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.

If it gets underway, this one may be called by the end of the fifth inning.

says it’s cloudy. If they can just start the game, a little rain won’t stop it. But, they won’t start if it’s raining at all. They should move the start time up 10 minutes if they can.

Most of what appears on it is just “ground clutter”. This is a much clearer image… seems like they’ll start the game on time, but it’s hard to say if it’ll be completed.

and Cubbie unity.

Anyone miss me? Just got out of work and out of the gym… ready for some Cubbie Baseball!!!!!

No AFN today :( but I’ll be hanging around here begging for free cookies and brownies and lemon bars.

…Marquis and Duke.

MLB is testing their Instant Replay equipment at PNC. Linky

didn’t they? Wasn’t it supposed to be 12:05? Gameday has it at 12:35 now.

is not as long as last nights was. I hope the game threads are not as cranky as they were last night too. If nothing else this team has taught us to never count them out.

Did anyone else notice that at the crack of the bat of his HR that Geo was absolutely flying out of the batter’s box. He was sitting on the pitch and crushed it. Because he hit it to the deepest part of the park it’s possible he may have thought it would stay inside the park but I loved the way he put his head down and just started gunning it towards first. By the time the ball got out, he actually was putting his gear on in the dugout. Ok maybe not, but this guy never ceases to amaze me. Aside from his career night at the plate, I thought he was magnificent behind the plate, trapping wild pitches, nearly throwing out 2 runners, and doing his best to calm Z (at least he tried). Not that I wasn’t a huge fan before but this guy truly won me over last night.

Lost first place to the Phillies in extras last night, and now their collapse has begun…

are they going to start in ten minutes, or is it raining?

I have a hard time believing anyone else can beat him out unless he has a horrid September- and give his PCL MVP recognition last year, he would seem to have the “consistency” side of the equation worked out pretty well.

Hard to believe earlier this season he had that run of consecutive at bats where he struck out.

Was it five (in one game)? More over two?

but if I jinx the Cubs like I did early yesterday, I’m outta here. I left yesterday, and they came back and won.

Van Halen and “<a href=”http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2008/8/27/602221/first-pitch-thread-cubs-vs" >Jump"

to the first ptich thread.

… we’re under way.

Good teams find ways to win close ballgames.

Apparently I am responsible for everything you guys say. So say whatever you want, there’s no personal responsibility for you. I will be the one who takes the fall.

If the FanPost was so bad, why was it left up so long, and why did you even comment on it? Then, only after certain people take it too far, do you discipline them? No. You delete my FanPost and issue ME the warning. Al, I know you have my e-mail. You’ve used it before. You could have e-mailed me if you wanted to, and I would have replied. You didn’t even try.

I thought it was time to come back but obviously I was wrong. I’m unwelcome here. I don’t warrant the decency of a simple e-mail or a notification that a FanPost might be iffy – instead you wait, even commenting on the post yourself, and later, only when a few bad apples try to ruin it, do you stop them or delete their comments? Nope, you warn me for the actions of others. I regret that I don’t enjoy coming here anymore. I’d be surprised if I ever come back.

I’ll miss all of you who I came back here to see. Sorry it didn’t work out. Hopefully, I’ll be thinking of you in October.