I Cannot Believe What I Just Heard

by jaredprebish on Sep 14, 2008 9:59 PM CDT

With appologies to Jack Buck, the Baseball Gods are truly with the Cubs!! We have weathered the storm of a bad slump and we get the gift of....a baseball game in Milwaukee....and a no hitter by Carlos Zambrano!!

Thanks to the technology of my wife's iphone, we followed the game as best we could. I kept thinking to myself why Zambrano wasn't taken out (to preserve his arm). But man, he didn't throw many pitches. It's been 10+ years since we have seen a true gem, but I'm so happy that Zambrano got this done!!

I've been on the nay-sayer side of the recent slump, so maybe this gives us the push needed to finish the Central and then go on from there!!

Go Cubs Go!!!!

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The Zambra-no-no...

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

by NotSure on Sep 14, 2008 10:16 PM CDT reply actions

Only three fanposts on the no-no?

C’mon, damnit. I want one for every inning! Get to it!

CONGRATS TO BIG Z!!!

"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 daver on Sep 14, 2008 10:34 PM CDT reply actions

just wait... the right hand side will be overflowing in about 90 minutes...

Everyone who was at the game is gonna want to writer their own fanpost as soon as they get home about what it was like seeing it live.

Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on Sep 14, 2008 10:41 PM CDT up reply actions

And we have four!

by daver on Sep 14, 2008 11:00 PM CDT up reply actions

Should I start a fanpost about the fanposts?

Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.

by dtpollitt on Sep 14, 2008 11:10 PM CDT up reply actions

By my count...

…we’re up to seven fanposts. If another one goes up, I may put up the ninth just to fulfill my dream of seeing one for every inning of last night’s game.

by daver on Sep 15, 2008 9:56 AM CDT up reply actions

I feel a lot better about the postseason all of a sudden.....

DeRosa: And who is the best and who is the worst card player?

Dempster: I think the best is yourself. [ . . .] I think the worst player is D-Lee. I think he bets every time just to bet.

by EJThunder on Sep 14, 2008 10:41 PM CDT reply actions

I heard this debate on the Final Word.....

Who do the Cubs send out for the first game of a playoff series?
Dempster?
Harden?
Zambrano?

Does this no-hitter make Big Z #1 again?

I think Zambrano should be sent out.

Thoughts?

DeRosa: And who is the best and who is the worst card player?

Dempster: I think the best is yourself. [ . . .] I think the worst player is D-Lee. I think he bets every time just to bet.

by EJThunder on Sep 14, 2008 10:43 PM CDT reply actions

We're not in the playoffs...

At least not yet.

Let’s worry about winning our next game.

by Snake Plisskin on Sep 14, 2008 10:48 PM CDT up reply actions

the magic number is 7

maybe soon we should start thinking about it, I mean if everything falls into place we can clinch by Thursday

by BelieveinBlue2314 on Sep 14, 2008 10:50 PM CDT up reply actions

OH MY GOD!

I don’t know what to say.

Well other than Congratulations to Big Z and the Cubs!

Oh, and thanks WGN for not showing it where I live.

Also, let’s worry about winning our next game. I had to say it.

by Snake Plisskin on Sep 14, 2008 10:47 PM CDT reply actions

I would also like to thank ESPN for graciously switching from their coverage of the White Sux game so we could at least see the ninth inning (though listening to Pat and Ron was better)

by southernilcubfan on Sep 14, 2008 10:56 PM CDT up reply actions

It wasn't WGN's fault.

They couldn’t show the game out of the local Chicago market because of ESPN’s national exclusivity on Sunday nights according to the current TV contract. At least they showed the complete game on MLB.TV (It’s usually blacked out on Sunday night) and ESPN showed the last inning live.

Now you know why Al and a lot of fans don’t like those TV blackouts.

by Fraggin Judge on Sep 15, 2008 7:52 AM CDT up reply actions