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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'

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 3:48 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?

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 3:47 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?

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 3:50 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 tw