in a respectable way. It’s over and done now. Time to get on with the season.

had not-so-great control all night.

It was not purposeful.

Get over yourself.

Robert Fick laid down a bunt and then attempted to exact his own revenge for Gary Sheffield’s broken hand by practically hper-extending Eric Karros’ arm at first base. Bobby Cox fined him, and after the Cubs won the series, the Braves released him. They may have players who occasionally do stupid things, but the Braves organization has always been classy in my book.

it was really nice to see you in the game thread, cheering our team on to victory and a season sweep.

What’s that, you say?

You weren’t there?

I see.

Escobar seemed to know that it was coming before the ball was even released. I’m not sure exactly what transpired that he would have known that it was going to happen that at-bat. I think it’s highly unlikely that Lilly puts a fastball in his ribs in that spot, with Escobar backing away before the pitch is thrown, and it be accidental.

By the way, did anyone notice Lilly laughing afterwards? I seriously love the guy.

Throwing at batters is part of the game, and has been for a long, long time. It’s good hard-nosed baseball. I don’t know why so many people on BCB seem to have a problem with it (excluding, of course, pitches thrown up at the head. That’s not acceptable).

In baseball putting the opposing slugger on his @#s is protocal! It’s about time we fought back. The weak link in this team, to me, has always been softness. I’m glad we finally showed that it’s not O.K. to throw at our stars. Will somebody please tell me the last time that we protected our stars! Lou shouldn’t have to say anything. It’s an unwritten rule!

He won’t take sh*t from anyone. Don’t believe me take a gander at this. Guess who’s in the middle staring down Peavy, you guessed it.

he should have brought a camera. I always like cowards like that. They’re big shits until the actual physical thing comes into play. Then if they get into it, they try to bitch-slap the opponent.

That’s why I love hockey so much (but its simply not practical or even logical in baseball), someone like that wants to start up, you call him out and pound his ass in a fight at centre ice; take the 2, 5 & 10 and ignite your team mates all at the same time.

What I’m glad about is the Cubs took care of things on the scoreboard first. They didn’t do that early in the game.

There has always been the purpose pitch in baseball (can you say Bob Gibson?) and Lilly did so, but when the Cubs were up 9-4 in the 6th, not 0-0 in the 2nd inning for instance. Guess that’s p/o the reason why they call him “bulldog”.

I love that so many people attack your posts and constantly flame you because you have such different opinions than they do. I may not agree with you but I like that you’re not afraid of them.

I also think you should get an avatar. A nice bullseye since so many people come gunning for you.

or are we so excited that we threw at someone, and winning doesnt matter all that much.

Absolutely intentional. Absolutely perfectly done. Absolutely necessary. and Absolutely acceptable.

I’m absolutely done posting on this now…

And, finally, an end to the beanball war between the teams. At least until next year…Leave it to Ted Lilly to take the final, parting shot.

The Cubs starter who got ejected for hitting the third batter he faced in his previous start at Turner Field — 14 months ago — drilled Braves leadoff hitter Yunel Escobar in the elbow with a pitch with two out in the sixth inning — a response to teammate Alfonso Soriano having a pitch thrown at his head Wednesday.

Lilly denied any intention with the pitch and said the ball just got away from him. Escobar, umpire CB Bucknor and about 36,000 fans apparently disagreed.

Gordo aint drew, that’s for sure!

I really don’t want to get into this argument about wether this was intentional or not, but doesn’t proper beanball protocal state that if your best player (Soriano) gets hit, you hit their best player (Chipper?). I understand protecting your hitters, but Yunel Escobar is, at this point in his career, a decent player, but not a superstar. Why not bean Jones, or hell, even Kotchman?

FWIW:

I think Lilly hit Escobar on purpose. I think it was an appropriate response for Soriano’s head being thrown at, and I think the umpires and Bobby Cox felt the same way. (I think Jeff Francoeur is whiny because he’s frustrated that a seeminlgy promising career is in the toilet at the moment.) No pitcher is going to admit hitting someone on purpose unless they’re tragically stupid, and “no comment” is tantamount to an admission. The players know it was intentional, and that’s all that matters.

I think that some people on this site call for a Cub to hit an opposing player far too often, and it comes across as an overly-hormonal middle school boy. That probably muddies the water when a brushback or HBP is called for. (Pet peeve — “beaning” is hitting someone in the head — the “bean”. Hitting someone in the ribs is not beaning them, and beaning is never appropriate.)

DaBard, I have no issue with you. You’re aware of what caused some of your earlier troubles, and that’s good. However, you felt the need to make a fanpost declaring you were right. I didn’t feel the need to do the same when no Cardinal pitcher hit a Cub on Saturday, nor did anyone who agreed that it probably wasn’t going to happen. Food for thought.

DaBard = MDBNIU = BlueMike ? They share the initials (DB) and the same negative attitude.

I’m not into conspiracies, but it’s been on my mind so I said it… there. Have a nice day.