Pregame Thread: Cubs vs. Reds, Thursday 8/21, 1:20 CT
by Al on Aug 21, 2008 11:30 AM CDT
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Cincinnati Reds at Chicago Cubs, Aug 21, 2008 1:20 PM CDT
Interesting Barry Rozner column today in which he:
- Calls out Alfonso Soriano for not running hard enough on the fly to left last night;
- Says Lou is frustrated with Kosuke Fukudome and may start giving him days off.
- September callups are likely to be Kevin Hart, Koyie Hill, Felix Pie, Michael Wuertz, Micah Hoffpauir... and Angel Guzman. That last one would surprise me, but maybe Guzman IS ready after all.
- Former #1 pick Mark Pawelek apparently upset the organization because, according to Bruce, "club officials said Pawelek did not acquire a passport in time for a team trip to Canada." Pawelek has been sent home.
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The Cubs will get to face Josh Fogg for the second time this year. The first time, on April 16 at Wrigley Field, they had seven hits, two walks and nine runs off him in two-plus innings. Fogg's lifetime ERA vs. the Cubs is 6.33 in 21 starts and players currently on the team are hitting .364 against him, including Derrek Lee (.441), Jim Edmonds (.429), Aramis Ramirez (.333, 4 homers, 16 RBI), and even Carlos Zambrano (3-for-7).
Z, for his part, acknowledges his mechanical problems:
"I’ve been rushing a little too much and I’ve been working with the pitching coach on correcting some things in my approach," Zambrano said.
He faced the Reds on July 9 at Wrigley Field and allowed only one hit in eight innings -- a HR to Adam Dunn, who's no longer on the team. Dunn had been a particular tormentor of Z's -- only Edwin Encarnacion (10-for-28, 2 HR) among current Reds has hit him well.
Today's game is on CSN Chicago only -- no Reds TV, so EI viewers will see Len & Bob. Also see the MLB.com Mediacenter.
Baseball-reference.com game preview
Once again, a reminder that you can find the overflow comment threads, including the first pitch thread, on the right sidebar of both the front page and any interior page in the box headed "RECENT STORIES IN GAME THREADS". Today's first pitch thread posts at 1:15 pm CT, and the overflow comment threads will post at 2:15, 3:15 and 4 pm CT.
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First..
alright go Cubbies!! Win this series
"Go Cubs Go"
by mkcubs21 on Aug 21, 2008 11:30 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Curses...
I wanted to be first :(
Old Style is the nectar of life.
by Mordecai on Aug 21, 2008 11:32 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Shhhh....
We don’t like to talk about curses here.
by SuperContext on Aug 21, 2008 11:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
good afternoon/morning everybody
time to win another series.
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 21, 2008 11:32 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Hey, BCB, whaddya say?
Bats are sure to come alive today. Why? Z will be in the box.
Go Cubs Go.
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by neverAcquiesce on Aug 21, 2008 11:34 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Weather
I think our power outage has been about night games with the wind blowing in. A little sunshine should pe up the bats!
Reed Ballgame - best CF in the MLB
by californiachicagoan on Aug 21, 2008 11:35 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I think we just need some Fogg in the forecast
by John Q Freejazz on Aug 21, 2008 11:42 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
reminds me of my favorite weather forecast...
who knew there were so many kinds
Hoping for freezing, evaporation or dense Fogg this afternoon
by JCD on Aug 21, 2008 11:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Advection Fog.
Hello band name.
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by neverAcquiesce on Aug 21, 2008 11:59 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have been saying that Soriano does not hustle...
But I bet lambasted on this site. As long as he hits then he is excused. Nonsense.
"We’ve still got a long ways to go, I don’t like to get giggly over things in July. But the team’s playing well, they really are. They’re playing with confidence, and it shows."
by Cubster on Aug 21, 2008 11:42 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Enough...
…I’m tired of the “Soriano doesn’t hustle” talk. I happen to think he’s a pretty damn good ballplayer who occasionally makes gaffes in baserunning or fielding, but DEFINITELY cares, gives good effort, and adds a lot to the team.
Let’s just drop this one, and all agree to disagree, okay?
by Chadnudj on Aug 21, 2008 11:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
LSA
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 21, 2008 11:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
OK...
let’s instead talk about Theriot’s skills as SS ;-}
by Emelie on Aug 21, 2008 12:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm sorry
I couldn’t hear you over the applause :)
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 21, 2008 12:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The white haired dude
In the fifth row agrees with me
"We’ve still got a long ways to go, I don’t like to get giggly over things in July. But the team’s playing well, they really are. They’re playing with confidence, and it shows."
by Cubster on Aug 21, 2008 12:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Most of those people are prolly dead.
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by neverAcquiesce on Aug 21, 2008 12:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
wah-wah.... :)
"...the internet is not something you just dump something on. It's not a truck. It's a series of tubes." - Sen. Ted Stevens
by bobby h on Aug 21, 2008 12:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thats so adorable
I may die
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by californiachicagoan on Aug 21, 2008 12:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Eventually, yes...
…but I don’t think there will be a causal connection.
by John Q Freejazz on Aug 21, 2008 1:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
They must have made that before they died
by John Q Freejazz on Aug 21, 2008 12:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd be willing to bet on it.
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by neverAcquiesce on Aug 21, 2008 12:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Believe it or not...
…hustling is a skill that all ballplayers don’t have. Some guys just aren’t comfortable going full bore all the time because they aren’t wired that way. I know it sounds simple – just run hard, but the bottom line is, not everyone can force themselves to do it all the time.
I don’t think Soriano tells himself to take it easy, he just doesn’t have the motor to go all out all the time.
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
by MPH73 on Aug 21, 2008 12:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
sometimes I need to be told to breath?
by graceunderpressure on Aug 21, 2008 12:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
to breathe? (let's try that again!)
by graceunderpressure on Aug 21, 2008 12:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sometimes I have to tell a co-worker about their breath.
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel
by Blue W on Aug 21, 2008 12:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
missspellings realy ruan humer
by graceunderpressure on Aug 21, 2008 12:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Who is this Ruan Humer
And what position does he play ?
by Stan Cox on Aug 21, 2008 12:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Soriano is a typical multimillion dollar player
he goes out there, does whatever it is that his natural abilities allow him to do, and nothing more, now I am not complaining… our record indicates how important he is to the team when he is in the lineup
"This balls got a chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannce, GONE!" - Pat Hughes
by SouthsideCUBSfan on Aug 21, 2008 12:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Soriano CONSTANTLY needs a shoe shoved up his ass to play the game the right way
Right now Soriano is one of his patented stupid streaks. He is maddening to watch at times. And if he vaporizes in the playoffs again this year?? Well then I’m going to take the kid gloves off.
by MDBNIU on Aug 21, 2008 12:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes,
you’ve shown remarkable restraint so far.
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 21, 2008 12:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
We need someone to play Carlton Fisk to Alfonso Soriano's Deion Sanders
Remember when Fisk of the White Sox got out of his catcher crouch and screamed at Sanders of the Yankees to “run out the fuckin’ ball”? Well we need someone on this team to do the same damned thing. $136 million for ballplayer who doesn’t run hard and gets picked off of first base. Soriano drives me insane. I do not like him and I will never like him. And that is my perogative.
by MDBNIU on Aug 21, 2008 12:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
can we have two BCB threads each day
Soriano apologists line up over there
Soriano haters (except when he hits bombs) over here
by graceunderpressure on Aug 21, 2008 12:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
HAHA!
I like it
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by PurpleLineToWrigley on Aug 21, 2008 12:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I believe Hitler started along that line of thinking.
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by neverAcquiesce on Aug 21, 2008 12:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lou needs to
get up Soriano’s ass and pull out that dead squirell
"We’ve still got a long ways to go, I don’t like to get giggly over things in July. But the team’s playing well, they really are. They’re playing with confidence, and it shows."
by Cubster on Aug 21, 2008 12:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, it's rats at Wrigley Field.
Not squirrels.
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by neverAcquiesce on Aug 21, 2008 12:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think they should cut him.
Right now. Pitching is kings, anyways.
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by PurpleLineToWrigley on Aug 21, 2008 12:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I suppose he wasn't running hard...
…on Tuesday night when he blew past Mike Quade’s stop sign and scored that run. Yeah, that’s what I thought. Please be quiet – the adults are talking.
Nanika Ga Okoru!
by dat cubfan daver on Aug 21, 2008 1:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He RAN through a stop sign dumbass
He did the WRONG thing dumbass. He got lucky dumbass. He should have been reprimanded in the dugout by Piniella dumbass.
by MDBNIU on Aug 21, 2008 1:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
But how do you really feel?
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by PurpleLineToWrigley on Aug 21, 2008 1:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So now we're advocating Soriano blowing off the 3rd base coach...
To go along with not being able to make an easy catch in left field last night. To go along with his dogging it on the basepads. To go along with him being picked off of 1st base two times within a week. To go along with him standing in the batter’s box to admire a line drive off the wall that he thought was a home run. To go along with him putting every Cub hitter in jeopardy because his actions so infuriate the opponent that they can’t wait to go head hunting for Cubbies.
by MDBNIU on Aug 21, 2008 1:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
An easy catch in left field?
Yes. You are right. You win. And putting every Cubs player in jeopardy? Yea. That too.
Brian McRae's 5 O'Clock Shadow
by PurpleLineToWrigley on Aug 21, 2008 1:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
and his cannon of an arm in LF,
putting Soto in jeopardy when runners round third.
his team leading HRs, putting children in the bleachers in jeopardy. Why won’t somebody think of the children.
"...the internet is not something you just dump something on. It's not a truck. It's a series of tubes." - Sen. Ted Stevens
by bobby h on Aug 21, 2008 1:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What "easy catch" are you referring to?
Not the bloop that he and Theriot were going for, I hope. Do you even watch the games? And what exactly are “basepads”?
Nanika Ga Okoru!
by dat cubfan daver on Aug 21, 2008 1:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Any other left fielder comes in and makes that catch dumbass
by MDBNIU on Aug 21, 2008 1:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Can we QUIT with the namecalling please?
by Archie on Aug 21, 2008 1:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You could flag his message...
…and complain to Al. I would do it, but I suppose that would hypocritical of me.
Nanika Ga Okoru!
by dat cubfan daver on Aug 21, 2008 1:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd rather we just all moved on and enjoyed each other's company while watching the game
Isn’t that what we are all here for anyway?
by Archie on Aug 21, 2008 1:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey, I always enjoy BlueMike's company.
He makes me feel like a freakin’ genius.
Nanika Ga Okoru!
by dat cubfan daver on Aug 21, 2008 1:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No reasonable person could possibly believe this.
Oh, wait…
Nanika Ga Okoru!
by dat cubfan daver on Aug 21, 2008 1:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Stop encouraging him.
Let…it…go…
Happy thoughts.
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by neverAcquiesce on Aug 21, 2008 1:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You've been neuteured
Unfortunately this board is populated with clueless wonders who never played even an inning of the game as a kid who profess to be experts. You’re a tool.
by MDBNIU on Aug 21, 2008 1:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh let it go
You are no better or worse than anyone else here
by Stan Cox on Aug 21, 2008 1:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
it's all an act
He just wants the reactions.
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Aug 21, 2008 1:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The only stats I care about are the ones on the back of a baseball card
by carmen_fanzone on Aug 21, 2008 1:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know
But he seems more offensive today somehow
by Stan Cox on Aug 21, 2008 1:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
See below...
"Thank god I threw out my belt & shoelaces."-Bernies Mustache Wax on Evil BCB, 7/31/08
by Bildo1805 on Aug 21, 2008 1:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Somebody please pull the
plug on Blue Mike. His act is really getting tiring.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Aug 21, 2008 1:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Let's just ignore him, I say...
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Aug 21, 2008 1:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Which is too bad
Because sometimes he actually shows insight.
What happens, though, is this breeds personal attacks — like the fanpost that got deleted last night.
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Aug 21, 2008 1:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know the guy doesn't like Soriano,
but you don’t have to be a jerk about it. Every ballplayer has shortcomings. D-Lee hits into DP’s, Dome doesn’t have any power, Theriot gets thrown out too much. The fact is, there is no perfect player. When I see him I’ll bow down and worship his ass. Until then, you appriciate a player for what he does, critique him constructively and shut the hell up!
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Aug 21, 2008 1:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh here we go...
Would you please just go away or stop bitching?! Pick one of the two!
by storkysm on Aug 21, 2008 1:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You played college ball, right?
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by PurpleLineToWrigley on Aug 21, 2008 1:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm just guessing here...
but someone’s probably just been told they’re going to get banned and they’re going on a Koresh-like spree of namecalling to enjoy their last few moments.
"Thank god I threw out my belt & shoelaces."-Bernies Mustache Wax on Evil BCB, 7/31/08
by Bildo1805 on Aug 21, 2008 1:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
here we go again
you’re in fine form today. Someone kick your dog?
by Emelie on Aug 21, 2008 1:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can't stand the piling on that happens here
But you need to leave.
by dr stabbingworth on Aug 21, 2008 1:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've been neutered?
Who are you, my proctologist?
Nanika Ga Okoru!
by dat cubfan daver on Aug 21, 2008 1:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Daver,
I’m no doctor, but I don’t think proctologists look there. But I’m with you in this argument.
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 21, 2008 1:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, you're right.
Somehow I can’t help thinking of the part of the anatomy that proctologist do look at when addressing BlueMike.
Nanika Ga Okoru!
by dat cubfan daver on Aug 21, 2008 1:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe your urologist...
Maybe Blue Mike has a new career. BCB poster wasn’t paying enough.
by storkysm on Aug 21, 2008 1:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Now it makes sense...
Blue Mike played “ball” in college…means he was studying to be a urologist.
by John Q Freejazz on Aug 21, 2008 1:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's what I meant!
Nanika Ga Okoru!
by dat cubfan daver on Aug 21, 2008 4:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Adam Dunn?
Brant Brown?
Carlos Lee?
Really? Interesting…
Brian McRae's 5 O'Clock Shadow
by PurpleLineToWrigley on Aug 21, 2008 1:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah,
Just like Adam Dunn or Carlos Lee.
"...the internet is not something you just dump something on. It's not a truck. It's a series of tubes." - Sen. Ted Stevens
by bobby h on Aug 21, 2008 1:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or Ryan Braun?
He would have butchered it…
"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 Fishbone2 on Aug 21, 2008 1:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Haha
no he would have glided to it like a Gazelle, with Blue Mike riding on his back…
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by PurpleLineToWrigley on Aug 21, 2008 1:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bit harsh, innit?
God, can’t we get along for one thread.
Just one?
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by neverAcquiesce on Aug 21, 2008 1:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just for suggesting that:
Technical balk.
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by PurpleLineToWrigley on Aug 21, 2008 1:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Son of a bitch.
Looks like another come-from-behind win is in order today.
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by neverAcquiesce on Aug 21, 2008 1:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
TWSS...
…or he said…
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by PurpleLineToWrigley on Aug 21, 2008 1:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Would had been bases loaded
No outs with A-RAM coming to the plate. He risked the first out at home. He did not want to get picked off at third
"We’ve still got a long ways to go, I don’t like to get giggly over things in July. But the team’s playing well, they really are. They’re playing with confidence, and it shows."
by Cubster on Aug 21, 2008 1:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL
I thought I was on your ignore list, DUMBASS.
Nanika Ga Okoru!
by dat cubfan daver on Aug 21, 2008 1:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hahaha.
Excellent observation daver…you are much more well-spoken than me on this issue today…And we THANK you for that, Walgreens…
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by PurpleLineToWrigley on Aug 21, 2008 1:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bobby Cox...
…has sent him that message twice already with balls at his head. Once last year when he posed at home plate watching one of his 3 dingers and the one this year when he didn’t run out a sure double.
Again, I don’t think Soriano does his loafing on purpose (ala Deion or others), he just doesn’t have it in him to hustle all the time. The talk Lou had with him obviously only had a temporary effect, and Soriano has been this way his entire career (he ain’t gonna change now).
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
by MPH73 on Aug 21, 2008 1:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
NO!
DON’T TAKE THE KID GLOVES OFF!!!
What WILL Soriano do if MDBNIU, the blog-poster, takes the kid gloves off?
The horror!
"Thank god I threw out my belt & shoelaces."-Bernies Mustache Wax on Evil BCB, 7/31/08
by Bildo1805 on Aug 21, 2008 1:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Soriano v. Blue Mike
That’s a toughie. Blue Mike played ball in college. I’m not even sure Soriano went to college.
by John Q Freejazz on Aug 21, 2008 1:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pitching is King.
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by PurpleLineToWrigley on Aug 21, 2008 1:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Carry the team for weeks at a time?
"...the internet is not something you just dump something on. It's not a truck. It's a series of tubes." - Sen. Ted Stevens
by bobby h on Aug 21, 2008 1:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't see any buttons on those gloves...so...
Oh, SNAP!
"Thank god I threw out my belt & shoelaces."-Bernies Mustache Wax on Evil BCB, 7/31/08
by Bildo1805 on Aug 21, 2008 1:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Being in Tucson
I don’t see every game but the games I do see it seems like Soriano just doesn’t hustle to the balls that are hit to him. I think he assumes that the batter will reach second no matter what then why run to the ball any harder than I need too. I don’t buy the excuse that the leg injury is still a concern to him. According to some who posted here, he ran right through the hold signal at third base so I think he can run (hustle) when he feels like it.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
by tucsoncubsfan on Aug 21, 2008 11:46 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Worst part about a Cubs loss
complaining starts early.
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by californiachicagoan on Aug 21, 2008 11:48 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
kinda ugly last night on here...
Soriano sucks, Theriot sucks, Lee sucks, Dome sucks…..gets old really fast.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Aug 21, 2008 12:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's one of the reasons
I stay out of the game threads. Plus the comments come so fast that it’s hard to follow, watch the game, and work or watch my little girl all at the same time.
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 21, 2008 12:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I generally either watch the game OR am on the thread.
This is a great place to watch a game when you cant watch the game
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by californiachicagoan on Aug 21, 2008 1:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just Win, Baby
Fogg: 0-3 with a 10.19 ERA over his last four starts.
Just win.
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel
by Blue W on Aug 21, 2008 11:50 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
just win indeed
a win today means a series win, and that’s what the Cubs need to do – win series. You are going to have a cold night with the bats every so often and lose a game or two, but winning series is a recipe for success.
by SuperContext on Aug 21, 2008 11:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm rooting for him to pitch
2.1 weak innings for the Reds today…
by Archie on Aug 21, 2008 1:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rain Rain Go Away?
A Lot of rain to the south, lets hope Wrigley stays dry today.
"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 21, 2008 11:54 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Good afternoon!
Looks like the game should start on time, but after that, it can be dicey: Radar
One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.
by chilango2 on Aug 21, 2008 12:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Damn, that doesnt look good.
Z vs Fogg. Please no RAIN!!
Reed Ballgame - best CF in the MLB
by californiachicagoan on Aug 21, 2008 1:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
it's starting to cloud over a bit now
but with that fancy schmancy drainage system they’ll probably play through a monsoon like the one a few weeks ago
by Emelie on Aug 21, 2008 1:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cloudy or just Foggy?
What does Stormy Weathers say?
by John Q Freejazz on Aug 21, 2008 1:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not sure, but we could ask David Weathers, too.
Nanika Ga Okoru!
by dat cubfan daver on Aug 21, 2008 1:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Game is on FSN Ohio
For anyone living in the Reds territory who might be blacked out on EI or MLB.tv.
Eamus Catuli!
by wrigley_boy on Aug 21, 2008 11:59 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
free keychain day
to the first 10,000 fans at wrigley!
by nolacubbiegirl on Aug 21, 2008 12:06 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Anyone hear the Theriot interview?
On ESPN radio a little while ago. I missed it. Just wonder what his take was on the play with Sori was last night.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Aug 21, 2008 12:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I did...
He said Soriano does’nt know the meaning of the word hustle
"We’ve still got a long ways to go, I don’t like to get giggly over things in July. But the team’s playing well, they really are. They’re playing with confidence, and it shows."
by Cubster on Aug 21, 2008 12:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
or "Scrappy".
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel
by Blue W on Aug 21, 2008 12:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
or "pasta diving".
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Aug 21, 2008 12:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So I'm currently getting Dish Network's TurboHD installed,
and with it I get regional sports networks, including Comcast HD. I’m in Madison, so in theory I should get the game, right? I have so little idea how this works. I know they said that the regional sports networks are good for games only, so IMO that implies I should get this game. Any thoughts/help/opinions?
Ron Santo should sing TMOTTBG everyday. Period.
by Schwa on Aug 21, 2008 12:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
When we had
Dish we got CSN here in Iowa. Check your guide and see if it shows it.
by sue369 on Aug 21, 2008 12:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No
It will be blacked out. Sorry. You need Extra Innings for that, and Dish doesn’t offer Extra Innings.
Borowy . . .Sutcliffe . . .Harden?
by Josh77 on Aug 21, 2008 12:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So then what's the point of offering the regional sports networks..
if I can’t even see games on them?
Ron Santo should sing TMOTTBG everyday. Period.
by Schwa on Aug 21, 2008 12:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
that is hard to say...
but i just got direct tv and asked about extra innings and they wanted to sell me the 1/2 season package with a month left in the season. I almost bit on that one.
by graceunderpressure on Aug 21, 2008 12:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's not Dish it's MLB and the territory thing...
You’ll get all the other programming on Comcast just not the games. I have the same problem in Milwaukee.
"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 Fishbone2 on Aug 21, 2008 12:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's the thing:
It specifically says that you only get games, no other programming. So if I’m blacked out of the games, and I don’t get any other programming, what the hell am I paying $5 a month for?
Ron Santo should sing TMOTTBG everyday. Period.
by Schwa on Aug 21, 2008 12:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Channel automatically comes in the Silver Package...
You don’t pay extra for Comcast Chicago… at least I didn’t.
"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 Fishbone2 on Aug 21, 2008 12:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Start your letter with the following...
“Dear Bud Selig….”
The only stats I care about are the ones on the back of a baseball card
by carmen_fanzone on Aug 21, 2008 12:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
"...I know you'll never read this, but..."
make/art
by neverAcquiesce on Aug 21, 2008 12:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
"you've damaged the sport I love beyond recognition..."
One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.
by chilango2 on Aug 21, 2008 12:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Check the guide thingy...
If it says MLB at 1:00, I would press record, and then it should set up record or say it’s blacked out in your area.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Aug 21, 2008 12:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
And what exactly is "TurboHD"?
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Aug 21, 2008 12:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
HD
that can run really fast.
Brian McRae's 5 O'Clock Shadow
by PurpleLineToWrigley on Aug 21, 2008 12:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's just their odd name for their new HD-only package.
Every channel offered in it is in HD. So I’m crossing my fingers that I get the game today in beautiful hi def.
Ron Santo should sing TMOTTBG everyday. Period.
by Schwa on Aug 21, 2008 12:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
OT question:
So you don’t get non-HD channels, like Comedy or E?
One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.
by chilango2 on Aug 21, 2008 12:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Correct.
The only thing I’m mad about is Comedy Central. Every other channel I watch is in HD, and I get a lot of movie channels (HBO/Max/Showtime…) in HD. So I’m pretty excited.
Ron Santo should sing TMOTTBG everyday. Period.
by Schwa on Aug 21, 2008 12:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
But
soon enough every channel should be HD. So you’re ahead of the curve. Sorry for being impolite, but may I ask how much this service costs?
One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.
by chilango2 on Aug 21, 2008 12:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not a problem:
There are like 3 packages (Bronze/Silver/Gold). I got Silver, which is i think like 33 a month. Another 5 for locals in HD. And then I added the movie channels (Cinemax was free, each group is 10 bucks). I think I’m around 75 a month, but I assume most people wouldn’t go nuts on the movie channels like I did.
Ron Santo should sing TMOTTBG everyday. Period.
by Schwa on Aug 21, 2008 12:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have the same thing. You'll get Comedy Central it just won't be in HD...
We still get standard channels with turbo HD.
"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 Fishbone2 on Aug 21, 2008 12:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tough one run loss
yesterday night when Ted went deep into the game, but the bats went to sleep as they have about once a week since the All Star Break. The Cubbies will get it together and smash the Fogg out of Wrigley today and win the seventh consecutive series today and look for some Nats to invade Wrigley this weekend. Let’s take care of this one….then think about throwing the Octopi on the field this weekend.
Mike+Milton+Eamus Catuli = AC000000
by Cub's Paperboy on Aug 21, 2008 12:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Hope Z has
it all together today and I have faith the team will get a win.
by sue369 on Aug 21, 2008 12:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
LOOKING FORWARD TO
and am excited about today’s day game. cubs will get’er back on track and re-commence the march to valhalla.
GO CUBS! GO SHARK!
by brian custer on Aug 21, 2008 12:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Wait, are you suggesting
that this cub team is somehow affiliated with the ancient Norse gods?
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel
by Blue W on Aug 21, 2008 12:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lineups
RedLegs:
Dickerson – LF
Keppinger – SS
Bruce – RF
Phillips – 2B
Votto – 1B
Encarnacion – 3B
Patterson – CF
Bako – C
Fogg – P
Cubs
Soriano – LF
Theriot – SS
Lee – 1B
Ramirez – 3B
Edmonds – CF
DeRosa – 2B
Fukudome – RF
Blanco – C
Zambrano – P
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 21, 2008 12:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Z should be batting 7th.
Ron Santo should sing TMOTTBG everyday. Period.
by Schwa on Aug 21, 2008 12:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not sure
if you’re serious or not…
make/art
by neverAcquiesce on Aug 21, 2008 12:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Neither am I...
Ron Santo should sing TMOTTBG everyday. Period.
by Schwa on Aug 21, 2008 12:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is rushing too much...
…really a mechanical problem necessarily?
by Old Style & Ivy on Aug 21, 2008 12:34 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I would think so
If you go at a pace that you don’t normaly do, I would expect that things might get out of wack…release points, arm angles, etc…
"Aw, how could he (Jorge Orta) lose the ball in the sun, he's from Mexico." -- Harry Carey
by TheRiot Police on Aug 21, 2008 12:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I constantly do that
with my golf swing
Reed Ballgame - best CF in the MLB
by californiachicagoan on Aug 21, 2008 1:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
the "other zambrano'
-victor – (of scott kazmir trade fame) was out of baseball for a while, but has made it all the way back to AA in the yankees’ system. maybe we don’t care…
by brian custer on Aug 21, 2008 12:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Last I heard...
…there was a chance that he’ll start for the Yankees on Saturday.
by John Q Freejazz on Aug 21, 2008 12:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i heard that
also. victor & the yankees deserve each other.
by brian custer on Aug 21, 2008 12:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yesterday was a true tough luck loss
Cincy should not have scored a run:
1. Strike three thrown to the backstop – which allowed the runner to go to 3rd, but more importantly prevented the 2nd out of the inning from being recorded. The runner on 3rd would score on a groundout.
2. Lucky bloop double – maybe Soriano gets to it if he runs hard, but probably not.
Luck is part of the game. Yesterday we didn’t have any. Forget it. Let’s go get the W today!
Current temperature in hell: 45 degrees F - and falling!
by wnielsen on Aug 21, 2008 12:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Soriano is a terrible outfielder
In tight ballgames in the late innings he needs to be removed for Reed Johnson.
by MDBNIU on Aug 21, 2008 12:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Because lord knows
we wouldn’t want his bat in a tight ballgame.
Brian McRae's 5 O'Clock Shadow
by PurpleLineToWrigley on Aug 21, 2008 12:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
can this game today begin...
so Sori can hit a lead off grand slam to shut us all up
by graceunderpressure on Aug 21, 2008 12:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He will hit a grand slam single
"We’ve still got a long ways to go, I don’t like to get giggly over things in July. But the team’s playing well, they really are. They’re playing with confidence, and it shows."
by Cubster on Aug 21, 2008 12:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i just hate the extremes, ya know?
no problem with wanting more hustle, but when people are out for blood…
Brian McRae's 5 O'Clock Shadow
by PurpleLineToWrigley on Aug 21, 2008 12:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The only stats I care about are the ones on the back of a baseball card
by carmen_fanzone on Aug 21, 2008 1:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
its not obvious that reed johnson would have made that catch
I was watching, and at the time I thought Soriano could have had it, but on the reply later, it just looked like it fell in no-man’s land.
In any case, Soriano’s bat produces more run than his glove gives up, so I would only remove him in very limited situations.
by SuperContext on Aug 21, 2008 1:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed..
His bat more than makes up for his outfield play. He isn’t a horrible outfielder, there are worse out there than Sori, but you only take him out late if you have to, but i’d still rather have his bat late in games then Reed’s, nothing against Reeds bat
"Go Cubs Go"
by mkcubs21 on Aug 21, 2008 1:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ladies and Gentlemen...
I introduce you to the official BCB IDIOT!
by tomboycub on Aug 21, 2008 2:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
First!
Go Cubs!
"What a great call! Your doing a fantastic job, but people expect me to come out here and be upset. So I'm gonna kick some dirt, you understand?" - Lou Pinella
by Lou In Blue on Aug 21, 2008 1:08 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
But...but...those are the pitchers.
Not that I disagree with the sentiment.
Nanika Ga Okoru!
by dat cubfan daver on Aug 21, 2008 1:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pitching is King.
Brian McRae's 5 O'Clock Shadow
by PurpleLineToWrigley on Aug 21, 2008 1:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No
Pitching is Zambrano, King is that boxing guy
If the world didn't suck we would all fall off.
by carolinacub on Aug 21, 2008 1:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Where is Marquis?
Is he one of the kids looking up at it?
"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 Fishbone2 on Aug 21, 2008 1:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah the girl in the pink backpack
Brian McRae's 5 O'Clock Shadow
by PurpleLineToWrigley on Aug 21, 2008 1:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Might as well
Jump! Cue Van Halen…
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 21, 2008 1:16 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
OT: the ending to Finding Neverland is SO SAD
just finishing it up now
by Emelie on Aug 21, 2008 1:16 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah...
Brian McRae's 5 O'Clock Shadow
by PurpleLineToWrigley on Aug 21, 2008 1:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow...
4 pitch walk.
"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 Fishbone2 on Aug 21, 2008 1:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Does anyone know what dates...
…the World Series is scheduled to be played this season?
"Man, this is fun!" - Len Kasper
by ryno HOF 2005 on Aug 21, 2008 1:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Z & Blanco
What’s up with Blanco catching Z this start? Trying to get Z back in a rhythm or what? I thought Geo had been catching him most of his starts.
by TheNotoriousJJ on Aug 21, 2008 2:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Day game after a night game
"Thank god I threw out my belt & shoelaces."-Bernies Mustache Wax on Evil BCB, 7/31/08
by Bildo1805 on Aug 21, 2008 3:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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