Open Thread: Cubs vs. Braves, Thursday 6/12, 1:20 CT
by Al Yellon on Jun 12, 2008 11:31 AM CDT
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Today will be the first "Throwback Day" at Wrigley Field. The Cubs have decided to go with 1948 as the throwback year, despite the fact that '48 was one of their worst seasons; they went 64-90 and finished last for the first time since 1948, finishing 27.5 games out of first place.
There are other reasons for choosing '48 -- primarily WGN, as this is their 60th anniversary and thus, also the 60th anniversary of televised Cubs baseball. WGN will celebrate the occasion:
The game should be a treat for TV viewers, who can watch the first two innings in black and white with fewer camera angles. The telecast will try to go without a center-field camera and use basic graphics at the start, and then add a camera or another technical advancement as the game progresses. Commentators Len Kasper and Bob Brenly will don appropriate 1948 garb in the booth.The 1948 Braves won the NL pennant for the first time since 1914. Let's hope these teams remember their 2008 roles, not those from 60 years ago. The weather may also be a factor:
Today: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 89. South wind around 15 mph.
Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. South southwest wind between 10 and 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
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This wasn't done deliberately for the throwback day, but we have lucked into one of those old-fashioned pitching matchups, between the teams' aces. Apart from Jair Jurrjens, who got scratched from last night's game, Tim Hudson has been the Braves' best pitcher all year. The Cubs hit him pretty hard the last time he started against them last June 9 in Atlanta, but the Braves won that game anyway. The good news is that Jim Edmonds is the Cub who's probably had the most career success vs. Hudson (.444/.565/.667, 8-for-18, a double, a HR, five walks).
Z is 2-2, 4.88 in nine career starts against the Braves, the most recent being the Barrett/Zambrano Fight Game last June 1, after which Z went on a tear. Chipper Jones, who returned to the lineup last night and went 1-for-3, "dropping" has season average to .419, is .263/.440/.474 against Z (a double, a HR, four walks).
Today's game is on WGN, also SportsSouth (so on EI) and at the MLB.com Mediacenter.
MLB.com Gameday (2007 version)
MLB.com Gameday (2008 version)
Baseball-reference.com game preview
Today's overflow comment threads will post at 2:30 pm and 3:30 pm CT.
Discuss amongst yourselves.
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Also, I think hes a punk
LIGHT THE BASTARD UP
"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip
Go easy on him
He’s on my fantasy team. So is Z. Is this a no win or a no lose?
Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana
days like today
you pray for a 2-0 cubs win with the braves bullpen falling apart in the late innings
---AC 00 00 00 - Believe
First to post the word First!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2008 11:36 AM CDT reply actions
Does south mean wind is blowing in?
I took the under on the spread today. 9 1/2 runs….
"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
Z vs Hudson
2 sinkerballers, you should be OK
"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip
Two aces..
was the reason i was thinking he would be alright. Although i’d love to see the Cubbies rock Hudson and completely the sweep. back to back complete games??
"Go Cubs Go"
Line up According to the Sun-Times:
Epatt Lf
Riot
Lee
Ram
Dome
Soto
Edmonds
DeRo
Z
"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
I do enjoy the fact that...
The only thing that really changed was the top of the order. After that it all stayed the same. I guess even if Epat goes 0-4 and the others produce it won’t hurt to bad, at least not yet..
"Go Cubs Go"
I don't want to watch the game in black and white
I want to see the throwbakc jerseys in living color.
Nor do I want fewer cameras, even if all this is just for the first two innings. I DO want to see Len and Bob in their suit zoots, though.
"Let's not get too giggly." ~Lou Piniella
I think it will be neat to have an opportunity to see this.
the Cub Gods are smiling on me, I was going to be cleaning while the game was on. He called and wants me later on in the day so we can meet about future stuff. That means I will be able to catch the first few innings somewhere!!!!!!!
by Madison Cub Fan on Jun 12, 2008 11:43 AM CDT up reply actions
Zoot suits were
passe by ‘48. But Charlie Parker was in, Gable was back and tks and Claude were already old.
by bubbamike the one and only on Jun 12, 2008 11:53 AM CDT up reply actions
The way I understand it...
The black and white and the limited camera angles will be used during the first two innings. After that, they’ll go to color and use more camera angles.
by John Q Freejazz on Jun 12, 2008 12:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Will Carroll on Soriano
Carroll agrees on the six week time frame, although he notes that he might come back a little faster with bone regenerators, and notes the happy accident of rest for his legs,as we have noted here.
But the good news is that he says bio-mechanical studies show that the bone that Soriano broke plays almost no role in a major league swing, and therefore there shouldn’t be any lasting effects.
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by Josh Timmers on Jun 12, 2008 11:41 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Great News...
I have been a little concerned on what happens when he does come back so this is good to hear!
"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
very good to hear..
He has always had the rep of being a fast healer. Hopefully hes back to full strength sooner rather than later!!
"Go Cubs Go"
Thanks Josh
heres a hug for making me feel better
"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip
epatt????
why lou!!!!!!!
please prove me wrong!
Ramlee Zamfukusoridero
My sentiments exactly
"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
by Lou In Blue on Jun 12, 2008 11:44 AM CDT up reply actions
have you guys
seen his stats in AAA?
The Aramis BB/K Watch: 34 walks to 34 strikeouts. Im not sure who the last Cub to have more bb's than k's was, but Im sure it was a very long time ago.
Yes
Again, hope i’m proved wrong but I haven’t been much of a fan of anyone named Patterson
"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
by Lou In Blue on Jun 12, 2008 11:54 AM CDT up reply actions
the first one...
ruined it for everyone that followed. Hopefully he can bring a postive spin to the name.
"Go Cubs Go"
haha
i understand that, but he’s hot right now and thats all that matters for todays game.
The Aramis BB/K Watch: 34 walks to 34 strikeouts. Im not sure who the last Cub to have more bb's than k's was, but Im sure it was a very long time ago.
Agreed
Hot in AAA doesn’t necessarily translate to hot in the bigs. I’ll settle for luke warm.
"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
by Lou In Blue on Jun 12, 2008 11:56 AM CDT up reply actions
i guess to an extent
but putting good swings on the ball is putting a good swing on the ball no matter who’s throwing it. he hasnt exactly had good plate discipline with 10 walks to 40 k’s though, so there is some cause for concern.
The Aramis BB/K Watch: 34 walks to 34 strikeouts. Im not sure who the last Cub to have more bb's than k's was, but Im sure it was a very long time ago.
Again, hope your right
but there is a difference (stating the obvious) between a Mark Hudson sinkerball and Johnny TripleA’s sinker. It’s always nice to see young players get the chance to show they belong though…..even though sometimes they don’t. :D
"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
by Lou In Blue on Jun 12, 2008 12:05 PM CDT up reply actions
Completely agreed...
I don’t mind Eric at all.. Seems like he has the making to be a good player, well he just got his chance to prove he belongs. Hopefully he makes it tough to send him back once Soriano comes back.
"Go Cubs Go"
I'm glad
you weren’t running the KC Royals in 1973.
“I’m not a fan of anyone named Brett.”
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by Josh Timmers on Jun 12, 2008 12:00 PM CDT up reply actions
im thinking
a lead off home run is in order.
The Aramis BB/K Watch: 34 walks to 34 strikeouts. Im not sure who the last Cub to have more bb's than k's was, but Im sure it was a very long time ago.
For us, right?
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 11:57 AM CDT up reply actions
yes
possibly first pitch, stay tuned.
The Aramis BB/K Watch: 34 walks to 34 strikeouts. Im not sure who the last Cub to have more bb's than k's was, but Im sure it was a very long time ago.
I'm debating staying tuned.
I’m taping it and really wanna wait and watch when I get off work…but I also wanna hang out here.
Decisions, decisions.
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 12:00 PM CDT up reply actions
Stay here friend.
I did the same thing (tape) but I would be wondering all day what is going on. If it’s a good game, watch it again and enjoy it. If it comes out bad, then you know tonight you don’t have to waste your time.
"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
Done.
:D
Off to lunch, but I shall return.
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 12:06 PM CDT up reply actions
I was going to say the same thing.
So I’ll add: if, (big if), they lose, then you can watch it and critique what went wrong when you watch the tape. I don’t usually watch a game I’ve taped after a loss- but with EPat in I want to get a good look at his defense and his swing. I’m hoping he uses his speed. I think I remember that EPat had a problem being on time, whereas his bro couldn’t bunt. Hopefully EPat uses his speed in the game today at every opportunity. Hit & run, bunts, straight steals, etc.
Jimmyeatworld
by Jimmyeatworld on Jun 12, 2008 12:11 PM CDT up reply actions
It's certainly not the worst idea in the world.
And in my estimation, preferable to seeing Hoffpauir playing the outfield. I’d rather see Murton in left, especially if our mindset is to win now. But at least youth is being served.
I think your case for Murton makes a lot of sense...
...but I get the impression that Matt is all-but-dead to Lou unless an absolute emergency comes up. In addition, Lou has that obsession with lefty speedsters, which EPatt allows him to indulge. I’m just hoping EPatt can get on base to put some of that speed to use.
Nanika Ga Okoru!
I get that impression too.
I just don’t understand it. (Cue MDBNIU saying something that makes him look like an ass in 3… 2… 1…)
Maybe because Murton has a slugging average under .400 in AAA
he’s below average defensively, has no speed and has regressed as a hitter each of the last two years.
There’s a reason why the Cubs haven’t been able to trade the guy (and they have tried).
by bluekoolaide on Jun 12, 2008 1:31 PM CDT up reply actions
maybe he'll show up
late for the game. Can’t bat leadoff if he isn’t there.
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2008 12:05 PM CDT up reply actions
Braves Should Pray for Rain
The Cubs have Big Z. The Braves don’t have Spahn or Sain.
"The big possum walks late." - Harry Caray
The Braves should move back to Boston
then they’d be on ESPN every 5 minutes.
by bubbamike the one and only on Jun 12, 2008 11:54 AM CDT up reply actions
Although he may not be...........
.............Warren or Johnny, Tim Hudson is no slouch.
Should be quite a duel at the Friendly Confines this afternoon.
"Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman - or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle." ~ George Burns
MLB TV users
I signed up for the free trial just to see the first two innnings in black and white.
What are the odds the game is not blacked out in Chicago?
*Synth intro to "Jump"*
The game will be blacked out in Chicago
No question about it.
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by Josh Timmers on Jun 12, 2008 12:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Let's Go Cubs
I’m at work and won’t be able to see the game. Can someone post a still of the throwbacks on here when the game starts?
I would appreciate it!!!"Please move away from this vector and get into another coordinate pronto. There's no access for you in this quadrant." Mike Donnelly
ummm ill try my best
ill do it on my HDTV :)
Ramlee Zamfukusoridero
by hiphopgamer26 on Jun 12, 2008 11:53 AM CDT up reply actions
I'd appreciate it too
Thanks!
"I don't think anybody's paying attention to the Cubs." - Prince Fielder
by jasoniniowa on Jun 12, 2008 11:59 AM CDT up reply actions
im going to record the game
and im going to enjoy it , so the pictures might come a little late, sorry :(
hopefully someone can posts some right away
Ramlee Zamfukusoridero
by hiphopgamer26 on Jun 12, 2008 12:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Avast ye landlover!!!
I’m off to find me booty!!!
Argg to you as well!!!!"Please move away from this vector and get into another coordinate pronto. There's no access for you in this quadrant." Mike Donnelly
I picture Lou riding in front of the team on a steed, Cub logo painted on his cheek:
“They may take our leadoff, but they can never take our W!”
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 11:53 AM CDT reply actions
And now it's Carlos' turn to keep this team streaking!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2008 11:54 AM CDT reply actions
I thought that this was a family blog.
if you’re going to show a streaker at least show one I’d want to look at.
by bubbamike the one and only on Jun 12, 2008 11:56 AM CDT up reply actions
Ok enough is enough.... haha
I know your trying to balance out the status quo from the Daisy Fuentes experiment yesterday, but stop! : )
"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
by Lou In Blue on Jun 12, 2008 11:57 AM CDT up reply actions
THAT WAS AT THE METRODOME...
...maybe one, two years ago? I was there that day, two guys ran on the field, one high-fived Torii Hunter, one ran up to Big Papi, both got form-tackled. It was awesome.
Dan
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
What about Milton Bradley?
I’m surprised I haven’t seen anybody (at least to my knowledge) mention Milton Bradley as a possibility for a trade target. He is a switch hitting outfielder having a monster season—.333 BA, .454 OBP, and .629 SLG. He is signed to a reasonable $5 million one year contract with the Rangers so I wouldn’t be surprised to see him unloaded at some time before the trade deadline. He could fill in for Soriano in left and then move to center field when Soriano returns since he has experience at all three outfield spots.
Talk about Clubhouse cancers
doesn’t Milton define the word?
by bubbamike the one and only on Jun 12, 2008 11:57 AM CDT up reply actions
And Brenly's been known to speak his mind...
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 11:58 AM CDT up reply actions
As long as the Rangers are playing alright ball...
I don’t see them being sellers. With him and Hamilton doing what they are doing he might not be going anywhere. Plus Soriano is only out 6 weeks, we don’t need another corner outfielder. We can make it with what we have for a few weeks.
"Go Cubs Go"
+1
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 11:58 AM CDT up reply actions
noooooooo please not bradley
he recently went nuts and ran after the kc royals announcer
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3438827
“Well hes definitely (and obviously) got some real anger management issues. Bi polar or whatever you’d need a doctor to diagnose.
The announcers were slightly out of line imo, but certainly not something that warrants a confrontation.
I was at a rangers game saturday. After he struck out he broke his bat over his knee, and then walked very slowly out to RF, then threw his mit on the ground very agressively, and finally set there with his hands on his knees until the inning started. Then after catching a flyball he fired the ball in as hard as he possibly could even with noone on or anything. “
Ramlee Zamfukusoridero
by hiphopgamer26 on Jun 12, 2008 11:59 AM CDT up reply actions
Complete...
Nut Job! Don’t doubt his abitilites as a player, but if one thing pisses him off look out. We don’t need that right now.
"Go Cubs Go"
so he's got passion
big deal the guy is absolutely raking right now. and takes walks like there’s no tomorrow.
The Aramis BB/K Watch: 34 walks to 34 strikeouts. Im not sure who the last Cub to have more bb's than k's was, but Im sure it was a very long time ago.
True..
but every season that it looks like he has turned a corner and is only focusing on baseball something happens that makes him look like a head case. As a player I’d love him but we don’t need the other stuff. And him leaving the clubhouse to run up to the broadcast both to confront a pxp guy is not right, i don’t care how much passion you have.
Plus we don’t need another corner outfielder, we’ll be fine until soriano gets back.
"Go Cubs Go"
I knew he had some clubhouse issues
but I didn’t realize he was psychotic. I was thinking it might be a similar situation to Edmonds who also had issues before he came to the Cubs. But now Edmonds seems like he is just trying to fit in.
I think
he was more than a little out of line, but you’re absolutely right, confronting him would have done no good. He should have gone to the Rangers media relations guy and had him talk to Lefebvre.
But once again a white guy can be a heroin addict but he gets praised for turning his life around, but the black guy with anger management issues gets lumped in with him and then condemned for not being as upstanding as the white guy.
And yes, I do believe race is an issue here, and I know Bradley thinks it was.
It's a girl! Born 1-18-08. 2246 PST. 8 lbs. 1 oz.
by Josh Timmers on Jun 12, 2008 12:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Agreed 100%..
but trying to hunt down the guy talking about it is not the way to handle it.
"Go Cubs Go"
I beat
the Milton Bradley to the Cubs drum here three years ago, and I was mercilessly attacked for it. (Actually, the response to me was quite polite. The response to Milton Bradley, however. . .)
I don’t see it happening, although I really think Bradley would respond well to Lou Piniella.
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by Josh Timmers on Jun 12, 2008 12:06 PM CDT up reply actions
we really want a dude
who tore his leg up having a temper trantrum?
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2008 12:07 PM CDT up reply actions
What about Junior?
Cincinnati is not going to hold on to him for much longer. They want to shed dollars and veterans for youth. Junior has no-trade clause, but he wants to win a WS before he retires; so he’d probably waive it to come to Chicago & reunite with Lou. Reds owe us for giving them Hamilton last year, (who they turned into Volquez). I wouldn’t be surprised to see this happen sooner rather than later, and to see Harang come over with him. Cincinnati is going down quick, and they want to start building to win like the Fish in Miami asap. I’m just saying…
Jimmyeatworld
by Jimmyeatworld on Jun 12, 2008 12:24 PM CDT up reply actions
Junior
could fill in for Fonzie, could sub for Dome, could platoon with Johnson in center. Could be a valuable pinch hitter. Griffey is no-longer an everyday player. His legs are almost shot. He would need rest on a regular basis.
Jimmyeatworld
by Jimmyeatworld on Jun 12, 2008 12:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Cubs play in the NL.
There’s no DH here.
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2008 12:28 PM CDT up reply actions
No kidding.
Thank God there is no DH. Thank God they still play real baseball in the Senior Circuit.
Jimmyeatworld
by Jimmyeatworld on Jun 12, 2008 12:30 PM CDT up reply actions
He's one of my favorite baseball players...
...but at this point in his career I don’t think he’s much of an improvement upon what we already have in the system.
by John Q Freejazz on Jun 12, 2008 12:28 PM CDT up reply actions
Griffey
wouldn’t be an upgrade over the fill-ins from Triple A? Are you kidding? Would he be an upgrade over Ed and Goat boy (Reed)? I most definitely think he would be.
Jimmyeatworld
by Jimmyeatworld on Jun 12, 2008 12:34 PM CDT up reply actions
no way
he makes those catches yesterday. Griffey needs to be a DH for Seattle.
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2008 12:35 PM CDT up reply actions
That's your educated opinion
If he’s playing right or left, he can still get to almost everything because of his routes to the ball. Now center, you are correct, he probably wouldn’t make all the tough catches. However, his defense is still as good as Ed’s defense. His bat would be a big upgrade. He’s not going to Seattle, they suck & Junior wants to win.
Jimmyeatworld
by Jimmyeatworld on Jun 12, 2008 12:47 PM CDT up reply actions
he's old
and he’s slow. I respect him very much, but there’s no place for him on this team.
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2008 12:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Griffey is no older than Edmonds.
Plus he’s got a lot left in the tank, due to all the time he missed from injuries. He’s not as slow as Ed either. I was just throwing out an idea. Hendry will be creative, and if Griffey is available, don’t be surprised to see him in a Cubs uni. I’ll quit now, apparently you think I’m a fool.
Jimmyeatworld
by Jimmyeatworld on Jun 12, 2008 12:53 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't think you're a fool.
I just think you’re wrong, that’s all. No offense meant or taken.
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2008 12:54 PM CDT up reply actions
Good.
Thanks. I don’t know why I got a burr in my saddle. I’m used to people shooting down my ideas. But I’ve been right at the trading deadline going back to ‘03 when they stole the RBI machine & Lofton from Pitt.
Jimmyeatworld
by Jimmyeatworld on Jun 12, 2008 12:58 PM CDT up reply actions
you know what
I was wrong on Edmunds—i thought he’d be an abject failure. If we get Griffey, I’ll hope I’m wrong there too.
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2008 12:59 PM CDT up reply actions
You're Not A Fool
Anyone should have the confidence to propose a roster move. Just be prepared if people disagree, and as long as both sides present fair and level-headed arguments then there should be no problem.
Jr and Lou
get along but I’d only pick him up if the cost was small and the Reds paid most of his contract. There are better options.
by bubbamike the one and only on Jun 12, 2008 12:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Griffey vs. Murton
No, I’m not kidding. I don’t believe Griffey would be an upgrade over Murton et al.
As an example, here’s Griffey’s current season line:
.258/.363 /.413 (101 OPS+)
Here’s Murton’s career MLB line:
.295/.363/.451 (106 OPS+)
And Murton’s 2008 PECOTA projection:
.295/.359/.462
And at this point, Murton’s a better left fielder than Griffey would be.
by John Q Freejazz on Jun 12, 2008 1:08 PM CDT up reply actions
I respectfully disagree.
Anyone who thinks that Murton would bring more to the Cubs in any position than Junior I believe is mistaken. I love Matt the bat, but he just doesn’t have the home run power needed, whereas the newest member of the 600 club has that power in spades.
Jimmyeatworld
by Jimmyeatworld on Jun 12, 2008 1:12 PM CDT up reply actions
noooooooo please not bradley
he recently went nuts and ran after the kc royals announcer
Ramlee Zamfukusoridero
And then cried and said
he is trying to make a better living for his kid. Truly is the everyman, huh.
Go All In and Enjoy The Ride.
So this broadcast sounds
Like it’s going to be awesome! Fading from b&k and increasing in technology as the game goes on…
Cubs cocktail: Add equal amounts of devotion and stubbornness over ice, stir and serve.
Any idea if the are introducing the
technology in a decade by decade fashion? i.e. the 4th inning with look like the 50s, 5th like the 60s, etc.?
"Very adroit in the outfield." - Lou, on Dome
does that mean by the 9th...
we get to see “The Cub Club” come out and fire free t-shirts and toys into the crowd with slingshots?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2008 12:07 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm thinking it's going to be...
...the graphics for each decade and the WGN logo changes.
Strikeouts are boring - besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls. More democratic. ---Crash Davis
by carmen_fanzone on Jun 12, 2008 1:20 PM CDT up reply actions
Al, you made a huge mistake.
The first rule of the Fight Game is you don’t talk about the Fight Game. Second rule of the Fight Game…?
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 12:05 PM CDT reply actions
Obviously...
...the second rule of fight game is you DO NOT TALK ABOUT THE FIGHT GAME. Haven’t you ever seen FIGHT GAME with Edward Barrett and Brad Zambrano?
Dan
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
If I could fight anyone?
Don Zimmer. I’d fight Don Zimmer.
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 1:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Just a wee sidestep
and throw him down!
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 1:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Get tips from the Pedro Zimm Fight.
Make sure you watch the film.
"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
I could watch it over and over in a little room.
Watch his head go back, and to the left.
Back, and to the left.
Back…and to the left.
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 1:20 PM CDT up reply actions
Ol' Jacque DFA'd
http://www.miamiherald.com/857/story/567276.html
Not that I mean anything by bringing it up.
Seriously.
"Just because you've had enough/ doesn't mean you wanted too much." -Dean Young
Eric Patterson leading off????
Why not use this as opportunity to get Ronny Cedeno in the lineup at 2nd base, with Mark DeRosa playing left field? And why not put Kosuke at the top of the lineup where he belongs.
I have no problem with Patterson being the call up. But leading off and playing left field? Strange.
Rich Harden !! 8 starts, 3-0, 47 IP, 58 Ks, 2.85 ERA
and ...
3) Lou loves getting leftie bats in the lineup.
"I'd rather win ugly than lose pretty," -- Lou Pinella
4) and
Lou loves the ladies…. and alliteration
"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
by Lou In Blue on Jun 12, 2008 12:20 PM CDT up reply actions
Patterson is Willie Harris Lite
My opinion of Ronny Cedeno ranks higher than Patterson. Plus Patterson hasn’t been playing the outfield at Triple A so it is big leap to thrust him in left field. Again, I don’t mind Patterson being the callup. But to me this was opportunity to get Kosuke put in the lineup where he belongs and for everybody’s favorite Cedeno to grab playing time.
Rich Harden !! 8 starts, 3-0, 47 IP, 58 Ks, 2.85 ERA
are you QUESTIONING LOU PINELLA????
how dare you, sir!
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2008 12:31 PM CDT up reply actions
It's not that strange.
Lou wants a speedy lefty at the top of the order. (I’m pretty sure that’s not a news flash.) And, this way, DeRo can stay at his natural (or at least given) position.
Nanika Ga Okoru!
True, but he's established himself...
...pretty firmly in the five hole. And if he keeps hitting home runs like he did last night, he probably won’t be moving up in the order anytime soon.
Nanika Ga Okoru!
How is that any more strange than Soriano leading off and playing LF?
Patterson may actually be a decent lead-off man for us…. good speed, running out of the box from the left side.
And… well, why mess up the infield chemistry and move DeRo to LF? He and Theriot are playing well together… don’t have to mess that up.
I'm not going to even bother trying to update this sig everyday anymore... that's what the standings column on ESPN is for.
Updated on May 25, 2008
I don't think Lou would do anything to NOT win games
if he has faith in him, then I guess I will give him the benefit of the doubt.
"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
And we haven't won a WS in 99 years...
you don’t mind if you go ahead and break that tradition do you?
Sheesh…the best record in baseball, the GHH out of the lineup for 6 weeks, our ace starting at home against a team that is 7-30 on the road…and you still want to piss and moan.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2008 12:18 PM CDT up reply actions
He's a crappy middle infielder...
So… stick him in LF… kind of like some other crappy 2B, who now leads off and plays LF for the Cubs.
I'm not going to even bother trying to update this sig everyday anymore... that's what the standings column on ESPN is for.
Updated on May 25, 2008
obviously
Lou is a guess-guess hack manager.
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2008 12:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Which pitcher was sent down??
To make room for Hoffpauier? Patterson replaces Soriano.
Rich Harden !! 8 starts, 3-0, 47 IP, 58 Ks, 2.85 ERA
I haven't heard anything...
...but originally Hoffpauir was eligible to come up tomorrow, I believe. So they might just send him to Toronto. I presume they’d send Hart down.
by John Q Freejazz on Jun 12, 2008 12:18 PM CDT up reply actions
and Soul.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2008 12:19 PM CDT up reply actions
Matt Murton
I think his fan club finally needs to accept reality that he has about as much major league future as does Jason Dubois. He’s been passed over a few times now. His supporters can claim his ability to be a run producer at this level and say he is “replacement grade” all they want. But it’s not true. The Cubs don’t think much of Murton, and neither apparently do 29 other major league ballclubs.
Rich Harden !! 8 starts, 3-0, 47 IP, 58 Ks, 2.85 ERA
I expect Murton
to be in an Indians uniform before season’s end.
"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
by Lou In Blue on Jun 12, 2008 12:21 PM CDT up reply actions
He has to go somewhere
it is clear Lou hate him. He is not “scappy” and has little speed and can “only” play
LF and hit for contact so yes a career nearly .300 hitter who plays LF is not called up when the
LF goes down it is time to just let him go. Obviously someone would be happy to take him off our hands
and if Lou won’t even bring him up now , Hendry owes it to him to trade him for PTNL. He might actually help a team where a manager cares more about getting ON base and catching the ball than stealing bases. I mean it worked out SO well last time we brought up E-Pat instead of Murton.
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by Doggie Stalker on Jun 12, 2008 12:41 PM CDT up reply actions
I am forced to agree.
Murton clearly no longer has a place here, which is too bad, because playing this stint while Soriano’s on the DL could have been his best chance to shine and raise his trade-value. We aren’t going to get Sabitha - assuming we go for him - with guys who can’t show what they got.
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2008 12:43 PM CDT up reply actions
or Hoff
I haz blurg: hotbeans.wordpress.com
by digitalbenjamin on Jun 12, 2008 2:23 PM CDT up reply actions
+1
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by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2008 12:23 PM CDT up reply actions
Would have been funnier
had it been punctuated by photo of the “Two Bobs” interviewing that guy with “people skills” from the movie Office Space.
Rich Harden !! 8 starts, 3-0, 47 IP, 58 Ks, 2.85 ERA
Give SWL a break
takes time for Photoshop art to be created.
"Chicago baseball fans, who are composites of scar tissue and mortifying memories..." - George F. Will
And this IS
a game thread 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 1:15 PM CDT up reply actions
you'd think
that having the object of your ridicule trying to tell you how to ridicule him better would be a kill-joy, but with you, Francis, it really doesn’t do that at all.
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2008 12:37 PM CDT up reply actions
He's a hell of a lot better than Fontenot
And he just happens to be on the roster.
Cubs cocktail: Add equal amounts of devotion and stubbornness over ice, stir and serve.
Once again
The “see n’ say” is en fuego. The truth shall set you free baby.
Rich Harden !! 8 starts, 3-0, 47 IP, 58 Ks, 2.85 ERA
"Epat"
As has been discussed on here WAY too often (with no satisfactory conclusions) can we PLEASE not annoint poor Eric with the shortened “Epat”? Ideas??
"ROUS's? Rodents of Unusual Size. Don't worry, they don't exist."
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Patty Cake?
J/K
Cubs cocktail: Add equal amounts of devotion and stubbornness over ice, stir and serve.
"Buzz"
since he went to school at Georgia Tech?
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I like that one
“Buzz” Patterson. Sounds like an astronaut.
I officially second the calling of Eric Patterson as “Buzz.”
It's a girl! Born 1-18-08. 2246 PST. 8 lbs. 1 oz.
by Josh Timmers on Jun 12, 2008 12:32 PM CDT up reply actions
"Not Again"
"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
by Lou In Blue on Jun 12, 2008 12:33 PM CDT up reply actions
"Low Expectations"
Cubs cocktail: Add equal amounts of devotion and stubbornness over ice, stir and serve.
HLF
“He Looks Familiar”
"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
by Lou In Blue on Jun 12, 2008 12:35 PM CDT up reply actions
I think Epat is a lovely diminutive form of Eric's name.
Like Sori for Soriano, or DLee for our first baseman. It breeds familiarity. Like TLR does for that manager of that baseball team in Missouri that likes to drink a lot.
Anyone else surprised that...
...Patterson was called up INSTEAD of Murton when it’s Murton who has proven he can play more consistently at the Major League level? Or maybe that’s just my opinion… I dunno… I need a drink.
Wait a minute... who am I here?
+1
"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
by Lou In Blue on Jun 12, 2008 12:51 PM CDT up reply actions
word.
and dammit, I drank all my beer last night.
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2008 12:55 PM CDT up reply actions
I wonder what MDBNIU thinks.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2008 12:52 PM CDT up reply actions
And the cow goes...
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 1:21 PM CDT up reply actions
Rich Harden
I haz blurg: hotbeans.wordpress.com
by digitalbenjamin on Jun 12, 2008 2:24 PM CDT up reply actions
Ugh.
I see exactly why the Cubs haven’t called him up. Yes, Murton can lay at the Major league level, but why not give the kid (E Patterson) a chance to see if he can do the same? And Murton has not hit with any power what so ever in AAA. Patterson has performed better than Murton, IMO. I love the callup. Give him a chance and see what he can do. Patterson might suck but how are we gonna know until we see?
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Well FU and your lousy opinion.
No, seriously, I can see what you mean, especially from the ‘power side’ of things.
I hope it’s the right decision – hope E.P. does well for us.
Wait a minute... who am I here?
That's
what I’m talking about. Let him play. Patterson is talented - let’s see if he can translate that into success. Forget all that bull—- with projections.
My new life, my new world, and my beautiful daughter:
Kayla Davis: Due date (8-11-08)!
Check out cwyers view on Murton and Patterson
in goat riders of the apocalypse. I’m not a sabermagician, and don’t completely believe anything that comes out of statistics (even though I have made a living doing advanced math), but it is probably a good first attempt at measuring productivity.
Well here is an idea
Lets have Murton die his hair brown , change his name to Murtonot &, learn Cajun,
Then just tell Lou he is our new scappy find.
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by Doggie Stalker on Jun 12, 2008 12:57 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Lou is gingerbiased.
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 1:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Reading today's Greg Couch's article on Eyre
I love Scott Eyre. Really, I do. In the right man-to-man way, of course.
He’s the shit.
Wait a minute... who am I here?
Lou on Sori
he’s a fast healer
he’s gotta keep his legs in shape
it’s unfortunate
our farm system’s gonna get a chance to help us 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
he just called Hoffpauer
“versatile”. Talking about making DLee be the DH, Hoff at 1st.
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2008 12:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Sparingly,
I hope.
"Chicago baseball fans, who are composites of scar tissue and mortifying memories..." - George F. Will
so say we all.
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2008 1:01 PM CDT up reply actions
Just seeing some good AB's and good counts from Epat
is all im asking for.
My 08 Cubs record 7-0
Updated June 01
Lous pregame
“I could put Hoffpower at 1st and Lee at DH’ I think he is confused
"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip
for the upcoming
interleague stuff.
then he talked about putting Hoff in Left. Gawd.
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2008 1:01 PM CDT up reply actions
Cough, Gold Glover, cough.
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 1:23 PM CDT up reply actions
The mlb.tv link doesn't open for me...
maybe the “streaming technology” won’t be available until the 9th inning?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2008 1:03 PM CDT reply actions
yes
but they didn’t stream over the intartoobz.
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2008 1:06 PM CDT up reply actions
yes, that's the theme for the throwback game
60 years on WGN
by Shanghai Badger on Jun 12, 2008 1:07 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't get it.
For the pregame they’re shooting in color …... but with old-timey lower-third graphics ….. but also with the glitzy Lead-Off man graphic that has the sponsor name in it. What are they doing? Either do it or don’t!
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
Concession stand prices are rolled back...
for the 1st hour…
How many 65 cent beers can people pound in the 1st hour?
$0.65 Beers
I thought they were doing 65 cent pepsis. Cheap beer at baseball games usually (always?) ends in hilarity.
They need to put crackle onto Len's microphone. He sounds TOO good.
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
Or just British slang?
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 1:23 PM CDT up reply actions
i got pix
how do i insert the photos?
Ramlee Zamfukusoridero
Use the little tree icon above the box you're typing in to paste in the URL.
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
And if they're your own pics...
...you need to first put them in a Flickr or Photbucket account.
Nanika Ga Okoru!
CHICAGO CUBS BASEBALL IS ON THE AIR!
Pat ALWAYS sounds like he’s from 1948, of course…
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
Hart sent down?
So why not pitch him in the 8/9th last night? Sure it’s great that Dempster pitched a complete game, but it wasn’t a shutout anymore. Any extra rest for Dempster’s arm is good, no?
I'm glad they let him
get the CG. He’ll be fine.
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2008 1:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Because we wanted to win?
Had we used Hart then we’d have to use Wuertz and Marmol and Cotts just to get through the last two innings.
by bubbamike the one and only on Jun 12, 2008 1:18 PM CDT up reply actions
by Jove!
It must be some kind of electronics boutique! Perhaps they have some of the vacuum tubes I need for my victrola!
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2008 1:17 PM CDT up reply actions
My Victrola doesn't use tubes
it has a crank that you turn and it winds a spring that drives the table. Uses steel or cactus needles. Oh it plays through a horn.
by bubbamike the one and only on Jun 12, 2008 1:20 PM CDT up reply actions
come now!
it’s the first half of the 20th century, my good man. The electric lightbulb is here to stay!
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2008 1:20 PM CDT up reply actions
Hope they don’t compromise the coverage too much by doing this 40’s deal.
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You man like missing the first pitch of an inning?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2008 1:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Did they really do these bells in the '40s? I'm not buyin it.
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
maybe.
but the guitar was better. That was REALLY cool
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2008 1:18 PM CDT up reply actions
From the period
If you really want swing you have to go with Count Basie…goodman was a music box compared to Basie.
1948
Everything was lame in 1948.
Argg!"Please move away from this vector and get into another coordinate pronto. There's no access for you in this quadrant." Mike Donnelly
They need to melt down those
handbells for the war effort
I kinda dig
watching a bunch of women shake their bells.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2008 1:18 PM CDT up reply actions
giggidy giggidy
I'm kind of a big deal
by chi-townbleacherbum on Jun 12, 2008 1:19 PM CDT up reply actions
here are some pix
sorry if bad quality
Ramlee Zamfukusoridero
those are sweet
gonna kill the game-thread, but I like the unis. Even Z looks retro.
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2008 1:20 PM CDT up reply actions
Derrek looks like this...
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2008 1:19 PM CDT up reply actions
What are these moving pictures on the bottom? Why, the words are moving across my television tube! Tornado?! Now how do they know that!
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
Was there a tornado in your town on this day in 1948?
If so, good job WGN!
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 1:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Need Bud & Lou
To sing “Take Me Out The Ball Game” and perform “Who’s On First” during the bottom of the inning.
gee -- is the whole game gonna be in black and white?
makes me kinda glad I bought a $2000 plasma hdtv—
I'm kind of a big deal
by chi-townbleacherbum on Jun 12, 2008 1:21 PM CDT reply actions
which back then was a down payment on a
gold coast condo
I'm kind of a big deal
by chi-townbleacherbum on Jun 12, 2008 1:21 PM CDT up reply actions
No Condos back then
just apartments and co-ops
by bubbamike the one and only on Jun 12, 2008 1:23 PM CDT up reply actions
no, just
the first few innings.
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2008 1:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Given that '48 was indeed the "Dewey Defeats Truman" year, perhaps we need a photo that says "Braves Defeat Cubs"?
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
I Sure Am Glad
That Israel became an official nation. I don’t foresee any lingering ill will in the region for years to come!
Bench Clearing Brawl in 1948?
Because I think 60 years later to this day we’re going to have one in Wrigley….
dot communist
I'm kind of a big deal
by chi-townbleacherbum on Jun 12, 2008 1:22 PM CDT reply actions
you must be referring
to the takeover of Czechoslovakia by the Soviets!
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2008 1:24 PM CDT up reply actions
+hammer and sickle
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 1:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Imagine the reaction if someone tuned in without knowing the gimmick
They’d be like “WTF???”
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God bless the Chinese
and their illegal streaming tv. Loving the visuals and the “mono” audio they’ve got going.
*Synth intro to "Jump"*
So does Sori...oops.
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 1:24 PM CDT up reply actions
What kind of fancy new-fangeld gloves are these cat wearing?
some kind of weird thing between the thumb and index finger…
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2008 1:24 PM CDT reply actions
I hope something great happens and they send these weird B&W highlights from weird camera angles to ESPN.
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
And I'll be damned if I let
my taxes go to this ridiculous Marshall Plan!
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
No replays?
That sucks
Strikeouts are boring - besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls. More democratic. ---Crash Davis
what is this reply you speak of?
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2008 1:25 PM CDT up reply actions
Replay?
They can only play each play once…
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2008 1:26 PM CDT up reply actions
we'll have no
revisionist gameplay here, thank you very much.
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2008 1:28 PM CDT up reply actions
Ramirez fields the bouncing ball and heaves the sphere across the diamond! One retired!
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
you guys are fast
I came to post some pics and you all beat me too it!
"I’ll try to do anything to win a game." - My Man....BIG Z
I heard that
no centerfield camera for the fist two innings. Should be interesting.
*Synth intro to "Jump"*
Why the popup was gloved by that young whippersnapper Theriot! Two ditched!
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
I want 2008 back
..where’s that flux capaciter?
Strikeouts are boring - besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls. More democratic. ---Crash Davis
Not gonna lie
I’m a bit spoiled, I don’t think I could take no replays and no behind the plate cam.
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I think I actually like these camera angles...
they should keep them the rest of the year.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2008 1:26 PM CDT reply actions
I hear they finally
finished that Palomar Observatory telescope in California. Perhaps we’ll be able to see the Moon. Too bad we’ll never actually go there.
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
Schlitz and Stroh's
Strikeouts are boring - besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls. More democratic. ---Crash Davis
by carmen_fanzone on Jun 12, 2008 1:28 PM CDT up reply actions
Old Pyle... errr Old Style
I'm kind of a big deal
by chi-townbleacherbum on Jun 12, 2008 1:28 PM CDT up reply actions
I wonder if Bobby Cox...
has any idea it’s a throwback day. I think his is the only jersey that saw action in 1948
I'm kind of a big deal
by chi-townbleacherbum on Jun 12, 2008 1:27 PM CDT reply actions
The black and white
And weird view is a little overboard.
"Check the magic of a winning season and there are always reasons beyond the talent." Ned Colleti
by wrigleyrocker12 on Jun 12, 2008 1:27 PM CDT reply actions
Chipper Jones
infield single. Little dribbler past the mound, by golly.
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
Tell that to Demp.
:D
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2008 1:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Your double negatives
shalt not thwart me, young ragamuffin!
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 1:29 PM CDT up reply actions
That "Chipper" fellow struck a hit past the giant Zambrano! He now guards first!
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Leo's Been Suspended
this whole year for consorting with gamblers! I wonder what would happen if he somehow got to manage the Cubs?
haha that last graphic
you think WGN’s phones are ringing off the hook
What was it?
"Please move away from this vector and get into another coordinate pronto. There's no access for you in this quadrant." Mike Donnelly
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2008 1:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Throwback beer
Gimme a Hamms…From the land of sky blue waters
Fat , drunk , and ,stupid is now way to go through life son.
WHAT THE DEVIL IS THAT BLACK MAGIC WORD BOX UNDER THE SCOREBOARD?
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
Must be a Soviet secret weapon
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Duck
and cover!
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 1:29 PM CDT up reply actions
lmao @ duck and cover. classic
I'm kind of a big deal
by chi-townbleacherbum on Jun 12, 2008 1:30 PM CDT up reply actions
LOL
Strikeouts are boring - besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls. More democratic. ---Crash Davis
by carmen_fanzone on Jun 12, 2008 1:29 PM CDT up reply actions
I hope that we can beat
Brooklyn and Boston this year. No matter how bad we may be we’ll always be better than the Brownies.
by bubbamike the one and only on Jun 12, 2008 1:28 PM CDT reply actions
Cracking good inning
by Jove, Great Scott!
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
A bouncing ball is gathered by the towering Lee! The gloveman touches the bag and off to the bottom of the frame! Swell!
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
so if you were playing on the mound off the mound there
what happens since Z kicked in on the mound
A ugly win is better than a pretty loss-Lou
huh?
Strikeouts are boring - besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls. More democratic. ---Crash Davis
by carmen_fanzone on Jun 12, 2008 1:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Forties jargon.
Pay no attention.
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 1:31 PM CDT up reply actions
THERE ARE A HUNDRED RUSSKIE CAMERAS ATOP THE ROOF! BOTH SIDES!
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Those crazy commies and their shenanigans
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Flashbulbs aplenty?!
Wherever will they develop them?
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 1:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Am I to assume
no forties gloves or exaggerated pitching style?
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
think you could get Z to change his
pitching style?
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2008 1:31 PM CDT up reply actions
He's throwing bullets...
Strikeouts are boring - besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls. More democratic. ---Crash Davis
by carmen_fanzone on Jun 12, 2008 1:33 PM CDT up reply actions
DON'T ADJUST YOUR SET
We know the Cubs have the best record in the MLB. No, it’s not 1908. So sit back and enjoy!
Buzz Patterson
hits a high pop-fly. Had it been dropped, he’d likely be on second. But it wasn’t. So he sits his @ss down.
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
Would've been a homerun if
hit a little harder, farther, and better.
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 1:33 PM CDT up reply actions
This Patterson is a bright young fellow! He pokes it into the air and the center fielder makes a dillinger catch. One dead!
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
you've really researched this.
Jolly good!
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2008 1:33 PM CDT up reply actions
As the resident guy in england
that’s my line!
There is no place like Nebraska - Go Huskers!
by sanantonecub on Jun 12, 2008 1:34 PM CDT up reply actions
We can share
Brilliant! Cracking!
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2008 1:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Apologies, mate.
He’s a wee daft.
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 1:35 PM CDT up reply actions
Bloody hell
Time to head to the pub for a warm pint and a fag. Yanks these days.
Oh well, cheers mate
There is no place like Nebraska - Go Huskers!
by sanantonecub on Jun 12, 2008 1:37 PM CDT up reply actions
You're seriously cracking me up...lol
Strikeouts are boring - besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls. More democratic. ---Crash Davis
by carmen_fanzone on Jun 12, 2008 1:33 PM CDT up reply actions
all the highlights i've seen from that era seemed to be in fast forward
baseball is so slow these days lol
I'm kind of a big deal
by chi-townbleacherbum on Jun 12, 2008 1:32 PM CDT reply actions
Theriot with a rug cutter to short-stop, a smooth toss to first!
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Urgh
I am so GLAD i wasn’t born in 1948. I HATE this. I can see nothing.
Restraining the urge to get giggly....
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jun 12, 2008 1:34 PM CDT reply actions
its giving me a headache.
well a worse headache than i already had. stupid black and white.
Restraining the urge to get giggly....
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jun 12, 2008 1:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Maybe Murton wasn't called up
because they knew black and white wouldn’t fully accentuate his gingertude.
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
it's true
in black and white, a red-head looks… grey.
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2008 1:35 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah
Lou might get confused and actually let him play!
by John Q Freejazz on Jun 12, 2008 1:36 PM CDT up reply actions
It's worth noting
that half our lineup, Lee, Rami, Zambrano, Fukudome, Patterson, maybe even Soto would likely not be playing at all in MLB if this was 1948.
Not trying to be Debbie Downer, just saying. It’s amazing how much has changed in 60 years.
That said, I am LOVING this game so far! /history nerd
"I'm the glue, baby." -- Mark DeRosa, about his role on the team
Brilliant point.
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 1:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Because they wouldn't be born yet?
I keed
Strikeouts are boring - besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls. More democratic. ---Crash Davis
by carmen_fanzone on Jun 12, 2008 1:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Race/Color barrier.
There is no place like Nebraska - Go Huskers!
by sanantonecub on Jun 12, 2008 1:40 PM CDT up reply actions
i'm a history major
and that part of it is fine… but i don’ tlike the way it looks.
and the fact they’d make me be a basket weaver or somehting.
Restraining the urge to get giggly....
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jun 12, 2008 1:50 PM CDT up reply actions
The color line was broken the year before, of course
But the Cubs wouldn’t have their first black player until 1953.
Thanks, PK Wrigley.
It's a girl! Born 1-18-08. 2246 PST. 8 lbs. 1 oz.
by Josh Timmers on Jun 12, 2008 5:52 PM CDT up reply actions
Egads! The rest of the league is in cahoots against the young Cubs of Chicago-town!
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
You're sounding a little
more 1880s than 1940s.
It's a girl! Born 1-18-08. 2246 PST. 8 lbs. 1 oz.
by Josh Timmers on Jun 12, 2008 5:54 PM CDT up reply actions
Some people in the '40s probably quoted 1880s' slang to be funny?
That’s what I’m going with!
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Why is there so many different teams listed on that scoreboard?
30 teams? My word, that would be chaos!!
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Don't worry
Major League Baseball will never get west of the Mississippi.
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2008 1:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Sorry Buster,
but they’re already in St. Louis.
by bubbamike the one and only on Jun 12, 2008 1:39 PM CDT up reply actions
hardly counts.
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2008 1:39 PM CDT up reply actions
I'll be damned
‘fore I recognise Missourah!
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 1:40 PM CDT up reply actions
This Guy From Bridgeport
His name’s Bailey, or Haley? They tell me he’s an up-and-comer with the local Democratic Party. But I suppose he’ll just end up a faceless bureaucrat.
Reduced Prices?
That still says ”$4.00”
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that IS reduced. :P
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2008 1:37 PM CDT up reply actions
The Hudson fellow is all ginned up! He's having a ball, three finished in the first!
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
(2008: Hudson makes a nice play on a grounder, 1-3. 3 out.)
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
What was that crazy music they played at the end of the inning?
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I think the term is "rock and roll"
other people call it the devil’s music
Strikeouts are boring - besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls. More democratic. ---Crash Davis
by carmen_fanzone on Jun 12, 2008 1:38 PM CDT up reply actions
something on that new fangled
reel-to-reel contraption
That's what plays those talkies, ain't it?
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 1:39 PM CDT up reply actions
Summoning of a witch?
Heathens be damned!
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 1:39 PM CDT up reply actions
High five!
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 1:38 PM CDT up reply actions
I just got my gnome in the mail
that better be a good sign!!
"Very adroit in the outfield." - Lou, on Dome
I hear Veeck is thinking
of moving the Brownies, I hope not but even if he does we know that there will always be a team in Brooklyn and hopefully Connie Mack will be able to keep the Athletics in Philly.
by bubbamike the one and only on Jun 12, 2008 1:38 PM CDT reply actions
Moving the team would be rather grotty. Baseball away from Brooklyn? NEVER!
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
I think youse guys
got the 40’s mixed up with the ‘60s. Though I suppose it is all the same to you.
by bubbamike the one and only on Jun 12, 2008 1:41 PM CDT up reply actions
McCann says "hi-de-ho" with a slap single to center-field.
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
Anybody else
anticipating Al’s reaction when he peruses this thread?
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
uh-oh
Francour.
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
Ah Crap
Stupid Home Run
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Jeffrey Francouer grandstands around the bags as he swings a mighty stick. 2-0 Boston.
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
garsh darnit
I'm kind of a big deal
by chi-townbleacherbum on Jun 12, 2008 1:40 PM CDT reply actions
WGN camera guy meeting this morning:
“Okay, guys, for the 1st couple of innings, just take really crappy views of the game”
Strikeouts are boring - besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls. More democratic. ---Crash Davis
"Drink a little beforehand."
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 1:41 PM CDT up reply actions
Hold onto your ground-grippers, folks! The Cubs of Chicago-town have a tough road to hoe!
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
Ron Santo
is NOT into this. He wanted the replay, and they didn’t give him one…
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
The kid from Garlic Gulch
down near Sicks Stadium. Hangs outside when the Rainier’s play.
by bubbamike the one and only on Jun 12, 2008 1:44 PM CDT up reply actions
Santo Says
“oh yeah, that’s right. NO replays… this is really making me mad.”
laughter in background.
"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
Mark DeRosa gloves a pop up. One failure for Atlanta this frame!
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
Did someone order
a come-from-behind victory?
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
no, no
that’s a come-from-behind DELIVERY.
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2008 1:42 PM CDT up reply actions
are pat and ron acting normal today? maybe i’ll try the audio feed.
1948 sux.
"I'd rather win ugly than lose pretty," -- Lou Pinella
like I said
Pat is pretty 1948 to begin with.
Z is not on his game today.
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2008 1:43 PM CDT up reply actions
ok WGN....
all of the 2008 fans called, we want our game back.
I'm kind of a big deal
by chi-townbleacherbum on Jun 12, 2008 1:42 PM CDT reply actions
There was no wind in 1948
Strikeouts are boring - besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls. More democratic. ---Crash Davis
by carmen_fanzone on Jun 12, 2008 1:44 PM CDT up reply actions
Gone with the Wind, The Twister in Wizard of Oz
They were MOVIES. Not real.
Strikeouts are boring - besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls. More democratic. ---Crash Davis
by carmen_fanzone on Jun 12, 2008 1:46 PM CDT up reply actions
The Beatles
brought it over from England.
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 1:45 PM CDT up reply actions
Cast an eyeball upon the new left-fielder! Eric Patterson catches that would-be hit!
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
fwiw
I watched the Yankees - and even the Cubs - on a 13” black and white TV as a kid from 1975-1983.
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2008 1:47 PM CDT up reply actions
the Cubs didn't wear that hat logo in '48
by Clubhouse Cancer on Jun 12, 2008 1:43 PM CDT reply actions
James Edmonds IV is on his horse! What a catch in front of the ivy green!
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
and we'll never get to actually see it...
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2008 1:45 PM CDT up reply actions
somebody please make the typwriter sound stop...
and soon.
I'm kind of a big deal
by chi-townbleacherbum on Jun 12, 2008 1:45 PM CDT reply actions
Aren't WE playing the Braves?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2008 1:46 PM CDT up reply actions
That's Indian country
Strikeouts are boring - besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls. More democratic. ---Crash Davis
by carmen_fanzone on Jun 12, 2008 1:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Question
For those of you who get WGN in HD: Are the black and white pictures in HD?
yes...
which means its just more annoying in HD
I'm kind of a big deal
by chi-townbleacherbum on Jun 12, 2008 1:46 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm guessing it was bad TV etiquette back then
to flip that little zoom lens wheel attached to the the cam on air back then, so we could see a CF make a running catch
You wanna see the CF make a catch?
Come to the park.
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 1:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Baseball
will never make it on TV anyway. After all, all the games are during the day. People are at work.
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2008 1:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Thank goodness for the W flag.
Tis the only way I get finals whilst riding the trolly.
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 1:50 PM CDT up reply actions
You know one of these days
they will do a throwback to 2008 day and you guys will feel very, very old and your kids will think that you’re ancient and never had any fun. And that you talked weird
And they’ll be right.
by bubbamike the one and only on Jun 12, 2008 1:46 PM CDT reply actions
Wait a minute, Dad?
Back then you didn’t get interact with the team? And you never sang the Stretch? For shame!
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 1:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Nowdays we get
to vote on the manager decisions.
by bubbamike the one and only on Jun 12, 2008 1:49 PM CDT up reply actions
what do you mean
the picture wasn’t holographic???
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2008 1:49 PM CDT up reply actions
I watched SeaBiscuit
with my son. I had to pause the movie and help him understand that people could only listen to the race on the radio; that there was no TV.
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2008 1:50 PM CDT up reply actions
I'll be 104 years old...
I think at that point I won’t care.
Strikeouts are boring - besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls. More democratic. ---Crash Davis
by carmen_fanzone on Jun 12, 2008 1:50 PM CDT up reply actions
vicious bitch = 1940's slang
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2008 1:48 PM CDT up reply actions
wouldn't Fukudome have been in an interment camp in '48?
by Clubhouse Cancer on Jun 12, 2008 1:48 PM CDT reply actions
bad form.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2008 1:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Adding insult to injury.
Never so bad have I wanted a game to move along. To the 3rd….
Go All In and Enjoy The Ride.
all this isn't necessary.
this and that ‘negro’ comment .i saw earlier..
My new life, my new world, and my beautiful daughter:
Kayla Davis: Due date (8-11-08)!
LSA!
there has been no acknowledgement of the horrible racism of this era.
"I'd rather win ugly than lose pretty," -- Lou Pinella
Yes...let's bring that up and discuss it at length...
maybe that will help make it better.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2008 1:51 PM CDT up reply actions
(begin sarcasm font)
yeah, cause it’s so much better to ignore it. separate but equal, that’s what i say!
"I'd rather win ugly than lose pretty," -- Lou Pinella
You want to bring it up
so that it doesn’t happen again. We need to learn from the past but to do that we have to know the past and not think that it is some quaint romance and we can just ignore it.
by bubbamike the one and only on Jun 12, 2008 1:54 PM CDT up reply actions
Is that why MDBNIU only says the same 6 things over and over again?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2008 1:56 PM CDT up reply actions
No but he'd be in japan and probably hungry
I have friends who were in those camps.
by bubbamike the one and only on Jun 12, 2008 1:50 PM CDT up reply actions
japanese americans weren't just 'let out' because the war was over.
by Clubhouse Cancer on Jun 12, 2008 1:54 PM CDT up reply actions
even by 1948? i knew it wasn’t immediate, but that is a long time after the war was over. – but i’m certainly no expert, so maybe you are right.
"I'd rather win ugly than lose pretty," -- Lou Pinella
no, definitely no expert,
but I know many, many were still in those camps over two years later. that’s why I brought it up.
by Clubhouse Cancer on Jun 12, 2008 1:57 PM CDT up reply actions
Who are these fellows? This should be Don Carlsen, #16! "Ramirez" flies out to center-fielder! He's no doppel-ganger for ol' Don!
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Would’ve been nice if I could actually SEE how close that ball was to getting out.
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Pat got pretty excited.
"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
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 1:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Good grief
can we get rid of this black and white crap? and this camera angle sucks.
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Kayla Davis: Due date (8-11-08)!
indeed
the next three innings are 1970’s technology. Look for everyone to appear tinged with green, and there should be nifty electronic zig-zags across the screen.
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2008 1:52 PM CDT up reply actions
Nice job with the avatar!
but that’s a road uni….
by Shanghai Badger on Jun 12, 2008 1:51 PM CDT up reply actions
It's all they had in the Cubs shop where I grabbed the photo, I might go get one from Dressed to the 9s later.
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
it was old after the first batter
Strikeouts are boring - besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls. More democratic. ---Crash Davis
by carmen_fanzone on Jun 12, 2008 1:51 PM CDT up reply actions
Tough for a play-by-play man.
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 1:54 PM CDT up reply actions
So-to can hit as well! The Cubs are filling the basepaths! Here comes the one from the movieland, "Hollywood"
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
I got another TV tuned to the Braves broadcast...
Aside from the socks… the 1948 Braves uniforms don’t look too different than a coupla years ago
good count, Edmonds
make it work!
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
The thing that is bothering me more that anything..
is the absence of the inning/# of outs/count on the batter.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2008 1:54 PM CDT reply actions
Somewhere around 1994...
thousands of people disagreed with you. Now people can’t live without it
I have to say
They look damn good with those stirrups, and it appears most of the guys are wearing proper santiaries. If you have seen most other teams do throwbacks they generally look quite “un-authentic”. Thumbs up for our guys looking sharp.
The 48 Cubs had striped stirrups....
...maybe it’s the black and white picture, but it looks like they have plain ones on today.
Strikeouts are boring - besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls. More democratic. ---Crash Davis
by carmen_fanzone on Jun 12, 2008 1:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Nevermind
they do
Strikeouts are boring - besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls. More democratic. ---Crash Davis
by carmen_fanzone on Jun 12, 2008 1:57 PM CDT up reply actions
I coudl do without
The cut of the sleeves is too modern and the stupid “Majestic” logo on the sleeve is weak. But thats just me being lame and nit-picky.
douple play.
bah.
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
I'm not hearing it over
an actual radio. Are you getting the MLB feed?
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2008 1:57 PM CDT up reply actions
well JEdmonds
last 4 at bats has sucked, did he blame the ump for this one too?
"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip
Those hincty Braves, frolicking about the diamond! The Cubs of Chicago-town are down on a double-play. : (
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I Liked It
I agree it was unsettling because we’ve been spoiled by modern convenience, but I’m glad they did the retro telecast style.
Bring on the 50s!
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 1:57 PM CDT up reply actions
Thank you
Normal look!!!!
"Check the magic of a winning season and there are always reasons beyond the talent." Ned Colleti
by wrigleyrocker12 on Jun 12, 2008 1:58 PM CDT reply actions
It's the future, Marty!
Your kids are in danger!
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
Ronald Reagan....
the actor!!!!
"Please move away from this vector and get into another coordinate pronto. There's no access for you in this quadrant." Mike Donnelly
Who's Vice President?
Jerry Lewis?!
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 2:01 PM CDT up reply actions
Last night
Darth Vader came down from the planet Vulcan and said if I didn’t ask Lorraine to the dance he’d melt my brain.
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 2:02 PM CDT up reply actions
If my calculations are correct, when this team hits 88 wins
You’re gonna see some serious shi*t.
AND WE HAVE A WINNER!
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 2:05 PM CDT up reply actions
Thank you. Thank you all very much
So ummmmm, what do I get?
Umm...
a DeLorean?
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 2:07 PM CDT up reply actions
WORD!
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2008 2:06 PM CDT up reply actions
"do sonny and cher still have that stupid show?"
“actually, he’s a congressman and she won and oscar.”
(different reference, I know, but still)
I used to be "Jones," but I got swooped on the redesign.
YESSS!!!!! i’m off to watch a ballgame!
what have we learned today? – 1948 sux!
"I'd rather win ugly than lose pretty," -- Lou Pinella
Well, maybe it "sucked."
Saying it “sucks” implies that it is ongoing, thus enabling the theory of time travle to various dimensions where multiple eras are would invariable be in constant motion.
You see?
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 1:59 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, and I doubt you'd think it sucked if it was 1948. You'd have no idea what would happen.
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
And you're kids will feel
that 2008 sucks big time. What is that stupid music you guys listen to, what did they call it, Hop Hop?
by bubbamike the one and only on Jun 12, 2008 2:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Fly out to Fukudome
3 up 3 down
"Check the magic of a winning season and there are always reasons beyond the talent." Ned Colleti
by wrigleyrocker12 on Jun 12, 2008 2:00 PM CDT reply actions
2-0, correct?
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
Cheers.
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 2:02 PM CDT up reply actions
Yup
Francouer homer
"Check the magic of a winning season and there are always reasons beyond the talent." Ned Colleti
by wrigleyrocker12 on Jun 12, 2008 2:01 PM CDT up reply actions
And Cheers to you.
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 2:03 PM CDT up reply actions
i have never been so haappy to
see a top banner graphic in my life.
Restraining the urge to get giggly....
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jun 12, 2008 2:00 PM CDT reply actions
I couldn't agree more...
i just hope all these “colors” don’t give me a migraine lol
I'm kind of a big deal
by chi-townbleacherbum on Jun 12, 2008 2:02 PM CDT up reply actions
TWSS
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2008 2:01 PM CDT up reply actions
Go DeRo!
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
Base hit for DeRo!!
"Check the magic of a winning season and there are always reasons beyond the talent." Ned Colleti
by wrigleyrocker12 on Jun 12, 2008 2:02 PM CDT reply actions
What have we learned today?
The past sucked. Not being the past is awesome. Just remember that the next time someone says, “Oh, it was better when only white people played and only three people could hit home runs. THAT was baseball!”
Somewhere down the line...
either the Bears marketing people ripped off the Cubs logo… or the Cubs marketing people ripped off the Bears logo.
Or some intern was told to go out and buy a bunch of Bears hats for today, hoping no one would notice
Zambrano's batting lefthanded
on a day where the wind’s blowing out to left.
"Check the magic of a winning season and there are always reasons beyond the talent." Ned Colleti
by wrigleyrocker12 on Jun 12, 2008 2:03 PM CDT reply actions
Why are they wearing batting helmets?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2008 2:03 PM CDT reply actions
Yeah
that’s what I was thinking
"Check the magic of a winning season and there are always reasons beyond the talent." Ned Colleti
by wrigleyrocker12 on Jun 12, 2008 2:04 PM CDT up reply actions
because they're not
insane…
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2008 2:05 PM CDT up reply actions
Zambrano goes opposite field, drops it into left-center. Runners at 1st and 2nd. No out.
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
Atta Boy Z!
Liking how this inning is going so far
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Come on Soriano
give us the lead
SIGH
Big Z is an awesome hitter
"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip
Good hit Z!
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
Z looks funny with socks and stirrups.
he doesn’t look as tall.
Restraining the urge to get giggly....
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jun 12, 2008 2:04 PM CDT reply actions
Base hit for Z!!!
first and second no outs.
"Check the magic of a winning season and there are always reasons beyond the talent." Ned Colleti
by wrigleyrocker12 on Jun 12, 2008 2:04 PM CDT reply actions
Bunt at him!
"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
santo
“He might be bunting but he might be hitting”
YIKES
"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip
He can beat out
a bunt. At least you don’t have to hear Len and Bob keep saying “Nawton!!”
"Check the magic of a winning season and there are always reasons beyond the talent." Ned Colleti
by wrigleyrocker12 on Jun 12, 2008 2:05 PM CDT up reply actions
Show Lou what ya got
E-Pat.
"Check the magic of a winning season and there are always reasons beyond the talent." Ned Colleti
by wrigleyrocker12 on Jun 12, 2008 2:04 PM CDT reply actions
IF what you've got is a bunt to 3rd...
ok.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2008 2:05 PM CDT up reply actions
No reason why he's not bunting at JONES!!!
"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
heck with that.
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2008 2:06 PM CDT up reply actions
3-1
on E-Pat!!!
"Check the magic of a winning season and there are always reasons beyond the talent." Ned Colleti
by wrigleyrocker12 on Jun 12, 2008 2:06 PM CDT reply actions
They weren't kidding when they said the hat logo looking Bears' esque
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Do you
send the runners?
"Check the magic of a winning season and there are always reasons beyond the talent." Ned Colleti
by wrigleyrocker12 on Jun 12, 2008 2:06 PM CDT reply actions
e-pat's gameday headshot
you can see the sticker on the underside of the bill of his cap.
I used to be "Jones," but I got swooped on the redesign.
That's a funny looking basehit.
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 2:08 PM CDT up reply actions
F#^%!!!
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BRUTAL!
"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
pete's sake.
FREE MATT MURTON!
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
Knowing Lou
There goes E-Pat’s spot on the roster. He was safe though.
"Check the magic of a winning season and there are always reasons beyond the talent." Ned Colleti
by wrigleyrocker12 on Jun 12, 2008 2:08 PM CDT reply actions
Boy
he looked safe
Strikeouts are boring - besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls. More democratic. ---Crash Davis
we certainly are on
a streak of bad calls at first.
Maybe they have an “NBA directive” from the league to “bring the Cubs back to the pack” with bad umpiring.
THIS IS OUR CENTURY!!
Stikeout!
If you’re going to hit in to a DP!
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
BUNT!
"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
even better.
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
I don't get why you don't.
You have a 3rd baseman who is hurt. Test him… if you don’t get a hit out of it you probably have guys on 2nd and 3rd with an out.
"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
dood.
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2008 2:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Excuse me, sir, but would you do me a huge favor and die?
Quickly, please, before you say anything else that stupid.
Take it easy there Champ
Maybe you should just stop talking for a while.
walk away from the TV..please
Strikeouts are boring - besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls. More democratic. ---Crash Davis
by carmen_fanzone on Jun 12, 2008 2:11 PM CDT up reply actions
But E-Pat is SCRAPPY
and FAST. He just needs how to run out ground balls. No one wants that slow
Murton who would probably only have walked to clog the bases anyway
THANKS LOU
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Dang
Hudson’s 101-2 when he has a lead of three or more runs.
"Check the magic of a winning season and there are always reasons beyond the talent." Ned Colleti
by wrigleyrocker12 on Jun 12, 2008 2:09 PM CDT reply actions
Let's not give him
a 3 run lead.
by bubbamike the one and only on Jun 12, 2008 2:10 PM CDT up reply actions
Theriot weakly taps to Hudson, 1-3. Inning over. Cubs blow a prime opportunity...
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
give it another inning.
we can get this guy. Just gotta figure it 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
by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2008 2:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Actually he IS that good
Making throw pitches and get to the crappy bullpen
I am such an emotional fantasy player that I have Hudson on my
BCB team but he is benched today
I refuse to gain fantasy points at the cost of the real Cubs
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
by Doggie Stalker on Jun 12, 2008 2:14 PM CDT up reply actions
The Riot
grounds out.
"Check the magic of a winning season and there are always reasons beyond the talent." Ned Colleti
by wrigleyrocker12 on Jun 12, 2008 2:10 PM CDT reply actions
We got gypped on that play! EPat was safe at first!
Didn’t mean to disrespect Gypsies. That’s the racist phrase people used in those days.
I need a Cory Provus for this inning. Gotta edit another paper.
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
Yes Yes I am
"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."
I'm cutting out
the game and this thread are both making my head hurt worse. Go Cubbies.
Restraining the urge to get giggly....
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jun 12, 2008 2:12 PM CDT reply actions
I got a fever
and the only prescription is a Cubs 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 2:14 PM CDT up reply actions
good K for Z.
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
Cabrera walk-off HR - White Sux lose
For those keeping eye on both CHI-TOWN games.
Wait a minute... who am I here?
Wow
Quick game
"Check the magic of a winning season and there are always reasons beyond the talent." Ned Colleti
by wrigleyrocker12 on Jun 12, 2008 2:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Someone go over to their blog and talk about it with Dr. Crawdad.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2008 2:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Strikeout
1 out
"Check the magic of a winning season and there are always reasons beyond the talent." Ned Colleti
by wrigleyrocker12 on Jun 12, 2008 2:13 PM CDT reply actions
just got home, love those uniforms, no comeback cubs!
"My favorite umpire is a dead one."
-Johnny Evers
Lucky you didn't
Have to see the horrible view and the black and white screen.
"Check the magic of a winning season and there are always reasons beyond the talent." Ned Colleti
by wrigleyrocker12 on Jun 12, 2008 2:14 PM CDT up reply actions
my kids were telling me about it.. LOL
I laughed and told them that is how we used to see the games and they just lloked at me like I was crazy
"My favorite umpire is a dead one."
-Johnny Evers
Wow, guys.
I’ve made no secret of the fact that I’d prefer to have Murton in left with Soriano out, but can’t guy get more than two at-bats to prove himself before you start ripping into him like this? Dear lord.
I still like him
I just said Lou probably doesn’t.
"Check the magic of a winning season and there are always reasons beyond the talent." Ned Colleti
by wrigleyrocker12 on Jun 12, 2008 2:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Yuppers.
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 2:15 PM CDT up reply actions
E-Pat is just the wrong guy in the wrong place
Actually I would have no problem if they called him and Murton up and it would
have made sense. E-Pat should make a nice bench guy and good at pinch running but
he is NOT a left fielder and he is way too overeager at the plate
It took I think a week to get this last time and we don’t have that long to screw
around. Next best thing is put DeRosa in LF ( not good but better) Ronnie at 2B
and leave E-Pat on the bench. He does NOT belong in the starting line up let
alone LF
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
by Doggie Stalker on Jun 12, 2008 2:19 PM CDT up reply actions
Is this the same Rosenberg guy
that’s the official scorer sometimes?
Francoeur liner to left.
Runner on first, 1 out.
Norton flies out to Dome
2 down, runner still on first.
That sounds absolutely painful
Good luck recovering.
Severe case of vomititis?
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 2:21 PM CDT up reply actions
Dang
back-to-back singles
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
single out single..
but i know what you are getting at… go cubs.. Nice way to get out of the inning..
"Go Cubs Go"
oops.
You are correct sir.
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
Blanco base hit to center
1st and 2nd, 2 outs.
That's it.
Z can wear all blue uni’s from now.
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 2:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Tim Hudson K's
inning over.
"Check the magic of a winning season and there are always reasons beyond the talent." Ned Colleti
by wrigleyrocker12 on Jun 12, 2008 2:17 PM CDT reply actions
just got my copy of THE CUBS by Stout....
looking forward to reading this…...
"My favorite umpire is a dead one."
-Johnny Evers
Which 1948 invention are you enjoying the most?
A. Velcro
B. Vinyl 33.3 LP
C. Bikini
D. Scrabble
E. NASCAR
I think I know what’s going to win.
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
Who needs brains...
when you’ve got….nevermind.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2008 2:21 PM CDT up reply actions
Just call me Velcro.
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 2:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Fail.
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
Was a joke. YOU fail! It appears the tables are turned!! (was that a line they used in '40s movies?)
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
NASCAR gets 0%?
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 2:22 PM CDT up reply actions
AT&T poll question.
The answer is C. bikin.
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
Why...
what’s wrong with a bikini contest?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2008 2:22 PM CDT up reply actions
What,
no music lovers here?
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 2:24 PM CDT up reply actions
well obviously LP's "sucked", CDs are WAY better. EVERYTHING sucked back then
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
Naw,
sex was as good then as now. And if you having sex then it was better than now.
by bubbamike the one and only on Jun 12, 2008 2:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Ironically,
they would say our time sucks because, to them, 2008 should’ve looked like this:
"And there's a...BASE HIT! Fair ball! Fontenot will score! CUBS WIN!" -Len Kasper, 5.28.08
by neverAcquiesce on Jun 12, 2008 2:30 PM CDT up reply actions
oh, C is definitely the greatest invention of 1948
"My favorite umpire is a dead one."
-Johnny Evers
Strip Scrabble
in Bikinis
by bubbamike the one and only on Jun 12, 2008 2:23 PM CDT up reply actions
I use the gameboard...
the little tiles would keep sliding off the bikini.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2008 2:25 PM CDT up reply actions
LEE LINES IT DOWN THE RIGHT FIELD LINE..........foul
"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip
Ramirez lines out to first
On the first pitch. 2 down.
Lee k's
1 out
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by wrigleyrocker12 on Jun 12, 2008 2:23 PM CDT reply actions
LeeK's
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2008 2:23 PM CDT reply actions
Tex looks
like dope diving for Arams funky squirt to the right side.
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
TWSS
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2008 2:24 PM CDT up reply actions
Ramirez lines out
2 outs.
"Check the magic of a winning season and there are always reasons beyond the talent." Ned Colleti
by wrigleyrocker12 on Jun 12, 2008 2:23 PM CDT reply actions
Dome pops up to left
End of inning. Didn’t eat too many pitches there either.
Fukudome flies out to
Greg NAWTON. The side is retired.
"Check the magic of a winning season and there are always reasons beyond the talent." Ned Colleti
by wrigleyrocker12 on Jun 12, 2008 2:24 PM CDT reply actions
man.
turning out to be one of those days…
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
we're alright...
We’ve been really good late in games so far this year.. plus there bullpen is pretty weak…
"Go Cubs Go"
I'm just glad I didn't have to cover a throwback inning.
I didn’t have any material prepared.
Len and Bob are starting to get annoying with the 1948 throwback/phrases/etc.
But at least they are enjoying themselves. They are really good in the booth. I’m happy that they’re with the Cubs.
I'll always
miss chip & stoney.
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
Those were the days.
Was Chip with Stoney when Sutcliffe helped the Cubbies to win the division championship in 1984? I remember faintly hearing Barry Manilow’s song “Looks like we made it” during all the video highlights after that last game.
my tacky-o-meter went crazy
with that crowd shot of the guy with a faux hawk, headband, and partial pink hair
That slip n slide
Looks like fun.
"Check the magic of a winning season and there are always reasons beyond the talent." Ned Colleti
by wrigleyrocker12 on Jun 12, 2008 2:27 PM CDT reply actions
Sweet Footage
Of the first night game and everyone sliding on the tarp.
Z struggling today!
"Please move away from this vector and get into another coordinate pronto. There's no access for you in this quadrant." Mike Donnelly
if so, hes lucky
In dealing in Microsoft Access.
"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip
DOUBLE PLAY!
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
Double Play
HUZZAH!
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
Bug double play
Now Z’s gotta settle down.
"Check the magic of a winning season and there are always reasons beyond the talent." Ned Colleti
by wrigleyrocker12 on Jun 12, 2008 2:30 PM CDT reply actions
Another base on balls
"Check the magic of a winning season and there are always reasons beyond the talent." Ned Colleti
by wrigleyrocker12 on Jun 12, 2008 2:31 PM CDT reply actions
My gamethread..
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2008 2:32 PM CDT reply actions
FOLLOW ME! FOLLOW ME TO FREEDOM FROM 1948!
Leave 1948 behind, jump in the time portal and join me in the 2008 thread!
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
Ground out to DeRo
inning over.
"Check the magic of a winning season and there are always reasons beyond the talent." Ned Colleti
by wrigleyrocker12 on Jun 12, 2008 2:33 PM CDT reply actions
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