You Really CAN'T Win 'Em All: Cubs 2, Brewers 6
by Al on Sep 18, 2008 8:26 AM CDT
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In comparison to the parade of what seemed like about 1,500 relief pitchers (okay, actually seven) that the Brewers trotted onto the mound after Ben Sheets left with more "forearm tightness" (who's going to give that guy any sort of big free agent deal with his injury history?), this recap of the Cubs' 6-2 loss to Milwaukee last night will be mercifully short, as the two teams are going to take the field again this afternoon in just a few hours.
Jason Marquis (who, I learned from today's Tribune, presuming a clinching is near, will have played on a postseason qualifier nine years in a row, though only actually IN postseason games three times, four if he gets into one this year) was wild in the first inning, after an 11-day layoff. That hurt him when Prince Fielder cleared the bases with a double down the right-field line. (Despite Milwaukee's 4-12 record in September, they do remain an actual good team.)
And that, essentially, was the game. Give Marquis credit, at least, for settling down and giving the Cubs the chance to get back into it; when Aramis Ramirez homered to make it 3-1, there was some hope, but the Cubs really didn't have any further scoring opportunities until the ninth, when they scored another consolation run off Brewers closer Salomon Torres. By then Angel Guzman and Kevin Hart had hit two batters in the seventh inning and the Brewers scored three more runs. There was one strange sequence in which it appeared that Corey Hart had stolen second base and Geovany Soto made a weak throw and Ryan Theriot made a half-hearted attempt at a tag, but Craig Counsell was hit by that pitch. The Yahoo play-by-play missed Counsell's at-bat entirely:
- R. Braun hit by pitch - P. Fielder singled to center, R. Braun to third - J.J. Hardy doubled to deep right, R. Braun scored, P. Fielder to third - C. Hart singled to left center, P. Fielder and J.J. Hardy scored - K. Hart relieved A. Guzman - C. Hart stole second - J. Kendall sacrificed to third, C. Hart to third, C. Counsell to second - M. Lamb hit for M. Stetter - M. Lamb flied into double play left to catcher, C. Hart out at home
Where's Counsell in that sequence? The PBP says "C. Counsell to second" on Jason Kendall's bunt, but how did he reach? It doesn't say. (Hart didn't actually get a stolen base. The ball must have grazed Counsell's shirt, because hardly anyone in the park noticed that he had been hit.)
Oh, well. Reduced to nitpicking about mistakes, I feel compelled to point out that there's one on the Wrigley Field scorecard from this series. Each series they put a bit of trivia involving the two teams on the top of the card; for this series it was noting "the most runs ever scored by the Cubs off the Brewers", and cited this game, a 17-4 win in the second game of a doubleheader on September 2, 2002.
Guess they forgot to check this year. You all remember the 19-5 blowout of the Brewers on April 30, right?
Enough. The Cubs now have to wait until at least Friday night for a division clinching party. They finished the regular-season home night game schedule with a 19-8 record; the remainder of the home season is all in the sunshine; the weather the rest of the week is supposed to be spectacularly beautiful early fall weather. As has been the case so many times this year, a win today wins the series and that's always Lou's goal. Today's pregame thread goes up at 11:30 am CDT.
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I SECOND that...
"Remember each day this year, where you were, what you were doing, who you were with, how you felt as the Cubs win their way through it. Because if this does turn out to be the promised land we have all been waiting for, you will want to remember, savor, cherish every moment..."
by CubsBullsBears on Sep 18, 2008 8:32 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
C'mon, say it decisively!
"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 18, 2008 9:47 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, you're first.
I’m second or third, or something. Darn phone had to ring while I was reading the post…
Anyway…so, the Cubs won’t be clinching today—bummer, I’m going out of town and won’t really be able to watch games for a while…
by jdb-44 on Sep 18, 2008 8:33 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Not really disappointed...
It’s weird, but with the situation we’re in, I don’t really feel that bad about last night’s loss. I went to bed with a, “Meh, we’ll get ’em tomorrow” kind of attitude.
"Remember each day this year, where you were, what you were doing, who you were with, how you felt as the Cubs win their way through it. Because if this does turn out to be the promised land we have all been waiting for, you will want to remember, savor, cherish every moment..."
by CubsBullsBears on Sep 18, 2008 8:33 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I was disappointed...
…because I figured that, when Sheets was pulled in the 2nd, we were gonna walk all over their bullpen.
It was like someone had given us an early Hannukah gift and we forgot to open it.
by sniffy the bee on Sep 18, 2008 8:39 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I too thought we would be in business
but the consistency of which we hit is a little alarming. Not sure whether the players relaxed or what when Sheets went out. Clinching will happen soon. Would be nice to get the magic number down to 2 this afternoon to speed things along a little.
This is only the beginning....Lou Pinella end of '07 season and Chicago Transit Authority (the band when they were really good).
by mrcubsfan on Sep 18, 2008 8:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Seemed a little flat last night...
Not a lot to cheer about.
"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 18, 2008 8:47 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
yep. flat as a pancake
The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano
by Emelie on Sep 18, 2008 9:01 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Does the mean the Brewers will be giving the Cubs several more gifts?
If so, I 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 18, 2008 10:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
indeed
the first Channukah gift always sucked anyway. Underwear or socks. Today’s gift will be better.
But it will continue to be vegetarian.
Our 2008 Chicago Cubs -- FINDING WAYS TO WIN!
by drewishdrewid on Sep 18, 2008 11:16 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Damnit...
I was hoping for some brisket!
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Sep 18, 2008 11:16 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I will trade a win for vegetarian gifts.
Today only. And the vegetarian gift needs to be a Sombrero from the Fattest Vegetarian Alive.
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by Trey2317 on Sep 18, 2008 11:50 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well.
I see the Cubs have decided to wait to clinch until I am at Wrigley Friday or Saturday. Fine by me.
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
by dtpollitt on Sep 18, 2008 8:33 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Clinching against STL...
Would be very nice.
"Remember each day this year, where you were, what you were doing, who you were with, how you felt as the Cubs win their way through it. Because if this does turn out to be the promised land we have all been waiting for, you will want to remember, savor, cherish every moment..."
by CubsBullsBears on Sep 18, 2008 8:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
True...
…but I still wish it would’ve been against the Brewers, our closest competitors this season.
by sniffy the bee on Sep 18, 2008 8:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I heard them talking about that.... "lets wait until Dan gets here"
;)
"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 18, 2008 9:29 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
this is what we wanted
i’m praying the cubs clinch tomorrow night when i’m there! i know it’s sad and i shouldn’t admit this, but i wasn’t sad that the cubs lost last night……..
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
by cubswynn on Sep 18, 2008 9:46 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'll be on a plane to Toronto...
…as the game gets underway. Rooting for the Cubs from 30,000 feet.
Oh, and then I’ll be at a Jays-Orioles game tonight. Talk about polar opposite from what I imagine the atmosphere to be at Wrigley.
by sniffy the bee on Sep 18, 2008 8:34 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
You can probably get front row to that game!
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by dtpollitt on Sep 18, 2008 8:49 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The picture of Geo
needs to be in his uniform. His picture was in street close and we lost last night, so I say from now on, the Geo pics are in uniform only.
"Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance"
by MerlinDog on Sep 18, 2008 8:37 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
clothes...
street clothes not street close. -1 for me :(
"Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance"
by MerlinDog on Sep 18, 2008 8:40 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Interesting observation.
The whims of the Baseball Gods are myriad. Git ’er done, Al.
"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 18, 2008 9:49 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Didn't this whole streak start with Geo
in his Sports Illustrated shoot outfit? I think it worked then…
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 18, 2008 11:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sheets
Watching on TV and backing up the DVR, you could see where Sheets grabbed his elbow after his last pitch. As much as I now dislike the Brewers, I can’t help but feel for Milwaukee’s very own Kerry Wood. Tough for their team, possibly even tougher for Sheets journey in free agency.
As for Merlin Dog’s post that came up while I was typing, please, no pictures of Geo “out of uniform.” This is a family site.
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by N Oakley on Sep 18, 2008 8:40 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I read an article
saying that Sheets said something to the effect of “My elbow’s been hurting for awhile now”. I just don’t like the Brewers or the Mets if either gets to the playoffs – they don’t have the rotations or bullpen to do much of anything, IMO.
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
by dtpollitt on Sep 18, 2008 8:50 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i know what Al's saying about Sheets
however in this era of paying big bucks to pitchers (see lilly, marquis) i think he will still get a VERY generous contract…..i’m guessing 4 years, $60 mil
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
by cubswynn on Sep 18, 2008 9:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I doubt he gets ANY deal without some sort of injury protection clause or option years.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Sep 18, 2008 10:08 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree.
Sheets has done an admirable job of battling through this season, but the groin pull of a few weeks ago coupled with this recent arm trouble probably spells doom for his chances of getting a truly HUGE deal.
"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 18, 2008 10:10 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i don't
outside of dempster, cc, he’s got to be considered the top pitcher out there
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
by cubswynn on Sep 18, 2008 10:11 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
let me amend that
i think he will get a big deal, however yes i agree there will be an injury clause
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
by cubswynn on Sep 18, 2008 10:16 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did Magglio Ordonez have something like that in his last contract?
He was coming off knee surgery and still got that big deal, but with a protection clause i think.
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by nji232 on Sep 18, 2008 10:13 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, the Tigers were protected re: that specific injury.
If Maggs had gone down with the same knee injury, the Tigers were protected.
Obviously, it worked out pretty well for Detroit.
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by D98 on Sep 18, 2008 10:30 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Most long-term contracts are insured
Sheets will get his deal from someone.
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 18, 2008 10:28 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Assuming there are any non-bankrupt insurance companies still in existence...
…case in point, AIG.
"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.
by zevkalman on Sep 18, 2008 10:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey! watch it buddy! I happend to be one of the OWNERS of AIG!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 18, 2008 10:43 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
good example.
They are not bankrupt. Govt owned and operated, but not bankrupt.
Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...
by N Oakley on Sep 18, 2008 10:43 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, not bankrupt thanks to SWL's (and my) pocketbooks!
"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.
by zevkalman on Sep 18, 2008 10:44 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So you tapped Liddy for CEO?
Good pick.
"Chase Daniel has more touchdowns (seven) than incompletions (six) the past two weeks. Which is just silly." Pat Forde, ESPN
by PurpleLineToWrigley on Sep 18, 2008 10:45 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You mean Milwaukke's very own Mark Prior, right?
Because Kerry Wood has been healthy and fairly effective for well over a season now.
"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 18, 2008 9:49 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
True,
but imagine if he kept starting. Ick.
Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...
by N Oakley on Sep 18, 2008 10:01 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Right, that would have been a disaster.
"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 18, 2008 10:05 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I should also say
I was comparing Sheets with a Cub.
Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...
by N Oakley on Sep 18, 2008 10:01 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is the thought in my mind as I woke this morning:
The Cubs trying to figure out seven Milwaukee bullpenners was like a student asked the question, “What is 257 + blue?”
I thought, like I’m sure most of the rest of you did, that when Sheets left in the third things were about to bust wide open. All it busted open was my desire to see what else was on TV.
Onwards and upwards, I guess. Harden can get it to two today, win the series against the Brewers, and set up a hopeful Division Championship party at home against our all-time rivals.
Go Cubs Go.
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 18, 2008 8:41 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
11 Games to Go (in regular season)
Magic number of 4. I’m guessing the Brewers and Astros will each lose at least 4 games over the remainder of the season. Situation pretty good, now get this done.
Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...
by N Oakley on Sep 18, 2008 8:43 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Same here.
I would’ve begrudgingly accepted a 6-2 loss to Ben Sheets. No shame in that. But when he left the field, this game went from being probably losable to eminently winnable. To be honest, I’d never even heard of DiFelice before. I figured the Cubs would light him up. And if not him, at least one of the Brewers parade of reliever mediocrity. Not so, I guess. Not so.
"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 18, 2008 9:53 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yup.
In fact, the ESPN guys said 3 runs in the first with Sheets on the mound ought to be enough for a win. The announcer then tried to cover for the Cubs by stating they had prepared for Sheets, not the bullpen. I didn’t buy it.
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 18, 2008 9:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Officially Counsell was HBP
But I could not see the hit on the replays, and ESPN played it about 4 times
Cubs Win!! Cubs Win!
by Ihatethecards on Sep 18, 2008 8:41 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Can't see something that didn't ever happen.
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 18, 2008 8:45 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I saw it on the WCIU broadcast...
…the ball barely grazed his uniform.
"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 18, 2008 9:54 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That had to be it...
… we were all watching Hart run and figured he had a SB. Looked up to see Counsell on first, wondered how he got there.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Sep 18, 2008 10:09 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Joe West didn't call ANYTHING... No one knew.
The Brewer announcers said, “Boy, West must have told Counsel to take his base.” No arms in the air, no point to first. Nothing.
"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 18, 2008 11:18 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I really hope they
clinch it on Friday. Im out of the country and the cable company is actually showing this game live! pleaseohpleaseohplease!
by DaveKingmansMustache on Sep 18, 2008 8:45 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I hope they clinch on Saturday
because, let assume we win today. That drops our magic number to 2. Since we play a day game on Friday and the brewers play a night game, that means if we win Friday’s game our magic is one, so the only way we clinch on Friday is with a brewers lose. I would rather watch us clinch on the field with a win on Saturday then to clinch with a brewers lose Friday night.
"Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance"
by MerlinDog on Sep 18, 2008 8:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So you're asking for
A W today
A W tomorrow / Brew W
And a W Sat, doesn’t matter what the Brewers do?!
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
by dtpollitt on Sep 18, 2008 9:05 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
sounds right.
Im just mad I wont get to see it.
by DaveKingmansMustache on Sep 18, 2008 9:06 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That sounds about right
plus if we clinch on Saturday I won’t be work while the game is going on. And since it’s national broadcast on FOX Saturday everyone gets to see us celebrate. It will be what is hopefully a preview of three postseason celebrations (NLDS, NLCS & WS)
"Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance"
by MerlinDog on Sep 18, 2008 9:12 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like this thinking.
Oh, wait. I’m at the game Saturday.
Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...
by N Oakley on Sep 18, 2008 9:25 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd still take the earliest clinching possible!
I still laugh about how the Cubs watching the Milwaukee game last year in the Cincy locker room, and Dempster found a remote and changed the channel to “The Golden Girls”.
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by D98 on Sep 18, 2008 10:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
haha never heard that story
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
by cubswynn on Sep 18, 2008 10:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 18, 2008 10:39 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ha!
Love Demp.
Bottom line: clinch as soon as possible, by any means.
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 18, 2008 10:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
TWSS
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 18, 2008 10:44 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What's the minimum a starter has to pitch to qualify for the win?
Is it 5?
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
by dtpollitt on Sep 18, 2008 8:51 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
yes, why?
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Sep 18, 2008 8:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Because Sheets threw 2 last night.
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
by dtpollitt on Sep 18, 2008 8:53 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
did Al say he got the win? (I'm to lazy to reread the post)
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by graceunderpressure on Sep 18, 2008 8:54 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow.
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
by dtpollitt on Sep 18, 2008 8:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, Sheets did not get the win.
Nor did I write that.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Sep 18, 2008 9:16 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know. I was "Wow-ing" at grace...didn't want to read 3 paragraphs.
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
by dtpollitt on Sep 18, 2008 9:23 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Takes longer
To write that you do not want to read the summary than to write that
by gocubsgo22 on Sep 18, 2008 9:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
ok who is questioning my work ethic around here?
I’m sorry that was pretty lazy of me, i am kind of busy this morning. Ok, just being lazy
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by graceunderpressure on Sep 18, 2008 10:20 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hope for Harden to not have the...........
obligatory bad start all top pitchers have along the way. I also hope St. Louis wins tonight, we don’t need them coming in here losing 6 in a row and a hungry to postpone celebrations. I always fear teams with losing streaks (because all streaks come to an end, especially once the get over the 5 game mark either way.
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Sep 18, 2008 8:51 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Plus
they’ve been stuck playing non-contenders. They’re gonna view us as a team they can hurt by playing good against. But they also have to deal with Z, Theodore, and Demp.
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 18, 2008 8:54 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just want to clinch, no excitement for once, you hear me Cubbies, no excitement
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Sep 18, 2008 8:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Win this series and the next.
No problem.
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 18, 2008 8:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think Harden already had his obligatory bad start...
…in this game. Fortunately, the offense saved the day.
"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 18, 2008 9:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
1 thing learned from last nights game:
Joe West should retire. He was consistently bad both sides. He didn’t know his strike zone let alone the real one. I was wondering why the Cubs were swinging at so many 1st pitches. I think it was because they didn’t want to fall into West’s grey unknown area. Obviously he wasn’t the reason they lost, I was just observing a really old ump who doesn’t seem like he cares about the game anymore. Just a job for 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 18, 2008 8:52 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Plus
they’ve been stuck playing non-contenders. They’re gonna view us as a team they can hurt by playing good against. But they also have to deal with Z, Theodore, and Demp.
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 18, 2008 8:53 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ignore.
That was a reply for grace above…
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 18, 2008 8:54 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Agree
Rick Sutcliff was broadcasting last night as the color guy on ESPN. He made me laugh in the 6th or so he made a comment that this game wasn’t going to go under Joe West’s highlight reel. That usually he does a pretty good job but that he had kinda mucked up several calls tonight. (Not an exact quote, but pretty close.) You usually don’t hear announcers criticize the umps, so to hear it so blatantly was surprising.
The Brewers should have won 7-2 at least as well. Corey Hart was safe at the plate when Soriano threw him out. West blew that call too.
"Manny Trillo is coming in to pinch run. You know, for a lot of teams, you would pinch run for Manny Trillo." - Harry Caray
by Archie on Sep 18, 2008 9:08 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, he was letting him having it.
Also, after they did YET ANOTHER piece on 1908, and the other announcer continued to talk about it, Sutt muttered, “Okay, okay…” to move it along.
Awesome.
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 18, 2008 9:16 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sut
Sut still bleeds Cubbie blue.
I love redheaded Cubs pitchers.
Go Cubs
by cubstoseriesby100 on Sep 18, 2008 9:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
my mom is in love with Sutcliff
she calls me at least 5 times a season to ask me if he will be doing the telecast………………………….obsession!
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Sep 18, 2008 10:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I had to chuckle
My son, the Budding Cub Fan, and I were wondering how long they’d take to mention 1908, and Bartman. He was impressed that they showed that much restraint. He wanted to know when the black cat and goat references were coming.
I also chuckled when Sut said “okay, okay, that’s enough” after the mention. I think he’s as tired of it as we are. I mean, seriously, is anyone watching the game that doesn’t know?
"Years of academy training, wasted"--Buzz Lightyear (not a flying toy)
by spoiledcubbage on Sep 18, 2008 9:49 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
There's one person out there that doesn't know.
And ESPN is fully committed to informing that one person.
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 18, 2008 9:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The way Sutt was talking I got the feeling that the play by play guy
Dave O’Brien I think, was either a Cardinal or Sox fan. Sutt kept telling him to stop talking about it and O’Brien seemed to enjoy continuing the conversation.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
by nji232 on Sep 18, 2008 9:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Whatever his name is
he kept saying “SOAT-HO” in any reference to Geo. That got annoying.
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 18, 2008 9:54 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm pretty sure
Dave O’Brien is a Brewers fan.
I am an American aquarium drinker...
by HoodooMan on Sep 18, 2008 11:15 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well that explains everything then
ESPN needs to send Dan Shulman next time.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
by nji232 on Sep 18, 2008 11:18 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So say Brenly did get a managerial job...
would Cub fans be alright with Sutcliffe sliding into the booth alongside Len?
Just a thought…
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 18, 2008 11:54 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd be OK with that. I have always liked the big redhead.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 18, 2008 11:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
FYI on Mike O'Brien
Were it not for ESPN stepping in at the last minute, he was going to get the Cubs PBP job instead of Len Kasper.
Never, but NEVER, put ketchup on a hot dog.
by CaliCub on Sep 18, 2008 12:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
But Cameron was out at second in the first, so it's 6-2 again
Even the Brewers’ announcers thought so . . .
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 18, 2008 9:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I can't believe that call was blown.
The ump must’ve been so taken with Theriot’s haircut he missed the tag.
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 18, 2008 9:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hart was out.
West was right on top of the play- and it was bang-bang… Hart led with the wrong foot on his slide- and Soto did a really good job blocking that foot off- Hart was out. West blew some calls last night- but that wasn’t one of them.
Jimmyeatworld
by Jimmyeatworld on Sep 18, 2008 10:04 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Agree.
They showed a replay several times after the play and Hart’s lead leg slid to the left of the plate without ever touching it. Soriano’s throw was a bit offline (though strong as ever) but Geo did a perfect job of blocking Hart. I kinda hoped that play would be a momentum changer but guess not.
"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 18, 2008 10:07 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Soto didn't do a great job of blocking the plate
He did a good enough job. That’s one of the few holes in his game — Soto’s pretty bad at blocking the plate and knowing when to let throws come to him instead of trying to go get them.
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 18, 2008 10:30 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Do you think he should've let that throw come to him?
"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 18, 2008 10:31 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He handled the throw just fine
But to block the plate well, his whole lower leg should be across it, not just his foot or shin.
There was a play at the plate earlier this month when he took two steps to get the ball and the runner was safe because he was out of position. I don’t remember which game it was.
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 18, 2008 10:32 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hm, perhaps.
I’d have to watch it again, but my guess would be that, because the throw was offline, he probably didn’t have a chance to get his whole leg down.
"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 18, 2008 10:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Could be -- and maybe that one wasn't as egregious
But he hasn’t impressed me with his plate blocking. I think he’ll work on it, though — he strikes me as someone who wants to always improve.
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 18, 2008 10:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I really think he was exhausted last night.
The guy looked real tired. Hope Henry White is playing today.
"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.
by zevkalman on Sep 18, 2008 10:43 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, he looked tired and frustrated.
He was particularly demonstrative in gesturing to Marquis to keep the ball down.
"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 18, 2008 10:47 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Against the Phils
When Ryan Howard scored.
Never, but NEVER, put ketchup on a hot dog.
by CaliCub on Sep 18, 2008 10:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 18, 2008 10:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cubs swinging at 1st pitches
Against Sheets anyway, Len and Bob were saying how batters have a much higher batting average when swinging at the first pitch against Sheets so that was why they were swinging at so many first pitches against him anyway. I didn’t really notice if they were still swinging at first pitches after he left the game though.
"Dad gum right this games gonna be played under protest. . . I guarantee this is gonna be one protest that's upheld." --Hawk Harrelson, 6/24/07
by RynoHoF on Sep 18, 2008 9:20 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He sure was calling the
ankle high strike.
Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...
by N Oakley on Sep 18, 2008 9:26 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
and a foot outside also
There are some things I don’t like about ESPN’s broadcasts, but I do love the K zone.
"Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance"
by MerlinDog on Sep 18, 2008 9:28 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He truly was terrible
What I find remarkable is the fact that he seems to judge each pitch on its own merits, instead of just keeping a mental strike zone and simply saying ‘yes’ or ‘no’ as to whether the ball passed through that zone.
I can’t imagine this guy gets into playoff games, does he?
*Synth intro to "Jump"*
by SouthsideCub on Sep 18, 2008 9:47 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree.
His strike zone was all over the place. Joe needs to move to Nashville and stick to singing both kinds of music – country and western.
"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 18, 2008 9:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And what was up
with all the last ring-ups when batters thought they were walked?
"Years of academy training, wasted"--Buzz Lightyear (not a flying toy)
by spoiledcubbage on Sep 18, 2008 10:03 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
last = late
"Years of academy training, wasted"--Buzz Lightyear (not a flying toy)
by spoiledcubbage on Sep 18, 2008 10:03 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well it looks promising to clinch this weekend against the Cardinals:
Bush @ Harden today (there’s a play-on of words…)
Wainwright @ Zambrano tomorrow
McClung @ Ramirez (?!) for the Brewers @ Reds
Piniero @ Lilly Saturday
And Suppan @ Cueto.
Sounds to me like Friday or Saturday is a good possibility.
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by dtpollitt on Sep 18, 2008 9:04 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I would prefer winning it on the field
I suppose thats just getting picky tho. Lilly plowing over Jason LaRue for the winning run to clinch the division. Of course he has thrown a perfect game as well. That would be awesome.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
by nji232 on Sep 18, 2008 9:12 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sweeter than just winning at home on Saturday
Isn’t tweedle dee and tweedle dum doing the game for Fox (McCarver and Buck?)
Go Cubs
by cubstoseriesby100 on Sep 18, 2008 9:22 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That would be awesome
Joe Buck having to announce a game where the Cubs win the division against his team. Not to mention clinching on national TV. That seems almost too good to be true.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
by nji232 on Sep 18, 2008 9:25 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Do we get to vote?
’cause this is the one I want.
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel
by Blue W on Sep 18, 2008 9:29 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Buck doesn't do Cardinals games any more.
And he’s probably not doing baseball this weekend — during football season he does only NFL games.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Sep 18, 2008 9:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Doesn't mean Cardinals aren't still his team
If he isn’t doing baseball this weekend then we are the real winners.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
by nji232 on Sep 18, 2008 9:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is Molina still out ?
Because I want TRL to run into him again.
Al has been too kind to “out” me but when I arrived at the game last night ( Z bobblehead safely acquried due to an ON TIME plane from NYC) I said that I um er “wanted the Cubs to lose” because I wanted them to clinch on Saturday Vs Cardinals with Ted. I realize this was a dangerous thought ,not because the Cubs where in any danger of blowing it but because if the Brewers lost on Friday ( and the Cubs won Thursday & Friday) they could back into it instead of winning it on the field. I feel bad but I really was not sorry they lost last night. I am taking Mom on Saturday and she would really love to see them clinch.I should add if something goes REALLY wrong I will be able to see all 4 games in NYC by just taking the Subway ( already committed to two of them).
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
by Doggie Stalker on Sep 18, 2008 10:18 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was watching a bit of the Cardinal game the other day
LaRue was in playing catcher. I took that as Molina was still hurt, but either way Lilly has already kicked his butt. LaRue’s turn.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
by nji232 on Sep 18, 2008 10:20 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Moustache...Mr. LaRue, ladies and gentlemen...
"Chase Daniel has more touchdowns (seven) than incompletions (six) the past two weeks. Which is just silly." Pat Forde, ESPN
by PurpleLineToWrigley on Sep 18, 2008 10:23 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Whatcha gonna do, brother?
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 18, 2008 10:25 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Brrrrrrrrrrrrother!
FIGHT FOR THE RIGHTS!
"Chase Daniel has more touchdowns (seven) than incompletions (six) the past two weeks. Which is just silly." Pat Forde, ESPN
by PurpleLineToWrigley on Sep 18, 2008 10:26 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm getting 'Matt Houston' flashbacks (shudder)
"Years of academy training, wasted"--Buzz Lightyear (not a flying toy)
by spoiledcubbage on Sep 18, 2008 10:32 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Never hope for a Cubs loss.
Never.
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 18, 2008 10:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Am I the only who thinks of Carson Daly when I see the
letters TRL?
Go All In and Enjoy The Ride.
by Jayo525 on Sep 18, 2008 10:27 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That depends.
How many thirteen year old girls do you know?
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 18, 2008 10:28 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nah
I was considering just calling him “Carson” to confuse the regulars here.
"I owe [Dunston] a lot. Nobody would know how good I was at digging balls out of the dirt if it wasn't for him..." -Mark Grace
"If [Ruth] had [called his shot], I would have knocked him down with the next pitch." -Charlie Root
by Clutch16 on Sep 18, 2008 10:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ramirez handled the Brewers when he started against them a week or two ago
bullpen blew the lead, the Reds won later in 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 18, 2008 11:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm putting this here as well bc I think it got lost in last nights overflow thread
More of these videos to come
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
by nji232 on Sep 18, 2008 9:07 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
great video.... love it.. thanks
GoCubsGo
by MinnesotaFan on Sep 18, 2008 9:25 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Those would be cool fanshots
They’ll get lost in these threads, too, and they won’t get thru the firewall at work for me.
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 18, 2008 9:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I put it up as a fanshot as well
Im just pimping my work
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
by nji232 on Sep 18, 2008 9:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cool. I'll check 'em out after hours
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 18, 2008 10:01 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Firewalled from work.
"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.
by zevkalman on Sep 18, 2008 9:43 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tonight and tomorrow
Go Cubs today tomorrow and Saturday. Go Brewers Friday night. I don’t want to clinch at 9 oclock Friday night with the team scattered to the four winds although I think it was Rozner who said this morning the team leaders will probably put together something to watch the Brewers together.
Go Cubs
by cubstoseriesby100 on Sep 18, 2008 9:20 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Rich Harden
Our Stopper!!!
"We’ve still got a long ways to go, I don’t like to get giggly over things in July. But the team’s playing well, they really are. They’re playing with confidence, and it shows."
by Cubster on Sep 18, 2008 9:29 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Cue the
Harden stops Bush jokes.
Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...
by N Oakley on Sep 18, 2008 9:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dick Harden walks into a bar and runs into
Dave Bush. They go at it for awhile but Dick comes out on top.
"We’ve still got a long ways to go, I don’t like to get giggly over things in July. But the team’s playing well, they really are. They’re playing with confidence, and it shows."
by Cubster on Sep 18, 2008 9:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm gonna need a cigarette after this game.
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 18, 2008 9:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I might have to take up smoking after the game.
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel
by Blue W on Sep 18, 2008 9:41 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Anyone see the Today show this morning
Had a nice thing on Cubs fans and Steve Goodman in particular. Made me cry.
by mlern on Sep 18, 2008 9:54 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Did they run the video of the Henhouse Prowlers?
That’s my friend Jon’s band.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Sep 18, 2008 10:11 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Were they doing a bluegrass version
of Go Cubs Go?
by mlern on Sep 18, 2008 10:38 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I only expected to take 1 of 2 games in the series so far anyways
Both would have been nice, but as for last night, I think of Monty Python’s black knight…“’Tis just a scratch.”
Minus the dismemberment, of course
"Years of academy training, wasted"--Buzz Lightyear (not a flying toy)
by spoiledcubbage on Sep 18, 2008 9:55 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
TBS announced their playoff announcers
No Bob Brenley.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
by nji232 on Sep 18, 2008 9:56 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
no BB
THANK GOD!!!!!!!!
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
by cubswynn on Sep 18, 2008 9:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why do you say that?
Brenly was the only good announcer they had last year.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Sep 18, 2008 10:11 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
you may not have heard
i don’t care for BB at all….i know i’m in the minority, but something about him rubs me the wrong way
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
by cubswynn on Sep 18, 2008 10:12 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Brenly is awesome.
For the first year or so, he was a little iffy.
(For instance, when the line drive hit Prior in the elbow he could not stop talking about Aramis’ awesome dive to catch the deflection, even as The Franchise rolled around on the ground screaming in pain.)
But at this point, I’d put him up against any color commentator in the business. For an ex-jock and World Series winning manager, he never, ever brags about his accomplishments or falls into the trap of comparing himself and his peers to the action on the field. He also rarely falls into the old cliches that so many other color guys do about where they’re eating dinner and how the other team’s commentators don’t pick up the check and blah blah.
He’s humble about his (rather extensive) accomplishments in MLB, and the stories he does offer up are really funny and insightful – often stuff about the life of a bigleaguer, how they’d talk about what outfielder had the best arm, and who was a danger to go the other way with a pitch, and so on.
He took about a year to grow on me, but at this point, I’d rather have him than anyone – even the newly bitter Stoney, who has really been insufferable since leaving after 2004 – and I was a huge Stone fan who thought he was treated very shabbily by the Dusty regime.
mlbmilestone.blogspot.com - following the numbers to Cooperstown
by D98 on Sep 18, 2008 10:45 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Plus
he gives a good player perspective, especially from a catcher’s POV.
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 18, 2008 10:49 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
fouls off the toes!
Our 2008 Chicago Cubs -- FINDING WAYS TO WIN!
by drewishdrewid on Sep 18, 2008 11:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i agree with you on some points
i personal am still VERY bitter about not listening to chip and stoney, they were by far my favorites…..so that’s part of the reason
however i think (with a lot of encouragement from len) he loves to brag about his history with the dbacks……and i am simply jealous, that’s the last thing i want to hear about is some team other than the cubs winning the WS
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
by cubswynn on Sep 18, 2008 10:50 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Compare him to Joe Morgan
If/when Brenly talks about his Series with the D-Backs, it’s usually in context – (i.e., Randy Johnson is destroying us yet again), and it’s something like “well, it’s easy to win playoff games when you can just pencil in Randy & Schilling every other day.”
Morgan, like most ex-MLB stars, will say something like “when we used to handle this situation, we did it THIS way, and we were better.”
mlbmilestone.blogspot.com - following the numbers to Cooperstown
by D98 on Sep 18, 2008 10:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i think BB does that A LOT
and like i said, it often comes from len asking him…..what would you do in this situation
i understand why people like to hear his opinion, i am simply not one of them
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
by cubswynn on Sep 18, 2008 10:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And you're certainly entitled to that opinion.
But he and Joe Morgan are lightyears apart.
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 18, 2008 11:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
well that goes without saying doesn't it?
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
by cubswynn on Sep 18, 2008 11:22 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Smoltzy and Reynolds- NICE...
…Although I do not particularly enjoy Dick Stockton…He is just so…meh…Epitomizes everything about FOX’s regional, often HORRIBLE, Sunday NFL coverage…
"Chase Daniel has more touchdowns (seven) than incompletions (six) the past two weeks. Which is just silly." Pat Forde, ESPN
by PurpleLineToWrigley on Sep 18, 2008 9:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
also happy that NLCS etc is on Fox this year and ALCS is on Tbs
"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 18, 2008 9:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The bad thing about that is...
… we either get little Thommy or Joe Buck. Either way, ugh.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Sep 18, 2008 10:11 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gee Al,
When you make it sound that good, I might have to invest in that wacky radio synch thingy.
Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...
by N Oakley on Sep 18, 2008 10:14 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm listening to the radio call, I don't care if it's not synced with the Fox broadcast...
I can’t stand Buck. National announcers, (esp. on Fox), tend to read from the same script every time, go over the same talking points, etc., etc… They’ll be talking about bull crap curses, goats and black cats- I just can’t stomach that crap anymore.
Jimmyeatworld
by Jimmyeatworld on Sep 18, 2008 10:17 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You could make it a drinking game.
When life hands you lemons and all.
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 18, 2008 10:18 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not a bad idea. If they clinch on Saturday...
I’ll be drinking lots of 25 yr. old Single Malt Scotch Whisky.
Jimmyeatworld
by Jimmyeatworld on Sep 18, 2008 10:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I find Little Thommy more tolerable on national broadcasts
Still I wish MLB would let Len and Bob come in and call games for Cubs fans.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
by nji232 on Sep 18, 2008 10:14 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm sure the fans of the other teams would sign off on that
/sarcasm
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 18, 2008 10:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
In this impossible senario
Fox puts both hometown announcers on the air. Fox and FX both carry the game, with each one having a different feed.
I know it will never happen.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
by nji232 on Sep 18, 2008 10:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1
this.
Our 2008 Chicago Cubs -- FINDING WAYS TO WIN!
by drewishdrewid on Sep 18, 2008 11:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
the brewers get an announcer
and we don’t?
I really don’t like this whole impartial crap. Let the local teams have their announcers, home and away, and just run it over TBS.
Our 2008 Chicago Cubs -- FINDING WAYS TO WIN!
by drewishdrewid on Sep 18, 2008 11:54 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
for all you saturday clinching hopefuls
remember the cubs and brewers start at the same time on saturday, which means the brewers could lose before the cubs win…..while the cubs could still celebrate on the field, it would be anticlimatic none-the-less
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
by cubswynn on Sep 18, 2008 9:56 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I think as long as the team is on the field
Thats what I want to see. The 2003 on field celebration was freaking awesome.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
by nji232 on Sep 18, 2008 9:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The scoreboard operaters
would probably hold the score on the brewers game if they won it early and the Cubs were winning.
"Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance"
by MerlinDog on Sep 18, 2008 9:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I doubt it.
Technology these days, it’s gonna get around the stadium in no time.
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 18, 2008 10:00 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
well yah
i think he’s saying it would be to hide it from the players
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
by cubswynn on Sep 18, 2008 10:00 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
They'll know
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 18, 2008 10:01 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The standing and cheering
midway through the top of the seventh will tip something off.
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 18, 2008 10:03 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yep
Plus, everyone says they don’t scoreboard watch — everyone lies.
Someone will be in the clubhouse tracking it.
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 18, 2008 10:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's a good point
"Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance"
by MerlinDog on Sep 18, 2008 10:09 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
thats a good question
who can forget last year when the braves were playing the brewers and everytime the score would go up wrigley would break out in the tomahawk chop
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
by cubswynn on Sep 18, 2008 10:00 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I still don't think it'll be a huge celebration, anyway
For the players. It won’t be as big as last year — their eyes are on bigger celebrations to come.
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 18, 2008 10:02 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
last year was a little bit more in doubt
so they were probably more excited to “just make it” as opposed to this year when they’ve been in command for a while now
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
by cubswynn on Sep 18, 2008 10:04 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
My thoughts, too
And, IIRC, DeRosa alluded to that earlier this year. I think that may have hurt them in the postseason.
This year, they’re on a mission.
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 18, 2008 10:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It may not be huge
but there will be champagne for sure
The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano
by Emelie on Sep 18, 2008 10:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Anyone else get a bad feeling...
…when Lou put Guzman out there for a second inning? I thought Angel did an admirable job of bailing out Marquis in the sixth, but something told me he wasn’t going to make it through another inning. I wish Lou had sat him after getting those two outs to keep his confidence high and brought in someone else.
"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 18, 2008 10:04 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Guzman was awesome that first inning
I agree Lou should have taken him down after that.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
by nji232 on Sep 18, 2008 10:07 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I kind of thought Lou handled his pitching stay as if he was conceding last nights game.
I know I may get some heat from this but there were just little things he wouldn’t have done earlier in the year. i.e. let Marquis go out to pitch the 6th. He already had 90 some pitches and he rarely let’s him throw that many, Guzman going 2, bring Hart in… I thought he would have pinch hit for Edmonds too after the Rami hit. Just seemed like he’s comfortable with their lead in the standings and just got through last nights game. Granted the players were a little flat last night but…
"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 18, 2008 11:29 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
stay = *staff
"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 18, 2008 11:29 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That was my opinion.
He saw they weren’t doing anything against the pen and pretty much conceded the game. It’s his fifth starter after all, with Harden on the hill the next day.
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 18, 2008 11:31 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
and if the pattern holds, Harden will be on a strict pitch count.
so we’re going to need the pen today.
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel
by Blue W on Sep 18, 2008 11:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd guess no manager would ever admit to this...
…but it didn’t seem like he was willing to go out of his way to win last night’s 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 18, 2008 11:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well said!
that is totally how I felt.
"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 18, 2008 11:41 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He Was Saving The Best of the Bullpen
for today, it seemed to me. No Shark or Marmol last night, and of course no Wood either.
Never, but NEVER, put ketchup on a hot dog.
by CaliCub on Sep 18, 2008 12:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
OT - Hall of fame left overs
Was thinking about who should be in and out of the HOF last night and I came up with a name that should be in……Albert Belle.
If you put Jim Rice in, Belle should be in too!
"What a great call! Your doing a fantastic job, but people expect me to come out here and be upset. So I'm gonna kick some dirt, you understand?" - Lou Pinella
by Lou In Blue on Sep 18, 2008 10:18 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Naww....
He only really played 10 seasons…Rice was better…and had 2500 hits. And Belle was just a jerk…
"Chase Daniel has more touchdowns (seven) than incompletions (six) the past two weeks. Which is just silly." Pat Forde, ESPN
by PurpleLineToWrigley on Sep 18, 2008 10:25 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If personality was a screening criterion
Mantle, Cobb, Carlton, Frank Chance and numerous others wouldn’t be in.
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 18, 2008 10:38 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If Belle had those type of numbers
he would not have to worry. I think that because of when he played, and because of some stuff like the corked bat, it leaves a sour taste in a lot of people’s collective mouths. Mantle, Cobb, Carlton and Chance all had such staggering numbers, that I believe their personalities were secondary. You accepted them because of their performance. Belle’s temper and deMEANor defined him, and I think coupled with his short career, keep him out for sure.
"Chase Daniel has more touchdowns (seven) than incompletions (six) the past two weeks. Which is just silly." Pat Forde, ESPN
by PurpleLineToWrigley on Sep 18, 2008 10:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That and his arrrest for raping a kangaroo.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 18, 2008 10:45 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Got an image to back up that allegation?
Wait, nevermind.
"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 18, 2008 10:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
One of those guys is not like the others...
For instance, Mantle was an alcoholic, but he also had a lot of friends on his teams and in the press.
Cobb was an evil raging misanthrope who hated everyone different than him – by which I mean, he literally hated everyone who wasn’t Tyrus Cobb.
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by D98 on Sep 18, 2008 10:49 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mr. Freud.
How can you be certain he didn’t hate himself.
Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...
by N Oakley on Sep 18, 2008 10:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ooh, good point.
Maybe he just needed a friend who liked Ty Cobb for Ty Cobb. :)
mlbmilestone.blogspot.com - following the numbers to Cooperstown
by D98 on Sep 18, 2008 10:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Funny typo in Today's Trib
Check the caption on the photo on page 5 in the sports section illustrating Paul Sullivan’s article. I can’t link to it and it may well have been fixed on line but if anyone can post it great , if not just dig it up and look at it,
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
by Doggie Stalker on Sep 18, 2008 10:22 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Haha I am looking at it now...
It shows Fontenot’s catch and says “Ryan Fontenot.”
"Chase Daniel has more touchdowns (seven) than incompletions (six) the past two weeks. Which is just silly." Pat Forde, ESPN
by PurpleLineToWrigley on Sep 18, 2008 10:26 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, they do say all Cajuns look alike...
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 18, 2008 10:28 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
This reminds me...
…in Lou’s postgame of Dempster’s win on Tuesday, I’m almost certain he referred to Prince Fielder as “CC.”
"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 18, 2008 10:29 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Referred to him as Cecil.
Which is what got Prince all hot and bothered with the fans
"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 18, 2008 11:31 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, wow. I never even considered that.
But it makes sense – all those fans yelling “Cecil!” during the game probably got into Lou’s head. That’s hilarious. I’m surprised more wasn’t made out of 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 18, 2008 11:38 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
According to evil BCB
that is why Fielder has been crushing the ball this series. The “stupid Cubs fans” awoke him… Funny to me. Like he wasn’t trying before this? Coincidence I say.
"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 18, 2008 11:43 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, if it was that easy to, ahem, turn Fielder on...
…I would guess the Brewers would just plant a bunch of fans at every game and have them yell “Cecil!” He’d probably put up Bonds-like numbers.
"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 18, 2008 11:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe we could get a buch of our fans to yell "cheeseburger" to
counteract the “Cecil!” yell.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 18, 2008 11:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Probably force MLB to do Cecil testing...
Along with HGH and steroids :)
"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 18, 2008 11:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
LH Bats
I hope they heat up because that would greatly help the offense from here on out.
Over the past week, Jim Edmonds has posted a .375 OBP and 1.089 OPS. Funny thing is when I watch the games, it seems like he only gets one hit and/or walk per game. Mike Fontenot has cooled – a 250 OBP and .450 OPS the past 7 games. If DeRosa continues in RF and Fontenot gets the bulk of the time at 2B, he needs to get it going again.
Like everyone else, I feel very badly for Kosuke. He looks extremely frustrated bordering on morose. Ideally the Cubs would give him all the starts for the remainder of the season after they clinch, so he gets a chance to face live pitching and figures things out. Call me crazy, but when he’s in the lineup the rest of the batting order sure seems a lot more patient.
Never, but NEVER, put ketchup on a hot dog.
by CaliCub on Sep 18, 2008 10:34 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Don't forget Hoffpauir.
In an obviously small sample of only 13 PAs since being called up this month, he’s hitting .091/.231/.091 for a .322 OPS. He has drawn two walks, 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 18, 2008 10:40 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hoffpauir's stock is dropping fast.
I mean, FAST. Whom the gods would destroy they first let go on a hot streak.
But I really think that there are guys on the team like Edmonds and Fontenot who are probably due a little downward correction – lightning in a bottle only lasts so long.
by cwyers on Sep 18, 2008 10:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Quick
Call the Fed and see if they can bail out Hoffpauir.
Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...
by N Oakley on Sep 18, 2008 10:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nice point.
How many credit-default swaps has Hoffpauir bought to put himself in this mess?
"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.
by zevkalman on Sep 18, 2008 11:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So it's like the blackjack table...
"Chase Daniel has more touchdowns (seven) than incompletions (six) the past two weeks. Which is just silly." Pat Forde, ESPN
by PurpleLineToWrigley on Sep 18, 2008 10:53 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sadly, it seems the lightning in the bottle that is Micah Hoffpauir...
…never seems to survive the trip out of Iowa.
"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 18, 2008 10:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
it's in the water here
makes regular ball players superstars and our chicks supermodels
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
by cubswynn on Sep 18, 2008 11:00 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Too bad it didn't fix Rich Hill
Or maybe it will next season
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
by nji232 on Sep 18, 2008 11:01 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rich needs to drink more water.
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel
by Blue W on Sep 18, 2008 11:02 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have the wall calendar
given away at the convention on my wall here by the computer. Mr. September is a picture of Rich Hill reared back at the bottom of the wind up. Been tough to look at all month.
Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...
by N Oakley on Sep 18, 2008 11:04 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Print out a picture of Edmonds or RJ
Or anybody else really.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
by nji232 on Sep 18, 2008 11:05 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or just cross off Hill and write in "Harden."
"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 18, 2008 11:06 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hm, indeed.
"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 18, 2008 11:05 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
no doubt
nice forehead babe
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
by cubswynn on Sep 18, 2008 11:18 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think that qualifies as a fivehead
"I owe [Dunston] a lot. Nobody would know how good I was at digging balls out of the dirt if it wasn't for him..." -Mark Grace
"If [Ruth] had [called his shot], I would have knocked him down with the next pitch." -Charlie Root
by Clutch16 on Sep 18, 2008 11:19 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Damn, didn't even notice that.
She might as well be bald.
"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 18, 2008 11:20 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm looking closely, but
i can’t confirm that.
Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...
by N Oakley on Sep 18, 2008 11:23 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ha ha - now I see what you did there.
"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 18, 2008 11:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Such a waste...
tisk, tisk, tisk
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel
by Blue W on Sep 18, 2008 11:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Everything was great until my eyes finally looked higher to her face...
…but I hear she has a nice personality.
"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.
by zevkalman on Sep 18, 2008 11:25 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wish that they would have DL'ed Kosuke
Make up some silly reason, and give him 15 days off to go back to Japan and hang out.
He really seems to have augered into a rut – I don’t think that he’s really this bad. He’s just stuck inside his own head.
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by D98 on Sep 18, 2008 10:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm hoping he has a glorious finish
I don’t think any of us want to see the cubs stuck with this contract of a guy that coan’t produce any more. Let’s hope it gets straight.
This is only the beginning....Lou Pinella end of '07 season and Chicago Transit Authority (the band when they were really good).
by mrcubsfan on Sep 18, 2008 11:02 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think Kosuke will be fine next year.
Lets do it Cubbies
by slocs55 on Sep 18, 2008 11:23 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Regardless what happens this weekend...
A win tonight is assured, for I turn 24 today!!!!!!!
3 years ago today, I was at the Friendly Confines…. second row of the center field bleachers… enjoying my first legal Old Style and a victory over the hated redbirds. It was a perfect day… in a season that shall not be mentioned again.
Lets fly that white flag tonight!!!!!
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Sep 18, 2008 11:05 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
White W Flag!
Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...
by N Oakley on Sep 18, 2008 11:06 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Go sanantonecub! Go sanantonecub!
It’s ya birthday!
"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 18, 2008 11:07 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 18, 2008 11:10 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Huhwhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!
"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 18, 2008 11:12 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
"You need emotional content"
"Years of academy training, wasted"--Buzz Lightyear (not a flying toy)
by spoiledcubbage on Sep 18, 2008 11:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Happy Birthday, Sanantone!! Here, have some brownies with candles on top
The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano
by Emelie on Sep 18, 2008 12:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
WOOHOO!
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Sep 18, 2008 12:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
May Every Tavern Along the Riverwalk
Extend to you a free drink today!
Never, but NEVER, put ketchup on a hot dog.
by CaliCub on Sep 18, 2008 12:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Happy Birthday sanantonecub!!!!
I wasn’t all that upset about a loss last night but would really like a win today.
by sue369 on Sep 18, 2008 11:11 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Good point
I saw the matchup of Sheets vs Marquis and combined with the Brewers fighting to stay alive figured a tough game. That Sheets left the game early should have changed my outlook, but it was 3-1 by then.
Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...
by N Oakley on Sep 18, 2008 11:13 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks Sue!!!
BTW – I just saw I get the game on AFN tonight…. woooooohooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Baileys for Sue, Old Style for all!!!!!!!!!
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Sep 18, 2008 11:13 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Guzman
has such filthy stuff, wonder if he will ever be a solid major leaguer.
Lets do it Cubbies
by slocs55 on Sep 18, 2008 11:25 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
If he could locate his pitches consistently...
…I think he could be a great set-up guy – maybe even a closer.
"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 18, 2008 11:29 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He will be a major factor in the bullpen next year
He will make a great 7th inning guy.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
by nji232 on Sep 18, 2008 11:30 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's nice to see...
his velocity up there in the mid to upper 90’s after TJ surgery…
You ARE freaking out MAN!
by crw89 on Sep 18, 2008 11:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pre-game time
http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2008/9/18/616937/harden-vs-bush-thread-cubs#comments
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
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