When You Come By, Bring My Stomach: Cubs 4, Cardinals 3
by Al on Sep 11, 2008 8:31 AM CDT
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If you are a Cubs fan of "a certain age", you will recognize the headline of this post as something Jack Brickhouse would say every time the Cubs got out of a tough situation.
That was the case last night as I sat screaming at my TV after Kerry Wood gave up the two-run homer to Ryan Ludwick in the 9th inning: "He should have let Lilly finish it!"
Ted Lilly survived a shaky first inning and after that was outstanding, throwing only 90 total pitches and allowing just five hits, the single run in the first and walked no one and the Cubs survived Wood's rust and beat the Cardinals 4-3, holding on to their 4.5 game lead over the Brewers and reducing the magic number to clinch the division title to 13, and to clinch a playoff spot to 9.
It was the third straight game decided by a 4-3 score. The Cubs scored just enough runs in the second inning, helped out by two Cardinals errors -- and they should have scored more; they had three runs in with nobody out when Lilly raced home on a contact play and crashed into Yadier Molina, who held on to the ball and tagged him out. It was a very aggressive play for a pitcher, but Lilly has that bulldog attitude in him. Another run scored later in the inning and the Cubs had the bases loaded with two out, but Kosuke Fukudome was called out on strikes.
In the third, Alfonso Soriano threw out Cesar Izturis at the plate on one of his patented throws where he slings the ball sidearm and at first you can't believe he has anything on the throw, yet it gets there in time. It was a little to the first base side of the plate and so Geovany Soto didn't have time to get his leg in to block the plate; it was a very close play and replays showed that Izturis... well, he might have been safe.
Nevertheless, no one argued, and we'll take it. Lilly settled down and had several low pitch-count innings, and really, could have and should have been allowed to finish. Yes, I know Wood needed the work -- he's pitched only twice in eight days -- and it appears he still needs the work, since he gave up ringing extra-base hits to Ludwick and Albert Pujols, who doubled before Ludwick's homer.
Other good things: Soriano drove in his 70th run of the year. That equals his total from 2007 -- in 39 fewer games, and there are still 17 games remaining on the schedule. Felix Pie had a nice game in his first start since returning from Iowa -- walking twice (where did he learn to do that?), singling, scoring a run and driving one in. It's extremely small sample size, obviously, one game, and no judgments on his future can be made from this game. But it's a positive to build on.
One thing for the future that has to be decided immediately: where are the Cubs and Astros going to play their weekend series?
Cubs general manager Jim Hendry said he had spoken Wednesday to Katy Feeney, Major League Baseball's senior vice president of scheduling, and she had no concrete plans for rescheduling games.
There has been no known talk about shifting the Saturday or Sunday games, though there is speculation Saturday's game would be postponed if the hurricane hits Houston, possibly forcing a doubleheader Sunday or single games Sunday and Monday, which is an off day for both teams.
Another possibility is playing the final two games in St. Louis because the Cardinals will be in Pittsburgh.
Well, if they're going to play in St. Louis, why not play the entire series there, rather than make the Cubs fly to Houston, then fly back to St. Louis a day later? Phil Rogers, in one of his rare pieces that make sense, lays out the scenario:
The Astros seem to be preparing for a scenario in which the teams play Friday, hunker down while the hurricane blows through Saturday and then choose between a day-night doubleheader Sunday or single games Sunday and Monday (when both teams have scheduled days off). If the storm is too bad for them to play Sunday, theoretically the Cubs could stay over until Monday for a split doubleheader.
"I don't think we can get out [of Houston] if we get in," Piniella said Wednesday. "We stay in [through the storm] if we get in."
Huh? Isn't this just a little absurd?
While the lateness of the season dictates this series has to be played, there's no way it should remain in Houston, no matter how loudly McLane argues that his team deserves home-field advantage as it tries to stay alive in the wild-card race.
There are 15 major-league parks that will sit empty this weekend, including Wrigley Field.
The series should be moved to a neutral site—say, Busch Stadium in St. Louis or Turner Field in Atlanta—if McLane and Selig aren't agreeable to the Cubs getting three extra home games in the middle of the playoff race.
This probably could go without saying, but money is a factor. The Astros expect three sellouts, bringing in revenue to help underwrite their $90 million payroll, and will be forced to refund money if the games aren't played.
This is where MLB needs to step in, dipping into the central fund to help subsidize McLane's losses. Ticket sales from a relocated series could be donated to hurricane relief, with the Cubs and Astros providing matching funds.
Here's the predicted track of the hurricane as of 7 am CDT today:
MLB wants the Cubs to ride that out sitting in Houston? I say, no way. Move the series to a neutral site -- St. Louis makes the most logical sense. Hope they make a decision soon.
In any event, there is business to be taken care of first: win this series, and root for the Phillies tonight.
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Lilly should play fullback for the Bears
He’d be a great lead blocker!
Eamus Catuli!
by wrigley_boy on Sep 11, 2008 8:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lilly heeded Lou's statement,
“Roll up our shirts and kick some ass”… Did it literally to Molina and also with his pitching arm. Nice game for Lilly. I am seriously surprised that after he ran over Molina that the team didn’t score 8, 9 runs. Figured that would have fired everyone up!
"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 Sep 11, 2008 8:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I loved that he just got up after getting tagged out
and walked to the dugout all badass like. I don’t think ANYBODY saw that coming from Lilly. And I thought throwing high and tight his next AB was a bit much.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 8:45 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Typical TLR...
I am sure TLR will do something else today to bait the Cubs to get out of their game.
"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 Sep 11, 2008 8:47 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It got plenty of boos from the Cub fans in attendance.
We were not happy.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 8:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What Lilly did was just Baseball...
I’m tired of TLR and the “whatever he says must be right” attitude the national media gives him. His players would have done the same thing to our catcher. Even his quotes from the game are snotty.
When asked about Lilly’s performance, La Russa hedged.
“I’ll let the other team talk about him,” he snapped. “I have no comment about him.”
"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 Sep 11, 2008 9:02 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Agree...
…LaRussa has always had that chip on his shoulder and he handles these types of things like a child who had a lollipop taken away. The play was absolutely clean. When a catcher does not give you any of the plate, you have to expect to have contact and that is what happened.
LaRussa is a very good manager, but this side of him has always iritated me. One thing that I have always admired about Ozzie Guillen, he would have come right out and said that was a great play by Lilly and completely clean, just like he did when Hunter took out his catcher a few years ago.
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
by MPH73 on Sep 11, 2008 9:13 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You hit the nail right on the head...
"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 Sep 11, 2008 9:16 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
FWIW
Molina said the play was clean, since he gave Lilly no part of the plate.
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by Trey2317 on Sep 11, 2008 9:18 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And I really wouldn't expect anything less from him.
Seems like a great guy.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 9:30 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He is a great catcher...
…and he probably lives for that kinda thing. Probably could’ve done without the charlie horse, though.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 11, 2008 9:31 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No kidding.
Got a nice deserved round of applause after the play, but I can’t say I was sad to not have to worry about his arm later in the game.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 9:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, Lash Larue and his Village People moustache...
…is a lot less intimidating both behind the plate and at it.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 11, 2008 9:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Which reminds me:
Theriot and Fontenot need to grow Cajun Staches for our potential playoff run.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 9:54 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The cardinal announcers
last night said it was a clean play also.
"Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance"
by MerlinDog on Sep 11, 2008 9:29 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i just had a
dyslexic moment…I thought that was TRL (ted roosevelt lilly) not TLR…..
i need more caffeine.
Now, where'd I put that button....
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 11, 2008 2:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I saw it coming
I love Lilly. I imagine he sits in front of a mirror saying " You talking to ME ?". He is what Carlos
would be if he just simmered instead of exploded.
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
by Doggie Stalker on Sep 11, 2008 9:50 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
my wife asked me if Lilly was ok
Cut to a shot of him downing a bottle of water and looking like he had not a care in the world.
by rgonzale on Sep 11, 2008 10:01 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Happy with the win but....
…The Cubs team from the first 19 weeks of the season would have stepped on the Cardinals neck in the 2nd inning, scored 6 or 7 runs and that game would have been over.
Still waiting for that team to come back.
"When I got to Chicago, fans came to Wrigley Field just to have fun, now they come to see us win. The expectations have changed, for the players and for the fans. It’s about winning." Kerry Wood, 7/14/08
by JB 23 on Sep 11, 2008 8:36 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
This was my reaction, too.
Y’know, I make every effort to be as positive and optimistic as possible, but I was just insanely frustrated with the offense last night. Nine guys left on base overall. Pie sacrificed to second twice to no avail. It just seemed like the Cubs got guys on in every inning after the second and then came up short.
I know, I know…getting a hit with RISP is never guaranteed or easy, but I, too, kept feeling like the team I watched a couple months ago – hell, last month – would have exploded for another three or four (five or six?) runs in the seventh or eighth. And then I watch Pujols basically get on base at will and then Cameron from “Ferris Buehler’s Day Off” hits that ANNOYING ninth inning home run. Argh!
Don’t get me wrong – I’m pleased with the win. And I was thrilled with Lilly’s performance (LOVED the body check on Molina) and very happy to see Dome and Pie both contributing. But, man, I’m just longing for a truly decisive victory. I want to see this team dominate again. Maybe Harden can get them back to that level this evening.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 11, 2008 9:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Once they start hitting the way the have all season all those RISP won't be left on so much...
So, silver lining: at least they are still getting runners in scoring position.
"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 Sep 11, 2008 9:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
When the collar loosens...
…they will start to score more runs. Whether last night will loosen it remains to be seen (I still sense offensive struggles), but lets hope they can relax a bit.
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
by MPH73 on Sep 11, 2008 9:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think a win tonight
would go a long way to bring back the Cubbie Swagger.
"Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance"
by MerlinDog on Sep 11, 2008 9:49 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Absofreakinlutely.
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by Al on Sep 11, 2008 10:07 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was thinking that last night.
Series win, over a rival, away from home, first two-game win streak since what seems like the stone age. It’s gonna happen.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 10:11 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed wholeheartedly
"Your eyes can decieve you. Don't trust them." Obi-Wan Kenobi, the first sabermetrician...
by Curtain Jerker on Sep 11, 2008 10:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I didn't watch the game
I stuck to the plan of not watching the game, only turning it on after it’s over and so far so good. I’ll try again tonight. Saw the Lily highlight, that was awesome!!!
OT: Al, what’s the “B” under the recap? If you put your cursor over it, it says “Buzz Up”.
by McRipper on Sep 11, 2008 8:38 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Buzz Up...
… is a way to get BCB posts noticed at “Yahoo Buzz”, a new way of getting various stories and posts on Yahoo.
Oddly, I don’t see the “B” you’re talking about.
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by Al on Sep 11, 2008 8:40 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You don't see it?
It’s on the bottom of the recap, where the comments are. It’s a yellow/orange square with a lower case purplish b in it and it says “Buzz up” next to it.
by McRipper on Sep 11, 2008 8:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Strange.
I see that button, but on my browser it’s next to the title of the post, not next to the comments.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Sep 11, 2008 8:44 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
When you are in the post looking at the comments
It’s next to the title.
When you are on the home page, it’s next to the comments.
by lindz221 on Sep 11, 2008 8:45 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And now I see the button on the front page.
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by Al on Sep 11, 2008 8:50 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sounds like the brainchild of Digg & CNN's stupid "iReporter"
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by dtpollitt on Sep 11, 2008 9:30 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I kept my respectful distance
again last night. Listened to the first couple innings, then sat watching “Man vs Wild” and whatnot with the wife and “checking in” on the game via Yahoo. Glad I did. I wouldn’t have wanted to sit through that 9th. Too many more of those, and I’m gonna have some real health issues.
"We are not equations with hats." -Dean Young
by Kegler on Sep 11, 2008 8:44 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was watching the RedSox game
and they came in with a score update and showed the Ludwick dinger and I said, “Shit, here we go again” but Kerry got it done.
I love Bear Grylls. His show is awesome!!!
by McRipper on Sep 11, 2008 8:47 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I watched the Replay of the Bears/Indy, Pack/Vikes Game on NFL network,
Then switched over the GN news at 9:53 for sports. Saw the highlights with Dan Rohn and he says “4-1 in the bottom of the 9th… Looking pretty good.” So then I flip to espn to see the final score and it was the Sox /Rays game then I see the same score update and thought the same thing… I was trying to see the final but had to go through some agony to do that.
"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 Sep 11, 2008 8:53 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
As good as Man vs. Wild is
It was very disappointing to hear that certain segments are staged, or that Bear receives help while in the wild. It was more fun thinking he actually was surviving on his own
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by Trey2317 on Sep 11, 2008 9:06 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Watch Survivorman.
Far superior.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 9:08 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
While Bear
has a crew with him and does stage certain things to “show you what to do if you’re in this situation,” I gotta say I like him way more than Survivorman. With whatever help Bear does get, he’s still doing a ton of stuff that’d kill most of us. The whole point of Man v Wild is that he’s trying to show you how to get out alive and get help. Wtih Survivorman, who’s cool in his own way, he just survives in a place for a week or whatever. He doesn’t have to scale vertical rock faces, trudge across glaciers/deserts, trying to find his way. He just sets up camp and lives off the land, impressive in its own right, but not nearly so compelling, imho.
"We are not equations with hats." -Dean Young
by Kegler on Sep 11, 2008 9:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
True, but I like the approach far more.
He’ll take a bike, half a bottle of water, and half a protein bar to simulate a biker getting lost and only being able to use what he has with him. I think you’re just taken by Bear’s English accent over Les’ Canadian one. ;)
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 9:28 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You got me there
Bear’s accent lends his show added authority. Makes me sit up straight and listen. I could listen to him describe eating giant grubs raw and drinking his own urine out of a snake hide all night long. MmmHmm. : )
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by Kegler on Sep 11, 2008 9:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Men ;-}
This is the time now where people that are getting the job done are the people that are going to play. Plain and simple. -- Lou
by Emelie on Sep 11, 2008 9:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If Bear was an English lady
I’d own the DVDs.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 9:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If Bear was an English lady
he might not be as attractive. And I say this as a married man.
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by Trey2317 on Sep 11, 2008 9:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If Bear was an English lady
I think I’d lose my obsession with them real quick like.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 9:46 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought Bear was an English lady
Silly me
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Tommie Agee was out.
by Weeghman Park on Sep 11, 2008 10:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1
“If Bear was an English lady…”
He’d have a much more difficult time urinating into things. : )
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by Kegler on Sep 11, 2008 10:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm thinking if we keep this up
a google search for “English lady” is gonna link to BCB.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 10:23 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I stuck to the plan also. Nice work.
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by graceunderpressure on Sep 11, 2008 11:38 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's A Win!
A win is a win is a win! The Cubs scored more runs than the Cardinals. Wow! That’s enough “in-depth” analysis.
"The big possum walks late." - Harry Caray
by memphiscub on Sep 11, 2008 8:42 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
What a game to go to last night!
With the four-run second (only dampened by the fact that it could have been more) to Fonzie’s rocket in the third to tag out Izturis (my throat still hurts from cheering so hard) to the “Oh, God, please, I don’t think I could take this loss” in the ninth, it was a blast.
Now I’m hoping my buddy’s sister comes through with tickets for tonight. And I’m really hoping the Cubs/Astros series gets moved here. That would be awesome.
Oh, and as promised Al, I’ll try to devote at least fifteen minutes a day the rest of the season to wearing my Rami jersey.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 8:44 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Glad you saw a great game!
You can wash the jersey if necessary. But don’t fail to wear it every day!
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by Al on Sep 11, 2008 8:50 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Someone called in to Dave Kaplan's show..
after the game and said there were a lot of Cardinal fans selling good tickets outside the park for half price or less. He ended up getting seats near the Cub dugout. Might be worth a drive down there.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Sep 11, 2008 10:30 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can't believe all that reverse stuff worked
Great job by all of you here yesterday. We’re not out of the woods yet, we need to avoid losing another series tonight. !og sbuC
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by tony412 on Sep 11, 2008 8:46 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
.emoclew er'uoY
Go Green! Go White! GO STATE! (#13031 on the Cubs season ticket waiting list...)
by Zeke on Sep 11, 2008 8:50 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would love for the Houston series to be moved out of Houston
Especially if they play it in Busch. The Cubs have played very well there in the last few years.
by daeviant on Sep 11, 2008 8:46 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
absolutely
it would be more or less a home field advantage for the cubs, they wouldn’t have to travel….not at all fair to houston, but thems are the breaks
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by cubswynn on Sep 11, 2008 9:43 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Correct me if I'm wrong
but I think our magic number to clinch the wildcard is 9 not 10. The cardinals, philles and atros all have 67 loses, we have 58 loses. That’s a 9 game lead (in the lose column) with us having 17 left to play; 17-9=8 + 1 would be 9.
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by MerlinDog on Sep 11, 2008 8:46 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I was told there would be no math...
but I think that’s right.
by hokie316 on Sep 11, 2008 8:50 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I believe you are correct.
I’ll fix the post.
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by Al on Sep 11, 2008 8:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also
the standings board lists our streak at Lost 0. Impressive, no?
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 8:53 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
But you have to include the Brewers?
"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 Sep 11, 2008 8:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think
We eliminate the Brewers because the Cubs only fall into the wildcard if the Brewers overtake them.
Go Cubs
by cubstoseriesby100 on Sep 11, 2008 8:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's a bit complicated.
The Cubs can eliminate everyone EXCEPT the Brewers with the magic number of 9. If that happens, the Cubs and Brewers would both be in, and one would be the division winner and the other the wild card.
At least I think that’s how it works.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Sep 11, 2008 8:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes... you are correct.
I’m still elated over the win I am not thinking right this A.M.
"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 Sep 11, 2008 8:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
this is setting up perfect for me
i’ll be at the cardinals game a week from tomorrow……i would crap myself if i was at a playoff spot clinching game
please God, one time baby!
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by cubswynn on Sep 11, 2008 9:46 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bring diapers.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 11, 2008 9:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i would wear diapers
if that meant a guranteed clinching game….swear to god
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by cubswynn on Sep 11, 2008 10:12 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Very True
Easiest method:
MAGIC NUMBER = 163 – W1 – L2.
W1 = Cub Wins
L2 = Trailing team Losses
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by Goat Whisperer on Sep 11, 2008 9:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Moving this weekend’s game to St. Louis wouldn’t make much sense. The forecast is for heavy rain tomorrow through Tuesday. Maybe as much as 8 inches.
I’m going to tonight’s game. Hopefully we’ll get it in.
Go Cubs!
by Spartan1979 on Sep 11, 2008 8:47 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Atlanta might be a better choice, then.
But they’ll have to decide before tonight’s game if that’s what they want to do.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Sep 11, 2008 8:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I heard something this morning...
they might even be considering Kansas City since the Royals will be in Cleveland this weekend.
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by Blue W on Sep 11, 2008 9:05 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Could work...
… although, neither the Cubs nor Astros are familiar with the ballpark.
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by Al on Sep 11, 2008 9:05 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Would the Cubs draw better than the Royals in KC?
I think that would make for an interesting scenario.
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by Trey2317 on Sep 11, 2008 9:08 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is there any doubt?
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
by MPH73 on Sep 11, 2008 9:14 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The only doubt would be the short notice.
But given advance notice, I’m sure the Cubs would fill the place better than the Royals. I know if I had the time this weekend, I’d pack the car and head to KC.
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 Sep 11, 2008 9:19 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
without a doubt the cubs would draw "okay"
for such short notice, i think a lot of fans from DSM would make the 2 1/2 drive to KC for this game…..great now i’ll be disappointed if it’s not KC
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
by cubswynn on Sep 11, 2008 9:47 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
2 1/2 hour drive*
sorry, fingers got too excited thinking about this
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
by cubswynn on Sep 11, 2008 9:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think they'd draw pretty good in St Louis too.
Lots of Cub fans already in town, plus I bet Cardinal fans would a) like to see two different teams play in their ballpark (and, no doubt, become Stros fans for a few days) and b) love baseball to begin with.
God, this would make my weekend.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 9:50 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
no doubt
cards fans, i hate to admit this, are good baseball fans period
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
by cubswynn on Sep 11, 2008 9:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
They’re the self-proclaimed “Best Fans in Baseball.” They see everything through Cardinal colored glasses.
by Spartan1979 on Sep 11, 2008 10:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Which begs the question--did Reds fans see the world
through Pete Rose colored glasses?
Just askin’
"Years of academy training, wasted"--Buzz Lightyear (not a flying toy)
by spoiledcubbage on Sep 11, 2008 10:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
and ...
they’re ridiculously self-congratulatory. If you truly think you’re the best fans in baseball, there’s no reason to tell everyone (ad nauseum) about it.
by elgato on Sep 11, 2008 12:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
There are definitely good and bad
as with any team. The problem I see when encountering the annoying Cardinal fan is that, to me, they come across more as anti-Cub than pro-Cardinal.
A guy at work who went to the game last night as well started talking about the “funny” shirts he saw Cardinal fans wearing last night, prefacing it with “I know you probably won’t find this funny, but…” and I cut him off saying I would NEVER wear an anti-Cardinal shirt. Why show hatred for someone else when I can show my support for my team? Don’t get it.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 12:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It is a bullying attitude...Plain and Simple
I don’t understand the hatred…it would be one thing if we had a history of preventing them from reaching the playoffs/WS (ala Red Sox/Yankees).
Heck for years, we probably have aided them more in their quest to reach championships than prevented it considering our crappy teams, crappy trades, etc. etc.
They should thank us for our years of ineptitude
"Aw, how could he (Jorge Orta) lose the ball in the sun, he's from Mexico." -- Harry Carey
by TheRiot Police on Sep 11, 2008 12:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Would they root for the Stros?
Houston is in the wildcard hunt too… With Houston out of the way it would help the Cards.
"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 Sep 11, 2008 9:53 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good point.
I guess my subconcious hasn’t fully accepted the fact that the Astros are back in it.
So they’d be cheering with us? Weird.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 9:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Some folks on VEB
are saying they’d rather see the Cubs in the playoffs than the Brewers. The Brewers and their untucked shirts have irritated a lot of people this year.
by ChipSet on Sep 11, 2008 10:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've noticed that as well
Seems like the Cubs look slightly better to Cards fans this season when compared to the Brewers.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #6 2-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Nevada. Chase for Heisman!
by nji232 on Sep 11, 2008 10:38 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The devil you know, I guess.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 10:39 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's a hard question to answer
I’m not sure I can see cards fans rooting for the Cubs, but pennet races make for strange bedfellows. I think the cards fan relize that the division is a long shot for them, but the WC is still possible.
"Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance"
by MerlinDog on Sep 11, 2008 9:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Cards fans would pretty much have to root for the Cubs...
Houston is a half game up on them in the standings.
"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 Sep 11, 2008 10:03 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Busch Stadium erupts for applause as...the Cubs win.
Now if only I could get a CD of “Go Cubs Go” into the booth.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 10:04 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh how hilarious would that be...
"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 Sep 11, 2008 10:07 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That would be better than a rickroll.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 11, 2008 10:09 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
you're just upset that you've been....
by tootle on Sep 11, 2008 1:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, no, no...
…you can’t announce that you’re rickrolling someone.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 11, 2008 2:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know...
I said that yesterday. and you said you fell for it.
by tootle on Sep 11, 2008 2:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh yeah...
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 11, 2008 2:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
everyone is toasting one another with old styles
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
by cubswynn on Sep 11, 2008 10:13 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
who would Card fans pull for?
I would think Card fans would need to call a temporary truce and pull the Cubs as WC seems more likely for them than division title. The past few days, Dodger fans have actually been Giant fans as well since they’ve played AZ.
Go Cubs Go! Go Cubs Go!
Hey Chicago what do you say,
The Cubs are gonna win today!
by revtrh on Sep 11, 2008 10:30 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
this pennant race is making for VERY
strange bedfellows.
Now, where'd I put that button....
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 11, 2008 3:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hurricane
I live in Dallas, and right now, on Thursday morning, it looks like the storm will land far enough south of Houston so as not to be especially dangerous in Houston. So the scenario that Saturday is postponed and they play Sunday or Monday seems to make sense. The storm is supposed to be in Dallas, 250 miles away, by Saturday afternoon.
Where is Mick Kelleher when we need him?
by 3744nsheffield on Sep 11, 2008 8:47 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm not sure what you're looking at...
…but parts of Harris county are already being evacuated. I think all talk of Ike going south of Houston died off yesterday. I hope you’re right.
"I'm petrified of nipple chafing. Once it starts, it's a vicious circle." Andy Bernard
by TXCub on Sep 11, 2008 8:54 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think you are looking at an old map
It is going to be much closer and Houston is going to be on the bad side (front right quadrant).
Current temperature in hell: 44 degrees F - and falling!
by wnielsen on Sep 11, 2008 8:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, but
Keep in mind that the forecast maps look a lot like they did before Rita, which basically missed us entirely. Anything could happen at this point….
by DaveinHouston on Sep 11, 2008 10:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
This storm is HUGE......
You’re not going to miss major impact from this.
The best defense is a good offense
by kcjones on Sep 11, 2008 4:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And BTW...
My thoughts are with you…..please exercise good judgement and caution.
The best defense is a good offense
by kcjones on Sep 11, 2008 4:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Very good points Al on the upcoming Houston series.
So good in fact, that it all but guarantees none of the sensible (not to mention charitable) options for moving the series, teams and fans out of harms way will be enacted. I’m betting “gate greed” wins out in the end. Too bad.
Go Green! Go White! GO STATE! (#13031 on the Cubs season ticket waiting list...)
by Zeke on Sep 11, 2008 8:48 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Houston
The Astros website has an article about possibly moving the Friday game up similar to what Phil said. However, this mornings forecast is for tropical storm force winds to begin Friday at noon so I think this plan is out. Regardless of what makes sense, the consensus here is that they will play a doubleheader on Sunday and a single game on Monday. MLB might veto that since that would still require the Cubs to come in ahead of the storm. Your guess is as good as mine. I’ve got to go start tying everything down.
"I'm petrified of nipple chafing. Once it starts, it's a vicious circle." Andy Bernard
by TXCub on Sep 11, 2008 8:51 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I just hope that all this doesn't screw up the pitching rotation for the playoffs.
a double header could mess up the order that has been put in place.
"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 Sep 11, 2008 9:04 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Heyheyhey...
… don’t get too far ahead!
Remember, there will be two off days after the regular season ends. It can still be readjusted.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Sep 11, 2008 9:05 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I guess... everything will work out like it's supposed to. God willing.
"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 Sep 11, 2008 9:14 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
My compromise
Have the games at Wrigley let Astros bat last and split the revenues or something like that.
Go Cubs
by cubstoseriesby100 on Sep 11, 2008 8:54 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Um, no.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 11, 2008 9:01 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just bring em to St Louis so I can go.
How hard is that?
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 9:02 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why not?
My next sig line quote will also be from Lou Piniella, and the first word will be either "Look", or "Listen", followed by a comma.
by JohnM on Sep 11, 2008 9:04 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just a gut reaction.
The Astros would never go for that.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 11, 2008 9:15 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Correct.
There are other choices, and it would be unfair to the Astros to make them play the games at Wrigley. If they can’t play in Houston, a neutral site would be the best idea.
Many Houston-area sports events have already been moved or postponed. It’s really irresponsible of the Astros to insist the Cubs come to Houston when evacuations are starting.
Move the games. Anywhere.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Sep 11, 2008 9:19 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Totally agree.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 11, 2008 9:25 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just thought an offer could be made
not that this should be imposed on the Stros. If they are as financially motivated as Phil Rogers says, then a portion of Wrigley revenues may be a better deal for them than all the revenues from a game in KC. But I guess it would not go down well with their fans, and probably their players and manager.
My next sig line quote will also be from Lou Piniella, and the first word will be either "Look", or "Listen", followed by a comma.
by JohnM on Sep 11, 2008 9:29 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Plus if your the astros
would you feel OK going to Wrigley? they just swept us thier.
"Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance"
by MerlinDog on Sep 11, 2008 9:31 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's true.
Maybe the Cubs could use that as a selling point. Of course, if (er, I mean, when) the Cubs won the series, the ‘Stros would probably whine about it for years afterward. I dunno…it just doesn’t sound like something that would ever happen.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 11, 2008 9:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know this has never happened
but maybe the Cubs could be the road team in Wrigley as another selling point the astros
"Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance"
by MerlinDog on Sep 11, 2008 9:38 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't think it happens...
…because the teams chasing the Cubs, would say the Cubs are getting an unfair advantage with 3 extra home games.
Lastly, sending two teams into harms way with this storm is just nuts. I know Mclane is pushing hard to keep them in Houston, but common sense has to move these games to a neutral site.
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
by MPH73 on Sep 11, 2008 9:46 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
lets follow the presidential elections and do something historic
play these games at principal park in lovely des moines, iowa! after all, the icubs are no longer in need of it
all in favor?
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
by cubswynn on Sep 11, 2008 9:53 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
There's no way MLB would agree to play them in a minor league park.
There’s too much at stake and minor league lights are not up to major league standards.
There’s one more reason they couldn’t play in Chicago. The Cubs cannot play home night games on Friday — and to make them fly home from St. Louis late tonight and play a day game Friday would be unfair to them. In fact, it’d be unfair to make them play a day game in Houston on Friday, as has been suggested by Astros management.
Move the games to a neutral site.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Sep 11, 2008 10:09 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
sorry Al, maybe I should add
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
by cubswynn on Sep 11, 2008 10:15 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
From the same sarcasm society:
MLB is welcome to move the games to San Juan, PR, Expos style. There are no storms in the forecast for this weeekend. Just kidding! ;-)
by Fraggin Judge on Sep 11, 2008 2:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just saw this, from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
the Astros today will determine whether to move up the starting time of their home game tomorrow against the Chicago Cubs from 8:05 p.m. to 2:05 p.m. to make sure it is complete before landfall. Thus, Texas officials could use Minute Maid Park for emergency purposes, if needed.
Call me crazy, but if state officials are planning on using your stadium for emergency purposes, doesn’t it make sense to just move the entire series, as we’ve discussed?
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 Sep 11, 2008 10:22 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think someone from MLB...
… has to knock some common sense into the Astros and tell them to move the entire series out of Houston.
Oh, wait. MLB and common sense? Lost my head for a second.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Sep 11, 2008 10:31 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The MLB/Fox Wizard put a spell on you.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 10:32 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lilly
is just impressing me greatly in his Cubs tenure.
I really respect a pitcher who this year is having an “off” year, but he’s a gamer, and he doesn’t take any **** from anyone. He’ll defend his teammates who are hit by pitches, or even buzzed inside. He’ll try and knock out Yadier Molina at the plate trying to score.
The man might not have superstar stuff on the mound, but I really like the man’s moxie when he plays.
by DWChaney on Sep 11, 2008 8:55 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Couldn't agree more
He can be so frustrating at times, but I like his attitude, “silent Crazy”. Lou should have let him finish the game. Wood and the rest of the bullpen are scary.
by mgfabc on Sep 11, 2008 8:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
the pen isnt going to stablize w/o being used
Now, where'd I put that button....
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 11, 2008 3:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
+ English Lady
Plus, like I said before, Woody only gave up hits to two Cardinal batters: Pujols, one of the top hitters in the game ever, and Ludwick who is having a career year. The other three ABs were outs.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 3:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
is english lady
the new addition to the point system?
Now, where'd I put that button....
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 11, 2008 3:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is that a new kind of perfume?
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 11, 2008 3:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Earlier conversation in this very thread
had a high usage of the term English Lady. I made an offhanded remark that, at that rate, a google search for the words English Lady will link to BCB.
Trying to make that dream a reality.
English Lady
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 3:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
+Double English Lady
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel
by Blue W on Sep 11, 2008 3:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
haha
it looks like you signed your post “english lady”
you english lady you.
- english lady points for being unclear.
Now, where'd I put that button....
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 11, 2008 3:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought that too after I posted it.
I’m cool with it.
-English Lady
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 3:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 11, 2008 3:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Soon to be accompanied by English Leather.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 11, 2008 3:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Do I make you horny?!"
in my best Austin Powers voice.
"The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been . . . baseball. It rules over America like an army of steamrollers." Terrance Mann
Tommie Agee was out.
by Weeghman Park on Sep 11, 2008 4:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, I forgot to say "English Lady"
"The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been . . . baseball. It rules over America like an army of steamrollers." Terrance Mann
Tommie Agee was out.
by Weeghman Park on Sep 11, 2008 4:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
How right you are
n/t
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
by MPH73 on Sep 11, 2008 3:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Goes without saying
THoughts and prayers to BCBers in the path of this storm and to any who have family in the area.
Go Cubs
by cubstoseriesby100 on Sep 11, 2008 8:55 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
As a Cubs fan living in Houston...
I appreciate the sentiment. Even though I’ve lived down here for over ten years, this looks to be my first big hurricane to go through. Go Cubs!
by dedfishflote on Sep 11, 2008 9:05 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks Sue
BTW, I grew up in Clinton, IA before moving to Chicago for college. I’m still a huge Hawkeye fan and get home to the family farm at least once or twice a year. I enjoy your posts, sense of humor, and passion for the Cubs.
by dedfishflote on Sep 11, 2008 9:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks!!
I lived in eastern Iowa for 10 years and have been to Clinton many times.
GO HAWKS!!!
by sue369 on Sep 11, 2008 9:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Go Cyclones too!
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Sep 11, 2008 10:38 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
cough cough
cy-clowns you mean
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
by cubswynn on Sep 11, 2008 10:39 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cough..undefeated ...cough Cyclones..
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Sep 11, 2008 11:14 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
undefeated?
who have you played so for? sister mary margarets school for the blind and west des moines valley?
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
by cubswynn on Sep 11, 2008 11:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Who did Iowa beat last?
Wasn’t it some airport in Florida?
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Sep 11, 2008 12:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Take care, please.
One question: Is the stadium in a flood area?
by Fraggin Judge on Sep 11, 2008 2:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't see how...
…MLB can keep these games in Houston with the likelyhood of the storm reeking havoc for most of the weekend. The smart play would be to move the games somewhere else, to assure you can get them in.
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
by MPH73 on Sep 11, 2008 9:00 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Exactly.
Let’s hope they make the right call, and soon. If there is rain predicted for St. Louis, then make it Atlanta, or somewhere that has a dome.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Sep 11, 2008 9:03 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Miller Park is open :)
"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 Sep 11, 2008 9:18 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Another good idea!
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Sep 11, 2008 9:19 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And judging by how EMPTY it was...
…during yesterday’s Brewers-Reds game, the ballpark and surrounding businesses could really use the additional revenue.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 11, 2008 9:27 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would be there in a heartbeat!!!!
To bad there prolly is next to no chance of that happening.
"A catchers biggest concern behind the plate is to make his pitcher pitch a little better than he can" Roy Campanella
by Madison Cub Fan on Sep 11, 2008 9:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Everywhere else other than Houston
there is going to be more Cubs fans than ‘Stros, so why not… I don’t think it would happen either but they would be assured of getting 3 games in this weekend.
"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 Sep 11, 2008 9:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Stros...
…would view Milwaukee as a Chicago suburb and would probably want the site to be more neutral from a geographic standpoint, travel etc..
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
by MPH73 on Sep 11, 2008 9:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Minor leauge park
I vote Lexington Kentucky
Do I need the sacasm sign here?
"Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance"
by MerlinDog on Sep 11, 2008 9:53 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Twinkie Dome
Twins are on the road this weekend, so maybe they could play there…wait, do the Gophers still use that place as their home stadium?
by raisin1 on Sep 11, 2008 10:07 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No thanks.
We need a real ballpark at least.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 10:08 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I might drive up for that!
Our 2008 Chicago Cubs -- FINDING WAYS TO WIN!
by drewishdrewid on Sep 11, 2008 11:05 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
was at the game last nigth…great game
Soriano throw from LF,,you could see it in his eyes he was going to make that play,,,it was almost like he was setting him up to run..
Wood giving up a HR was not good…but the Cardinals call in show afterwards had most of their fans mad about not getting another run more than being happy about the runs they did get.
I'm a reader not a poster, but I'm also a poster so don't get any ideas.
by cozmotaylor123 on Sep 11, 2008 9:00 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
That was my thought.
They can cheer all they want (and they sure did) but get two more outs and it means exactly nothing.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 9:03 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
and yelling
knock his a** out when Lilly was 1/2 way down the 3rd base line does get you some dirty looks…oh well..it was the right play….
I'm a reader not a poster, but I'm also a poster so don't get any ideas.
by cozmotaylor123 on Sep 11, 2008 9:05 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hell, my Cubs jersey alone got dirty looks.
But it is, after all, a friendly rivalry. Everyone was amicable.
Except for the moran three seats from me (and two seats from my friend) who felt compelled to comply with every cheap musical/graphical urge for crowd noise. That got a wee bit annoying.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 9:08 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It is sheer stupidity to have the Cubs go to Houston.
The Astros and Cubs should go somewhere else on Friday. If Ike is not too bad, they can return to Houston Saturday and play the three games on Sat/Sun/Mon. If it is a serious hurricane, then the three games can be played in the other location and we all move forward.
But the idea that these teams play a day game on Friday in Houston when you also want people to evacuate the city (possibly) is insane.
THIS IS OUR CENTURY!!
by LAcarl519 on Sep 11, 2008 9:01 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I have tickets to both Friday and Sunday games
Was looking forward to seeing the Cubs because I couldn’t get tickets to Wrigley when I came up to Chicago with my sons this summer. Hopefully the storm won’t be too bad, and we can at least take in the Sunday game.
by dedfishflote on Sep 11, 2008 9:09 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Power failures are likely during hurricanes
Power failures can stretch on for several days or more after serious storms. It is serious lunacy to hold these games in Houston this weekend.
by Cajuncub on Sep 11, 2008 9:30 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Exactly.
Also under consideration should be the safety of players and fans just trying to GET to the ballpark.
Move the games. Now.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Sep 11, 2008 9:32 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And Astros team employees!
As I posted below… it takes a lot of people to run a ballpark. The ’stros would be very irresponsible to tell them to not evacuate for the sake of baseball games.
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman
by hip2bsquare on Sep 11, 2008 9:38 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm surprised that the Players Association hasn't weighed in on this with the Astros.
No way that the MLPA likes the possibility of having their players sent knowingly into harms way for a series that has options to be moved to many other, safer locations. .
Go Green! Go White! GO STATE! (#13031 on the Cubs season ticket waiting list...)
by Zeke on Sep 11, 2008 9:43 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm surprised Lance Berkman hasn't run screaming toward dry, inland safety yet
Cheap shot, I know.
My next sig line quote will also be from Lou Piniella, and the first word will be either "Look", or "Listen", followed by a comma.
by JohnM on Sep 11, 2008 9:45 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cheap shot; Yes
Funny; Yes. I love it.
"Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance"
by MerlinDog on Sep 11, 2008 9:46 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No doubt the Astros are distracted with obvious family issues
Evacuations are not fun and wrought with all sorts of complications.
by Cajuncub on Sep 11, 2008 10:08 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
yah i wonder how much their mind will be on the hurricane
and not on the game
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
by cubswynn on Sep 11, 2008 10:29 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Magic Number
Hey Al, I was kind of hoping your random cub for #13 would sarcastically be Neifi!
by gp1966 on Sep 11, 2008 9:08 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Happy thoughts, man, happy thoughts.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 9:09 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL
No way… can you imagine the firestorm here if I had done that?
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Sep 11, 2008 9:09 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Come on...
we all have a sense of humor, don’t we? As long as it wasn’t Ohman, then I’d be really mad.
by gp1966 on Sep 11, 2008 9:11 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cubs- Astros in KC?
I’ll vote for that one…my KU sophomore and his buddies could drive over from Lawrence for the game.
by thermal54 on Sep 11, 2008 9:13 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I say the Cubs convert the Arlington Park racetrack in Arlington Heights, IL...
…to a ballpark and hold the game there. Who’s with me?
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 11, 2008 9:59 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i dont know
ive seen too many broken legs there and we all know what happens to competitors who break legs there…..
---AC 00 00 00 - Believe
by mjk83 on Sep 11, 2008 10:00 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Aw, c'mon, I could ride my bike to the game!
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 11, 2008 10:10 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
me too
and considering how bad euclid would back up that would be the only way to do it.
---AC 00 00 00 - Believe
by mjk83 on Sep 11, 2008 10:50 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Arlington Park
I can see the roof of the grandstand from my office in Deer Park. Short bike ride for me, too.
by thermal54 on Sep 11, 2008 1:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And instead of having a sausage race...
…like they do in Milwaukee, they could just have a horse race. C’mon, it’s perfect!
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 11, 2008 2:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like this idea.
I can visit my relatives in Rolling Meadows and catch the Cubs and gamble on the ponies.
This has all sorts of positives.
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 Sep 11, 2008 2:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You know, if there wasn't rain forecast for Indianapolis
I know Victory Field is available, has 14,000 seats and I have the alarm code so everyone could get in…
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 Sep 11, 2008 10:03 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
First off, great game by Lilly
and not just the pitching but running over Molina. Guess he took Lou’s words to heart. But Lou should have left him in. Come on, 90 pitches after 8; 8 innings that is. I remember Woody games when he hit triple digits in the 4th. Z? I’d kill for Z to be that efficient.
Now, onto the hurricane topic. McClain (’stros owner) wants them to ride it out; perhaps to the point of a day-night on MONDAY if Sunday is a no-go as well as Saturday. Are you kidding me, Drayton?
If – and that’s a BIG IF – Bud Light has one stroke of common sense, the Cubs won’t even go to the big state of Texas this weekend. Figure something else out. I’m totally on board with TheRiot’s comments; who better to know than someone who grew up with that every summer/fall?
Sweet Lou for Mayor in '11.
by blackhawk24 on Sep 11, 2008 9:17 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I'd be worried that Friday may be a no-go, too, even for a day game
The eye of the storm will be ashore sometime late Friday night, and the storm will likely be near Category 4 strength at that point – Friday afternoon could already be pretty intense in Houston. Why send the Cubs into harm’s way when there’s almost no chance of the games being played?
And it’s not just the players, either. How many Astros team employees and their families would be forced to stay through the worst of the storm rather than evacuate? It’s just plain irresponsible to ask them to stay just for a baseball game.
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman
by hip2bsquare on Sep 11, 2008 9:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good point.
The minimum wage teenagers don’t need to stick around just so the organization can make a bit more money.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 9:32 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It was an interesting game
last night. How can you not love Ted Lilly? The guy was awesome. Pie played a great game and I would love to see him play several more games like that. Nice to see Dome get to play too. I think having those two in the game last night provided a spark that this team needs.
by sue369 on Sep 11, 2008 9:20 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Seeing Lou's face after Dome took that called third strike last night...
I’m not sure Dome is on Lou’s Christmas list.
by zevkalman on Sep 11, 2008 9:22 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pie could get more playing time in RF.
He’s played RF in spring training and definitely has the arm and range for it.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Sep 11, 2008 9:23 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
FWIW
Felix may have worked on it in Spring Training, but he hasn’t played it since. He’s started in RF four times in the last 2 years (and not in 2008) – Three times with Iowa in 2007 (8/2, 8/4, 8/5) and moved there one other time (6/1). Also, he played RF once in Winter Ball – he started in right for Licey on Nov. 1 in 2007.
That said, I think he has the athleticism to overcome some of those issues.
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 Sep 11, 2008 9:27 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
was that the called third
where the pitch appeared to be at the letters?
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 Sep 11, 2008 9:23 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, it may have been a tad outside also.
But maybe too close to take when the count is 3-2.
by zevkalman on Sep 11, 2008 9:30 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Probably too close to take
The high strike definitely seemed in play last night – the HP ump was definitely getting a lot of looks and questions during the game.
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 Sep 11, 2008 9:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
pitch tracker said it was a ball
lou can’t be mad at him for that…..can he?
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
by cubswynn on Sep 11, 2008 9:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
With two strikes against you, and with an erratic home plate umpire...
..Lou may have thought that Dome shoulda been more aggressive, and perhaps protected the plate a bit more. I love Dome’s patience at the plate…but sometimes it can backfire and look a little bit too passive…..
by zevkalman on Sep 11, 2008 10:06 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Buuuuuutttt...
if the pitch is indeed called a ball (as others who had a better look said it very well could have been) Dome walks in a run and keeps the inning going. Real sticky situation, but it thankfully didn’t hurt us.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 10:07 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I understand...
…but on a close pitch, you can’t get rung up with the bases juiced and pass up on an opportunity to do some damage.
I understand he has a good eye, but you have to change your approach with 2 strikes and expand the zone a tad.
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
by MPH73 on Sep 11, 2008 10:12 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't disagree on any point.
Perhaps Kosuke was afraid of striking out again and thought, on that last pitch, if he thinks it’s a ball he’s gonna take it.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 10:22 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was always taught...
…with 2 strikes, you have to expand the zone a few inches. The reason why; never put your fate in the umpires hands with 2 strikes.
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
by MPH73 on Sep 11, 2008 10:30 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1
Never, never, never take a pitch when it is close to the strike zone and you’re batting with 2 strikes.
Sweet Lou for Mayor in '11.
by blackhawk24 on Sep 11, 2008 10:50 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You hit the nail on the head.
Fukodome is playing scared. He’s more concerned not to fail than doing the right thing. Therefore, he’s lost his aggressiveness at the plate. That pitch was too close to take.
Many players in this team are playing not to lose instead of playing to win.
by Fraggin Judge on Sep 11, 2008 2:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
His confidence...
..is just lost right now and has been for quite a while. Its just amazing that he hasn’t been able to recover it for this long, because I really think he is somewhere between what he did the first 3 months and what we have seen the last 2 months. There are mitigating factors here with what he has been through, which is pretty unique.
I sure hope he recaptures his confidence before October, because he can be extremely valuable both in the field and at the plate.
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
by MPH73 on Sep 11, 2008 2:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If he doesn't by October
I think his second year in the majors could be impressive.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 2:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wholehearted agree
This is the time now where people that are getting the job done are the people that are going to play. Plain and simple. -- Lou
by Emelie on Sep 11, 2008 3:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cant take called thirds
I know it sucks, but you have to protect against anything that can get called a strike, not anything that actually is a strike. I am sure Dome is frustrated at the low quality umpiring behind the plate here in the states, but he has to adjust.
Reed Ballgame - best CF in the MLB
by californiachicagoan on Sep 11, 2008 11:02 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just pictured Dome...
…bringing a laptop into Lou’s hotel room and showing him the Gameday results. Lou looks at the screen, grumbles something about how his grandkids tried to get him to play video games with them once and it gave him a headache, and hands the laptop back to Kosuke.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 11, 2008 10:12 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He'd probably think it's some crazy Japanese invention.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 10:14 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, from Fukudome's face
and from what I could tell from seeing the pitch on TV, it was ball 4.
by ChipSet on Sep 11, 2008 10:53 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1
seems like the whole team becomes more patient at the plate when Dome is in the lineup. And it was great to see Pie with the good eye and going with the pitch and getting a solid hit to left. Looks like he learned a lot in Iowa.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Sep 11, 2008 10:44 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
KC is suppose to get pounded with rain this weekend also
Although the last time the cubs played here during interleague play there were a bunch of cubs fans, alot of people from chitown down here
Let go cubs
by cubsfaninkc on Sep 11, 2008 9:20 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I just looked at weather forecasts.
Both KC and St. Louis have heavy rain in the forecast all weekend.
Maybe Atlanta is a better choice. Or Milwaukee. Or even Tampa.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Sep 11, 2008 9:22 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Please not the state of Florida
Haven’t we had enough that state?
"Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance"
by MerlinDog on Sep 11, 2008 9:28 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Anywhere but Tampa!
"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 Sep 11, 2008 9:28 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cubs fans in KC area
My son said a lot of the people he knows from KC are Cubs fans.
by thermal54 on Sep 11, 2008 1:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
DC!
Nationals Park is beautiful, and EMPTY this weekend. Bring the games here! Supposed to be in the 70s all weekend with no rain.
All three games would be sellouts – playoff implication baseball in September here? Something we’ve never seen.
Oh well, i can dream.
"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
by flyingdonut on Sep 11, 2008 9:27 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I second the motion.
I promise I will go to every game, and buy food — which in Nationals Park will run me about $4000.
by zevkalman on Sep 11, 2008 9:31 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL
But hey — that’s not a bad idea, either. There are a ton of Cubs fans in the DC area.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Sep 11, 2008 9:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Emil Verban Memorial Society
Are they still active?
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Sep 11, 2008 10:47 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, they are.
There is a member of the society who posts regularly on this site.
Want to identify yourself?
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Sep 11, 2008 11:31 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's Hillary!
Hi Senator Clinton!
Borowy . . .Sutcliffe . . .Harden?
by Josh77 on Sep 11, 2008 11:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL
No, it’s not Hillary. Correct gender, though.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Sep 11, 2008 1:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmmm....
Doogie Stalker and Emelie both travel a lot, and I know Emelie goes to D.C. occasionally, so my guess would be one of those two.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Sep 11, 2008 2:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You have to promise to wear a Soriano jersey, though.
:D
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 9:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Which one?
My son has a Nationals Soriano jersey, he could wear that one.
"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
by flyingdonut on Sep 11, 2008 9:38 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just print a Cubs logo to tape over the chest.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 9:40 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The reason why it won't be played in DC
The Nationals don’t want the embarrassment of being outdrawn by the Cubs in their own ballpark. :-)
Borowy . . .Sutcliffe . . .Harden?
by Josh77 on Sep 11, 2008 11:43 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Same for KC.
St Louis or Milwaukee seem like the obivious/best choices.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 11:44 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Milwaukee would be AWESOME
but won’t Astros almost consider it a burb of Chicago?
"A catchers biggest concern behind the plate is to make his pitcher pitch a little better than he can" Roy Campanella
by Madison Cub Fan on Sep 11, 2008 11:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Forecast for St. Louis
is rain all weekend. Atlanta is the more obvious choice.
Borowy . . .Sutcliffe . . .Harden?
by Josh77 on Sep 11, 2008 12:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
True, unfortunately (for me).
I just hope they decide before the team commits to flying to Houston.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 12:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I highly doubt...
…the Cubs fly to Houston tonight.
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
by MPH73 on Sep 11, 2008 12:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Whats a little turbelance...
That is what makes the ride fun…
"Aw, how could he (Jorge Orta) lose the ball in the sun, he's from Mexico." -- Harry Carey
by TheRiot Police on Sep 11, 2008 12:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Let's see if the MLB has the Brains to do the right thing here
I've been bleeding double blue Cubbies & NY Rangers
by parrotinct on Sep 11, 2008 9:35 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
MLB??? Brains????
Two words that rarely go together
"Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance"
by MerlinDog on Sep 11, 2008 9:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Historically...
MLB <> Brains <> right thing.
Don’t know how to write a “not equal to” sign in cyber space.
Sweet Lou for Mayor in '11.
by blackhawk24 on Sep 11, 2008 9:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
you could always
type equal forward slash equal ( =/= )
"Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance"
by MerlinDog on Sep 11, 2008 9:40 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Both are mathematically valid
"Years of academy training, wasted"--Buzz Lightyear (not a flying toy)
by spoiledcubbage on Sep 11, 2008 10:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rich Harden can essentially end the Cardinals season today
They are a wounded fighter, and Harden can bring the knock out punch.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #6 2-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Nevada. Chase for Heisman!
by nji232 on Sep 11, 2008 9:38 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
harden wins
albert might as well go under the knife now…..screw the mvp!
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
by cubswynn on Sep 11, 2008 10:01 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
MVP only goes to a playoff team.
Right, Albert?
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 10:02 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Remember- The MVP has to go to a player on a playoff team
From the mouth of Albert Pujols.
I don’t plan on ever not mentioning that when this subjects is brought up.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #6 2-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Nevada. Chase for Heisman!
by nji232 on Sep 11, 2008 10:02 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
haha ever? or every?
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
by cubswynn on Sep 11, 2008 10:17 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you look at it from Houston's side
they are right back in this wildcard, they just beat the cubs for 3 in chicago and the two team ahead of them are playing each other. I would not want to give up my home field advantage either. Plus they know that the cubs fan base travels well. the last thing that they woud want to do is put these games closer to chicago.
Let go cubs
by cubsfaninkc on Sep 11, 2008 9:39 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
It shouldn't be up to them
Safety first
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #6 2-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Nevada. Chase for Heisman!
by nji232 on Sep 11, 2008 9:41 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can understand that
but is it really worth risking people’s safety?
"Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance"
by MerlinDog on Sep 11, 2008 9:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's true...
…and, as usual, the Astros play well at home: They have a .592 winning percentage at the Juice Box vs. .493 on the road. Nonetheless, safety should be the overwhelming mitigating factor here.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 11, 2008 9:47 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Safety is the biggest concern, sure
so dont play games in unsafe conditions. But to turn the games into de facto Cubs home games would be really unfair to the Astros, and there should be another way to do it. If there’s a day off Monday to take advantage of, that should be explored (assuming the damage doesnt preclude playing the game that day). Even if it’s a double header Monday with a makeup game reserved for the day after the season ends, if needed, at least that way you’re not stealing home games from the Astros and giving them to the Cubs while both are in the middle of a playoff race.
by Gator Cub on Sep 11, 2008 10:25 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Al gets full credit for the win
due to the reverse-mojination pregame thread. Hazzah!
I'll have a dry light ice amber lager bockfest--red!
by kentmeister on Sep 11, 2008 9:44 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
+3.14
So the question is, does Al do it today? I say why not, do it until they lose.
"Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance"
by MerlinDog on Sep 11, 2008 9:45 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
the juice runs out..
my antique car Wrigley post won 2 games then lost. So you never know!
Thanks for the pi!
I'll have a dry light ice amber lager bockfest--red!
by kentmeister on Sep 11, 2008 9:46 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yabbut...
… if I “reverse” again, wouldn’t that reverse the reversal?
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Sep 11, 2008 10:10 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think you get 2 points for that in wrestling, if I'm not mistaken.
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 Sep 11, 2008 10:13 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not if you clap your hands
and spin around three times.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 10:13 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice!
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 11, 2008 10:14 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow that almost makes my head hurt
If you try to fail and don’t, did you fail or succeed?
"Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance"
by MerlinDog on Sep 11, 2008 10:18 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think you mean:
If you try to fail and succeed, what did you accomplish?
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 10:19 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Of course!
Therefore, of course!
"We are not equations with hats." -Dean Young
by Kegler on Sep 11, 2008 10:28 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Another Geo picture on the pre-game thread at least
I personally think that helped a lot :)
"A catchers biggest concern behind the plate is to make his pitcher pitch a little better than he can" Roy Campanella
by Madison Cub Fan on Sep 11, 2008 11:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That might be worth doing.
What say the rest of you?
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Sep 11, 2008 11:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
yes...
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 11, 2008 11:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
don't mess
with what works.
Our 2008 Chicago Cubs -- FINDING WAYS TO WIN!
by drewishdrewid on Sep 11, 2008 11:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Shocking that Sue agrees w/ that LOL
"A catchers biggest concern behind the plate is to make his pitcher pitch a little better than he can" Roy Campanella
by Madison Cub Fan on Sep 11, 2008 12:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm secure enough in my manhood to say that would be...
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 11, 2008 12:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No way.
It doesn’t show up? It shows up on my computer. Hmm…
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 11, 2008 12:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah daver
why must one be secure in their manhood to posta red x below their subject line?
Kwa...Ki...Sur...Pee...Nee...Ku?
by Kinky Reggae on Sep 11, 2008 12:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is it like the scarlet letter and buried pirate treasure
Does the red “X” represents the forbidden booty?
is that what you were getting at?
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel
by Blue W on Sep 11, 2008 12:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lemme try again...
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 11, 2008 12:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
twhs
"A catchers biggest concern behind the plate is to make his pitcher pitch a little better than he can" Roy Campanella
by Madison Cub Fan on Sep 11, 2008 12:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ahem...take two...I'm secure enough in my own manhood to say that would be...
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 11, 2008 12:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
BOOM!
There he is.
Kwa...Ki...Sur...Pee...Nee...Ku?
by Kinky Reggae on Sep 11, 2008 12:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
there can never be enough Geo pictures
This is the time now where people that are getting the job done are the people that are going to play. Plain and simple. -- Lou
by Emelie on Sep 11, 2008 1:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I am not saying
they should not look at safety first, i am just seeing the other side of it. I dont like the idea of waiting till monday or DH on sunday/monday. plus if there is any damage to the stadium then they may have to move these game to the end of the season or wait and see if they matter.
Let go cubs
by cubsfaninkc on Sep 11, 2008 9:45 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
The Juice Box...
… has a lot of glass in it. A Cat 4 hurricane might blow out some of the glass.
There’s no way they’ll wait till the end of the season, because that could throw the playoff schedule into chaos.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Sep 11, 2008 10:11 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Juice boxes
are made out of a type of wax-coated card stock, Al, fyi. I worked for Minute Maid here in MI awhile back. : )
"We are not equations with hats." -Dean Young
by Kegler on Sep 11, 2008 10:29 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And if they are going to use the stadium as an emergency facility...
they are probably going to need it Sunday and Monday too.
Planning time is almost over. They need to make a decision soon along with the local relief authorities.
by Fraggin Judge on Sep 11, 2008 2:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Three observations
1) Derrek Lee cannot hit a fastball anymore
Since the beginning of this year, if there is a fastball down and away above 90mph (and if it’s a slider, forget about it), Derrek simply cannot hit it.
2) If Kerry cannot locate his fastball, he is in for a rough night. A 95mph fastball right down the middle only requires half-decent contact to be hit a LONG way, like we saw last night.
3) Last night’s win inspired little confidence- a dominant outing by Harden and 5-6 runs by the Cubs tonight and they should get their swagger back.
*Synth intro to "Jump"*
by SouthsideCub on Sep 11, 2008 9:48 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
In Derrek's defense
a fastball above 90 low and away is probably the toughest pitch for a 6’5" gentleman to hit.
I wonder if you looked at a hitting chart of Major League right-handed batters, what the collective batting average to them on the low and away pitch is.
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 Sep 11, 2008 10:02 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Possibly
I guess it’s just clear that he ain’t the hitter he was even 2 years ago.
*Synth intro to "Jump"*
by SouthsideCub on Sep 11, 2008 10:10 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd agree with that.
But I also think we’re all a little spoiled by his 2005 season. In some cases, he’s a victim of his own success.
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 Sep 11, 2008 10:14 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think we could probably call
2005 an outlier in his Statistical Career and that he is now performing per his pre 2005 norms
"Aw, how could he (Jorge Orta) lose the ball in the sun, he's from Mexico." -- Harry Carey
by TheRiot Police on Sep 11, 2008 10:19 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The difference...
…between Lee doing more damage or hitting a bunch of 2 hop grounders to SS is just not swinging at that pitch.
For 95% of hitters, if a pitcher is able to pound there weak spot all day, most of the games would be 1-0. The reality is, most pitchers don’t have the command to do that and the best hititers have the knack of jumping on the most hittable pitch most of the time. When a guy is pressing, he tends to take the hittable pitches and swing at the pitchers pitches and that is what Lee has done a bunch, and also the reason he is not driving the ball more.
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
by MPH73 on Sep 11, 2008 10:17 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
True, but Lee loves that low ball around the knees
Outside corner is difficult, but he used to drive that into right field.
by dr stabbingworth on Sep 11, 2008 10:27 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey y'all
Excited for some Harden domination tonight…
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by PurpleLineToWrigley on Sep 11, 2008 9:52 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
TWSS
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 11, 2008 9:53 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lets just hope the rain stays away until he is done pitching
Or just stays away
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #6 2-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Nevada. Chase for Heisman!
by nji232 on Sep 11, 2008 9:53 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So that we can focus on Nevada...
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by PurpleLineToWrigley on Sep 11, 2008 9:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
My only worry about them is if we get 52 again
They lost their top RB for the season last week. We get Willy Mo and Danario back.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #6 2-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Nevada. Chase for Heisman!
by nji232 on Sep 11, 2008 9:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah I saw that kid tore his ACL...
…So, you rooting for USF tomorrow night? Or do you want kU to be ranked high when we destroy them?
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by PurpleLineToWrigley on Sep 11, 2008 10:08 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I never, ever,ever,ever,ever,ever want kU to win
I hope they lose by 60 and Reesing eats turf all night.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #6 2-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Nevada. Chase for Heisman!
by nji232 on Sep 11, 2008 10:18 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Haha me too.
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by PurpleLineToWrigley on Sep 11, 2008 10:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
KU...
is headed for a major, major downfall. A gift of a schedule and some BCS nonsense (let’s see, KU has shitty schedule, loses to Missouri, but still gets a better bowl) has set them up for a mighty fall…
With a real schedule this year, KU will be exposed.
Free Ronny Cedeno
by Kansas25 on Sep 11, 2008 10:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I won't be losing any sleep over that fact
kU does have one hell of a coach, but you could just tell last year against MIzzou that kansas didn’t have the same caliber athletes.
It doesn’t help that they have the best/worst Big 12 South rotation ever. Two years of Texas, OU, Tech. Then two years years of A&M, Okie State, Baylor. Really sets up against having sustained success.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #6 2-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Nevada. Chase for Heisman!
by nji232 on Sep 11, 2008 10:27 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed...there needs to be some sort of rotation realignment
if not TOTAL realignment sometime in the not too distant future. But that’s a story for another time and place.
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by PurpleLineToWrigley on Sep 11, 2008 10:32 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
FWIW
Just wanted to point out something that I noticed—check out the difference between our record on CSN (51-19) and our record on WGN (28-29). While this sucks for those of us who only get WGN (I have felt all year like an overwhelming number of the few games I actually get to watch are losses), it may bode well for the rest of the year. 10 of the remainder of the games are on CSN, while only 3 are on WGN, with a few others on WCIU and FOX/ESPN. Just thought it was curious.
Also, why does CSN have a majority of the games? Shouldn’t it be split kind of evenly between WGN and CSN? It sucks living in Southern Indiana (or any of these other areas) where Extra Innings is blacked out and Comcast doesn’t have the wherewithal to offer CSN with our cable.
by Caheisey on Sep 11, 2008 9:54 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, Al brings this up from time to time...It's on the sidebar....
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by PurpleLineToWrigley on Sep 11, 2008 9:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Switch to UVerse if you can.
I live in Indy, and it was the best move I’ve made in a long time. Plus, they carry CSN Chicago.
Or, find a BW3 – they have Extra Innings, so you’ll be able to follow the game. Plus, today is 20-cent wing Thursday, or something like that.
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 Sep 11, 2008 10:05 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Trey, I got my shirt. You're the man!
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by PurpleLineToWrigley on Sep 11, 2008 10:09 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i want to switch to Uverse so badly! Unfortunately it’s available in some parts of Bton, but not my part apparently :-( And BW is one of my go-to places for games :-)
by Caheisey on Sep 11, 2008 10:25 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It'll spread
UVerse wasn’t in my part of Indy for a while, but once it got here, I switched from Comcast as soon as I could. It’s worth it.
Besides, you’re in Bloomington, there’s plenty of places to watch the Cubbies. If I could, I’d go to Nick’s nightly.
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 Sep 11, 2008 10:28 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
it gets expensive going to nick’s nightly ;-) or any bar, for that matter. yogi’s is most common for my cub-loving pals and i, as i live right by it.
by Caheisey on Sep 11, 2008 10:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yogi's is solid
I always try to stop by there when I’m in town.
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 Sep 11, 2008 11:03 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Interesting
I wondered why I always felt like when I actually got to see the game on TV, the Cubs were not going to do as well.
This last stretch is really annoying. Most of the games are on Comcast, and us cheap bastards with no cable get hosed.
by dr stabbingworth on Sep 11, 2008 10:29 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Two things
1) Replace the pages of Chuck Norris facts and replace them with Ted Lilly Facts
2) Suggest Cubs/Astros play at Wrigley. Houston shouldn’t complain—they swept us there last time—not that they will this time or anything…
"Years of academy training, wasted"--Buzz Lightyear (not a flying toy)
by spoiledcubbage on Sep 11, 2008 10:13 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Point two is being discussed above.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 11, 2008 10:14 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks...that's what I get for skimming (sigh)
"Years of academy training, wasted"--Buzz Lightyear (not a flying toy)
by spoiledcubbage on Sep 11, 2008 10:15 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Great idea
just started a Ted Lilly Facts FanShot.
I haz blurg: hotbeans.wordpress.com
by digitalbenjamin on Sep 11, 2008 10:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just finally saw...
the Lilly play at the plate on First and 10 (somehow omitted on Sportscenter). I freakin’ loved it. Hell yes Ted Lilly. That’s what this team needs. A little attitude. We’re the best team in the NL, and we need to act like it. Not play dirty, but play tough and with the swagger we deserve to be playing with.
Free Ronny Cedeno
by Kansas25 on Sep 11, 2008 10:17 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Ted Lilly got me awfully excited last night when he decked that guy
Who would have thought little Ted Lilly would be the biggest man out there.
Also Geo withstood the hit of Prince Fielder, while Molina couldn’t handle 170 pound TRL. I’m glad we have the catcher we do.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #6 2-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Nevada. Chase for Heisman!
by nji232 on Sep 11, 2008 10:20 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm typically not one to delve into "intangibles"...
but one has to think the rest of the Cubs seeing little Ted barrel into Molina had to be a little pick-me-up.
Free Ronny Cedeno
by Kansas25 on Sep 11, 2008 10:26 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Here's a tangible "intangible" :-) :
by zevkalman on Sep 11, 2008 10:27 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Only worry was it was his pitching side he used
to level Molina. The replay on the StL network was also impressive.
Sweet Lou for Mayor in '11.
by blackhawk24 on Sep 11, 2008 10:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pretty sure he went in with his right shoulder...
that pic was taken after his ass-kicking full body follow through…
Nobody cares about your fantasy league baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Sep 11, 2008 11:11 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Take a look at the pic above by zevkalman
then look at the reply on the Cubs website. Sure looks like the left side hit first and if he were a little higher up, it’s the way I loved to drill someone with an open ice hit.
Sweet Lou for Mayor in '11.
by blackhawk24 on Sep 11, 2008 2:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You'll note the rolled up shirt Lilly is wearing...
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 11, 2008 11:16 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah. The guy is a badass. No temperature below absolute zero (Kelvin)
is gonna bother him.
by zevkalman on Sep 11, 2008 11:43 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Shirt rolled up: Check.
Ass kicked: Check.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 11, 2008 12:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bwahahahah: check
that was funny,…made my co-workers look at me.
"Never. Never. Never. Give up."
Winston Churchill
by cubfever7 on Sep 11, 2008 12:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thankfully, Lilly wasn't hurt.
They should not have had Lilly going home on contact. They should protect the pitchers. You don’t send them to collide with the catcher. Wait until they are driven in safely from 3B.
by Fraggin Judge on Sep 11, 2008 2:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
According to Lou...
…Lilly was told to make the ball go through and he didn’t. Guess he was trying to make something happen.
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
by MPH73 on Sep 11, 2008 2:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So he did it on his own.
At least, that gives me the peace of mind that Lou’s staff knows what they’re doing.
by Fraggin Judge on Sep 11, 2008 3:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So you did it on your own, didn't you Highway? I'll have
your stripes for this!! (Random “Heartbreak Ridge” reference)
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 11, 2008 3:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I still support Wood to pitch in the 9th, even if we had blown the game.
Although that’s easy to say now – LOL
Wait a minute... who am I here?
by malicedoom on Sep 11, 2008 10:20 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
His velocity does seem to be down a bit
and he pretty much was trying to get ahead in the count with his fastball and staying away from the Slider/Uncle Charlie most of the night.
My guess this was from lack of work…at least that is my hope.
"Aw, how could he (Jorge Orta) lose the ball in the sun, he's from Mexico." -- Harry Carey
by TheRiot Police on Sep 11, 2008 10:22 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Plus, in Woody's defense
he gave up hits to the Cardinals two best hitters. The other three batters he faced were outs.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 10:25 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't think his velocity was down.
At least it wasn’t according to Gameday: He was hitting 96 with his fastball and even threw a 98 MPH fastball to Ludwick. (The home run pitch was clocked a 97.)
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 11, 2008 10:26 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I only saw one pitch at 97
and that was the First Pitch Strike to Pujols…the rest seemed to be at 94. Although I admit I had a towel over my head right after Pujols and Ludwick got their hits so I did not pay a ton of attention to the pitch speeds on their hits
"Aw, how could he (Jorge Orta) lose the ball in the sun, he's from Mexico." -- Harry Carey
by TheRiot Police on Sep 11, 2008 10:29 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If a starter has 8 IP, one run, and fewer than 90 pitches
and doesn’t get to finish — when would a starter EVER get to finish?
by ChipSet on Sep 11, 2008 10:59 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
When he has 110 pitches and his team is up 7 runs
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #6 2-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Nevada. Chase for Heisman!
by nji232 on Sep 11, 2008 11:00 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dusty? Is that you?
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Sep 11, 2008 11:32 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dude, nothing wrong with riding the horses.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #6 2-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Nevada. Chase for Heisman!
by nji232 on Sep 11, 2008 11:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have Ned Yost on line one.
He’d like to answer your question.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 11, 2008 12:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Play the Astros at the Cell
Sox play at night, Cubs could play during the day. Given all the Cubs fans that show up for games here at the Juice Box, the Cell might actually be less hospitable.
by DaveinHouston on Sep 11, 2008 10:26 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
That's pretty much home field advantage. No way houston accepts that proposal...
you know, being contenders and all.
Kwa...Ki...Sur...Pee...Nee...Ku?
by Kinky Reggae on Sep 11, 2008 10:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No matter where the Astros go beside the Juice Box
The Cubs will most likely have the most fans. Too bad, deal with it. If they have an issue with it. Technical balk them and make them forfeit the games.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #6 2-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Nevada. Chase for Heisman!
by nji232 on Sep 11, 2008 10:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just technical balked myself...
in private of course.
:)
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by Kinky Reggae on Sep 11, 2008 10:39 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
For what it is worth
Lilly should have went on Theriot’s swinging bunt…and stayed on DLee’s swinging bunt. However, I will take the win.
With all of that Said, I jwant to see some Extra Base hits with less than 2 outs tonight and at least one SAC Fly. It does amaze me that we are fourth in the league in SAC Flys with 42. The leader has 45…goes to show ya how hard it is do, I guess.
"Aw, how could he (Jorge Orta) lose the ball in the sun, he's from Mexico." -- Harry Carey
by TheRiot Police on Sep 11, 2008 10:27 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Can I just say
I am a bit disappointed that Nefi is not the magic number jersey wearer. What is wrong with site????
Kwa...Ki...Sur...Pee...Nee...Ku?
by Kinky Reggae on Sep 11, 2008 10:33 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
see the above posts regarding this
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
by cubswynn on Sep 11, 2008 10:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Actually I should have said "please be specific".
Kwa...Ki...Sur...Pee...Nee...Ku?
by Kinky Reggae on Sep 11, 2008 10:40 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I figured but
I don’t really know how to read so it won’t help.
Kwa...Ki...Sur...Pee...Nee...Ku?
by Kinky Reggae on Sep 11, 2008 10:40 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
It's been way too long...
and I’m SO HARD right now!! Anyone else as fired up as I am for the return of Rich and to see this rotation stabilize again?!?
by Hard4Harden on Sep 11, 2008 10:43 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow.
I have no words.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 10:45 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Odd...
you sure you’re on the right website?
"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 Sep 11, 2008 10:46 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL
Sorry all… I know my post was a little inappropriate but since seeing Harden make his debut at Wrigley, I’ve been…well, hard.
by Hard4Harden on Sep 11, 2008 10:49 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Of course, the injury history is a concern...
But I’ve found that Viagra is available in Cubbie Blue!!
by Hard4Harden on Sep 11, 2008 10:50 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, I can't unread that now.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 10:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought if you had an erection for more than 4 hours
you were supposed to see the Doc.
"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 Sep 11, 2008 10:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Only if that erection...
is caused by anything other than a flame-throwing Canadian with a disgusting splitter…
"I'm just trying to make good contact there and I crushed the ball. I knew he was going to come after me. The first pitch was a fastball, then I'm watching his release on the next pitch and the fastball comes again and I got all of it." Daryle Ward, after delivering the go-ahead, three-run homer off of Marlins' closer, Kevin Gregg, 8/15/2008.
by Hard4Harden on Sep 11, 2008 11:00 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh my.
"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 Sep 11, 2008 11:01 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm done now.. I promise
"I'm just trying to make good contact there and I crushed the ball. I knew he was going to come after me. The first pitch was a fastball, then I'm watching his release on the next pitch and the fastball comes again and I got all of it." Daryle Ward, after delivering the go-ahead, three-run homer off of Marlins' closer, Kevin Gregg, 8/15/2008.
by Hard4Harden on Sep 11, 2008 11:02 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So...you've finished?
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 11:04 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've finished for now...
However, I’ll be “up” for more later… Probably sometime around 7pm CST
"I'm just trying to make good contact there and I crushed the ball. I knew he was going to come after me. The first pitch was a fastball, then I'm watching his release on the next pitch and the fastball comes again and I got all of it." Daryle Ward, after delivering the go-ahead, three-run homer off of Marlins' closer, Kevin Gregg, 8/15/2008.
by Hard4Harden on Sep 11, 2008 11:06 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is escalating quickly
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #6 2-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Nevada. Chase for Heisman!
by nji232 on Sep 11, 2008 11:02 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Boy, that escalated quickly... I mean, that really got out of hand fast.
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by PurpleLineToWrigley on Sep 11, 2008 11:09 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
There were horses and a guy on fire and I stabbed a man in the heart with a trident.
"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 Sep 11, 2008 11:12 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I've been meaning to talk to you about that...
…you should probably find a safe-house or a relatives…Lay low for awhile…Youre probably wanted for murder.
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by PurpleLineToWrigley on Sep 11, 2008 11:13 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
497-498-499-500.
As you can see, I work out.
"Never. Never. Never. Give up."
Winston Churchill
by cubfever7 on Sep 11, 2008 12:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
egad!
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by drewishdrewid on Sep 11, 2008 11:15 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
...
I shall not generously giveth my TWSS, and have thus decided against it here. Too obvious a setup for a TWSS, and the laws of TWSS are unflinchingly rigid.
Free Ronny Cedeno
by Kansas25 on Sep 11, 2008 11:00 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
But in all seriousness...
A “solid” outing from Harden tonight and a series win would do wonders for this club… Put last week exactly where it belongs, in the past, and move on to the Houston series (where ever it may be)… All this team needs is its swagger and confidence back, and taking 2 out of 3 from our arch rivals, on their turf, coupled with Harden reassuring all of us of his dominance, with Z coming back on the horizon would reaffirm my belief that this team is, without question, the best team in the National League.
"I'm just trying to make good contact there and I crushed the ball. I knew he was going to come after me. The first pitch was a fastball, then I'm watching his release on the next pitch and the fastball comes again and I got all of it." Daryle Ward, after delivering the go-ahead, three-run homer off of Marlins' closer, Kevin Gregg, 8/15/2008.
by Hard4Harden on Sep 11, 2008 11:05 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is it safe to assume...
…you’re pitching a tent outside New Busch Stadium?
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 11, 2008 12:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Still waiting for the play on words friend...
Kwa...Ki...Sur...Pee...Nee...Ku?
by Kinky Reggae on Sep 11, 2008 12:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
+English Lady
"We are not equations with hats." -Dean Young
by Kegler on Sep 11, 2008 10:44 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
English Lady?
I keep hearing talk of this “English Lady”. “English Lady” this and “English Lady” that. What is this “English Lady” of which you speak? and what does it have to do with a “Bear Grylls”? come to think of it, what the heck is a “Bear Grylls”?
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel
by Blue W on Sep 11, 2008 10:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's the main activity
at an Alaskan tailgate (rimshot)
"Years of academy training, wasted"--Buzz Lightyear (not a flying toy)
by spoiledcubbage on Sep 11, 2008 10:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, English Lady me blind.
make/art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 11:00 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
English Lady website.....(adults only)
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Sep 11, 2008 11:19 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Damn.
I’m at work, and that’s akin to the allure of The Red Button.
make/art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 11:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
We have a lovely red hand that appears to slap you across your perverted face...
but whatever.
Kwa...Ki...Sur...Pee...Nee...Ku?
by Kinky Reggae on Sep 11, 2008 12:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The shiny red button
maybe something good…..
maybe something bad….
by tootle on Sep 11, 2008 2:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The shiny candylike button
"Years of academy training, wasted"--Buzz Lightyear (not a flying toy)
by spoiledcubbage on Sep 11, 2008 2:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
WILL he hold out folks? CAN he hold out?!
How can he possibly resist the diabolical urge to push button that could erase his very existence?
Will his tortured mind give into its uncontrollable desires?
Can he withstand the temptation to push the button that even now beckons him ever closer?
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel
by Blue W on Sep 11, 2008 2:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Swagger and confidence
isn’t back yet. They backed into the win last night. They still aren’t hitting (all singles), and aren’t getting the big hits with men on base.
We need an offensive explosion, not wimpy singles.
by Clark Addison on Sep 11, 2008 11:13 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
A win is a win is a win is a win is a win is a win....
Nobody cares about your fantasy league baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Sep 11, 2008 11:15 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, really,
tell me what you see. ;)
make/art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 11:15 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The start of a wet t-shirt contest.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 11, 2008 11:18 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
for tiny people?
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 Sep 11, 2008 11:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's a start...
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel
by Blue W on Sep 11, 2008 11:25 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is that vodka?
Wait a minute... who am I here?
by malicedoom on Sep 11, 2008 11:26 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Now THAT'S optimism!
make/art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 11:31 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
(GRIN)
Wait a minute... who am I here?
by malicedoom on Sep 11, 2008 11:40 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
subliminal messages?
This is the time now where people that are getting the job done are the people that are going to play. Plain and simple. -- Lou
by Emelie on Sep 11, 2008 3:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
LMAO
Now, where'd I put that button....
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 11, 2008 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why do I want to go and buy 2 Cokes now?
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel
by Blue W on Sep 11, 2008 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
and drink them though this?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 11, 2008 3:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I see a glass
that is twice as big as it needs to be
"Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance"
by MerlinDog on Sep 11, 2008 3:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
wait
they aren’t hitting? They had LOTS of hits.
Man. WE WON THE FRAKKIN’ GAME! This is what good teams do — they WIN ball games even when they’re not 100%
Our 2008 Chicago Cubs -- FINDING WAYS TO WIN!
by drewishdrewid on Sep 11, 2008 11:16 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah but Drew
I gotta say I understand the point here. There was a heavy reliance on the poor defense of the Cards to win that game…and even then it still almost got away from them.
I too am concerned that they are not winning the way they used to. They are sort of winning by default.
Yes a win is a win is a win but come October, there won’t be too many if this is how they are playing…just my opinion though.
Kwa...Ki...Sur...Pee...Nee...Ku?
by Kinky Reggae on Sep 11, 2008 12:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, it's not a pretty win
but taking advantage of other team’s mistakes helps you win in the post season. Remember Bill Buckner.
Our 2008 Chicago Cubs -- FINDING WAYS TO WIN!
by drewishdrewid on Sep 11, 2008 2:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sure, but a team can't depend on that every day
by Fraggin Judge on Sep 11, 2008 2:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No
but if you can make SOMETHING happen, you can manufacture wins.
Our 2008 Chicago Cubs -- FINDING WAYS TO WIN!
by drewishdrewid on Sep 11, 2008 2:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i agree
when you put pressure on the other team to make plays to get ya out, you can force them into mistakes and then capitalize.
wins dont have to be pretty…. they just need to be.
Now, where'd I put that button....
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 11, 2008 3:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Latest on the weekend...
Per Artcile on ESPN
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3581523
The Sun-Times, citing an unnamed source, reported that playing the series at a neutral site was unlikely. Instead, according to the source, Major League Baseball might take advantage of a scheduled off day for both teams Monday to use four days to get three games played"
"Aw, how could he (Jorge Orta) lose the ball in the sun, he's from Mexico." -- Harry Carey
by TheRiot Police on Sep 11, 2008 11:18 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
That's just stupid.
So make the Cubs fly there and ride out a hurricane and then be ready to play on Monday. Ridiculous. Plus, what if the stadium gets damaged in the storm?
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Sep 11, 2008 11:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not only that
But what if Houston doesnt have any power?
"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager
SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .291 27 HR 69 RBI
by Galvan316 on Sep 11, 2008 11:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or if people have to live there for a few days!
"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 Sep 11, 2008 11:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
They could move to the Astrodome...
(shudder)
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman
by hip2bsquare on Sep 11, 2008 11:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Besides, the Astrodome is no longer set up for baseball.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Sep 11, 2008 11:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rimshot!
Good point.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Sep 11, 2008 11:40 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1!
Wait a minute... who am I here?
by malicedoom on Sep 11, 2008 11:40 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The offense will be fine...
Everyone on this team started feeling the pressure, and when Z and Harden went down… it multiplied ten-fold… Think about how hysterical we all were? You think these guys don’t feel some of that? The key is to make it through this offensive lull and to have Z and Harden come back strong… Just knowing that they are OK will stabilize the rotation and spark confidence in the whole team, from the offense to the bullpen and finally, to the crazy fans.
"The best thing that happened to %$&*#$% Chicago is Lou Piniella and Ozzie Guillen in the same $%^&%$# town. $%&# the boring-%$#& guys every day. Some people have to be politically correct, some people have to be $%&*#@$ up. That’s Lou Piniella and Ozzie Guillen."
by Hard4Harden on Sep 11, 2008 11:22 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Hilarious...
From SportingNews:
When you hear the name Ted Lilly, you probably think “crafty lefty, decent stuff, a good middle rotation guy.” But when I think Ted Lilly, I think of two words: Bad. Ass. Oh, that’s funny to you, is it? That I’d think some fleshy, unathletic looking pitcher would strike fear in hearts of fellow ballplayers? Fine then, watch this video from last night’s game against the Cardinals and you tell me who the badass is.
And thanks to Deadspin, for being the middleman…
Brian McRae's 5 O'Clock Shadow
by PurpleLineToWrigley on Sep 11, 2008 11:23 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
That
ROCKS
Wait a minute... who am I here?
by malicedoom on Sep 11, 2008 11:29 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
wow. he DID lead with his pitching arm.
THAT’s how you send a message. MAKE THEM BEAT YOU.
This play, and when Lilly struck out Pujols in the late innings. That frakkin’ ROCKED.
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by drewishdrewid on Sep 11, 2008 11:46 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Great video!
And, taken from the comments section, here’s an article from the Cardinals Web site with TLR’s comments on the play. In short, LaRussa says:
They want to play hard. We’re going to play hard. That’s how we play anyway. As long as when we play hard, they know it goes both ways.
Expect tonight’s game to be extra interesting.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 11, 2008 12:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He is such a bag of ______
clearly planning something. I wish Lilly could give HIM a taste.
Kwa...Ki...Sur...Pee...Nee...Ku?
by Kinky Reggae on Sep 11, 2008 12:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just don't play into their tactics
That is what he wants. He wants us to get out of our game so that they can take advantage. If we get, take our base. Deal with this next year not during the pennant race
"Aw, how could he (Jorge Orta) lose the ball in the sun, he's from Mexico." -- Harry Carey
by TheRiot Police on Sep 11, 2008 12:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Get out of what game?
Kidding kidding…kind of.
Kwa...Ki...Sur...Pee...Nee...Ku?
by Kinky Reggae on Sep 11, 2008 12:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, my impression is that...
…Lilly is this team’s designated enforcer, and he’s obviously not going to be in the game. I say if the Cards throw at a Cubs hitter and Lou chooses to respond, go with Howry.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 11, 2008 12:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He'll put it right over the plate.
Please do NOT use HR Howry.
Kwa...Ki...Sur...Pee...Nee...Ku?
by Kinky Reggae on Sep 11, 2008 12:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hm, yeah, that's true...
…at least Gagne had the good sense to throw two feet behind Edmonds’ back. Waitaminute, they just brought up this Randy Wells guy – maybe he’d be a better option.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 11, 2008 12:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
When it comes to baseball
anyone is ALWAYS a better option than Howry.
Kwa...Ki...Sur...Pee...Nee...Ku?
by Kinky Reggae on Sep 11, 2008 1:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Latroy Hawkins
Dave Smith
Goose Gossage
Shawn Boskie
are those better options than Howry?
by tootle on Sep 11, 2008 2:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Antonio Alfon-suck-a
"Years of academy training, wasted"--Buzz Lightyear (not a flying toy)
by spoiledcubbage on Sep 11, 2008 2:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If he weren't such an important part of the bullpen,
I would suggest Jeff Spellcheck, he throws the ball much harder.
(fooled you there with the subject line didn’t i :D )
When you're eight games behind, it's like eight miles; when you're eight games in front, it's like eight inches. ~ Ron Santo
by gwood on Sep 11, 2008 12:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
OT: New Cubs Feature on ESPN
ESPN found Cubs fans to cover the last 100 years – from the famous (Billy Corgan) to infamous (Woo Woo) – check it out.
Wonder if they contacted Al about being a voice, since they got Nick Evans from GROTA to appear.
FWIW, I turned this into a FanShot, too.
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 Sep 11, 2008 11:23 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I would love to have
lunch with the guy born in 1908. Just the little video clip and article about him are incredibly interesting.
When you're eight games behind, it's like eight miles; when you're eight games in front, it's like eight inches. ~ Ron Santo
by gwood on Sep 11, 2008 11:49 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
BREAKING NEWS:
Score Reporting:
Cubs/Astros to play double header on Sunday and a single game Monday.
No Games Friday and Saturday.
This has NOT be confirmed
"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager
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by Galvan316 on Sep 11, 2008 11:25 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Anything for a buck.
make/art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 11:31 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
TWO DAYS
without baseball????
Our 2008 Chicago Cubs -- FINDING WAYS TO WIN!
by drewishdrewid on Sep 11, 2008 11:47 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Score...
…is reporting they are thinking of not playing Friday or Saturday and playing 2 on Sunday and one on Monday and they are going to decide in a couple of hours.
This is nuts. That would mean the Cubs fly to Chicago and go back to Houston on Saturday night, because I would assume they wouldn’t want to be there during the height of the storm. Getting into Houston on Saturday or Sunday would not appear to be a given, but that is just me.
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
by MPH73 on Sep 11, 2008 11:27 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
There likely won't be any electricity at the Ballpark....
Even on Monday. In Florida, power repair crews . WON’T GO OUT IN TROPICAL STORM WINDS OR HIGHER
The best defense is a good offense
by kcjones on Sep 11, 2008 2:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
They are in major denial in Houston....
and are in for a rude awakening this weekend.
The best defense is a good offense
by kcjones on Sep 11, 2008 2:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Agree...
…I was in Hurricane Fredrick that hit Pensacola and Mobile in 1979. I’ll tell you, it scared the shit out of me. I believe the winds were about 100 mph (which is about what this storm is) and it brought down big pine trees like match sticks. One thing that most people don’t realize, is when a hurrican comes through a whole bunch of toronados devlelop along with it.
I just think this is really really stupid.
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
by MPH73 on Sep 11, 2008 2:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Frankly.....
They probably weren’t in good shape to play 2nite either,,,,
The best defense is a good offense
by kcjones on Sep 19, 2008 11:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is boarderline insanity
So let me get this straight.
The Cubs would fly back to Chicago (to a city that will have an EMPTY ballpark)
And then fly back to Houston 2 days after a major Hurricane has just struck?
THATS FLIPPIN’ STUPID!
"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager
SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .291 27 HR 69 RBI
by Galvan316 on Sep 11, 2008 11:31 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
and par for the course when your talking about MLB.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 11, 2008 11:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yep.
Absolutely ridiculous. There is precedent for moving games like this to a neutral site — they did it in 2004 with the Marlins, WHO WERE IN PLAYOFF CONTENTION AT THE TIME, and last year with the Indians and Angels, BOTH OF WHOM MADE THE PLAYOFFS LAST YEAR!
Move the games.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Sep 11, 2008 11:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What if they need the stadium for shelter or something.
There was already talks of this. I find this series very minor to what that of what these people down there are going to experience. sad…
"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 Sep 11, 2008 11:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Does the gate matter that much
when most of the city will be evacuated and/or cleaning up from a hurricane? Good grief, this is the height of greed.
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 Sep 11, 2008 11:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Somebody has to pay for the Doctoring of
Tejada Birth Certificate, Berkman’s Buffet, and Oswalt’s Tree Stand
"Aw, how could he (Jorge Orta) lose the ball in the sun, he's from Mexico." -- Harry Carey
by TheRiot Police on Sep 11, 2008 12:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i think for shits and giggles
they should leave the roof oopen until the storm hits and then see if they can get it shut while the hurricane ravishes Houston.
Kwa...Ki...Sur...Pee...Nee...Ku?
by Kinky Reggae on Sep 11, 2008 12:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm surprised...
they didn’t schedule a triple-header for Monday.
by hokie316 on Sep 11, 2008 11:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tripleheaders are prohibited under the collective bargaining agreement
The only modern-era one happened back in 1920.
You’d think playing games in a hurricane would be prohibited by the CBA too, but I digress.
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman
by hip2bsquare on Sep 11, 2008 11:44 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nice addendum.
A triple-header, in today’s MLB, would be 10am-10pm minimum.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 11:46 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm sure Drayton would be up for it
if he could get three gates out of the day. Despite what the CBA says.
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 Sep 11, 2008 11:47 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I misplaced my link to the 'sarcasm' sign.
by hokie316 on Sep 11, 2008 11:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Here ya go...
…from the Flickr group.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 11, 2008 12:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's a beautiful day
lets play three
"Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance"
by MerlinDog on Sep 11, 2008 3:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Never forget who Bud works for
The Commish is appointed by and works for ownership…so if McLain (sp?) thinks he can make a few dollars while endagering the lives of people at the ballpark, then Bud will sign on with that plan.
"Your eyes can decieve you. Don't trust them." Obi-Wan Kenobi, the first sabermetrician...
by Curtain Jerker on Sep 11, 2008 11:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Totally agree.
Madness Utter madness.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 11, 2008 12:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Where is the MLBPA?
They always seem to poke thier nose into just about everything why not here?
"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager
SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .291 27 HR 69 RBI
by Galvan316 on Sep 11, 2008 11:40 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Because this isn't prevented by the CBA
They don’t just complain about things they don’t like. They lodge protests when baseball is in violation of the collective bargaining agreement. There is nothing in the CBA preventing teams from playing three games in two days.
Borowy . . .Sutcliffe . . .Harden?
by Josh77 on Sep 11, 2008 11:49 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
this is an incredibly stupid decision that MLB appears to be making
I will just say this. F Major league baseball. People get killed in hurricanes. This isn’t a goofy thunderstorm with pretty lightning and loud thunder. This is a gd hurricane. Glass breaks, things get ruined. What if that stadium gets damaged in the hurricane? Then what? You are endangering a lot of lives to play a bseball game.
Insert a lot of F-bombs in that mini-rant.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #6 2-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Nevada. Chase for Heisman!
by nji232 on Sep 11, 2008 11:41 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 11, 2008 11:43 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL, seems like enough
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #6 2-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Nevada. Chase for Heisman!
by nji232 on Sep 11, 2008 11:44 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
NO...it's not a thunderrstorm....
Take that severe thunderstorm/tornado that hit severl times this summer in the midwest…now imagine that lasting a day or day andd a 1/2 instead of an hour or so.
The best defense is a good offense
by kcjones on Sep 11, 2008 2:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Cubs need to do what the Red Sox where ready to do in Spring Training
Boycott the games until the games are going to be held in a neutral safe location.
Period
"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager
SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .291 27 HR 69 RBI
by Galvan316 on Sep 11, 2008 11:45 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Woudn't they forfeit the games
though? Not sure how MLB would handle that.
When you're eight games behind, it's like eight miles; when you're eight games in front, it's like eight inches. ~ Ron Santo
by gwood on Sep 11, 2008 11:45 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Red Sox wanted to boycott over money IIRC
So we have an even more worthy cause
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #6 2-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Nevada. Chase for Heisman!
by nji232 on Sep 11, 2008 11:46 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
more worthy to US...not the MLBPA or MLB.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 11, 2008 11:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
we are the only ones that should matter
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #6 2-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Nevada. Chase for Heisman!
by nji232 on Sep 11, 2008 12:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
But they had a right
The games in Japan were in violation of the CBA. They were paid money (they actually were demanding money for their coaches and trainers, not themselves) to waive those provisions of the CBA. When baseball wouldn’t pay the trainers and coaches (who aren’t covered by the CBA) the Red Sox rescinded the waiver of their rights under the CBA.
This is not a violation of the CBA. The Cubs would forfeit in such a situation.
Borowy . . .Sutcliffe . . .Harden?
by Josh77 on Sep 11, 2008 11:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I could see this scenerio...
…they plan on playing Sunday and Monday and the storm causes enough havoc by Saturday to make that impossible. The Cubs would be Chicago and Houston at home, potentially stuck there and not able to get out on Saturday or Sunday to get to a neutral site.
I can just see this thing blowing up and these teams getting screwed with after season makeup games.
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
by MPH73 on Sep 11, 2008 11:46 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Plus the annoyance
of going from St Louis to Houston (or to Chicago then Houston) then back to St Louis, or Milwaukee, or…
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 11:47 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
This seems pretty simple, $$$$$$$$$$$ dictate the decision
you’ll have to snatch 3 home games against the cubs away from the Astros. That is aolt of dough to lose
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Sep 11, 2008 11:48 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah..it's like what....5 of Soriano's game checks?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 11, 2008 11:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That means very little
If the Hurricane damages the stadium
"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager
SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .291 27 HR 69 RBI
by Galvan316 on Sep 11, 2008 11:49 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
no kidding, but unfortunately we know where the focus is in buisness
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Sep 11, 2008 11:50 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or endangers people.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 11:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
can anyone answer this
was the stadium funded by tax payers? my guess is yes, so it should be used for the people, not for a baseball game
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
by cubswynn on Sep 11, 2008 11:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It is appropriate that this would come from the people
who brought you Enron Field, back in the day.
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 Sep 11, 2008 11:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I am awaiting
statments from Curt Schilling and Hank Steinbrenner about how Hurricanes should not be allowed to interfere with Baseball
"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager
SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .291 27 HR 69 RBI
by Galvan316 on Sep 11, 2008 11:50 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
off topic, but do I have to ban the cubs again tonight
I know I started this thing (and it worked mind you) but do I have to? Man it was hard, and I got anxious around 10 pm, probably less so than if I was actually watching Kerry Wood
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Sep 11, 2008 11:51 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
no
there are no jinxes, no curses, no bad karma
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
by cubswynn on Sep 11, 2008 11:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would say no.
Your self-imposed ban broke the cycle of losing and the Cubs shall triumph consistently going forward. Of course, if they lose tonight, you’ll have to ban yourself from at least one of the “Hurricane Games.”
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 11, 2008 12:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Houston begins to evacuate -- low-lying areas first...
From CNN:
A mandatory evacuation for residents in surrounding low-lying areas of Houston will begin Thursday afternoon, officials said.
“We strongly urge you to evacuate before tomorrow,” said Judge Ed Emmett, Harris County’s chief executive officer, at a news conference Thursday with Houston Mayor Bill White.
Will there be enough people in the city to watch the game during the next week?
by zevkalman on Sep 11, 2008 11:54 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
From the Houston Chronicle
Astros owner Drayton McLane expects to learn about noon today how the club will proceed for Friday’s series opener against the Chicago Cubs at Minute Maid Park.
As of 10 a.m., McLane said the Cubs were still expected to fly in tonight, but the key will be fans’ safety. McLane said the team is working closely with the emergency management services.
“The most important thing is people’s safety. We’re trying to do what is best for all our fans and their families. We’ll know more later today,” McLane said.
So, we should have confirmation of everything soon, hopefully.
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 Sep 11, 2008 11:54 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
How about the safety of the players, the workers, their families, etc
"Aw, how could he (Jorge Orta) lose the ball in the sun, he's from Mexico." -- Harry Carey
by TheRiot Police on Sep 11, 2008 11:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
My thought exactly.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 11, 2008 12:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
McLance's statement is a lie...
If people’s safety was the most important thing they’d be playing somewhere other than Houston.
"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 Sep 11, 2008 1:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What a bunch...
…of BS!
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
by MPH73 on Sep 11, 2008 11:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
McLane doesn't care...
…the tickets are already sold.
What I would love to see, is the potential of a class action suit that would force McLane to refund the tickets because of the conditions that could exist and people could not get to the game.
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
by MPH73 on Sep 11, 2008 11:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If we do end up playing in Houston
I hope to hell we sweep there asses!
"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager
SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .291 27 HR 69 RBI
by Galvan316 on Sep 11, 2008 11:54 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
the only logical choice is moving the entire series to st. louis or Kc
I live in Columbia (neato!)
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Sep 11, 2008 11:55 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I think the currently
weather forecast for those areas would preclude that
"Aw, how could he (Jorge Orta) lose the ball in the sun, he's from Mexico." -- Harry Carey
by TheRiot Police on Sep 11, 2008 11:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
no no no it is expected to be beautiful here this weekend , honest............
hey don’t go looking at the weather channel now buddy
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Sep 11, 2008 11:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I for one
will be willing to hold part of a huge tarp over Busch if they play here.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 11:59 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just keep Vince Coleman away from it!
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman
by hip2bsquare on Sep 11, 2008 12:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I live in STL
so I would love to him them here
"Aw, how could he (Jorge Orta) lose the ball in the sun, he's from Mexico." -- Harry Carey
by TheRiot Police on Sep 11, 2008 11:59 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
really?
i hear montana is beautiful this time of year
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
by cubswynn on Sep 11, 2008 11:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm gonna move there soon...
gonna be a dental floss tycoon.
by hokie316 on Sep 11, 2008 11:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
oh I love zappa
This is the time now where people that are getting the job done are the people that are going to play. Plain and simple. -- Lou
by Emelie on Sep 11, 2008 3:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
She's happy about the Cubs win
Wait a minute... who am I here?
by malicedoom on Sep 11, 2008 12:01 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
She is one
my short list
When you're eight games behind, it's like eight miles; when you're eight games in front, it's like eight inches. ~ Ron Santo
by gwood on Sep 11, 2008 12:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
‘on’ not one
When you're eight games behind, it's like eight miles; when you're eight games in front, it's like eight inches. ~ Ron Santo
by gwood on Sep 11, 2008 12:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
From The Houston Chronicle
Astros weigh decision on Friday’s game against Cubs
By JOSE DE JESUS ORTIZ Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle
Sept. 11, 2008, 10:20AM
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Print Email Del.icio.usDiggTechnoratiYahoo! BuzzAstros owner Drayton McLane expects to learn about noon today how the club will proceed for Friday’s series opener against the Chicago Cubs at Minute Maid Park.
As of 10 a.m., McLane said the Cubs were still expected to fly in tonight, but the key will be fans’ safety. McLane said the team is working closely with the emergency management services.
“The most important thing is people’s safety. We’re trying to do what is best for all our fans and their families. We’ll know more later today,” McLane said.
by TexBro on Sep 11, 2008 12:04 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Just off a plane from Houston, they're nuts if they try to play any games at the juice box this weekend
I was supposed to go to the game Fri. night but SW is cancelling flights and the roads are starting to jam up with people getting out of town, they’d be insane to try to play anywhere near Houston, just play the damn games in St. Louis!
Fat , drunk , and ,stupid is now way to go through life son.
by alabebo on Sep 11, 2008 12:07 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Re: Chicago @ Houston @ somewhere
How does broadcasting work? Do both teams get to bring their crews, cameras, etc. in like normal?
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 12:10 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Most times the home team shares cameras, crews with the visiting team.
Fat , drunk , and ,stupid is now way to go through life son.
by alabebo on Sep 11, 2008 12:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gettin outta Houston
Harris County and City of Houston officials are calling for the evacuation of citizens residing in Zones A & B of the evacuation plan. Evacuation is to start at noon today for residents in ZIP codes 77058, 77059, 77062, 77520, 77546, 77571, 77586, and 77598.
http://ktrh.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=121300&article=4224360
Fat , drunk , and ,stupid is now way to go through life son.
by alabebo on Sep 11, 2008 12:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
This hurricane is gigantic
I sincerely hope that everyone in the path of this storm gets out of the way. In Austin, well inland, they are saying that it will be a Cat2. Imagine what it will be on the coast.
Look at the size of this storm…
How anyone can be considering baseball is beyond me.
"Your eyes can decieve you. Don't trust them." Obi-Wan Kenobi, the first sabermetrician...
by Curtain Jerker on Sep 11, 2008 12:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Ted Lilly is not afraid of Hurricanes
He punches them in the EYE….
"Aw, how could he (Jorge Orta) lose the ball in the sun, he's from Mexico." -- Harry Carey
by TheRiot Police on Sep 11, 2008 12:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Cue the Chuck Norris/Ted Lilly jokes please...
Kwa...Ki...Sur...Pee...Nee...Ku?
by Kinky Reggae on Sep 11, 2008 12:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Actually, they've already been cued...
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 11, 2008 12:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
My bad
Kwa...Ki...Sur...Pee...Nee...Ku?
by Kinky Reggae on Sep 11, 2008 1:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No biggie...
…just trying to make sure they all end up in the same place. Funnier that way.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 11, 2008 1:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ted Lilly destroyed the periodic table,
because he only recognizes the element of surprise.
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel
by Blue W on Sep 11, 2008 12:45 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Oh I like that one...
Kwa...Ki...Sur...Pee...Nee...Ku?
by Kinky Reggae on Sep 11, 2008 12:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That one is good
When you're eight games behind, it's like eight miles; when you're eight games in front, it's like eight inches. ~ Ron Santo
by gwood on Sep 11, 2008 12:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Berkman
If the series is played in Houston, count on the Astros being without Lance Berkman. He was the first one smart enough to get out of a lightning storm at Wrigley, he’ll be smart enough to get out of Houston as this storm approaches.
Ya gotta love a team with a shortstop named TheRiot ...
by StampMe on Sep 11, 2008 12:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
That was awesome, especially when they caught Derrek Lee's "OH SHIT!" in the dugout...
Hilarious.
Wait a minute... who am I here?
by malicedoom on Sep 11, 2008 1:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
my favorite was the reed johnson
point “look at berkman”.
what a strange game that was.
Now, where'd I put that button....
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 11, 2008 3:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Weird...
just as I read this a coworker said the words “fear for your life.” I think Berkman did just that.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 11, 2008 3:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ya know
We talk a lot about the players on the ball club and a lot of times we forget that these guys have families. Even though these guys are multi millionaire dollar athletes, they still tie shoes, wipe noses, go the zoo, watch their kids go to school, graduate etc. They do all the things that we do…just with more money. If we would not stay to endure that hurricane, why should they.
This is just irresponsible of MLB to put them in harms way. Forget the issues of playing a doubleheader, etc. The safety of their franchises should come first and if there is an alternative that works, than use it. In business you can mitigate a risk but when it comes to a hurricane/weather, you can’t mitigate God.
"Aw, how could he (Jorge Orta) lose the ball in the sun, he's from Mexico." -- Harry Carey
by TheRiot Police on Sep 11, 2008 12:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
CNN: "Kanye West arrested after skirmish"
Translation?:
“Los Angeles International Airport does not care about black people.”
(lol)
Wait a minute... who am I here?
by malicedoom on Sep 11, 2008 1:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 11, 2008 1:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs