Rain Delay Thread: Cubs vs. Astros, Monday 8/4, 6:05 CT
by Al Yellon on Aug 4, 2008 8:42 PM CDT
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We were watching the radars on our phones in the bleachers and saw lightning shows out to the west, and figured that at the first sign of rain, the game would be delayed and not resumed. So, once the field was covered, I left.
It's virtually certain they won't resume tonight, not with the heavy rain -- probably the heaviest I've seen since almost 20 years ago to the day, August 8, 1988, the day of the first scheduled night game. I believe -- and someone correct me if I'm wrong -- that after a certain period of time goes by, the game can and will be suspended and resumed at noon tomorrow. This might go to the Cubs' advantage, as they were having a lot of trouble hitting Brian Moehler, and they could send Sean Marshall out there to start the sixth as a fresh pitcher who could go three or four innings if necessary.
Stay safe, everyone, if you're in northern Illinois, southern Wisconsin or northern Indiana -- this is nasty stuff going through; tornado sirens were going off in Lakeview near Wrigley Field, the first time I can remember them going off except for test purposes.
I'll update in the morning.
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UPDATED - TORNADO IN PORTER COUNTY, IN
... A Tornado Warning remains in effect until 915 PM CDT for northern
Porter and east Central Lake counties…
At 841 PM… National Weather Service Doppler radar continued to
indicate a tornado. This tornado was located near Wheeler… moving
east at 44 mph. A trained spotter reported a funnel cloud in
Griffith and measured 80 mph winds.
The tornado will be near…
Valparaiso… Lincoln Hills… Chesterton… and 7 miles south of
Porter by 850 PM…
kvpz by 855 PM…
Do not use your car to try to outrun a tornado. Cars are easily
tossed around by tornado winds. If you are caught in the path of a
tornado… leave the car and go to a strong building. If no safe
structure is nearby… seek shelter in a ditch or low spot and cover
your head.
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman
Tornado in Elmhurst...
The Tribune is reporting a Tornado in Elmhurst earlier. I’m not too far from there and it was nasty out.
"Remember each day this year, where you were, what you were doing, who you were with, how you felt as the Cubs win their way through it. Because if this does turn out to be the promised land we have all been waiting for, you will want to remember, savor, cherish every moment..."
Thanks to all for the weather updates.
I’m on the north side of the city and it’s pouring rain with lots of lightning and windy, but no tornadic activity here at the moment.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
scary night in Chicago
That storm that rolled through here was bad! I hope they call this a suspended game and not a rain shortened astros win. There is a precedent each way from what I can tell
Hey Al, quick question
If they do call the game on account of weather, are you sure they will resume tomorrow and not award the win to houston?
Thought they called games after 6 innings?
confused too..
is the rule 5 and a half innings? they were starting the top of the sixth, ie… had only played 5 full innings. don’t know the rule either
I think the rule was changed within the last year or two...
... to make every game that had gone at least five innings played to the full nine—if this is what I recall correctly, the game will be suspended and finished at noon tomorrow.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
Rule 4.10.C
Says it is an official game after 5 innings have been completed….
What has changed recently is the rule about if the visiting team takes the lead in an inning after it is an official game, and the home team does not have a chance to answer in their portion of the inning (Rule 4.12.A.5)
"Aw, how could he (Jorge Orta) lose the ball in the sun, he's from Mexico." -- Harry Carey
by TheRiot Police on Aug 4, 2008 9:11 PM CDT up reply actions
OK...
... I was confused about when a game can be suspended or not. Guess this one can’t be.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
I believe what they changed...
was that a game is suspended in these cases only if it is a tie. The rule used to be that the entire game would have to be replayed.
Dome-san!!
by Goat Whisperer on Aug 4, 2008 9:51 PM CDT up reply actions
Didn't one get suspended in the 8th at PIT a year or two ago with the Cubs winning?
Diehard Cubs Fan Since Age 5!
by GateCity, VA Cubs Fan on Aug 4, 2008 9:53 PM CDT up reply actions
May 1, 2007
The game was suspended with a tie score. The Cubs were trailing until D.Ward launched a homer to tie it right before the delay hit. Game was resumed the next day…. this also was the game in which Fonzie had his 1st Cubs HR
Yes he waited until May 1 to hit his first HR…. but he was on the DL for the second half of April.
I'm confused too...
I thought the rule was 4 1/2 innings (or 5 if the home team was behind)
I’d love them to play on but is that what they will do?
The game
is considered complete after 5 innings played. The game can be suspended if the game is haulted during an inning in which the visiting team has taken the lead or tied the game.
when asked about his performance against the Reds - Lieber said the following
"Well obviously I made some bad pitches today, left to many over the plate and they got good wood on the ball. The only good thing was that I was able to get back into the clubhouse earlier then I planned so I could eat."
by 1060 W Addison on Aug 5, 2008 7:26 AM CDT up reply actions
Tornado Sirens Were Wailing In The West Loop.
70 mph winds. Hail. Sideways rain. Scary stuff. Everybody stay safe!
On WGN News - they played a clip from the center field scoreboard camera
with the tornado siren going off
rule is game can be called after 5 innings
Or 4.5 if the home team is winning. But I have also seen suspended games where one team was winning after 5 innings. Odd.
That only applies if the visitors score a run to take the lead
in the inning that the game was stopped. Since that’s not the case, if the game is called right now, the ‘Stros will get the win.
That can happen
if say the home team was winning 5-2 entering the top of the 6th. The visiting team takes the lead in the top of the 6th. A rain delay prevents the home team from playing the bottom of the 6th. That game is treated as a suspended game if it can’t continue.
Rule 4.12.A.5
Weather, if a regulation game is called while an inning is in progress and before the inning is completed, and the visiting team has scored one or more runs to take the lead, and the home team has not retaken the lead; or
"Aw, how could he (Jorge Orta) lose the ball in the sun, he's from Mexico." -- Harry Carey
by TheRiot Police on Aug 4, 2008 9:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Prince Fielder
Anyone see him get into it with Parra on the bench tonight? He had to be restrained and got a big push in that knocked Parra over.
Just came up from the cellar
and saw that after switching over from the Weather Channel. The implosion has begun…
"And then, just as nonchalantly as though Horace Tarbox had been Mr. Beef the butcher or Mr. Hat the haberdasher, life reached in, seized him, handled him, stretched him, and unrolled him like a piece of Irish lace on a Saturday-afternoon bargain-counter." -F. Scott Fitzgerald
I think there's a huge difference between that and what happened tonight in the brewers dugout
because for one thing the barrett/z scuffle happened MUCH earlier in the season. For another the brewers are a YOUNG team that hasn’t dealt with much adversity. The Cubs, I don’t need to go into how much adversity they’ve gone through. They’re reminded of it every day. The 2007 and 2008 cubs have shown themselves to be resilient. The 2008 brewers have not.
by cubsonWGN4ever on Aug 4, 2008 9:13 PM CDT up reply actions
the difference is
the brewers can’t get rid of parra or fielder like the cubs could with barrett…...they can’t…..yost has no control over his clubhouse, didn’t he and a player brawl last year?
Yeah
It was Johnny Estrada. That clubhouse must be a barrel o’laughs tonight.
"And then, just as nonchalantly as though Horace Tarbox had been Mr. Beef the butcher or Mr. Hat the haberdasher, life reached in, seized him, handled him, stretched him, and unrolled him like a piece of Irish lace on a Saturday-afternoon bargain-counter." -F. Scott Fitzgerald
is there a clip?
’’If somebody had told me we were going to lose Soriano for eight weeks, lose [Carlos] Zambrano and Kerry Wood for a couple of weeks apiece, and then at the same time lose [Reed] Johnson, and then when we played the American League not have a DH [then-injured Daryle Ward], and be in first place by two games, I’d tell you we were pretty fortunate.’’ Lou Piniella (7/23/08)
by drewishdrewid on Aug 4, 2008 9:41 PM CDT up reply actions
Do Tornados happen around Chicago often?
Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory
by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 4, 2008 9:03 PM CDT reply actions
Not really
The Chicago area as a whole gets 1-2 tornadoes a year on average (I think) – not too bad by Midwestern standards. Usually they’re mostly out in the suburbs, it’s extremely rare for a tornado to form near the lake. There’s a meteorological reason for that, but it’s too complicated for me to remember. (Ask Tom Skilling if you’re really curious.)
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman
Tom Skilling doesn't answer my e-mails anymore
Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory
by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 4, 2008 9:10 PM CDT up reply actions
Thats not acurate
Tornadoes do form in Chicago, and the lake offers zero protection from tornadic development.
"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager
SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .295 19 HR 48 RBI
I've heard otherwise
from what I would consider to be credible sources. However, I’m not a meteorologist, so I can’t confirm the accuracy of what I’ve heard.
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman
The Tornado that hit Oak Lawn IL in 1963
Blew right over the Stevenson Expressway and went right into Lake Michigan. And that was until 1990 the most powerful Tornado to ever hit Chicago.
"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager
SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .295 19 HR 48 RBI
Yours truly lived in Plainfield at that time
and just recently moved to Joliet (right next door). It was a bad time. Everyone who was there then doesn’t like to talk about it, and “SOP” is not to bring it up.
Sirens still get my dander up
CRAFTY BEAVER!!!
by lostinthevines on Aug 4, 2008 9:18 PM CDT up reply actions
I cant say I blame you for being
Jumpy.
The Plainfield Tornado was and still is the most powerful August tornado ever to hit the United States
"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager
SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .295 19 HR 48 RBI
There's a big black granite monument
on Ft. Beggs drive, just down from Plainfield Central High School (the new one; the old one having been destyroyed in the storm) that just three or four weeks ago had trees fall all around it from a gustnado that hit the exact same area
CRAFTY BEAVER!!!
by lostinthevines on Aug 4, 2008 9:30 PM CDT up reply actions
And the only F5...........
..........in Chicagoland’s history.
"Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman - or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle." ~ George Burns
Since 1855.............
............only 92 “significant” tornadoes have been recorded in the entire metropolitan area of Chicago.
“Significant” means Level 2 or higher on the Fujita scale or a tornado that caused at least 10 injuries or one death.
The Chicago metro area includes McHenry, Lake, Kane, DuPage, Cook, Kendall and Will counties, as well as Lake County, Indiana.
And so, yes, tornadoes are incredibly rare in the City of Chicago.
"Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman - or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle." ~ George Burns
Believe the Oak Lawn............
.............killer twister was in 1967.
"Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman - or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle." ~ George Burns
<---- Meteorologist
Exactly, the lake offers zero protection for Chicago, since virtually all tornadoes would have to move toward the lake. Downwind of the lake may cause some storms to weaken though, due to cooler air over the lake.
If you really want comprehensive data...
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lot/severe/SigChiTorn.php
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman
No offense to anyone...
...but this is SOP down here in Kansas.
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
gak
SOP might as well be a four letter word. Books of crap put together by people that don’t do my job.
"That guy is a gamer." said Ron Santo of Reed Johnson on 07-25-08
Has the game been called yet?
"This is why Major League Baseball does not need instant replay, because then every single play will then be reviewed." -- Joe Morgan, 5/18/08, referring to an umpire ruling a Carlos Delgado homerun foul when replays showed it hit the foul pole.
Here's some video of Wrigley Field
pretty much disappearing behind tonight’s rain storm. Sirens in the background.
Wrigley Field – under the “weather”
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
Tonight, probably yes. Tomorrow, no.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
BACK FROM THE BLEACHERS
Just returned home from the bleachers.Ms. Fuk U Meter and I went to the bathroom after the fifth. For some reason I decided to take all the stuff with me. Not 5 mins later was is Armageddon outside. We stood by a wall under the bleachers for 1/2 hour, then the rain started getting inside. Then we started hearing reports about tornadoes, then the sirens went off. They went off for about 5 mins, then off for 10. They went on again and we heard the loudest thunder I have ever heard in my life.
The sirens went off again, so we took shelter in the men’s room. There were about 10 women in there at the time. Half hour later, all the restrooms were co-ed. Some teenagers were gun shy with the girls in there. Poor kids. When the rain let up Ms. Fuk U Dometer and I took a rickshaw back home and gave the guy a hearty tip. Good to be home.
Fukudometer: Created 3/31/08 Wrigley Debut 4/5/08 WGN and Japan TV Debut 4/6/08 Sun Times Debut: 4/20/08 Coffee Table Debut: 7/17/08 (http://www.wearecubsfans.com)
Forgot to mention
Rules went out the window…everyone was smoking, especially in the bathroom. Ashes were faling on us from the ramps behind the bleachers. A fire truck went by and everyone cheered. Spoke to a Houston fan and he said: “Sure, we have a hurricane down home, and tornadoes up here. I can’t win.”
Fukudometer: Created 3/31/08 Wrigley Debut 4/5/08 WGN and Japan TV Debut 4/6/08 Sun Times Debut: 4/20/08 Coffee Table Debut: 7/17/08 (http://www.wearecubsfans.com)
oh good God
I will have that stuck in my head all night. thanks!
"That guy is a gamer." said Ron Santo of Reed Johnson on 07-25-08
Get yourself one! Deeelish!
Ice cold milk and a couple of Keebler Grasshoppers (the poor man’s Thin Mints) – heaven on earth!
CRAFTY BEAVER!!!
by lostinthevines on Aug 4, 2008 9:20 PM CDT up reply actions
I originally said during the game thread that the severe weather would impact
Downtown Chicago/Wrigley Field between 8pm and 845pm
How did I do?
Hopefully pretty well, I only have about 35,000 dollars in college debt for Meteorology :)
"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager
SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .295 19 HR 48 RBI
Hey Galvan
Are you at UW? In the AOS department?
Some people have 3 layers, like pie. Blog Blog Blog
Nope
College of DuPage and Northern Illinois
"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager
SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .295 19 HR 48 RBI
Cool cool
I’ve met some people in the UW AOS dept – some of my grad work is peripherally related to the climate modeling stuff they do
Some people have 3 layers, like pie. Blog Blog Blog
SORRY for my brain cramp below
read you rpost too fast – glanced right over ther “if”
CRAFTY BEAVER!!!
by lostinthevines on Aug 4, 2008 9:28 PM CDT up reply actions
ESPN says
Wrigley was evacuated but officials say the game could still finish tonight..If it is not called it WILL be an official game.
official game
if the tarp stays on, yewsten wins
I hope not...
with him running that team, we have a much better chance of holding them off.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Aug 4, 2008 9:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Probably will
I hope not though, the longer he’s in the dugout the more he helps the cubs
Some people have 3 layers, like pie. Blog Blog Blog
You are right. Remember the fight last year? Yeah it was August 3rd and the Brewers didn’t respond then.
(As a lurking Brewer fan, I hope we do better this year!)
That's pretty much my take
He seems to lose focus on the task at hand.
by Shanghai Badger on Aug 4, 2008 10:07 PM CDT up reply actions
By the way, welcome!
I like talking to fans of other teams.
by Shanghai Badger on Aug 4, 2008 10:08 PM CDT up reply actions
me also.
"We've had our ups and downs, but as long as you have a reason, something to fall back on and a plan, that's all there is to it," Soto said.
by Madison Cub Fan on Aug 4, 2008 10:16 PM CDT up reply actions
not mention talking to yourself giggle
"We've had our ups and downs, but as long as you have a reason, something to fall back on and a plan, that's all there is to it," Soto said.
by Madison Cub Fan on Aug 4, 2008 10:39 PM CDT up reply actions
Why?
They just need to feed Prince more often and that is the assistant managers job not the managers.
Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory
by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 4, 2008 9:24 PM CDT up reply actions
Bad form to not state my own opinion
I think if the front office was agitating to get rid of Yost already, this may be a good excuse.
But I guess there is no ready-made replacement.
A rain delay may have been the only thing
saving the Cubs from Brian “Cy Young” Moehler.
Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory
by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 4, 2008 9:23 PM CDT reply actions
hopefully we never face him again
Some team should try and get him through waivers just to F us up
Missouri Tigers 2008 Cotton Bowl Champs
And ESPN TV hasn't come back yet
CRAFTY BEAVER!!!
by lostinthevines on Aug 4, 2008 9:26 PM CDT up reply actions
WCIU
also displaying a RAIN DELAY graphic in the corner of the screen. Displaying “Frasier” in lower part of screen.
"And then, just as nonchalantly as though Horace Tarbox had been Mr. Beef the butcher or Mr. Hat the haberdasher, life reached in, seized him, handled him, stretched him, and unrolled him like a piece of Irish lace on a Saturday-afternoon bargain-counter." -F. Scott Fitzgerald
I always loved that Perri Gilpin
CRAFTY BEAVER!!!
by lostinthevines on Aug 4, 2008 9:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Well if it lasts more than 3 hours...we should see a doctor.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Aug 4, 2008 9:26 PM CDT up reply actions
HOLY CRAP that's awesome
CRAFTY BEAVER!!!
by lostinthevines on Aug 4, 2008 9:27 PM CDT up reply actions
The real McCoy.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Aug 4, 2008 9:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Shhh...I don't think anybody saw it.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Aug 4, 2008 9:31 PM CDT up reply actions
eventhough I had seen this before
I still had my beverage go through the nose when I scrolled down to this photo.
A SWL Classic!!
THIS IS OUR CENTURY!!
and here..the weather is penetrating
thrust
Ramlee Zamfukusoridero
by hiphopgamer26 on Aug 4, 2008 9:50 PM CDT up reply actions
I think this game is going to resume tonight, and they move tommorow to a night game
Doesnt that just make sense. It will stop raining within the hour
I don't think they can change the time of the game
Unless they have 2 games tomorrow (which can’t happen)
Some people have 3 layers, like pie. Blog Blog Blog
Correct.
They can’t change tomorrow’s game time. Even if it stops raining, and even with the new drainage system, there was a TON of water on the field. Probably had 2+ inches of rain within half an hour.
I’m guessing it’ll be called. Radar shows it should be raining at least two more hours.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
No, as I posted on the main page...
... I left when it started raining… knew there was heavy stuff coming.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
As I did during the Chiefs - Cougars game.
Great minds…?
CRAFTY BEAVER!!!
by lostinthevines on Aug 4, 2008 9:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Doesn't everyone want to get this game in?
Every game counts in my opinion and a 5.5 game lead isnt a good as a 6 game league. Lets wait it out and come back and beat these Stros.
Our lead would still be 5.0
Brewers would be 5 games back and the Birds 5.5 back…
"Aw, how could he (Jorge Orta) lose the ball in the sun, he's from Mexico." -- Harry Carey
by TheRiot Police on Aug 4, 2008 9:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Don't want anyone to get hurt
playing on a field that is to wet to play on.
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Aug 4, 2008 9:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Sure, it'd be great to finish if they could.
But the radar looks like it’ll be raining for at least another hour, maybe 90 minutes, then it’d take 20-30 minutes to get the field in playing shape. By then it’d be well after 11:00 and there’s a day game tomorrow.
And as noted below, you don’t want to get anyone hurt on a wet field.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
OT: How is Cincinnati ball park?
3 friends and I are attending all the series games in September against the Reds..How is the experience in Cinncy? Anyone?
One of my buddies lives in Cincy
It will be my first time in the city and should be fun to attend all 3 games..
it will be full of cubs fans
pretty easy ballpark, not much to do on the ohio side of the river, but go over to northern ky, lots of good resturants, bars, etc..
The ballpark is okay...
Nothing too special. But the scene is lots of fun. At the Cubs/Reds series last September, there were no less than 12,000 Cubs fans the night that the Cubs clinched.
We drive down for Columbus when the Cubs are in town.
Eamus Catuli!
It's OK...
As far as new ballparks go, it’s not on a level with something like Pac Bell/AT&T or Camden Yards but it’s not a bad place to watch a game.
Disclaimer—I’ve only been there to see the Cubs and only on Opening Day (twice), so that gave the atmosphere a boost, I’m sure.
It is pretty cool.
Don’t sit in Right/Center because of the smokestacks. Although, I doubt they will get to use them. :)
Diehard Cubs Fan Since Age 5!
by GateCity, VA Cubs Fan on Aug 4, 2008 9:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Ha
Last time I was there Reds hit 7 hrs against the Cubs. One of TWO times they have done that to the Cubs THIS year.
Last time I sat there, Estes pitched. Enough said.
Although Sammy hit #500 a row beside me. I was close to catching it.
Diehard Cubs Fan Since Age 5!
by GateCity, VA Cubs Fan on Aug 4, 2008 9:40 PM CDT up reply actions
I was at that game too.
The stadium is not too bad, if you are able to get Club Seats, those are great seats, and don’t get the Skyline chili, it’s pretty nasty. But the LaRosa’s pizza isn’t too bad.
Wendyzman
LaRosa's Pizza is pretty good.
When I go I usually get the row right beside the Cub dugout.
Diehard Cubs Fan Since Age 5!
by GateCity, VA Cubs Fan on Aug 4, 2008 9:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Is this game going to resume?
I need to know weather I should go to bed.
Diehard Cubs Fan Since Age 5!
by GateCity, VA Cubs Fan on Aug 4, 2008 9:32 PM CDT reply actions
weather or whether? cute.
your guess is as good as anyone. maybe if the Cubs offer to fly Favre in for the 7th inning, ESPN will force mlb to continue the game.
THIS IS OUR CENTURY!!
pretty stupid wasn't it?
Diehard Cubs Fan Since Age 5!
by GateCity, VA Cubs Fan on Aug 4, 2008 9:34 PM CDT up reply actions
espn top 3 stories
1. favre ad nauseum
2. joba the hurt
3. prince clouts parra
everything else squeezed into 5 minutes
I heard Favre flew in to see them
Now he will pitch and play first for the brewers
by LT on Aug 4, 2008 9:38 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't want to hear another word about "BF"
....unless he’s supplanting Orton or Grossman as theBear QB
The best defense is a good offense
couldn't find one....
they’ve played it at least twice tonight….the jist of the commercial was talking about there is no jinx, no curses, bad karma, hexes
rough transcript
“there must be something to this curse business” (background voice)
main voice – “you can’t believe in superstitions. or black cats bringing bad luck. no curses, jixes, bad karma, hexes.
october is about believing in YOURSELF. so when a black cat stares you down on your way to the post season, stare back (video of z).
bc there is no time for fear this fall, there’s only ONE october.”
I say nay
Goats, cats, Bartman. Let it go, already.
by Shanghai Badger on Aug 4, 2008 9:46 PM CDT up reply actions
that's what the commercial is saying though
don’t believe in the past bs…..believe in yourself TODAY
Understood, but --
Why give the past bs more attention.
by Shanghai Badger on Aug 4, 2008 9:48 PM CDT up reply actions
What the hell
is that supposed to mean??
by Shanghai Badger on Aug 4, 2008 10:00 PM CDT up reply actions
IDK but I got your back, Badger. We alum gotta stick together!
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
Not this year it won't be!!!
How’d Drew Tate turn out for ya? He was GREAT in high school…and that was about it.
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
whoa whoa whoa
need i remind you of the capital one bowl…..sure he never lived up to the hype, but that was one of the greatest bowl games endings, EVER…..period, end of story!
me too.
"We've had our ups and downs, but as long as you have a reason, something to fall back on and a plan, that's all there is to it," Soto said.
by Madison Cub Fan on Aug 4, 2008 10:18 PM CDT up reply actions
ESPN
Just a small note – the three clowns they have on today (Kruk, EY, and Buck) are terrible, just terrible. Mrs. Donut, who usually doesn’t care, commented on them as well.
"Don't worry, Joey. We'll go next year. They're in the World Series all the time" ---My grandfather to my sick father, October 10, 1945
Feckless, Reckless, and Neckless
"Sometimes I feel like as a Cubs fan if I’m not worrying about something, I’m not doing it right." - HalfBlindCubbieGirl
we're espn
we don’t have to be good
a slogan shared by the pittsburgh pirates
hey I love Kruk
he never misses a mullet night @ the Cell
CRAFTY BEAVER!!!
by lostinthevines on Aug 4, 2008 9:41 PM CDT up reply actions
too bad cub hitters weren't more patient
Could have been called in the 4th. To quote Airplane, “the Cubs picked a bad night swing at everything.”
My sentiments exactly....
Len abd Bob started talking about the lightning and I was thinking “Why are they tearing through the innings and not slowing everything up seeing as they are behind?”
Well....
What sucks is that because ESPN picked this game up, the moved the game time up an hour. If they kept at its original time there is no way they get through 5 innings before the rain.
Oh well…everything happens for the reason. If the field is too crappy to play better not tempt the baseball gods
"Aw, how could he (Jorge Orta) lose the ball in the sun, he's from Mexico." -- Harry Carey
by TheRiot Police on Aug 4, 2008 9:57 PM CDT up reply actions
I can relate....
No-one else here seems to grasp it’s OVER unless they go back out and start playing
The best defense is a good offense
Earth to KC
the game is scheduled to start back at 10:18… Tarp is off the field…
by LT on Aug 4, 2008 10:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Just statin the truth....
I seem to see a lot of “unrealistic” speculation on the posts…...
The best defense is a good offense
2 sides to that argument...
but….”play to win”....ought to be in everybodys mind
The best defense is a good offense
when game comes back do you see any defensive changes?
I see edmonds being taken out because of possible slippage and hurting of knee, I also see maybe ramirez or soriano taken out….. probably be:
soriano lf
—marshall-p
fontenot 2b
ward 1b
ramirez 3b
-deRosa LF
edmonds cf
-johnson cf
soto c
fukudome rf
cedeno ss/3B
dempster p
-theriot ss
looks good to me
but i don’t know it’ll beat valverde in the ninth
Still in a Delay according to ESPN
"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager
SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .295 19 HR 48 RBI
still in a delay on gameday
Diehard Cubs Fan Since Age 5!
by GateCity, VA Cubs Fan on Aug 4, 2008 9:51 PM CDT up reply actions
Clear as crystal out west.
CRAFTY BEAVER!!!
by lostinthevines on Aug 4, 2008 9:51 PM CDT up reply actions
OK that's it - G'NIGHT!!!
CRAFTY BEAVER!!!
by lostinthevines on Aug 4, 2008 9:51 PM CDT up reply actions
i mean its been nearly three hours
they gotta call it i guess.
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory
by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 4, 2008 9:53 PM CDT up reply actions
How long did they wait
back when Maddux was going for his 3000th K? I know that game took forever to start back up, but not sure it was past the 5th.
was at that game...i think it started around 10:15ish
I heart the riot. (www.riotshirts.com)
by RIOTSHIRTS.com on Aug 4, 2008 9:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Found video of Prince & Parra!!
Persuing Brew Crew Ball for the fight video, and found it. Prince looks like an ass.
Dan
(new window)
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
looks like no rain
but lots of people leaving the ballpark
ESPN says a decision is coming up in 3 minutes.
by ReleaseTheHounds on Aug 4, 2008 9:56 PM CDT reply actions
it's about time
Diehard Cubs Fan Since Age 5!
by GateCity, VA Cubs Fan on Aug 4, 2008 9:56 PM CDT up reply actions
If the Cubs were to lose
this is probably the “best” way to do so. A quasi-day off for all. But I’d still rather see them win it.
Dome-san!!
+1
Diehard Cubs Fan Since Age 5!
by GateCity, VA Cubs Fan on Aug 4, 2008 9:57 PM CDT up reply actions
Fingers crossed....
I’m rather hoping it will resume seeing as, apart from the West Coast games, it’ll be one of the few games during a season when I get to enjoy a delicious beverage while watching….(given that it’s only 3pm in New Zealand)
Good on ya, Mate!
IF IT TAKES FOREVER!!
by Cubfansince1957 on Aug 4, 2008 10:02 PM CDT up reply actions
it says Sportscenter is next
Diehard Cubs Fan Since Age 5!
by GateCity, VA Cubs Fan on Aug 4, 2008 9:57 PM CDT reply actions
HAPPY HAPPY!
Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory
by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 4, 2008 9:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Closed feed...
Listening on mlb audio and you hear the closed feed stuff the radio producers get….
Pat and Ron resume at 10.18pm
SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!
Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory
by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 4, 2008 9:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Paul Friedman just announced it over the PA to the fans
still sounds like a good crowd out there
I think 2 hours before gametime....
"Aw, how could he (Jorge Orta) lose the ball in the sun, he's from Mexico." -- Harry Carey
by TheRiot Police on Aug 4, 2008 10:00 PM CDT up reply actions
I wonder how mad the stros are?
Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory
by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 4, 2008 9:59 PM CDT reply actions
WE ARE STILL ALIVE!!!
Diehard Cubs Fan Since Age 5!
by GateCity, VA Cubs Fan on Aug 4, 2008 9:59 PM CDT reply actions
should be
Diehard Cubs Fan Since Age 5!
by GateCity, VA Cubs Fan on Aug 4, 2008 9:59 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't know
This is some marquee billiards coverage on ESPN2….
"And heeeere cooome the pretzels!"
by NightPutting on Aug 4, 2008 10:06 PM CDT up reply actions
+ sideways snowman
Sleep? I’ll do it when I’m dead!
Dome-san!!
by Goat Whisperer on Aug 4, 2008 10:03 PM CDT up reply actions
This would be a BIG comeback from the Astros and Rain if we could win
Diehard Cubs Fan Since Age 5!
by GateCity, VA Cubs Fan on Aug 4, 2008 10:01 PM CDT reply actions
i dont know if espn will go back to it
van pelt didnt sound like it
Per WGN
A severe t-storm warning has just been reissued to northern cook county till 11 pm
Go All In and Enjoy The Ride.
OT: Joba left game w/ shoulder injury...
....i think ESPN will have to cancel coverage of the Cubs on account of this
Fielder's response: "He offered me a hamburger"
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
GOOD/BAD
GOOD – BASEBALL
BAD – TIRED
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
Doesn't look like ESPN will go back.. they just said they would mention it/talk about
it… but they’re too busy talking about brett favre….
GoCubsGo
Are you kidding me?
WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory
by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 4, 2008 10:04 PM CDT up reply actions
No Erin? No rest of the game? BSPN!
Dome-san!!
by Goat Whisperer on Aug 4, 2008 10:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Maybe
Maybe we can convince them Brett is at the game. He has been to Wrigley at least once. They showed him on tv a few years ago.
they can say “Here we are where one time Brett Favre descended from onhigh to grace Wrigley with his presence”
Go Cubs
by puckishcubsfan on Aug 4, 2008 10:13 PM CDT up reply actions
You can wish in one hand and want in the other....
BUT…as I read it all…this game went 5 and 1/2…it’s as good as in th books …..unless …of course…..they all decide they want to play some more 2nite
The best defense is a good offense
They can put it on ESPN 2 at least
Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory
by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 4, 2008 10:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Don't want to miss some of that exciting World Series of Poker action.
You may vomit at will.
IF IT TAKES FOREVER!!
by Cubfansince1957 on Aug 4, 2008 10:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Please, tell me ESPN will go back to the game.
I don’t need to see more stuff about Favre, Parra/Fielder or Chamberlain.
IF IT TAKES FOREVER!!
by Cubfansince1957 on Aug 4, 2008 10:05 PM CDT reply actions
Can I interest you in some Bosox-Royals?
Dome-san!!
by Goat Whisperer on Aug 4, 2008 10:06 PM CDT up reply actions
I just threw up in my mouth. ESPN is now talking about Favre.
No mention of going back to the Cubs.
IF IT TAKES FOREVER!!
by Cubfansince1957 on Aug 4, 2008 10:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Seriosuly...
Devin Hester, you are ridiculous! -Jeff Joniak
by ARAM FOR MVP on Aug 4, 2008 10:06 PM CDT up reply actions
*Seriously*
Devin Hester, you are ridiculous! -Jeff Joniak
by ARAM FOR MVP on Aug 4, 2008 10:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Just grab a quick flight to Chicago
Never have to worry about any of that hoopla
Go All In and Enjoy The Ride.
there are other stories???
oh yeah, steve smith combining all 3….
football, fight, injury
http://www.cubworld.com/category/a_cubworld_cam/
That is link to Cubs World right across street from wrigley
Yost.....
....calls reporters rude for asking about a fight that happened in dugout….in a baseball stadium….where people paid for their tickets….Ned Yost sounding an awful lot like Larussa.
"I'm petrified of nipple chafing. Once it starts, it's a vicious circle." Andy Bernard
Yeah, but LaRussa will probably have a job after this season.
IF IT TAKES FOREVER!!
by Cubfansince1957 on Aug 4, 2008 10:08 PM CDT up reply actions
Maybe the Sux...
...will hire Ned after MLB orders Williams to ax Ozzie/
"I'm petrified of nipple chafing. Once it starts, it's a vicious circle." Andy Bernard
Only he is more likely
to eat his own poo than Tony.
Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory
by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 4, 2008 10:08 PM CDT up reply actions
except not
collapsed at the wheel while drunk
Packers hired Ari Fleisher to do PR/damage control
Maybe Brewers can bring in that car salesman that used to own them…what’s his name? Oh, yeah, Selig. He’s good at spinning bad situations…
(The President/Brett Favre)...
...just wants (Congress/The Packers) to approve (the warrantless wiretap bill/his reinstatement to quarterback) without questioning (the bill’s contents/his shameless flip-flopping).
Let my ashes blow in a beautiful snow from the prevailing 30 mile an hour southwest wind...
When my last remains go flying over the left field wall, I'll bid the bleacher bums adieu,
And I will come to my final resting place, out on Waveland Avenue. --Steve Goodman
when I heard that I thought it was a joke
"We've had our ups and downs, but as long as you have a reason, something to fall back on and a plan, that's all there is to it," Soto said.
by Madison Cub Fan on Aug 4, 2008 10:23 PM CDT up reply actions
I wonder if Erin Andrews
is giving Sori a nice massage to keep him loose
Go All In and Enjoy The Ride.
probably would be giving him something else too..
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
OT: The reason Joba was still on the board for the Yankees
is because many teams had concerns about his health. Hopefully, it’s nothing serious. I hate to see young, promising players hurt.
Hey, it's a new century!
Signed, "Dusty Baker."
IF IT TAKES FOREVER!!
by Cubfansince1957 on Aug 4, 2008 10:09 PM CDT up reply actions
WGN Radio
Says game resumes in 15 minutes.
"Don't worry, Joey. We'll go next year. They're in the World Series all the time" ---My grandfather to my sick father, October 10, 1945
Foxsports say 10:20 game resumes
A good day for me is a cubs win and a sox loss.
why the HELL are they talking football?
its still 6 weeks until the regular season starts!
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
Baseball is boring
and only old people watch it.
Love, ESPN
Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory
by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 4, 2008 10:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Sh&^...the way the Bears look.....
Why it is even coming up here yet surprises me
The best defense is a good offense
Amen.
The team is abysmal. And it’s really starting to irk me when sports shows/news start w/ Bears training camp instead of a first baseball team.
Go All In and Enjoy The Ride.
Ill be surprised if the bears score a touchdown this year, offensively that is
"This is why Major League Baseball does not need instant replay, because then every single play will then be reviewed." -- Joe Morgan, 5/18/08, referring to an umpire ruling a Carlos Delgado homerun foul when replays showed it hit the foul pole.
by CubsBall2202 on Aug 4, 2008 10:14 PM CDT up reply actions
We went to Bourbonnais
We went to Bourbainnais and the Cubs the next day. Talk rex and kyle all you want but the biggest Bears problem is the best wide receiver in Chicago is Samardzija.
Go Cubs
by puckishcubsfan on Aug 4, 2008 10:16 PM CDT up reply actions
with the magic number....
one lower than when the rain came
First rule of MN
is you don’t talk about MN.
The Second rule of MN is YOU DON’T TALK ABOUT MN!
Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory
by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 4, 2008 10:13 PM CDT up reply actions
I talk about Minnesota all the time; my girlfriend and I are from there...
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
Al
Glad to hear you’re safe and sound. Said a prayer for all the people at the park naming you and some others that I knew were at the game by name.
I was in my basement with the family until about 15 minutes ago. Scary night.
What scary is what would happen if a tornado did hit the ballpark during a game. I don’t know where they’d put everyone.
I had mentioned I was possibly going tonight on an unrelated message board and got plenty of calls because it’s all over ESPN and such,
Go Cubs
Next time....
...and this is coming from a corn (and sirlion/NY Strip) bred midwestern boy…..a little ole t-storm scares you…..hop a plane soutbh for a hurricane
The best defense is a good offense
i've got a really good feelings about todays game....
if you’re the astros, you gotta be thinking “man the mlb wants the cubs to win” not that i’m complaining
Latroy....
...and he is going to get worked. Just to keep the world in perfect balance.
"I'm petrified of nipple chafing. Once it starts, it's a vicious circle." Andy Bernard
+1
I heart the riot. (www.riotshirts.com)
by RIOTSHIRTS.com on Aug 4, 2008 10:20 PM CDT up reply actions
Damn it!
Why couldn’t the rain have come an inning early? We could have played a split DP tommorow.
still doesn't sound
like espn has decided if they are going back. that was a very vague outro
If they do
If they do they’ll Favreize it somehow. They’ll say “We’re not all that far from Green Bay where Brett Favre is right now…..”
Or they will spend an inning discussing how the Cubs game may affect Brett.
Go Cubs
by puckishcubsfan on Aug 4, 2008 10:15 PM CDT up reply actions
or
how they wouldn’t need to a delay a game for favre because he could single-handedly beat a team of 11 tornadoes.
Hes such a butt
He’s such a butt that he probably caused the tornadoes so ESPN would do more of him.
Go Cubs
by puckishcubsfan on Aug 4, 2008 10:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Please tell me
that this is a good sign they are going to go back to the game on ESPN. I can’t stand the idea of watching Houston’s announcers.
Wendyzman
Milt Rosenberg
You sound like a sweet old man, but get off the air already. Where are Pat and Ron?
Go All In and Enjoy The Ride.
Taking a nap?
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Aug 4, 2008 10:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Next time I have sleep issues..... I might try listening to Milt lol
"We've had our ups and downs, but as long as you have a reason, something to fall back on and a plan, that's all there is to it," Soto said.
by Madison Cub Fan on Aug 4, 2008 10:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Prince Fielder is a big fat bunghole...
anyone catch his fight with Parra? I know Z did a similar thing in the Cubs dugout but this comes right after his 5 year old antics with the ump against the Cubs. He is an immature prick. I have thought so since his comments about him shutting his father up during their pennant race last year. Selfish loser.
Calm down.
Yost's attitude....
....I don’t remember Lou telling the media to butt out of it. As I remember the Cubs situation Z apologized to everybody. There was no big FU to the fans. It seems somebody ought to be held accountible to the Brewers fans.
"I'm petrified of nipple chafing. Once it starts, it's a vicious circle." Andy Bernard
Lou I thought said that there will be action done
not to mention his tirade did help..
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
OT- quick help from chicago area board members
My father, in his mid-70s, is home by himself tonight in Barrington (my mother is out of town). Anything I should be really worried about weather-wise?
"Don't worry, Joey. We'll go next year. They're in the World Series all the time" ---My grandfather to my sick father, October 10, 1945
The bad stuff...
...went south of Barrington (I am about 40 minutes south) and the worst of everything has already gone through.
He should be fine.
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
my folks live near-ish to there...
(west chicago 0ff 59) and they said it blew by w/out any major damage
My dad is at 59 and Army Trail....
...and he said that he thought the tornado passed right over his house….no major damage, did not touch down…
Let my ashes blow in a beautiful snow from the prevailing 30 mile an hour southwest wind...
When my last remains go flying over the left field wall, I'll bid the bleacher bums adieu,
And I will come to my final resting place, out on Waveland Avenue. --Steve Goodman
Thanks guys!
Appreciate it!
"Don't worry, Joey. We'll go next year. They're in the World Series all the time" ---My grandfather to my sick father, October 10, 1945
I live about...
...2 miles west of Army Trail and 59 and it got very dicey there for a while. I heard a tornado was spotted at DuPage Airport, but haven’t heard any official recognition of that.
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
Why isn't it on wciu yet?
"This is why Major League Baseball does not need instant replay, because then every single play will then be reviewed." -- Joe Morgan, 5/18/08, referring to an umpire ruling a Carlos Delgado homerun foul when replays showed it hit the foul pole.
TV won't come on 'til moments before the game starts.
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Aug 4, 2008 10:19 PM CDT up reply actions
NEW THREAD FOR POST-RAIN DELAY
Dan
(same window)
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
Back to Wrigley!
"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."
i've still got sportscenter
i swear dsm mediacom, if you do this to me, i am calling a dish company TOMORROW
Hey everyone still over here...
...new thread for post-rain delay is up.
Dan
(same window)
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
Whatever....
BUT,,,,hack mentaliy has set in….perhaps calling the game…..woulda been in the Cubs best interest…?
The best defense is a good offense
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