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SWEEP! -- Cubs 11, Brewers 4

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MILWAUKEE -- There comes a time in virtually every season put together by a championship team to which you can look back and say, "That was the play -- or the game -- or the series -- where it all came together."

It is, of course, far too early -- there remain two months in the regular season, and we hope, a month of postseason play -- but if the Chicago Cubs do indeed do what they seem capable of, what we have hoped and dreamed for all our collective lives, it seems clear that this four-game sweep of the Brewers in Milwaukee is that moment.

Just five days ago, after the dispiriting 3-2 loss in 12 innings to the Marlins on Saturday, at which time the Cubs found themselves barely hanging on to first place and having gone 3-6 since the All-Star break, that many here were ledge-jumping and worrying and panicking... but the players never did. The turnaround started with the win over Florida on Sunday, and continued through this dominant rampage through Miller Park, where the Cubs outscored the Brewers 31-10 (and it really could have been 31-7, a football-type score; the last three runs were a sloppy gift from Scott Eyre, who hadn't pitched since being activated eight days ago) and, apart from the close game on Monday, were never challenged.

The heroes of today's 11-4 Cubs win over Milwaukee included Jim Edmonds, who homered twice including a grand slam, which got a rousing standing ovation -- and Edmonds was given another standing O from the more-than-half-Cubs-fans crowd when he came up to bat in the seventh inning. The grand slam was particularly rewarding because it happened after the first two batters in that fourth inning were retired easily by Dave Bush; a two-out walk drawn by Aramis Ramirez started the rally, continued with a Kosuke Fukudome double and then Mark DeRosa being hit by an 0-2 pitch from Bush.

After that it was Rich Harden, relaxed and dominant, blazing through the Brewers lineup like they were minor leaguers. Just one mistake -- a HR pitch to Prince Fielder, no shame there, since that guy can hit -- was the only thing marring Harden's outstanding effort, and one of the keys to his success today was the total in the "BB" column. ZERO. He threw 71 strikes in his 105 pitches and it seemed effortless.

After leaving 15 men on base Wednesday night -- and I'm certainly not complaining, because there were baserunners galore then and seven of them scored -- the Cubs didn't leave a runner on base until the ninth inning today, when Mike Fontenot drove in the final two runs with a single and then was stranded. All the runs prior to the 9th inning had scored as a result of homers; Alfonso Soriano, hot right now just as he was the last time he came off the DL in May, hit his 18th, and Fukudome slammed a rocket to right for his 8th. It seems, after a long funk perhaps partly due to the calf injury he suffered in June, that Dome is back on track; he also doubled today and his average has poked back above the .280 mark.

What a special, wonderful season this has been so far. By the end of the game virtually all the Brewers fans had departed, so the remaining part of the 45,346 -- Milwaukee's 11th straight sellout, pushing them past 2 million on their 55th home date -- were Cubs fans, and we all gave the club a roaring sendoff after Sean Marshall struck out Rickie Weeks to end the game, after Eyre couldn't keep the Brewers down. Lou didn't seem very pleased to have to come out and yank Eyre; since it's past the trading deadline Eyre's probably staying a Cub, at least for now.

About the ejections of Eric Gagné and Prince Fielder in the 9th -- well, frankly, I think Doug Eddings isn't a very good umpire. If Gagné had wanted to throw a purpose pitch at Edmonds, why did he wait till the count was 3-0? I think Gagné just didn't have any command today. Still, perhaps the ejection was justified; Eddings did warn both benches after that, in an effort to prevent future bad blood between the teams. The ejection of Fielder may have been more justified -- after flying to left, Fielder came back and jawed at Eddings repeatedly, continuing after Eddings had tossed him. A fine is likely to be in Fielder's future. You can understand the frustration of the Brewers, I suppose, after getting swept in their own park where they had been 32-19 before this series. Meanwhile, the Cubs improved their road record to 26-30, better than it was -- and remember, there are only four teams in MLB with winning road records this year (Yankees, Angels, Phillies and Cardinals).

While this series was a huge statement, remember that 53 games remain in the season and that's a long time, and the Brewers are a good team and aren't going anywhere -- if the Cubs do win the NL Central, it's a pretty good bet that the Brewers will be the wild card team, setting up a possible matchup in the NLCS. I don't want to get too far ahead of myself, because there is much baseball left, including a tough road schedule for the Cubs in September (after September 3, they will play 16 of their final 22 on the road, although three of them will be in Miller Park, where they just swept, and three others in St. Louis, where they have played well this year).

So, onward to August and early September, where between tomorrow and Sept. 3, 22 of the next 31 Cubs games will be at Wrigley Field, where the Cubs have dominated this year. That'll have to continue, and the Cubs will be facing the Pirates minus Jason Bay, who was traded to Boston in the three-way deal between the Red Sox, Dodgers and Pirates that sent Manny Ramirez to LA. Make no mistake, the Pirates got some good young players, including Brandon Moss and Craig Hansen from the Red Sox, and uniting Andy LaRoche, acquired from LA, with his brother Adam, the Pirates' first baseman.

Bring 'em on. Till tomorrow. What a week, what a year. Each day, remember where you were, what you were doing, who you were with, when you remember each of these wins... because if the Cubs do reach the Promised Land, you will want to remember these moments forever.

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For what it's worth,

31-10 is a football score as well. Just sayin’.

CUBS WIN! CUE THE ORCHESTRA!

by Keith on Jul 31, 2008 8:24 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

But 31-7 is a BETTER score!

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

by Al on Jul 31, 2008 8:34 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No argument here.

CUBS WIN! CUE THE ORCHESTRA!

by Keith on Jul 31, 2008 8:42 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

What no "First"?

Got to be a first. (NPI)

You oughta stop playing God, case you're not good at it and the position is taken.

by cubbie-swagger on Aug 1, 2008 9:30 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Great game today..

Really glad that Harden finally got his first win as a Cubbie. That trade is going to end up being huge!! Go Cubbies! Lets keep this win streak going

"Go Cubs Go"

by mkcubs21 on Jul 31, 2008 8:25 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

trade

cubs can still make a trade – hendry has done waiver deals before

by drodd on Jul 31, 2008 8:26 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yes they can.. although i'm not sure what he is truely looking for..

I wouldn’t be surprised if Eyre does end up being traded somewhere.

"Go Cubs Go"

by mkcubs21 on Jul 31, 2008 8:27 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

If he can clear waivers.

Someone might claim him.

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

by Al on Jul 31, 2008 8:35 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yes

How is that really a problem?

I’d bet Eyre sails through waivers though. But if he doesn’t, all the better for us.

Borowy . . .Sutcliffe . . .Harden?

by Josh77 on Jul 31, 2008 9:13 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Great recap, as always, Al.

I’ve never understood leaving a ballgame early. Granted, Brewers fans must be a bit downtrodden after this series, but I’ve seen and been told that every game has found Milwaukee fans leaving the game prior to its completion. What’s the point of buying a ticket, going to the game, cheering your team on, only to leave early? A few less minutes in traffic? Never understood this, and frankly, in my opinion it’s a sign of a less than dedicated fanbase, no matter the sport or team.

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 31, 2008 8:27 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

As someone who has lived in LA and have seen the Dodgers play...

It is tradition in Southern California to make it to the ballpark in the bottom of the 1st, and leave by the end of the 7th. Who wants to wait in traffic? Besides, can’t miss Jay Leno’s show over seeing the 9th inning of a ballgame.

by zevkalman on Jul 31, 2008 8:31 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Correction: many Dodger fans show up by the 3rd inning

...and leave in the 7th.

It is disgusting.

THIS IS OUR CENTURY!!

by LAcarl519 on Jul 31, 2008 8:40 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I Can Verify

Been to tons of games in the past and that’s always been the case. Baseball out here is more of a diversion than a passion.

"Sometimes I feel like as a Cubs fan if I’m not worrying about something, I’m not doing it right." - HalfBlindCubbieGirl

by CaliCub on Jul 31, 2008 8:53 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Laker games are no different

I go to no games out here. I just watch on TV. The fans are worthless.

THIS IS OUR CENTURY!!

by LAcarl519 on Jul 31, 2008 8:57 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Many/Most fans drive a long distance

to sporting events in LA. Just now, the downtown area is featuring residences. NOBODY lived downtown until the last few years. Unless you live in Glendale/Pasadena to the east, Echo Park , or Burbank - and other upscale ‘hoods close to Dodger Stadium - you have a long drive to Chavez Ravine, and getting out of the lot with 50K in the joint takes almost an hour.

Since the Dodgers have a large season ticket base, those people are coming back the next day. That’s a lot of time spent driving. So, if a game is out of hand—I see why they leave. It’s always funny for the TV people to comment on the brake lites in the parking lot, but if they lived there, they’d understand.

I give LA fans a pass on this topic.

by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Jul 31, 2008 10:09 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Why I Don't Go to Atlanta

I’ve never been out west. The one reason I’ve never been to see the Cubs in Atlanta is because of the traffic. The public transportation with MARTA isn’t that great for a metro area with that many people. I don’t blame the people in LA for getting to the parking lot early. Of course, that doesn’t mean they are actually leaving early.

"The big possum walks late." - Harry Caray

by memphiscub on Aug 1, 2008 10:59 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I guess for me...

...I do not make it to professional sporting events very often. I go to Wrigley once a year if I’m lucky, and a few other teams and sports here and there. For me, it’s a special occasion, and I treat it like one; I try to savour every moment I’m there. Maybe it’s a bit different for fans that live in the same town as their favorite team, go on a regular basis, etc.

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 31, 2008 9:02 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

True

very easy to get discounted Dodgers tickets on EBay. Right before AS week, won 4 Top Deck tickets to a Marlins game with a face value of $4 for $1.50 each.

Wonder if I can get into Wrigley for $1.50 a seat?

by JFCubFan on Jul 31, 2008 10:55 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Angels fans

tend to do that as well, although not as many. And the Angels fan base on average is a lot younger, so I guess some parents want their kids home early. I don’t see what there is to complain about though, you always get to move up.

by rea5661 on Jul 31, 2008 8:57 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Wonder if

it’s because that’s just about the length of a movie? That may be the length of their attention span ;-}

by Emelie on Aug 1, 2008 4:21 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Using the traffic

as an excuse for LA fans is weak, doesn’t Chicago have some of the worse rated traffic in th nation?

Miami is just as lame as LA.

Lets do it Cubbies

by slocs55 on Aug 1, 2008 8:29 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

In Chicago you can

take a train or a bus or even walk or ride your bike to the park. You can’t do any of those things in LA. You gotta drive, plus the stadium holds 25% more people than Wrigley.

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 Aug 1, 2008 8:44 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yes

but they have much more parking, don’t they? Excuses is the way I see it.

Lets do it Cubbies

by slocs55 on Aug 1, 2008 9:01 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah, there's more parking

It’s like a freakin’ ocean of parking. That’s my point. Last Dodgers/Cubs game I went to on a Saturday, with over 50K—it took an hour from the end of the game to move out of the lot. I just sat there and made phone calls until the exits started to actually creep along more than 2MPH. What’s the use of sitting in gridlock?

If you haven’t been there, you might not understand. All the surface streets off the freeways, into Dodger Stadium - with one exception - are small, and empty into residential neighborhoods. Then, the outgoing traffic causes sluggish freeways.

by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Aug 1, 2008 10:26 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You're right

I haven’t been there but I still think LA fans are weak, same with Miami.

Lets do it Cubbies

by slocs55 on Aug 1, 2008 10:40 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

LOL

That’s SO L.A.

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

by Bump Bailey on Aug 1, 2008 10:46 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Welllllllll

I’m not going to get on someone for leaving when it’s 11-1. I think if the team gives up, the fans have every right to as well.

Pluto will always be a planet to me!

by DaBard on Jul 31, 2008 8:41 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

large numbers of them get there late too

there were still hundreds of people streaming in during the 2nd inning.

’’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 31, 2008 9:13 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm sure a lot of those people were Cubs fans as well

because it’s an hour long drive PLUS traffic going up north from Chicago.

by cubsonWGN4ever on Jul 31, 2008 10:44 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

What's truly odd

is of the three games I saw they regularly showed fans arriving around the third inning. Don’t know if it’s traffic, tradition, or whatnot, but I was always an arrive-an-hour-before-game-time kinda person. I just love sitting in the seats taking in everything before the first pitch.

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 Aug 1, 2008 8:39 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Great sweep! I especially enjoyed seeing Yost's smiles on Monday turning into

the deer-in-the-headlights look. It was creepy seeing Prince’s temper tantrum and Yost’s unprofessionalism in calling for Edmonds to be beaned. Not a classy team.

by zevkalman on Jul 31, 2008 8:28 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Just wonderin'....

Gagne threw three pitches inside to Edmonds, then threw the fourth behind him. It’s possible that he was “protecting” his teammates, though the only HBPs in the game were Cubs and were certainly unintentional by Bush. It’s possible that the Brewers have something against Edmonds from last year and wanted to settle it then. It’s possible that Gagne was just expressing the Brewers’ frustrations, though one would expect a closer to maintain his cool. But…

is it possible that Gagne was P.O.ed at Yost for making him pitch in a blowout and he did that hoping to get ejected???? Charles Barkley used to do that—if he was having a bad game and the 76ers were losing, he’d get 2 Ts and exit in the third quarter.

Not sure, jus’ wonderin’.....

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

by DeRoMyHero on Jul 31, 2008 8:34 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I dunno.

In any case, you could see the frustration in the way the Brewers carried themselves all day.

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

by Al on Jul 31, 2008 8:35 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

that was

impressive, in an angsty teen-ager sort of way.

’’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 31, 2008 9:15 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

They really need...

...to get rid of those maple bats. It’s all fun and games until someone loses an eye… >8)

by Shawon O Meter on Aug 1, 2008 10:31 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

screw that

someone’s going to end up impaled.

’’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 Aug 1, 2008 11:11 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I think guys on ESPN

said the same thing on Wednesday night. Along the lines of “those bats have got to go, but it is a shame that it will probably take a fan, ump or catcher getting seriously injured before any action is taken.” I don’t doubt that an injury is what it will take to finally get Bud off his behind, as it took former MLB players admitting to drug use and implicating other former and current players for MLB to do something about drugs.

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

by gwood on Aug 1, 2008 11:15 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Selig keeps blowing smoke

but so far his actions don’t match his words. I simply don’t understand how he can ignore an issue this serious.

by Emelie on Aug 1, 2008 11:17 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Agreed

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

by gwood on Aug 1, 2008 11:19 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Just imagine the reaction

if Prince’s tantrum had resulted in a shard of the bat hitting Soto or the ump.

"If you're a Cub fan it was baseball like it oughta be. I think the Brewers fans were a little disappointed but, uh, we don't really concern ourselves too much with them." -Bob Brenly, 7.31.08, following four-game sweep of Milwaukee at Wrigley North

by neverAcquiesce on Aug 1, 2008 11:19 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That's what worries me about when Zambrano

breaks the bat over his knee. A shard could lodge in his leg or hit him in the face, let alone some other kind of injury to his leg.

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

by gwood on Aug 1, 2008 11:21 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

What's the quote?

“You couldn’t hit water if you fell out of a f* boat.”?

by sniffy the bee on Jul 31, 2008 9:55 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Let's see that million dollar arm...

...because I’ve got a pretty good idea about that five-cent head of yours….

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

by NotSure on Aug 1, 2008 9:05 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

love that movie.

Crash is one of my favorite movie characters of all time.

"We've had our ups and downs, but as long as you have a reason, something to fall back on and a plan, that's all there is to it," Soto said.

by Madison Cub Fan on Aug 1, 2008 11:16 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Desperate

seemed to be their approach today. When their biggest power threat was attempting to bunt for a base hit, it looked like they were taking advice from Coach George Costanza and trying “the opposite.”

"Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering." ~Master Yoda

by Goodie1969 on Jul 31, 2008 10:03 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Prince is a tubby

little brat. I still don’t believe he is a vegatarin.

Lets do it Cubbies

by slocs55 on Aug 1, 2008 8:31 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Now, now...

He may be a tubby brat, as you say, but let’s disspell the myth that vegetarians are lean and fit and generally model citizens. There are all kinds of reasons for people eating a vegetarian diet. Not everyone who eats vegetarian is a health nut. That said, a vegetarian diet high in pastas, breads, and dairy (if he’s not vegan) will result in someone who’s pretty damn big. Couple that with his natural body type, and you have your “tubby – albeit vegetarian – brat.”

"We are not equations with hats." -Dean Young

by Kegler on Aug 1, 2008 10:54 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

hear hear

it’s very easy to tub out on a vegetarian diet. Potato chips, cheese (yum!), deep fried Tofu, ice cream, etc.

by Emelie on Aug 1, 2008 11:19 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Deep fried tofu?

Oxymoron much?

"If you're a Cub fan it was baseball like it oughta be. I think the Brewers fans were a little disappointed but, uh, we don't really concern ourselves too much with them." -Bob Brenly, 7.31.08, following four-game sweep of Milwaukee at Wrigley North

by neverAcquiesce on Aug 1, 2008 11:20 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

How

is that an oxymoron?

Linus: Life is rarely all one way, Charlie Brown. You win some, you lose some. Charlie Brown: Really? Gee, that'd be neat.

by CyberCyclist on Aug 1, 2008 11:21 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Unhealthily deep frying a food

intended to help you lose weight.

"If you're a Cub fan it was baseball like it oughta be. I think the Brewers fans were a little disappointed but, uh, we don't really concern ourselves too much with them." -Bob Brenly, 7.31.08, following four-game sweep of Milwaukee at Wrigley North

by neverAcquiesce on Aug 1, 2008 11:22 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Brilliant.

Got ya.

"If you're a Cub fan it was baseball like it oughta be. I think the Brewers fans were a little disappointed but, uh, we don't really concern ourselves too much with them." -Bob Brenly, 7.31.08, following four-game sweep of Milwaukee at Wrigley North

by neverAcquiesce on Aug 1, 2008 11:24 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Heh

Tofu’s intentions aren’t weight loss; it’s simply a bean curd. Other cultures have eaten it for hundreds/thousands of years. In the US, it’s largely thought of as a meat substitute, but it’s much more than that.

"We are not equations with hats." -Dean Young

by Kegler on Aug 1, 2008 11:25 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

And it appears

I’ll be dining on a meal consisting of my own foot.

"If you're a Cub fan it was baseball like it oughta be. I think the Brewers fans were a little disappointed but, uh, we don't really concern ourselves too much with them." -Bob Brenly, 7.31.08, following four-game sweep of Milwaukee at Wrigley North

by neverAcquiesce on Aug 1, 2008 11:28 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No big deal

You’ve learned something

Linus: Life is rarely all one way, Charlie Brown. You win some, you lose some. Charlie Brown: Really? Gee, that'd be neat.

by CyberCyclist on Aug 1, 2008 11:29 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I think

there’s a great Moosewood recipe for baked or char-broiled feet. It’s a curry-based rub. A little spicy, too.

: )

"We are not equations with hats." -Dean Young

by Kegler on Aug 1, 2008 11:30 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hehe. In regional Chinese cuisine

(Taiwan, ShangHai), there is a deep-fried fermented ToFu dish aptly named Stinky Tofu.

Shape it like a foot, and you’ve got the full effect. =)

by jbau on Aug 1, 2008 11:37 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Sounds excellent.

Maybe my wife will let me put it front and center this Thanksgiving!

"We are not equations with hats." -Dean Young

by Kegler on Aug 1, 2008 12:24 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You would think,

but no, not at all. As I said above, not all vegetarians eat that diet for health reasons. There are many factors/reasons for eating veggie, including social, industrial, political, as well as health reasons.

"We are not equations with hats." -Dean Young

by Kegler on Aug 1, 2008 11:22 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Guess I never considered

there’s people who (shudder) enjoy the taste of tofu. Or, when it’s deep fried at least.

"If you're a Cub fan it was baseball like it oughta be. I think the Brewers fans were a little disappointed but, uh, we don't really concern ourselves too much with them." -Bob Brenly, 7.31.08, following four-game sweep of Milwaukee at Wrigley North

by neverAcquiesce on Aug 1, 2008 11:23 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Tofu is ok,

but it hardly compares to the soy-based products they have nowadays. I’m not a big fan of the ‘fu, but I’ll eat it occasionally.

"We are not equations with hats." -Dean Young

by Kegler on Aug 1, 2008 11:26 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm one of those weird people...

...who actually like the taste of tofu. It’s probably because I was a vegetarian for about six years during and after college, and I really relied on the ol’ bean curd for protein. I fell off the veggie wagon about 10 years ago, but I still like tofu to this day.

Nanika Ga Okoru!

by dat cubfan daver on Aug 1, 2008 11:30 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

it's quite versatile

and when prepared correctly very tasty.

by Emelie on Aug 1, 2008 11:31 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah, it basically absorbs...

...whatever flavor you want it to. And, even when it’s not heavily spiced, I just like tofu’s “clean” flavor.

Nanika Ga Okoru!

by dat cubfan daver on Aug 1, 2008 11:38 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I've had some

dishes where it was pretty damn good, but I’ve never been able to duplicate that at home. Thus, I’ve generally given up on it. And it’s pretty obvious from my posts, I’m a vegetarain, but I’m by no means anti-meat eater. Nearly everyone I know enjoys meats, and I understand that. My decisions do not affect them or the way I feel about others’ not making those same choices….

Speaking of food though, I gotta get some lunch around here….

"We are not equations with hats." -Dean Young

by Kegler on Aug 1, 2008 11:33 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

My mom

is really good at preparing it. She’s tried to explain it but my wife and I usually only have tofu in Thai restaurants.

Linus: Life is rarely all one way, Charlie Brown. You win some, you lose some. Charlie Brown: Really? Gee, that'd be neat.

by CyberCyclist on Aug 1, 2008 11:35 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Question:

Are you all talking about the white “silken” variety, or the drier browner variety.

I much prefer the second. Or deep-fried.

OK, a bit too much tofo excitement. =)

by jbau on Aug 1, 2008 11:41 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The 2nd

Penny’s Noodles (on Sheffield and Roscoe just South of Wrigely Field and also near the corner of Sheffield and Diversey) has an outstanding stir fried tofu with bean sprouts that I believe is silken.

Linus: Life is rarely all one way, Charlie Brown. You win some, you lose some. Charlie Brown: Really? Gee, that'd be neat.

by CyberCyclist on Aug 1, 2008 11:44 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Stir fried silken tofu

is actually kinda rare to find, I think. So that’s cool.

There’s actually a Korean dish that’s essentially a “hot-pot” of very spicy silken tofu. That’s a good one too.

I guess this thread indicates we’re getting hungry! Though it’s only 10:00 a.m. here on the west coast.

by jbau on Aug 1, 2008 11:48 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It basically tastes and nutritionally acts like egg whites

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

by californiachicagoan on Aug 1, 2008 1:22 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Maybe he was so cranky yesterday

because the broccoli and cauliflower has made him gassy. Needs some beano!
Or
He couldn’t catch CC in the locker room for a quick pregame snack and he was hungry.

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

by love the ivy on Aug 1, 2008 11:02 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I have no desire to ever been one, nor one to defend them

but I guess I don’t see whats so amusing about him being one. Yeah he incredibly fat. Kerry Wood and Geo both have been on special meal plans (granted not ones that veggie and neither are that ungodly fat but still) most everyone applauds their efforts.

"We've had our ups and downs, but as long as you have a reason, something to fall back on and a plan, that's all there is to it," Soto said.

by Madison Cub Fan on Aug 1, 2008 11:22 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I've been a vegetarian

for 18+ years so I pretty much stay out of these discussions. I hope Prince benefits from it. If he is actually eating healthy, the changes will come gradually. You’ll probably notice a difference next year. I doubt that it will help his fielding, though.

Linus: Life is rarely all one way, Charlie Brown. You win some, you lose some. Charlie Brown: Really? Gee, that'd be neat.

by CyberCyclist on Aug 1, 2008 11:33 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I am sure that

veggie people do live healthier, Idon’t poke fun at all vegitarians, just ones that make big asses out of themselves during a ball game on TV.

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

by love the ivy on Aug 1, 2008 1:16 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

So maybe Prince's nickname...

...should be “Easy Gas”?

Nanika Ga Okoru!

by dat cubfan daver on Aug 1, 2008 11:24 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Maybe

we should get suspicious when baserunners start passing out at first base.

Linus: Life is rarely all one way, Charlie Brown. You win some, you lose some. Charlie Brown: Really? Gee, that'd be neat.

by CyberCyclist on Aug 1, 2008 11:45 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I agree that there was a lot of frustration there

but do you really believe it carried over from a year ago?

by rea5661 on Jul 31, 2008 9:01 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I think that was speculation

But I will say this - if Edmonds did something last year, they remember. Ballclubs have a long memory about things.

If the Cubs face Edgar Renteria next year, for example, he will most likely be hit.

by Shanghai Badger on Jul 31, 2008 9:02 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I just think

his control is THAT BAD.

’’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 31, 2008 9:14 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Wow.

Talk about bad journalism. The Harden quote is just taken WAYYYYY out of context.

by daeviant on Jul 31, 2008 9:01 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

+1 for the Potter

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

by dtpollitt on Jul 31, 2008 9:04 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

perhaps even

a Pottergasm?

’’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 31, 2008 9:16 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Word

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

by gwood on Jul 31, 2008 10:50 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh, baby

Sends little, tiny, lightning bolt-like shivers down me spines.

"We are not equations with hats." -Dean Young

by Kegler on Aug 1, 2008 10:57 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Don't blame ESPN

that’s an AP story. They’re just reprinting it. If you’d have read the same story on Yahoo, it would have read exactly the same.

Blame the AP.

Borowy . . .Sutcliffe . . .Harden?

by Josh77 on Jul 31, 2008 9:16 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Whoops

Well damn the AP.

"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 31, 2008 9:17 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I blame everything on the AP

They are supposed to be objective journalists and constantly inject their opinion into news stories. Never, ever trust anything with the AP byline. Hacks…

"Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering." ~Master Yoda

by Goodie1969 on Jul 31, 2008 9:19 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Won't get an argument from me.

n/t

Borowy . . .Sutcliffe . . .Harden?

by Josh77 on Jul 31, 2008 9:21 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I don't think AP is injecting 'opinion.'

I work with their material when I’m writing news. However, my station is also an affiliate of Fox News Radio. You ought to see the stuff THEY supply. Wow. To be ‘fair and balanced,’ you have to discard 80% of their political material, and just use the actual sound bites of the politicians. To use their lead-ins or stories, you’d think O’Reilly or Hannity wrote them.

In the case of AP, it’s just bad journalism. There are inexperienced writers everywhere now. The wire services used to pay decent bucks. They don’t anymore, so, it’s a constant turn-over of J-School grads in their first gig. Times have changed in the biz. You could make a decent living as an AP writer. Now, it would be very tough. It’s a stepping stone job.

by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Jul 31, 2008 10:16 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hey Jazz Man,

Have you ever seen the documentary, “OutFoxed”? Just wondering what you thought of it, since you work for Fox.

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

by Bump Bailey on Jul 31, 2008 10:26 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I don't work for Fox

Perish the thought. The station I am doing some work for is a radio affiliate of Fox News Radio. We have access to their news feeds. I have seen “OutFoxed,” and it’s pretty much as it is, I have a feeling.

Fox has a different spin on the world’s events…..don’t they? :) However, we have the ON/OFF button. I prefer off, except when I’m at work and I must try to glean news from their chaff. Actuallly, they are fine with actual news events, but the political stuff—wow.

Roger Ailes has made a lot of money for Mr. Murdoch, that’s for sure.

by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Jul 31, 2008 10:47 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

AP?

The AP is all about editorializing. It doesn’t surprise me that they can’t even get correct a simple quote from a pitcher.

Fox has to exist just to counter the biases of AP, NPR, CBS, BBC, etc. etc., just like Pepsi has to exist to offer those who don’t like Coca-Cola an alternative, you know, if there were a dozen competitors to Coca-Cola and they were all just Pepsi in a differently labeled bottle.

by jmomls on Aug 1, 2008 12:26 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Again, see my above post

It’s really just bad writing. When you are writing nuts & bolts stories quickly, you don’t have time to think, “Hm, let’s see how I can spin this.” You have to get stories finished quickly, and out on the wire ASAP.

Stories clearly listed as OPINION/ COMMENTARY are decidedly different.

by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Aug 1, 2008 10:19 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Please don't compare Fox News with NPR.

NPR actually reports real events and gives both sides of a story, while Fox News will make things up to suit their political needs and try to pass it off as “news”.

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

by Bump Bailey on Aug 1, 2008 10:54 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

+1

"If you're a Cub fan it was baseball like it oughta be. I think the Brewers fans were a little disappointed but, uh, we don't really concern ourselves too much with them." -Bob Brenly, 7.31.08, following four-game sweep of Milwaukee at Wrigley North

by neverAcquiesce on Aug 1, 2008 10:55 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

+666

Just to f with’em. NPR’s supposed “liberal bias” disappears pretty quickly when you really listen to their reports. Different writers/personalities on NPR are either more right or more left, but overall, NPR is by far the most “fair and balanced” of the larger news services. And to insinuate that CBS, AP, etc. are liberally biased is laughable. BBC I don’t think quite counts, as they’re a foreign service.

Ok, I’m done and not saying anything more along these lines, lest Gagne starts tossing at my head.

"We are not equations with hats." -Dean Young

by Kegler on Aug 1, 2008 11:02 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I find BBC World News to be pretty unbiased myself.

But maybe I’m just distracted by their superior accents.

"If you're a Cub fan it was baseball like it oughta be. I think the Brewers fans were a little disappointed but, uh, we don't really concern ourselves too much with them." -Bob Brenly, 7.31.08, following four-game sweep of Milwaukee at Wrigley North

by neverAcquiesce on Aug 1, 2008 11:04 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Totally agree.

If my wife had a British accent, I’d do everything she said, “straight away!”

"We are not equations with hats." -Dean Young

by Kegler on Aug 1, 2008 11:08 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

My dad is British

and still has some of his accent (although it seems to have been dulled a bit by living in Chicago for the last 30+ years). I still find it cool to listen to him talk.

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

by gwood on Aug 1, 2008 11:10 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

My mom's English...

...and her accent’s as obvious now as it was when she showed up here in the late 60’s. The funniest part is that all her relatives that still live over there think she’s now got an American accent >8)

by Shawon O Meter on Aug 1, 2008 11:28 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm a realitvely shy person

but I’ve vowed to myself if I meet even a semiattractive English lady here in the States I’m asking her out without hesitation.

"If you're a Cub fan it was baseball like it oughta be. I think the Brewers fans were a little disappointed but, uh, we don't really concern ourselves too much with them." -Bob Brenly, 7.31.08, following four-game sweep of Milwaukee at Wrigley North

by neverAcquiesce on Aug 1, 2008 11:13 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

And when she says

“bugger off” in her accent it won’t hurt as much ;)

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

by gwood on Aug 1, 2008 11:16 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Exactly!

Ego stays intact!

"If you're a Cub fan it was baseball like it oughta be. I think the Brewers fans were a little disappointed but, uh, we don't really concern ourselves too much with them." -Bob Brenly, 7.31.08, following four-game sweep of Milwaukee at Wrigley North

by neverAcquiesce on Aug 1, 2008 11:21 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

+2

"The big possum walks late." - Harry Caray

by memphiscub on Aug 1, 2008 11:00 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I do not think you have any idea what the AP is

if you compare them to NPR, Fox, BBC, CBS, etc

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

by californiachicagoan on Aug 1, 2008 1:26 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

rec

the pink hat guy is my father

by joeschmitt on Aug 1, 2008 2:55 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Wow great recap Al!

All I know is that I am heading to Chicago on a 6am flight on Sat. from Portland. Where my better half and I will be taking in 6 games (3 vs hou and 3 vs Stl.). With this sweep it just solidifies our chances of making a true run this year. It will be a blast. I plan on picking up my BCB shirt on Monday.

Al, where is it that you sit again? I would love to stop by and buy you a beer!

by jajonez77 on Jul 31, 2008 8:39 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

LF corner, section 301.

Stop by anytime, and thanks for getting a shirt!

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

by Al on Jul 31, 2008 8:46 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Al, you're too kind

I think Gagne was indeed throwing at Edmonds. I grant he probably didn’t go up there with a plan to hit him, but once it got to 3-0, he figured he might as well finish the job.

I’d say I wish Pinella would have told Eyre to bean a Brewer, but he probably would screw it up. For all we know, Eyre WAS ordered to throw at someone, but kept missing and throwing it down the heart of the plate.

Pluto will always be a planet to me!

by DaBard on Jul 31, 2008 8:43 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I dunno.

I thought Gagne had no command at all—the pitch was just as much out of the strike zone as the other three.

He’ll get fined, which is fine iwth me.

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

by Al on Jul 31, 2008 8:46 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

it's nice we can discuss this

instead of something that actually mattered :)

by cubswynn on Jul 31, 2008 8:47 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Think he was throwing at him, Al.

I flipped over to FSN/Wisc—they even thought that might have been the case. (”...the Brewers are frustrated, and who can blame them?”)

by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Jul 31, 2008 10:18 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I dont agree with any of that.

Milwaukee is still trying to make a play off run. The best thing that happens if Gagne does hit is the benches clear. Suspensions are handed out and they are short handed. They obviously knew they were done by the time that happened and no good would come from it. Sure, intimidate them after they already swept you? Not buying it.

by jajonez77 on Jul 31, 2008 8:48 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

During Last Week of Season

I couldn’t believe that last year. I believe Pujols got thrown at when the Brewers were only down 2-1 in the eighth of that September game. The Cardinals went on to win that game, while the Marlins beat the Cubs. That was a dumb move on the Brewers part.

"The big possum walks late." - Harry Caray

by memphiscub on Aug 1, 2008 11:04 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm not saying Gagne was ordered to do it

Yost might be thinking along your lines.

But Gagne could have made an executive decision to do it himself.

Pluto will always be a planet to me!

by DaBard on Jul 31, 2008 8:53 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That's possible.

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

by Al on Jul 31, 2008 8:54 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Completely possible

If anything I would side with that. But, Yost’s deal last year was in retaliation for the beaning of fielder? If mind serves me right. Completely different in this situation. Sorry Bard, I just assumed you meant that Yost ordered it.

by jajonez77 on Jul 31, 2008 8:58 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I thought it was nice enough

to then score however many runs it was that inning. I think we had stuck it to them enough after that, and a beaning wasn’t necessary.

by rea5661 on Jul 31, 2008 9:03 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Gagne threw at Edmonds

Everyone knew it, the look on Edmonds face right before he trotted down to first was priceless. No big deal they just got their brains beat in by a division rival in a big series, and threw at Edmonds for doing a little watching of his homeruns. I am glad he didn’t take the bait and charge the mound causing a brawl that would have ended in suspensions or possible injuries.

My mother told me she thought she heard Santo say “That’s Bullshit!” right after that pitch. Can anyone confirm or deny this?

by Imtrejo on Aug 1, 2008 12:34 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Other accounts say

he said “that’s bush”, as in, “Bush League”.

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 Aug 1, 2008 3:50 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The funny thing is

even if Gagne was trying to peg Jimmy he couldn’t even do that right.

And I’m pleased as punch the Cubs didn’t lower themselves to the Brewers standards (if, indeed, Yost/Gagne did intentionally try and hit him). Four-game sweep, in their ballpark, sending em five back is a far bigger statement than a ball up Fielder’s backside.

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 Aug 1, 2008 8:44 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Agreed

The biggest retribution was the 11-4 beatdown, not some beanball war.

"Your eyes can decieve you. Don't trust them." Obi-Wan Kenobi, the first sabermetrician...

by Curtain Jerker on Aug 1, 2008 9:04 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I love the "escoba" (broom).

I spent last week on a cruise ship, unable to watch, following the Cubs on the internet. (Thanks for your recaps, AL. They were my info lifeline to the Cubs for a week.) Since I came back on Wednesday the Cubs haven’t lost and they regained first place with their biggest lead yet this season. Moreover, since I am on vacation, I’ve watched every victory. So, I can’t complain.

I will certainly remember this series as the one that established the team’s dominance. When Kerry Wood returns this team will look formidable.

by Fraggin Judge on Jul 31, 2008 8:46 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

it is a great time to be a cub fan

i’m all for people jumping on the bandwagon, but for those of us who have been through the worst times, this is just getting better and better…...it really does seem like a year when things are going to go our way

by cubswynn on Jul 31, 2008 8:46 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

9-4 Atlanta

bottom 8

I have discovered in twenty years of moving around a ball park, that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats. ~Bill Veeck

by Employee22 on Jul 31, 2008 8:48 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

reminds me of last year

when the bleachers were doing the toma hawk chop…..one of my favorite comes memories

by cubswynn on Jul 31, 2008 8:49 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

ew...

sorry one of my favorite cubs memories…...am i drunk?!

by cubswynn on Jul 31, 2008 8:50 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I was at a NLDS game against the Braves in '03

We were doing that faux chop. The next day I read some Braves fans saying it was tasteless for Cubs fans to do that… oh the irony.

by daeviant on Jul 31, 2008 8:55 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Best line in the Recap

“if the Chicago Cubs do indeed do what they seem capable of, what we have hoped and dreamed for all our collective lives”

Yes, Al, that would be something and it is something I think about – imagine – and shake my head – it would be unbelievable!

Favorite Game - 'The Sandberg game" June 23, 1984

by Cub Fan Mike on Jul 31, 2008 8:48 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Speaking of crying like a baby.

I told my wife. When I walk up the ramp to the field on Monday to wrigley for my first time. I will probably cry. Funny thing, she said “I understand dear”. I love her :)

by jajonez77 on Jul 31, 2008 8:51 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i get a little choked up everytime, no matter how many times i go

then my friends call me a name and i drink my beer and shut up

by cubswynn on Jul 31, 2008 8:55 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Agreed

everytime I get to field level, coming out of the concourse . . . just amazing

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

by gwood on Jul 31, 2008 10:55 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I've only been once

and i was literally awestruck by it.

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

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Aug 1, 2008 12:49 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yep

Just takes my breath away, no matter how many times I go.

"Your eyes can decieve you. Don't trust them." Obi-Wan Kenobi, the first sabermetrician...

by Curtain Jerker on Aug 1, 2008 9:05 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Agreed.

Haven’t been to Wrigley since the late 90s, but even going to other ballparks brings a sense of childlike wonder upon seeing the field.

Who knows, though. I’m sitting on a week of vacation my boss has agreed to give me in late October if necessary. Wonder where I’d go?

"If you're a Cub fan it was baseball like it oughta be. I think the Brewers fans were a little disappointed but, uh, we don't really concern ourselves too much with them." -Bob Brenly, 7.31.08, following four-game sweep of Milwaukee at Wrigley North

by neverAcquiesce on Aug 1, 2008 9:13 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I used to be a wrigley vendor

and every single time, every single day you go,

it still feels like that.

by mrbubs on Aug 1, 2008 9:31 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

+1

It’s my “Field Of Dreams” everytime I go.

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

by Bump Bailey on Aug 1, 2008 10:56 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Every opening day

Every opening day it gets to me.

Go Cubs

by cubstoseriesby100 on Aug 1, 2008 5:43 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Funny story...

First time I went to Wrigley (live in Atlanta, had never been, my wife took me for my birthday), I was almost beaned by a BP foul ball…

D-Lee hit it, it was flying towards me, and my wife said, “Honey…. honey… HONEY!” I heard the last one just in time to duck. (I did manage to track the ball down, it’s sitting on a shelf at home)... After I recovered the ball, she asked me, “What were you doing? That ball almost hit you in the head.”

My response: “I was staring at the grass, trying to figure out how I could get some to keep as a souvenir…” :)

There’s nothing like the first time you walk up the tunnel and get your first sight… it was beautiful.

by Slim1256 on Aug 1, 2008 9:49 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ron Santo called Gagne's actions "Bush League"

I called it “Washed up pitcher with control problems”

by daeviant on Jul 31, 2008 8:54 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That's what I was thinking...

... what you said.

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

by Al on Jul 31, 2008 8:54 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

it looked very intentional to me

not tht Gagne’s control overall was very good, but that last one looked aimed at Edmond’s ribs.

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

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 31, 2008 10:11 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Quick question

How many times did Cubs pitchers hit Jimmy Ballgame when he was a Cardinal?

Remember how much WE detested him THEN?

by jmomls on Aug 1, 2008 12:28 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I have no idea

but I’m not a big fan of bean ball even when we play it.

I just don’t see what it solves or helps. Retaliate by scoring runs and winning. Not by “getting even”.

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

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Aug 1, 2008 12:49 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

LSA

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

by Al on Aug 1, 2008 8:01 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I feel the same way.

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

by sue369 on Aug 1, 2008 12:33 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Al: thanks for having BCB.

It is great to help keep fans like me connected to all the other great Cub fans around the world. And at times like this, it is a hell of a lot of fun!!

thanks for adding to the memories!

THIS IS OUR CENTURY!!

by LAcarl519 on Jul 31, 2008 8:55 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

+1 x 20

wsj and cnnsi.com agree too

by cubswynn on Jul 31, 2008 8:56 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It sure is fun, isn't it?

Let’s hope our fun extends all the way through October.

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

by Al on Jul 31, 2008 8:57 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

5 up

Card lose

I have discovered in twenty years of moving around a ball park, that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats. ~Bill Veeck

by Employee22 on Jul 31, 2008 8:56 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Cardinals lose!

Cubs have a 5-game lead over both Mil & StL

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

by Al on Jul 31, 2008 8:56 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

c'mon baby

what a difference a week makes! i made a bet the cubs would win 3 of 4….thanks cubs for making me look good

by cubswynn on Jul 31, 2008 8:58 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i remember also saying

that the sky is not falling….we have sori coming back, etc etc etc…...i hate (love) to say i told you so, but i told you so!

by cubswynn on Jul 31, 2008 9:01 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I was with you.

I take great pride in being a real fan.

Sure, I will question some decisions here and there and talk about what could be and what should be. But, I have never said that we would not be sitting at the top of the heap when it is done. This is the year! just like the other 31 have been since I was alive. The glass is always half full. It has to be. We are cubs fans!

by jajonez77 on Jul 31, 2008 9:06 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

preach!

people react too quickly…..thats why i like Al’s opinions, they are level headed…...it’s a long season and there is no reason to get down (see my jason marquis arguement)

by cubswynn on Jul 31, 2008 9:09 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Do you owe money now because they didn’t?

Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. - George F. Will

by 15% on Jul 31, 2008 10:14 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

see

now that 8 game lead doesn’t seem impossible, does it. :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 31, 2008 9:19 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm with you

although I predicted a month ago that they will finish about five games up, not eight. On pace….

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 Aug 1, 2008 4:00 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

5 on MIL 6 on STL

in the loss column!

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

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 31, 2008 10:05 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

MLB.COM recaps the trades before the deadline and calls the Brewers

and Bucs the “winners”. The Brewers were the winners because they got C.C. No mention of Harden and the Cubs.

Then they go through the Astros, Yankees, Rays’, Red Sox, etc. trades and ignore Harden and the Cubs. Wonder what’s up with that? Didn’t Ms. Muskat make the deadline?

See here:

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080731&content_id=3232783&vkey=trade2008&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

by zevkalman on Jul 31, 2008 9:00 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

you can't call them winners yet

if they make the playoffs, yes they are winners…...if they don’t, they are HUGE losers…..HUGE HUGE HUGE

by cubswynn on Jul 31, 2008 9:03 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

+1

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 Aug 1, 2008 4:01 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Maybe my math is wrong....

Just adding it up in my head from the Cubs schedule page, but as bad as the month of July felt… the Cubs ended up with a better record in July (15-11) than in June (15-12).

Weird.

by MillsChC on Jul 31, 2008 9:08 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Absolutely right.

Little weird to think, actually. Memory is a bad test to recount what actually transpired. Just ask this guy:

Month-to-month record:

April 17 – 9
May 18 – 11
June 15 – 12
July 15 – 11

Jeeze, they were hotter than dog shit in Las Vegas in April.

"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 31, 2008 9:14 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

This is amazing.

they’ve NEVER been less than 3 games over .500 in any one month.

Angels? Who’re they?

’’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 31, 2008 9:20 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Thats right

Who says games in April don’t count?

by JFCubFan on Jul 31, 2008 10:59 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Lenny!

And with our home-heavy schedule for August that trend should continue.

Best movie ever, by the way.

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 Aug 1, 2008 8:58 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I LOVE THAT MOVIE

i especially like some of the monologues he has in the movie. My favorite line is still: How am I supposed to heal if I can’t… feel time?

---AC 00 00 00 - Believe

by mjk83 on Aug 1, 2008 9:55 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

"Okay, I'm chasing him..."

"If you're a Cub fan it was baseball like it oughta be. I think the Brewers fans were a little disappointed but, uh, we don't really concern ourselves too much with them." -Bob Brenly, 7.31.08, following four-game sweep of Milwaukee at Wrigley North

by neverAcquiesce on Aug 1, 2008 10:55 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I've only seen Memento once...

Correct me if I’m wrong. Was he the one that killed his wife all along? I do need to see it again.

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

by Bump Bailey on Aug 1, 2008 11:01 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yes. Via insulin injections.

The Sammy Jankis story was what he created out of his own faulty memories. Sammy Jankis essentially was him.

Watch it again.

"If you're a Cub fan it was baseball like it oughta be. I think the Brewers fans were a little disappointed but, uh, we don't really concern ourselves too much with them." -Bob Brenly, 7.31.08, following four-game sweep of Milwaukee at Wrigley North

by neverAcquiesce on Aug 1, 2008 11:02 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Thanks neverAcquiesce..

I rented it once and always meant to buy it, it was so good. Just saw it on Amazon for $4. I’m all over that!

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

by Bump Bailey on Aug 1, 2008 11:11 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That's a bloody steal!

Watch it, love it, TELL PEOPLE ABOUT IT!

"If you're a Cub fan it was baseball like it oughta be. I think the Brewers fans were a little disappointed but, uh, we don't really concern ourselves too much with them." -Bob Brenly, 7.31.08, following four-game sweep of Milwaukee at Wrigley North

by neverAcquiesce on Aug 1, 2008 11:32 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Awesome flick.

I saw that movie in San Francisco while on my honeymoon. Afterward, I promised myself I’d watch it a couple more times but never did.

Nanika Ga Okoru!

by dat cubfan daver on Aug 1, 2008 10:52 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That is a literal must buy movie.

I put on every couple of months and still find myself pausing and going over things in my mind again. Be sure to check out Nolan’s first film Following as well.

"If you're a Cub fan it was baseball like it oughta be. I think the Brewers fans were a little disappointed but, uh, we don't really concern ourselves too much with them." -Bob Brenly, 7.31.08, following four-game sweep of Milwaukee at Wrigley North

by neverAcquiesce on Aug 1, 2008 10:55 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'd just like to say

that I’ve been a baseball fan since I was 8 years old - nearly thirty years of being a fan (egad) and today was the first time - the FIRST TIME—I’d ever actually seen a grand-slam home-run live.

oh, happy day!

’’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 31, 2008 9:12 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

can anyone answer this for me

but i believe we are up 2 games in the lose column against the brewers?

by cubswynn on Jul 31, 2008 9:12 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

yes up 5 in the loss column to the Brewers 6 to the Cardinals

I’m just hoping there is no letdown vs the Pirates and Astros a nice winning streak would be awesome

by jeff_pico on Jul 31, 2008 9:14 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

there is no downplaying that

len and bob will tell you how HUGE that is

by cubswynn on Jul 31, 2008 9:17 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hahahah

Nice

If I was I mathematician, like some of the people here with + and -, I would give you

(Integral from 2 to 0 of) 5 7x^2 dx

Lets at least make the plus/minus system more challenging, if you’re gonna do it.

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

by NittanyCub on Jul 31, 2008 9:27 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I am a mathematician

The right way to typset that is

\int_02 \frac{15x2}{8} dx

(also, your math is wrong…)

Some people have 3 layers, like pie.

by berselius on Jul 31, 2008 9:50 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

whoops

make that

\int_0^2 \frac{15×2}{8} dx

I fail at LaTeX…

Some people have 3 layers, like pie.

by berselius on Jul 31, 2008 9:51 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh wait, you weren't giving him +5...

you were giving him -152

Man, I am such a dork

Some people have 3 layers, like pie.

by berselius on Jul 31, 2008 9:54 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

How's my math wrong? I didn't even solve it.

I don’t know this LaTeX business in which you speak. Should’ve made it clearer:

b=2 (integral) a=0 x^ 2

57 x3/3 |2,0

57(2)3/3 – 57(0)^3/3

= 152… I really liked his post.

"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 31, 2008 10:02 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I thought that you were going for +5

realized later that it wasn’t

Plus usually when we say integrals we say the lower bound first, where you had it the other way around

Some people have 3 layers, like pie.

by berselius on Jul 31, 2008 11:08 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I messed up with my context

That’s what I get for trying to type math.

"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 31, 2008 10:05 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Don't you mean "geekiest thread ever"?

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

by Al on Aug 1, 2008 8:02 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Uh, I was told there would be no math...

Go Green! Go White! GO STATE! (#13031 on the Cubs season ticket waiting list...)

by Zeke on Aug 1, 2008 9:02 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

would posting bill murray again over do it?

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Jul 31, 2008 9:30 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

that picture is so huge

i wish you had a smaller one.

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

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 31, 2008 10:06 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That is what she had once said from a similar, yet different, arrangement.

"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 31, 2008 10:10 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

LOL

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

by Bump Bailey on Jul 31, 2008 10:34 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Connelly is smaller than Murray.

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

by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Jul 31, 2008 11:17 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No Bill Murray but will this work?

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

by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Jul 31, 2008 11:11 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hmmm...

Possibly the most beautiful woman alive.

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

by Bump Bailey on Aug 1, 2008 12:06 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

+1

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

by californiachicagoan on Aug 1, 2008 12:11 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

+ a great person

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

by californiachicagoan on Aug 1, 2008 12:15 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Tomahawk Chop!

Whoaaaa Whoa Whoaaaaa

Whoaaa, Whoa Whoaaaa

Yep! 2003 we taunted their great, “loyal fans” with this bizarre Atlantan peculiarity.

I feel the same way about the Florida State Seminole fans – same thing. “The Chop”

How absurd.

by The E-Man on Jul 31, 2008 9:32 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hey!

As a FSU fan I sort of resent that.

We’ve been doing the chop since the mid 1980s. The Braves only started doing it as an homage to Deion Sanders when he was there in the early 1990s.

It may be a bit oversued, however. A 5 yard run on first down probably doesn’t merit chop usage. But it is fantastic when everyone at Doak Campbell is chopping as one ater a huge play (rarer and rarer these days…)

I guess the chop rocks in a college setting, which is chock-full of cool traditions, but is useless in a baeball setting…

"Your eyes can decieve you. Don't trust them." Obi-Wan Kenobi, the first sabermetrician...

by Curtain Jerker on Aug 1, 2008 9:12 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

that "ater" is supposed to be "after"

I hate typing on the work keyboard.

Also, that “oversued” is “overused.” I’m not sure what oversued is suppsoed to be. Maybe a lawyer can let me know.

"Your eyes can decieve you. Don't trust them." Obi-Wan Kenobi, the first sabermetrician...

by Curtain Jerker on Aug 1, 2008 9:14 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

uhhhhhh

did I miss something on bb tonight or is it 1030 and they havent covered the cubs yet. while the nationals have been on…

by ballstitch on Jul 31, 2008 9:33 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Just saw the highlights at about 10:40p

Have to spend the first 15 or so talking about Manny being Manny in LA

by va cubsfan on Jul 31, 2008 9:58 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

is it unsettling to anyone else?

the fact that the cubs haven’t pitched a scoreless ninth in forever… not a good omen for the next one run game… of course if the cubs keep hitting the way they did in this last series, they wont have to worry about that..

by ThisIsResolute on Jul 31, 2008 9:34 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I would credit that

to the pitchers trying to pitch to contact. No point trying to be fine with your pitches when you’ve got a 6-7 run lead. Even a blind squirrel (see Brewers, Milwaukee) finds a nut now and then…

"Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering." ~Master Yoda

by Goodie1969 on Jul 31, 2008 9:39 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Dude,

Marmol threw a scoreless frame Monday night.

by SplintChesthair on Jul 31, 2008 10:18 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Jeff Spellcheck

Threw a scoreless ninth on Sunday against the Fish as well

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

by gwood on Jul 31, 2008 11:02 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

indeed.

I just get frustrated when i see cubs’ pitching give up a run or two in the ninth.. I’ll shut up now.. bueno.

by ThisIsResolute on Jul 31, 2008 11:36 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I don't know why people have trouble with Samardzija

It’s really a pretty easy name to spell when you break it down.

It’s Sam/ Ard / Zija.

The Zija part is the only one that’s in the least bit hard if you break it down. It’s not like Mientkiewicz, which has no easy way to really break down.

Borowy . . .Sutcliffe . . .Harden?

by Josh77 on Aug 1, 2008 1:21 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He's

the Alphabet Shark

Linus: Life is rarely all one way, Charlie Brown. You win some, you lose some. Charlie Brown: Really? Gee, that'd be neat.

by CyberCyclist on Aug 1, 2008 8:14 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Agreed.

I’ve taught myself how to spell it by simply separating “Samard” and “zija.” The former is easy enough to remember – and spell – by itself. Then you just add “zija,” which is actually kinda fun.

Nanika Ga Okoru!

by dat cubfan daver on Aug 1, 2008 10:54 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I always have to pause

between the ard and the zija. Going from D to Z is a tricky affair in this sweet little mouth of mine.

by Emelie on Aug 1, 2008 11:26 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

TWSS?

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

by Bump Bailey on Aug 1, 2008 11:40 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Well, yes, she did say it.

It’s right there in her post.

Nanika Ga Okoru!

by dat cubfan daver on Aug 1, 2008 11:41 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

egad.

’’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 Aug 1, 2008 11:51 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

going

from DeRosa to Zambrano?

Linus: Life is rarely all one way, Charlie Brown. You win some, you lose some. Charlie Brown: Really? Gee, that'd be neat.

by CyberCyclist on Aug 1, 2008 11:54 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Jeff Spellcheck is brilliant.

Well done, sir.

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 Aug 1, 2008 9:02 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I motion to keep him as 'Spellcheck'

or ‘Jeff Spellcheck’ from here forward.

I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg

by Trey2317 on Aug 1, 2008 9:21 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I second the motion.

Bonus: same amount of letters in Samardzija and Spellcheck.

"If you're a Cub fan it was baseball like it oughta be. I think the Brewers fans were a little disappointed but, uh, we don't really concern ourselves too much with them." -Bob Brenly, 7.31.08, following four-game sweep of Milwaukee at Wrigley North

by neverAcquiesce on Aug 1, 2008 9:54 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Thank you

but I believe I got it from Drewish

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

by gwood on Aug 1, 2008 9:55 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I got it from someone else

don’t remember who. I use Spellcheck and The Shark interchangeable.

’’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 Aug 1, 2008 10:05 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

y

’’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 Aug 1, 2008 10:05 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You know what, I think I created it.

"If you're a Cub fan it was baseball like it oughta be. I think the Brewers fans were a little disappointed but, uh, we don't really concern ourselves too much with them." -Bob Brenly, 7.31.08, following four-game sweep of Milwaukee at Wrigley North

by neverAcquiesce on Aug 1, 2008 10:17 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Gagne

I went back and watched that AB. I think he was trying to hit him with all three pitches. They were all balls inside about belt high. Edmonds wasn’t very close to the plate so he was making it a little hard for Gagne to hit him without looking obvious. On the last pitch he was trying to make sure he got enough and just got too much. That was the only pitch that looked like it didn’t go where he wanted it. Also, there was no outrage on his part right away. It was almost like he had to try and be outraged. No doubter to me.

"I'm petrified of nipple chafing. Once it starts, it's a vicious circle." Andy Bernard

by TXCub on Jul 31, 2008 9:34 PM CDT reply reply