Overflow Thread 2: Cubs vs. Brewers, Thursday 9/18, 1:20 CT
by Al Yellon on Sep 18, 2008 3:15 PM CDT
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Print"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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Where is everyone?
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
overflow 2 just started
I posted a link in Overflow 1
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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
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
Lou has to find SOMEONE who can come in and throw strikes in the middle innings
He’s trolling
Go Green! Go White! GO STATE! (#13031 on the Cubs season ticket waiting list...)
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
Still have plenty of time
Just need to get out of this inning. Stupid Notre Damer.
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
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
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.
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
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.
My Blog: http://thegettinplace.blogspot.com/
+1
Whatever happened to going the other way with it? Seems like he’s pull happy
My Blog: http://thegettinplace.blogspot.com/
Wow. Shark was awful.
My Blog: http://thegettinplace.blogspot.com/
All runs were unearned. Had a lot of bad luck. Had the DP ball to get out of the inning. Play wasn't made.
"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
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
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!
OT: Microsoft pulling those pathetic Gates/Seinfeld ads
The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano
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
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
*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
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
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
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
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.
Come on...at some point this game
Gagne is gonna come in after they blew through the pen last night.
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.
it feels like the
Brewers pounded us for 15 hits
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Brewers got 4 freaking runs on 4 freaking hits
thanks to a lack of control and an error.
Only because we have just 2 hits...
Go Green! Go White! GO STATE! (#13031 on the Cubs season ticket waiting list...)
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
Ladies and Gentlemen...Randy Wells!!1
My Blog: http://thegettinplace.blogspot.com/
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
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
"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
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
So...anytime you guys want to start getting outs....is...you know...fine with me.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 18, 2008 3:20 PM CDT reply actions
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!
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
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
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
gotta love their guess hack
first pitch swingin RF
by Seismic Stallion on Sep 18, 2008 3:20 PM CDT reply actions
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
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
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.
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
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
Hahahahahahaha
"I love when they play that Go Cubs Win song."
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
+1 Think Positively!
Go Green! Go White! GO STATE! (#13031 on the Cubs season ticket waiting list...)
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
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
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.
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
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.
See above. Lou is trolling for SOMEONE to step up
for the 6th & 7th innings…
Go Green! Go White! GO STATE! (#13031 on the Cubs season ticket waiting list...)
our achilles heel
hope some young phenom magically appears
The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano
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
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
OK Sori... fire the rest of them up, please
The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano
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……
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
Exactly....why give them even a sliver of hope?
Plus I want to see Prince Fatboy cry in his Veggie Burger again!
Ok thats how the rally can get going
Theriot needs to get a hit
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
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.
Yeah, coffey was so good, the REDS released him...
ot DFA’d him
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.
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
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
swith hitting? Not that there's anything wrong with that
The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano
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
+1
Whatever happened to going the other way with it? Seems like he’s pull happy
My Blog: http://thegettinplace.blogspot.com/
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.
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
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
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
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!
Great inning
way to go into the postseason strong everyone, great at bats all day
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
Didn't the Cubs just win 5 in a row?
Did I miss 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
I blinked and the inning was over.
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel
Come on, Cubs...
you’re killin’ me the last two days.
Get it together,eh?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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!
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!
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
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
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.
My favorite relief pitcher!
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman
i'm telling you...
Gagne is the Brewer Howry
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Called up along with Pie...
"I've never complained about it. I'm thankful to have a jersey." Mark DeRosa, 22 Aug 2007
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
Yes
see immediately below
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman
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
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!
The've looked at less than 11 pitches /inning....
Looks like the Dusty Cubs of 06
The best defense is a good offense
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
Come on folks. Stay positive.
1-2-3.
Go Green! Go White! GO STATE! (#13031 on the Cubs season ticket waiting list...)
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
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
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
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
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.
OK..i'll be sure to cheer the next time Lou brings in a rookie to walk in a run.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 18, 2008 3:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Canadians
taste like chicken.
Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...
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
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.
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
9 pitches in the last 2 innings is called packing it in???
I guess it is. That’s less than Harden pitched to one batter.
Gag-me TIME!!!!!!
He is the epitomy of slovenly Brew-ness……him, Prince, and C.C. just look dumpy in baseball uniforms….
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
Yea...the Cubs pitchers are winning the pitches throw battle...165-75
n/t
The best defense is a good offense
This team better get ready before the playoffs
I won’t be able to take it if the bats are dead again
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
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
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
*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
Against ERIC FREAKING GAGNE, no less
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman
Gagne thew more warmup pitches on the mound than he did to us.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 18, 2008 3:34 PM CDT reply actions
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
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
So to the Stros and brewers.
Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...
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
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...
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
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
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
+1 Stay positive....
Go Green! Go White! GO STATE! (#13031 on the Cubs season ticket waiting list...)
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
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
Wait - it's not zero yet?
OMG – open the window
Current temperature in hell: 43 degrees F - and falling!
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
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!
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
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
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!
What makes you think that us as Cub fans have any reason to be optimistic
we need to go into the playoffs strong
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
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
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
They are also really scared of
Dinosaurs and Asteroids.
Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...
Amen
Never take anything for granted when it’s the Cubs
by bluekoolaide on Sep 18, 2008 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions
2 more innings left.....maybe the Zombie Cub Offense will wake back up....
rise outta their graves and gnaw Dale Sveum’s leg off……
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 . . .
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
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
My point exactly
hope for the best prepare for the worst,
So Tony412...could you say something positive about that inning? Without whining?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 18, 2008 3:35 PM CDT reply actions
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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Fine...just don't overreact to other people overreacting....k?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 18, 2008 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions
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.
What if I just need to piss on myself?
Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...
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
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.
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
I enjoy your
personal quirks the most, some things never change.
by TheRamZamDLEE on Sep 18, 2008 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions
As opposed to
impersonal quirks, I guess.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Sep 18, 2008 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions
What if the pissing and moaning are not directly related to one another?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 18, 2008 3:39 PM CDT up reply actions
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
on the plus side
Wells has settled down and pitched pretty well… outside of that 6th inning walk
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...)
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
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
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
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
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
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
Still better to be a Cub fan than a Brewer fan
Winning the battle but not the war…….
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
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
+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.
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
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
+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
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
+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
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
-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
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
+ 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
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 18, 2008 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions
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
I knew they shouldn't have built that collider!
The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano
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...
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…..
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
OK, so now the Cubs only need to win 2 or 3 out of 11
Current temperature in hell: 43 degrees F - and falling!
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
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
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.
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
and swept the Cardinals
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
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
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
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
agree with you there
Cubs are playing WAY below their capacity
The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano
they're tired.
Our 2008 Chicago Cubs -- FINDING WAYS TO WIN!
by drewishdrewid on Sep 18, 2008 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions
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
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
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
150+ games of baseball?
media pressure?
being in first place almost the entire time?
Our 2008 Chicago Cubs -- FINDING WAYS TO WIN!
by drewishdrewid on Sep 18, 2008 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions
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
call it what you want.
I’m calling it like I see it.
They’re tired.
Our 2008 Chicago Cubs -- FINDING WAYS TO WIN!
by drewishdrewid on Sep 18, 2008 3:51 PM CDT up reply actions
The Angels must be EXHAUSTED then
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 3:51 PM CDT up reply actions
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
They just had 2 days off last week.
there are no more off days so they better get used to it.
"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
maybe, but
they’re tired.
Our 2008 Chicago Cubs -- FINDING WAYS TO WIN!
by drewishdrewid on Sep 18, 2008 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions
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?
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
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!
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
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 3:43 PM CDT up reply actions
and they ALWAYS wait until we're losing to come in and say it
The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano
Funny, 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 3:45 PM CDT up reply actions
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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions
a completely inconsistant strike zone
will do that to a team.
Our 2008 Chicago Cubs -- FINDING WAYS TO WIN!
by drewishdrewid on Sep 18, 2008 3:52 PM CDT up reply actions
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
we are kinda playing like we're sleepwalking here.
by nervousCUBlover on Sep 18, 2008 3:42 PM CDT reply actions
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
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
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
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.
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
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
Maybe the organization should
just get robots and then they could win every game and then no one would have anything to bitch about.
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
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.
Our 2008 Chicago Cubs -- FINDING WAYS TO WIN!
by drewishdrewid on Sep 18, 2008 3:53 PM CDT up reply actions
+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
he's the best RF
in the game, defensively, and his bat will return.
Our 2008 Chicago Cubs -- FINDING WAYS TO WIN!
by drewishdrewid on Sep 18, 2008 3:52 PM CDT up reply actions
And it's not like anyone else is hitting
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
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
Defensively, sure.
Offensively, he is not currently a legitimate MLB player. He may get there, but he’s not there right now.
mlbmilestone.blogspot.com - following the numbers to Cooperstown
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.
Wuertz
Is Wuertz the righthanded Eyre? We never see him.
"It's a funny old world. Man's lucky if he gets out of it alive." W.C. Fields
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
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
why do you think they gave that character such a long last name?
by nervousCUBlover on Sep 18, 2008 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions
for lines like,
“Rosengardner” and “Carpetbagger”
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
Let's go Fonso!!
"I love when they play that Go Cubs Win song."
How about a HR
4 outs to work with, as negative as i am, there is still a chance
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
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
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
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
Why didn't he swing at the perfect pirtch in the dirt?
"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.
Wow. Shark was awful.
My Blog: http://thegettinplace.blogspot.com/
Shark had no defense behind him whatsoever.
4 runs, none of them earned.
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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
Doesn't help when your defense
makes you get extra outs.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Sep 18, 2008 3:51 PM CDT up reply actions
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
I disagree
Average, maybe a little below it.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Sep 18, 2008 3:53 PM CDT up reply actions
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
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
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?
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.
"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
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
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.
"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
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
The guy hates
everything Notre Dame so he hates Jeff because he went to school there. Good reasoning huh?
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
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
'Anything but poor'
I’d say, is overboard.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Sep 18, 2008 4:06 PM CDT up reply actions
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
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
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
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
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
Didn't really get away all that far
Hate to get snuffed out to end da inning wit Sori up.
"I love when they play that Go Cubs Win song."
Bummer.
Have to win it in the 9th.
"I love when they play that Go Cubs Win song."
Damn you, Soriano, for swinging at that pitch
by nervousCUBlover on Sep 18, 2008 3:49 PM CDT reply actions
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
All you have to do is throw it in the dirt to Sori with two strikes and he golfs at it
always.
"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 3:52 PM CDT up reply actions
maybe
The game indicates how much more the Brewers need this game than we do…..
"It's a funny old world. Man's lucky if he gets out of it alive." W.C. Fields
Nah, they just got the "Sleepwalk cubs offense"
"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 3:51 PM CDT up reply actions
back
Hopefully, we’ll get that intensity back this week-end against the Birds.
"It's a funny old world. Man's lucky if he gets out of it alive." W.C. Fields
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
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
Well, there's Fielder's obligatory extra-base hit.
"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
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.
Haagen-Dazs ice cream is completely vegetarian.
"I've never complained about it. I'm thankful to have a jersey." Mark DeRosa, 22 Aug 2007
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
OT: the scoop on the rooftop
Link.
The lease ran out and the guy wants more money.
"I've never complained about it. I'm thankful to have a jersey." Mark DeRosa, 22 Aug 2007
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
"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
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.
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.
Oh my goodness
What in the hell was that Michael???
"I love when they play that Go Cubs Win song."
What in the world was that?
My Blog: http://thegettinplace.blogspot.com/
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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!
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
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.
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
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
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...
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
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
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...
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
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.
I think everybody just had a few days off
Once they clinch, then people can get a little rest.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Sep 18, 2008 4:03 PM CDT up reply actions
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
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
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.
I think Lou's going to rip them a new one this afternoon
The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano
Braun gives a tiny bit of life
"I love when they play that Go Cubs Win song."
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
this will be the mother of all comebacks!!
by nervousCUBlover on Sep 18, 2008 4:04 PM CDT reply actions
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
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
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
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
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
I'm prepping it now for ya
Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...
Base hit Jimmy
Tying run on deck. Let’s go guys!
"I love when they play that Go Cubs Win song."
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
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
Single for DeRo
Tying run at the dish. Let’s go guys!!
"I love when they play that Go Cubs Win song."
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
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
This team is in operation shutdown
don’t get your hopes up folks
/debbi downerd
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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
SOTO HR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano
Tie Game!!!!!
"I love when they play that Go Cubs Win song."
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
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.
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
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
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.
Holy freaking shit!!!
I’m freaking out!!!!!
"I love when they play that Go Cubs Win song."
WOW!
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 18, 2008 4:08 PM CDT reply actions
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
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
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
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
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
I showed up just in time
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 18, 2008 4:08 PM CDT reply actions
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
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
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
+ 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
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
A big silent yell at work!!! Yes!!!!
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
This is what
Vince Lloyd and Brickhouse used to call a Cub Rally=everything after 2!
Mike=Milton+Eamus Catuli = AC000000
Free Baseball!
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 18, 2008 4:09 PM CDT reply actions
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
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
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
they retreat back to their caves
and hang from the stalagtites
The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano
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
I knew *somebody* was going to come on with that :D
The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano
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.
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
Milwaukee will be toasted
unless they can salvage this one. Drive a stake in their sudsy hearts!
Mike=Milton+Eamus Catuli = AC000000
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
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
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
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
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
Dunno, but
I smell smoke from the new hair piece.
Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...
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
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
Some Sir-Mix-a-Lot
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
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
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
Reed in RF
batting 9th
Mike=Milton+Eamus Catuli = AC000000
by Cub's Paperboy on Sep 18, 2008 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions
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.
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
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
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
Riot is really scuffling
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is it just me, or does wood never get an easy out?
by nervousCUBlover on Sep 18, 2008 4:27 PM CDT reply actions
Kind of like
Easy Out Parking on Clark!
Mike=Milton+Eamus Catuli = AC000000
by Cub's Paperboy on Sep 18, 2008 4:33 PM CDT up reply actions
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