciting during ‘the wait’.
Wait a minute... who am I here?
Uf
"I tell you, Steve Blass, you pitch me inside, they never, never find that ball."
-Roberto Clemente
Still need just one.
Shut em down, win in dramatic fashion. Works for me.
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
Its gonna happen
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
Bleachers have those signs
and far be it from me to deny them their chance to wave em.
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Jimmy Baseball?
"What a great call! Your doing a fantastic job, but people expect me to come out here and be upset. So I'm gonna kick some dirt, you understand?" - Lou Pinella
Gotta earn those pinstripes somehow.
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 3:51 PM CDT up reply actions
I will get my tips frosted if Edmons hits any type of walk-off anything.
and I’ll wear a half-shirt and post the pic here…calm down sue.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2008 3:52 PM CDT up reply actions
You know what?
I could do without a win…
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 3:53 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm merely thinking of the children.
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 3:54 PM CDT up reply actions
This is going to be one ugly Picture!!
Santoswoodenlegs – Point me in the way of the pic with highlighted tips and the half shirt!!!!!! Everyone on the team contributes at some point, glad JE picked today!!!
amen.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2008 6:21 PM CDT up reply actions
You're bad....
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2008 6:46 PM CDT up reply actions
right our bottom of the lineup hitters
are all good
"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip
How about a 1948 walk off?
"What a great call! Your doing a fantastic job, but people expect me to come out here and be upset. So I'm gonna kick some dirt, you understand?" - Lou Pinella
the leather
he made a solid play on that. Nothing to be done.
by louisiana lumberman on Jun 12, 2008 3:50 PM CDT up reply actions
They did the old-school HEY HEY animation. heh. Now how about an actual reason for it?
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
Marmol will stay in to pitch to at least Escobar. No one in the pen.
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
damn
damn damn damn
My new life, my new world, and my beautiful daughter:
Kayla Davis: Due date (8-11-08)!
Does anyone have a link to Micah Hoffpauir CAPS (create a player)
Since he got brought up, I want to create him for MLB:08
The 100th time has GOT to be a charm...
Holy crap. What a slider. Escobar bent completely backwards in fear and the thing crossed the plate for a strike. That sucks.
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
Not for us.
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 3:52 PM CDT up reply actions
Escobar pops out to Lee in foul ground, just beneath the coaches' box. 1 out.
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
Niiiiishe
"I tell you, Steve Blass, you pitch me inside, they never, never find that ball."
-Roberto Clemente
Cotts!
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
Piniella to the mound for a new pitcher.
IN: 48 Neal Cotts LHP
OUT: 49 Carlos Marmol RHP
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
I'd rather not see KW in the 10th
Let’s get ‘er done in the bottom of 9th
"Every team will win 60 games, every team will lose 60 games, it's what the team does in the other 42 games that decides the season."
Who is due up
Soto
DeRosa
PH?
My new life, my new world, and my beautiful daughter:
Kayla Davis: Due date (8-11-08)!
All three
could do it with one swing.
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 3:54 PM CDT up reply actions
That's why you play the games.
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 3:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Soto, Edmonds, DeRo
"Every team will win 60 games, every team will lose 60 games, it's what the team does in the other 42 games that decides the season."
Sounds like a great chance
"What a great call! Your doing a fantastic job, but people expect me to come out here and be upset. So I'm gonna kick some dirt, you understand?" - Lou Pinella
Here's to DeRo not even getting to bat
Due to the walkoff by Edmonds
What, Soto can't hit a grand slam just by sheer will?!
Well I’ll be.
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
years ago
sosa and alou went back to back to win by 1….ILL TAKE THAT
"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip
Vividly remember that game.
Let’s honor it today. It is throwback day, after all.
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 3:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Too bad we don't have a huge Switch-hitting power hitting pinch hitter
"I tell you, Steve Blass, you pitch me inside, they never, never find that ball."
-Roberto Clemente
Double.
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
Johnson singles to left-center, Kosuke misplays it, dropped it during the exchange. Johnson forced the error, he was sprinting, so now he'll take 2nd.
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
Soto walks out to the mound and punches Neil Cotts in the mouth
"What a great call! Your doing a fantastic job, but people expect me to come out here and be upset. So I'm gonna kick some dirt, you understand?" - Lou Pinella
lol
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 3:57 PM CDT up reply actions
questionable
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
Yup
@ Cincy
"What a great call! Your doing a fantastic job, but people expect me to come out here and be upset. So I'm gonna kick some dirt, you understand?" - Lou Pinella
Arroyo is pitching for CIN
he has been brutal
by Shanghai Badger on Jun 12, 2008 3:57 PM CDT up reply actions
wild-pitch
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
Craptastic pitch all the way to the bricks, Johnson to third. Ankiel style.
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
Uh, dooooooooooood
"I tell you, Steve Blass, you pitch me inside, they never, never find that ball."
-Roberto Clemente
CUBS BULLPEN
43 Michael Wuertz RHP (who just threw one “to the backstop” from the bullpen…all the way behind HP.)
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
A strike would be nice.
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
Cotts
The bus is warming up for your ride to Des Moines
Lou: "Can I bring Marmol back in?"
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
Hey-O!
"What a great call! Your doing a fantastic job, but people expect me to come out here and be upset. So I'm gonna kick some dirt, you understand?" - Lou Pinella
Objection!....judges?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2008 4:00 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, that doesn't even make sense. How are there still people in the world if not? Reproduction obviously happened.
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
objection
I haz blurg: hotbeans.wordpress.com
by digitalbenjamin on Jun 12, 2008 4:01 PM CDT up reply actions
allowed in high school
but not for pitchers
"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip
K!!!!
got him out!
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
Blew. him. away.
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
McCann, facing an 0-2 count, STRIKES OUT SWINGING. Just threw it by him down the middle at 96mph. Foul tip. NICE!
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
LETS GO!!
GET SOME FREAKING RUNS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My new life, my new world, and my beautiful daughter:
Kayla Davis: Due date (8-11-08)!
Bottom of the 9th. No time like the present boys!
"What a great call! Your doing a fantastic job, but people expect me to come out here and be upset. So I'm gonna kick some dirt, you understand?" - Lou Pinella
RUNS!!!
RUNS
RUNS
RUNS!
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
Gameday Audio way behind TV???
"Every team will win 60 games, every team will lose 60 games, it's what the team does in the other 42 games that decides the season."
Is Cotts the new Dempster
He did make it very interesting…
“I like the Austrian way better”
-Sean Connery in Indiana Jones
"I tell you, Steve Blass, you pitch me inside, they never, never find that ball."
-Roberto Clemente
Blaine Boyer will stay in to start the 9th. Interesting.
BULLPEN
46 Acosta RHP
13 Ohman LHP
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
TWSS
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 4:03 PM CDT up reply actions
TWO RUN HOMER, SOTO
I’ve got to calm down a little.
"I tell you, Steve Blass, you pitch me inside, they never, never find that ball."
-Roberto Clemente
Cubs gotta have patience
"What a great call! Your doing a fantastic job, but people expect me to come out here and be upset. So I'm gonna kick some dirt, you understand?" - Lou Pinella
Soto crushes one to deep left-centerfield, but it doesn't carry. Caught by the CF, 1 out.
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
Anyone
want the hair I just ripped out?
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 4:05 PM CDT up reply actions
ugh. Another teaser
to the warning track
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
another deeep fly out.
wind isn’t helping.
Let’s go, Jimmy Baseball.
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
HOME RUN EDMONDS!!!!!
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
Sha-Zam!
I haz blurg: hotbeans.wordpress.com
by digitalbenjamin on Jun 12, 2008 4:07 PM CDT up reply actions
EDMONDS
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." - Alvin Dark
Edmonds takes ball 1. Then crushes one DEEEEEEEP TO LEFT! GOODBYE!!!!!!
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
2-2 TIE!!!! JIM EDMONDS WITH HIS 2ND HOMER AS A CUB!! HEY HEY!
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
Holy shit
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
Gonna send me to an early grave....
"What a great call! Your doing a fantastic job, but people expect me to come out here and be upset. So I'm gonna kick some dirt, you understand?" - Lou Pinella
WOOO HOOOO!!!!
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." - Alvin Dark
yes yes yes yes
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"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip