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First Pitch Thread: Cubs vs. Astros, Friday 7/18, 7:05 CT

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thirst-

-ty for a Cubs victory!

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

by ballhawk on Jul 18, 2008 7:01 PM CDT   0 recs

I would've said Old Style but I try not to drink (and post) alone...

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

by ballhawk on Jul 18, 2008 7:02 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

hint, hint...

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

by ballhawk on Jul 18, 2008 7:03 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

c'mon people - I'm dying here...

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

by ballhawk on Jul 18, 2008 7:03 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Hammer, Cwyers and Blue Mike walk into a bar...

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

by ballhawk on Jul 18, 2008 7:04 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Is this thing on?

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

by ballhawk on Jul 18, 2008 7:04 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

budweiser and chew here

only because that’s what the major leaguers do

by cubswynn on Jul 18, 2008 7:09 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

....

waiting for the punch(line that is)

by tootle on Jul 18, 2008 7:10 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

oh boy

Carlos Zambrano and Rich Harden. Now that's a pair of Aces.

by sue369 on Jul 18, 2008 7:04 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Looks like the place is empty.

what’s up 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 Jul 18, 2008 7:04 PM CDT   0 recs

ah... thankyou,thankyou,thankyou...

I think I’ll have a beer! ;-)

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

by ballhawk on Jul 18, 2008 7:05 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I just had some

home made sugar cookies.

Carlos Zambrano and Rich Harden. Now that's a pair of Aces.

by sue369 on Jul 18, 2008 7:06 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Sweet!

the cookies, I mean. Oh what the heck – you too… ;-)

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

by ballhawk on Jul 18, 2008 7:06 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

LOL! thanks

Carlos Zambrano and Rich Harden. Now that's a pair of Aces.

by sue369 on Jul 18, 2008 7:09 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

ok lets take a few boys

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."

by DC Cubbie on Jul 18, 2008 7:08 PM CDT   0 recs

twss

"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 Jul 18, 2008 7:08 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

yuck

take a few guys

by cubswynn on Jul 18, 2008 7:09 PM CDT   0 recs

5 pitches? yeesh

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."

by DC Cubbie on Jul 18, 2008 7:09 PM CDT   0 recs

ugh...

what happened to patience?

by tootle on Jul 18, 2008 7:10 PM CDT   0 recs

Damn HMOs...

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

by ballhawk on Jul 18, 2008 7:11 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

over/under

10 pitches next inning?

C.C.+Feilder+Gagne=The brewers just ran out of XXXL Jerseys

by jds2 on Jul 18, 2008 7:10 PM CDT   0 recs

just for the cubs

C.C.+Feilder+Gagne=The brewers just ran out of XXXL Jerseys

by jds2 on Jul 18, 2008 7:13 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

OT

I hope everyone is off to see THE DARK KNIGHT. Saw it at 1201 last night, it was simply stunning. Heath. Owns. This. Movie. Make’s Jack’s Joker look like child’s play. The storylines are excellent, the acting is superb (re: Maggie > Katie), and Two-Face’s transgression is something to be in awe of.

Dan

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 18, 2008 7:12 PM CDT   0 recs

I think there's a BCB sub-plot in there just waiting to be revealed come playoffs...

The Dark Cub….

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

by ballhawk on Jul 18, 2008 7:13 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

No, because "The Dark Knight"...

...references the transgression from “The White Knight” to “The Dark Knight”...don’t we always want to be the cinderella story or TWK?

Dan

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 18, 2008 7:18 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Good job...

...this is the first major motion picture to be filmed in IMAX, rather than converted later to the bigger screen. The Hong Kong scenes probably benefit mostly from IMAX; it’s simply sprawling.

Dan

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 18, 2008 7:17 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Saw the 12:01 showing myself

The Dark Knight is incredible. You are absolutely right about Ledger completely outdoing Nicholson in the Joker department, one of the best performances ever. The Hospital exit scene? Chilling.

"Prince Fielder Dies Of Inside-The-Park Homerun" - The Onion

by DTJchris on Jul 18, 2008 7:44 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I don't remember the last time a villian...

...actually sent chills down my spine. Chigurh in No Country For Old Men, maybe. But Ledger’s Joker is both plausible AND surreal.

Dan

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 18, 2008 7:54 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

over/under

number of times they show jimmys ballgame catch on the hill – 1

by cubswynn on Jul 18, 2008 7:12 PM CDT   0 recs

right on que

thanks wgn…..

by cubswynn on Jul 18, 2008 7:13 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

roof open?

"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun

by Bump Bailey on Jul 18, 2008 7:13 PM CDT   0 recs

nope

Carlos Zambrano and Rich Harden. Now that's a pair of Aces.

by sue369 on Jul 18, 2008 7:15 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

thx

Houston in the summer has to be brutal…

"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun

by Bump Bailey on Jul 18, 2008 7:16 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm sure

Carlos Zambrano and Rich Harden. Now that's a pair of Aces.

by sue369 on Jul 18, 2008 7:17 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Matsui K'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 Jul 18, 2008 7:13 PM CDT   0 recs

routine catch by Dome...

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

by ballhawk on Jul 18, 2008 7:14 PM CDT   0 recs

Berkman

lines out to Riot.

10 pitches for Lilly.

"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 Jul 18, 2008 7:15 PM CDT   0 recs

14 total pitches in one inning...

C.C.+Feilder+Gagne=The brewers just ran out of XXXL Jerseys

by jds2 on Jul 18, 2008 7:16 PM CDT   0 recs

Hill still pitching in the minor-league game?

"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 Jul 18, 2008 7:17 PM CDT   0 recs

Yep - at least through 4.

4ip 4h, 2r, 1er, 1bb, 6k

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

by ballhawk on Jul 18, 2008 7:18 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

yeah.

thru 4: 1 BB/ 6 K/ 4 Hits/ 2 ER

by sackings108 on Jul 18, 2008 7:19 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

not exactly driving up his pitch-count.

"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 Jul 18, 2008 7:18 PM CDT   0 recs

I'd love to

see Geo hit another in-the-park homerun. :D

Carlos Zambrano and Rich Harden. Now that's a pair of Aces.

by sue369 on Jul 18, 2008 7:19 PM CDT   0 recs

i'm just glad he's seeing some pitches

C.C.+Feilder+Gagne=The brewers just ran out of XXXL Jerseys

by jds2 on Jul 18, 2008 7:19 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

can anyone explain to me why the hill in houston is named that?

don’t know how to spell it, sounds like towels hill?

by cubswynn on Jul 18, 2008 7:19 PM CDT   0 recs

Tal's Hill

tribute to Tal Smith(?) I believe.

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

by ballhawk on Jul 18, 2008 7:20 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

pretty fast and loose with the term tribute

C.C.+Feilder+Gagne=The brewers just ran out of XXXL Jerseys

by jds2 on Jul 18, 2008 7:20 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

well, didn't know if he was still alive or not.

either way, it’s a pretty stupid tribute. still can’t believe nobody’s broke an ankle or torn an ACL yet out there.

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

by ballhawk on Jul 18, 2008 7:23 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

tribute to some writer I think

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."

by DC Cubbie on Jul 18, 2008 7:20 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

quick search says

ballhawk is right…..tal smith was a sports writer turn gm/president that turned around the stros

by cubswynn on Jul 18, 2008 7:21 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

from the MInute Maid Park wikipedia entry...

“Fielding is a challenge there as well, due to the 90-foot wide, 30-degree incline grade, known as Tal’s Hill, for team president Tal Smith, an element taken from Crosley Field and other historic ballparks (in a bit of gallows humor, the hill is also known as the “Grassy Knoll”),”

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

by ballhawk on Jul 18, 2008 7:22 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

whatever the case

it’s a ridiculous idea and is a slippery slope for future major league parks…..whats next, sand traps and water hazards?

by cubswynn on Jul 18, 2008 7:23 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Agreed.

That and that stupid flag pole.

by sackings108 on Jul 18, 2008 7:23 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I have to agree

Never have liked the hill. Its like having wind mills out there.

by jajonez77 on Jul 18, 2008 7:24 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

there is a water hazard at Tropicana Field...

a water tank full of mutant manta rays in deep right center. too bad it’s not in play…

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

by ballhawk on Jul 18, 2008 7:24 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

to play devils advocate

wrigley has the warmup mounds really close to the foul line and the’re were some older parks with pretty crazy demensions and stuff (polo grounds and the collosium) in the past

C.C.+Feilder+Gagne=The brewers just ran out of XXXL Jerseys

by jds2 on Jul 18, 2008 7:27 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

That brings to mind

The train tracks running through the outfield in Brewsters Millions. Damn, what a fine film LOL

by jajonez77 on Jul 18, 2008 7:28 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

wasn't there a ballpark that actually had a train track very close by

and would have to stop games while the train went through because it destracted the batters

C.C.+Feilder+Gagne=The brewers just ran out of XXXL Jerseys

by jds2 on Jul 18, 2008 7:30 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Well, Shea always seems to have low flight patterns from LaGuardia (JFK?) that play havoc with the uninitiated

and I know of a certain ballpark on the North side of Chicago that is prone to some aerial buzzing the third weekend in August…

And then there was the real “buzzing’ last year in Cleveland during the ALDS against the Yankees. Take that Joba!

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

by ballhawk on Jul 18, 2008 7:35 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Safeco in Seattle has trains right outside the outfield fence

But they don’t stop the game. You get used to them.

by mikeinseattle on Jul 18, 2008 7:40 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

then there's the swimming pool at the BoB in Arizona, but I wouldn't exactly call that a hazard

unless you’re out there during a “boy’s night out” and you run into a bunch of girls enjoying a “girls night out” and your wife/girlfriend is watching the game on TV…

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

by ballhawk on Jul 18, 2008 7:28 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

frickin Padres blow good scoring chance in the 1st, man they suck

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."

by DC Cubbie on Jul 18, 2008 7:24 PM CDT   0 recs

Good AB

But no cigar

"Lou is not talking about mechanics when he goes out to the mound,"
~Larry Rothschild

by Unrestricted View on Jul 18, 2008 7:24 PM CDT   0 recs

That was very nice.

I hadn’t heard he has passed until now.

Carlos Zambrano and Rich Harden. Now that's a pair of Aces.

by sue369 on Jul 18, 2008 7:40 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs