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Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee Brewers, Jul 29, 2008 7:05 PM CDT



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Chicago Cubs
@ Milwaukee Brewers

Tuesday, Jul 29, 2008, 7:05 PM CDT
Miller Park

Carlos Zambrano vs Ben Sheets

Partly cloudy with a 60-percent chance of rain. Winds blowing in from center field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game Time temperature: Around 80.

Complete Coverage >


While most of the rest of you will be watching this marquee pitching matchup, I'll be at Wrigley Field tonight for its first-ever minor league game between the Cubs' Midwest League affiliate, the Peoria Chiefs, and the A's affiliate, the Kane County Cougars. BCB reader Josh77 has written this excellent preview of the game, useful if you're going, or just following it from home. The Cougars' games are carried on Aurora radio station WBIG (1280 AM) -- streaming here. Peoria Chiefs games are carried on Peoria radio station WOAM (1350 AM).

Now, on to tonight's Cubs/Brewers game, where, if the weather forecast in the box above is correct, the roof may be closed at Miller Park (it was open last night).

Today's Starting Pitchers
Carlos Zambrano
C. Zambrano
Cubs
vs. Ben Sheets
B.
Sheets

Brewers
11-4 W-L 10-3
2.96 ERA 2.87
87 SO 115
44 BB 31
9 HR 13
vs. Mil -- vs. Cubs

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2008 - Carlos Zambrano 11-4 20 20 0 0 0 0 133.2 122 46 44 9 44 87 2.96 1.24


W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2008 - Ben Sheets 10-3 20 20 3 1 0 0 135.0 122 47 43 13 31 115 2.87 1.13

Tonight's game is a pitching rematch from Opening Day on March 31, when both Sheets and Z pitched into the 7th without allowing a run, before Kerry Wood gave up three runs in his first relief appearance of the year and Kosuke Fukudome tied it up with a three-run HR off Eric Gagne. Remember that? When Fukudome was hitting?

One of the best things about Z this year is that he's not trying to overthrow everything. This has resulted in fewer K's, but a better ERA and only nine HR allowed -- compared to a career-high 23 last year. That should help him neutralize this HR-happy Milwaukee lineup.

Sheets got the win against the Cubs and Jason Marquis on April 29 at Wrigley Field, a mess of a game that's best forgotten -- except for the seven walks the Cubs drew off Sheets, forcing him out of the game after throwing 108 pitches in five innings. If the Cubs can do that tonight, good things will follow.

Today's game is on WGN, so those of you outside Chicago won't be forced to listen to the Brewers announcers on EI. Also see the MLB.com Mediacenter.

MLB.com Gameday (2007 version)

MLB.com Gameday (2008 version)

Baseball-reference.com game preview

After yesterday's record, today I'll post enough threads tonight -- I hope. First pitch thread at 7 pm CT; overflow comment threads at 8 pm, 9 pm and 9:45 pm CT.

Discuss amongst yourselves.

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the pink hat guy is my father

by joeschmitt on Jul 29, 2008 4:30 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

booyakasha!

the pink hat guy is my father

by joeschmitt on Jul 29, 2008 4:32 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Did you hear?

Cohen’s making a new movie based on his fashion guy. Can’t wait!

Let's hope these bats travel well to Milwaukee -- Lou

by Emelie on Jul 29, 2008 4:35 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

the man has no fear

in that respect he reminds me of Andy Kaufman

Let's hope these bats travel well to Milwaukee -- Lou

by Emelie on Jul 29, 2008 4:41 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

FUNNY-AS-HELLARIOUS!

"RICH PEOPLE'S WAR...POOR PEOPLE'S BLOOD."

by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Jul 29, 2008 4:41 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I heart Sacha.

Great to put simple minds in their place.

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 29, 2008 5:00 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

it's the Gay guy, Bruno

"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 29, 2008 4:37 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

fabulous!

the pink hat guy is my father

by joeschmitt on Jul 29, 2008 4:38 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's good news!

I hadn’t heard about that.

Nanika Ga Okoru!

by dat cubfan daver on Jul 29, 2008 4:40 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

2

Nanika Ga Okoru!

by dat cubfan daver on Jul 29, 2008 4:31 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

GO GET EM Z!

"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 29, 2008 4:34 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

CUBS OFFENSE

TEAR IT UP!!!!!!!

by xene on Jul 29, 2008 4:37 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Hey, hey Holy mackarel, no doubt about it,

THE CUBS ARE ON THEIR WAY.

Jimmyeatworld

by Jimmyeatworld on Jul 29, 2008 4:38 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Z goes 7, one run, Cubs get to the bullpen by the 6th

great game…..another 5-3, 6-4…...affair

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 29, 2008 4:39 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Predicted final score:

Cubs 3, Brew Crew 1

The 100th time has GOT to be a charm...

by cubswgnrocks on Jul 29, 2008 4:39 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Can't wait to be off work!

20 minutes and I’m off to the local watering hole for some old styles and to cheer the mighty cubs to victory!

"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 29, 2008 4:39 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Same here
old styles, replace with Amstel.

"Super Nintendo, Sega Genisis...."

by TheRamZamDLEE on Jul 29, 2008 4:49 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well, I'm not going to make any predictions but...

...after last night’s gutsy slugfest, I’m feeling pretty confident. Z is, if nothing else, a competitor, and he knows what’s at stake right now. And, for better or worse, I find Sheets less intimidating than CC – if only because he’s more of a known quantity.

Go Cubs!!!

Nanika Ga Okoru!

by dat cubfan daver on Jul 29, 2008 4:39 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Where's preacherman?

He’s praying, he’s praying very hard.

Jimmyeatworld

by Jimmyeatworld on Jul 29, 2008 4:40 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

and where the heck is northsider?!

Let's hope these bats travel well to Milwaukee -- Lou

by Emelie on Jul 29, 2008 4:42 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

No doubt.

He hasn’t been around for a while. He must be busy out in Cali.

Jimmyeatworld

by Jimmyeatworld on Jul 29, 2008 4:46 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I haven't seen northsider or cwyers around for a bit...

...the trolls have been out, so sometimes that puts the regulars into hiding.

Dan

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 4:48 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

yet another reason to despise the trolls

though cwyers popped up once or thrice in the game thread

Let's hope these bats travel well to Milwaukee -- Lou

by Emelie on Jul 29, 2008 4:49 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I just ignore them as much as I can.

If I feel like I have to I try to tamper down their ridiculous statement(s). Then I’ll respond & refute them in a calm manner. It’s good for me, I get to use my Philosophy degree.

Jimmyeatworld

by Jimmyeatworld on Jul 29, 2008 4:54 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

kant or hagel?

"RICH PEOPLE'S WAR...POOR PEOPLE'S BLOOD."

by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Jul 29, 2008 4:55 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Kant.

Did my dissertation on Nietzsche.

Jimmyeatworld

by Jimmyeatworld on Jul 29, 2008 4:59 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

splendid...

so you may be familiar w/the quote:

A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.

"RICH PEOPLE'S WAR...POOR PEOPLE'S BLOOD."

by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Jul 29, 2008 5:01 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Certinaly.

My man Friedrich.

Jimmyeatworld

by Jimmyeatworld on Jul 29, 2008 5:07 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Kierkegaard man myself...

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

by Bump Bailey on Jul 29, 2008 7:00 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

about Hegel--

I studied in germany for a semester and Hegel was in the first set of readings for ‘Die Philosophie der Geschichte’, the Philosophy of History.

That was quite a trial by fire…

But yes, I’d take Kant over Hegel- along with the non-totalitarian slice of Nietzsche :)

by mrbubs on Jul 29, 2008 5:06 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

The philosophy of history is complex.

I love it though. Might be the fact that I love history. If I had a chance to go back, I would have studied history undergraduate- with an eye to teaching.

Jimmyeatworld

by Jimmyeatworld on Jul 29, 2008 5:09 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm hoping to go into teaching, actually--

I did History as an undergrad (War, Propaganda, and Society) and i’m hoping to go back and get the PhD. But for now, I’m just paying the bills and working in politics…

The funny thing about philosophers of history is that they often trail ‘true’ philosophers in getting to the same points: when postmodernism was all the rage in philosophical circles, there were still a whole lot of historians harping on finding one, exclusive, truth, and the “one narrative” to explain everything…

by mrbubs on Jul 29, 2008 5:14 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hegel has sadly been relegated to

German Studies departments. As difficult to read and horrific in its implications as Hegel’s philosophy can be, it is vital to understand him if one is to understand those who follow him, i.e. Marx, Neitzsche, Foucault, Deleuze, etc.

That said, Hegel is one pill I am loathe to swallow.

"I've always felt that starting pitching is the most important part of the rotation." - Joe Morgan, Sunday Night Baseball 8-12-07

by gary varsho on Jul 29, 2008 5:11 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Immanuel Kant was a real pissant
Who was very rarely stable.

Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggar
Who could think you under the table.

David Hume could out-consume
Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel,

And Wittgenstein was a beery swine
Who was just as schloshed as Schlegel.

There’s nothing Nietzsche couldn’t teach ya
‘Bout the raising of the wrist.
Socrates, himself, was permanently pissed.

John Stuart Mill, of his own free will,
On half a pint of shandy was particularly ill.

Plato, they say, could stick it away—
Half a crate of whisky every day.

Aristotle, Aristotle was a bugger for the bottle.
Hobbes was fond of his dram,

And René Descartes was a drunken fart.
‘I drink, therefore I am.’

Yes, Socrates, himself, is particularly missed,
A lovely little thinker,
But a bugger when he’s pissed.

’’If somebody had told me we were going to lose Soriano for eight weeks, lose [Carlos] Zambrano and Kerry Wood for a couple of weeks apiece, and then at the same time lose [Reed] Johnson, and then when we played the American League not have a DH [then-injured Daryle Ward], and be in first place by two games, I’d tell you we were pretty fortunate.’’ Lou Piniella (7/23/08)

by drewishdrewid on Jul 29, 2008 5:12 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Bruces Song!

Brilliant!

"I've always felt that starting pitching is the most important part of the rotation." - Joe Morgan, Sunday Night Baseball 8-12-07

by gary varsho on Jul 29, 2008 5:13 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

ello

Bruce!

’’If somebody had told me we were going to lose Soriano for eight weeks, lose [Carlos] Zambrano and Kerry Wood for a couple of weeks apiece, and then at the same time lose [Reed] Johnson, and then when we played the American League not have a DH [then-injured Daryle Ward], and be in first place by two games, I’d tell you we were pretty fortunate.’’ Lou Piniella (7/23/08)

by drewishdrewid on Jul 29, 2008 5:14 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Rule No.1:

No pooftas!

"I've always felt that starting pitching is the most important part of the rotation." - Joe Morgan, Sunday Night Baseball 8-12-07

by gary varsho on Jul 29, 2008 5:17 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

This is Bruce

Bruce, Bruce, Bruce and Bruce!

’’If somebody had told me we were going to lose Soriano for eight weeks, lose [Carlos] Zambrano and Kerry Wood for a couple of weeks apiece, and then at the same time lose [Reed] Johnson, and then when we played the American League not have a DH [then-injured Daryle Ward], and be in first place by two games, I’d tell you we were pretty fortunate.’’ Lou Piniella (7/23/08)

by drewishdrewid on Jul 29, 2008 5:36 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I've read that somewhere...

Where?

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 29, 2008 5:13 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's a Monty Python skit

"I've always felt that starting pitching is the most important part of the rotation." - Joe Morgan, Sunday Night Baseball 8-12-07

by gary varsho on Jul 29, 2008 5:14 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's it!

Cheers!

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 29, 2008 5:15 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Rule Six?

There is no Rule Six!

by MN exile on Jul 29, 2008 5:20 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Rule No.2:

I don’t want to catch anyone not drinking in their rooms, at night.

"I've always felt that starting pitching is the most important part of the rotation." - Joe Morgan, Sunday Night Baseball 8-12-07

by gary varsho on Jul 29, 2008 5:22 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Gary Varsho too

but we asked him to come back.

’’If somebody had told me we were going to lose Soriano for eight weeks, lose [Carlos] Zambrano and Kerry Wood for a couple of weeks apiece, and then at the same time lose [Reed] Johnson, and then when we played the American League not have a DH [then-injured Daryle Ward], and be in first place by two games, I’d tell you we were pretty fortunate.’’ Lou Piniella (7/23/08)

by drewishdrewid on Jul 29, 2008 4:56 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate the the trolls

keep great posters away from the game threads.

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

by sue369 on Jul 29, 2008 4:57 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Exactly.

It totally sucks. :(

These are the saddest of possible words: "Tinker to Evers to Chance"

by slcathena on Jul 29, 2008 5:06 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

don't feed the trolls...

just reply to them:

“poop.” -sue369

That should shut them up…

by mrbubs on Jul 29, 2008 5:27 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I've cut and pasted this

so that I don’t forget.

’’If somebody had told me we were going to lose Soriano for eight weeks, lose [Carlos] Zambrano and Kerry Wood for a couple of weeks apiece, and then at the same time lose [Reed] Johnson, and then when we played the American League not have a DH [then-injured Daryle Ward], and be in first place by two games, I’d tell you we were pretty fortunate.’’ Lou Piniella (7/23/08)

by drewishdrewid on Jul 29, 2008 5:37 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

LOL!!!

I’ll try it and see if it works. Thanks

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

by sue369 on Jul 29, 2008 5:57 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Have we learned nothing from...

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

by Bildo1805 on Jul 29, 2008 5:58 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I miss him...

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 29, 2008 5:58 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Huh?

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 6:02 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

We had a habit (for a night or two)

of responding to BlueMike posts with “egg yolk” just because it was nonsensical and perfect.

We got sent to bed without dessert.

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

by Bildo1805 on Jul 29, 2008 6:12 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

yes, Al was not happy

Let's hope these bats travel well to Milwaukee -- Lou

by Emelie on Jul 29, 2008 6:13 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

constructive criticism/frustration

vs. juvenile angry-young-man drivel

Let's hope these bats travel well to Milwaukee -- Lou

by Emelie on Jul 29, 2008 6:44 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Do you only have 4 toes and wear a loin cloth?

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 6:45 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

You were good last night:

Noting the sad-sack negative trolls that came and went during the game last night.

Jimmyeatworld

by Jimmyeatworld on Jul 29, 2008 5:00 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I won't do it every day

but it was VERY apparent last night. Cubs were up 2-0, we were good. Then the Cubs were down 3-2, and it was nutso for three innings as the Cubs went up 4-3 and then tied 4-4…

And then DLee did his thing, and suddenly, it was like a field fulla gophers that had seen an owl.

’’If somebody had told me we were going to lose Soriano for eight weeks, lose [Carlos] Zambrano and Kerry Wood for a couple of weeks apiece, and then at the same time lose [Reed] Johnson, and then when we played the American League not have a DH [then-injured Daryle Ward], and be in first place by two games, I’d tell you we were pretty fortunate.’’ Lou Piniella (7/23/08)

by drewishdrewid on Jul 29, 2008 5:06 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

What was the reaction when Howry came in?

Did y’all know it would be 4-4 soon?

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 29, 2008 5:07 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

well, he did so well against the first two batters

it wasn’t exactly a surprise, but maybe people thought it was going to be ok. When he didn’t get the strike-call, it went downhill fast.

no one called for him to die in a fire (that I saw). that was, uh, nice.

’’If somebody had told me we were going to lose Soriano for eight weeks, lose [Carlos] Zambrano and Kerry Wood for a couple of weeks apiece, and then at the same time lose [Reed] Johnson, and then when we played the American League not have a DH [then-injured Daryle Ward], and be in first place by two games, I’d tell you we were pretty fortunate.’’ Lou Piniella (7/23/08)

by drewishdrewid on Jul 29, 2008 5:08 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

he's a working man

I think it’s just his face. - dat cubfan daver

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 29, 2008 5:25 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hey girl.

Can you check Gordo’s twitter for line-up? Please. I’ll give you some cookies.

Jimmyeatworld

by Jimmyeatworld on Jul 29, 2008 5:29 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm thinking Derrek Lee is going to have another nice game.

He has good career numbers against Sheets. If we can take this game I expect to win at least 3 of 4.

My new life, my new world, and my beautiful daughter:
Tamia London Davis: Due date (8-11-08)!

by Unique on Jul 29, 2008 4:47 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Only 3,576 posts left til we break the record

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 4:48 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

defacto cub fan here

by way of “buddha”

missed last night’s game because of work. the METS bullpen blew another one last night so i don’t have the stomach to watch and post against a team (MARLINS) which has such a small pay roll that performs so well against the large payroll METS. sooooooooo

i look forward to reading / posting (only slightly) this evening while I watch the CUBS on WGN.

a thought. would anyone be in favor of letting “RON and PAT” assist Joe Buck and Tim McCarver broadcast one game of the playoffs if the CUBS made it. To be honest, I could use a break from Joe and Tim and I would just absolutely love to see and hear RON and PAT do a televised CUBS playoff game.

"RICH PEOPLE'S WAR...POOR PEOPLE'S BLOOD."

by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Jul 29, 2008 4:48 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

God help us...

...but I’d love it. I love Pat and Ron - then again, I’m a Cubs fan. I can only imagine the Saturday Night Live skits after Ron does a nationally televised Cubs game….(I do like this idea, though - FOX could carry the game with one team’s announcers on FX, another of FOX NEWS or the local Fox Sports Net, and their national team on the national broadcast)....

Oh, and we Cub fans feel your pain on the Marlins….they always give us fits.

by Chadnudj on Jul 29, 2008 4:55 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

personally i would love it.

i listen to a lot of the cubs on the radio and they make “listening” to baseball fun. thanks for the reply.

"RICH PEOPLE'S WAR...POOR PEOPLE'S BLOOD."

by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Jul 29, 2008 4:59 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

normally, i'd be all about welcoming a cub fan

regardless of who their “first” team is….

but i don’t think i can w/ you being a Met guy.

So, I’ll just try not to be rude.

I think it’s just his face. - dat cubfan daver

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 29, 2008 5:27 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have to agree

Had to put up with Mets fans in NY while in college during ‘69

by West Coast Diehard on Jul 29, 2008 6:45 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Only 3,576 posts left til we break the record

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 4:48 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I think near 3,600...

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 4:49 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

wow, amazing, only thread i didnt follow

i didnt want to miss any part of the game on TV so i opted out of the thread last ngiht

by maddux1-27-07 on Jul 29, 2008 4:50 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I just want to say "Good Luck"...

We’re all counting on you.

Dome-san!!

by Goat Whisperer on Jul 29, 2008 5:49 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 29, 2008 4:49 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I love you

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 4:50 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

If I was in year 6 yet of my wizardry, I would cast a spell on you right now...

...but I can’t, because we are in the presence of muggles.

Dan

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 4:55 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

You've already cast a spell over me Dan...

::swoons::

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 29, 2008 4:59 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

why can't he quit you?

’’If somebody had told me we were going to lose Soriano for eight weeks, lose [Carlos] Zambrano and Kerry Wood for a couple of weeks apiece, and then at the same time lose [Reed] Johnson, and then when we played the American League not have a DH [then-injured Daryle Ward], and be in first place by two games, I’d tell you we were pretty fortunate.’’ Lou Piniella (7/23/08)

by drewishdrewid on Jul 29, 2008 5:10 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

you're killin me Smalls!

"That guy is a gamer." said Ron Santo of Reed Johnson on 07-25-08

by love the ivy on Jul 29, 2008 5:09 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Where is that pic from?

Of the urinals?
Or is it a photoshop?

by Eamus J Catuli on Jul 29, 2008 5:12 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

looking to make

a visit?

’’If somebody had told me we were going to lose Soriano for eight weeks, lose [Carlos] Zambrano and Kerry Wood for a couple of weeks apiece, and then at the same time lose [Reed] Johnson, and then when we played the American League not have a DH [then-injured Daryle Ward], and be in first place by two games, I’d tell you we were pretty fortunate.’’ Lou Piniella (7/23/08)

by drewishdrewid on Jul 29, 2008 5:12 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

SWL's bathroom

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 5:13 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

would this create some kind of

beer fermeneted grated parmessan cheese at the bottom? Could be delish!

"That guy is a gamer." said Ron Santo of Reed Johnson on 07-25-08

by love the ivy on Jul 29, 2008 5:09 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

the urinals?

most likely

Let's hope these bats travel well to Milwaukee -- Lou

by Emelie on Jul 29, 2008 5:53 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Whoa

That was disturbing, yet quite appropriate.

by StevenABQ on Jul 29, 2008 5:55 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wow

didn’t go there, but you are probably, gak!, correct. I was of course refering to Bernie shredded up on a salad

"That guy is a gamer." said Ron Santo of Reed Johnson on 07-25-08

by love the ivy on Jul 29, 2008 6:33 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

you know, Bump Bailey's Cubs Win dude would look awfully good.

...coming down that slide!

"When I got to Chicago, fans came to Wrigley Field just to have fun, now they come to see us win. The expectations have changed, for the players and for the fans. It’s about winning." Kerry Wood, 7/14/08

by JB 23 on Jul 29, 2008 5:22 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

GENIUS! You must be referring to Milton!!

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 5:22 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I didnt know he had a name....real of BCB given?

"When I got to Chicago, fans came to Wrigley Field just to have fun, now they come to see us win. The expectations have changed, for the players and for the fans. It’s about winning." Kerry Wood, 7/14/08

by JB 23 on Jul 29, 2008 5:26 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

BCB given

looks like Milton from Office Space.

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

by Bildo1805 on Jul 29, 2008 5:26 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I dunno...we call him Milton sometimes, and I seem to think it fits him well...

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 5:27 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I wish my man would visit BCB sometime...

We’re making him famous…lol..

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

by Bump Bailey on Jul 29, 2008 7:03 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

has anyone seen this woman lately?

"RICH PEOPLE'S WAR...POOR PEOPLE'S BLOOD."

by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Jul 29, 2008 4:56 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Last time I saw her...

she was rubbing nuts all over herself.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 29, 2008 4:58 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

very good...yes she was

"RICH PEOPLE'S WAR...POOR PEOPLE'S BLOOD."

by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Jul 29, 2008 4:58 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Right.

...Wait, what?!

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

by Blue W on Jul 29, 2008 5:00 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have no idea who this is...

...but I can’t stop staring at her enormous nostrils.

Dan

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 5:01 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

you should see her on...

the Planters peanut commercial. The mole with the hair really sets her apart from most super models.

"RICH PEOPLE'S WAR...POOR PEOPLE'S BLOOD."

by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Jul 29, 2008 5:03 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Let's hope Z...

...has the right amount of voltage running from his brain to his body tonight.

Sometimes he can get a little over-amped, but I think he is showing good signs of how to keep the voltage right.

If you start seeing 95-96 mph heaters from him tonight, it means Soto needs to go out and calm him down.

"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel

by MPH73 on Jul 29, 2008 4:57 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

...BREAKING NEWS...

ESPN reports Mark Texiera has been traded to the Angels for 1B Casey Cotchman and a pitching prospect.

If I was Cotchman…I’d be damned pissed.

"RICH PEOPLE'S WAR...POOR PEOPLE'S BLOOD."

by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Jul 29, 2008 5:02 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Damn, Angels just got a lot better...

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 5:04 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

a whole lot better

"RICH PEOPLE'S WAR...POOR PEOPLE'S BLOOD."

by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Jul 29, 2008 5:05 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Agreed.

It’s really hot in Atlanta this time of year.

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 29, 2008 5:04 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

LOL

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 5:05 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Trades and rumors

Not Cub related enough for a fan post
Texiera to the ANGELS for Kotchman and others
Jeez the rich get richer

And now my favorite, the Twins and Tigers and possibly others are
COMPETING for LaTroy Hawkins. I love this stuff

Also I take back all the bad things I said about Ned Colletti in 2006. Please
Ned rescue Maddux from the Padres

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

by Doggie Stalker on Jul 29, 2008 5:03 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

but the Twins

were the ones who traded LaTroy in the first place! sounds like a red herring

by Andre Fonseca on Jul 29, 2008 5:07 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nope

He was good on the Twins and they need some BP help.

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

by Doggie Stalker on Jul 29, 2008 5:08 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

My hope for tonight is

for Z to not come out wound tighter than an 8 day clock. I thought I read or heard Lou say he was hoping Z could go deep into the game tonight. Hope that happens.

Now would be a great time to see Dome get his bat inot the game.

I’m more nervous tonight than I was last night.

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

by sue369 on Jul 29, 2008 5:05 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Now why did it do that?

Arrrr.

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

by sue369 on Jul 29, 2008 5:08 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Did you bury any treasure today?

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 29, 2008 5:09 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

TWSS!

’’If somebody had told me we were going to lose Soriano for eight weeks, lose [Carlos] Zambrano and Kerry Wood for a couple of weeks apiece, and then at the same time lose [Reed] Johnson, and then when we played the American League not have a DH [then-injured Daryle Ward], and be in first place by two games, I’d tell you we were pretty fortunate.’’ Lou Piniella (7/23/08)

by drewishdrewid on Jul 29, 2008 5:13 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

weak

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 5:13 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

TWSS!

’’If somebody had told me we were going to lose Soriano for eight weeks, lose [Carlos] Zambrano and Kerry Wood for a couple of weeks apiece, and then at the same time lose [Reed] Johnson, and then when we played the American League not have a DH [then-injured Daryle Ward], and be in first place by two games, I’d tell you we were pretty fortunate.’’ Lou Piniella (7/23/08)

by drewishdrewid on Jul 29, 2008 5:13 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

TWHS!

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 29, 2008 5:14 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

This one's for you, drew:

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 5:15 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I prefer the old

fail stamp.

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 29, 2008 5:17 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I prefer...

a sonic fail.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 29, 2008 5:18 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm uh

touched.

’’If somebody had told me we were going to lose Soriano for eight weeks, lose [Carlos] Zambrano and Kerry Wood for a couple of weeks apiece, and then at the same time lose [Reed] Johnson, and then when we played the American League not have a DH [then-injured Daryle Ward], and be in first place by two games, I’d tell you we were pretty fortunate.’’ Lou Piniella (7/23/08)

by drewishdrewid on Jul 29, 2008 5:38 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

TWSS

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

by Bildo1805 on Jul 29, 2008 5:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

no way.

These are the saddest of possible words: "Tinker to Evers to Chance"

by slcathena on Jul 29, 2008 5:17 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Haha not that I know of.

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

by sue369 on Jul 29, 2008 5:59 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think he'll be okay.

I just have a hunch. I think Z comes out and just mows some fools down.

These are the saddest of possible words: "Tinker to Evers to Chance"

by slcathena on Jul 29, 2008 5:11 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

And homers.

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 29, 2008 5:11 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

See, I'm less worried about tonight than I was last night...

...because we have been taking pitches this year, right? And we know that CC is a horse and can go 130+. HOWEVER, with Sheets, we can work the counts and hopefully get him outta there by the 5th or so. Sheets cannot go deep, or at least when he does, he struggles.

Dan

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 5:08 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

TWSS

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 29, 2008 5:16 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's how you do it.

(I know…)

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 29, 2008 5:17 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sigh...

Did she say that to Sheets, or to “Dan”?

Because the latter > the former

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 5:17 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I am just worried about Z coming out too amped up

and doing any combination of
1. yelling into his glove after a bad pitch\call
2. breaking a bat over his knee
3. trying too hard to hit a HR that he screws up his back
4. trys to throw 100 mph to every hitter
5. beaning anyone who even looks cocky

by Itchy on Jul 29, 2008 5:13 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

If he beans anyone who looks cocky

Ryan Braun is gonna have a painful night.

"Check the magic of a winning season and there are always reasons beyond the talent." Ned Colleti

by wrigleyrocker12 on Jul 29, 2008 5:17 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Brilliant.

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 29, 2008 5:18 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't approve of intentional beanage

but I definitely giggled.

These are the saddest of possible words: "Tinker to Evers to Chance"

by slcathena on Jul 29, 2008 5:18 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hope he hits him

right in the ‘ol marble bag!

by Itchy on Jul 29, 2008 5:24 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

That made me laugh.

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

by sue369 on Jul 29, 2008 6:01 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

T - 2 hours and counting

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

by sue369 on Jul 29, 2008 5:05 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Arrrrr and so am I, matey!

Let's hope these bats travel well to Milwaukee -- Lou

by Emelie on Jul 29, 2008 5:08 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

SBN gremlin posted this here when it should have been there

Let's hope these bats travel well to Milwaukee -- Lou

by Emelie on Jul 29, 2008 5:09 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ooh!

First a post-jacking pirate, not a post-moving gremlin? BCB is full of surprises.

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 29, 2008 5:10 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I NEED THIS GAME TO START NOW!!!!

I am so tired of waiting for it!!!

These are the saddest of possible words: "Tinker to Evers to Chance"

by slcathena on Jul 29, 2008 5:11 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

no kidding

I think it’s just his face. - dat cubfan daver

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 29, 2008 5:35 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

SHEETS

Light em up.

Ill be at Wrigley tonight GO CUBS

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

by Hammer on Jul 29, 2008 5:07 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

See ya hammer

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 5:08 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

at Wrigley?

"That guy is a gamer." said Ron Santo of Reed Johnson on 07-25-08

by love the ivy on Jul 29, 2008 5:11 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

minor league game

’’If somebody had told me we were going to lose Soriano for eight weeks, lose [Carlos] Zambrano and Kerry Wood for a couple of weeks apiece, and then at the same time lose [Reed] Johnson, and then when we played the American League not have a DH [then-injured Daryle Ward], and be in first place by two games, I’d tell you we were pretty fortunate.’’ Lou Piniella (7/23/08)

by drewishdrewid on Jul 29, 2008 5:13 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

oh yes of course

he threw me off

"That guy is a gamer." said Ron Santo of Reed Johnson on 07-25-08

by love the ivy on Jul 29, 2008 5:15 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

there it is!

’’If somebody had told me we were going to lose Soriano for eight weeks, lose [Carlos] Zambrano and Kerry Wood for a couple of weeks apiece, and then at the same time lose [Reed] Johnson, and then when we played the American League not have a DH [then-injured Daryle Ward], and be in first place by two games, I’d tell you we were pretty fortunate.’’ Lou Piniella (7/23/08)

by drewishdrewid on Jul 29, 2008 5:13 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Awesome!

:D have fun at wrigley!

These are the saddest of possible words: "Tinker to Evers to Chance"

by slcathena on Jul 29, 2008 5:19 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

off to warsh dishes

’’If somebody had told me we were going to lose Soriano for eight weeks, lose [Carlos] Zambrano and Kerry Wood for a couple of weeks apiece, and then at the same time lose [Reed] Johnson, and then when we played the American League not have a DH [then-injured Daryle Ward], and be in first place by two games, I’d tell you we were pretty fortunate.’’ Lou Piniella (7/23/08)

by drewishdrewid on Jul 29, 2008 5:14 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 29, 2008 5:17 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

you too?

"That guy is a gamer." said Ron Santo of Reed Johnson on 07-25-08

by love the ivy on Jul 29, 2008 5:20 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

TWSS

My next sig line quote will also be from Lou Piniella, and the first word will be either "Look", or "Listen", followed by a comma.

by JohnM on Jul 29, 2008 5:30 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

WIN!

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 5:32 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

popcorn

actually.

Now I must water the plants.

’’If somebody had told me we were going to lose Soriano for eight weeks, lose [Carlos] Zambrano and Kerry Wood for a couple of weeks apiece, and then at the same time lose [Reed] Johnson, and then when we played the American League not have a DH [then-injured Daryle Ward], and be in first place by two games, I’d tell you we were pretty fortunate.’’ Lou Piniella (7/23/08)

by drewishdrewid on Jul 29, 2008 5:40 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

and I'm so great at it

that I almost watered the plants with all-purpose pine cleaner.

’’If somebody had told me we were going to lose Soriano for eight weeks, lose [Carlos] Zambrano and Kerry Wood for a couple of weeks apiece, and then at the same time lose [Reed] Johnson, and then when we played the American League not have a DH [then-injured Daryle Ward], and be in first place by two games, I’d tell you we were pretty fortunate.’’ Lou Piniella (7/23/08)

by drewishdrewid on Jul 29, 2008 5:51 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

uh oh

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

by sue369 on Jul 29, 2008 6:02 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

not quite, tho.

so all is well…

’’If somebody had told me we were going to lose Soriano for eight weeks, lose [Carlos] Zambrano and Kerry Wood for a couple of weeks apiece, and then at the same time lose [Reed] Johnson, and then when we played the American League not have a DH [then-injured Daryle Ward], and be in first place by two games, I’d tell you we were pretty fortunate.’’ Lou Piniella (7/23/08)

by drewishdrewid on Jul 29, 2008 6:04 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

heh

only in that I can spell. :P

’’If somebody had told me we were going to lose Soriano for eight weeks, lose [Carlos] Zambrano and Kerry Wood for a couple of weeks apiece, and then at the same time lose [Reed] Johnson, and then when we played the American League not have a DH [then-injured Daryle Ward], and be in first place by two games, I’d tell you we were pretty fortunate.’’ Lou Piniella (7/23/08)

by drewishdrewid on Jul 29, 2008 5:40 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

gotta shower before the storms get here

and have time to pick up some Chinese and get back here for the game

"That guy is a gamer." said Ron Santo of Reed Johnson on 07-25-08

by love the ivy on Jul 29, 2008 5:16 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Watching Marmol deal again on CSN

I love the encore…rub it in…

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

by Bildo1805 on Jul 29, 2008 5:18 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

twss

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 29, 2008 5:20 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nice.

Marmol looked good for the first time in a long time last night. Good times.

Sent you a link to the third kit launch. Looking sharp.

"I've always felt that starting pitching is the most important part of the rotation." - Joe Morgan, Sunday Night Baseball 8-12-07

by gary varsho on Jul 29, 2008 5:20 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Saw that.

I say we go all black for Arsenal and Liverpool this year.

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

by Bildo1805 on Jul 29, 2008 5:22 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Good call.

Gotta go Lilly White v. Chelsea, though!

"I've always felt that starting pitching is the most important part of the rotation." - Joe Morgan, Sunday Night Baseball 8-12-07

by gary varsho on Jul 29, 2008 5:23 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hey man, welcome back, stick around tonight, the trolls weren't bad last night!!

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 5:23 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Line-ups?

anybody here see, or hear line-ups for tonight?

Jimmyeatworld

by Jimmyeatworld on Jul 29, 2008 5:19 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

We're gonna start 9 guys, and it looks like Yost is being convinced to start 9, too

There are gonna be somewhat symmetrically spaced out throughout the field, all facing one direction, and will wear uniforms. Other than that, it’s all up in the air.

Dan

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 5:22 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

funny how that works

gordo has been slacking on the twitter lately.

I think it’s just his face. - dat cubfan daver

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 29, 2008 5:31 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I see what you did there...

’’If somebody had told me we were going to lose Soriano for eight weeks, lose [Carlos] Zambrano and Kerry Wood for a couple of weeks apiece, and then at the same time lose [Reed] Johnson, and then when we played the American League not have a DH [then-injured Daryle Ward], and be in first place by two games, I’d tell you we were pretty fortunate.’’ Lou Piniella (7/23/08)

by drewishdrewid on Jul 29, 2008 5:55 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Gonna be tough on the catcher, methinks

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

by zambranofan on Jul 29, 2008 6:37 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I've heard Durham starting over Weeks.

Of course, I’d start over Weeks. Ye gods what a stinker he had last night.

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

by Bildo1805 on Jul 29, 2008 5:23 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

what is up with Woody (so to speak)?

is he going to do rehab in the minors? I thought he was possibly going to pitch an inning at Wrigley tonight. how is the blister healing, or is it not?

If someone already posted this, I apologize, I am at work and can’t find anything.

THIS IS OUR CENTURY!!

by LAcarl519 on Jul 29, 2008 5:23 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

DaBard posted an incognizant post about this earlier, it's not worth your time...

...but Wood is out for this series, and maybe longer. All I’ve heard so far.

Dan

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 5:24 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

he threw a bullpen session yesterday

he’s gonna do a sim game later this week. But he’s not ready yet.

I think it’s just his face. - dat cubfan daver

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 29, 2008 5:32 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

ugh.

let’s hope he gets the blister healed and gets his arm strength back soon. we need him!

THIS IS OUR CENTURY!!

by LAcarl519 on Jul 29, 2008 5:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

and thanks!!

THIS IS OUR CENTURY!!

by LAcarl519 on Jul 29, 2008 5:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

i know

our bullpen is much less formidable w/o Woody.

I think it’s just his face. - dat cubfan daver

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 29, 2008 5:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was pretty disappointed last night...

...to hear the crowd roar with glee when Derrek hit a ball of his ankle/leg. I’m sure some rivalries do this – Mets/Phils, Sox/Yanks – but I thought we could keep this rivalry a bit more professional and friendly. And Derrek’s one of the nicest guys in baseball – not like it was Bonds up there. Uncalled for, Brew Crew fans.

Dan

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 5:28 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Definitely.

Aside from the whole “better to beat a team at its best” thing, the guy’s a human being. Totally uncalled for and I know the Brewers organization would say the same.

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 29, 2008 5:30 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

And probably most Brewers fans.

Let’s be honest—probably only 20,000 Brewers fans there last night, about half of them true-blooded Brewers fans. Tickets were probably pretty expensive, pricing out big fans.

Not sure this is a reflection on the fan base (not saying you’re saying that, just saying).

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

by Bildo1805 on Jul 29, 2008 5:32 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Totally agree

I was very surprised by that at the time. It felt pretty good to see all those “real baseball fans” scurrying for the exits with 1 out to go in the 9th. Let’s hope for a repeat of that.

"Super Nintendo, Sega Genisis...."

by TheRamZamDLEE on Jul 29, 2008 5:33 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hell,

send em to the exits before that.

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 29, 2008 5:34 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm good with that.

"Super Nintendo, Sega Genisis...."

by TheRamZamDLEE on Jul 29, 2008 5:35 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'd say by the bottom of the 7th

Let's hope these bats travel well to Milwaukee -- Lou

by Emelie on Jul 29, 2008 6:00 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Which is why I'm not sure there were many "real Brewer fans" there last night.

Walking out of a 2 run ball game before the last out?

Yikes. Gotta believe a lot of corporate types got the tix from the boss last night.

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

by Bildo1805 on Jul 29, 2008 5:36 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

True.

Especially considering the final hit flirted with a game-tying two-run dinger about as much as it could.

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 29, 2008 5:37 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

LINEUP is out:

Lineup vs. Sheets: Soriano, Theriot, Lee, Ramirez, Fuku (CF), DeRosa (RF), Fontenot, Soto, Z.

I think it’s just his face. - dat cubfan daver

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 29, 2008 5:36 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Soto batting 8

Not exactly the way to get him to break his slump…of course Z isn’t a normal pitcher.

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

by Bildo1805 on Jul 29, 2008 5:37 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Soto's hitting 8th?!

My new life, my new world, and my beautiful daughter:
Tamia London Davis: Due date (8-11-08)!

by Unique on Jul 29, 2008 5:37 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Z needs some protection in the lineup

I think it’s just his face. - dat cubfan daver

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 29, 2008 5:38 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Protection where?

He will always have protection with Soriano leading off.

My new life, my new world, and my beautiful daughter:
Tamia London Davis: Due date (8-11-08)!

by Unique on Jul 29, 2008 5:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was just trying to be cute.

I don’t know. :-)

I think it’s just his face. - dat cubfan daver

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 29, 2008 5:40 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh ok.

Sorry, lol.

My new life, my new world, and my beautiful daughter:
Tamia London Davis: Due date (8-11-08)!

by Unique on Jul 29, 2008 5:41 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

its okay

it wasn’t very funny.

god. i want the game to start already. gah!

I think it’s just his face. - dat cubfan daver

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 29, 2008 5:42 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Never underestimate the importance of protection.

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 29, 2008 5:42 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

life lesson from my sister:

you can never have enough protection.

I think it’s just his face. - dat cubfan daver

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 29, 2008 5:44 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

My brother, too.

I responded to his announcement with, “What? They don’t sell condoms in Washington?”

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 29, 2008 5:45 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

See, my dad told me that.

Oh, I just now get it. That hurts.

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

by Bildo1805 on Jul 29, 2008 5:45 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Your cookies are on the way.

Will Peanut Butter with the fork marks on the top suffice my friend?

Jimmyeatworld

by Jimmyeatworld on Jul 29, 2008 5:38 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Mmm...

Just like Grandma makes.

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 29, 2008 5:38 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

ooh. yummy.

what happened to the doughnuts?

I think it’s just his face. - dat cubfan daver

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 29, 2008 5:38 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

They're for the next Jim Edmonds fan club meeting...

The cookies are special for you, because you always get the line-up.

Jimmyeatworld

by Jimmyeatworld on Jul 29, 2008 5:40 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Aww.

Jimmy’s so sweet today. :-)

And I just happened to be checking out my twitter page when Gordo posted it.

I think it’s just his face. - dat cubfan daver

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 29, 2008 5:41 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

peanut butter cookies are yummy

do you put the chocolate stars on top?

those are yummy.

I think it’s just his face. - dat cubfan daver

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 29, 2008 5:45 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not only chocolate stars....

Sometimes I do a variation & take a mini peanut butter cup and bake a peanut butter cookie like crust around it, exposing the top of the mini peanut butter cup. Tasty.

Jimmyeatworld

by Jimmyeatworld on Jul 29, 2008 5:49 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

ooh. that does sound good.

:-)

I think it’s just his face. - dat cubfan daver

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 29, 2008 5:51 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Goodie's mom makes them for the holidays every year.

That’s where I learned it. She would send us ice cream buckets full of them. They’re awesome.

Jimmyeatworld

by Jimmyeatworld on Jul 29, 2008 5:52 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Jim must really be hurt.

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

by Bildo1805 on Jul 29, 2008 5:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

can't hit RH pitching

I think it’s just his face. - dat cubfan daver

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 29, 2008 5:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's really unfortunate.

And who, at the start of the season, thought we’d ever say that?

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 29, 2008 5:41 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I like Riot in 2-hole, behind a hot Lee...

...but Dome in center is weird. Is Edmonds and/or Reed tired/sore?

Dan

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 5:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

lmao!

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 29, 2008 5:41 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Damn me

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 5:42 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

at least he called him reed

instead of his last name.

now that would be some detailed direction!

I think it’s just his face. - dat cubfan daver

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 29, 2008 5:47 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

The day the Cubs got him

I told my fiancee “now THAT’S a porn name!”

One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.

by chilango2 on Jul 29, 2008 5:49 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

the whole thing had me giggling (thanks dtpollitt)

I hope I am still in a good mood in 4 hours from now. :-))

THIS IS OUR CENTURY!!

by LAcarl519 on Jul 29, 2008 5:57 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

rofl!

Let's hope these bats travel well to Milwaukee -- Lou

by Emelie on Jul 29, 2008 6:04 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

well

Fonty’s in.

Wonder why we don’t see Edmonds.

’’If somebody had told me we were going to lose Soriano for eight weeks, lose [Carlos] Zambrano and Kerry Wood for a couple of weeks apiece, and then at the same time lose [Reed] Johnson, and then when we played the American League not have a DH [then-injured Daryle Ward], and be in first place by two games, I’d tell you we were pretty fortunate.’’ Lou Piniella (7/23/08)

by drewishdrewid on Jul 29, 2008 5:57 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I am seriously..

..getting very excited for this game.

by Blaze22 on Jul 29, 2008 5:41 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

You too

I thought it was just me… I kinda feel like spring training is starting all over again( in a 100 games into the season w/a 2 game lead sort of way).

/Out for the night (Keep it real folks)

"Super Nintendo, Sega Genisis...."

by TheRamZamDLEE on Jul 29, 2008 5:46 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dear SportsCenter:

no one cares about the cowboys. can we go 10 seconds w/o hearing about Romo’s sex life, please?

I think it’s just his face. - dat cubfan daver

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 29, 2008 5:43 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I am so sick of the Brett Favre story

Am I the only one that thinks he will never play again?

by Blaze22 on Jul 29, 2008 5:44 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

not the only one.

I think it’s just his face. - dat cubfan daver

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 29, 2008 5:45 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

+4

THIS IS OUR CENTURY!!

by LAcarl519 on Jul 29, 2008 5:58 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

But I care about the Cowboys

I just love the Cubbies more!

by Mapmaker on Jul 29, 2008 6:00 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hello from Mexico City

Hi everyone. Congratulations on quasi-crashing BCB’s servers last night. I’m sorry I couldn’t part-take in the festivities, but I’m in Mexico once again.
Here’s hoping for another win!

One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.

by chilango2 on Jul 29, 2008 5:47 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

great to have you with us again, chi

Let's hope these bats travel well to Milwaukee -- Lou

by Emelie on Jul 29, 2008 6:05 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Thank you!

I really appreciate it. Having no access to TV or radio game coverage here, your company is enormously cherished. I’ll be back in Chicago tomorrow night, but then I’ll leave Aug. 6 for two weeks to get hitched and honeymoon. Whatever will be of me without BCB?!
One question (and please don’t hold it against me, as I’ve been missing out on threads lately): what is it that “trolls” say that get everyone riled up?

One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.

by chilango2 on Jul 29, 2008 6:14 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

soriano sucks

Howry sucks
Lou sucks.
[insert name here] is gay.
they don’t care.
they don’t try
This team will never win anything
game over (in the 6th inning)
etc.

’’If somebody had told me we were going to lose Soriano for eight weeks, lose [Carlos] Zambrano and Kerry Wood for a couple of weeks apiece, and then at the same time lose [Reed] Johnson, and then when we played the American League not have a DH [then-injured Daryle Ward], and be in first place by two games, I’d tell you we were pretty fortunate.’’ Lou Piniella (7/23/08)

by drewishdrewid on Jul 29, 2008 6:32 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

See everybody...

it’s EASY to speak troll. All you have to do is grunt.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 29, 2008 6:33 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think my favorite was a few nights ago...

...when we were down by 1 or 2 in the 5th inning, and a troll said “Game over, I’m outta here”, or something to that effect.

Dan

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 6:33 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

we've gotten that in the 3rd and 4th innings too

just crazy

Let's hope these bats travel well to Milwaukee -- Lou

by Emelie on Jul 29, 2008 6:35 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Gotcha

Thanks.

One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.

by chilango2 on Jul 29, 2008 6:37 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's not merely a negative attitude

that’s annoying but tolerable. It’s the manner in which they express their opinions. They express grotesque and highly personal attitudes towards the players and hurl detestable accusations about character. When confronted they become self-righteous.

Let's hope these bats travel well to Milwaukee -- Lou

by Emelie on Jul 29, 2008 6:42 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

you have

quite a thesaurus. :D

’’If somebody had told me we were going to lose Soriano for eight weeks, lose [Carlos] Zambrano and Kerry Wood for a couple of weeks apiece, and then at the same time lose [Reed] Johnson, and then when we played the American League not have a DH [then-injured Daryle Ward], and be in first place by two games, I’d tell you we were pretty fortunate.’’ Lou Piniella (7/23/08)

by drewishdrewid on Jul 29, 2008 6:43 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

you're not the first to say that, alas

Let's hope these bats travel well to Milwaukee -- Lou

by Emelie on Jul 29, 2008 6:46 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

How difficult regular chores

and things must be in their lives if they get that down and out so early and so often.

"That guy is a gamer." said Ron Santo of Reed Johnson on 07-25-08

by love the ivy on Jul 29, 2008 6:38 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I can admit

that I hit the panic button in the 5th on Sunday.

Things looked really bad at that moment.

I have climb back up to the ledge for the time being.

(P.S. Drew told me to push the Panic Button)

Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory

by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Jul 29, 2008 6:43 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

the panic button I told him to push

had the special restraint harness, so he couldn’t fling himself off.

just saying.

’’If somebody had told me we were going to lose Soriano for eight weeks, lose [Carlos] Zambrano and Kerry Wood for a couple of weeks apiece, and then at the same time lose [Reed] Johnson, and then when we played the American League not have a DH [then-injured Daryle Ward], and be in first place by two games, I’d tell you we were pretty fortunate.’’ Lou Piniella (7/23/08)

by drewishdrewid on Jul 29, 2008 6:44 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's all good

I’ve been on edge and ready to slit my wrists since March 31. I can’t even imagine what will become of me come October.

One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.

by chilango2 on Jul 29, 2008 6:45 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

but the biggest thing, Chilango2

is that NONE OF THEM ARE HERE NOW—and they will ONLY APPEAR if the Cubs start to lose.

BlueMike did this, too.

’’If somebody had told me we were going to lose Soriano for eight weeks, lose [Carlos] Zambrano and Kerry Wood for a couple of weeks apiece, and then at the same time lose [Reed] Johnson, and then when we played the American League not have a DH [then-injured Daryle Ward], and be in first place by two games, I’d tell you we were pretty fortunate.’’ Lou Piniella (7/23/08)

by drewishdrewid on Jul 29, 2008 6:36 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

OK

So, do you flag, report or what?

One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.

by chilango2 on Jul 29, 2008 6:38 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

mostly, we stomp, with big black boots

the worst ones we flag.

’’If somebody had told me we were going to lose Soriano for eight weeks, lose [Carlos] Zambrano and Kerry Wood for a couple of weeks apiece, and then at the same time lose [Reed] Johnson, and then when we played the American League not have a DH [then-injured Daryle Ward], and be in first place by two games, I’d tell you we were pretty fortunate.’’ Lou Piniella (7/23/08)

by drewishdrewid on Jul 29, 2008 6:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

We jst dog pile on them

and it pisses them off.

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

by sue369 on Jul 29, 2008 6:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

We usually have this guy come over and work his magic, and then they are never seen or heard from again:

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 6:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Cinco is my favorite word ever!

Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory

by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Jul 29, 2008 6:17 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Update:

Two threads in, 75 minutes before game time, and the post count is at 988.

Impressive. Most impressive.

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 29, 2008 5:49 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Ignore.

That was a fubar of epic proportions.

I hate myself.

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 29, 2008 5:50 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hilarious film, that.

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 29, 2008 5:55 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

There enough Cub fans in Tallahassee

to warrant a group appearance somewhere in the Capital City tonight?

by camnorris14 on Jul 29, 2008 5:53 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Madison just called me

she’s watching batting practice and is so excited. :-) She’s going to try to get Soto pictures.

I think it’s just his face. - dat cubfan daver

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 29, 2008 5:57 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

My dog called you? Madison's sitting right here next to me:

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 6:05 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

bitch

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

by Hammer on Jul 29, 2008 6:06 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

And so it goes...

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 6:06 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I noticed

You’ve been giving Harry Potter a rest.

"Check the magic of a winning season and there are always reasons beyond the talent." Ned Colleti

by wrigleyrocker12 on Jul 29, 2008 6:07 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

takes time to work back up into

a pottergasm.

I think it’s just his face. - dat cubfan daver

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 29, 2008 6:08 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yes, I do believe "Pottergasm" might eventually be worked into the BCB dictionary...

...apparently SWL coined the phrase earlier today during my Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince movie trailer release tonight.

Dan

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 6:09 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Pottergasm-A Harry Potter related discussion;

Any discussion that gets SWL mad.

"Check the magic of a winning season and there are always reasons beyond the talent." Ned Colleti

by wrigleyrocker12 on Jul 29, 2008 6:11 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

And/or heightens heart rates when discussing any of the following: Harry Potter, Hermione, Dumbledore (see: Harry Potter novels)

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 6:13 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I really don't need

anything to increase my heart-rate when talking about Hermione.

’’If somebody had told me we were going to lose Soriano for eight weeks, lose [Carlos] Zambrano and Kerry Wood for a couple of weeks apiece, and then at the same time lose [Reed] Johnson, and then when we played the American League not have a DH [then-injured Daryle Ward], and be in first place by two games, I’d tell you we were pretty fortunate.’’ Lou Piniella (7/23/08)

by drewishdrewid on Jul 29, 2008 6:33 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeahbut

A Pottergasm would help!!!

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 6:34 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

TrademarkedBCBnottobeusedanywhereelsewithoutexpressedwrittenconsentoftheBCB

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 6:34 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think SWL left for a bit, so once he's back, Snape and the crew will return

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 6:08 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate you.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 29, 2008 6:14 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

haha

I think it’s just his face. - dat cubfan daver

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 29, 2008 6:15 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Here we go

"Check the magic of a winning season and there are always reasons beyond the talent." Ned Colleti

by wrigleyrocker12 on Jul 29, 2008 6:15 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I've been saving this for your return:

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 6:16 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Apparently, it "pays"

to be Harry Potter.

"I've always felt that starting pitching is the most important part of the rotation." - Joe Morgan, Sunday Night Baseball 8-12-07

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

Mom?

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

by Bildo1805 on Jul 29, 2008 6:44 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

YOUR MOM'S HARRY POTTER??

Wow, I need to reread the books.

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 6:45 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Subbing Vonnegut for Rowling?

"I've always felt that starting pitching is the most important part of the rotation." - Joe Morgan, Sunday Night Baseball 8-12-07

by gary varsho on Jul 29, 2008 6:12 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm well-versed, I is

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 6:13 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

what a cutie!

but i think my dogs might be jealous if he tried. they’re convinced their the center of the universe.

I think it’s just his face. - dat cubfan daver

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 29, 2008 6:07 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

its alot of dog

in one pool. Ike (the light one) is almost 115 lbs. :-)

I think it’s just his face. - dat cubfan daver

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 29, 2008 6:10 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

dang, Ike doesn't look that big.

My buddy Mark has a bull mastif that is huge. He’s a pussy-cat though. Great disposition. I’m gonna try to get puppies when they breed him.

Jimmyeatworld

by Jimmyeatworld on Jul 29, 2008 6:11 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ike is a gentle giant

he’s a therapy dog and we go to a developmental kindergarten class once a week. He lays on his back while the kids take turns brushing his belly. :-)

ginger is my wild child. we do agility once a week and she loves to go to the pet store and play w/ kids.

I think it’s just his face. - dat cubfan daver

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 29, 2008 6:13 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

The guy we use is in merrillville.

and i can’t remember his name right now. but yes. i do have a good one. i can tell you where his office is. :-)

I think it’s just his face. - dat cubfan daver

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 29, 2008 6:16 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

i can look it up

email me (boilerfox06@yahoo.com) i’ll let you know if you want.

I think it’s just his face. - dat cubfan daver

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 29, 2008 6:19 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

awww adorable AND

civic minded. What a pooch.

Let's hope these bats travel well to Milwaukee -- Lou

by Emelie on Jul 29, 2008 6:15 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Basically...

me in dog form, sounds like.

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

by Bildo1805 on Jul 29, 2008 6:15 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Litmus test:

is he modest too?

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

by Bildo1805 on Jul 29, 2008 6:17 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

um no

he’s the greatest thing to ever grace the earth. and the idea that soeone wouldn’t like him is a personal insult.

but he’s a peach.

I think it’s just his face. - dat cubfan daver

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

i had a whole post here. i don't know what happened

ike doesn’t realize that its possible for someone to not like him. and if you walk past w/o talking to him, petting him, etc he takes it as an insult.

I think it’s just his face. - dat cubfan daver

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 29, 2008 6:21 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

are we talking about

santoswoodenleg here? :D

’’If somebody had told me we were going to lose Soriano for eight weeks, lose [Carlos] Zambrano and Kerry Wood for a couple of weeks apiece, and then at the same time lose [Reed] Johnson, and then when we played the American League not have a DH [then-injured Daryle Ward], and be in first place by two games, I’d tell you we were pretty fortunate.’’ Lou Piniella (7/23/08)

by drewishdrewid on Jul 29, 2008 6:37 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Holy crap I hope so!

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 29, 2008 6:37 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

they are adorable!

Let's hope these bats travel well to Milwaukee -- Lou

by Emelie on Jul 29, 2008 6:10 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

they're hams

:) but by far the most fun ever. :)

I think it’s just his face. - dat cubfan daver

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 29, 2008 6:11 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'd post my cats BUT

my bloody computer is in the SHOP AGAIN.

By the way… I found my earring!

Let's hope these bats travel well to Milwaukee -- Lou

by Emelie on Jul 29, 2008 6:11 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I've got all my cupboards duck taped

these are young guys so it’s batten down the hatches … people walk in and go, “hunh?”

Let's hope these bats travel well to Milwaukee -- Lou

by Emelie on Jul 29, 2008 6:16 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

YAY!!

Gald you found your earring.

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

by sue369 on Jul 29, 2008 6:42 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

again?

did you just get a new one?

I think it’s just his face. - dat cubfan daver

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 29, 2008 6:17 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

nope I found the lost one

apparently he took it out of his super secret hiding place in the closet, played with it, and forgot to hide it again :D What was really weird was I walked in the closet, looked at him and said, “Now if you’ll just give me my earring back!” Then looked at the floor and voila!

Let's hope these bats travel well to Milwaukee -- Lou

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

i meant the computer being in the shop

:-P.

i’ve never had a cat. we’ve had birds,dogs, ferrets, iguanas… just about everything but a cat.

I think it’s just his face. - dat cubfan daver

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 29, 2008 6:20 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

ohhh....

the bloody computer. It’s been in and out for two weeks. First a fan replacement and now a power supply replacement (if I’m lucky and nothing else fried). Bah.

Let's hope these bats travel well to Milwaukee -- Lou

by Emelie on Jul 29, 2008 6:22 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

ugh.

that sucks. hope things stop breaking soon!

I think it’s just his face. - dat cubfan daver

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

Tell Madison we all wave hi

Let's hope these bats travel well to Milwaukee -- Lou

by Emelie on Jul 29, 2008 6:07 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hi Maddy!!!

Getr some good ones of Geo please.

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

by sue369 on Jul 29, 2008 6:38 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hopefully the umps dont miss any balk calls tonight.

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

by Hammer on Jul 29, 2008 6:01 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

that could, like

change the entire momentum of the game!

’’If somebody had told me we were going to lose Soriano for eight weeks, lose [Carlos] Zambrano and Kerry Wood for a couple of weeks apiece, and then at the same time lose [Reed] Johnson, and then when we played the American League not have a DH [then-injured Daryle Ward], and be in first place by two games, I’d tell you we were pretty fortunate.’’ Lou Piniella (7/23/08)

by drewishdrewid on Jul 29, 2008 6:05 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

RIGHT!!!

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

by Hammer on Jul 29, 2008 6:05 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'll keep the lookout for you, Hammer

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 6:05 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Next, on BCB WOILD KINGDOM!

The hunt foah the eluisive BAWLK! A shoy creacha, it’s only found in certoin areahs of basebawl!

’’If somebody had told me we were going to lose Soriano for eight weeks, lose [Carlos] Zambrano and Kerry Wood for a couple of weeks apiece, and then at the same time lose [Reed] Johnson, and then when we played the American League not have a DH [then-injured Daryle Ward], and be in first place by two games, I’d tell you we were pretty fortunate.’’ Lou Piniella (7/23/08)

by drewishdrewid on Jul 29, 2008 6:38 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

T -1 hour and counting

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

by sue369 on Jul 29, 2008 6:05 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I brought this up on the recap of last nights game..

but thank you for all the people that offered sympathy to me about the loss of my dog today.. I just wanted to truly thank everyone b/c I can’t put into words how much better I feel after talking on here most of the afternoon. Go Cubbies!! My Tucker would love a win tonight!!

"Go Cubs Go"

by mkcubs21 on Jul 29, 2008 6:11 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

This one's for you, Tucker!

Let's hope these bats travel well to Milwaukee -- Lou

by Emelie on Jul 29, 2008 6:12 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

My deepest sympathies

and may you find solace very soon.

One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.

by chilango2 on Jul 29, 2008 6:16 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sometime, when the team is up against it...

and the breaks are beating the boys, tell them to go out there with all they’ve got and win just one for the Tucker. I don’t know where I’ll be then, Rock,” he said, “but I’ll know about it and I’ll be happy.”

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 29, 2008 6:16 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Thank you SWL..

thats funny.. i just laughed out loud on that one..

"Go Cubs Go"

by mkcubs21 on Jul 29, 2008 6:23 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

oh no!

you lost a Tucker? that was my dogs name that my family lost to cancer a couple years ago. still makes me sad to think ofhim now. my condolences

"That guy is a gamer." said Ron Santo of Reed Johnson on 07-25-08

by love the ivy on Jul 29, 2008 6:23 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm a superstitious guy

Just hopped out of the shower, I made sure to put on the same Cubs shirt I wore to the bar last night. Imagine my dismay as I looked in the mirror and realized the gym shorts I randomly pulled from my dresser were Wisconsin Badgers shorts.

Potential karmic disaster averted

For your information, the Supreme Court has roundly rejected prior restraint.

by Less is Walrond on Jul 29, 2008 6:16 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

OOOOOONNNNNNNNN WISCONSIN!!

2005 alum here. Badgers gonna have a solid season, sans Lance Smith, who continues our long line of running backs that like to beat their girlfriends (i.e. Anthony Davis, others)

Dan

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 6:19 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

'93 here

Lance Smith is a douche. That guy had everything ahead of him.

by Mapmaker on Jul 29, 2008 6:44 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Cubs lineup above.

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

by Bildo1805 on Jul 29, 2008 6:27 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

its out. posted it above

but it goes like this: Fonzie, Riot, DLee, Rami, Dome (CF), DeRo (RF), Fontenot, Soto, Z.

I think it’s just his face. - dat cubfan daver

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 29, 2008 6:28 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

bad news for me

The hubby has pulled rank on the computer at 7 for a stupid mock football draft. It is July for Christ’s sake! He doesn’t over rule me often, so I guess I gotta let him have it. May be back after he is done. So incase I don’t get to say it before the game, Go Cubs!!!!

"That guy is a gamer." said Ron Santo of Reed Johnson on 07-25-08

by love the ivy on Jul 29, 2008 6:28 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Ouch, that could take HOURS

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 6:28 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

thats my fear!

I guess I get to watch the game on the big screen though. Gotta be positive!

"That guy is a gamer." said Ron Santo of Reed Johnson on 07-25-08

by love the ivy on Jul 29, 2008 6:29 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

LOL....football....they only play that ONCE A WEEK anyway.

Brett Favre Brett Favre Brett Favre Brett Favre Brett Favre Brett Favre Brett Favre Brett Favre

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 29, 2008 6:30 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

That should help our Packers' Google page rank

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 6:31 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Alright!

plants washed, dishes watered, toiled eaten, dinner flushed!

TIME FOR SOME BASEBALL!

’’If somebody had told me we were going to lose Soriano for eight weeks, lose [Carlos] Zambrano and Kerry Wood for a couple of weeks apiece, and then at the same time lose [Reed] Johnson, and then when we played the American League not have a DH [then-injured Daryle Ward], and be in first place by two games, I’d tell you we were pretty fortunate.’’ Lou Piniella (7/23/08)

by drewishdrewid on Jul 29, 2008 6:30 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Um.

Ur doin’ it rong!

I think it’s just his face. - dat cubfan daver

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 29, 2008 6:30 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Now that your chores are done...

prepare to see some bases caught, balls stolen, bats crushed and pitches flipped!

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 29, 2008 6:32 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

awright.

’’If somebody had told me we were going to lose Soriano for eight weeks, lose [Carlos] Zambrano and Kerry Wood for a couple of weeks apiece, and then at the same time lose [Reed] Johnson, and then when we played the American League not have a DH [then-injured Daryle Ward], and be in first place by two games, I’d tell you we were pretty fortunate.’’ Lou Piniella (7/23/08)

by drewishdrewid on Jul 29, 2008 6:40 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Alright everyone.

Gotta head home for the game. If I can get a wireless signal, I’ll be back tonight. If not, then I’ll see ya’ll here tomorrow after another Cubs win. Go Cubs Go!

Jimmyeatworld

by Jimmyeatworld on Jul 29, 2008 6:32 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Buh bye Jimmy John's (#1 & #4, no sprouts on the #1)

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 6:35 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

bye jimmy!

have a good night w/ the girls! ;-)

I think it’s just his face. - dat cubfan daver

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 29, 2008 6:36 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

C ya Jimmy!

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

by sue369 on Jul 29, 2008 6:47 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

you gotta hang around for one of these things

one of these days… :D

’’If somebody had told me we were going to lose Soriano for eight weeks, lose [Carlos] Zambrano and Kerry Wood for a couple of weeks apiece, and then at the same time lose [Reed] Johnson, and then when we played the American League not have a DH [then-injured Daryle Ward], and be in first place by two games, I’d tell you we were pretty fortunate.’’ Lou Piniella (7/23/08)

by drewishdrewid on Jul 29, 2008 6:48 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

T-Minus 30 minutes and counting

For the best pitching match up of the year.

I’m not sure about Theriot in the two hole and Dome in the 5 spot

But

H
E
R
E

W
E

G
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!
!

Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory

by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Jul 29, 2008 6:39 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Any word if the Shark

is available this evening?

Also wasn’t Wood coming off the DL tonight?

Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory

by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Jul 29, 2008 6:41 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Woody

is definitely still on the DL.

Jeff Spellcheck SHOULD be available. Marmol too, honestly.

’’If somebody had told me we were going to lose Soriano for eight weeks, lose [Carlos] Zambrano and Kerry Wood for a couple of weeks apiece, and then at the same time lose [Reed] Johnson, and then when we played the American League not have a DH [then-injured Daryle Ward], and be in first place by two games, I’d tell you we were pretty fortunate.’’ Lou Piniella (7/23/08)

by drewishdrewid on Jul 29, 2008 6:44 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

But Bob Howry is currently unavailable

being that some has turned him into a newt?

Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory

by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Jul 29, 2008 6:45 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Paging

Harry Potter…

’’If somebody had told me we were going to lose Soriano for eight weeks, lose [Carlos] Zambrano and Kerry Wood for a couple of weeks apiece, and then at the same time lose [Reed] Johnson, and then when we played the American League not have a DH [then-injured Daryle Ward], and be in first place by two games, I’d tell you we were pretty fortunate.’’ Lou Piniella (7/23/08)

by drewishdrewid on Jul 29, 2008 6:46 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

???

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 6:47 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Pottergasm?

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 29, 2008 6:47 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Lemmecheck...

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 6:50 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yup, we got the PG over here

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 6:50 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Here...

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 29, 2008 6:51 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

don't you think he needs one of these?

’’If somebody had told me we were going to lose Soriano for eight weeks, lose [Carlos] Zambrano and Kerry Wood for a couple of weeks apiece, and then at the same time lose [Reed] Johnson, and then when we played the American League not have a DH [then-injured Daryle Ward], and be in first place by two games, I’d tell you we were pretty fortunate.’’ Lou Piniella (7/23/08)

by drewishdrewid on Jul 29, 2008 6:52 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

’’If somebody had told me we were going to lose Soriano for eight weeks, lose [Carlos] Zambrano and Kerry Wood for a couple of weeks apiece, and then at the same time lose [Reed] Johnson, and then when we played the American League not have a DH [then-injured Daryle Ward], and be in first place by two games, I’d tell you we were pretty fortunate.’’ Lou Piniella (7/23/08)

by drewishdrewid on Jul 29, 2008 6:53 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

’’If somebody had told me we were going to lose Soriano for eight weeks, lose [Carlos] Zambrano and Kerry Wood for a couple of weeks apiece, and then at the same time lose [Reed] Johnson, and then when we played the American League not have a DH [then-injured Daryle Ward], and be in first place by two games, I’d tell you we were pretty fortunate.’’ Lou Piniella (7/23/08)

by drewishdrewid on Jul 29, 2008 6:53 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wow, drunk there drew?

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 6:56 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

just woudln't post

the darn picture.

Drunk. Hah. I actually have to be WORKING at 7 pm, if you can believe that…

’’If somebody had told me we were going to lose Soriano for eight weeks, lose [Carlos] Zambrano and Kerry Wood for a couple of weeks apiece, and then at the same time lose [Reed] Johnson, and then when we played the American League not have a DH [then-injured Daryle Ward], and be in first place by two games, I’d tell you we were pretty fortunate.’’ Lou Piniella (7/23/08)

by drewishdrewid on Jul 29, 2008 6:56 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Now he has 2 blue boxes.

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

by Bildo1805 on Jul 29, 2008 6:53 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Is this a veiled "blue box" joke?

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

by Bildo1805 on Jul 29, 2008 6:53 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was actually going after a Monty Python Reference

but I know SWL will get all hot an bothered with a Harry Potter Reference. So that should be OK.

Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory

by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Jul 29, 2008 6:48 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

It'll get better.

"I've always felt that starting pitching is the most important part of the rotation." - Joe Morgan, Sunday Night Baseball 8-12-07

by gary varsho on Jul 29, 2008 6:50 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

how I hope so

Let's hope these bats travel well to Milwaukee -- Lou

by Emelie on Jul 29, 2008 6:49 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Someone (on CTL) said they

thought the Shark would be available tonight but not as the closer as that’s Marmol’s job.

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

by sue369 on Jul 29, 2008 6:49 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

T-20mins

Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory

by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Jul 29, 2008 6:46 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

when the game thread come up

can someone post the LINK? For each new thread, that would roxx0rs…

’’If somebody had told me we were going to lose Soriano for eight weeks, lose [Carlos] Zambrano and Kerry Wood for a couple of weeks apiece, and then at the same time lose [Reed] Johnson, and then when we played the American League not have a DH [then-injured Daryle Ward], and be in first place by two games, I’d tell you we were pretty fortunate.’’ Lou Piniella (7/23/08)

by drewishdrewid on Jul 29, 2008 6:47 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, I usually do...

...irks me when someone says “NEW THREAD UP ZOMGROFLCOPTER!” but fails to post it.

Dan

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 6:49 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

annoys the hell outta me

Let's hope these bats travel well to Milwaukee -- Lou

by Emelie on Jul 29, 2008 6:50 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

in the same screen too!

and I WANNA PONY!

’’If somebody had told me we were going to lose Soriano for eight weeks, lose [Carlos] Zambrano and Kerry Wood for a couple of weeks apiece, and then at the same time lose [Reed] Johnson, and then when we played the American League not have a DH [then-injured Daryle Ward], and be in first place by two games, I’d tell you we were pretty fortunate.’’ Lou Piniella (7/23/08)

by drewishdrewid on Jul 29, 2008 6:53 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sorry, I

won’t do that anymore. :-(

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

by sue369 on Jul 29, 2008 6:54 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I forgot how unfunny America's Funniest Home Videos are.

START THE GAME

oh, and…

Saget>Bergeron. Yeah, I said it.

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

by Bildo1805 on Jul 29, 2008 6:48 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

BOB SAGET!

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Jul 29, 2008 6:48 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

"Football in the groin!"

—Homer J.

One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.

by chilango2 on Jul 29, 2008 6:50 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by SouthsideCUBSfan on Jul 29, 2008 6:52 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

BRAVO!!

One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.

by chilango2 on Jul 29, 2008 6:53 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 29, 2008 6:54 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

SWL!!!!

It hurt the first time I ever watched that…now I have to relive it over and over and over again.

Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory

by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Jul 29, 2008 6:56 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

plastic bat....plastic ball.......

plastic surgery! (child hits man in face with bat)

ROFLCOPTER takes off.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 29, 2008 6:52 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Jul 29, 2008 6:58 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Here is the lineup as listed on yahoo......

Soriano
Theriot
Lee
Ramirez
Fukudome
Derosa
Fontenot
Soto
Zambrano

Durham
Hardy
Braun
Fielder
Hart
Branyan
Cameron
Kendell
Sheets

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

by SouthsideCUBSfan on Jul 29, 2008 6:50 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Doesn't look good for the boys in blue...

no Weeks or Hall. Looks like we’ll have to win this game honestly.

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

by Bildo1805 on Jul 29, 2008 6:51 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm a little worried with Dome in center

and Dero in right. It is clearly our worst outfield defense we could have (with in reason).

Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory

by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Jul 29, 2008 6:54 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

on the other hand

we have more power, batting Fonty. Reed and Edmonds available to pinch.

Dome’s due. He’s really due. He’s due like a term paper that was due before, uh, now.

’’If somebody had told me we were going to lose Soriano for eight weeks, lose [Carlos] Zambrano and Kerry Wood for a couple of weeks apiece, and then at the same time lose [Reed] Johnson, and then when we played the American League not have a DH [then-injured Daryle Ward], and be in first place by two games, I’d tell you we were pretty fortunate.’’ Lou Piniella (7/23/08)

by drewishdrewid on Jul 29, 2008 6:56 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yes he is.

Hope his bat comes alive tonight.

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

by sue369 on Jul 29, 2008 6:57 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Did you ever think the words

“More,” “power,” “batting,” and “Fonty” would ever be in the same sentence together?

Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory

by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Jul 29, 2008 6:57 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm gonna

not mess with the mojo. :D

’’If somebody had told me we were going to lose Soriano for eight weeks, lose [Carlos] Zambrano and Kerry Wood for a couple of weeks apiece, and then at the same time lose [Reed] Johnson, and then when we played the American League not have a DH [then-injured Daryle Ward], and be in first place by two games, I’d tell you we were pretty fortunate.’’ Lou Piniella (7/23/08)

by drewishdrewid on Jul 29, 2008 6:58 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah...but in my imagination...

the words (I , wish, we, had, so, Lou, wouldn’t, keep) are in it.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 29, 2008 7:00 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dome's played center with the Dragons

I have complete faith in his fielding skills

Let's hope these bats travel well to Milwaukee -- Lou

by Emelie on Jul 29, 2008 6:58 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Pitcher batting 9th.

Weird for MIL, normal for everyone else.

by GateCity, VA Cubs Fan on Jul 29, 2008 6:54 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sure, NOW Yost decides to be a good manager.

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

by Bildo1805 on Jul 29, 2008 6:55 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not possible, computational error

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 6:56 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

they scrapped that experiment

a few weeks in.

I think it’s just his face. - dat cubfan daver

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 29, 2008 6:56 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Soto 8th?

W.T.F.

"I've always felt that starting pitching is the most important part of the rotation." - Joe Morgan, Sunday Night Baseball 8-12-07

by gary varsho on Jul 29, 2008 6:55 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Said it above, but bears repeating.

Not the way to break your boy out of a slump.

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

by Bildo1805 on Jul 29, 2008 6:56 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I might have expected

DeRosa in that spot. He’s done well in the 8spot.

But it’s a great problem to have.

’’If somebody had told me we were going to lose Soriano for eight weeks, lose [Carlos] Zambrano and Kerry Wood for a couple of weeks apiece, and then at the same time lose [Reed] Johnson, and then when we played the American League not have a DH [then-injured Daryle Ward], and be in first place by two games, I’d tell you we were pretty fortunate.’’ Lou Piniella (7/23/08)

by drewishdrewid on Jul 29, 2008 6:57 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Exactly.

I don’t like it.

"I've always felt that starting pitching is the most important part of the rotation." - Joe Morgan, Sunday Night Baseball 8-12-07

by gary varsho on Jul 29, 2008 6:59 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

OT: Anybody having Blackberry e-mail delivery issues today?

Or is it me and crappy Telcel in Mexico? A colleague back home told me he was fine.

One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.

by chilango2 on Jul 29, 2008 6:52 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

T - 10 minutes

and counting

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

by sue369 on Jul 29, 2008 6:55 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Leaving the office momentarily...

I’ll be back towards the end of the game…I hope.

Go CUBS!

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 29, 2008 6:57 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Hurry back!

One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.

by chilango2 on Jul 29, 2008 6:58 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

HIP-HIP HORAAY! HE'S GONE!!

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 6:58 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Joke, joke, SWL knows

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 6:59 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

You were joking

Does that mean no cake?

Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory

by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Jul 29, 2008 7:00 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I iz sorry, no cake:

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 7:01 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

rofl!

Let's hope these bats travel well to Milwaukee -- Lou

by Emelie on Jul 29, 2008 7:00 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

See ya in a bit, buddy

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 6:59 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Man there are a ton of photo posts today

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

by SouthsideCUBSfan on Jul 29, 2008 6:58 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

pregame thread.

New one set to go up in a few.

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

by Bildo1805 on Jul 29, 2008 6:59 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, I know, I'll slow down when the game starts... :(

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 6:59 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

5 Mins!

Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory

by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Jul 29, 2008 7:00 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

CHICAGO CUBS BASEBALL IS ON THE AIR!!!!

’’If somebody had told me we were going to lose Soriano for eight weeks, lose [Carlos] Zambrano and Kerry Wood for a couple of weeks apiece, and then at the same time lose [Reed] Johnson, and then when we played the American League not have a DH [then-injured Daryle Ward], and be in first place by two games, I’d tell you we were pretty fortunate.’’ Lou Piniella (7/23/08)

by drewishdrewid on Jul 29, 2008 7:00 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Okay, by my count...

...we have 3,683 posts from last night, which includes the pre-game thread, the first game thread, and three overflow threads. I counted that from the time this game started (7 pm), so I guess that can be the official un-official record. That’s our objective tonight, women and men of BCB.

And for note, first pre-game thread had 382, and we are now at 430.

Dan

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 7:00 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

The following is a presentation of WGN sports

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Jul 29, 2008 7:00 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

LOL

Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory

by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Jul 29, 2008 7:02 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

EVERYONE JUMP

JUMP!!

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 29, 2008 7:03 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

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