Overflow Thread 1: Cubs vs. Astros, Sunday 7/20, 1:05 CT

First?

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by cwyers on Jul 20, 2008 2:17 PM CDT 0 recs

man.... always the stats guy... ;-)

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

by ballhawk on Jul 20, 2008 2:20 PM CDT up 0 recs

It's my first first!

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by cwyers on Jul 20, 2008 2:26 PM CDT up 0 recs

It's a beautiful feeling

There are great firsts in a persons life.

First steps

First day of school

First kiss

First time getting busy

First (and hopefully only) wedding

First baby

But nothing in the world compares to the first time your first on a game or overflow thread!

Go Cubs

by cubstoseriesby100 on Jul 20, 2008 2:28 PM CDT up 0 recs

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

by JohnM on Jul 20, 2008 2:28 PM CDT up 0 recs

you're always first in our column, cwyers

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

by Emelie on Jul 20, 2008 2:21 PM CDT up 0 recs

Is there any statistical significance

in having a sabermagician post first on a team’s blog—does it increase the chances of that team winning?

"I've never complained about it. I'm thankful to have a jersey." Mark DeRosa, 22 Aug 2007

by DeRoMyHero on Jul 20, 2008 2:22 PM CDT up 0 recs

Actually

Actually if a sabermatician posts first on his favorite team’s blog 1st overflow post on sundays the week the bears start training camp the team is 12-2.

Go Cubs

by cubstoseriesby100 on Jul 20, 2008 2:26 PM CDT up 0 recs

Bears training camp has started?

That’s bad news for the Cubs…

"I've never complained about it. I'm thankful to have a jersey." Mark DeRosa, 22 Aug 2007

by DeRoMyHero on Jul 20, 2008 2:35 PM CDT up 0 recs

let's knock Backe back to the showers now.

THIS IS OUR CENTURY!!

by LAcarl519 on Jul 20, 2008 2:20 PM CDT 0 recs

Boy, that ump loves the low strike call.

Saved our bacon on Backe’s ab, though.

IF IT TAKES FOREVER!!

by Cubfansince1957 on Jul 20, 2008 2:23 PM CDT 0 recs

where have you been cwyers

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

by SouthsideCUBSfan on Jul 20, 2008 2:23 PM CDT 0 recs

our nation turns its lonely eyes to you

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by Emelie on Jul 20, 2008 2:29 PM CDT up 0 recs

Haha..

that song is still in my head..

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

by Bump Bailey on Jul 20, 2008 2:36 PM CDT up 0 recs

Aramis

Will never get a hit again right?

by gocubs40 on Jul 20, 2008 2:23 PM CDT 0 recs

Make up call....

...close but I don’t think that’s a strike, either.

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by carmen_fanzone on Jul 20, 2008 2:23 PM CDT 0 recs

Ramy is really in a funk right now.

His hot streak after his last 0-28 didn’t last long…

"I've never complained about it. I'm thankful to have a jersey." Mark DeRosa, 22 Aug 2007

by DeRoMyHero on Jul 20, 2008 2:24 PM CDT 0 recs

LOL

Way off the plate on the Astros broadcast’s pitch tracker

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

by JohnM on Jul 20, 2008 2:24 PM CDT 0 recs

Edmonds long single

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by carmen_fanzone on Jul 20, 2008 2:24 PM CDT 0 recs

Sounds like the wind

is blowing in Len and Bob’s microphone but there shouldn’t be any wind. Strange.

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

by sue369 on Jul 20, 2008 2:24 PM CDT 0 recs

I mentioned that Friday night.

At first, I thought that hissing noise might be Joe Morgan, but then I realized it wasn’t ESPN doing the game.

IF IT TAKES FOREVER!!

by Cubfansince1957 on Jul 20, 2008 2:25 PM CDT up 0 recs

LOL

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

by sue369 on Jul 20, 2008 2:31 PM CDT up 0 recs

The sound of the crowd in that garbage stadium

reminds me of going to my little brothers swim meets with a pool and enough stands for 50 people… the echoes, I know insignificant to you guys but it makes me laugh

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

by SouthsideCUBSfan on Jul 20, 2008 2:25 PM CDT 0 recs

Why?

is this stadium garbage?

by JPetey on Jul 20, 2008 2:27 PM CDT up 0 recs

I dont know I just dont like it

Its too small and odd, I dont know… its just one of those things I really dont like

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

by SouthsideCUBSfan on Jul 20, 2008 2:28 PM CDT up 0 recs

fair enough

Just wondering cause AL in his pregame also mentioned it.

by JPetey on Jul 20, 2008 2:30 PM CDT up 0 recs

It's okay

I’ve been there it’s okay. Nothing to write home about but not bad.

Go Cubs

by cubstoseriesby100 on Jul 20, 2008 2:28 PM CDT up 0 recs

I think for me

They tried too hard to make it stand apart from other ball parks. Short porches and damn hill. That coupled with the windows and I am not liking it.

by jajonez77 on Jul 20, 2008 2:31 PM CDT up 0 recs

Backe 79 pitches

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by carmen_fanzone on Jul 20, 2008 2:26 PM CDT 0 recs

Come on Demp....let's have a good inning...

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by carmen_fanzone on Jul 20, 2008 2:30 PM CDT 0 recs

Erstad K's....1 down

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by carmen_fanzone on Jul 20, 2008 2:30 PM CDT 0 recs

Demp, strikeouts are so facist.

says Crash Davis.

IF IT TAKES FOREVER!!

by Cubfansince1957 on Jul 20, 2008 2:31 PM CDT 0 recs

3 % of the population are officially insane....

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by carmen_fanzone on Jul 20, 2008 2:31 PM CDT 0 recs

Which is why those poll questions are dumb most of the time

Always one obvious answer and a few people with questionable brains wasting texts on the other answers

Missouri Tigers 2008 Cotton Bowl Champs

by nji232 on Jul 20, 2008 2:32 PM CDT up 0 recs

What was the poll question?

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by cwyers on Jul 20, 2008 2:36 PM CDT up 0 recs

What's the best division in the NL?

"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 20, 2008 2:37 PM CDT up 0 recs

NL West.

Dur.

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by cwyers on Jul 20, 2008 2:37 PM CDT up 0 recs

Central won with 89%

East 8%
West 3%

"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 20, 2008 2:37 PM CDT up 0 recs

but text messaging fees do apply

so AT&T is making some $$$ from these dumb poll questions

"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 20, 2008 2:36 PM CDT up 0 recs

agree

must b drunk

by cubs2410 on Jul 20, 2008 2:32 PM CDT 0 recs

K's Berkman....2 down

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by carmen_fanzone on Jul 20, 2008 2:32 PM CDT 0 recs

Demps cooking with gas now

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

by californiachicagoan on Jul 20, 2008 2:32 PM CDT 0 recs

he's in the groove

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

by Emelie on Jul 20, 2008 2:33 PM CDT up 0 recs

Complete game reachable

if all his innings are like that one

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

by californiachicagoan on Jul 20, 2008 2:35 PM CDT up 0 recs

Another cheap hit...jeebus

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by carmen_fanzone on Jul 20, 2008 2:33 PM CDT 0 recs

Did I mention I hate Carlos Lee?

And did you see that little fountain of dust kicked up by the ball when it hit in center field? What have they got out there, sawdust?

IF IT TAKES FOREVER!!

by Cubfansince1957 on Jul 20, 2008 2:34 PM CDT 0 recs

You know a guy owns a team when he get two of those hits in one game

Missouri Tigers 2008 Cotton Bowl Champs

by nji232 on Jul 20, 2008 2:34 PM CDT 0 recs

Carlos Lee must die.

Freakin frakkin fricker!

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

by californiachicagoan on Jul 20, 2008 2:34 PM CDT 0 recs

Good inning Demp!!!!!!

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by carmen_fanzone on Jul 20, 2008 2:34 PM CDT 0 recs

Demp 71 pitches...51 strikes

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by carmen_fanzone on Jul 20, 2008 2:35 PM CDT 0 recs

Wow!!!

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

by sue369 on Jul 20, 2008 2:36 PM CDT up 0 recs

yeah

those are fantastic numbers.

"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 20, 2008 2:42 PM CDT up 0 recs

who do u close with?

howry or marmol?

by cubs2410 on Jul 20, 2008 2:37 PM CDT 0 recs

My nerves could handle Howry better, but....

I suspect it’ll be Marmol.

IF IT TAKES FOREVER!!

by Cubfansince1957 on Jul 20, 2008 2:37 PM CDT up 0 recs

Demp has only 71 pitches. Let him finish unless he runs his pitch count up

by West Coast Diehard on Jul 20, 2008 2:39 PM CDT up 0 recs

agree

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

by sue369 on Jul 20, 2008 2:43 PM CDT up 0 recs

Marmol

by jajonez77 on Jul 20, 2008 2:37 PM CDT 0 recs

SD up 3-1 over the cards

"Go Cubs Go"

by mkcubs21 on Jul 20, 2008 2:37 PM CDT 0 recs

what inning?

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by Emelie on Jul 20, 2008 2:38 PM CDT up 0 recs

top 5

"Go Cubs Go"

by mkcubs21 on Jul 20, 2008 2:38 PM CDT up 0 recs

Go Friars!!!

by salparadise23 on Jul 20, 2008 2:40 PM CDT up 0 recs

Jermaine Dye hit in Chicago...

Hawk wants the Sox to hit a Royal with a pitch.

by gocubs40 on Jul 20, 2008 2:38 PM CDT 0 recs

ugh

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by Emelie on Jul 20, 2008 2:39 PM CDT up 0 recs

What will he say when that pitcher gets kicked out?

Missouri Tigers 2008 Cotton Bowl Champs

by nji232 on Jul 20, 2008 2:40 PM CDT up 0 recs

I really don't understand that logic

If your guy gets hit intentionally in the face… then maybe. But to bean a player intentionally because the other teams pitcher let a ball get away makes no sense.

by GoCubbies34 on Jul 20, 2008 2:40 PM CDT up 0 recs