First Pitch Thread: Cubs vs. Diamondbacks, Tuesday 7/22, 8:40 CT
by Al on Jul 22, 2008 8:30 PM CDT
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No I can't see what has been going on, Len!!
by GoCubbies34 on Jul 22, 2008 8:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
The alternative is to watch the Snake Broadcast and hear how the Unit
“chewed up the Cubs and spit them out”...those two are so annoying…even Gracie.
by zevkalman on Jul 22, 2008 8:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Even Gracie?
especially gracie.
"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip
by Hammer on Jul 22, 2008 8:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
a hoy hoy
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by RightFieldSucks on Jul 22, 2008 8:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Let go Cubs
oh yeah, fix the darn feed!
by GateCity, VA Cubs Fan on Jul 22, 2008 8:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Please win tonight!!!!
And fix the damn feed too.
Carlos Zambrano and Rich Harden. Now that's a pair of Aces.
by sue369 on Jul 22, 2008 8:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Maybe this is part of the Cubs fine for not telling MLB that their draft choices were actually playing baseball....
The poem fails when it strays too far from the song, and the song fails when it strays too far from the dance ~ Ezra Pound
by crazymountain on Jul 22, 2008 8:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Dear Cubs Fans,
Do to you guys being so dissapointed in how the team has been playing, we have decided to stop showing Cubs games. When you step back from the ledge, we may resume a video feed.
Sincerely,
The New WGN
by GoCubbies34 on Jul 22, 2008 8:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
OMG That is TOO funny
ps I listen to it on the radio.
"We have a pretty strong belief that we are going to win those types of games. It's our confidence. "--Cubs pitcher Ted Lilly
by Madison Cub Fan on Jul 22, 2008 8:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What the junk!?!?!
One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.
by chilango2 on Jul 22, 2008 8:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm in the East
So let’s score like Chicago votes - early and often - so I can get to bed at a resonable hour with a nice lead.
"Earthly fame is naught but a breath of wind, which now comes hence and now comes thence, changing its name because it changes quarter." -- Dante, Purgatorio, Canto XI
by sweetswinger on Jul 22, 2008 8:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
YAY!!!
I see Bob and Theriot!
"Remember each day this year, where you were, what you were doing, who you were with, how you felt as the Cubs win their way through it. Because if this does turn out to be the promised land we have all been waiting for, you will want to remember, savor, cherish every moment..."
by CubsBullsBears on Jul 22, 2008 8:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
And I'm blind from the glare coming from Bobs head!
Nooooooo!!!
by GoCubbies34 on Jul 22, 2008 8:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
frakity frak frak frak!
where’s PICTURE???
"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 22, 2008 8:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Figures the feed comes back just to let
Brenly get his man crush on w/ Riot.
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 22, 2008 8:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Maybe the WGN curse? All televised games show commercials only....
The poem fails when it strays too far from the song, and the song fails when it strays too far from the dance ~ Ezra Pound
by crazymountain on Jul 22, 2008 8:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow, Theriot really is the media darling.
"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman
by Bildo1805 on Jul 22, 2008 8:34 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
OT: Hey Al
What’d you think of The Dark Knight?
"Prince Fielder Dies Of Inside-The-Park Homerun" - The Onion
by DTJchris on Jul 22, 2008 8:34 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow, a picture!!!!
The poem fails when it strays too far from the song, and the song fails when it strays too far from the dance ~ Ezra Pound
by crazymountain on Jul 22, 2008 8:34 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Theriot...
Majored in SPEEDOLOGY
"Remember each day this year, where you were, what you were doing, who you were with, how you felt as the Cubs win their way through it. Because if this does turn out to be the promised land we have all been waiting for, you will want to remember, savor, cherish every moment..."
by CubsBullsBears on Jul 22, 2008 8:34 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
too bad he didn't mix any baserunningology in with that...
by sackings108 on Jul 22, 2008 8:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
that's a 300-level course, i think.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
by Trey2317 on Jul 22, 2008 8:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Taught by Professor Cedeno
"Remember each day this year, where you were, what you were doing, who you were with, how you felt as the Cubs win their way through it. Because if this does turn out to be the promised land we have all been waiting for, you will want to remember, savor, cherish every moment..."
by CubsBullsBears on Jul 22, 2008 8:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
isn't that the one he already took?
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 22, 2008 8:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Haha anyone see Theriot's shirt?
“speedology”
by GoCubbies34 on Jul 22, 2008 8:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Chicago Cubs baseball is on the air
"We have a pretty strong belief that we are going to win those types of games. It's our confidence. "--Cubs pitcher Ted Lilly
by Madison Cub Fan on Jul 22, 2008 8:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow, cholla and saguaro!!!! Love it!
The poem fails when it strays too far from the song, and the song fails when it strays too far from the dance ~ Ezra Pound
by crazymountain on Jul 22, 2008 8:36 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Just in case no one got it on the other thread
by GateCity, VA Cubs Fan on Jul 22, 2008 8:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Soriano has a robust average in AAA this year
sarcasm
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by nji232 on Jul 22, 2008 8:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tim Raines Jr patrolling CF!!!
"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman
by Bildo1805 on Jul 22, 2008 8:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Speaking of minor leaguers...
Anyone see where Murton batted tonight for Oakland???
CLEANUP?
?
"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman
by Bildo1805 on Jul 22, 2008 8:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Where was he in our lineup during 2006?
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by nji232 on Jul 22, 2008 8:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Most often, 7th.
Wow, that’s confusing.
"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman
by Bildo1805 on Jul 22, 2008 8:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Soriano and Pie together again
I’ll bet both have good games tonight
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by nji232 on Jul 22, 2008 8:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
They always seemed to pick each other up
and add Koyie Hill and Jason Dubois so half the position players had played on the big club.
by ChipSet on Jul 22, 2008 8:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hope he makes it back soon
he’s never going to hit big league pitching if they never give him the shot to
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 22, 2008 8:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
MY HD is messed up as well....
Anyone else know whats going on??
Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you're right.
Henry Ford
by BLW Believes Esq. on Jul 22, 2008 8:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Len said they're working on it
technical difficulties
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 22, 2008 8:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
THey just said they were working on the HD feed....
The poem fails when it strays too far from the song, and the song fails when it strays too far from the dance ~ Ezra Pound
by crazymountain on Jul 22, 2008 8:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dish is about to go out because of a strom
ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!
by GateCity, VA Cubs Fan on Jul 22, 2008 8:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Sorry to hear that
hope the weather clears up. you should at least get to see the game.
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 22, 2008 8:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Derek Lee loves to get his first pitch swing on
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by nji232 on Jul 22, 2008 8:43 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Nice ab by lee
"This is why Major League Baseball does not need instant replay, because then every single play will then be reviewed." -- Joe Morgan, 5/18/08, referring to an umpire ruling a Carlos Delgado homerun foul when replays showed it hit the foul pole.
by CubsBall2202 on Jul 22, 2008 8:43 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Cue whining about
“working the counts” in 3…2…
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 22, 2008 8:43 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Right on cue too.
Carlos Zambrano and Rich Harden. Now that's a pair of Aces.
by sue369 on Jul 22, 2008 8:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey, theres Lee
Reaching again…damn thats getting old
by jajonez77 on Jul 22, 2008 8:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Reaching would be ok if he would just hit the ball instead of trying to pull it....
seems that he rarely hits to right anymore…
The poem fails when it strays too far from the song, and the song fails when it strays too far from the dance ~ Ezra Pound
by crazymountain on Jul 22, 2008 8:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bats afire tonight
Lottsa pitches seen too….1
by patron on Jul 22, 2008 8:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I was gonna say play Hoffpauir at 1st
The poem fails when it strays too far from the song, and the song fails when it strays too far from the dance ~ Ezra Pound
by crazymountain on Jul 22, 2008 8:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
beat me to it
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by RightFieldSucks on Jul 22, 2008 8:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
For just one game right?
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by nji232 on Jul 22, 2008 8:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Here We Go Again
Im getting impatient with all this impatience
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
by bren on Jul 22, 2008 8:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Situation:
A RELIEVER is starting! DON’T swing at the first pitch!
D-Lee didn’t get the memo.
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Jul 22, 2008 8:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
And a STARTER was relieving last night... what is this bizarro world?
GET US OUT OF AZ!
by GoCubbies34 on Jul 22, 2008 8:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If it's a good pitch,
he should swing at it.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jul 22, 2008 8:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hacktastic
BTW, y’know who scouts all DBacks home games for the Cubs? Ed Lynch. Suddenly a lot of things make more sense.
Tinker to Evers to Chance.
by Matt Allison on Jul 22, 2008 8:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Now I understand everything
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by nji232 on Jul 22, 2008 8:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
They need
to augment that scouting before October or the DBacks will sweep them there again.
Tinker to Evers to Chance.
by Matt Allison on Jul 22, 2008 8:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And I'm getting impatient
with all the people getting impatient. They all know more about baseball than Lee or Lou do,evidently.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jul 22, 2008 8:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
jason just threw a ball, pull him
If this was prison I would shank you.
by brownbuddha on Jul 22, 2008 8:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did you see how deep that fly ball was?
He doesn’t have it, get him out of there.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jul 22, 2008 8:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
your right, call the game
If this was prison I would shank you.
by brownbuddha on Jul 22, 2008 8:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmmmm.......seems you be talkin to me, eh Not Bruce?
The poem fails when it strays too far from the song, and the song fails when it strays too far from the dance ~ Ezra Pound
by crazymountain on Jul 22, 2008 8:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So you think pulling outside pitches instead of hitting them to right is the right approach?
The poem fails when it strays too far from the song, and the song fails when it strays too far from the dance ~ Ezra Pound
by crazymountain on Jul 22, 2008 8:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That lil Drew
really gets on my nerves
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
by Reddevil on Jul 22, 2008 8:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
so does his big brother
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Jul 22, 2008 8:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dome can still track down a fly ball
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by nji232 on Jul 22, 2008 8:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Defense never goes into a slump
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Jul 22, 2008 8:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
well it is a valid point
swinging and hitting a weak grounder on the first pitch of your first at bat doesnt set yourself up very well for the second at bat
by bheidge on Jul 22, 2008 8:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
But unlike GateCity (I think),
I was just kidding.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jul 22, 2008 8:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You deserved the benefit of the doubt
but around here, you never know.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jul 22, 2008 8:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
ugh
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
by Reddevil on Jul 22, 2008 8:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Oy
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
by bren on Jul 22, 2008 8:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Grrrrrrrr.....
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Jul 22, 2008 8:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Fukudome has been solved
Pitchers no longer nibble with him, he hasn’t hit for power so they are basically just throwing strikes and daring him to hit it. If you are Lou, it’s find to try these little things like no BP but it really comes down to the lineup just abandoning the plate discipline they showed the first two months of the season. There is nothing radical that can be done. Sure, Fontenot is hot now but we know that goes in streaks. It is funny to see the national sports guys still ranking the Cubs top 3 in the MLB. I think they are the 3rd best team in the division right now and while many will be dismissive I’d say that at this rate they could be in 3rd place by the end of the month.
by BeltwayCubsFan on Jul 22, 2008 8:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Another genius checks in
And I guess I could be a millionaire by the end of the month, too. Who knows?
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jul 22, 2008 8:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
the sky is falling the season is over
i’m a whiny cubs fan.
or osmething
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 22, 2008 8:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pretty much the
other teams have figured Dome out.
Carlos Zambrano and Rich Harden. Now that's a pair of Aces.
by sue369 on Jul 22, 2008 8:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
TROLL
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by RightFieldSucks on Jul 22, 2008 8:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ok...
Good thing there are still 2 months after this one. 3rd place by the end of July still means nothing…
"Remember each day this year, where you were, what you were doing, who you were with, how you felt as the Cubs win their way through it. Because if this does turn out to be the promised land we have all been waiting for, you will want to remember, savor, cherish every moment..."
by CubsBullsBears on Jul 22, 2008 8:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
groundball pitcher w/ 2 flyouts.
not fun.
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 22, 2008 8:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Marquis is giving up the flyball today, look out
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by nji232 on Jul 22, 2008 8:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Two batters, two fly balls
BAD sign for Marquis
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by RightFieldSucks on Jul 22, 2008 8:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Positive attitude
We will put up a 15 spot tonight
by TimG58 on Jul 22, 2008 8:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
The positive is that it's a solo shot
which usually doesn’t beat you.
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Jul 22, 2008 8:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
yep
LOTS of time to rock the snakes bullpen!
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Jul 22, 2008 8:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
home runs happen
thats why BBs kill you
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 22, 2008 8:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
good point
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Jul 22, 2008 8:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
love moments when i get to quote maddux
:-)
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 22, 2008 8:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
did last night
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by RightFieldSucks on Jul 22, 2008 8:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Only need to look to last night
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by nji232 on Jul 22, 2008 8:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Randy Johnson is a hella of a lot different than whoever this guy is pitching today
by Blaze22 on Jul 22, 2008 8:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
But that's pretty unusual
which was my point.
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Jul 22, 2008 8:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
would have last night
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 22, 2008 8:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't think anyone is worried about the pitching tonight
What worries folks is that the offense is giving the rotation minimal room for error
by BeltwayCubsFan on Jul 22, 2008 8:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
seems the crybabies are out tonight
dont know if hanging around is worth it. WAA WAA WAA—-sheesh
"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip
by Hammer on Jul 22, 2008 8:52 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I think I'm out
I can’t let these jackasses ruin my night, or my season. I’ll be back later.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jul 22, 2008 8:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
was thinking the same thing
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 22, 2008 8:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
ok, ok. i agree with you guys about the whining, but the people complaining about the whining
are becoming almost as bad.
by sackings108 on Jul 22, 2008 8:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
and complaining about the people complaining doesn't help either..
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Jul 22, 2008 8:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And complaining about the people complaining about the ...
ah nevermind
by GoCubbies34 on Jul 22, 2008 8:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
im out as soon as the reds game is over
which should free up the big screen tv
by bheidge on Jul 22, 2008 8:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't leave..
we need you here for support.
Carlos Zambrano and Rich Harden. Now that's a pair of Aces.
by sue369 on Jul 22, 2008 8:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sue its getting ugly----Its what the second inning?
"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip
by Hammer on Jul 22, 2008 8:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If I made a game thread
for them do you think they would leave here and use it?
Carlos Zambrano and Rich Harden. Now that's a pair of Aces.
by sue369 on Jul 22, 2008 8:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
ha...no clue
"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip
by Hammer on Jul 22, 2008 8:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
why don't you make a game thread for your little collection of elitists, and leave the rest of us.
by sackings108 on Jul 22, 2008 8:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
thanks---hows your half empty cup?
"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip
by Hammer on Jul 22, 2008 8:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'ts not half empty at all actually,
I really think we have a good team and things will work out. I just think that you guys whining about the whiners is just as bad as what they do in the first place.
by sackings108 on Jul 22, 2008 9:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Let's see. I was here
first tonight so why don’t youmake your won and leave us to have a pleasant game thread? Works both ways Bucko.
Carlos Zambrano and Rich Harden. Now that's a pair of Aces.
by sue369 on Jul 22, 2008 9:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm all for a pleasant game thread, believe me.
by sackings108 on Jul 22, 2008 9:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ok. wasn't sure.
Carlos Zambrano and Rich Harden. Now that's a pair of Aces.
by sue369 on Jul 22, 2008 9:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Actually I was here first
I just didn’t scream “OMG FIRST FIRST !!@f IRSJOFIJRISJ!” so noone noticed :P
by GoCubbies34 on Jul 22, 2008 9:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
F the BOB. I hate when the Cubs play there
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by nji232 on Jul 22, 2008 8:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You do realize...
that Marquis is on the hill, right?
"I'm gonna make you cry...I'm gonna make you cry and dip my cookie in your tears!!!"
by mutleyil on Jul 22, 2008 8:52 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Where was that pitch?
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by nji232 on Jul 22, 2008 8:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
how the FFFF
was that NOT a strike?
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 22, 2008 8:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Let's make Petit...
Throw more than 10 pitches this inning!
"Remember each day this year, where you were, what you were doing, who you were with, how you felt as the Cubs win their way through it. Because if this does turn out to be the promised land we have all been waiting for, you will want to remember, savor, cherish every moment..."
by CubsBullsBears on Jul 22, 2008 8:55 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
As long as Marquis settles down we should be good
Once again its all on the offense
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by nji232 on Jul 22, 2008 8:55 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Doesn't Marquis...
Usually get a lot of run support when he pitches? Let’s hope that’s the case tonight.
"Remember each day this year, where you were, what you were doing, who you were with, how you felt as the Cubs win their way through it. Because if this does turn out to be the promised land we have all been waiting for, you will want to remember, savor, cherish every moment..."
by CubsBullsBears on Jul 22, 2008 8:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey Everyone!
"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman
by Bildo1805 on Jul 22, 2008 8:55 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
you can really only ask marquis
to hold them under 4 or 5 runs.
by bheidge on Jul 22, 2008 8:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Four pitch walk!! Lets get something going
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by nji232 on Jul 22, 2008 8:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Now THAT's a good start!
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Jul 22, 2008 8:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
check the dictionary on what a crybaby is
I think people on this board are pretty reasonable. If the team is winning and the Cubs have a bad game no one goes off the deep end. But I think it is perfectly justifiable to express concern and frustration when you have a team in what is basically a season-long offensive road funk and players like Ramirez and Fukudome that have been useless for about a month. They are paid to produce and should be held accountable. It doesn’t mean that they should be booed, but give me a break. No one is crying – the complaints and venting is reasonable
by BeltwayCubsFan on Jul 22, 2008 8:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
TOO LONG
use paragraphs for petes sake
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 22, 2008 8:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Brevity is the soul of wit.
practice.
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
by Reddevil on Jul 22, 2008 8:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
you must work on capitol hill
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Jul 22, 2008 8:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
We already know
all of this but it some people seem to feel they need to repeat it over and over in these threads. It gets damn old.
Carlos Zambrano and Rich Harden. Now that's a pair of Aces.
by sue369 on Jul 22, 2008 8:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed. There are some over the top comments against the Cubs
But then there are those guys who feel it is there job to tell everyone who isn’t saying “everything is okay” 100% of the time they are wrong. Both are annoying. Just watch the game and enjoy it, criticize and get frustrated if you feel the need to but cheer your ass off as well. Baseball is about a swing of emotions, it is what makes it such a great game.
by GoCubbies34 on Jul 22, 2008 9:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
YEAH!
Good AB A-Ram
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by Reddevil on Jul 22, 2008 8:58 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Please don't...
hit into a DP.
"I'm gonna make you cry...I'm gonna make you cry and dip my cookie in your tears!!!"
by mutleyil on Jul 22, 2008 8:58 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Thanks...I guess.
"I'm gonna make you cry...I'm gonna make you cry and dip my cookie in your tears!!!"
by mutleyil on Jul 22, 2008 9:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That is sure to help a struggling offense
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by nji232 on Jul 22, 2008 8:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That FO was a direct result of that bad call for strike 2
Edmonds out.
by zevkalman on Jul 22, 2008 9:00 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I know that :-)..but was kind of confused how it was a "direct" result of that horrible call
by cubsnlinux on Jul 22, 2008 9:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
edmonds was protecting the plate...had to swing at that pitch
probably wouldn’t have swung at it otherwise.
by zevkalman on Jul 22, 2008 9:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
logical fallacy - post hoc ergo propter hoc
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by RightFieldSucks on Jul 22, 2008 9:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
appreciate the play by play
but if you do pitch by pitch… you’re going to get sniped at
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 22, 2008 9:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
We're 9th in the league in steals?
No teams must run anymore if we’re that high…
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by Bump Bailey on Jul 22, 2008 9:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Another walk! VERY NICE!
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by nji232 on Jul 22, 2008 9:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
whoo hoo!
This is looking like our offense!
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Jul 22, 2008 9:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
steal a base
If this was prison I would shank you.
by brownbuddha on Jul 22, 2008 9:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
2 on, 1 out, time for a damn clutch hit!!
Let’s go!!
by Itchy on Jul 22, 2008 9:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
GOOD GOD THAT'S GEO SOTO'S MUSIC!!!!!!!!
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by Bildo1805 on Jul 22, 2008 9:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Stolen bases
yes, the fast guys are in Mesa (Pie) and Oakland (Patterson)
I've been bleeding double blue Cubbies & NY Rangers
by parrotinct on Jul 22, 2008 9:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
True..
That’s why I thought we’d be at the bottom; not as high as 9th.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Jul 22, 2008 9:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good to see some base clogging tonight
by cubsnlinux on Jul 22, 2008 9:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
clog those bases
If this was prison I would shank you.
by brownbuddha on Jul 22, 2008 9:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
no batting practice
tomorrow either please
by bheidge on Jul 22, 2008 9:03 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
two walks, is Cubbie patience back?
"Prince Fielder Dies Of Inside-The-Park Homerun" - The Onion
by DTJchris on Jul 22, 2008 9:03 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
it never really left
you don’t walk when the pitchers throwing strikes… which has been happening lately
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 22, 2008 9:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Soriano singles up the middle
by GateCity, VA Cubs Fan on Jul 22, 2008 9:04 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
knocked down by the pitcher
by GateCity, VA Cubs Fan on Jul 22, 2008 9:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are you watching the game?
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by nji232 on Jul 22, 2008 9:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
2BBs
Have to pick up one of these runners.
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by sweetswinger on Jul 22, 2008 9:04 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Soriano with a leadoff single in AAA
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by nji232 on Jul 22, 2008 9:04 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Soriano leadoff single in Tucson
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by Bildo1805 on Jul 22, 2008 9:04 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Damn the foul out.
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
by Reddevil on Jul 22, 2008 9:04 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Soto has been struggling
just as bad as Aram
by bheidge on Jul 22, 2008 9:05 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Lou said on the pregame
that he would rest Soto more when Soriano comes back.
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Jul 22, 2008 9:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
LBR, call your shot...
"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman
by Bildo1805 on Jul 22, 2008 9:05 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I know what the Cubbies need...
Some Gnome Magic!!
by GoCubbies34 on Jul 22, 2008 9:05 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
How Cute!
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Jul 22, 2008 9:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you are a Bears fan
you can get a Bears one. I’m getting one.
Carlos Zambrano and Rich Harden. Now that's a pair of Aces.
by sue369 on Jul 22, 2008 9:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sneak a 3-run bomb!
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by Reddevil on Jul 22, 2008 9:06 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
C'mon Frodo...
bring in a run.
"I'm gonna make you cry...I'm gonna make you cry and dip my cookie in your tears!!!"
by mutleyil on Jul 22, 2008 9:06 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
havent been here in a couple days...
hows the moral been?
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by preachermancubsfan on Jul 22, 2008 9:06 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
i figured...
"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
by preachermancubsfan on Jul 22, 2008 9:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
We have morals, but our morale is bad.
Is that what you mean?
by zevkalman on Jul 22, 2008 9:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
thats what i was looking for...lol
"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
by preachermancubsfan on Jul 22, 2008 9:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think Al is going to post
a suicide prevention phone # in the first overflow thread
THIS IS OUR CENTURY!!
by LAcarl519 on Jul 22, 2008 9:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
bwahahahah
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by Bildo1805 on Jul 22, 2008 9:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
not good, if i just get evil laughs
"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
by preachermancubsfan on Jul 22, 2008 9:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
the ledge is getting lower and people are getting braver
"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip
by Hammer on Jul 22, 2008 9:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
some are on the ledge,
some have jumped off already but most are hanging in there.
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Jul 22, 2008 9:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't the Cubs still have the best record in the NL and have their all-star outfielder coming back in 1-2 days? Jeez I'm glad I am more optimistic than most others
by Blaze22 on Jul 22, 2008 9:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
thank god someone sees it the same way i do
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 22, 2008 9:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
win or lose tonite
lots of games left
by bheidge on Jul 22, 2008 9:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
thats my perspectiuve...
"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
by preachermancubsfan on Jul 22, 2008 9:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well,
I said most are hanging in there. BUT some are not optimistic.
I happen to be optimistic.
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Jul 22, 2008 9:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
sigh....
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Jul 22, 2008 9:07 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
DAMMIT
can we stop hitting balls to CF please?
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 22, 2008 9:07 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
shucks
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
by Reddevil on Jul 22, 2008 9:07 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
ahh, more stranded base runners
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by DC Cubbie on Jul 22, 2008 9:07 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Sneaky big outfield with roof closed.
darn.
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by Bildo1805 on Jul 22, 2008 9:08 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
darn it...lazy fly ball from fontenot..inning over..
can we please stop hitting the ball in the air ..till we get back in the groove?
by cubsnlinux on Jul 22, 2008 9:08 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Sure seemed like Fontenot got a hold of that one
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by nji232 on Jul 22, 2008 9:08 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
What a surprise
another lameass flyout. What a gutless bunch.
by Itchy on Jul 22, 2008 9:08 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
minnow or nightcrawler?
"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip
by Hammer on Jul 22, 2008 9:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
calm down friend...
"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
by preachermancubsfan on Jul 22, 2008 9:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wouldn't gutless mean they're just looking at called strikes all day and not swinging?
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by Bildo1805 on Jul 22, 2008 9:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It means failing to step up and making excuses
by Itchy on Jul 22, 2008 9:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Who's made excuses?
Tell me.
Also, hitting is reactive. “Failing to step up” can often be not about the hitter at all.
"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman
by Bildo1805 on Jul 22, 2008 9:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just drive in some damn runs
That’s all I want. Let’s see Lee do something other than sulk back to the dugout.
by Itchy on Jul 22, 2008 9:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks for not answering my question.
I would think no one wants to have runs driven in more than D-Lee.
"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman
by Bildo1805 on Jul 22, 2008 9:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Over/under 1 run tonight?
"This is why Major League Baseball does not need instant replay, because then every single play will then be reviewed." -- Joe Morgan, 5/18/08, referring to an umpire ruling a Carlos Delgado homerun foul when replays showed it hit the foul pole.
by CubsBall2202 on Jul 22, 2008 9:08 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I'll take the over
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by Reddevil on Jul 22, 2008 9:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nice inning
Meh only about 12 straight scoreless innings and counting
by gocubs40 on Jul 22, 2008 9:08 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
At least
they forced the guy to throw almost 30 pitches that inning.
Tinker to Evers to Chance.
by Matt Allison on Jul 22, 2008 9:08 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
We fixed the patience thing, now we just need to fix the hitting the ball right at people thing
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by nji232 on Jul 22, 2008 9:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wouldnt consider
taking two walks fixing anything. On the same note I wouldnt think that anything is broken because of a bad 4 game stretch
by bheidge on Jul 22, 2008 9:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
24...
But who’s counting?
"Remember each day this year, where you were, what you were doing, who you were with, how you felt as the Cubs win their way through it. Because if this does turn out to be the promised land we have all been waiting for, you will want to remember, savor, cherish every moment..."
by CubsBullsBears on Jul 22, 2008 9:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Try 28
Tinker to Evers to Chance.
by Matt Allison on Jul 22, 2008 9:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
10 in the first...
And he’s got 34 now per Yahoo!
"Remember each day this year, where you were, what you were doing, who you were with, how you felt as the Cubs win their way through it. Because if this does turn out to be the promised land we have all been waiting for, you will want to remember, savor, cherish every moment..."
by CubsBullsBears on Jul 22, 2008 9:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
whoops
I thought it was a 6 pitch first.
Tinker to Evers to Chance.
by Matt Allison on Jul 22, 2008 9:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Shouldn't we realize this can't last forever
the bitching and moaning only makes it all the more insufferable!
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
by Reddevil on Jul 22, 2008 9:09 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Bob said they are dragging
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 22, 2008 9:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Soriano out, first part of a GIDP...
inning over in Tucson.
"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman
by Bildo1805 on Jul 22, 2008 9:10 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
They have a three hitter who loves the DP as well I guess
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by nji232 on Jul 22, 2008 9:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bring him up here
He would fit right in.
by gocubs40 on Jul 22, 2008 9:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good god, I think if I told you...
my favorite color or 80s band it could get twisted into how bad the Cubs are right now.
They’re in a slump. We get it.
"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman
by Bildo1805 on Jul 22, 2008 9:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
are you watching it or just following it ont gameday?
b/c i want to know what he looks like in LF.
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 22, 2008 9:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
just gameday
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by Bildo1805 on Jul 22, 2008 9:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ah. Okay
Thanks for the updates though! appreciated.
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 22, 2008 9:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hope every ball is hit to LF tonight so he gets some practice in
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by nji232 on Jul 22, 2008 9:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did Len just say "feathered in the air"...wtf does that mean
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 22, 2008 9:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I think the dry air in Arizona is getting to Len tonight!
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Jul 22, 2008 9:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I always wonder that too.
The most annoying thing is when he says a player is “scuffling.” Makes no sense at all.
by sackings108 on Jul 22, 2008 9:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would guess
A weak fly ball off a bad part of the bat
by bheidge on Jul 22, 2008 9:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Now there's a positive thought,
we get to play the Pirates again soon!
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Jul 22, 2008 9:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Young is up
do yourself a favor Marquis and throw one by his ears
by bheidge on Jul 22, 2008 9:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs