Overflow Thread 2: Cubs vs. Astros, Sunday 9/14, 7:05 CT
by Al Yellon on Sep 14, 2008 9:00 PM CDT
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Print"You play the game to win the World Series. Cy Young's are nice, they really are. They're great and I'm proud of them...but easily the biggest thing I've accomplished is getting that World Series ring." -- Greg Maddux
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First?
I just got here; what’s happening?
"I've never complained about it. I'm thankful to have a jersey." Mark DeRosa, 22 Aug 2007
Any great plays defensively?
"I've never complained about it. I'm thankful to have a jersey." Mark DeRosa, 22 Aug 2007
Haven't been on for two
weeks and there’s Z with the no-no brewin!
"ROUS's? Rodents of Unusual Size. Don't worry, they don't exist."
http://margaritagirl11.spaces.live.com/
Man!
I was doing some house repair stuff, had a late dinner, and checked MLB.com and, wow!
LET’S GO Z!
"[Lou Piniella] might be over 100, but he still has a lot of fire in him." - Ted Lilly, Sept. 10, 2008
by CaughtInTheVines on Sep 14, 2008 9:02 PM CDT reply actions
Are you kidding me??
Z is on fire and I can’t even watch the game?!
I was at Coors Field today and saw a 1-0 game in 10 innings. And now this!??
Get 'em on, Get 'em over, Get 'em in!
for $8 you can get a day pass for MLB TV
"[Lou Piniella] might be over 100, but he still has a lot of fire in him." - Ted Lilly, Sept. 10, 2008
by CaughtInTheVines on Sep 14, 2008 9:03 PM CDT reply actions
What's the attendance?
"I've never complained about it. I'm thankful to have a jersey." Mark DeRosa, 22 Aug 2007
20,000 cubs fans, 3 astros fan, 1 brewers fan
------ TheRiot Squad ------
by RightFieldSucks on Sep 14, 2008 9:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Final in Philadelphia
Phils 6
Brewers 0
Phils and Brewers are now tied for the wild card
That's insane...
Ned Yost is vomiting in the dugout as we type…
Get 'em on, Get 'em over, Get 'em in!
6-1 actually
but just as good for us
------ TheRiot Squad ------
by RightFieldSucks on Sep 14, 2008 9:05 PM CDT up reply actions
Wasn't it
Philis 6
Brewers 1
?
"Saying ‘I’m sorry’ is the same as saying ‘I apologize.’ Except at a funeral."
I have the MLB Package
and was holding out hope that I’d have access to this game. $179 doesn’t buy you much anymore, eh?
Get 'em on, Get 'em over, Get 'em in!
MLB.TV is working!
"I've never complained about it. I'm thankful to have a jersey." Mark DeRosa, 22 Aug 2007
EI is always blacked out on Sunday nights.
It’s an ESPN exclusive. Only local broadcasts allowed in games not carried on ESPN Sunday nights.
The game is on MLB.TV, though. A 1 day pass costs approximately $8.
by Fraggin Judge on Sep 14, 2008 9:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Really....wow!
I bought it last year and there were so many blackouts I just got the radio for this year…..I guess things ain’t changed.
If the…..er……current situation with Z holds up into the 9th. they might make the video available via MLB.COM – they did that in a similar sitch earlier this year……small consolation, I know…..I’m audio-only, too.
"[Lou Piniella] might be over 100, but he still has a lot of fire in him." - Ted Lilly, Sept. 10, 2008
by CaughtInTheVines on Sep 14, 2008 9:08 PM CDT up reply actions
My avatar is not long for this world.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 14, 2008 9:05 PM CDT reply actions
I'm hoping mine (DeRo) doesn't last long either!
"I've never complained about it. I'm thankful to have a jersey." Mark DeRosa, 22 Aug 2007
Do you have a headache or something?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 14, 2008 9:07 PM CDT up reply actions
No, I just hope that the Cubs slide right by #7 on their way to clinching!
"I've never complained about it. I'm thankful to have a jersey." Mark DeRosa, 22 Aug 2007
Hello everybody!
Sounds like Z is just killin em tonight. Love it!
It has to start some place. It has to start some time. What better place than here. What better time than now. ~Rage Against the Machine
I hope there isn't an "error" that gets mis-scored tonight.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 14, 2008 9:08 PM CDT up reply actions
Big Z lookin good?
No Tn or radio… if someone can give a brief recap that would be awesome. Thanks in advance
"I don’t believe that things go your way," said Lou Piniella, the Cubs manager.
"I believe you make things go your way."
Meh...
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 14, 2008 9:08 PM CDT up reply actions
Pitching over 90 mph consistently.
The Astros look tired. They got to Milwaukee at about 2:00 PM.
by Fraggin Judge on Sep 14, 2008 9:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Hurricane Zambrano
Wiping out the Astros
Fukudometer: Created 3/31/08 Wrigley Debut 4/5/08 WGN and Japan TV Debut 4/6/08 Sun Times Debut: 4/20/08 Coffee Table Debut: 7/17/08 (http://www.wearecubsfans.com)
do not say anything, damnit, about well you know
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
My explosive flatulence?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 14, 2008 9:09 PM CDT up reply actions
it is pretty bad, but not polite to talk about
------ TheRiot Squad ------
by RightFieldSucks on Sep 14, 2008 9:09 PM CDT up reply actions
That goes without saying, Mr. President.
"[Lou Piniella] might be over 100, but he still has a lot of fire in him." - Ted Lilly, Sept. 10, 2008
by CaughtInTheVines on Sep 14, 2008 9:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Whoah...you getting way ahead of youself!
We’ve got a long hard campaign ahead of us!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 14, 2008 9:10 PM CDT up reply actions
Dude, he hasn't even discussed his platform.
Don’t vote for the guy until we hear his speech. Your general nomination acceptance speech is tomorrow night, right SWL & sue? Are you gonna link to it live on BCB? I’ll watch it.
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
amazing..
that many sold in less than 24 hrs.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
I think we can officialy stick a fork in the brewers
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
it was in the small baseball sized hole in the k zone that insn't a strike
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 14, 2008 9:11 PM CDT up reply actions
There'll be legislation to
….find a way of correcting that, right, assuming you’re elected?
"[Lou Piniella] might be over 100, but he still has a lot of fire in him." - Ted Lilly, Sept. 10, 2008
by CaughtInTheVines on Sep 14, 2008 9:12 PM CDT up reply actions
This ump has been pretty good tonight.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
24,420 are Cubs fans
"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager
SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .287 27 HR 70 RBI
When did Z start putting the little Dempster pause in his delivery?
"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.
there isnt anyone who would be crazy enough to do that....
"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
there would be a lot of "not it!" going on in the dugout I would guess
It has to start some place. It has to start some time. What better place than here. What better time than now. ~Rage Against the Machine
by love the ivy on Sep 14, 2008 9:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Try the Gold Bond Medicated Powder....
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 14, 2008 9:12 PM CDT up reply actions
dude
just read your sig line. This is great.
"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
Why would it be? What are you talking about?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 14, 2008 9:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Right, there's nothing to see here. Move along, move along.
"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 14, 2008 9:13 PM CDT up reply actions
That's something you don't see in a box score very often
Foul out to the pitcher!
Get 'em on, Get 'em over, Get 'em in!
ESPN
They’ve been jumping back and forth
"There is one thing I will never believe, and that is the Sox are better than the Cubs." - Frank Chance
i am literally sitting on the edge of my seat......
"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
STRUCK HIM OUT!!!!!!!!!
"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager
SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .287 27 HR 70 RBI
holy shit
now show this damn game on tv!
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
the sweet sweet aroma of post season baby
It has to start some place. It has to start some time. What better place than here. What better time than now. ~Rage Against the Machine
by love the ivy on Sep 14, 2008 9:14 PM CDT up reply actions
I am so jealous of the
Cubs fans that are there tonight. How awesome would it be to see this!
It has to start some place. It has to start some time. What better place than here. What better time than now. ~Rage Against the Machine
I usually get to see games
on Dish, but its blocked out tonight, gggrrrrrr
It has to start some place. It has to start some time. What better place than here. What better time than now. ~Rage Against the Machine
by love the ivy on Sep 14, 2008 9:16 PM CDT up reply actions
who me?
;-) section 122 row 12, a phrase I’m going to be repeating for the rest of my life
by cubsonWGN4ever on Sep 15, 2008 4:04 AM CDT up reply actions
Time to turn on ESPN or ESPN News
They better turn over to this game pronto!
Get 'em on, Get 'em over, Get 'em in!
99
"Years of academy training, wasted"--Buzz Lightyear (not a flying toy)
by spoiledcubbage on Sep 14, 2008 9:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Rick Monday tomorrow!
"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
EGAD!
Our 2008 Chicago Cubs -- FINDING WAYS TO WIN!
by drewishdrewid on Sep 14, 2008 9:14 PM CDT up reply actions
WHY THE HELL DIDN'T I GO TO THIS GAME???
I had the ticket order form half filled-out before I changed my mind… argh!
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman
word of advise, don't take any offense to this, but...
please don’t go to any post season games lol
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
Part of why I didn't go is bc I'm saving $$$ for postseason tix
Damned high gas prices…
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman
haha that sucks really, but hey wouldn't you like to see a..
i’m not going that far..
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
+1
basement flooded…but still wish i had gone.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
Need someone stretching in the 'pen.
If Z gives up a hit, he is out.
Reed Ballgame - best CF in the MLB
by californiachicagoan on Sep 14, 2008 9:15 PM CDT reply actions
shit usually when ESPN goes into a game..
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELTS
"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager
SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .287 27 HR 70 RBI
all ready did cross check
It has to start some place. It has to start some time. What better place than here. What better time than now. ~Rage Against the Machine
by love the ivy on Sep 14, 2008 9:18 PM CDT up reply actions
I didn't go to this game because
I work for an insurance company, and I have to be at work tomorrow at 7am because of the hurricane.
What’s your excuse?
I live nearly 1,200 miles away from Miller Park
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
There were locusts, a terrible flood...
…it wasn’t my fault, I SWEAR TO GOD!!!!
Let my ashes blow in a beautiful snow from the prevailing 30 mile an hour southwest wind...
When my last remains go flying over the left field wall, I'll bid the bleacher bums adieu,
And I will come to my final resting place, out on Waveland Avenue. --Steve Goodman
I just bought MLB.TV for obvious reason.
Which shall remain nameless.
Go Cubs!!
IF IT TAKES FOREVER!!
by Cubfansince1957 on Sep 14, 2008 9:15 PM CDT reply actions
Ike must be a Cubs fan!
hahaha Sign of the decade
"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager
SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .287 27 HR 70 RBI
The fan cam
Always focuses on hot women and fat men.
It's on MLB.Com
for free now!
"[Lou Piniella] might be over 100, but he still has a lot of fire in him." - Ted Lilly, Sept. 10, 2008
by CaughtInTheVines on Sep 14, 2008 9:16 PM CDT reply actions
ha! even with the White Sox on national television, they are still the second team tonight haha~
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
........
just in case,,,I am getting the DVD ready to protest the walk
I'm a reader not a poster, but I'm also a poster so don't get any ideas.
??? was there
we can get that fixed……what a game
I'm a reader not a poster, but I'm also a poster so don't get any ideas.
by cozmotaylor123 on Sep 14, 2008 9:28 PM CDT up reply actions
Stupid ESPN!
chop chop!
It has to start some place. It has to start some time. What better place than here. What better time than now. ~Rage Against the Machine
9 -1 -2
"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager
SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .287 27 HR 70 RBI
I believe it's 8-9-1
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
8-9-1
"Years of academy training, wasted"--Buzz Lightyear (not a flying toy)
by spoiledcubbage on Sep 14, 2008 9:18 PM CDT up reply actions
Coming up for the Astros:
Quintero
(Pitcher)
Erstad (which makes me giggle, because this means Erstad is still employed by a Major League Baseball team)
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
maybe
he plays for room and board?
Our 2008 Chicago Cubs -- FINDING WAYS TO WIN!
by drewishdrewid on Sep 14, 2008 9:18 PM CDT up reply actions
Quintero leads off, then a PH
"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
imagine would this "could be" like around the middle of say October?
"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager
SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .287 27 HR 70 RBI
HERE WE GO CUBS FANS!!!!!
FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager
SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .287 27 HR 70 RBI
TWSS
Our 2008 Chicago Cubs -- FINDING WAYS TO WIN!
by drewishdrewid on Sep 14, 2008 9:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Um... ESPN is showing the stupid Sox!
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
man i am nervous….good training for the playoffs
by Canseco's Roid Party on Sep 14, 2008 9:19 PM CDT reply actions
Man...
There was this guy at work today who was upset because his roommate was driving up to Milwaukee for tonight and he couldn’t go…
I wonder how he’s feeling right about now…
I think it's a good thing he didn't bat
More energy to take into the 9th
Go All In and Enjoy The Ride.
espn actually paying attention to the Cubs?!!
something MUST be happening!
by bluekoolaide on Sep 14, 2008 9:21 PM CDT up reply actions
AND...HERE...WE...GO!
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
just one more inning, one more inning, one more inning
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
I have goosebumps!
It has to start some place. It has to start some time. What better place than here. What better time than now. ~Rage Against the Machine
I HAVE PICTURES!!
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
ESPN gets the WGN feed now....
"I'm not much of a chemistry guy, you know. Chemistry to me is a pinch-hit double with the bases loaded"--Jim Frey, Chicago Tribune, 1985.
LETS GO Z!!!!!!!!
"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager
SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .287 27 HR 70 RBI
espn switched over
WGN feed
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. -- George Santayana (1863-1952)
Holy shti!
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
1 AWAY!
"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager
SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .287 27 HR 70 RBI
just 2 more outs!
It has to start some place. It has to start some time. What better place than here. What better time than now. ~Rage Against the Machine
I gasped when I saw that ball hit even though it was hit routinely
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
Ron is gonna chit himself in the radio booth!
It has to start some place. It has to start some time. What better place than here. What better time than now. ~Rage Against the Machine
Dear God
Let it be!
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
1 more out
to go—omg cmon
from the mouth of Uecker:
"Am I the only one who’s glad it’s only a 4-game series? If was a 9-game series, I think the Cubs would win them all."
OMG OMG OMG OMG
It has to start some place. It has to start some time. What better place than here. What better time than now. ~Rage Against the Machine
2 AWAY
"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager
SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .287 27 HR 70 RBI
damn that one seemed to chop forever!!
ONE MORE OUT!!
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
Can we talk about it yet?
"ROUS's? Rodents of Unusual Size. Don't worry, they don't exist."
http://margaritagirl11.spaces.live.com/
Hahaha
Reed Ballgame - best CF in the MLB
by californiachicagoan on Sep 14, 2008 9:23 PM CDT up reply actions
just one
Get Him!!
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
remember
this moment cub fans
from the mouth of Uecker:
"Am I the only one who’s glad it’s only a 4-game series? If was a 9-game series, I think the Cubs would win them all."
OMG OMG OMG!!!
"ROUS's? Rodents of Unusual Size. Don't worry, they don't exist."
http://margaritagirl11.spaces.live.com/
OT
I hate Hunter pence
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
Carlos has grown up
"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.
wowowowowowowowow wow
holy crap!
I can’t stand it
It has to start some place. It has to start some time. What better place than here. What better time than now. ~Rage Against the Machine
i can hardly type right now
"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
2 And 2
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
ONE MORE STRIKE TO GO DAMNIT, ONLY ONE MORE!!
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
TWO STRIKES!!
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
LOL
"ROUS's? Rodents of Unusual Size. Don't worry, they don't exist."
http://margaritagirl11.spaces.live.com/
IT'S A NO-HITTER!!!!!!!!!!!
A NO-HITTER FOR ZAMBRANO!!!!!!!!
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman
Make it special!!
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
EOPIHQEWFOPISBEDGK:H
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 14, 2008 9:25 PM CDT reply actions
LMFAO!
Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory
by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 14, 2008 9:30 PM CDT up reply actions
YYYEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSS
It has to start some place. It has to start some time. What better place than here. What better time than now. ~Rage Against the Machine
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 14, 2008 9:25 PM CDT reply actions
HE DID IT HE DID IT!
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
CUBS WIN CUBS WIN CUBS WIN CUBS WIN CUBS WIN CUBS WIN CUBS WIN CUBS WIN CUBS WIN CUBS WIN CUBS WIN CUBS WIN CUBS WIN CUBS WIN CUBS WIN
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
wowwwwwwwwwwwwww
dear god wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
from the mouth of Uecker:
"Am I the only one who’s glad it’s only a 4-game series? If was a 9-game series, I think the Cubs would win them all."
BEST GAME EVER!!!
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
If memory serves
(and somebody correct me) the Cubs WERE the team with the longest no-hitter drought.
This feels so good
Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
Represent, Milton!
It has to start some place. It has to start some time. What better place than here. What better time than now. ~Rage Against the Machine
by love the ivy on Sep 14, 2008 9:27 PM CDT up reply actions
Nice to see him on a Sunday
Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory
by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 14, 2008 9:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Rion is virtually speechless
I thought he died then I heard an oh man
It has to start some place. It has to start some time. What better place than here. What better time than now. ~Rage Against the Machine
Holy Shit With The ELBOW AND EVERTHING!
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
i watched "rookie of the year" the other day
and saw your “cub power” sign…lol
"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 preachermancubsfan on Sep 14, 2008 9:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Let's not forget GEO
He caught himself one helluva ballgame
could never forget Soto ;-D
It has to start some place. It has to start some time. What better place than here. What better time than now. ~Rage Against the Machine
by love the ivy on Sep 14, 2008 9:27 PM CDT up reply actions
I hope his shoulder is ok....
he should pitch on 10 days of rest all year.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 14, 2008 9:26 PM CDT reply actions
Jesus H Tapdancing Supernatural Frikkin' Big Guy!!!
"Years of academy training, wasted"--Buzz Lightyear (not a flying toy)
This one will be one hell of a trivia question
I have discovered in twenty years of moving around a ball park, that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats. ~Bill Veeck
you knew he was going to eventually throw one in his career
it is games like these that DEFINES champions. This will push us into October on top.
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
I want another celebration like that!!!
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
Holy Crap!
Just seeing the score, I think Zambrano was tired of bad starts. Wow, one walk shy of a PERFECT GAME. Just unbelievable.
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Hit batsmen shouldn't count against perfect games
I mean, really. Sometimes you just gotta hit a guy.
+1
Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory
by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 14, 2008 9:31 PM CDT up reply actions
special doesn't even touch it
but its a good start!
It has to start some place. It has to start some time. What better place than here. What better time than now. ~Rage Against the Machine
by love the ivy on Sep 14, 2008 9:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Wow
Thank god we get the radio feed up here in MN…and I do have to say thanks to ESPN for playing the last inning.
Ron Santo is getting a little weepy...
…me too.
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman
im cryying
at the beginning of the year i thought hed get one
"I can accept failure, but I can't accept not trying" - Michael Jordan, the one and only...
+12!
Reed Ballgame - best CF in the MLB
by californiachicagoan on Sep 14, 2008 9:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Yahoo game notes
THE HOME RUN BY CHICAGO LEFT FIELDER ALFONSO SORIANO LED OFF THE GAME.
CHICAGO PITCHER CARLOS ZAMBRANO HAS A NO-HITTER THROUGH SIX INNINGS.
CHICAGO PITCHER CARLOS ZAMBRANO HAS A NO-HITTER THROUGH SEVEN INNINGS.
CHICAGO PITCHER CARLOS ZAMBRANO HAS A NO-HITTER THROUGH EIGHT INNINGS.
CHICAGO PITCHER CARLOS ZAMBRANO HAS A NO-HITTER THROUGH EIGHT AND 1/3 INNINGS.
CHICAGO PITCHER CARLOS ZAMBRANO HAS A NO-HITTER THROUGH EIGHT AND 2/3 INNINGS.
CHICAGO PITCHER CARLOS ZAMBRANO HAS THROWN A NO-HITTER.
Sweet
"I don't think anybody's paying attention to the Cubs." - Prince Fielder
Nice pickup!
"[Lou Piniella] might be over 100, but he still has a lot of fire in him." - Ted Lilly, Sept. 10, 2008
by CaughtInTheVines on Sep 14, 2008 9:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Wow....I had on WGN/ESPN....wonder what Santo was saying....
"I'm not much of a chemistry guy, you know. Chemistry to me is a pinch-hit double with the bases loaded"--Jim Frey, Chicago Tribune, 1985.
He was very reserved....
“Oh my, oh my!!!!”
He was on third base the last time this happened for the Cubbies!!!!
So lemme get this straight:
Brewers lose 2
Cubs win 1
Zambrano throws a no-hitter
Cubs pack Wrigley North with nearly 30,000 fans
Magic number goes down to 7
Wow, it SUCKS to be a Brewers fan…and it is A MAGICAL, MAGICAL SEASON!!!
LET’S GO CUBS!!
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
Helluva 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
Holy Cow!
The author of this post is not a certified scout, doctor, agent, statistician, manager, or journalist, nor was he ever a very good player, though he tried very hard to be like Ryne Sandberg and was about as scrappy as it gets (in T-ball). Any opinion expressed above should in no way be confused with fact, truth, or reality and is hereby qualified in the following ways: 1) The author does not know as much about baseball as Lou Piniella. 2) The author does not know as much about baseball as Jim Hendry. 3) The author does not know as much about baseball as either Dusty or Darren Baker.
2008
the year of the cub
from the mouth of Uecker:
"Am I the only one who’s glad it’s only a 4-game series? If was a 9-game series, I think the Cubs would win them all."
UNBELIEVABLE GREAT STUFF TONIGHT!!!!
Best part????
Is Z back? Is Z gonna be able to pitch the rest of the year???
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'll be telling
my grandkids I was here!
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
Here!
Even if “here” means central PA I’ve been following every pitch :-P
by imgonephishin on Sep 14, 2008 9:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Taking it all in
and enjoying every minute of it.
"Every team will win 60 games, every team will lose 60 games, it's what the team does in the other 42 games that decides the season."
Here with my heart medicine!
"Years of academy training, wasted"--Buzz Lightyear (not a flying toy)
by spoiledcubbage on Sep 14, 2008 9:33 PM CDT up reply actions
here
"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 14, 2008 9:37 PM CDT up reply actions
I'll be honest
I didn’t want to jinx it by jumping on here in the 6th, so I rode it out and appeared now.
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
yo!
Our 2008 Chicago Cubs -- FINDING WAYS TO WIN!
by drewishdrewid on Sep 14, 2008 9:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Here!
We saw history tonight…don’t ever forget it!
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
Z!!!!!
I didn’t want to post here until the game went final. Bad luck or something…
Z!
"Your eyes can decieve you. Don't trust them." Obi-Wan Kenobi, the first sabermetrician...
HERE!
"ROUS's? Rodents of Unusual Size. Don't worry, they don't exist."
http://margaritagirl11.spaces.live.com/
Carlos noticed the radar gun at the beginning of the game
reading 98 – 99
I was observing no hitter etiqutte by not coming to bcb until it was done
WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Relax, all right? Don't try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring! Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic. Crash Davis
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
.
I'm a reader not a poster, but I'm also a poster so don't get any ideas.
I just told my husband....
this is what winning the world series will feel like. Times 100!
"ROUS's? Rodents of Unusual Size. Don't worry, they don't exist."
http://margaritagirl11.spaces.live.com/
+100000000000000
My husband uttered Z has a … and I yelled nooooo! shut up you jack ass!
I just shook everything in our house with my jumping up and down and screaming.
Can’t even imagine what IT will be like…..
It has to start some place. It has to start some time. What better place than here. What better time than now. ~Rage Against the Machine
by love the ivy on Sep 14, 2008 9:33 PM CDT up reply actions
JUMP ON THE TRAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager
SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .287 27 HR 70 RBI
What GREAT fans!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Name any other NL team that travels that well in such short notice!!!!
Random thought:
This was only the Cubs’ second complete game of the season.
Strange, huh?
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman
Last week I asked what a pitcher has to do to get a chance at a CG
when Lilly had 90 pitches through 8 innings and just one run allowed.
Now we know!!
WHO'S ALL HERE? AND BEEN HERE FROM THE BEGINNING? I STARTED THE ROLL CALL, HERE IT IS AGAIN...
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
I was here!
"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager
SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .287 27 HR 70 RBI
We can always go back and find this in the BCB history...
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
Here
Wish I was in Milwaukee, though.
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman
hey partner
"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 preachermancubsfan on Sep 14, 2008 9:32 PM CDT up reply actions
been here from the beginning, but being real quiet as I have been playing RockBand2 until the 9th.
Then I had to call everyone in the fam and scream!!!
"I'll be deep in the cold, cold ground before I recognize Missourah." - Abe Simpson
Here...in-freaking-credible
thank you folks for letting me share this with fellow fans
"Years of academy training, wasted"--Buzz Lightyear (not a flying toy)
by spoiledcubbage on Sep 14, 2008 9:35 PM CDT up reply actions
Better late than never!!!
YEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAARRRGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by John Q Freejazz on Sep 14, 2008 9:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Here and very happy I was......and I will never forget it
"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
HERE
here here here here here…putting off homework has never paid off so well
Time is an illusion--lunch time doubly so.
I am here now
"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 14, 2008 9:38 PM CDT up reply actions
hey Maddy
What a great day…Packers and Cubs!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Don't give me any of that ole' bulls#!t." - Lou Brown
yesso
"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 14, 2008 9:38 PM CDT up reply actions
Here for it all
and was glad to see it on mlb.tv
I wasn't here on the board
for all of it, but I listened to or watched the whole game. :)
Our 2008 Chicago Cubs -- FINDING WAYS TO WIN!
by drewishdrewid on Sep 14, 2008 9:42 PM CDT up reply actions
Here
Beginning to end!
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
Here.....and getting misty-eyed......
I asked my wife if she wanted to watch the bottom of the 9th and see if Z got his no-hitter, and she said, “I think I’ll know if it happens.” She was right.
"[Lou Piniella] might be over 100, but he still has a lot of fire in him." - Ted Lilly, Sept. 10, 2008
by CaughtInTheVines on Sep 14, 2008 9:31 PM CDT reply actions
I am SO JEALOUS
of Al right now!
"ROUS's? Rodents of Unusual Size. Don't worry, they don't exist."
http://margaritagirl11.spaces.live.com/
I wanted
to be there so bad tonight!!!!!!!!!!!
"Don't give me any of that ole' bulls#!t." - Lou Brown
me too
"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 14, 2008 9:40 PM CDT up reply actions
I told my hubby
fairly early on yesterday tat according to the Brewers website we could still get tickets 6 rows behind one of the dugouts and if we drove like hell and floated our jeep acorss water when needed, we could make it there in time. He chuckled, I was actually pretty serious. I really wish we would have now!
It has to start some place. It has to start some time. What better place than here. What better time than now. ~Rage Against the Machine
by love the ivy on Sep 15, 2008 10:45 AM CDT up reply actions
My first Cub no-hitter as a fan
I was one when pappas thre the last one. They asked Z if he knew who thre the last and he said Pappas and mentioned that Pappas tells him at the Cubs Convention that he would throw the next one.
"Don't give me any of that ole' bulls#!t." - Lou Brown
The Brewers are DONE, Magic Number: 7, and they are seven games back
games like these tonight give clubs huge momentum. look at the Red Sox last year after Buchholz threw one in Setember and they won the WS
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
wow
Good lord…seeing that makes you want to believe anything is possible with this team!
Good!
buddy of mine who was there called me
by chitownhawkeye on Sep 14, 2008 9:45 PM CDT up reply actions
i turned it on and saaw the no-hitter coming in the 6th...
i didnt dare get on here out of superstition lol
"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 preachermancubsfan on Sep 14, 2008 9:32 PM CDT reply actions
I had logged during the first overflow thread
to chat with a friend that isnt online hardly ever. Pat and Ron couldnt stop talking about the no hitter… so I got out my file cabinet and started to organize stuff. Helped with the nerves…. now Im back
"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 14, 2008 9:42 PM CDT up reply actions
This is first no hitter in 36 years
"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 14, 2008 9:44 PM CDT up reply actions
The Nation's Capital is represented by me!
"I'm not much of a chemistry guy, you know. Chemistry to me is a pinch-hit double with the bases loaded"--Jim Frey, Chicago Tribune, 1985.
Big Z!
Woohoo!
What a magical year!
Cubbie Swagger in 2008: Cheer boldly as if the dream is a reality!!!
by Ghost of Fred Merkle on Sep 14, 2008 9:32 PM CDT reply actions
here
still cant believe what i just saw
from the mouth of Uecker:
"Am I the only one who’s glad it’s only a 4-game series? If was a 9-game series, I think the Cubs would win them all."
ZINSANITY!
Fukudometer: Created 3/31/08 Wrigley Debut 4/5/08 WGN and Japan TV Debut 4/6/08 Sun Times Debut: 4/20/08 Coffee Table Debut: 7/17/08 (http://www.wearecubsfans.com)
FIRST POST!
I JUST SIGNED UP FOR THIS BLOG!!! WHAT A FIRST POST!!!!!!!!!!! NO HITTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YEEEEEAAAHHHHH!!
What an incredible day to be a Cub fan!
I’m in Champaign, and it wasn’t on WGN America, so I listened on Gameday and switched to ESPN for the 9th. What a game! Just incredible stuff! Something I’ve never seen in my lifetime!!
We can only hope this is the appetizer for a main course in October!
"And heeeere cooome the pretzels!"
So...
….what’d I miss?
Let my ashes blow in a beautiful snow from the prevailing 30 mile an hour southwest wind...
When my last remains go flying over the left field wall, I'll bid the bleacher bums adieu,
And I will come to my final resting place, out on Waveland Avenue. --Steve Goodman
something about a pitcher not giving up a hit
ESPN is covering a potential NYY-BOS series
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
Came in late...
Don’t usually chime in during the game, but had to for this!!!
Way back... outta here!!!
Thanks to the pirate mlb tv feed
I didn’t have to hide under my bed in the 9th inning! I was 15 the last time I saw a Cubs no-hitter….
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Sep 14, 2008 9:33 PM CDT reply actions
Congratulations!
First Cubs No no I see. I watched the whole game on MLB.TV and the last inning on ESPN.
What a magical season!
by Fraggin Judge on Sep 14, 2008 9:45 PM CDT up reply actions
Hey NFL
have a seat
I have discovered in twenty years of moving around a ball park, that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats. ~Bill Veeck
yeah
stupid football
what he said
It has to start some place. It has to start some time. What better place than here. What better time than now. ~Rage Against the Machine
by love the ivy on Sep 14, 2008 9:34 PM CDT up reply actions
NFL is just baseball held hostage
"Years of academy training, wasted"--Buzz Lightyear (not a flying toy)
by spoiledcubbage on Sep 14, 2008 9:37 PM CDT up reply actions
Wait til tomorrow
When all you hear is people complaining that this was a rip off for the Astros! Talk about an insult….Sabathia couldn’t get his no-no and Z comes in and gets it at the Brewers place while playing someone else!
Ok so I just got here
Wanted to post in about the 7th. couldn’t bring myself to do that. Prolly my favorite moment of all time. No question.
Moment is currently being ruined by a Sox fan calling this scripted by MLB.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
Scripted by MLB?
No, that would have been the other way around. I don’t think Grandmaster Bud wanted to see a Cubs no-no in the house that Robin Yount built.
In the middle of a good time, Truth gave me her icy kiss. Look around, you must be joking. All that way, all that way for this? -Oysterband
Yeah sorry for ruining the mood in here by saying that
Just hearing a lot of bs in my ear right now. Apparently MLB has scripted this season.
Back to the NO-HITTER!!!!!!!!!!
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
let's not be too hasty
after all, Manny didn’t play in this game, nor ARod.
Our 2008 Chicago Cubs -- FINDING WAYS TO WIN!
by drewishdrewid on Sep 14, 2008 9:44 PM CDT up reply actions
And the NFL
will no doubt clog the broadcast a bit
"Years of academy training, wasted"--Buzz Lightyear (not a flying toy)
by spoiledcubbage on Sep 14, 2008 9:45 PM CDT up reply actions
And Jeter tied Lou Gehrig's record for most hits in Yankee Stadium
because that’s important.
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
Just got here...
… didnt want to jinx anything.
It’s gotta suck to be a brewers fan today.
In the middle of a good time, Truth gave me her icy kiss. Look around, you must be joking. All that way, all that way for this? -Oysterband
It's Back!
Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory
by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 14, 2008 9:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Amazing
to share this experience with all you great fans.
AMAZING!
THE WAVE
to remind us how fans of other teams can win games, despite not caring about whats going on at all. -Rudey
DAMN YOU BASEBALL GODS..
Ahh and they turned off the Sox game to switch to the Cubs game
I love it! I love it!
Go All In and Enjoy The Ride.
i don't know if there can be any more layers to this irony cake.
"I'll be deep in the cold, cold ground before I recognize Missourah." - Abe Simpson
where's Dr. Crawdad?
I’m sure he can provide something.
Our 2008 Chicago Cubs -- FINDING WAYS TO WIN!
by drewishdrewid on Sep 14, 2008 9:45 PM CDT up reply actions
How about Sox giving up 5 runs in 8th...tie ballgame.
Take that, vile crustacean!
Let my ashes blow in a beautiful snow from the prevailing 30 mile an hour southwest wind...
When my last remains go flying over the left field wall, I'll bid the bleacher bums adieu,
And I will come to my final resting place, out on Waveland Avenue. --Steve Goodman
!oG sbuC oG
"[Lou Piniella] might be over 100, but he still has a lot of fire in him." - Ted Lilly, Sept. 10, 2008
by CaughtInTheVines on Sep 14, 2008 9:35 PM CDT reply actions
MAN, I wish I could have heard Ron and Pat call that!
Any idea if their call will show up online?
"I'll be deep in the cold, cold ground before I recognize Missourah." - Abe Simpson
Ron almost couldnt say anything
I think when he finally did, he was choked up
It has to start some place. It has to start some time. What better place than here. What better time than now. ~Rage Against the Machine
by love the ivy on Sep 14, 2008 9:36 PM CDT up reply actions
It was great...
…for some reason we’ve always had the Cubs on our ESPN radio station out of St. Cloud, MN that I can barely pick up…but I thank god every day for it!
where?????
"I'll be deep in the cold, cold ground before I recognize Missourah." - Abe Simpson
THANKSSSSSS!!!!!
"I'll be deep in the cold, cold ground before I recognize Missourah." - Abe Simpson
I listened to it
It was pretty damn cool. Pat did most of it.
"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 14, 2008 9:36 PM CDT up reply actions
beyond awesome
beyond words to express it
just…. wow
It has to start some place. It has to start some time. What better place than here. What better time than now. ~Rage Against the Machine
Anyone notice the big huge Z gave Theroit.
Funny thing about winning is it heals all wounds
Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory
by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 14, 2008 9:35 PM CDT reply actions
Look it up
I basically called it in the first thread, i said “big z nono thru 1” after the first inning
Astro fans want to congratulate us!
From the Crawfish Boxes Blog:
I just wanna say eff you to Bud Selig, Zambrano and every Cubs fan in the world. And Jim Edmonds, for good measure.
But, hey, the Cubs fans can have a no hitter. We can hand them a few extra of ours. We’ve got about a billion of them we don’t need.
by Only_A_Lad on Sep 14, 2008 10:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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Thank You Bud Fucking Selig
Z most definitely could not have done it without you.
"I'm not much of a chemistry guy, you know. Chemistry to me is a pinch-hit double with the bases loaded"--Jim Frey, Chicago Tribune, 1985.
/dofts cap
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
Let them have their angst...
It has been a tough week for them. They can’t take away the no-no. They might as well blame Ike.
In the middle of a good time, Truth gave me her icy kiss. Look around, you must be joking. All that way, all that way for this? -Oysterband
agreed
not worth it to rub it in when they are down, not just in regards to baseball.
It has to start some place. It has to start some time. What better place than here. What better time than now. ~Rage Against the Machine
by love the ivy on Sep 14, 2008 9:39 PM CDT up reply actions
His anger is misplaced. It should be at the Astros owner.
Bad Karma for Drayton McLayne. (spell may be incorrect) Ike was hitting Houston, and he was still pleading the game be played there. I don’t swear very much, but this guy is a major asshole. The city’s getting pummelled, and all this guy can think about is his box office.
Selig and MLB wasted too much time setting up contingency plans.
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Sep 14, 2008 9:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Why doesn't this idiot Astros fan thank Ike instead?
by Fraggin Judge on Sep 14, 2008 9:49 PM CDT up reply actions
yea, you have to love that the angst is aimed at the cubs.......
"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
This has been a special, special season.
What a thrill for me and for all of us.
IF IT TAKES FOREVER!!
by Cubfansince1957 on Sep 14, 2008 9:36 PM CDT reply actions
WowWeeWowWow!!!
Wonderful!!! Wonderful!!!! This is awesome!!!
Fun facts:
First no-hitter for Cubs in 36 years (I was negative 10 years of age)
Brewers now tied with Phillies for wild card
Brewers were two-hit tonight
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
Here
For the record: I was also at Kenny Holtzman’s 1969 no hitter.
"Earthly fame is naught but a breath of wind, which now comes hence and now comes thence, changing its name because it changes quarter." -- Dante, Purgatorio, Canto XI
I remember watching on my neighbor's TV
….in glorious black and white, and WGN putting up the cheesy first-generation computer graphics saying “no hitter!”
"[Lou Piniella] might be over 100, but he still has a lot of fire in him." - Ted Lilly, Sept. 10, 2008
by CaughtInTheVines on Sep 14, 2008 9:38 PM CDT up reply actions
I was there too
"When they signed Fukudome, I knew they were trying to get me fired". - Ron Santo, January, 2008
If memory serves
Z was more dominant tonight than Kenny was that day. Agree?
"Earthly fame is naught but a breath of wind, which now comes hence and now comes thence, changing its name because it changes quarter." -- Dante, Purgatorio, Canto XI
by sweetswinger on Sep 14, 2008 9:53 PM CDT up reply actions
You gotta be f---in kiddin me....
It wasnt even on TV here in NY….son of a bitch
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
Damn You, Entourage!
I had no idea what was going on b/c it wasnt on TV, so I watched entourage…perfect end to a lousy weekend
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
Saw this on the Astros' Broadcast
Mark it- this is THE year.
"When they signed Fukudome, I knew they were trying to get me fired". - Ron Santo, January, 2008
ha, I am glad the Astros decided no to play in Atlanta now!
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
true but this wouldn't have happened maybe
q
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
OBTW
White Sox, you can have your national feed back
I have discovered in twenty years of moving around a ball park, that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats. ~Bill Veeck
lol
It has to start some place. It has to start some time. What better place than here. What better time than now. ~Rage Against the Machine
by love the ivy on Sep 14, 2008 9:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Its funny
no matter what happens with the Sox game now—and they were up 7-2 last i saw it—the Sox will still be unknown in their own city. God, Ozzies going to go ape with his inferiority complex now. I love it so much—makes this even sweeter.
Time is an illusion--lunch time doubly so.
No. he's going to be happy about his fellow countryman's triumph.
Afterwards, Ozzie will say he did because there are no rats at Miller Park. :-)
by Fraggin Judge on Sep 14, 2008 9:51 PM CDT up reply actions
even worth a slightly injured ankle
Rushing into the house coming back from an errand in the 9th I twisted my ankle a bit but got to the dvr in time to get it going and watch the last 2 outs.
Go Cubs
BTW, I think Z answered the question
of who should start game 1 of the playoffs!
Hey, it's a new century!
Yes
that’s what it was. His fear. Not greed or selfishness at all :-)
by chitownhawkeye on Sep 14, 2008 10:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Anybody gonna wait for Lou? I wanna hear him.
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
Lou sounds really chipper
but still playing it cool like usual
It has to start some place. It has to start some time. What better place than here. What better time than now. ~Rage Against the Machine
by love the ivy on Sep 14, 2008 9:41 PM CDT up reply actions
It's gonna happen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Don't give me any of that ole' bulls#!t." - Lou Brown
Re-broadcast?
If anyone hears of any plans to rebroadcast this game on a national channel, please let us know!!!
Reed Ballgame - best CF in the MLB
by californiachicagoan on Sep 14, 2008 9:39 PM CDT reply actions
Did we just at least clinch the wild card?
Sorry my math sucks
"There is one thing I will never believe, and that is the Sox are better than the Cubs." - Frank Chance
Actually, the MN for the Division is now equal to the WC.... 7
McCain / Palin: The POW / WOW! Ticket
by Goat Whisperer on Sep 14, 2008 10:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Wow
Caught the last two pitches.
First No-No of my Cubs fandom and life. Way to go, Z! I actually had just remarked that I was surprised he hadn’t had one of these, just a week ago. So happy with the Cubs now!
"I tell you, Steve Blass, you pitch me inside, they never, never find that ball."
-Roberto Clemente
Game day has the final out
with the Astro’s call
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2008_09_14_chnmlb_houmlb_1&mode=gameday
In the middle of a good time, Truth gave me her icy kiss. Look around, you must be joking. All that way, all that way for this? -Oysterband
Alright and the postgame show
is with Jim Memolo, not Kaplan. Twice as sweet.
"Any old kind of a run wins it!"--Jack Brickhouse
hell yeah, ill turn it on
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
I always thought Big Z had it in him...
But it’s still hard to believe a Cubs no hitter happened in my lifetime.
Dear Astros Management,
Thank you for screwing up the entire scheduling of the series against the Cubs this weekend. We apologize for you not making a contigency plan for when the Hurricane struck. We apologize for bashing you for not playing in Atlanta or DC. Good Job Bud Selig
Sincerely,
Cubs Nation
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
This is just a little pre-party
before the bigger party before the PARTY TO END ALL PARTIES!
Get 'em on, Get 'em over, Get 'em in!
I'm all tingly
and sure this won’t be the last time this season.
"ROUS's? Rodents of Unusual Size. Don't worry, they don't exist."
http://margaritagirl11.spaces.live.com/
thats what she said!
and I agree
It has to start some place. It has to start some time. What better place than here. What better time than now. ~Rage Against the Machine
by love the ivy on Sep 14, 2008 9:46 PM CDT up reply actions
I'll be at the last game in Milwaukee
I hope it’s just a big pre-playoff celebration as we watch Ned Yost’s last game.
i'm
still numb—-cant believe what i just witnessed
from the mouth of Uecker:
"Am I the only one who’s glad it’s only a 4-game series? If was a 9-game series, I think the Cubs would win them all."
Wowww
What a great gane. This is our year!!!
We'll be all right if we can just get back on the expressway.
Lou post-game quotes, as I'm listening to them (trying to quote verbatim):
“He had everything going, from the first few pitches of the ballgame.”
“Just a great game.”
“You know, we needed this. We’ve been struggling, we’ve been struggling.”
“You know, you don’t expect it. You wanna see him throw the ball well…but you don’t expect a masterpiece like this though.”
(Reporter asks about electricity of crowd)
“What was the attendance?” “23.” “23? They [fans] seemed electric.”
Dan
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
Hmm. Think Al will have anything to report
from this game?
Go Green! Go White! GO STATE! (#13031 on the Cubs season ticket waiting list...)
I called Mom to tell her to turn on ESPN...
…she called back to say she was crying! Just amazing!
a win is a win.
I called my parents when the 9th started and I saw it was on ESPN
they called after the game and thanked me over and over and over.
"ROUS's? Rodents of Unusual Size. Don't worry, they don't exist."
http://margaritagirl11.spaces.live.com/
Loved it on the WGN radio postgame
Carlos Zambrano loves to pitch on 12 days rest! BWAH!
Man, am I glad I set the TiVo to record once I discovered I was getting the Astros feed on cable
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
Is anyone still watching these Astros idiots broadcasting saying the whole thing was a function of Ike
"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.
yeah Ike made Big Z throw like that
The home crowd made Z throw like that. Whatever he threw a no-no he would have done it anywhere tonight.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
My daughter just nailed it; she said..
Why are the Astros complaining about all the Cubs fans in Milwaukee. Even if they played it in Houston there wouldn’t have been any Astros fans because they all evacuated.
"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 14, 2008 9:47 PM CDT up reply actions
They are doing their job as company men...
I would bet that to a man though, every Astro would tip their hats to Z. There are no excuses. Yeah, it has been a rough week. But you still have to pitch like a madman for a no-no.
In the middle of a good time, Truth gave me her icy kiss. Look around, you must be joking. All that way, all that way for this? -Oysterband
The way Z was pitching,
it wouldn’t have made a difference where he was
"Years of academy training, wasted"--Buzz Lightyear (not a flying toy)
by spoiledcubbage on Sep 14, 2008 9:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah,
Natural diasasters do have a way of disrupting life. I’m sure the homeowners on Galveston Island are so pissed the Astros lost.
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Sep 14, 2008 9:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Funny/Sad story
My girlfriend was late to pick up her brother today from the train so that he could drive up to Miller Park for game….He decided not to rush and did not go to game…
I'm stunned...I'm still absorbing this
but I’m watching the hell outta any sports highlights show before bed tonight
/Begin Savor Mode
"Years of academy training, wasted"--Buzz Lightyear (not a flying toy)
No kidding
Screw going to work at 5 am….what a way to end a boring weekend with no Cubbies ball til tonight!
4th Cub no-no for me
(2) Holtzman, Pappas now Z
I have discovered in twenty years of moving around a ball park, that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats. ~Bill Veeck
I Can't Believe ESPN Has Milt Pappas' Number Handy like that....
by nervousCUBlover on Sep 14, 2008 9:45 PM CDT reply actions
Maybe during the game they got ahold of it
"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 14, 2008 9:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Didn't you hear Bud scripted all this?
That’s what some Astros fans are saying.
by Fraggin Judge on Sep 14, 2008 9:55 PM CDT up reply actions
If he scripted it
We would have seen evidence of the script Friday, not waiting around
by chitownhawkeye on Sep 14, 2008 10:09 PM CDT up reply actions
May 12, 2001
AJ Burnett went 1-for-3 when throwing a no-hitter versus San Diego. Burnett also walked 9 and had 7 strikeouts.
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
Correct me if I'm wrong...
but wasn’t this the first “neutral site” no-hitter in MLB history?
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman
Great question
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I'd guess
the odds on that are pretty good
by chitownhawkeye on Sep 14, 2008 10:09 PM CDT up reply actions
So he was on walk away from Perfection?
From Michael Bourn who is batting .221….ah man that sucks, thats like getting a 99% on test when you were a kid
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
Why am I watching a dog drive a car on WGN
how bout the news
I have discovered in twenty years of moving around a ball park, that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats. ~Bill Veeck
That's WGN America - they didn't carry the game and probably won't carry the news either
they usually don’t when WGN in Chicago airs a sports event that’s exclusive to the Chicago market.
Follow me.
"I'm not much of a chemistry guy, you know. Chemistry to me is a pinch-hit double with the bases loaded"--Jim Frey, Chicago Tribune, 1985.
Pappas laying into.......
Bruce Froeming about losing perfect game. Love it…….
Way to go Z!!!!!!
Yeah on ESPNEWS
Its pretty funny, I wonder if Wood says the same things about Kevin Orie
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
This is something that bothers me...
… whenever I hear Pappas talk about that pitch, it’s always to the effect that “he could have given it to me… it was a perfect game… no one would say anything.” Rarely do I hear that Froeming actually missed the call.
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by Goat Whisperer on Sep 14, 2008 10:10 PM CDT up reply actions
well I am out for the evening
what a GREAT game!
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
Can't think of any better
Cub fans than all of you to spend this special night with. Thanks for being here tonight.
And, hopefully, some legit TV
coverage for those of us in the hinterlands….
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Sep 14, 2008 9:50 PM CDT reply actions
And some recognition of Soto...
by the stupid NY centric Puerto Rican press. All they can write about in the papers are the Mets, Carlos Beltrán and Carlos Delgado. I guess they will be surprised when Soto is named rookie of the year.
by Fraggin Judge on Sep 14, 2008 9:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Here's hoping that this
gets the team back to playing at the top of their game for the next 6 weeks or so…
+1
though they may get a ‘hungover’ pass tomorrow. I’m sure they can find a place or two to celebrate in Milwaukee tonight.
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
Bllackouts ?
Has anyone heard where MLB is on ending the stupid blackouts?
We'll be all right if we can just get back on the expressway.
The ESPN blackouts on Sunday nights won't be changed for the next 6 years at least.
That’s what’s left of the current TV contract.
by Fraggin Judge on Sep 14, 2008 9:57 PM CDT up reply actions
Amazing
One of the greatest things I have ever witnessed, my body was shaking in the 8th and 9th.
"I play for them," Soriano said quietly at his locker Saturday after a mob around him cleared. "I want to play great for them because I know it means so much to them."
wow the Cubs pitching staff loves to dominate the Astros hitters
1998 – Kerry Wood’s 20 K performance
2008 – Zambrano’s no hitter
2018 – hmm…lets say Shark pitches well..
2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?
New overflow thread is up, people
http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2008/9/14/613966/overflow-thread-3-cubs-vs
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
Wow
Caught the last two pitches.
First No-No of my Cubs fandom and life. Way to go, Z! I actually had just remarked that I was surprised he hadn’t had one of these, just a week ago. So happy with the Cubs now!
"I tell you, Steve Blass, you pitch me inside, they never, never find that ball."
-Roberto Clemente
Long Time Lurker
I have been reading you guys and gals for three years, but this is my first comment. I am just so moved by watching Z tonight. I knew he had it in him, but that was so great. I wish I could have seen it. I’ll catch the Archive on MLB. Just wanted to say thanks for the last three years, and I’m a dizzy, excited Cubs fan as I hit the sheets.
Way to go Zambrano, way to go.
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