First Pitch Thread: Cubs vs. Reds, Wednesday 8/20, 7:05 CT

CHICAGO CUBS BASEBALL IS ON THE AIR!!!

Good Evening Everyone!!

"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager

"Soriano deep to left!! THAT BALL'S GOOOONE!! A HOME RUN!! OHHH BABY!!" -Len Kasper 8/06/08

SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .293 22 HR 61 RBI

by Galvan316 on Aug 20, 2008 7:00 PM CDT 0 recs

Let's rock and roll

by chitownhawkeye on Aug 20, 2008 7:01 PM CDT 0 recs

Friggin Reds announcers on DirecTV...ugh!

I want to hear them grousing all night long.

Hurt them Cubs…early & often. Take no prisoners tonight!!

THIS IS OUR CENTURY!!

by LAcarl519 on Aug 20, 2008 7:03 PM CDT 0 recs

I have DirecTV

but am blacked out.

Good luck Shawn Johnson, Lolo Jones and Doug Schwab. Bring home the gold!!!

by sue369 on Aug 20, 2008 7:08 PM CDT up 0 recs

Dish here...

blacked out as well.

by BlueSox on Aug 20, 2008 7:08 PM CDT up 0 recs

Sucks doesn't it?

Good luck Shawn Johnson, Lolo Jones and Doug Schwab. Bring home the gold!!!

by sue369 on Aug 20, 2008 7:09 PM CDT up 0 recs

yup

Law and Order tonight.

by BlueSox on Aug 20, 2008 7:09 PM CDT up 0 recs

I have

Pat and Ron on so that helps.

Good luck Shawn Johnson, Lolo Jones and Doug Schwab. Bring home the gold!!!

by sue369 on Aug 20, 2008 7:10 PM CDT up 0 recs

Blacked out

here too. And no Pat and Ron.

Nuts.

by Dave in the basement on Aug 20, 2008 7:30 PM CDT up 0 recs

hah!

That’s MY RECOMMENDATION quote there!

Our 2008 Chicago Cubs -- FINDING WAYS TO WIN!

by drewishdrewid on Aug 20, 2008 7:03 PM CDT 0 recs

and it's a good one, too

by santo4hof on Aug 20, 2008 7:18 PM CDT up 0 recs

Let's Go Quality Start Lilly!

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

by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 20, 2008 7:04 PM CDT 0 recs

Make your Home Run Predictions:

Im going with Edmonds

"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager

"Soriano deep to left!! THAT BALL'S GOOOONE!! A HOME RUN!! OHHH BABY!!" -Len Kasper 8/06/08

SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .293 22 HR 61 RBI

by Galvan316 on Aug 20, 2008 7:04 PM CDT 0 recs

Theriot

Just a hunch

"Earthly fame is naught but a breath of wind, which now comes hence and now comes thence, changing its name because it changes quarter." -- Dante, Purgatorio, Canto XI

by sweetswinger on Aug 20, 2008 7:06 PM CDT up 0 recs

Geo

He has the power tonight!

by Morg98 on Aug 20, 2008 7:08 PM CDT up 0 recs

dlee

ends his power struggle

"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark

by preachermancubsfan on Aug 20, 2008 7:12 PM CDT up 0 recs

Starting Line Ups

Soriano
Theriot
Lee
Ramirez
Edmonds
DeRosa
Fukudome
Soto
Lilly

"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager

"Soriano deep to left!! THAT BALL'S GOOOONE!! A HOME RUN!! OHHH BABY!!" -Len Kasper 8/06/08

SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .293 22 HR 61 RBI

by Galvan316 on Aug 20, 2008 7:05 PM CDT 0 recs

like that lineup. switch cedeno w/ theriot, then move cedeno to 8th, and I'm in heaven.

by sackings108 on Aug 20, 2008 7:06 PM CDT up 0 recs

Soriano and Aramis...go deep early

(film on WGN News at 10)

THIS IS OUR CENTURY!!

by LAcarl519 on Aug 20, 2008 7:05 PM CDT 0 recs

I'm calling HRs by Soriano and a rare DLee shot

by Canseco's Roid Party on Aug 20, 2008 7:05 PM CDT 0 recs

i called dlee too

roid man! lol

"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark

by preachermancubsfan on Aug 20, 2008 7:13 PM CDT up 0 recs

Good Evening

Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls, moms and dads………….Let’s Go Cubs!

by MOCubsfan on Aug 20, 2008 7:06 PM CDT 0 recs

CUE: Running Down a Dream

HERE WE GO!!!!!!

LET’S GO CUBBIES!!

"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager

"Soriano deep to left!! THAT BALL'S GOOOONE!! A HOME RUN!! OHHH BABY!!" -Len Kasper 8/06/08

SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .293 22 HR 61 RBI

by Galvan316 on Aug 20, 2008 7:06 PM CDT 0 recs

awww

Les Walrond got sent down :(

by Canseco's Roid Party on Aug 20, 2008 7:07 PM CDT 0 recs

alright!

let’s mow ’em down and hit ’em out!

Our 2008 Chicago Cubs -- FINDING WAYS TO WIN!

by drewishdrewid on Aug 20, 2008 7:07 PM CDT 0 recs

OMG, D-Lee.

by The Deputy Mayor of Rush Street on Aug 20, 2008 7:09 PM CDT 0 recs

Yikes

That was an interesting throw to say the least

"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager

"Soriano deep to left!! THAT BALL'S GOOOONE!! A HOME RUN!! OHHH BABY!!" -Len Kasper 8/06/08

SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .293 22 HR 61 RBI

by Galvan316 on Aug 20, 2008 7:09 PM CDT 0 recs

1 away

"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager

"Soriano deep to left!! THAT BALL'S GOOOONE!! A HOME RUN!! OHHH BABY!!" -Len Kasper 8/06/08

SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .293 22 HR 61 RBI

by Galvan316 on Aug 20, 2008 7:09 PM CDT 0 recs

Here we go Cubbies here we go, clap clap

Fat , drunk , and ,stupid is now way to go through life son.

by alabebo on Aug 20, 2008 7:09 PM CDT 0 recs

2 away

"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager

"Soriano deep to left!! THAT BALL'S GOOOONE!! A HOME RUN!! OHHH BABY!!" -Len Kasper 8/06/08

SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .293 22 HR 61 RBI

by Galvan316 on Aug 20, 2008 7:09 PM CDT 0 recs

Let's do this!!!!!

Good luck Shawn Johnson, Lolo Jones and Doug Schwab. Bring home the gold!!!

by sue369 on Aug 20, 2008 7:10 PM CDT 0 recs

K!

three outs!

Our 2008 Chicago Cubs -- FINDING WAYS TO WIN!

by drewishdrewid on Aug 20, 2008 7:10 PM CDT up 0 recs

nice dig out by lee.

Our 2008 Chicago Cubs -- FINDING WAYS TO WIN!

by drewishdrewid on Aug 20, 2008 7:10 PM CDT 0 recs

Too soon to ask?

by The Deputy Mayor of Rush Street on Aug 20, 2008 7:10 PM CDT 0 recs

nah

hiyo!

Our 2008 Chicago Cubs -- FINDING WAYS TO WIN!

by drewishdrewid on Aug 20, 2008 7:10 PM CDT up 0 recs

how can we both be here at the same time?

by sackings108 on Aug 20, 2008 7:11 PM CDT up 0 recs

it's a paradox!

and you know what that means… technical balk.

THE UMPS TAKE AN EARLY LEAD!

Our 2008 Chicago Cubs -- FINDING WAYS TO WIN!

by drewishdrewid on Aug 20, 2008 7:13 PM CDT up 0 recs

damn...

but we better stop with this blasphemous conversation, lest we be accused of being blowhards…

by sackings108 on Aug 20, 2008 7:14 PM CDT up 0 recs

dammit

and it’s my birthday next week. How’m’I gonna blow out the candles?

Our 2008 Chicago Cubs -- FINDING WAYS TO WIN!

by drewishdrewid on Aug 20, 2008 7:16 PM CDT up 0 recs

maybe we could just use the sand from daver's ass to put them out

by sackings108 on Aug 20, 2008 7:18 PM CDT up 0 recs

there's a reason to pack it

it’s an away birthday.

Our 2008 Chicago Cubs -- FINDING WAYS TO WIN!

by drewishdrewid on Aug 20, 2008 7:19 PM CDT up 0 recs

present

Good luck Shawn Johnson, Lolo Jones and Doug Schwab. Bring home the gold!!!

by sue369 on Aug 20, 2008 7:11 PM CDT up 0 recs

hello

by Canseco's Roid Party on Aug 20, 2008 7:11 PM CDT up 0 recs

hey

Good luck Shawn Johnson, Lolo Jones and Doug Schwab. Bring home the gold!!!

by sue369 on Aug 20, 2008 7:12 PM CDT up 0 recs

How are you doing?

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

by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 20, 2008 7:12 PM CDT up 0 recs

Fine thanks

and you?

Good luck Shawn Johnson, Lolo Jones and Doug Schwab. Bring home the gold!!!

by sue369 on Aug 20, 2008 7:14 PM CDT up 0 recs

Great...the Cubs are playing the Reds

Happy days!

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

by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 20, 2008 7:15 PM CDT up 0 recs

Yo

by santo4hof on Aug 20, 2008 7:19 PM CDT up 0 recs

So true

Good luck Shawn Johnson, Lolo Jones and Doug Schwab. Bring home the gold!!!

by sue369 on Aug 20, 2008 7:21 PM CDT up 0 recs

present and accounted for

by MOCubsfan on Aug 20, 2008 7:11 PM CDT up 0 recs

almost live from Dallas

Fat , drunk , and ,stupid is now way to go through life son.

by alabebo on Aug 20, 2008 7:11 PM CDT up 0 recs

We are here

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

by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 20, 2008 7:11 PM CDT up 0 recs

'ere!

by Clutch16 on Aug 20, 2008 7:12 PM CDT up 0 recs

Here

And unable to watch. Thanks for any PBP that anyone does.

by Morg98 on Aug 20, 2008 7:12 PM CDT up 0 recs

here

with my In & Out Burger. Yum!

THIS IS OUR CENTURY!!

by LAcarl519 on Aug 20, 2008 7:13 PM CDT up 0 recs

Do kids still deface the signs

And make them say In-N-Out B urge r?

by Clutch16 on Aug 20, 2008 7:14 PM CDT up 0 recs

No

they just knock the “g” out of the Black Angus sign

THIS IS OUR CENTURY!!

by LAcarl519 on Aug 20, 2008 7:17 PM CDT up 0 recs

Isn't that

just a given

by chitownhawkeye on Aug 20, 2008 7:18 PM CDT up 0 recs

In & Out Burgers

are sacred shrines here. everyone loves ’em. No one would harm the place.

THIS IS OUR CENTURY!!

by LAcarl519 on Aug 20, 2008 7:20 PM CDT up 0 recs

In my experience

there is nothing more sacred to a 16 yr old than a scat joke in a public place

by chitownhawkeye on Aug 20, 2008 7:29 PM CDT up 0 recs

Here unless work pulls me away too much

by chitownhawkeye on Aug 20, 2008 7:13 PM CDT up 0 recs

i am also at work however the game is pulling me away too much, ha

by Canseco's Roid Party on Aug 20, 2008 7:15 PM CDT up 0 recs

hi hi

"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark

by preachermancubsfan on Aug 20, 2008 7:14 PM CDT up 0 recs

Hey Hey

"Earthly fame is naught but a breath of wind, which now comes hence and now comes thence, changing its name because it changes quarter." -- Dante, Purgatorio, Canto XI

by sweetswinger on Aug 20, 2008 7:18 PM CDT up 0 recs