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Overflow Thread 2: Cubs vs. Brewers, Thursday 9/18, 1:20 CT

"It gave me no chance. He (Nolan Ryan) just blew it (strikeout #5,000) by me. But its an honor. I'll have another paragraph in all the baseball books. I'm already in the books three or four times." -- Rickey Henderson

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ARRRRRRRGH

SHARK!@

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by Fuk-U-Meter on Sep 18, 2008 3:15 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Where is everyone?

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson

by tucsoncubsfan on Sep 18, 2008 3:15 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

overflow 2 just started

I posted a link in Overflow 1

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by Fuk-U-Meter on Sep 18, 2008 3:16 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Out throwing up

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by Zeke on Sep 18, 2008 3:16 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

we left...we're not real baseball fans.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 18, 2008 3:17 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Randy Wells?

Lou is throwing him into the deep end quickly apparently

When you're eight games behind, it's like eight miles; when you're eight games in front, it's like eight inches. ~ Ron Santo

by gwood on Sep 18, 2008 3:17 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Lou has to find SOMEONE who can come in and throw strikes in the middle innings

He’s trolling

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by Zeke on Sep 18, 2008 3:18 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well, he hasn't given up a run in the big leagues yet

"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman

by hip2bsquare on Sep 18, 2008 3:18 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Still have plenty of time

Just need to get out of this inning. Stupid Notre Damer.

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by Trey2317 on Sep 18, 2008 3:17 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

God...we need the bats to come alive in a BIG way in the bottom...

"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 3:17 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Shark didn't pitch that bad, he was just a bit wild.

A lucky hit by Braun, an error by DeRo. That stuff happens.

"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 3:17 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

It happens

but he set himself up for trouble with his wildness. Forced him into pitching to the count, not the other way around.

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 3:18 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I still trust the guy, but that was bad.

When you can’t throw any secondary pitches for strikes, major league hitters are gonna pounce.

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by TheTruth11 on Sep 18, 2008 3:18 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

+1

Whatever happened to going the other way with it? Seems like he’s pull happy

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by TheTruth11 on Sep 18, 2008 3:27 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wow. Shark was awful.

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by TheTruth11 on Sep 18, 2008 3:17 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

All runs were unearned. Had a lot of bad luck. Had the DP ball to get out of the inning. Play wasn't made.

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by Fishbone2 on Sep 18, 2008 3:22 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Kyle Farnsworth

with long hair and impossible to spell name

Just the other day I saw Theriot posing on a perfect bunt. He was thrown out by 65 feet——later intentionally walked in retaliation.-Hammer

by JEROMEWALTON'SBATTINGSTANCE on Sep 18, 2008 3:29 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

The "field the damn ball because errors always lead to a bunch of runs" thread

Also known as the comeback thread

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 3:17 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

OT: Microsoft pulling those pathetic Gates/Seinfeld ads

The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano

by Emelie on Sep 18, 2008 3:17 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I didn't hear pulling, I heard they are going to use different actors for future ones...

"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 3:18 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Calling Seinfeld an actor is a bit of a stretch to begin with

"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman

by hip2bsquare on Sep 18, 2008 3:19 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

*Personalities

"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 3:20 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

they're pulling gates/seinfeld

and claiming they planned to do that all along but that’s highly doubtful since, as gwood notes, they paid Seinfeld 10M for them

The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano

by Emelie on Sep 18, 2008 3:21 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Really!!

I heard they paid Seinfeld like 10 million for those ads.

When you're eight games behind, it's like eight miles; when you're eight games in front, it's like eight inches. ~ Ron Santo

by gwood on Sep 18, 2008 3:18 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

They can afford it

"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 3:19 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Maybe Bill Gates...

…was just using the ads to angle for his own TV show, ala the Geico Cavemen.

Or he wants a guest spot on ’The Big Bang Theory"

Blackouts. Suck. In. Iowa.

by znohitter on Sep 18, 2008 3:21 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Come on...at some point this game

Gagne is gonna come in after they blew through the pen last night.

by DWChaney on Sep 18, 2008 3:17 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

itd be nice if our offense remembered how to hit too, well be facing much

better pitching in october than dave bush and mike defelice

"This is why Major League Baseball does not need instant replay, because then every single play will then be reviewed." -- Joe Morgan, 5/18/08, referring to an umpire ruling a Carlos Delgado homerun foul when replays showed it hit the foul pole.

by CubsBall2202 on Sep 18, 2008 3:17 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

it feels like the

Brewers pounded us for 15 hits

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by tony412 on Sep 18, 2008 3:18 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Brewers got 4 freaking runs on 4 freaking hits

thanks to a lack of control and an error.

by DWChaney on Sep 18, 2008 3:19 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Only because we have just 2 hits...

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by Zeke on Sep 18, 2008 3:19 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Randy "I can't throw a strike to save my life even if my career rides on this next series of pitches" Wells

"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 3:19 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Ladies and Gentlemen...Randy Wells!!1

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by TheTruth11 on Sep 18, 2008 3:19 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

who the hell is randy wells??!

The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano

by Emelie on Sep 18, 2008 3:22 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

what's a randy wells?

"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 3:22 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Tsk, tsk...you haven't been reading Josh's fanposts!

"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 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

"Wow...GOSH!" - Ron Santo

"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 3:19 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Experiement OVER

"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 3:19 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

We brought a real stud in

Dome gets the final out We have some work to do

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 3:20 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Pat Hughes overly dramatic again

Making Hart’s fly ball sound like a homerun off the bat

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 3:20 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Pat?

Pat Hughes?

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by tony412 on Sep 18, 2008 3:22 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hard to imagine, isn't 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 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

4 runs against one of the worst bullpens in the majors

Not inconceivable

"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 3:20 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

That's it

We’re not making the playoffs

Go All In and Enjoy The Ride.

by Jayo525 on Sep 18, 2008 3:20 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

i sense sarcasm

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 3:25 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I blame "DOME"

If he was any type of Hitter in the past 2 months Dero would not of been playing right 4 times a week

I've been bleeding double blue Cubbies & NY Rangers

by parrotinct on Sep 18, 2008 3:20 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

the scary thing is if milwaukee wins they are going to have so much momentum

going into the cincy and milwaukee series that were gonna have to actually win 4 games to win the division, and the way were playin right now.. who knows

"This is why Major League Baseball does not need instant replay, because then every single play will then be reviewed." -- Joe Morgan, 5/18/08, referring to an umpire ruling a Carlos Delgado homerun foul when replays showed it hit the foul pole.

by CubsBall2202 on Sep 18, 2008 3:20 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Relax

Current temperature in hell: 43 degrees F - and falling!

by wnielsen on Sep 18, 2008 3:22 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Holy crap! It IS still possible to ledge jump!

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 3:22 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Never

underestimate the frailty of a Cubs fan’s psyche

by hmlee on Sep 18, 2008 3:28 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

No kidding

I wonder if people actually say that stuff out loud so they can hear how absurd it is. Cripes, even if they lose – 7 game lead with 11 to play? I like their chances.

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 3:35 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

It ain't over yet, guys

let’s not worry so much.

by CubFaninNY on Sep 18, 2008 3:21 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor??!?!??

"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 3:21 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ummm....

I thought they bombed Pearl Bailey!?!

I’ll be here all week.

Cuz I can’t get a ride.

by jtiet on Sep 18, 2008 3:29 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

+1 Think Positively!

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by Zeke on Sep 18, 2008 3:21 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, let's hope for a rally.

"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 3:22 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bush is only at 66 pitches...

"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 3:21 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

No more bush.

"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 3:21 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Why is a rookie with 2 innings of major league pitching under his belt...

being used in a pressure situation in a game like this?

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 18, 2008 3:21 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

That's exactly the issue. Any kid would have been initially wild.

"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 3:22 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

See above. Lou is trolling for SOMEONE to step up

for the 6th & 7th innings…

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by Zeke on Sep 18, 2008 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

our achilles heel

hope some young phenom magically appears

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by Emelie on Sep 18, 2008 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

last run hurts

Always feel like 2 runs is nothing…but 3 run deficit requires a rally rather than just a dribbler and a bomb

by JCD on Sep 18, 2008 3:22 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Got to love LOU

I've been bleeding double blue Cubbies & NY Rangers

by parrotinct on Sep 18, 2008 3:22 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Sweet, Pat Kane and John Toews are there...

"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 3:22 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

OK Sori... fire the rest of them up, please

The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano

by Emelie on Sep 18, 2008 3:22 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

All we have to do is win 4 games....even if Milwaukee runs the table....

so even though it sucks to watch them win another series at Wrigley (if that actually happens) we can’t possibly blow it that bad…..but I would like to see the Brewers stomped by us….we had the boots on their necks ready to snap em……

by razzpunk on Sep 18, 2008 3:23 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I agree -- finish off an opponent when you have them on the ropes

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 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Exactly....why give them even a sliver of hope?

Plus I want to see Prince Fatboy cry in his Veggie Burger again!

by razzpunk on Sep 18, 2008 3:25 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ok thats how the rally can get going

Theriot needs to get a hit

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by nji232 on Sep 18, 2008 3:23 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Does a GO to third count?

"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 3:24 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Coffey after Bush

makings of a good morning

by JCD on Sep 18, 2008 3:23 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

ha ha lol...

"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 3:24 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ryan Theriot needs to go back to swith hitting.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 18, 2008 3:23 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

With w swithness

"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 3:24 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

swith hitting? Not that there's anything wrong with that

The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano

by Emelie on Sep 18, 2008 3:24 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

swith?

That’s something else entirely…

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by Zeke on Sep 18, 2008 3:24 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

It would be nice if he went back to hitting, period

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 3:24 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

+1

Whatever happened to going the other way with it? Seems like he’s pull happy

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by TheTruth11 on Sep 18, 2008 3:27 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ryan and Dero

NEED TIME OFF

I've been bleeding double blue Cubbies & NY Rangers

by parrotinct on Sep 18, 2008 3:24 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

How about 6-4-3?

"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 3:25 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Anyone else SHOCKED by that GIDP?

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 18, 2008 3:24 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

This is pitiful.

"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 3:24 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

What a shocker...

"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 3:24 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Ryan Theriot continues his mission to break DPLee's team lead

But can’t quite master the second out. DLee just showed him how to do it right.

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 3:24 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Great inning

way to go into the postseason strong everyone, great at bats all day

by PieFan08 on Sep 18, 2008 3:25 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

The playoffs start tomorrow??

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 3:25 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Playoffs!?!!!

Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...

by N Oakley on Sep 18, 2008 3:32 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Didn't the Cubs just win 5 in a row?

Did I miss that?

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by Trey2317 on Sep 18, 2008 3:26 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

If you want to shit your bed

go ahead but don’t come in here and soil ours.

by sue369 on Sep 18, 2008 3:28 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

and.... they're back

The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano

by Emelie on Sep 18, 2008 3:29 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

can't believe it

lee never grounds into DPs :/

by mycubs1987 on Sep 18, 2008 3:25 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I blinked and the inning was over.

The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel

by Blue W on Sep 18, 2008 3:25 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Come on, Cubs...

you’re killin’ me the last two days.

Get it together,eh?

by DWChaney on Sep 18, 2008 3:26 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

the offense is the real concern

were having too many performances of a game with runs of 6, 4, 5 runs a game then going into the games of 2, 1, 3 runs that do nothing

"This is why Major League Baseball does not need instant replay, because then every single play will then be reviewed." -- Joe Morgan, 5/18/08, referring to an umpire ruling a Carlos Delgado homerun foul when replays showed it hit the foul pole.

by CubsBall2202 on Sep 18, 2008 3:27 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wow, the Cubs have about as much momentum in this game...

…as the dumpster than injured Chad Gaudin.

"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 3:26 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I dunno about that

I haven’t seen anything saying that the dumpster was stationary at the time.

"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman

by hip2bsquare on Sep 18, 2008 3:27 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Look out! Runaway dumpster!

"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 3:28 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Lee's GIDP Magic Numbers...

5 for the NL record
11 for the ML record

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 18, 2008 3:27 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Hahahahaha...

Excellent. Can we get that on the sidebar?

"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 3:27 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yes, Tejada is still in the lead with 29.

"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 3:29 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's about the same as saying

We have a winning record when we have a hit.

"You just don't know understand how frustrating this is"- Kevin Borseth

by TkGoUWGB on Sep 18, 2008 3:32 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

One thing about the Cubs

they can NEVER make it easy on us. I was actually thinking we could wrap up in te next couple of days and coast all next week and suddenly reality sets in.

by bluekoolaide on Sep 18, 2008 3:27 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

were the cubs, its never easy, in all reality will probably have to wait till like next wednesday

to wrap up the division

"This is why Major League Baseball does not need instant replay, because then every single play will then be reviewed." -- Joe Morgan, 5/18/08, referring to an umpire ruling a Carlos Delgado homerun foul when replays showed it hit the foul pole.

by CubsBall2202 on Sep 18, 2008 3:28 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

You could be right

Hate to think of them going out on the road feeling any pressure

by bluekoolaide on Sep 18, 2008 3:30 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

we've come back from a lot worse all we need is one hero

and some clogged bases

The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano

by Emelie on Sep 18, 2008 3:27 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

This game really is the worst

I’ll watch again tomorrow when the magic number actually starts falling again.

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 3:27 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Ledge Jumpers

Go set up your own thread. We don’t need your crying in here.

Current temperature in hell: 43 degrees F - and falling!

by wnielsen on Sep 18, 2008 3:27 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Sarcastic cheers for DeRo?

"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 3:27 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Now maybe he can relax and get some defensive rhythm back...

"I've never complained about it. I'm thankful to have a jersey." Mark DeRosa, 22 Aug 2007

by DeRoMyHero on Sep 18, 2008 3:29 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

The only thing I worry about are those shadows creeping towards the batter box.

Make it harder to hit.

"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 3:28 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

My favorite relief pitcher!

"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman

by hip2bsquare on Sep 18, 2008 3:30 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

i'm telling you...

Gagne is the Brewer Howry

by DWChaney on Sep 18, 2008 3:31 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Way too many BB's....

No offense….and Cub pitchers have trown more than twice as many pitches than the Suds……Not a recipie for winning

9 f’en walks????

The best defense is a good offense

by kcjones on Sep 18, 2008 3:28 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

ITS EARLY STILL

"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 3:28 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

My most hated of all baseball phrases

There is no time like the present — “it’s still early, this is a marathon, not a sprint” is Dusty-speak.

mlbmilestone.blogspot.com - following the numbers to Cooperstown

by D98 on Sep 18, 2008 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

DeRosa with 2 in a row!

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 18, 2008 3:29 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Uggla.

"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 3:30 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Good inning for wells

"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 3:29 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Yeah...with no pressure on him that time...

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 18, 2008 3:30 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Very nice.

"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 3:30 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Pardon my ignorance, please

but where did Wells come from?
was he a trade pickup?
Minors?

by CubFaninNY on Sep 18, 2008 3:30 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Called up along with Pie...

"I've never complained about it. I'm thankful to have a jersey." Mark DeRosa, 22 Aug 2007

by DeRoMyHero on Sep 18, 2008 3:31 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Was he Rule 5 draft guy?

He was pitching for the Iowa Cubs for most of the Triple A season.

"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 3:32 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yes

see immediately below

"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman

by hip2bsquare on Sep 18, 2008 3:32 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Minor-league journeyman

Toronto picked him up from us in the Rule V draft this spring, he pitched 1 ML inning with them, then got sent back here.

"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman

by hip2bsquare on Sep 18, 2008 3:31 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Jesus....the roller coaster offense is on another down hill......why can't we get us a little...

CONSISTENCY???? I just wanna enjoy a week of non-important blow off games until I have to have my heart attack inducing post season!

by razzpunk on Sep 18, 2008 3:30 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

The've looked at less than 11 pitches /inning....

Looks like the Dusty Cubs of 06

The best defense is a good offense

by kcjones on Sep 18, 2008 3:36 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Kane & Toews

Not bad for hockey guys, eh?

"It's a funny old world. Man's lucky if he gets out of it alive." W.C. Fields

by KedzieKid on Sep 18, 2008 3:30 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Come on folks. Stay positive.

1-2-3.

Go Green! Go White! GO STATE! (#13031 on the Cubs season ticket waiting list...)

by Zeke on Sep 18, 2008 3:30 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

the bash brothers!~

Go All In and Enjoy The Ride.

by Jayo525 on Sep 18, 2008 3:30 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Hahaha

Portman and Fulton!

"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 3:31 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Toews and Kane are actually pretty good!

"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 3:30 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

it will be fun to see the hawks as the only good team in chicago this winter

"This is why Major League Baseball does not need instant replay, because then every single play will then be reviewed." -- Joe Morgan, 5/18/08, referring to an umpire ruling a Carlos Delgado homerun foul when replays showed it hit the foul pole.

by CubsBall2202 on Sep 18, 2008 3:32 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

LETS GET SOME RUNS!

Just the other day I saw Theriot posing on a perfect bunt. He was thrown out by 65 feet——later intentionally walked in retaliation.-Hammer

by JEROMEWALTON'SBATTINGSTANCE on Sep 18, 2008 3:31 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

OT: The Brian Campbell 7th inning stretch Blackhawk ads always freak me out on the radio.

And they always manage to play it RIGHT AFTER THE STRETCH.

Blackouts. Suck. In. Iowa.

by znohitter on Sep 18, 2008 3:31 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

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by tony412 on Sep 18, 2008 3:32 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Mmm...

Tasty gagne… me want runs…

by hmlee on Sep 18, 2008 3:32 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Canadians

taste like chicken.

Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...

by N Oakley on Sep 18, 2008 3:33 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Canadian Ham

The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano

by Emelie on Sep 18, 2008 3:35 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

oh well

The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano

by Emelie on Sep 18, 2008 3:35 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

patience

Do we have a plane to catch???

"It's a funny old world. Man's lucky if he gets out of it alive." W.C. Fields

by KedzieKid on Sep 18, 2008 3:33 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

TAKE A PITCH

"This is why Major League Baseball does not need instant replay, because then every single play will then be reviewed." -- Joe Morgan, 5/18/08, referring to an umpire ruling a Carlos Delgado homerun foul when replays showed it hit the foul pole.

by CubsBall2202 on Sep 18, 2008 3:33 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Rally Time

"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 3:33 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

yawnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

I've been bleeding double blue Cubbies & NY Rangers

by parrotinct on Sep 18, 2008 3:33 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Gag-me TIME!!!!!!

He is the epitomy of slovenly Brew-ness……him, Prince, and C.C. just look dumpy in baseball uniforms….

by razzpunk on Sep 18, 2008 3:33 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Ronnie agrees

We are not taking pitches at all.

Just the other day I saw Theriot posing on a perfect bunt. He was thrown out by 65 feet——later intentionally walked in retaliation.-Hammer

by JEROMEWALTON'SBATTINGSTANCE on Sep 18, 2008 3:34 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

This team better get ready before the playoffs

I won’t be able to take it if the bats are dead again

by PieFan08 on Sep 18, 2008 3:33 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

True

We need the bats to eat the mosquitos.

Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...

by N Oakley on Sep 18, 2008 3:34 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

You can't take a fastball down the middle just because it occurs on the first pitch.

It might be the best pitch he sees in that AB.

In the second inning, he took a first pitch fastball down the middle, got behind in the count, and strcuk out on a slider out of the strike zone.

In the seventh, he swung at a first pitch fastball down the middle, and hit a solid line drive that happened to be caught by the CF.

"I've never complained about it. I'm thankful to have a jersey." Mark DeRosa, 22 Aug 2007

by DeRoMyHero on Sep 18, 2008 3:41 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Fastest inning ever.

"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 3:34 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

4 pitches

seriosly?!

When you're eight games behind, it's like eight miles; when you're eight games in front, it's like eight inches. ~ Ron Santo

by gwood on Sep 18, 2008 3:34 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

*seriously

When you're eight games behind, it's like eight miles; when you're eight games in front, it's like eight inches. ~ Ron Santo

by gwood on Sep 18, 2008 3:34 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Against ERIC FREAKING GAGNE, no less

"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman

by hip2bsquare on Sep 18, 2008 3:34 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

4

Go Green! Go White! GO STATE! (#13031 on the Cubs season ticket waiting list...)

by Zeke on Sep 18, 2008 3:34 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Geesh

glad I’m just catching up. 4 pitches? yikes.

Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...

by N Oakley on Sep 18, 2008 3:35 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

You know

You’re having a flat game when Gagne goes 1-2-3

by hmlee on Sep 18, 2008 3:34 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

And the trolls are out again

99.9 percent chance of winning the division, guys.

Relax.

by Not Bruce Froemming on Sep 18, 2008 3:35 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

still have to play the games

"This is why Major League Baseball does not need instant replay, because then every single play will then be reviewed." -- Joe Morgan, 5/18/08, referring to an umpire ruling a Carlos Delgado homerun foul when replays showed it hit the foul pole.

by CubsBall2202 on Sep 18, 2008 3:35 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

So to the Stros and brewers.

Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...

by N Oakley on Sep 18, 2008 3:36 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

99.9 percent

You would rather believe the .1 percent? Typical Cubs fan.

by Not Bruce Froemming on Sep 18, 2008 3:43 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

with 10.25 games left

and a # of 4. Calm is needed.

Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...

by N Oakley on Sep 18, 2008 3:36 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, I'm not panicking or anything.

This is a pretty disappointing game so far, though. I’d at least like to see the Cubs put up a fight.

"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 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

agreed

I am simply frustrated with their play today

When you're eight games behind, it's like eight miles; when you're eight games in front, it's like eight inches. ~ Ron Santo

by gwood on Sep 18, 2008 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Disappointing, but I'll let them slide on this one.

Now, if this play continues into the weekend, then I’ll have a problem.

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 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

11 if we need it

"This is why Major League Baseball does not need instant replay, because then every single play will then be reviewed." -- Joe Morgan, 5/18/08, referring to an umpire ruling a Carlos Delgado homerun foul when replays showed it hit the foul pole.

by CubsBall2202 on Sep 18, 2008 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

+1 Stay positive....

Go Green! Go White! GO STATE! (#13031 on the Cubs season ticket waiting list...)

by Zeke on Sep 18, 2008 3:36 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yes...but we also want to win THIS GAME Bruce.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 18, 2008 3:36 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Agreed, itd be a lot less stressful going into tomorrow wiht a magic number of 2 than of 4

"This is why Major League Baseball does not need instant replay, because then every single play will then be reviewed." -- Joe Morgan, 5/18/08, referring to an umpire ruling a Carlos Delgado homerun foul when replays showed it hit the foul pole.

by CubsBall2202 on Sep 18, 2008 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wait - it's not zero yet?

OMG – open the window

Current temperature in hell: 43 degrees F - and falling!

by wnielsen on Sep 18, 2008 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

ya your right, it doesnt matter if we go into the postseason weakly

after all, october is a crapshoot

"This is why Major League Baseball does not need instant replay, because then every single play will then be reviewed." -- Joe Morgan, 5/18/08, referring to an umpire ruling a Carlos Delgado homerun foul when replays showed it hit the foul pole.

by CubsBall2202 on Sep 18, 2008 3:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

So how they play when they still have 10-11 games left

has a big impact on their play in October?

Current temperature in hell: 43 degrees F - and falling!

by wnielsen on Sep 18, 2008 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

It would be nice if we could win 4 games to clinch the division than relying

on the brewers to keep losing like we did last september, and we know how those playoffs went

"This is why Major League Baseball does not need instant replay, because then every single play will then be reviewed." -- Joe Morgan, 5/18/08, referring to an umpire ruling a Carlos Delgado homerun foul when replays showed it hit the foul pole.

by CubsBall2202 on Sep 18, 2008 3:43 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

last september

has absolutely NOTHING to do with this September.

Nothing.

Not a damn. Thing.

Our 2008 Chicago Cubs -- FINDING WAYS TO WIN!

by drewishdrewid on Sep 18, 2008 3:44 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Last time I checked the team had an awesome Sept last year

and you see how that worked out

Current temperature in hell: 43 degrees F - and falling!

by wnielsen on Sep 18, 2008 3:44 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

patience, grasshopper

The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano

by Emelie on Sep 18, 2008 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wow, are you this much fun in real life?

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 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'd rather the Cubs play strong IN the playoffs.

"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 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

For some

that .1% looms large.

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson

by tucsoncubsfan on Sep 18, 2008 3:36 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

They are also really scared of

Dinosaurs and Asteroids.

Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...

by N Oakley on Sep 18, 2008 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Eeek (jumps on the desk)

Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...

by N Oakley on Sep 18, 2008 3:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Amen

Never take anything for granted when it’s the Cubs

by bluekoolaide on Sep 18, 2008 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

2 more innings left.....maybe the Zombie Cub Offense will wake back up....

rise outta their graves and gnaw Dale Sveum’s leg off……

by razzpunk on Sep 18, 2008 3:35 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Silver Lining . . .

I think having a week of “blow off” games does more harm than good to a team’s playoff performance . . . I think that’s why Wild Card teams typically do well. Because they’re usually the team that’s fighting to make the playoffs right to the end . . . So we all need to relax . . . The Cubs are NOT going to blow a 9 game lead. Assuming we lose, that just means one more day of playing pennant chase baseball. Not a bad thing . . .

by TheRiot02 on Sep 18, 2008 3:35 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Great point....I believe the Rockies made the Series last year while playing games that mattered....

just as a fan I would sure love less drama….which really with the lead we have there isn’t any big drama……so breath everyone

by razzpunk on Sep 18, 2008 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

anyone worried about us not making the playoffs

….is a Cubs fan. I am always going to be nervous until they officially clinch. But it would be nice to be able to give Lee, Ramirez, D-Ro some days off before the playoffs.

Just the other day I saw Theriot posing on a perfect bunt. He was thrown out by 65 feet——later intentionally walked in retaliation.-Hammer

by JEROMEWALTON'SBATTINGSTANCE on Sep 18, 2008 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

My point exactly

hope for the best prepare for the worst,

by PieFan08 on Sep 18, 2008 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

That attitude is no way to lead a nation Mr.

Didnt say you had to say something positive…. Just dont slit your wrists..that’s all.

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by tony412 on Sep 18, 2008 3:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Here's an idea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Those who want to piss and moan and feel sorry for them selves please stay in here when the new thread comes up.

by sue369 on Sep 18, 2008 3:36 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

What if I just need to piss on myself?

Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...

by N Oakley on Sep 18, 2008 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Moises?

"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 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Or how about the ones

who simply want to mindlessly cheerlead start THEIR own thread?

by bluekoolaide on Sep 18, 2008 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

We are not "mindlessly cheerleading".

Why should we always be the ones to have to leave? Just stay in here with al the doomers and yiou will feel right at home.

by sue369 on Sep 18, 2008 3:43 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

It isn't "mindlessly cheerleading"

It’s being realistic,something which the doom-and-gloomers apparently are not.

This has been a very interesting season if, for no other reasons, seeing some of the personality quirks of various posters on this site.

by Not Bruce Froemming on Sep 18, 2008 3:46 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I enjoy your

personal quirks the most, some things never change.

by TheRamZamDLEE on Sep 18, 2008 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

As opposed to

impersonal quirks, I guess.

by Not Bruce Froemming on Sep 18, 2008 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

LOL

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson

by tucsoncubsfan on Sep 18, 2008 3:45 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

on the plus side

Wells has settled down and pitched pretty well… outside of that 6th inning walk

by DWChaney on Sep 18, 2008 3:38 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Another 1-2-3 by Wells

OK, now let’s get some runs Boys!

Go Green! Go White! GO STATE! (#13031 on the Cubs season ticket waiting list...)

by Zeke on Sep 18, 2008 3:38 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Damn, he's showing something.

Really settled down the defense.

"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 3:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Too bad

that he’s not eligible to be placed on the postseason roster. I’m very impressed with him so far.

"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman

by hip2bsquare on Sep 18, 2008 3:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

He can make the postseason roster.

He was in the organization on Aug. 31, and the Cubs have several “freebies” based on the number of guys they have on the DL.

This is his audition. Remember Kevin Hart from last year?

"I've never complained about it. I'm thankful to have a jersey." Mark DeRosa, 22 Aug 2007

by DeRoMyHero on Sep 18, 2008 3:44 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yes, but...

…I’m pretty sure that a player must appear on the 40-man roster prior to Sept. 1 in order to be eligible. That would exclude Randy Wells, Koyie Hill, Casey McGehee, and Angel Guzman.

"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman

by hip2bsquare on Sep 18, 2008 3:46 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

they can find ways to get him on it if need be

based on who was on the roster on Sept. 1 and if someone needs to go on the DL. The Angels snuck K-Rod on their roster in 2002.

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 3:44 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Think someone told these guys

happy hour started. They are flying through these innings.

"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 3:38 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Still better to be a Cub fan than a Brewer fan

Winning the battle but not the war…….

by rncubfan on Sep 18, 2008 3:38 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

If we could only

capture the secret recipe to Stadium Sauce, we would win every battle of consequence.

Just the other day I saw Theriot posing on a perfect bunt. He was thrown out by 65 feet——later intentionally walked in retaliation.-Hammer

by JEROMEWALTON'SBATTINGSTANCE on Sep 18, 2008 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think this thread needs more +1's

"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 3:39 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

+1

:-)

"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 3:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

MORE!

"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 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Whatever

happened to the English Ladies, has that effort ceased?

When you're eight games behind, it's like eight miles; when you're eight games in front, it's like eight inches. ~ Ron Santo

by gwood on Sep 18, 2008 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

+English Lady

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 3:44 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

TWSS

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 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

+1

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 3:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Loose the +1s!

+1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1

"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 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

-3

Just the other day I saw Theriot posing on a perfect bunt. He was thrown out by 65 feet——later intentionally walked in retaliation.-Hammer

by JEROMEWALTON'SBATTINGSTANCE on Sep 18, 2008 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ha ha, I'm still ahead!

"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 3:41 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

+ Sideways8

"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 3:41 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 18, 2008 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think I just got sucked into a wormhole.

"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 3:43 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I knew they shouldn't have built that collider!

The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano

by Emelie on Sep 18, 2008 3:43 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh, yeah.

I forgot I was supposed to cease existance on this plane. Maybe tomor…

Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...

by N Oakley on Sep 18, 2008 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

hee

The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano

by Emelie on Sep 18, 2008 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I cannot believe some people are freaking out......IF we lose this game we still have

a 7 game lead with 10 to go……..and the Brewers have to play some games too…..the odds of us giving up a 7 run lead is preposterous…..chill all…..we are in…….cripes…….and I am not even a polly positive most of the time…..

by razzpunk on Sep 18, 2008 3:39 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

its just the fact that the brewers have 6 games with the reds and pirates

and at worst will probably go 4-2, 5-1.

"This is why Major League Baseball does not need instant replay, because then every single play will then be reviewed." -- Joe Morgan, 5/18/08, referring to an umpire ruling a Carlos Delgado homerun foul when replays showed it hit the foul pole.

by CubsBall2202 on Sep 18, 2008 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

At the worst 5-1, 4-2? Actually the worst is 0-6

Just the other day I saw Theriot posing on a perfect bunt. He was thrown out by 65 feet——later intentionally walked in retaliation.-Hammer

by JEROMEWALTON'SBATTINGSTANCE on Sep 18, 2008 3:44 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Correct

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 3:45 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

You're giving Milwaukee too much credit

They lost 2-of-3 at home to Cincinnati last week. Though who knows which version of the ‘bad Pirates’ will show up. They could be ‘bad’ or ‘terrible’ depending on how they play.

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by Trey2317 on Sep 18, 2008 3:46 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well...

Pirates piled onto the Dodgers last night and gave them a scare this afternoon…

by hmlee on Sep 18, 2008 3:46 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

and swept the Cardinals

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by Shanghai Badger on Sep 18, 2008 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's the Pirates Annual 'There's Hope For Next Year Tour'

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by Trey2317 on Sep 18, 2008 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I am not worried about not making winning the division.

I am more disappointed with the play today. Too many walks, too many errors. It’s frustrating lose a game like this.

"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 3:44 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

we haven't lost yet.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 18, 2008 3:45 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

agree with you there

Cubs are playing WAY below their capacity

The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano

by Emelie on Sep 18, 2008 3:45 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

they're tired.

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by drewishdrewid on Sep 18, 2008 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

from what?

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by Shanghai Badger on Sep 18, 2008 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

all that winning...

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 18, 2008 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

partying.

"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 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

150+ games of baseball?

media pressure?
being in first place almost the entire time?

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by drewishdrewid on Sep 18, 2008 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

really? then the season really is over.

that’s a load of Bravo Sierra, Drew. They’re getting beat and playing poorly. If they are tired now, how are they going to fare with no off days? How about the pressure in the post-season?

And how does being in 1st make one tired?

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by Shanghai Badger on Sep 18, 2008 3:50 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

call it what you want.

I’m calling it like I see it.

They’re tired.

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by drewishdrewid on Sep 18, 2008 3:51 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Angels must be EXHAUSTED then

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by Shanghai Badger on Sep 18, 2008 3:51 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

partying dude.

Kevin, I know for a FACT you do not party.

"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 3:53 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

They just had 2 days off last week.

there are no more off days so they better get used to it.

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by Fishbone2 on Sep 18, 2008 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

maybe, but

they’re tired.

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by drewishdrewid on Sep 18, 2008 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Y'know

The baseball fans I know get a little irked when their team walks nine guys and makes a crucial error in a big game. Has Chicago changed so much that we now sit happily through this kind of baseball?

by cubmudgeon on Sep 18, 2008 3:39 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

No, nine walks is terrible and you should be losing games with that type if performance

errors happen though

"This is why Major League Baseball does not need instant replay, because then every single play will then be reviewed." -- Joe Morgan, 5/18/08, referring to an umpire ruling a Carlos Delgado homerun foul when replays showed it hit the foul pole.

by CubsBall2202 on Sep 18, 2008 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Be angry about the performance today

That is fine. I am not happy myself.

But to think that the team cannot get a combination of 4 Cubs victories or Brewers losses over the next 11 games is riduculous.

Current temperature in hell: 43 degrees F - and falling!

by wnielsen on Sep 18, 2008 3:43 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

No, I'm pissed about it

I just think it’s ridiculous to say that the season is crumbling because of it, and that’s about what a couple of people are saying

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by Shanghai Badger on Sep 18, 2008 3:43 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

and they ALWAYS wait until we're losing to come in and say it

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by Emelie on Sep 18, 2008 3:44 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Funny, isn't it?

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by Shanghai Badger on Sep 18, 2008 3:45 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bingo

I don’t think anybody is praising the Cubs’ play today. They’re just taking a realistic view of the situation.

by Not Bruce Froemming on Sep 18, 2008 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nope, it's not fun to watch

But taken over the course of 162 games, days like this will happen. The magic number will still be 4 if the Cubs lose, and I’d much rather be in this position than scoreboard watching like the Mets, Phillies and Brewers have to on a consistent basis.

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by Trey2317 on Sep 18, 2008 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Monday at Shea

As a Cubs fan living in NJ, part of me wants the Cubs to wait until Monday to clinch so i can see it in person against the Mets. But the logical side of me remembers that going into game 5 of the 2003 NLCS, I said, it wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world if the Cubs lost game 5 so that they could clinch in Chicago. Big mistake.

by mycubs1987 on Sep 18, 2008 3:40 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Precisely.

How can ya be? The Cubs have played a sloppy game. But it’s not over and there’s another one tomorrow, 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 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

errors happen

and it isn’t super surprising that our bullpen would be wearing down in September – most teams probably dealing with that. Of greater interest is the offensive inconsistency mentioned by another poster earlier. Their mediocre pen has shut the Cubs offense down for two days now, and there is a pretty direct correlation between the fact that we’ve swung at every single pitch the past two games and the lack of runs or quality at bats.

by BeltwayCubsFan on Sep 18, 2008 3:40 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I agree with that

And I’m not happy with the approach at the plate, either.

Chicken Little would love the last two threads, though.

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by Shanghai Badger on Sep 18, 2008 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

really. geez.

Go Green! Go White! GO STATE! (#13031 on the Cubs season ticket waiting list...)

by Zeke on Sep 18, 2008 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

a completely inconsistant strike zone

will do that to a team.

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by drewishdrewid on Sep 18, 2008 3:52 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I love when Pat Hughes annunciates names

like “Guirrrrrrellmo Mota”

"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 3:41 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Like we're "waiting to get beat"?

"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 3:44 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Like there is some kind of free wing and beer special

that is only available to people who get there by 5.

Just the other day I saw Theriot posing on a perfect bunt. He was thrown out by 65 feet——later intentionally walked in retaliation.-Hammer

by JEROMEWALTON'SBATTINGSTANCE on Sep 18, 2008 3:45 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Even if you lose today....

You need to make the Suds pen pitch a lot….so they aren’t so rested …

The best defense is a good offense

by kcjones on Sep 18, 2008 3:44 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Why is kosuke playing again?

"This is why Major League Baseball does not need instant replay, because then every single play will then be reviewed." -- Joe Morgan, 5/18/08, referring to an umpire ruling a Carlos Delgado homerun foul when replays showed it hit the foul pole.

by CubsBall2202 on Sep 18, 2008 3:45 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Its painful to think we still have 3 more years of him

"This is why Major League Baseball does not need instant replay, because then every single play will then be reviewed." -- Joe Morgan, 5/18/08, referring to an umpire ruling a Carlos Delgado homerun foul when replays showed it hit the foul pole.

by CubsBall2202 on Sep 18, 2008 3:46 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

oh c'mon

can’t you give him a year to adjust? have some heart.

The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano

by Emelie on Sep 18, 2008 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Maybe the organization should

just get robots and then they could win every game and then no one would have anything to bitch about.

by sue369 on Sep 18, 2008 3:50 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Maybe if we were hoping to contend, but for a team thats going to try and win a championship

we need a right fielder who can hit the ball consistently too

"This is why Major League Baseball does not need instant replay, because then every single play will then be reviewed." -- Joe Morgan, 5/18/08, referring to an umpire ruling a Carlos Delgado homerun foul when replays showed it hit the foul pole.

by CubsBall2202 on Sep 18, 2008 3:50 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

no, we don't.

we need a lineup that hits more than this lineup has today, but we do not need any ONE player to produce. We just need SOME players to produce. Playoff games are low-scoring, and defense is just as important as offense.

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by drewishdrewid on Sep 18, 2008 3:53 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

+1

"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 3:53 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

he's the best RF

in the game, defensively, and his bat will return.

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by drewishdrewid on Sep 18, 2008 3:52 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

And it's not like anyone else is hitting
Three hits. But yeah, why play this guy except as defense.

by cubmudgeon on Sep 18, 2008 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

uh no

Just the other day I saw Theriot posing on a perfect bunt. He was thrown out by 65 feet——later intentionally walked in retaliation.-Hammer

by JEROMEWALTON'SBATTINGSTANCE on Sep 18, 2008 3:46 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dome is one of the best RFs in baseball

The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano

by Emelie on Sep 18, 2008 3:46 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

True, but he is also one of the worst hitters in baseball

"This is why Major League Baseball does not need instant replay, because then every single play will then be reviewed." -- Joe Morgan, 5/18/08, referring to an umpire ruling a Carlos Delgado homerun foul when replays showed it hit the foul pole.

by CubsBall2202 on Sep 18, 2008 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Defensively, sure.

Offensively, he is not currently a legitimate MLB player. He may get there, but he’s not there right now.

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by D98 on Sep 18, 2008 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

He's had a lot

of adjustments to make this season. I want to see what he does next season before I call him a bust.

by sue369 on Sep 18, 2008 3:52 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wuertz

Is Wuertz the righthanded Eyre? We never see him.

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by KedzieKid on Sep 18, 2008 3:46 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

He's in the witness protection program along with Pie...

"I've never complained about it. I'm thankful to have a jersey." Mark DeRosa, 22 Aug 2007

by DeRoMyHero on Sep 18, 2008 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bring back Henry Roengardener!

"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 3:46 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

for lines like,

“Rosengardner” and “Carpetbagger”

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by Trey2317 on Sep 18, 2008 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

C'mon Sori!

Blackouts. Suck. In. Iowa.

by znohitter on Sep 18, 2008 3:46 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Let's go Fonso!!

"I love when they play that Go Cubs Win song."

by BMoney79 on Sep 18, 2008 3:47 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

How about a HR

4 outs to work with, as negative as i am, there is still a chance

by PieFan08 on Sep 18, 2008 3:47 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

You think Sori will be patient here?

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 18, 2008 3:47 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Has he ever?

Just the other day I saw Theriot posing on a perfect bunt. He was thrown out by 65 feet——later intentionally walked in retaliation.-Hammer

by JEROMEWALTON'SBATTINGSTANCE on Sep 18, 2008 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

haha your user name always looks like its yelling at me!

"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 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

A Walk!

Hooray!

Just the other day I saw Theriot posing on a perfect bunt. He was thrown out by 65 feet——later intentionally walked in retaliation.-Hammer

by JEROMEWALTON'SBATTINGSTANCE on Sep 18, 2008 3:48 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Why didn't he swing at the perfect pirtch in the dirt?

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Tommie Agee was out.

by Weeghman Park on Sep 18, 2008 3:48 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Wow. Shark was awful.

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by TheTruth11 on Sep 18, 2008 3:48 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Shark had no defense behind him whatsoever.

4 runs, none of them earned.

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by D98 on Sep 18, 2008 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

He was poor. No excuses

Just the other day I saw Theriot posing on a perfect bunt. He was thrown out by 65 feet——later intentionally walked in retaliation.-Hammer

by JEROMEWALTON'SBATTINGSTANCE on Sep 18, 2008 3:50 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I agree. But to say he pitched anything other than poorly would be wrong.

Just the other day I saw Theriot posing on a perfect bunt. He was thrown out by 65 feet——later intentionally walked in retaliation.-Hammer

by JEROMEWALTON'SBATTINGSTANCE on Sep 18, 2008 3:52 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I disagree

Average, maybe a little below it.

by Not Bruce Froemming on Sep 18, 2008 3:53 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

If walking two and giving up three hits in less than an inning

is average or a little below, then yes he meets that criteria. He is Farnsworth, the irish sequel.

Just the other day I saw Theriot posing on a perfect bunt. He was thrown out by 65 feet——later intentionally walked in retaliation.-Hammer

by JEROMEWALTON'SBATTINGSTANCE on Sep 18, 2008 3:55 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

A little quick with the Farnsworth comparison, no?

I don’t agree, but you’re entitled to your opinion, even if it is wrong.

by Not Bruce Froemming on Sep 18, 2008 3:56 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

That true?

I can’t see the game, but on Gamecast, it looked like he pitched behind everybody, walked a couple, and gave up a couple of two-out hits. Were some of those playable?

by cubmudgeon on Sep 18, 2008 3:56 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

If Derosa makes the play you wouldn't be saying that.

He got a ground out. Walked a guy. Then got another ground out which would have been the inning ender. He got flustered and the wheels fell off.

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by Fishbone2 on Sep 18, 2008 3:55 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

You want a guy

that gets flustered by an error and craps his pants? On a playoff team? OK

Just the other day I saw Theriot posing on a perfect bunt. He was thrown out by 65 feet——later intentionally walked in retaliation.-Hammer

by JEROMEWALTON'SBATTINGSTANCE on Sep 18, 2008 3:56 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

They make the plays behind him. It never gets to the point it got to.

I agree he was bad after that but to pin this ALL on him is an overstatement.

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by Fishbone2 on Sep 18, 2008 3:58 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Correct

Pinning it all on him is a bit harsh.

by Not Bruce Froemming on Sep 18, 2008 3:59 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

The guy hates

everything Notre Dame so he hates Jeff because he went to school there. Good reasoning huh?

by sue369 on Sep 18, 2008 4:00 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

So he pitched well Sue? Is that what your saying?

Just the other day I saw Theriot posing on a perfect bunt. He was thrown out by 65 feet——later intentionally walked in retaliation.-Hammer

by JEROMEWALTON'SBATTINGSTANCE on Sep 18, 2008 4:00 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

No I'm not saying that

but you are going way overboard with this.

by sue369 on Sep 18, 2008 4:02 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Pick out the overboard sentence from the above.

Just the other day I saw Theriot posing on a perfect bunt. He was thrown out by 65 feet——later intentionally walked in retaliation.-Hammer

by JEROMEWALTON'SBATTINGSTANCE on Sep 18, 2008 4:02 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Your post that you hate

everything associated with ND when Jeff was pitching.

by sue369 on Sep 18, 2008 4:04 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I guess I'll leave it that we have different definitions of poor

In my book 35 pitches, 2 walks, 3 hits in .2 of an inning is always poor

Just the other day I saw Theriot posing on a perfect bunt. He was thrown out by 65 feet——later intentionally walked in retaliation.-Hammer

by JEROMEWALTON'SBATTINGSTANCE on Sep 18, 2008 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

After he pitched like crap

I have said that about Florida too. And I went to school there.

Just the other day I saw Theriot posing on a perfect bunt. He was thrown out by 65 feet——later intentionally walked in retaliation.-Hammer

by JEROMEWALTON'SBATTINGSTANCE on Sep 18, 2008 4:06 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I did not pin it all on him

Just said there is no argument to saying he was anything but poor. Froeming disagreed.

Just the other day I saw Theriot posing on a perfect bunt. He was thrown out by 65 feet——later intentionally walked in retaliation.-Hammer

by JEROMEWALTON'SBATTINGSTANCE on Sep 18, 2008 4:00 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

But he is rolling those R's for Mota...

"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 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

LBR not running on that ball in the dirt?

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 18, 2008 3:49 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Didn't really get away all that far

Hate to get snuffed out to end da inning wit Sori up.

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by BMoney79 on Sep 18, 2008 3:51 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bummer.

Have to win it in the 9th.

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by BMoney79 on Sep 18, 2008 3:49 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Damn you,

Damn you all to HELL!!!!

Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...

by N Oakley on Sep 18, 2008 3:50 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

that pitch hit the plate!

and he still swung
BB knew it was coming, why didn’t Sori?

by CubFaninNY on Sep 18, 2008 3:51 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's it -- bench him!

What a terrible baseball player.

by Not Bruce Froemming on Sep 18, 2008 3:52 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

All you have to do is throw it in the dirt to Sori with two strikes and he golfs at it

always.

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Tommie Agee was out.

by Weeghman Park on Sep 18, 2008 3:52 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

maybe

The game indicates how much more the Brewers need this game than we do…..

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by KedzieKid on Sep 18, 2008 3:50 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Nah, they just got the "Sleepwalk cubs offense"

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by CubsBall2202 on Sep 18, 2008 3:51 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

back

Hopefully, we’ll get that intensity back this week-end against the Birds.

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by KedzieKid on Sep 18, 2008 3:51 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Someone was chanting "CECIL" so loud...

"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 3:52 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Just the other day I saw Theriot posing on a perfect bunt. He was thrown out by 65 feet——later intentionally walked in retaliation.-Hammer

by JEROMEWALTON'SBATTINGSTANCE on Sep 18, 2008 3:52 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Well, there's Fielder's obligatory extra-base hit.

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by dat cubfan daver on Sep 18, 2008 3:53 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Ha ha ha -- it was so funny seeing that tub of lard running the bases

…but he did get a double. damn.

"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 3:53 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

now, now people

we mustn’t say things like that.

by CubFaninNY on Sep 18, 2008 3:54 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Haagen-Dazs ice cream is completely vegetarian.

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by DeRoMyHero on Sep 18, 2008 3:55 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Does he wear a

Bro or a Manzere?

Mike=Milton+Eamus Catuli = AC000000

by Cub's Paperboy on Sep 18, 2008 3:56 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

OT: the scoop on the rooftop

Link.

The lease ran out and the guy wants more money.

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by DeRoMyHero on Sep 18, 2008 3:54 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

maybe not best thing to bring up today, but...

i hope we clinch it “on the field” – ie, the magic # goes to zero by us winning, not brewers losing first. hope we still do it at home this weekend,

assuming we lose today, then, earliest we can clinch is sat afternoon. if we win/they lose friday, then they play at noon sat and us @ 3pm.

by nervousCUBlover on Sep 18, 2008 3:54 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Weurtz back from AAA Purgatory

Let’s see what ya got, Michael.

by DWChaney on Sep 18, 2008 3:55 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

SEND HIM BACK!

Blackouts. Suck. In. Iowa.

by znohitter on Sep 18, 2008 3:55 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

oh, Santo is PISSED.

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by drewishdrewid on Sep 18, 2008 3:55 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

so am I

The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano

by Emelie on Sep 18, 2008 3:55 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

"WHAT?! WHY?!" - Ron Santo

"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 3:56 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Why is wuertz allowed to take a major league mound?

"This is why Major League Baseball does not need instant replay, because then every single play will then be reviewed." -- Joe Morgan, 5/18/08, referring to an umpire ruling a Carlos Delgado homerun foul when replays showed it hit the foul pole.

by CubsBall2202 on Sep 18, 2008 3:55 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Ha ha...OMG Wuertz is awful....what was he thinking?

"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 3:56 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

More like...

What were we thinking wondering where he was…

by hmlee on Sep 18, 2008 3:57 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh my goodness

What in the hell was that Michael???

"I love when they play that Go Cubs Win song."

by BMoney79 on Sep 18, 2008 3:56 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

What in the world was that?

My Blog: http://thegettinplace.blogspot.com/

by TheTruth11 on Sep 18, 2008 3:56 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

good play!!!

The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano

by Emelie on Sep 18, 2008 3:56 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

D- for Effort!

"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 3:57 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

trying to cheer myself up here

The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano

by Emelie on Sep 18, 2008 3:57 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Haha I know, me too!

I’m just kind of laughing. Just one of those days. Bad.

"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 4:00 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Pretty much sums up this game-

Wuertz was in between shoveling it to Lee and taking it himself…And did neither… -Pat Hughes

"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 3:56 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Might be time to wash this game away and get ready for tomorrow.

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 3:57 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

What exactly

Did he do? I missed it

by hmlee on Sep 18, 2008 3:58 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

He missed it too.

"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 3:59 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nothing. That was the issue.

Ohhhhh well.

"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 3:59 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

they're waking up!

The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano

by Emelie on Sep 18, 2008 3:57 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Who isn't pissed about the game today

However, with a loss, the Cubs will only have an EIGHT game lead in the loss column with 11 to play.

Current temperature in hell: 43 degrees F - and falling!

by wnielsen on Sep 18, 2008 3:57 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Yep.

I am definitely pissed. They’re playing like crap and letting the 2nd-best NL team back into the playoff picture.

But your perspective is exactly right.

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 3:59 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah...

no reason to panic. The flat play the last couple days is frustrating though. After Tuesday’s game, I really thought the Brewers would be the ones playing like the Cubs have played the past 2 days.

by hokie316 on Sep 18, 2008 4:00 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Seems like Milwaukee gets up for playing in Wrigley

then they come back down to earth. After winning 2-of-3 at Wrigley last time, they lost 6 straight.

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 4:04 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's it we can just walk guys or

let them get hits and we’ll just throw them out.

by TheRamZamDLEE on Sep 18, 2008 3:57 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Marshall

The way the bull pen has looked lately, I think Marshall may be a big key in the playoffs.

"It's a funny old world. Man's lucky if he gets out of it alive." W.C. Fields

by KedzieKid on Sep 18, 2008 3:57 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

OT: Something I found funny

Curt Schilling calling out Manny as being a “Me First” player. Ha ha ha ha ha.

Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...

by N Oakley on Sep 18, 2008 3:58 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I fail to see the humor

comparing Schilling to Manny who deliberately fails is crazy.

by CubFaninNY on Sep 18, 2008 3:59 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

It takes one to know one, right?

Who better to judge Man-Ram?

"I've never complained about it. I'm thankful to have a jersey." Mark DeRosa, 22 Aug 2007

by DeRoMyHero on Sep 18, 2008 4:00 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

BTW

Worst. Nickname. Ever.

"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 4:01 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Really. I think CS is one of the most

me players of this era. I find his oral fixation with every microphone offensive.

Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...

by N Oakley on Sep 18, 2008 4:07 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

can't wait

Can’t wait to play in Miller Park again. That’s where we REALLY play well.

"It's a funny old world. Man's lucky if he gets out of it alive." W.C. Fields

by KedzieKid on Sep 18, 2008 3:59 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

COMEBACK TIME!

Mike=Milton+Eamus Catuli = AC000000

by Cub's Paperboy on Sep 18, 2008 4:01 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

theriot needs a few days off

"This is why Major League Baseball does not need instant replay, because then every single play will then be reviewed." -- Joe Morgan, 5/18/08, referring to an umpire ruling a Carlos Delgado homerun foul when replays showed it hit the foul pole.

by CubsBall2202 on Sep 18, 2008 4:02 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Didn't Lou vow he was going to do that this spring?

He can’t, though, because Cedeno is still in the witness protection program.

"I've never complained about it. I'm thankful to have a jersey." Mark DeRosa, 22 Aug 2007

by DeRoMyHero on Sep 18, 2008 4:03 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Let's see...

Today the Cubs have walked nine batters, played poor defense, and not hit very well. That’s the stinky game trifecta right there…

I’m glad they’re getting it all out of their system at once, because I really want a sweep against the Redbird.

"I've never complained about it. I'm thankful to have a jersey." Mark DeRosa, 22 Aug 2007

by DeRoMyHero on Sep 18, 2008 4:02 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

lee crushes one to right, 2 out

"This is why Major League Baseball does not need instant replay, because then every single play will then be reviewed." -- Joe Morgan, 5/18/08, referring to an umpire ruling a Carlos Delgado homerun foul when replays showed it hit the foul pole.

by CubsBall2202 on Sep 18, 2008 4:03 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I think Lou's going to rip them a new one this afternoon

The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano

by Emelie on Sep 18, 2008 4:03 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Sliver of hope!

Blackouts. Suck. In. Iowa.

by znohitter on Sep 18, 2008 4:03 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Braun gives a tiny bit of life

"I love when they play that Go Cubs Win song."

by BMoney79 on Sep 18, 2008 4:03 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Jedmonds can do it

The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano

by Emelie on Sep 18, 2008 4:04 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

settle

I’d settle for two of three against Deadbirds.

"It's a funny old world. Man's lucky if he gets out of it alive." W.C. Fields

by KedzieKid on Sep 18, 2008 4:04 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

dont mean to crush your hope but this games been over since the 7th

"This is why Major League Baseball does not need instant replay, because then every single play will then be reviewed." -- Joe Morgan, 5/18/08, referring to an umpire ruling a Carlos Delgado homerun foul when replays showed it hit the foul pole.

by CubsBall2202 on Sep 18, 2008 4:05 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nice

"I love when they play that Go Cubs Win song."

by BMoney79 on Sep 18, 2008 4:05 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

then why are you still following 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 4:06 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

waiting for lous postgame

"This is why Major League Baseball does not need instant replay, because then every single play will then be reviewed." -- Joe Morgan, 5/18/08, referring to an umpire ruling a Carlos Delgado homerun foul when replays showed it hit the foul pole.

by CubsBall2202 on Sep 18, 2008 4:07 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

...And still waiting!

Blackouts. Suck. In. Iowa.

by znohitter on Sep 18, 2008 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

well ill certainly eat crow for this one

"This is why Major League Baseball does not need instant replay, because then every single play will then be reviewed." -- Joe Morgan, 5/18/08, referring to an umpire ruling a Carlos Delgado homerun foul when replays showed it hit the foul pole.

by CubsBall2202 on Sep 18, 2008 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

indeed

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 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'll happily bake you a big pie

The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano

by Emelie on Sep 18, 2008 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yes

You will. That was a tad ridiculous.

"I love when they play that Go Cubs Win song."

by BMoney79 on Sep 18, 2008 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm prepping it now for ya

Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...

by N Oakley on Sep 18, 2008 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Rami

Starting the 2-out Rally, come on Jimmy!

Mike=Milton+Eamus Catuli = AC000000

by Cub's Paperboy on Sep 18, 2008 4:04 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

YEAH!

Blackouts. Suck. In. Iowa.

by znohitter on Sep 18, 2008 4:05 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

YESSSSSSSSSSS

The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano

by Emelie on Sep 18, 2008 4:05 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Base hit Jimmy

Tying run on deck. Let’s go guys!

"I love when they play that Go Cubs Win song."

by BMoney79 on Sep 18, 2008 4:05 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Just takes one more base runner...

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 4:05 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Way to go Jimmy Ballgame!

Mike=Milton+Eamus Catuli = AC000000

by Cub's Paperboy on Sep 18, 2008 4:05 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Hey, It's something.

The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel

by Blue W on Sep 18, 2008 4:06 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

C'mon, DeRosa...

find a way to get on base

by hokie316 on Sep 18, 2008 4:06 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano

by Emelie on Sep 18, 2008 4:06 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Remember the first half of the season,

when we won every game at home and couldn’t win on the road?

We’re doing the exact opposite now…

"I've never complained about it. I'm thankful to have a jersey." Mark DeRosa, 22 Aug 2007

by DeRoMyHero on Sep 18, 2008 4:06 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Single for DeRo

Tying run at the dish. Let’s go guys!!

"I love when they play that Go Cubs Win song."

by BMoney79 on Sep 18, 2008 4:06 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

WOOOOO!

"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 4:06 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Sweet titty fu**ing Christ!

"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 4:07 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

This team is in operation shutdown

don’t get your hopes up folks

/debbi downerd

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by Gibbon Jockey on Sep 18, 2008 4:07 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

GO!!!

Blackouts. Suck. In. Iowa.

by znohitter on Sep 18, 2008 4:07 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Say this for them

As bad as they’ve looked today, they’ve given themselves a chance.

Got to appreciate 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 4:07 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Let's go Soto!

The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel

by Blue W on Sep 18, 2008 4:07 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

DeRo

Wke up!

Mike=Milton+Eamus Catuli = AC000000

by Cub's Paperboy on Sep 18, 2008 4:07 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

SOTO HR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano

by Emelie on Sep 18, 2008 4:07 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

What did I just say!

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by Gibbon Jockey on Sep 18, 2008 4:07 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Tie Game!!!!!

"I love when they play that Go Cubs Win song."

by BMoney79 on Sep 18, 2008 4:07 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

First Ball will be a change up

See if Soto can park one

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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 18, 2008 4:07 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

OH MY GOD

The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano

by Emelie on Sep 18, 2008 4:07 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

GEO

"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 18, 2008 4:07 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

GAWD I LOVE THE REVERSE JINX!!!!!!!!!

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by Gibbon Jockey on Sep 18, 2008 4:07 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Wow.

Wow. Wow.

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 4:07 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I thought the radio call was part of a promo or something, it came so quick.

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 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

OK, Soto... just one swing will do it.

HOLY CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by hokie316 on Sep 18, 2008 4:07 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Soto

  M V P

"It's a funny old world. Man's lucky if he gets out of it alive." W.C. Fields

by KedzieKid on Sep 18, 2008 4:08 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Clinched ROY

Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...

by N Oakley on Sep 18, 2008 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

OMFG!!!!!!

"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 4:08 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Holy freaking shit!!!

I’m freaking out!!!!!

"I love when they play that Go Cubs Win song."

by BMoney79 on Sep 18, 2008 4:08 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

WOW!

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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 18, 2008 4:08 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

sWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Just the other day I saw Theriot posing on a perfect bunt. He was thrown out by 65 feet——later intentionally walked in retaliation.-Hammer

by JEROMEWALTON'SBATTINGSTANCE on Sep 18, 2008 4:08 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Fukudome

walk-off?

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 4:08 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

now you're being ridiculous....

that other Japanese right-fielder who hit that HR on 3/31/08 — don’t know where he went

by nervousCUBlover on Sep 18, 2008 4:10 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bloop and a blast!!!

When you're eight games behind, it's like eight miles; when you're eight games in front, it's like eight inches. ~ Ron Santo

by gwood on Sep 18, 2008 4:08 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

LEDGE JUMPERS, don't come back!

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 4:08 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

That's what I'm saying

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by tony412 on Sep 18, 2008 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

YES! YES! YES!

Keep ‘em goin’!

The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel

by Blue W on Sep 18, 2008 4:08 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I showed up just in time

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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 18, 2008 4:08 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Cubbies are on a Mission

from God!

Mike=Milton+Eamus Catuli = AC000000

by Cub's Paperboy on Sep 18, 2008 4:08 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

i cant even talk right now....

"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 4:08 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

It's a good thing that Geo didn't take the first pitch just to be patient!!!

"I've never complained about it. I'm thankful to have a jersey." Mark DeRosa, 22 Aug 2007

by DeRoMyHero on Sep 18, 2008 4:08 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

HOLY SHIT!!!

"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 4:08 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

+ a whole lot!!!!

When you're eight games behind, it's like eight miles; when you're eight games in front, it's like eight inches. ~ Ron Santo

by gwood on Sep 18, 2008 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

WIN THIS F*&^ING GAME!

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by Gibbon Jockey on Sep 18, 2008 4:08 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I JUST LOVE GEO (thump thump thump)

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by Emelie on Sep 18, 2008 4:08 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

NO BLEEPING WAY

"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 4:08 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

A big silent yell at work!!! Yes!!!!

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson

by tucsoncubsfan on Sep 18, 2008 4:08 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I yelled. At work. Loud.

"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 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I clapped loudly in Milwaukee...

Couldn’t help it. Apologized to a friend…

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 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Awesome...

I was waiting for my brewer co-worker to walk down the hall so i could give him a thumbs up.

"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." - Alvin Dark

by Fishbone2 on Sep 18, 2008 4:12 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I didn't pretend to be unhappy, though

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 4:14 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

My co-worker just walked down...

shaking his head… Saying, “this could be it for the Brewers.” Hopefully they are equally as deflated. I don’t want to see Milw in the playoffs.

"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 4:17 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

OODISOHFA{NV{O V{OVK EO{INUIWNUIUBUEFDVASDFGSVWC

WEVWRVWRECGSRGRSVDC

"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 4:09 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

that should be Al's title

The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano

by Emelie on Sep 18, 2008 4:10 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Second

Blackouts. Suck. In. Iowa.

by znohitter on Sep 18, 2008 4:11 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

FUKUDOME

with a walk off chance??

"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 4:09 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

HOLY MERCIFUL CHRIST

"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 4:09 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

The stuff of legend!

The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano

by Emelie on Sep 18, 2008 4:09 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Bonus Ball!

(And I didn’t even need a quarter!)

Blackouts. Suck. In. Iowa.

by znohitter on Sep 18, 2008 4:09 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

This is what

Vince Lloyd and Brickhouse used to call a Cub Rally=everything after 2!

Mike=Milton+Eamus Catuli = AC000000

by Cub's Paperboy on Sep 18, 2008 4:09 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Free Baseball!

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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 18, 2008 4:09 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Let's just not walk anyone this inning

mmmmmkay?

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by Gibbon Jockey on Sep 18, 2008 4:10 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Well, that escalated quickly...

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 4:10 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, there were horses, and a man on fire, and I killed a guy with a trident.

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 4:12 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's okay, I'll take some extra baseball today!

Where is your ledge now, Jumpers!

The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel

by Blue W on Sep 18, 2008 4:10 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

they retreat back to their caves

and hang from the stalagtites

The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano

by Emelie on Sep 18, 2008 4:11 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Stalactites

go top down

stalagmites go bottom up

The More You Know

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by Gibbon Jockey on Sep 18, 2008 4:13 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I knew *somebody* was going to come on with that :D

The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano

by Emelie on Sep 18, 2008 4:13 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Where all the complainers 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.

by zevkalman on Sep 18, 2008 4:10 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Werd

It’s all about the rally cap

"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 4:13 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Milwaukee will be toasted

unless they can salvage this one. Drive a stake in their sudsy hearts!

Mike=Milton+Eamus Catuli = AC000000

by Cub's Paperboy on Sep 18, 2008 4:10 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

+1

"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 4:13 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hey, trolls,

Stuff it where the sun doesn’t shine.

This team never ceases to amaze.

Even if they lose today … it still says a lot.

by Not Bruce Froemming on Sep 18, 2008 4:10 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Is Ron Santo still breathing??

"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 4:11 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Barely.

Pat was just as emotional…Called it “truly a miracle”

"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 4:11 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

This whole game was on life support until 2 out in the 9th.

I’ll take it.

The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel

by Blue W on Sep 18, 2008 4:13 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

4 runs with no one on and 2 outs!

"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 4:14 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dunno, but

I smell smoke from the new hair piece.

Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...

by N Oakley on Sep 18, 2008 4:12 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

How about a 1-2-3 inning

That would be good for Ron’s Ticker.

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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 18, 2008 4:12 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

How was the call for that homer?

Can’t wait to watch when I get home

"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 4:12 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Some Sir-Mix-a-Lot

Jump on it!

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 4:13 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I have to agree with Pat

These games against the Brewers are great.

Just the other day I saw Theriot posing on a perfect bunt. He was thrown out by 65 feet——later intentionally walked in retaliation.-Hammer

by JEROMEWALTON'SBATTINGSTANCE on Sep 18, 2008 4:13 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Johnson... in double switch.

"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 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Way to go Marmol

Hey let’s get one more baby

by ThisOldCub18 on Sep 18, 2008 4:17 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Shades of DIck Vitale...

Blackouts. Suck. In. Iowa.

by znohitter on Sep 18, 2008 4:18 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Let's win this one!

Now is the time for the Cubbies to shine!

Mike=Milton+Eamus Catuli = AC000000

by Cub's Paperboy on Sep 18, 2008 4:17 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

That play at the plate with hardy and hart being thrown out at 3rd look huge right

about now

"This is why Major League Baseball does not need instant replay, because then every single play will then be reviewed." -- Joe Morgan, 5/18/08, referring to an umpire ruling a Carlos Delgado homerun foul when replays showed it hit the foul pole.

by CubsBall2202 on Sep 18, 2008 4:17 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Man I wish I was at this game

Just the other day I saw Theriot posing on a perfect bunt. He was thrown out by 65 feet——later intentionally walked in retaliation.-Hammer

by JEROMEWALTON'SBATTINGSTANCE on Sep 18, 2008 4:19 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

THEY TIED IT UP?!

"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 4:20 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

That made me laugh

Just the other day I saw Theriot posing on a perfect bunt. He was thrown out by 65 feet——later intentionally walked in retaliation.-Hammer

by JEROMEWALTON'SBATTINGSTANCE on Sep 18, 2008 4:20 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Riot is really scuffling

My Blog: http://thegettinplace.blogspot.com/

by TheTruth11 on Sep 18, 2008 4:25 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

K

Fielder

Mike=Milton+Eamus Catuli = AC000000

by Cub's Paperboy on Sep 18, 2008 4:33 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Here we go Cubbies!

All it takes is one DLee, Rami or Jimmy!

Mike=Milton+Eamus Catuli = AC000000

by Cub's Paperboy on Sep 18, 2008 4:34 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

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