Pregame Thread: Cubs vs. Pirates, Wednesday 8/27, 11:35 CT
Chicago Cubs @ Pittsburgh Pirates
You'll note the 90% chance of rain mentioned in the box above. Based on this NWS radar loop, it doesn't look too good. This is the last meeting of the year between the Pirates and Cubs and they have no common off days the rest of the season. Thus, if they can't play today, they'd hold this game till the end of the season and only play it if it had postseason implications.
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Zach Duke is 0-2 with a 5.91 ERA vs. the Cubs this year in four starts and that includes this April 9 game in which he gave up only 1 run in 7 innings and the Cubs eventually won in 15. In the other three games he's pitched vs. the Cubs this year, his ERA is 8.16. D-Lee (.313), A-Ram (.344), Alfonso Soriano (.571) and Reed Johnson (.500) all have monstrously good BA's vs. Duke. Hit him early, hard and often.
Jason Marquis has also started four times vs. Pittsburgh this year and is 2-1, 3.47, and that includes a decent outing in the August 1 loss at Wrigley Field when he gave up 3 runs in 6 innings and Jeff Karstens shut the Cubs down. The only Pirate he really has to watch out for is Jason Michaels, who in a small-sample-size six AB has four hits including a HR that produced all three runs on August 1.
Today's game is on CSN Chicago -- no Pittsburgh 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 11:30 am CT, and the overflow comment threads will post at 12:30, 1:30 and 2:15 pm CT.
Discuss amongst yourselves.
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me too
but today screams for a Qdoba lunch.
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 27, 2008 10:33 AM CDT
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I'm thinking Giordanos
Current temperature in hell: 44 degrees F - and falling!
by wnielsen on
Aug 27, 2008 10:34 AM CDT
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I couldn't tell you what Pancheros is
We’ve got 2 options in Indianapolis – Qdoba or Taco Bell.
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 27, 2008 10:35 AM CDT
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No Chipotle?
I had Qdoba on Sunday, wasn’t too impressed.
by astroview on
Aug 27, 2008 10:36 AM CDT
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Good call on Chipotle
it’s about a 25-minute drive from the office, though. Once they put one downtown, I’m there.
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 27, 2008 10:37 AM CDT
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My kingdom
For a chipotle burrito tonight. I think my kingdom is safe :(
There is no place like Nebraska - Go Huskers!
by sanantonecub on
Aug 27, 2008 11:03 AM CDT
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Chipotle...
Chipotle is better than QDoba, IMHO
Long days and pleasant nights.
by The Original Dave on
Aug 27, 2008 10:37 AM CDT
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Chipotle is better than all, IMHO...
Brian McRae's 5 O'Clock Shadow
by PurpleLineToWrigley on
Aug 27, 2008 10:37 AM CDT
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They're very accomodating to requests :)
Brian McRae's 5 O'Clock Shadow
by PurpleLineToWrigley on
Aug 27, 2008 10:42 AM CDT
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I don't think they like my request of
fill up that space that you normally put rice in with more dead animals :-)
by chitownhawkeye on
Aug 27, 2008 10:45 AM CDT
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here's the official rankings
1. pancheros
2. chipotle
3. qdoba
that doesn’t come from me, but the latest AP coaches poll
by cubswynn on
Aug 27, 2008 10:42 AM CDT
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haha +1
after living in LA, i can’t eat fast mexican food
by cubswynn on
Aug 27, 2008 10:45 AM CDT
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After reading your list
I’m trying to decide whether your comment deserves a Facepalm.
Go All In and Enjoy The Ride.
by Jayo525 on
Aug 27, 2008 10:48 AM CDT
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but i live in iowa now....
so i gotta work with what i have!
by cubswynn on
Aug 27, 2008 10:49 AM CDT
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I feel for you brother
Go All In and Enjoy The Ride.
by Jayo525 on
Aug 27, 2008 10:54 AM CDT
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You guys have Moe's up there?
Pretty big in the Southeast (I’m in Florida). Same concept.
by camnorris14 on
Aug 27, 2008 10:44 AM CDT
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Eating a Moe's burrito right now
In Atlanta, tho. Willy’s is better.
by Clutch16 on
Aug 27, 2008 10:53 AM CDT
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Moe's is in the Indy suburbs.
Fantastic place.
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 27, 2008 10:57 AM CDT
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Seems a bit watered down to me
1. Lalo’s
2. Uncle Julio’s
3. Frontera’s
Go All In and Enjoy The Ride.
by Jayo525 on
Aug 27, 2008 10:46 AM CDT
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Live in Chicago,
but love Rubios out west.
Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...
by N Oakley on
Aug 27, 2008 10:47 AM CDT
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what about La Bamba's?
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 27, 2008 11:10 AM CDT
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EWWW! I hate that image.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on
Aug 27, 2008 11:18 AM CDT
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it's great for soaking up beer in the stomach at 3:30 in the morning
but i can’t recommend it for anything else.
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 27, 2008 11:19 AM CDT
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True dat.
You don’t want to see that huge thing sober.
Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...
by N Oakley on
Aug 27, 2008 11:20 AM CDT
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too obvious?
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 27, 2008 11:21 AM CDT
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That was my thinking.
I do believe the man was setting us up.
make/art
by neverAcquiesce on
Aug 27, 2008 11:22 AM CDT
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not me....
Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...
by N Oakley on
Aug 27, 2008 11:25 AM CDT
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order two and duct tape
them together.
Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...
by N Oakley on
Aug 27, 2008 11:25 AM CDT
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those are good too!
great drunk food… not so good sober
by chicagodave on
Aug 27, 2008 11:21 AM CDT
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I don't think I've ever been to La Bamba's sober.
Yes, sir!
by dat cubfan daver on
Aug 27, 2008 11:22 AM CDT
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Nor should you. They have health warnings about these kind of things
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 27, 2008 11:23 AM CDT
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Reminds me of that old saying about Denny's:
Nobody goes there, you just end up there.
Yes, sir!
by dat cubfan daver on
Aug 27, 2008 11:25 AM CDT
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+1
"I love when they play that Go Cubs Win song."
by BMoney79 on
Aug 27, 2008 10:55 AM CDT
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Que Tal in Cleveland
Is in my mind the best burrito chain around. Sadly it’s in Cleveland, Ohio. The only thing I miss about living in that city is their burritos… And Cleveland of all places you’d think they’d have nothing good.
by astroview on
Aug 27, 2008 11:01 AM CDT
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Cleveland's got plenty of good things - at least when I was there
I left in 1990 but still have many fond food memories of the city and surrounding burbs. Like the wings at Around The Corner and the heaviest, sinfulest cheesecake ever from Corky & Lenny’s. Of course, if you like your cheesecake light, there was Max & Erma’s on the west side. The Farmers Market was awesome as was the Great Lakes Brewery – don’t know if they’re still around.
And nothing, I mean nothing, beats the smell of Presti’s doughnuts being made at 3:30 in the morning when you’re trying to find your way back home from a night in the Flats and various adventures along the way…
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on
Aug 27, 2008 11:10 AM CDT
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JUST STOP!
ME HUNGRY NOW
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
by dtpollitt on
Aug 27, 2008 11:12 AM CDT
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Are you a fellow Case Alumni?
I graduated from CWRU in 02.
by astroview on
Aug 27, 2008 11:27 AM CDT
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Yep, just a little bit older than you
graduated from CWRU in 85, the first year they combined the CIT and WRU classes into the same graduation ceremony. So instead of having a nice, classy ceremony in the very elegant Severance Hall, (home of the famed Cleveland Orchestra), it was stupid folding chairs and scorching hot temperatures outside in the Quad. Bastards…
No, I’m not bitter. why do you ask? ;-)
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on
Aug 27, 2008 3:58 PM CDT
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Shapiro's is delicious.
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 27, 2008 11:26 AM CDT
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Fair enough.
Let’s get the game in and post another W! I wanna see 35 over!
by jdb-44 on
Aug 27, 2008 10:32 AM CDT
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Zambrano
Is there an easy way to find out what his era/record is this year on Monday’s and Tuesdays?
I'm a reader not a poster, but I'm also a poster so don't get any ideas.
by cozmotaylor123 on Aug 27, 2008 10:32 AM CDT 0 recs
Not really, but..
…. shouldn’t be too hard to go through his starts. The Cubs have a lot of Monday off days this year so he probably doesn’t have too many Monday starts.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on
Aug 27, 2008 10:33 AM CDT
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Where is Jayson Stark when you need him.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on
Aug 27, 2008 10:33 AM CDT
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Rain or No Rain?
Evil Jason = please rain now until tomorrow
Good Jason = please no rain
Current temperature in hell: 44 degrees F - and falling!
by wnielsen on Aug 27, 2008 10:33 AM CDT 0 recs
problem is,
the egg comes before the chicken.
Our 2008 Chicago Cubs -- FINDING WAYS TO WIN!
by drewishdrewid on
Aug 27, 2008 10:38 AM CDT
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The chicken's always complaining about that, too.
make/art
by neverAcquiesce on
Aug 27, 2008 10:38 AM CDT
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when is it the chicken's turn?
I ask you…
Our 2008 Chicago Cubs -- FINDING WAYS TO WIN!
by drewishdrewid on
Aug 27, 2008 10:41 AM CDT
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speaking of j stark
what are we in rain interrupted games?
by tim815 on
Aug 27, 2008 10:40 AM CDT
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I bet Marquis goes seven regardless.
Time to take one for the team and give the bullpen some rest. Here’s hoping the Cubbie bats stay hot and give him some support.
make/art
by neverAcquiesce on Aug 27, 2008 10:38 AM CDT 0 recs
Don't count on it. The guy seems to be
lacking in the cajones department. When he starts to lose it, he just can’t seem to get the train back on the track. It could be the 3rd or the 6th inning. Therin lies the problem.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on
Aug 27, 2008 10:43 AM CDT
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Right, but
We’ve already won the series, and used a boatload of pitchers last night. Lou just might keep him out there to eat up innings.
make/art
by neverAcquiesce on
Aug 27, 2008 10:44 AM CDT
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i mentioned to my brother yesterday
that we should save z for the phillies and thrown marshall…..maybe ideas like that is the reason why lou is managing and i’m sitting on here typing on a blog with you losers, i mean badasses
by cubswynn on
Aug 27, 2008 10:47 AM CDT
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but...
isn’t Z going to pitch against the phils anyway?
Our 2008 Chicago Cubs -- FINDING WAYS TO WIN!
by drewishdrewid on
Aug 27, 2008 10:48 AM CDT
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Z will be going against the Phillies on Sunday
It’s a 4 game series
Current temperature in hell: 44 degrees F - and falling!
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