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

Chicago Cubs at Houston Astros, Jul 18, 2008 7:05 PM CDT



Next Game

Chicago Cubs
@ Houston Astros

Friday, Jul 18, 2008, 7:05 PM CDT
Minute Maid Park

Ted Lilly vs Brian Moehler

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

Complete Coverage >


The box above says the temperature will be near 90 with the wind blowing out, but when it's this hot in Houston, the roof usually starts out closed -- then it gets opened in the middle innings, just in time for the bottom of an inning. Nevertheless, the Cubs have played fairly well in the Juice Box in recent years, although they lost two of three in the first series here back in May.

Unrelated to the Cubs note: the 2009 WBC finals will be held at Dodger Stadium.

Today's Starting Pitchers
Ted Lilly
T. Lilly
Cubs
vs. Brian Moehler
B. Moehler
Astros
9-6 W-L 5-4
4.68 ERA 4.28
108 SO 44
41 BB 24
21 HR 11
vs. Hou -- vs. Cubs

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2008 - Ted Lilly 9-6 20 20 0 0 0 0 115.1 114 63 60 21 41 108 4.68 1.34


W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2008 - Brian Moehler 5-4 17 12 0 0 0 0 75.2 81 37 36 11 24 44 4.28 1.39

Ted Lilly has been up and down this year. His last start was a "down" one, but he may have been affected by the foul ball that hit the little boy's head at Wrigley Field last week. Fortunately, the kid is OK, and now Lilly has to step up and be the sort of pitcher he was all last year. In his last four road starts he is 2-1, 1.98 and handles both Lance Berkman (1-for-11) and Miguel Tejada (4-for-27) well.

The one game the Cubs won in Houston so far this year was against Brian Moehler on May 19. The Cubs had 7 hits in 5 innings off Moehler, including a HR by Geovany Soto. Jim Edmonds, who was playing in only his 2nd game as a Cub on that day, usually hits Moehler well (12-for-34, .353/.421/.912, 4 doubles, 5 HR). Ted Lilly was the starting and winning pitcher in that May 19 game.

Today's game is on WGN, so all of you can see it (at least, if you have WGN), and on FSN Houston, so it should be available 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 first pitch thread posts at 7:00 pm CT and the overflow comment threads will post at 8:15 and 9:15 pm CT.

Discuss amongst yourselves.

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Wurst!

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

by Bildo1805 on Jul 18, 2008 4:01 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

For all interested, I got this at

www.milwaukeeseasonticketholders.com/personalads

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

by Bildo1805 on Jul 18, 2008 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

How can I go to 1998?

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

by Bildo1805 on Jul 18, 2008 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Flux capacitor, 1.21 jigawatts, 88mph.

All you need.

I'm thinking you weren't burdened with an overabundance of schooling, so why don't we just ignore each other til we go away.

by neverAcquiesce on Jul 18, 2008 4:20 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

and a super-sweet De Lorean!

The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel

by Blue W on Jul 18, 2008 4:21 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

"I'm gonna put you in my DeLorean; gun it to 88"

Movie quote… BUT FROM HWHERE?!

"I think Hendry still has a few years to serve on his 'grand larceny' sentence before he can shop in Pittsburgh again" - ballhawk

by NittanyCub on Jul 18, 2008 4:30 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

You're Tupac, You're f'in Biggie.

I googled murder.

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

by Bildo1805 on Jul 18, 2008 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

link?

"Very adroit in the outfield." - Lou, on Dome

by gwood on Jul 18, 2008 4:18 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

YO SOY EL NINO!

For those of you who don’t know, that’s Spanish for…the Nino!

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

by Bildo1805 on Jul 18, 2008 4:29 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

VH1 remembers 1998.

And the rest of the 90s.

70s and 80s, too, for that matter.

Oh, and the 2000s.

It will never end…

I'm thinking you weren't burdened with an overabundance of schooling, so why don't we just ignore each other til we go away.

by neverAcquiesce on Jul 18, 2008 4:33 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

YO SOY EL NINO

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

by Bildo1805 on Jul 18, 2008 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Echo...

Echo…

I'm thinking you weren't burdened with an overabundance of schooling, so why don't we just ignore each other til we go away.

by neverAcquiesce on Jul 18, 2008 4:36 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

The first one hasn't showed up on my page yet.

Weird.

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

by Bildo1805 on Jul 18, 2008 4:37 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Indeed.

I'm thinking you weren't burdened with an overabundance of schooling, so why don't we just ignore each other til we go away.

by neverAcquiesce on Jul 18, 2008 4:43 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

(Not even close to) FURST

Oh boy, Is this GREAT?!

by JCD on Jul 18, 2008 4:38 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Premature pixelation?

I'm thinking you weren't burdened with an overabundance of schooling, so why don't we just ignore each other til we go away.

by neverAcquiesce on Jul 18, 2008 4:42 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hearst

for the older set….

''Listen, losing Soriano is no box of chocolates.'' ~Lou Piniella

by JohnM on Jul 18, 2008 4:42 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hey, young'ns can appreciate a good Symbionese Liberation Army joke.

I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore!

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

by Bildo1805 on Jul 18, 2008 4:44 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, I was only a youngin' when the SLA unleashed their reign of terror

''Listen, losing Soriano is no box of chocolates.'' ~Lou Piniella

by JohnM on Jul 18, 2008 4:46 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh pre-game thread, how I've missed thee.

I'm thinking you weren't burdened with an overabundance of schooling, so why don't we just ignore each other til we go away.

by neverAcquiesce on Jul 18, 2008 4:05 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

+1!

"I'd rather win ugly than lose pretty," -- Lou Pinella

by anormal on Jul 18, 2008 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Come on, Game-time!

The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel

by Blue W on Jul 18, 2008 4:10 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Yello!

Oh, Friday night- Cubs game, how I’ve longed for you…

Jimmyeatworld

by Jimmyeatworld on Jul 18, 2008 4:12 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

no, no, no..

it’s YELLON.

Al Yellon. Make that Big-Gulp shaken, not stirred.

"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 4:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

its just been weird this week without regular games...

maybe i need to go to rehab for my baseball addition..

GoCubsGo

by MinnesotaFan on Jul 18, 2008 4:15 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Are you adding things up wrong?

;)

"Very adroit in the outfield." - Lou, on Dome

by gwood on Jul 18, 2008 4:19 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

ahhhhh, houston

where edmonds made the catch on the hill:

http://www.redlasso.com/ClipPlayer.aspx?id=c7fd0348-9745-4c42-bf5e-69557a01ea0b

[disclaimer to FPP: i am also posting this in a fanshot so save your obligatory “isn’t this what the fanshot section is for?” comments]

Before Edmonds: 24-16, (.600); With Edmonds: 33-22 (.600)
Edmonds with Cubs: .269 / .369 / .552

by joeschmitt on Jul 18, 2008 4:15 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Sorry.

I realize I should have put my Wurst photo in the bizarro BCB’s Fanshot section.

I think they’d like it…somewhat of a pinup girl.

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

by Bildo1805 on Jul 18, 2008 4:18 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

LOL

"Very adroit in the outfield." - Lou, on Dome

by gwood on Jul 18, 2008 4:20 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

lol

u should DEFN post that in a mini-BCB fanshot

Before Edmonds: 24-16, (.600); With Edmonds: 33-22 (.600)
Edmonds with Cubs: .269 / .369 / .552

by joeschmitt on Jul 18, 2008 4:21 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

You mean the EVIL BCB.

And you would be banned about five seconds after posting it. (Not that that should stop you.)

Nanika Ga Okoru!

by dat cubfan daver on Jul 18, 2008 4:26 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

i like "mini-BCB"

to highlight their smallness

Before Edmonds: 24-16, (.600); With Edmonds: 33-22 (.600)
Edmonds with Cubs: .269 / .369 / .552

by joeschmitt on Jul 18, 2008 4:28 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Really?

Thought they looooove them some sausage.

I'm thinking you weren't burdened with an overabundance of schooling, so why don't we just ignore each other til we go away.

by neverAcquiesce on Jul 18, 2008 4:33 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't know, Polish sausages are pretty freakin' good

Granted, I’ve never had the pleasure of going to Milwaukee and trying their food.

"I think Hendry still has a few years to serve on his 'grand larceny' sentence before he can shop in Pittsburgh again" - ballhawk

by NittanyCub on Jul 18, 2008 4:43 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Da Superfans sure loved em.

I'm thinking you weren't burdened with an overabundance of schooling, so why don't we just ignore each other til we go away.

by neverAcquiesce on Jul 18, 2008 4:43 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

That makes about a baker's dozen, Bob

"I think Hendry still has a few years to serve on his 'grand larceny' sentence before he can shop in Pittsburgh again" - ballhawk

by NittanyCub on Jul 18, 2008 4:45 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

IT'S HIM!

"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 4:45 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

freaky

''Listen, losing Soriano is no box of chocolates.'' ~Lou Piniella

by JohnM on Jul 18, 2008 4:48 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

not really

but it sure looks like him.

"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 4:48 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Work's blocking the pic

but is it the mustachioed Cubs Win! guy?

I'm thinking you weren't burdened with an overabundance of schooling, so why don't we just ignore each other til we go away.

by neverAcquiesce on Jul 18, 2008 4:49 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Chris Farley to be exact

''Listen, losing Soriano is no box of chocolates.'' ~Lou Piniella

by JohnM on Jul 18, 2008 4:50 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

What I figured

but “IT’S HIM!” confused me.

I'm thinking you weren't burdened with an overabundance of schooling, so why don't we just ignore each other til we go away.

by neverAcquiesce on Jul 18, 2008 4:51 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

it looks like

our Sign-holding Fan Guy.

"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 4:54 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Now I'm caught up.

And scene.

I'm thinking you weren't burdened with an overabundance of schooling, so why don't we just ignore each other til we go away.

by neverAcquiesce on Jul 18, 2008 4:55 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

It does look like him though.

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

by sue369 on Jul 18, 2008 5:52 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Chris Farley lives on

In the form of a 3 year old baby girl

Low blow, I know, I know.

"I think Hendry still has a few years to serve on his 'grand larceny' sentence before he can shop in Pittsburgh again" - ballhawk

by NittanyCub on Jul 18, 2008 4:50 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

egad

"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 4:50 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Does anyone ever

get a Chris Farley vibe off of Jim Hendry, or is it just me?

''Listen, losing Soriano is no box of chocolates.'' ~Lou Piniella

by JohnM on Jul 18, 2008 4:51 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ten bucks that poor kid...

ends up living…

in a van…

I'm thinking you weren't burdened with an overabundance of schooling, so why don't we just ignore each other til we go away.

by neverAcquiesce on Jul 18, 2008 4:52 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

His speech is called "Go For It."

"I think Hendry still has a few years to serve on his 'grand larceny' sentence before he can shop in Pittsburgh again" - ballhawk

by NittanyCub on Jul 18, 2008 4:56 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Be on my side

I’ll be on your side

What doesn't destroy you makes you stranger -- The Joker

by Emelie on Jul 18, 2008 5:22 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

There is no reason for you to hide

''Listen, losing Soriano is no box of chocolates.'' ~Lou Piniella

by JohnM on Jul 18, 2008 5:30 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

oh, heck

THIS place. Lovely.

"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 4:40 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Baseball...TO THE EXTREME~!!!

You play with bricks and ivy?! Well, we got a hill! And a flag pole!

And, coming next season, we say goodbye to your pansy warning tracks and bring you: THE WARNING MOAT~!!!

I'm thinking you weren't burdened with an overabundance of schooling, so why don't we just ignore each other til we go away.

by neverAcquiesce on Jul 18, 2008 4:42 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

BASEBALL GLADIATORS!

"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 4:44 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Archers stationed at the outfield wall...

...firing down at opposing outfielders!!!

Nanika Ga Okoru!

by dat cubfan daver on Jul 18, 2008 4:45 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Verily, I smite thee,

and thine feeble attempts to field that ball.

I'm thinking you weren't burdened with an overabundance of schooling, so why don't we just ignore each other til we go away.

by neverAcquiesce on Jul 18, 2008 4:47 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

plus

the pitcher gets to use a CANNON.

"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 4:49 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think we just created

Mutant League Baseball.

I'm thinking you weren't burdened with an overabundance of schooling, so why don't we just ignore each other til we go away.

by neverAcquiesce on Jul 18, 2008 4:52 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

NBC will buy it.

warning track moat
archers on the wall
balls are pitched with a cannon

midseason hit, written all over it.

"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 4:55 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

NBC will buy anything.

I'm thinking you weren't burdened with an overabundance of schooling, so why don't we just ignore each other til we go away.

by neverAcquiesce on Jul 18, 2008 4:56 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Put it on ESPN8...the "Ocho"...

Let my ashes blow in a beautiful snow from the prevailing 30 mile an hour southwest wind...
When my last remains go flying over the left field wall, I'll bid the bleacher bums adieu,
And I will come to my final resting place, out on Waveland Avenue. --Steve Goodman

by NotSure on Jul 18, 2008 7:26 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

GO CUBS!

I’ll be playing music with my brother’s band tonight, but I’m going to try to keep myself updated.

"Memory believes before knowing remembers. Believes longer than recollects, longer than knowing even wonders."
-- William Faulkner

by jennypage on Jul 18, 2008 4:19 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Nope. Josh, actually.

It’s just a practice for a sit-in I’ll be doing next weekend.

"Memory believes before knowing remembers. Believes longer than recollects, longer than knowing even wonders."
-- William Faulkner

by jennypage on Jul 18, 2008 4:28 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Do you know who Jimmy is?

Jimmy Paige?

"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."

by flachimesa on Jul 18, 2008 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

oops

Jimmy Page?

"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."

by flachimesa on Jul 18, 2008 4:35 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

He's the President after Lincoln, isn't he?

And before Lennon?

"I think Hendry still has a few years to serve on his 'grand larceny' sentence before he can shop in Pittsburgh again" - ballhawk

by NittanyCub on Jul 18, 2008 4:36 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yes, of course!

That’s where my handle came from, since I play guitar and used to obsess over Zeppelin. I didn’t catch the joke; I thought you may have had a local band in mind! Haha.

"Memory believes before knowing remembers. Believes longer than recollects, longer than knowing even wonders."
-- William Faulkner

by jennypage on Jul 18, 2008 4:36 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Naw, that was just my silly joke.

Have fun jammin’!

Nanika Ga Okoru!

by dat cubfan daver on Jul 18, 2008 4:37 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I would have laughed heartily had I picked up on it!

And thanks! :)

"Memory believes before knowing remembers. Believes longer than recollects, longer than knowing even wonders."
-- William Faulkner

by jennypage on Jul 18, 2008 4:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

A sit-in?

protesting the war?

What doesn't destroy you makes you stranger -- The Joker

by Emelie on Jul 18, 2008 5:23 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wow it's been a while

Is it game time yet? Have to pick the GF up at the airport right at the game time though. Anyone going to be in the Denver airport area?? :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 Jul 18, 2008 4:31 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

"at game time though"

"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 Jul 18, 2008 4:31 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Buehler?

"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 Jul 18, 2008 4:33 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Excellent.

Vice-President Bush called it, what…. class, no one, no one? VooDoo economics.

Jimmyeatworld

by Jimmyeatworld on Jul 18, 2008 4:35 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Haha

Something D-O-O economics….

"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 Jul 18, 2008 4:38 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm not round enough.

Actually, I’m TOO round…

"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 4:44 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I am a big Lilly fan

but I don’t see how that last start could have been effected by hitting the child
as he did not find out about it till after the game.

Go Teddy Roosevelt ( Lilly)

"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry

by Doggie Stalker on Jul 18, 2008 4:31 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm a big Lilly fan too

I love Big Lillies.

"I think Hendry still has a few years to serve on his 'grand larceny' sentence before he can shop in Pittsburgh again" - ballhawk

by NittanyCub on Jul 18, 2008 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Also I read

in the press that he didn’t know the foul ball hit the kid until after the game… I don’t know if that’s true or not…

What doesn't destroy you makes you stranger -- The Joker

by Emelie on Jul 18, 2008 5:26 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Lilly needs to get his 10th tonight

Nice to see the Cubs embark on a 630 post ASG stretch!

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

by Ivy Walls on Jul 18, 2008 4:36 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

GAMETHREAD!

BASEBALL BASEBALL BASEBALL!!!!!!!

THANK GHODS!

"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 4:37 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

yo!

"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 4:45 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Haha, have you seen when Family Guy made fun of John Madden?

“John, we’re in a commercial right now. There’s no need to comment on football right now.”
-“OH YEAH. I KNOW. I’M JUST EXCITED ABOUT FOOTBALL. YEAH!! FOOTBALL!!!!!

"I think Hendry still has a few years to serve on his 'grand larceny' sentence before he can shop in Pittsburgh again" - ballhawk

by NittanyCub on Jul 18, 2008 4:38 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

We're getting all giggly about it

What doesn't destroy you makes you stranger -- The Joker

by Emelie on Jul 18, 2008 5:26 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

where's the light him/em/them up guy!?!?!?!

Before Edmonds: 24-16, (.600); With Edmonds: 33-22 (.600)
Edmonds with Cubs: .269 / .369 / .552

by joeschmitt on Jul 18, 2008 4:52 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Hammer...

time to play-e-ay!

I'm thinking you weren't burdened with an overabundance of schooling, so why don't we just ignore each other til we go away.

by neverAcquiesce on Jul 18, 2008 4:53 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

HERE!!!

I left work early today because my boss did!!!

"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip

by Hammer on Jul 18, 2008 5:09 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

doesn't he usually save that for

the first pitch thread?

"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 4:55 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think he just posts it

in the first game-related thread, seeing how this one has Moehler’s relevant information.

I'm thinking you weren't burdened with an overabundance of schooling, so why don't we just ignore each other til we go away.

by neverAcquiesce on Jul 18, 2008 4:57 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

if he hasn't posted by 6

someone needs to do it.

"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 4:58 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

You know,

in posting about the posting habits of a fellow poster, I think we’ve just established MetaBCB.

I'm thinking you weren't burdened with an overabundance of schooling, so why don't we just ignore each other til we go away.

by neverAcquiesce on Jul 18, 2008 4:59 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

See post above

HERE—-PS No plans and GF is out of town, looks like ill be here most of the night

"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip

by Hammer on Jul 18, 2008 5:10 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

No Dark Knight for you, then?

I'm thinking you weren't burdened with an overabundance of schooling, so why don't we just ignore each other til we go away.

by neverAcquiesce on Jul 18, 2008 5:10 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

MOEHLER

LIGHT EM UP

"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip

by Hammer on Jul 18, 2008 5:07 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

The prod...progidal...

my son returns.

I'm thinking you weren't burdened with an overabundance of schooling, so why don't we just ignore each other til we go away.

by neverAcquiesce on Jul 18, 2008 5:08 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

ah

very nice. It’s game day again!

"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 5:15 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Can anyone tell me why the site here now looks...

... like THIS:

for me now for the past 3 days? Some setting I messed up in IE?

Wait a minute... who am I here?

by malicedoom on Jul 18, 2008 5:09 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Its been like that at my office

oddly…..my office blocked OUR BCB but not theirs…..damnit

"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip

by Hammer on Jul 18, 2008 5:11 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bummer.

Mine is the opposite, thankfully.

I'm thinking you weren't burdened with an overabundance of schooling, so why don't we just ignore each other til we go away.

by neverAcquiesce on Jul 18, 2008 5:12 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Maybe the CIO is a Brewer fan

"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip

by Hammer on Jul 18, 2008 5:15 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

that's pretty freakin weird.

I’d send that to bugreport@sbnation.com

"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 5:15 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

ha...when Al

gave me a site to visit to try to UNBLOCK them, that too was blocked. CURSES (shakes fist in anger and steps away from the wall he wants to punch)

"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip

by Hammer on Jul 18, 2008 5:16 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

LOL

But seriously, do send that to the bugreport address and attach the screenshot.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Jul 18, 2008 5:17 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

dunno if this is happeng to others

but the site’s taking a VERY long time to load. The right-hand bar entries take forever. I sent it off to bugreport.

"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 5:19 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

it's happening to me all day

hope the techies can fix it soon because it’s a major drag.

What doesn't destroy you makes you stranger -- The Joker

by Emelie on Jul 18, 2008 5:43 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was having issues with a bunch of sites

Mainly because it was hanging while trying to load ads (doubleclick’s servers must be down). Then I installed AdBlock plus and everything is crazy fast now

Zambrano viciously attacked a pair of watercoolers for the crime of being within his line of vision. It was a classic battle of man versus inanimate object.

by berselius on Jul 18, 2008 5:53 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

yabbut

I’ve got AdBlock plus (highly recommended—and thanks, SWL!) and it’s still a bunch o’ molasses.

What doesn't destroy you makes you stranger -- The Joker

by Emelie on Jul 18, 2008 5:57 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'll give it a shot.

"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 6:07 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

well.

maybe a little faster.

"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 6:10 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

That would be funny

although I am unwilling to become one of those guys on the Yahoo stories that gets fired for emails and/or internet violations. What happened to the rule of 150? Apparently a company of 7,000 doesnt run as well unless they BLOCK the things that keep people busy. Honestly—-what percentage of the world works for 8 hours at work…....

BLASTPHEMY (i have no idea how that is spelled)

"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip

by Hammer on Jul 18, 2008 5:22 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

You just added a T.

That’s all.

I'm thinking you weren't burdened with an overabundance of schooling, so why don't we just ignore each other til we go away.

by neverAcquiesce on Jul 18, 2008 5:23 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

which makes it all

explode-y.

"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 5:23 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Come to think of it

a T looks like…wait for it…a hammer. Hmm…

I'm thinking you weren't burdened with an overabundance of schooling, so why don't we just ignore each other til we go away.

by neverAcquiesce on Jul 18, 2008 5:26 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

It turned inside out?

... and then it exploded.

"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope."

by californiachicagoan on Jul 18, 2008 6:13 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Here's the answer for both of you.

3.0.1

"I think Hendry still has a few years to serve on his 'grand larceny' sentence before he can shop in Pittsburgh again" - ballhawk

by NittanyCub on Jul 18, 2008 5:20 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm using it

at work…

I just wanted to know which version of IE he was using.
I know of some websites that have problems with IE 7, but from what I can tell, it looks like he is using 6.

by tootle on Jul 18, 2008 5:27 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ah, I see.

Nevermind

"I think Hendry still has a few years to serve on his 'grand larceny' sentence before he can shop in Pittsburgh again" - ballhawk

by NittanyCub on Jul 18, 2008 5:30 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

OT

I happy for Fernando Tatis, it seemed as if he dissapeared after he two grand slams in one inning evening but its nice to see him back and playing well; even if he was a Cardinal. I like to root for the guy that was IT and the NOTHING, which is why Im rooting hard for Rocco Baldelli

"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip

by Hammer on Jul 18, 2008 5:24 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

can't they just

move the game up 90 minutes and play NOW???

"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 5:26 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

agreed, im old and sleepy

"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip

by Hammer on Jul 18, 2008 5:28 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Patience.

Did you learn nothing from Yoda training Luke?

I'm thinking you weren't burdened with an overabundance of schooling, so why don't we just ignore each other til we go away.

by neverAcquiesce on Jul 18, 2008 5:28 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

screw that

PLAY BALL!

"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 5:32 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Cubs Lineup

Theriot
Fukudome
Lee
ARam
Soto
Edmonds
DeRosa
Fontenot
Lilly

by GateCity, VA Cubs Fan on Jul 18, 2008 5:34 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Lilly ninth.

AGAIN!

I'm thinking you weren't burdened with an overabundance of schooling, so why don't we just ignore each other til we go away.

by neverAcquiesce on Jul 18, 2008 5:35 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Soriano

cannot return quickly enough.

"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 5:37 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have a feeling...itll be 2 thursday from now and not next

"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip

by Hammer on Jul 18, 2008 5:38 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

your saying 2 more weeks when he was trying to get back for the all-star game

Really?

"This balls got a chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannce, GONE!" - Pat Hughes

by SouthsideCUBSfan on Jul 18, 2008 5:38 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

thought the paper said next week

but with my memory, who knows?

What doesn't destroy you makes you stranger -- The Joker

by Emelie on Jul 18, 2008 5:44 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

that it what they said

I just think it will be different.

"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip

by Hammer on Jul 18, 2008 5:47 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

A Ram! A Ram! A Ram!

"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope."

by californiachicagoan on Jul 18, 2008 6:14 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well it is nice to see a pregame thread again

That only means 1 thing….. time to start the best second half the Cubs organization has ever had

"This balls got a chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannce, GONE!" - Pat Hughes

by SouthsideCUBSfan on Jul 18, 2008 5:37 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

+championship

I'm thinking you weren't burdened with an overabundance of schooling, so why don't we just ignore each other til we go away.

by neverAcquiesce on Jul 18, 2008 5:44 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

and where and when is Soriano returning?

"This balls got a chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannce, GONE!" - Pat Hughes

by SouthsideCUBSfan on Jul 18, 2008 5:38 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Leadoff, LF, speculated at next week.

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

by Bildo1805 on Jul 18, 2008 5:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

lets wait and see after this weekend

he has taken BP ONE TIME and hasnt done anything in the cage or 2 weeks because of soreness. I admire his tenacity and love for the game but dont like his patience.

"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip

by Hammer on Jul 18, 2008 5:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Doesnt help

that he swings the heaviest bat in the league

"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip

by Hammer on Jul 18, 2008 5:41 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

So....is there

a game tonight? :D

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

by sue369 on Jul 18, 2008 6:00 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Yes (ps--still the best poster ever)

"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip

by Hammer on Jul 18, 2008 6:07 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

thanks...;-)

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

by sue369 on Jul 18, 2008 6:16 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

For those interested...

...the Daytona Cubs game, with Hill pitching, has started. Two strikeouts and a flyout as he retires the side in order in the first.

by cwyers on Jul 18, 2008 6:20 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

where do you go for the audio?

thanks in advance

"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip

by Hammer on Jul 18, 2008 6:42 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

follow the link...

then click on the speaker icon

by tootle on Jul 18, 2008 6:44 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

gracias

"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip

by Hammer on Jul 18, 2008 6:45 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

rokkin.

"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 6:26 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

It appears his stuff is back...but then again he always had the stuff

"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip

by Hammer on Jul 18, 2008 6:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

chicagosuntimes

states that wood is unavailable because of finger blister-marmol to close
hoff has been challed up and lieber placed on dL
eyre has not been released from dL and is not pleased

by cubs2410 on Jul 18, 2008 6:21 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Huh.

Sounds like a phantom pitching injury to me.

by cwyers on Jul 18, 2008 6:24 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Lieber's or Eyre's? (or Wood's -what the hell?)

''Listen, losing Soriano is no box of chocolates.'' ~Lou Piniella

by JohnM on Jul 18, 2008 6:25 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I believe in Wood's blister.

Eyre was hurt at one point, at least. Lieber? I think the Cubs are just using the DL as a farce. Which Jim Hendry has perfected.

by cwyers on Jul 18, 2008 6:27 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah

''Listen, losing Soriano is no box of chocolates.'' ~Lou Piniella

by JohnM on Jul 18, 2008 6:28 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

hallowed

be its name.

"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 6:29 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Lieber = FLS

"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip

by Hammer on Jul 18, 2008 6:40 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Lieber's

is the one I would hazard.

by tootle on Jul 18, 2008 6:27 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

yea liebers sounds like it

states right tendon injury..not serious

something is going on- eyre not back, wuertz in iowa, lieber all of a sudden is hurt

by cubs2410 on Jul 18, 2008 6:26 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

more info

right tendon strain on his right food

by cubs2410 on Jul 18, 2008 6:28 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

It's dinner time. You're forgiven

What doesn't destroy you makes you stranger -- The Joker

by Emelie on Jul 18, 2008 6:29 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

im hungry.... good idea, get some food before the game..

maybe ill see all of you in the game thread, otherwise I’m at the bar! GO CUBS!!!!!! on our way to 101 wins! – At least thats what my overoptimistic guess is in the BCB contest

"This balls got a chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannce, GONE!" - Pat Hughes

by SouthsideCUBSfan on Jul 18, 2008 6:31 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Maybe this break had the opposite effect on our team

all our pitchers tightened up

"This balls got a chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannce, GONE!" - Pat Hughes

by SouthsideCUBSfan on Jul 18, 2008 6:29 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Leadoff walk to start the second for Hill.

Announcer says “juuuuuust a bit outside” and I’m really worried.

by cwyers on Jul 18, 2008 6:29 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

let's see

how he deals with it.

"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 6:30 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

was it a bad pitch?

"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08

by drewishdrewid on Jul 18, 2008 6:31 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

No idea.

I’m just listening on the radio. Check the link above; there’s registration involved but no monetary cost.

by cwyers on Jul 18, 2008 6:32 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I figured

that the announcer might have said if it was Hill’s fault, or the catchers…

"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 6:33 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

k, thx

"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 6:34 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I dont understand why everyone is so hype on Hill

He has just proven over and over again he does not have the mentality to be in the bigs. So really, I dont care if he does great in AAA or AA or A, because he is going to come to the Bigs and get smacked around worst then Marquis does

"This balls got a chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannce, GONE!" - Pat Hughes

by SouthsideCUBSfan on Jul 18, 2008 6:32 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

proved over and over

what again?

because last year, he did a bang-up job. If his problem can be fixed, a rotation of Z, Harden, Demp, Lilly, Hill will take us very deep into the post.

"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 6:33 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

By over and over again do you mean

April 2008? He was great for a year plus before that, which all started when he learned to throw strikes

Zambrano viciously attacked a pair of watercoolers for the crime of being within his line of vision. It was a classic battle of man versus inanimate object.

by berselius on Jul 18, 2008 6:34 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ok your right, so that is why he sucked before and after that

He couldnt stay in the bigs if his life depended on it before 07 and now in 08, he is not mentally in the game… If we follow your theory… Hill would be pitching in our 5 slot right now, if we go by my theory.. well we send him down and dont let him back for a looong time because he cant provide the mentallity necessary for a playoff push

"This balls got a chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannce, GONE!" - Pat Hughes

by SouthsideCUBSfan on Jul 18, 2008 7:51 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh, this is ideal

Lieber goes on the DL for 15 days. Since it’s only his foot that’s hurt, and not his arm, he can still throw off flat ground. He starts doing simulated games until he gets up to about 50 pitches per outing. Then, he goes to Iowa for a “rehab” stint and makes three starts, building up to six innings at a pop. He’s ready to go by about August 5.

Marquis is dealt just before the deadline, and Lieber is ready to step in. When Eyre comes off the DL, Marshall goes back to Iowa for ten days to stretch back out, and now the Cubs have two replacements for Marquis. A couple weeks later, and Hill may be ready.

Bye, bye, Jason. (You aren’t really that bad.)

Fontenot (fon-te-no): Cajun for "scrappy"

by zambranofan on Jul 18, 2008 6:35 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

nobody likes marquis

including myself, but i always find myself defending him for this reason

if you consider he is the #5 guy in our rotation, he’s at least above average, if not a little over

by cubswynn on Jul 18, 2008 6:55 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Erstad in Houton's lineup

HE WAS A PUNTER AT NEBRASKA!!!one!!

Zambrano viciously attacked a pair of watercoolers for the crime of being within his line of vision. It was a classic battle of man versus inanimate object.

by berselius on Jul 18, 2008 6:36 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

You can't forget

he played hockey in highschool too…if that guy isn’t a gamer i don’t know what is.

"Sharks are as tough as those football fans who take their shirts off during games in Chicago in January, only more intelligent." --Dave Barry

by rea5661 on Jul 18, 2008 6:59 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hill induces a flyout, end of the inning.

Through top of 2, Hill: 2 IP, 4 K, 1 BB, 1 ER

by sackings108 on Jul 18, 2008 6:38 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

So where will Sori go for rehab...Iowa, West Tenn, or Daytona?

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 6:46 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

i've thought about this

i think he goes to icubs bc the cubs will be on the road at arizona and the icubs will be on the road in tucson…...trust me, being a dsm resident, i’m not happy about this at all

anyone else think different?

by cubswynn on Jul 18, 2008 6:49 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

typically rehab stints are done at 'home' so the recovering major leaguer doesn't have to suffer through the minor league travel hassles

but the proximity to mesa for the road trips you described do have a certain attractiveness.

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

by ballhawk on Jul 18, 2008 7:00 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

agreed

tenn and daytona are both home at the beginning of next week…...i hope for those teams that he does play home, minor league games with a superstar make for a great atmosphere

by cubswynn on Jul 18, 2008 7:05 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Back, and update:

2.2 IP, 6 K, 1 BB. Hill is looking great.

by sackings108 on Jul 18, 2008 6:54 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

groundout to short. after 3:

Hill’s line is…

3 IP/6 K/1 BB/1 ER/I H

by sackings108 on Jul 18, 2008 6:55 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

this does not

suck.

"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 7:01 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

unfortunantly

twss

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

by jds2 on Jul 18, 2008 7:02 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

This makes me happy.

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

by sue369 on Jul 18, 2008 6:55 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

sue

what are your predictions for our beloved hawkeyes football season this year…...i think jake is gonna be good and i think they go 10-3 with the benefit of an easy schedule

by cubswynn on Jul 18, 2008 6:57 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

the purpose of iowa football

is to get the fans ready for wrestling season

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

by jds2 on Jul 18, 2008 6:59 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

haha

21 national championships and we’re proud of it…..how many schools can claim that kind of dominance in a single sport (i know about okie state)

by cubswynn on Jul 18, 2008 7:02 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

NC Womens soccer

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

by jds2 on Jul 18, 2008 7:02 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

really?

how many titles do they have?

by cubswynn on Jul 18, 2008 7:07 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

haha

not as embarrassing as losing to western michigan at home with a bowl berth on the line

by cubswynn on Jul 18, 2008 7:07 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I really hope

Jake gets it together this season. I don’t know if I can be as optimistic as you are but I think they will have a winning record.

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

by sue369 on Jul 18, 2008 7:03 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

lets go Riot

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 7:05 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

hoffpauir sighting

i guess i won’t be buying him drinks tonight at the high life lounge tonight in downtown dsm

by cubswynn on Jul 18, 2008 7:06 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

FIRST PITCH THREAD!

opens in same winder

"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 7:06 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

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