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Overflow Thread 2: Cubs vs. Reds, Wednesday 8/20, 7:05 CT

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let's hope this thread

brings more runs.

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 20, 2008 9:00 PM CDT   0 recs

yes lets hope

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

by love the ivy on Aug 20, 2008 9:01 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

just to be clear...

runs for the Cubs!!

Go Cubs!!

THIS IS OUR CENTURY!!

by LAcarl519 on Aug 20, 2008 9:03 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Welcome to the "let's score some runs" thread

"Every team will win 60 games, every team will lose 60 games, it's what the team does in the other 42 games that decides the season."

by flachimesa on Aug 20, 2008 9:01 PM CDT   0 recs

Somehow I’m confident that we will

by leothelip on Aug 20, 2008 9:02 PM CDT   0 recs

Hmmm

I wonder just how cold ill get my beer if i put it in the freezer for an inning

"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 9:02 PM CDT   0 recs

Shake it up first

"Every team will win 60 games, every team will lose 60 games, it's what the team does in the other 42 games that decides the season."

by flachimesa on Aug 20, 2008 9:05 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Well done Mr. Astronaut Guy!

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

by santoswoodenlegs on Aug 20, 2008 9:02 PM CDT   0 recs

Root

root root for the Cubbies to get osme runs! Help Ted out here! Helpthemselves out here!

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

by love the ivy on Aug 20, 2008 9:02 PM CDT   0 recs

this would be bad loss

but they have been putting together some big late innings the past week so hopefully they have another one in them. I just hope we don’t see automatic out Dome up again. Get him out of there.

by BeltwayCubsFan on Aug 20, 2008 9:02 PM CDT   0 recs

like 5

"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 9:03 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

DeRo having a game so far

A HR would be a nice topper

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 20, 2008 9:03 PM CDT   0 recs

Just got back from a Board meeting. Couldn't you guys do better than this?

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

by DeRoMyHero on Aug 20, 2008 9:03 PM CDT   0 recs

Your boy did, though

Two great plays in the field, 2 hits and an RBI

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 20, 2008 9:04 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

DeRo is carrying this team.

"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott

by Reddevil on Aug 20, 2008 9:04 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

At least the replay will be good then...

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

by DeRoMyHero on Aug 20, 2008 9:05 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

That’s what you get for donating your time

by leothelip on Aug 20, 2008 9:04 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Not too bad. My HOA has good folks on it. Except during baseball season...

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

by DeRoMyHero on Aug 20, 2008 9:06 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Is it so much to ask...

For them to score a run before I go cook my lamb? I really don’t want to leave the game with us behind…

by hmlee on Aug 20, 2008 9:03 PM CDT   0 recs

its baseball

sometimes it happens

"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 9:04 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

not losing

call it a temporary set back

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

by love the ivy on Aug 20, 2008 9:04 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

we're just behind now

the Cubs are the “Comeback Cubs”

36 times this year

"Every team will win 60 games, every team will lose 60 games, it's what the team does in the other 42 games that decides the season."

by flachimesa on Aug 20, 2008 9:10 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Not good when the stretch singer

is one of the big highlights of the night

by The Deputy Mayor of Rush Street on Aug 20, 2008 9:04 PM CDT   0 recs

200

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 20, 2008 9:04 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

knew that was coming, lol

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

by love the ivy on Aug 20, 2008 9:04 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

really?

no takers???

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

by love the ivy on Aug 20, 2008 9:05 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

TWSS

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 20, 2008 9:11 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

140

Our 2008 Chicago Cubs -- FINDING WAYS TO WIN!

by drewishdrewid on Aug 20, 2008 9:04 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

When his arm

is no longer attached to his body

by hmlee on Aug 20, 2008 9:04 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Jeeze the Jamaican

track team came to win these games to kick ass.

by sue369 on Aug 20, 2008 9:04 PM CDT   0 recs

I know

that race was insane!

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

by love the ivy on Aug 20, 2008 9:05 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

the "bolt" analogies are getting painful though

"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 9:06 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

could we go with

Usain in the Membrane? a little cypress hill there for the kids.

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 20, 2008 9:12 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

he's usain got no brain!

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

by love the ivy on Aug 20, 2008 9:13 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

nicely done.

use it frequently.

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 20, 2008 9:16 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Bolt is a freak.

"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott

by Reddevil on Aug 20, 2008 9:05 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

and you should see him in a bobsled!

by leothelip on Aug 20, 2008 9:06 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

BOOOOOOOOOOOOO DOME IS PATHETIC

wasting reed johnson’s hot bat.

by BeltwayCubsFan on Aug 20, 2008 9:06 PM CDT   0 recs

your input

is useless and annoying

"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott

by Reddevil on Aug 20, 2008 9:07 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Lilly really deserves a win the way he pitched

A bloop double for one run . . .

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 20, 2008 9:07 PM CDT   0 recs

At this point

Lets just hope he does not get the loss

"Aw, how could he (Jorge Orta) lose the ball in the sun, he's from Mexico." -- Harry Carey

by TheRiot Police on Aug 20, 2008 9:07 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Well,

now he can’t win.

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 20, 2008 9:08 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Again...

As long as the arm appears to be in the socket, Dusty will leave him in

by hmlee on Aug 20, 2008 9:08 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

TWSS

THIS IS OUR CENTURY!!

by LAcarl519 on Aug 20, 2008 9:08 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

C-

"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 9:10 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

geesh

I better one a little ways up that no one noticed :-)

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

by love the ivy on Aug 20, 2008 9:11 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

nevermind

it was finally dubbed TWSS-worthy

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

by love the ivy on Aug 20, 2008 9:12 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

No worries. We’ll tie it and get to Arroyo in the 15th

by leothelip on Aug 20, 2008 9:09 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

C'mon

wonder hamster!

by hmlee on Aug 20, 2008 9:07 PM CDT   0 recs

Try ignoring posts you don't care for

rather than insulting people for no reason.

by BeltwayCubsFan on Aug 20, 2008 9:09 PM CDT   0 recs

try the reply button

"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott

by Reddevil on Aug 20, 2008 9:10 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

HAHAHAHA'

"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 9:10 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

hell of an athlete

that guy.

"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott

by Reddevil on Aug 20, 2008 9:12 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Checking up, Reuschel

entered that game when Herman Franks ran out of relievers in the top of the 13th. Got two outs, got a hit, got knocked in… ran his record up to 15-3

by The Deputy Mayor of Rush Street on Aug 20, 2008 9:17 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Lilly only gave up 2 hits, but the Reds have 2 runs?

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

by DeRoMyHero on Aug 20, 2008 9:11 PM CDT   0 recs

Dropped 3rd strike? Ouch!

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

by DeRoMyHero on Aug 20, 2008 9:15 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

It was a WP

SWL thought Geo should have blocked it. Gameday didn’t have the replay.

by Clutch16 on Aug 20, 2008 9:16 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

definitely a wp

curveball down in the dirt that kicked away from geo.

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 20, 2008 9:17 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

4 out inning and a bloop double to lead off an inning...

and there you go!

meanwhile we have had strategic DPs.

BUT, we still have time to turn it around. Keep the faith.

THIS IS OUR CENTURY!!

by LAcarl519 on Aug 20, 2008 9:13 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Just started listening to the game....sounds like Lilly was fantastic....

and the Cubbie offense was baffled by Bronson’s goofy leg kick…..that guy is such a dweeb but he always seems to bust our chops….

by razzpunk on Aug 20, 2008 9:12 PM CDT   0 recs

Thankfully the Reds have stormy Weathers ahead

Missouri Tigers 2008 Cotton Bowl Champs

by nji232 on Aug 20, 2008 9:13 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

apparently

“he’s putting together another fantastic year” according to Thom.

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 20, 2008 9:18 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Good advice

Try it yourself. I’ll end this on a high note, you are most likely 12, maybe 13 years old I’m guessing based on the intellectual quality of your post. Getting excited for the new school year? Middle school is good times.

by BeltwayCubsFan on Aug 20, 2008 9:13 PM CDT   0 recs

STOP IT!

Do we really need to lower this sites intelligence to that of The Other “BCB”

Grow Up

or better yet leave

"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 9:14 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

TWSS

wait, what?

WOXY.com - The Future of Rock and Roll

by Gibbon Jockey on Aug 20, 2008 9:14 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Can I buy you both a drink?

by leothelip on Aug 20, 2008 9:14 PM CDT