Harden vs. Bush Thread: Cubs vs. Brewers, Thursday 9/18, 1:20 CT
by Al Yellon on Sep 18, 2008 11:30 AM CDT
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Harden vs. Bush. Oh, the jokes that could be made.
But there are more important things to be done this afternoon, like winning a ballgame and reducing the magic number to 2.
It was pointed out by several of you that yesterday's Gratuitous Geo Photo was of him in street clothes, and up to yesterday all the pics were of him in uniform. To get back on track, BCB reader CubCat sent this photo, taken on July 9:
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Reminder, the above numbers are Harden's with the Cubs only. See the pitcher box for his full season numbers.
This is a rematch of the game in Milwaukee on July 31, won by the Cubs 11-4, and it wasn't that close (the Brewers scored three runs off Scott Eyre -- remember him? -- in the 9th inning). Harden gave up six hits; the only run was a solo HR by Prince Fielder. Bush allowed five hits and a walk, but six earned runs mainly due to three homers (two by Jim Edmonds, one by Alfonso Soriano). The Cubs also beat Bush at Wrigley Field on April 3; Aramis Ramirez homered off him that day, and lifetime Bush is 1-7, 5.16 vs. the Cubs.
Sounds good to me. Let's go Cubs!Today's game is on cable in Chicago and Milwaukee, on EI, and at the MLB.com Mediacenter.
Baseball-reference.com game preview
As always, you can find the overflow comment threads, including the first pitch thread, on the right sidebar of both the front page and any interior page in the box headed "RECENT STORIES IN GAME THREADS". Today's first pitch thread posts at 1:15 pm CT, and the overflow comment threads will post at 2:15, 3:15 and 4 pm CT.
Discuss amongst yourselves.
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First!
It’s been a while since I won.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
30 Helens agree...you're a winner!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 18, 2008 11:31 AM CDT up reply actions
Can't see the pic
but I’m assuming Kids in the Hall?
If so: win.
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 18, 2008 11:36 AM CDT up reply actions
Looks like a golden girls reunion special :)
"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager
SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .291 29 HR 72 RBI
From a Monty Python sketch
Of the Upper Uncton Housewives Historical Society recreation of the Battle of Gettysburg?
by The Deputy Mayor of Rush Street on Sep 18, 2008 12:00 PM CDT up reply actions
Well, hopefully we won't see "The Running of the Brews" today
McCain / Palin: The POW / WOW! Ticket
by Goat Whisperer on Sep 18, 2008 12:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Hm, where have I heard that before?
"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
Hope they clinch
on Saturday so I can see it on WGN.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
Saturday's game is on Fox.
Sunday’s is WGN.
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 18, 2008 11:36 AM CDT up reply actions
Thanks
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
by tucsoncubsfan on Sep 18, 2008 11:56 AM CDT up reply actions
It'd be just the way
the worst sports network in the history of US sports gets to cover the Cubs clincher on Saturday.
Sweet Lou for Mayor in '11.
by blackhawk24 on Sep 18, 2008 12:05 PM CDT up reply actions
I know
I just hope they have a good post game show. With WGN you’re guaranteed to see all the celebrating in the clubhouse as well as out in the street and bars.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
by tucsoncubsfan on Sep 18, 2008 12:07 PM CDT up reply actions
If it happens Saturday, I'd be shocked if WGN
(and other local stations without sports events in progress) wouldn’t cut in with postgame coverage.
by The Deputy Mayor of Rush Street on Sep 18, 2008 12:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Maybe CSN
will do their immediate post-game coverage like they do with Bears games, eh?
Sweet Lou for Mayor in '11.
by blackhawk24 on Sep 18, 2008 12:26 PM CDT up reply actions
as long as sox aren't playing at same time
…they will cut in with Post Game Live…possibly from the ballpark.
1998
In 1998 they had the ESPN feed on WGN and went to the postgame.
I expect WGN will break into whatever is on when it happens. Comcast Sportsnet too.
I still have the 1984 clincher on tape and my mom got as many station breakins as she could as I was with my Dad and brothers in Pittsburgh and I’ll never forget the emotion in Tim Weigel’s voice.
ANd similarly in 1995 when Ohio State lost so Northwestern was Big 10 Champs and Rose Bowl bound it was right before the sportsbreak and the honest emotion in Dave Eanet’s voice who had done the games for a million years.
Go Cubs
by puckishcubsfan on Sep 18, 2008 12:28 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm hoping it doesn't take until Sunday or Sat to clinch..
lets win today and tomorrow and hope for a brewers loss to clinch it!! I’m ready to celebrate the division and go forward towards the playoffs
"Go Cubs Go"
But if the Brewers lose too, Sat isn't the day.
I’ll be there so I also hope Saturday is the day.
Kwa...Ki...Sur...Pee...Nee...Ku?
by Kinky Reggae on Sep 18, 2008 1:27 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't think I've ever been in the top 50 before
Let’s bring it today and clinch this weekend….So I can get absolutely blasted
"Commit to the Indian!"
Lets get another 2 homer game from Edmonds
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
Lets have another laugher today, enough close bullpen games this past week!
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Sep 18, 2008 11:35 AM CDT reply actions
DAVE BUSH
LIGHT HIM UP!!!
"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager
SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .291 29 HR 72 RBI
Burning Man, dude.
"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
thats right
"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager
SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .291 29 HR 72 RBI
If you get a chance (for laughs)
read what an evil BCB guy writes in “An Ode To The Cub Fans” on BrewCrewBall here.
I think they have a psychological problem, those guys. Concentrate on your team (Brewers) winning, don’t start with your inferiority complexes telling us that the “Cub fans are hiding Bin Laden style” or that we’re natural born losers.
Come on, get a life, dudes.
"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 do people get worked up about stuff like this?
Laugh at them. He is a desperate fan whose own team has crapped themselves yet again. The joke is on them. While they are at home watching games on TV, we will be playing those games. I say Suck it Brewers, tell me how my ass tastes.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
It was an interesting read...
But the spelling Nazi within me has to laugh at his reference to something being the “pisto resistance”. Should’ve been “pièce de résistance”…I’d have let him alone even if he’d gotten it without the accents…
I'm usually against the Grammar Police except for two circumstances:
a) the misspelling, or improper wording, implies something other than what was intended
b) what you did above
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 18, 2008 11:50 AM CDT up reply actions
ROFL!
“Pisto resistance”? I don’t think I’d even be able to figure out what that’s supposed to be without seeing it in context.
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman
by hip2bsquare on Sep 18, 2008 12:34 PM CDT up reply actions
That's a classic
I’m gonna plagiarize it and use it with my wife tonight and see how quickly she faints from the horror (she’s an editor at a magazine).
One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.
Shaq reference....good stuff
"Commit to the Indian!"
by Bpatterson83 on Sep 18, 2008 11:50 AM CDT up reply actions
ESPN showed that as news.
Yeah.
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 18, 2008 11:51 AM CDT up reply actions
i congratulate the rest of you for not biting and writing a response.
I was bored this morning and decided to say something to see what kind of response I would get. I’m not mad about what he wrote. I find it humorous and i am curious to see what kind of response(if any) ill get.
---AC 00 00 00 - Believe
This is, hands down, one of the funniest anti-Cubs rants I've ever read.
Wrought with inaccuracies, desperation and irrational hatred, this epic tome of stupidity will no doubt stand the test of time. Hey, Lavender, Jay Marriotti called and said to CALM THE F**K DOWN!!!
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
Anyone else notice...
the last two fanposts on Evil BCB are directed specifically to Cub Fans?
Priceless.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 18, 2008 12:05 PM CDT up reply actions
It's like the joke
that the people most obsessed with talking about God are atheists.
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 18, 2008 12:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Now we know how Cr. Crawdad feels...
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 18, 2008 12:08 PM CDT up reply actions
Has the good Doctor become a Crybaby?
Is that why his appelation has changed from Dr. to Cr.?
"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.
Whoever called Prince "Cecil" beside Lou
That is freaking awesome. That kid is a spoiled brat who is mad because his father gave him everything. Rub it in
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
actually
I’m pretty sure Cecil gambled away everything he got in baseball and is a deadbeat father. Not surprised it’s a sore spot for Prince.
by cubsonWGN4ever on Sep 18, 2008 12:52 PM CDT up reply actions
It's almost all they have left at this point.
"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
Think he should stop breaking the Prozac's in half
I mean come on. He lives in or around an oppressed small town with MLB’s smallest TV market. His team has to go up against a big market club, from a city arguably the best in the entire country. His team plays in one of those modern parks where baseball is only part of the entertainment instead of the main focus. He’s watched his team utterly blow a big division lead in 2007 and now may be seeing the same thing for the 2008 WC. His ball park is over run by Cubs fans (even when the Brewers are home). The first no-no pitched at his nice new ball park was by a CUB. The first time ever back to back no hitter and one hitter were pitched by CUBS in his teams’ ball park. CUB fans are known to be the most loyal in all of sports and finally, the CUBS arguably have the most fans of any pro team OUTSIDE their geographic area.
With all that, I’m surprised he’s not on a suicide watch.
Sweet Lou for Mayor in '11.
by blackhawk24 on Sep 18, 2008 12:16 PM CDT up reply actions
careful
I once made a statement about their psychological problems and it was not welcomed here.
Kwa...Ki...Sur...Pee...Nee...Ku?
by Kinky Reggae on Sep 18, 2008 1:28 PM CDT up reply actions
I particularly like the uniformed, winsome Geo. Good shot, Cubcat!
The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano
This is a game the Cubs should win.
And remember, the last matchup featured a Fielder temper tantrum.
Go Cubs Go.
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 18, 2008 11:41 AM CDT reply actions
..and an ejection to the troll
for throwing behind Edmonds.
I loved that game, 11-4. The score wasn’t that close and to boot I got to witness in person another Cub win in Milw which put me lifetime there 14-0; now 15-0 if I count the ’stros game on Monday.
Sweet Lou for Mayor in '11.
by blackhawk24 on Sep 18, 2008 12:18 PM CDT up reply actions
That was the game with Uecker's dejected quote:
“If they played a nine game series, I think the Cubs would win all of them.”
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 18, 2008 12:22 PM CDT up reply actions
I remember that.
I was laughing to myself in the office when I heard it. One of my favorite quotes of the year.
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 Bill Potter on Sep 18, 2008 12:27 PM CDT up reply actions
Heard that in the john after the game that day
then proceeded to go back out to the Miller parking lot and tailgate some more.
Sweet Lou for Mayor in '11.
by blackhawk24 on Sep 18, 2008 12:29 PM CDT up reply actions
FWIW
I fastforwarded my listings on my Dish Network and found, at 8 pm MST, what I wanted to see: Cubs vs. Astros
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh…satisfaction. I know where I’ll be Friday night.
"Years of academy training, wasted"--Buzz Lightyear (not a flying toy)
by spoiledcubbage on Sep 18, 2008 11:43 AM CDT reply actions
harden and geo both have smirks on their face like
brewers win?!? yah right biatch!
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
If Geo has lost the magic touch...
Then I vote for Mark Derosa to be next. He’s my favorite :)
Go get em cubbies!
Lets lower the magic number!
I broke the cardinal rule of gambling though…. I bet on my team.
"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
I never, ever bet on the Cubs
Just seems like asking for a loss
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
I know
I am anticipating a slow day at work today and decided to raise the stakes as it were.
"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 11:50 AM CDT up reply actions
I really wanted to bet Cubs today
Harden starts always are good bets.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
I'll tell ya what's a good bet
Sam Houston State @ KU this weekend!! 58-9, KU!! Former Sooner Rhett Bomar gunna get hurt!
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
Rock Chalk!
"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 12:00 PM CDT up reply actions
The cupcakes return!
Not that I should talk given Mizzou’s mighty non-conference slate.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
We played pretty damn well against USF.
That damned frosh kicker redeemed himself. It was a great game (offensively), and we got a bit more national exposure.
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
I said a couple times during that game that kU was the better team
Reesing just couldn’t get that last drive finished.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
Hey...come on...Buffalo...They are...formidable?
"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 12:19 PM CDT up reply actions
They won on a miracle last week
So they have the momentum….that sounds like a justification to me
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
According to Superstition rules
The uniformed Geo Photos will no longer be effective.
The mojo created by their posting in connection with the win streak has been broken. So posting this phot will result in negative energy!
Well, we were operating on the theory that...
…posting a pic of Geo out of uniform is what broke the spell (and the streak). You may have a point, though. I guess we’ll find out.
"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
The out of uniform photo
Did break the streak and it ends the mojo of the in uniform pic.
So bringing back the in uniform pic likely does not bring with it the positive mojo again.
Street clothes Geo
I thought one of the first Geo pictures was the snazzy side view with the straw hat shot – definitely out of uniform.
Ms actually
that’s why I remember the photo so well.
Apology accepted...
we don’t have to be completely pc here. And don’t you ma’am me. As long as there’s a picture of Geo, it’s all good.
I didn't think there'd be any math involved...
If the picture is deemed negative, wouldn’t another photo be a double of the negative so its a positive?
Uh oh.
Now I’m a little worried. (What can I say? I have a mean superstitious streak that I labor daily to keep under control.) Well, like I said, I guess we’ll find out soon enough.
"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
So strong was the force made by the Street Clothes Geo
that it could only be stopped by another Street Clothes Geo.
I think it’s obvious we need a new trend: The Faces of Ted Lilly.
“Show me happy! Now sad! Now…okay, Ted, um…that’s the same face.”
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 18, 2008 12:10 PM CDT up reply actions
The only way to counteract this is with ::nude Geo::
The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano
Motion to block nude Geo....
"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 12:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Ted Lilly does not need facial expressions.
His eyes scream, “DIE!!!”
"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
You can see your own death in Ted Lilly's eyes.
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 Bill Potter on Sep 18, 2008 12:27 PM CDT up reply actions
You only live because Ted Lilly hasn't noticed you yet
"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
Not even my server this time.
Your DNS server doesn’t like me. At all.
"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
where do the Superstition rules come from??? is there an "official version"?
GoCubsGo
by MinnesotaFan on Sep 18, 2008 11:57 AM CDT up reply actions
Passed down generation by generation.
From old geezer Grams on her rocker telling me about the time she the kids didn’t run through her garden and then all the flowers died.
We told her it was because it was the middle of December. But she still blames the kids.
Gotta get to bush early
and let harden settle in!
Yes, that’s laced with innuendo
"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 12:02 PM CDT up reply actions
I think we should call a TWSS rule for this game
TWSS does not apply to intentional innuendos. I so rule.
The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano
Ego on this one.
“I soooooo rule.”
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 18, 2008 12:12 PM CDT up reply actions
TWSS
"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 12:14 PM CDT up reply actions
A Win today
and take 2 of 3 from the Cards =
DIVISON CHAMPIONS!
"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager
SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .291 29 HR 72 RBI
Now thats my type of thinking!!
I really want it to happen this weekend against the Cards!!
"Go Cubs Go"
And a happy one to you
"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 12:05 PM CDT up reply actions
donka
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Sep 18, 2008 12:05 PM CDT up reply actions
I'll have a Newcastle Ale in your honor...after I get off work :-)
"I'm not much of a chemistry guy, you know. Chemistry to me is a pinch-hit double with the bases loaded"--Jim Frey, Chicago Tribune, 1985.
You're almost tempting me
To take the train to Newcastle this weekend!
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Sep 18, 2008 12:10 PM CDT up reply actions
Haha...Lucky...
Maybe I’ll take the train…to…Waukegan? Not quite the same allure. HAPPY BDAY btw!!!!
"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 12:15 PM CDT up reply actions
wooo!
Train to Waukegan just screams a great time!
"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager
SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .291 29 HR 72 RBI
Yup. The 'Ol Metra Union Pacific North Line...
My brother has a doubleheader in Waukegan anyways, so I’ll be there Saturday afternoon! Woo-hoo!
"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 12:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Danke Schoen, darling Danke Schoen.
Thank you for all the joy and pain….
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Sep 18, 2008 12:20 PM CDT up reply actions
Ba Donka Donk
"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
Nothing wrong with that....
"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 12:28 PM CDT up reply actions
here are your brownies, laced with Old Style... enjoy!
and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano
Now those are what I call
Magic Brownies!
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Sep 18, 2008 12:10 PM CDT up reply actions
How close are you to Amsterdam?
You can get much better brownies there.
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 18, 2008 12:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Just a short 7 hour drive...
Or even shorter plane trip. For some reason though, whenever someone goes to Amsterdam they are typically selected for the next pee test…..
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Sep 18, 2008 12:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Completely, 100%, unapologetically random!
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 18, 2008 12:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Yup!
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Sep 18, 2008 12:17 PM CDT up reply actions
victory on your birthday is a Cubs fans birthright......
GoCubsGo
by MinnesotaFan on Sep 18, 2008 12:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Damn skippy!
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Sep 18, 2008 12:30 PM CDT up reply actions
The Cubs got it done Vs. CC for my Brother
on his birthday tuesday! Let’s hope the same for you!
"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
Wait. Today's your birthday?
I turned 26 today, it is also my birthday.
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
Yeah, but you're not as important
j/k!
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Sep 18, 2008 12:31 PM CDT up reply actions
FYI
My brother’s fiance’s birthday is today, one of my PhD cohort member’s birthday is today, mine, and now yours. Weird.
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
I'm having a birthday this year too!
Anyone else having a birthday this year or next year?
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
by tucsoncubsfan on Sep 18, 2008 1:14 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm skipping this year.
Economy sucks.
"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
What a coincidence. So am I.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 18, 2008 1:15 PM CDT up reply actions
I stopped having birthdays 8 years ago
now I just celebrate the anniversary of my 29th birthday
"Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance"
State of the race for the #1 Seed...
(last column supposes Cubs finishing their remaining games at a .500 pace)
by The Deputy Mayor of Rush Street on Sep 18, 2008 12:04 PM CDT reply actions
So our real magic number is 5
Though it seems like both HFA and the division are just formalities at this point. (Damn it feels cool to say that)
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
Depending on how you want to look at it...
The # is still 4 to clinch the division, and a playoff spot – and that’s traditionally when the team would ‘celebrate’ for a season of accomplishment. But with our home record, it’s a good thing to actually be “the best in the National League”. It’s just that the numbers are so close, there’s not much of an issue, I really posted this more to show the team at the bottom of the list, that can be dealt with this afternoon while (hopefully) knocking the Crew back another notch.
by The Deputy Mayor of Rush Street on Sep 18, 2008 12:12 PM CDT up reply actions
5 for the playoffs if some how
they blow the division…
Sweet Lou for Mayor in '11.
by blackhawk24 on Sep 18, 2008 12:21 PM CDT up reply actions
Based on that..
I’d say we are fairly safe. I don’t think it should be very hard to play .500 ball. Plus we still play the Mets so we could completely knock them out.
"Go Cubs Go"
Selfishly, I demand home field
I want to be there for Game 1 on my birthday.
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by Bill Potter on Sep 18, 2008 12:28 PM CDT up reply actions
Hi guys!
I won’t be able to run the K tracker today :( Work is so busy. If anyone else would like to run it, that would be great! Here are the pictures I use:
(first K, w/ pic)
(additional K’s)
(backwards K’s)
I’ll be checking in on Gameday and I hope he has a great game. GO RICH!
You're FIRED!
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Sep 18, 2008 12:16 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm afraid I'm at work, too...
…so I can’t volunteer. I did, however, add these pics to the BCB Flickr group. So anyone who feels so inclined can join up and post them from there.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
I will try and keep up
I’ve got a slow day in the office matched with a WICKED hangover….
"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 12:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Ahh, Wacky Wednesday strikes again...
"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 12:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Trivia night at the bar....
"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 12:46 PM CDT up reply actions
Id do that for you
But im lucky I know how to post the pictures I do on this site.
"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager
SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .291 29 HR 72 RBI
More rest for Harden
I say after today Harden doesnt pitch until needed in the playoffs
by longtimecubfan on Sep 18, 2008 12:17 PM CDT reply actions
That sucks :(
I was hoping to see him against the Mets next week… I already asked for time off and everything. But I know it might not happen, so I’m not buying any tix until it’s a sure thing.
Think you GOTTA keep him working
even if it is a 5 inning, 75 pitch outing…He can’t sit for 2 weeks!
"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 12:18 PM CDT up reply actions
It didn't affect Marquis much...
He pitched like usual after 11 days rest……
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Sep 18, 2008 12:19 PM CDT up reply actions
Marquis is a rare breed...
…in more ways than one. Don’t necessarily mean that in a good way…
"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 12:20 PM CDT up reply actions
both Big Z and Harden had like a 12 game rest before there last start, look what it did for Z and Harden had a solid outting
by longtimecubfan on Sep 18, 2008 12:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Right, but both those were injury-related (we think?)
Marquis has been thrown in and out of the rotation all year, and he is pretty consistent performance-wise every time he gets the ball…With Harden, I would like him to have the work before the playoffs to keep his fastball sharp.
"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 12:41 PM CDT up reply actions
Is SWL here?
If he see this please instant message me
Thank you
"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager
SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .291 29 HR 72 RBI
HOw the hell do you IM in BCB
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
He's got my yahoo IM
LOL
"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager
SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .291 29 HR 72 RBI
That function would end civilization as we know it.
"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
Cecil chant i.e. Larry chant for Chipper
Do you think it would get a reaction? Most ball players would let it go, with Prince it could be different, all of Wrigley chanting Cecil when he is at the plate would be fun to see and hear.
Forgive me if this has been discussed in previous posts or threads.
I think the Cecil thing is funny bc of how Prince has tried and ignore Cecil for years
Spoiled brat. I would fall over laughing if Wrigley did that.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
Uh, well, fans WERE chanting "CECIL" on Tuesday night.
According to Brewers fans, all it accomplished was inspiring Prince to slam the baseball all over the ballpark, which he managed to do again last night. I’m not convinced there was cause-and-effect involved, but I would like to see the Cubs pitching around Veggie Boy with RISP.
"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
Who's your MVP?
I think Pujols wins it for the NL…but the AL is too wide open. I’d like to say Milton or Josh from the Rangers, but they might split votes. I could make an argument for Morneau.
Dan
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
Manny without a doubt.
"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 12:37 PM CDT up reply actions
I think you're kidding. You're kidding, right?
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
Not at all
He’s gotta get some consideration right?
"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 12:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Well let's see
He’s on the worst team that’s gonna make the playoffs, he’s a clubhouse cancer, and he was traded right before the deadline and has only been in the NL for two months. He has 160 ABs in the NL. Is there a polite way to say HELL NO?
Dan
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
He has not been a clubhouse cancer on the Dodgers...
And they arguably would not be making the playoffs if it was not for him…
"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 12:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Regardless,
He’s been in the NL two months. No.
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Sep 18, 2008 12:51 PM CDT up reply actions
Which is why I agree with Sutcliffe
that year-long stats should be taken into consideration for a player switching leagues. But I still wouldn’t give it to Manny.
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 18, 2008 12:53 PM CDT up reply actions
True.
But do 2-months worth of work outweigh the contributions of others over a full season?
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 Bill Potter on Sep 18, 2008 12:51 PM CDT up reply actions
It's hard...
…because then you get into the definition of MVP- Is it the best player, or most valuable to the team? If it is the latter, I think Manny has been one of the most valuable players TO HIS TEAM…Hard to distinguish though…
"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 12:52 PM CDT up reply actions
These debates are what makes baseball fun.
I’d agree Manny has been extremely valuable to the Dodgers, helping them reach the playoffs, but I don’t know he’s been the MVP of the National League. I’d tend to give it to someone who has been the league the entire year.
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 Bill Potter on Sep 18, 2008 12:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Agreed.
I just think Manny deserves consideration, definitely top-3, because of what he has been for the Dodgers and their playoff chances…
"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 12:58 PM CDT up reply actions
He and Ethier have hit essentially the same since Manny joined...
…and Ethier has also been there the rest of the season. Why not Ethier?
Oh, to answer my own question:
Because Albert Pujols is the most valuable player in the National League.
Not arguing that.
Just sayin’ that Manny deserves consideration. And Ethier’s production has not been quite to Manny’s level, although he has been good…Just judgin by a quick look at the respective monthly splits and OPS+
"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 1:05 PM CDT up reply actions
Because I happen to have that data in a spreadsheet...
…I’ll answer this. Since joining the Dodgers, Manny has a 1.226
OPS. During that time period, Ethier has an 1.149 OPS. That’s virtually a dead heat – OPS is going to overrate Manny’s lead in home runs relative to Ethier’s lead in doubles and triples, and Manny has more strikeouts and GIDPs that aren’t being accounted for.
But let’s say that Manny has hit slighly better than Ethier in that timespan. Is the difference enough to offset Ethier’s production for the Dodgers during the time that Manny was in Boston? (Keeping in mind that the Dodgers filled that time mostly with Juan Pierre and Andruw Jones.)
So Manny should not be considered for the MVP?
"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 1:14 PM CDT up reply actions
HE HAS 160 ABs IN THE NL!!!
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
I love Manny but...
I would give it to Pujols in a cakewalk. Even Manny said he’d give it to Pujols — that he voted for him himself! There’s no denying what Manny’s done for the Dodgers, but he actually isn’t completely the one-man show the media paints it as. As noted above Ethier has also been on fire for 2 months and they’re pitching (yesterday notwithstanding) has been key, too. The Cards won’t make the playoffs but without Pujols they’re at the bottom of the division and his numbers are amazing.
As a fan of both the Cubs and the Dodgers (sorry, family and geography, don’t shoot me) I follow them both and think Manny’s been amazing but for 2 months vs a hole season it’s gotta be Pujols.
WAY TO SET YOURSELF UP FOR THAT ONE, COLIN!!!
That’s two of us that agree with the Pujols vote.
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
+1
The guy is flat out great. I don’t like his antics, but the guy can rake!
"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 12:51 PM CDT up reply actions
He'll be a clubhouse cancer
when he asks for $25 million a year.
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
Should be Pujols, but again
He said you have to be on a playoff team in order to be MVP. Ryan Howard would then fit the bill. I think that Boston guy wins in the AL.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
Howard's BA kills me.
Tough to vote for a guy who is hitting .240 or so.
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 Bill Potter on Sep 18, 2008 12:40 PM CDT up reply actions
True, but he is carrying the Phillies right now
Coming up big in the last month of a close pennant race defines MVP IMO.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
Very true.
And by that logic, I’d probably vote for him, too. My problem is that I don’t see any one player standing out from the crowd. If Ramirez got hot over the next two weeks, you could make a case for him, too.
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 Bill Potter on Sep 18, 2008 12:43 PM CDT up reply actions
He'd need:
10HR, 20+RBI, .350 BA in 11 games for me to consider him.
One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.
Consider it done.
"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
well, that's a lot.
But being the best player (arguably) on the league’s best team will help him. Plus, you could say he’s been playing well all season long (as opposed to Howard or Delgado or whomever you throw out there not named Pujols).
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 Bill Potter on Sep 18, 2008 12:47 PM CDT up reply actions
That would win most players "Player of the Month".
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
One could argue
he has carried his team and will lead them to the playoffs.
One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.
Howard and K.Rod
Pujols hasn’t looked as strong as before. Milton and Hamilton… meh. Morneau—a personal favorite—is playing well below his abilities as of late.
One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.
K-Rod? I don't know if I can vote for a closer to be MVP
When he isn’t even the Cy Young winner.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
I know
I had a hard time thinking of someone who’s been really valuable to a team in the AL and he was the only one who stood out. Pedroia could also be thought of, but his team doesn’t rely so heavily on him.
One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.
If you play for Boston and chatter starts about you being MVP
I would think its a done deal
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
K-Rod's numbers
besides saves, have not been all that unbelievable…
"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 12:47 PM CDT up reply actions
I think on XM radio yesterday they said that K-Rod has never even entered a game in a situation other than..
9th inning, Angels ahead. That team has more of those situations than probably anyone in the ML this year. I’m not seeing what his talent is, not that I could do it, but I think a lot of closers in his situation would have had the same results this year. I think Pedroia has has more of an incremental impact on his team than anyone else you could submit, except maybe for our own Geo. He has maximized our pitching staff in addition to having great offensive numbers. He needs to at least get some votes on the NL side of things.
"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 1:02 PM CDT up reply actions
I think it goes...
1 – Pujols
2 – Chipper
3 – Lance
And in the AL, I don’t know what you’re talking about. Morneau is almost exactly on the line of his 2006 MVP line of .321/34/130/.375/.559 with stats this year of .311/23/128/.383/.521. His homers are down, but his on-base percentage is up, and he will finish with more RBIs, a stat the idiot voters love. And he’s on a playoff contender.
There are a lot of guys in the AL that are jumbled up at the top of offensive categories – A-Rod, Aubrey Huff, Carlos Quentin, Kevin Youklis, Josh Hamilton, Miguel Cabrera. But out of that group – only Morneau and Youk are on playoff teams. Quentin will get votes, but he won’t win because he’s out for the season. And I will throw up in my mouth if Youklis wins it.
Dan
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
Nobody really stands out in the AL
Quentin would’ve won it easily if not for the wrist injury. Now it’s really difficult to say. Some of the talking heads over at ESPN have been mentioning Dustin Pedroia and K-Rod… yuck.
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman
by hip2bsquare on Sep 18, 2008 12:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Exactly
Well put. But someone’s gotta win. I say give it to one of the DRays and piss off New England.
One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.
ESPN would not allow that to happen.
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 Bill Potter on Sep 18, 2008 12:52 PM CDT up reply actions
My personal prediction...
First-place votes are probably gonna get split lots of ways – Youk, Pedroia, K-Rod, Morneau, etc. That makes the second- and third-place votes VERY important, and Josh Hamilton is a prototypical “second-place vote” guy – a statistically superior player for a non-contender. I think Hamilton will end up AL MVP by a nose.
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman
by hip2bsquare on Sep 18, 2008 12:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Franscisco Rodriquez doesn't deserve anything. Neither did Gagne.
Men that throw .1 or .2 innings in a game do not ever deserve award consideration.
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
Pujols doesn't want it.
He’s not on a playoff team.
Riiiiiiiiight?!
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 18, 2008 12:41 PM CDT up reply actions
Yes, he is honor bound to reject the award if chosen.
"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
And then go have his Tommy John surgery...
"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 12:43 PM CDT up reply actions
If he does win
Hopefully some reporter will have the balls to ask him about his comments 2 years ago.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
Woulda been Quentin...
"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 12:42 PM CDT up reply actions
Anyone get Twittered the lineups yet?
"Remember each day this year, where you were, what you were doing, who you were with, how you felt as the Cubs win their way through it. Because if this does turn out to be the promised land we have all been waiting for, you will want to remember, savor, cherish every moment..."
by CubsBullsBears on Sep 18, 2008 12:46 PM CDT reply actions
I'll give you a secret
Soriano will lead off.
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Sep 18, 2008 12:47 PM CDT up reply actions
I finally caved and signed up yesterday...
…but haven’t gotten a damn thing yet.
"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
How awesome of a reflection on the Cubs is it.............
that we may end with the best record in the NL and not have a serious Cy Young or MVP candidate. Sweet. Better than finishing in 5th place and Dawson winning MVP like in 87
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Sep 18, 2008 12:46 PM CDT reply actions
Did someone ask for a nude Geo pic???
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 18, 2008 12:46 PM CDT reply actions
NO!
"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 12:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Not I.
But I presume you have one?
"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 can neither confirm nor deny the existance of aforementioned picture.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 18, 2008 12:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Wow.
You’ve really slipped into that politician manrobe nicely.
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 18, 2008 12:49 PM CDT up reply actions
I'd be shocked if
Santos had that. It is not part of any stock photo library that I know of.
A-LA-PEANUT BUTTER SANDWICHES!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 18, 2008 12:52 PM CDT up reply actions
Puh-lease
dude. You have no boundaries, right?
Dude. David is a work of art. haha.
"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 12:54 PM CDT up reply actions
LMAO.
"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
Really....
TWSS
"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 12:56 PM CDT up reply actions
other thread
there was a discussion on whether running Geo pics in uniform or street clothes sent out bad Cubs karma now that they lost with him in street clothes. I suggested we strike a compromise and post him nude. Makes sense, no?
The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano
no
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 18, 2008 1:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Nude Geo or a Win
One or the other missy!
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Sep 18, 2008 12:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Last night...
Yes Marquis gave up three quick (Cameron just FEASTS off him) ones, but to me the energy in the park was low – and the players just could not get anything done with two outs – which seemed to be the only chances to score regardless. Even against Gagne, for Pete’s sake!
I am hoping Rothschild is helping with finding a way to successfully pitch against Fielder. Its been the “Prince” show at Wrigley, this time.
We also wondered out loud last night – who would win a footrace between Soto and Fielder?
Soto would own him easily.
"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
Soto
Soto would win anything.
Go Cubs
by puckishcubsfan on Sep 18, 2008 12:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Soto
He’d even beat Pie because his awesomeness would just slow Pie to a crawl.
Go Cubs
by puckishcubsfan on Sep 18, 2008 12:49 PM CDT up reply actions
hard for the park to have energy when 3 runs are on the board that quick
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Sep 18, 2008 12:54 PM CDT up reply actions
Lineups per Gameday
Cubbies:
Soriano
Theriot
Lee
Rammy
Edmonds
DeRo
Soto
Fukudome
Richard H
Beer Drinkers:
Cameron
Durham
Braun
Fielder
Hardy
Hart
Counsell
Kendall
Bush
"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
Looks like it
"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 12:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Hm, Dome with the start.
In 6 PAs, Dome is 2 for 4 against Bush with two doubles, two walks and one strikeout.
"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
Thanks
good to know!
"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 12:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Bush is throwing on 3 days rest
and he is 0-3 and has a 4.78 ERA in five career starts at Wrigley Field.
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 Bill Potter on Sep 18, 2008 12:55 PM CDT up reply actions
And thus
the motive behind my wager today ($50)
"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 12:57 PM CDT up reply actions
That's a wise bet there.
spread or moneyline?
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 Bill Potter on Sep 18, 2008 12:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Hopefully not the moneyline...
…Its prob like -250…
"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 12:59 PM CDT up reply actions
Spread
Giving up a run and a half
"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
That's a well-placed bet, IMO
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
Nice
"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 1:05 PM CDT up reply actions
That's good info. Didn't know that.
BTW, he must be pretty tough to have gone to school with the last name of “Bush”. I would’ve been murdered if I had a last name like that.
"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, wow.
I didn’t know he’s on three days rest. Is Manny Parra that bad?!
"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
Can you rename them
“Crap beer drinkers”?
I don’t want to be mistaken as a member of that team.
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
It's okay.
Miller’s not beer.
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 18, 2008 12:53 PM CDT up reply actions
"Milwaukee Alcoholic Beverage Manufacturers"
Or Los Cerveceros
"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
Who's the new guy on CSN Pre-Game?
He looks so hungover that his eyeballs are ready to pop out of his head.
then he probably is hungover...
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 Bill Potter on Sep 18, 2008 12:57 PM CDT up reply actions
Cameron batting leadoff
What an atrocious idea. I think they’d be better off switching Durham and Cameron personally. But then again, we do have Soriano batting leadoff every day….
You didn't see the game
last night, then?
Actually no...
Was playing beer league softball last night. And I’m glad I wasn’t around to see it for once.
I was at a concert and actually looking forward to the night off...........
but it was on the tv at the bar…………..saw the score after the first inning and said…..Crappers!
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Sep 18, 2008 12:56 PM CDT up reply actions
What concert?
"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
the avett brothers
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Sep 18, 2008 1:08 PM CDT up reply actions
Wow, you got me there.
Never heard of ’em.
"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
yeah, they are a small level indie band........
however just signed major label deal and recording an album produced by Rick Rubin (for better or worse) Anyway, they are mostly known for their wild live performance. It is kind of rough sped up bluegrass, but not really.
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Sep 18, 2008 1:12 PM CDT up reply actions
love the avett's, being that I'm from NC and all
I’m gonna see Old Crow Medicine Show tonite here in Philly, you know them?
by philadelphiacub on Sep 18, 2008 1:13 PM CDT up reply actions
yes I like some of their stuff............especially the wagon song?
I can’t think of the name exactly….it is on their first record. They are cool, not as sweet as the avetts though IMHO
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Sep 18, 2008 1:15 PM CDT up reply actions
wagon wheel
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Sep 18, 2008 1:18 PM CDT up reply actions
OT- Todd Hundley's son plays football with my brother...
…Just thought that was funny.
"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 12:55 PM CDT reply actions
And let me pick up that name I dropped...
…ok, got it.
"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 12:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Couldn't have gotten a more random or awful Cub player if you tried
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
Let me try...
Ruben Quevedo!
What do I win?
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman
by hip2bsquare on Sep 18, 2008 12:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Jeff Blauser. I re-claim the lead.
"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 12:59 PM CDT up reply actions
Two words: DANNY YOUNG.
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman
Billy Cowan and John Bocabella are my personal favorites.
"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.
Amaury Telemaco
"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 1:01 PM CDT up reply actions
Danny Young was still worse
He only pitched in 4 games, but I still remember him giving up that grand slam to Benny Agbayani in Japan. I don’t remember anything specific about Telemaco.
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman
For good reason, haha.
"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 1:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Micah Bowie.
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
Ground control to Major Tom...
"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
wasn't he the 'next great lefty'
somewhere along the way? good grief. i think he pitched with Washington this year or last.
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 won with "Andre Rogers" already.
Sorry.
"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.
Some sand to pound, but seriously
I think you managed to top Todd Hundley.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
Julio Zuleta?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 18, 2008 12:59 PM CDT up reply actions
Hahahahaha...
Such expectations…Can we describe Micah as “Julio Zuleta-esque”
"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 12:59 PM CDT up reply actions
He's a left-handed Julio Zuleta.
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
Mac, jurko,harry had the best song about him
Don Baylor please play Zuleta. I think one of the lines was “with Julio Zuleta runners aren’t stranded on second anymore”
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
Andy Pratt
received for Juan Cruz.
worst….trade…ever…..
This may have been answered in another thread
but if the Cubs win today and tomorrow and have to wait until friday night to see if Brewers lose…… how is celebrating handled?
"A catchers biggest concern behind the plate is to make his pitcher pitch a little better than he can" Roy Campanella
by Madison Cub Fan on Sep 18, 2008 12:58 PM CDT reply actions
I'm sure...
The Cubs would throw a ‘watch party’ somewhere. I would hope!
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Sep 18, 2008 12:58 PM CDT up reply actions
so as fans we'd be SOL to see that
"A catchers biggest concern behind the plate is to make his pitcher pitch a little better than he can" Roy Campanella
by Madison Cub Fan on Sep 18, 2008 1:03 PM CDT up reply actions
In the streets
with strippers and old style….
"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 12:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Copycats!
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Sep 18, 2008 1:00 PM CDT up reply actions
And guns and firetrucks...
"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 haven't been around the last few days to make my fearless predictions,
but it would appear that we need a change of mojo, so I’m back to predicting:
1. DeRo will have at least one XBH.
2. Harden will pitch 6 efficient innings, strike out 6, and give up 1 ER (solo HR).
3. Dome will reach base at least once.
4. A Cubs OF will make a great catch.
5. A Steve Goodman song will be sung at Wrigley after the game.
"I've never complained about it. I'm thankful to have a jersey." Mark DeRosa, 22 Aug 2007
these predictions sound resonable
so I will add one more
Lilly hits a pinch hit homer
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
Ted Lilly doesn't pinch hit.
He grabs a bat and tells whoever is at the plate to get the hell out of his way.
"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
Ted Lilly doesn't even pitch.
He tells the ball where to go, and it throws itself.
"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.
God created the heavens and the earth in seven days.
Ted Lilly wondered why it took so long.
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 18, 2008 1:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Isn't Lilly about seventh in the LH PH line behind
Ward
Hoff
Fontenot
Z
Hill
Marquis
?
"I've never complained about it. I'm thankful to have a jersey." Mark DeRosa, 22 Aug 2007
Ted Lilly is first in line to kick ass. Always.
"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
Ted Lilly makes the pinch hitting line
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
5) - A dying cubs fan last request?
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
Go Cubs Go
"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 1:05 PM CDT up reply actions
Men Who Love Women Who Love Men?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 18, 2008 1:06 PM CDT up reply actions
The Perfect Country Western Song?
"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 1:07 PM CDT up reply actions
I think that as part of any
Celebration which will go nameless, ADCFLR needs to be played over the Wrigley loudspeakers. It would only be right.
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Sep 18, 2008 1:07 PM CDT up reply actions
They should play it then for sure.
"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 1:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Well, this sucks
I have two tickets for the game tomorrow and my date cancelled.
4th row behind cubs dugout. Anybody wanna come?
What do you look like and what gender?
"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 1:09 PM CDT up reply actions
So you're a Scientologist?
"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 1:11 PM CDT up reply actions
A short Scientologist.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 18, 2008 1:12 PM CDT up reply actions
well...I AM 5'5"...
And I believe in evolution so…
by cubsonWGN4ever on Sep 18, 2008 1:13 PM CDT up reply actions
If you're asking those questions, might want to also ask his/her age. :-)
"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.
Some guy from Dateline MSNBC would like a word with you.
"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
Dude, it's 4th row!!!!
You shouldn’t have to ask.
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Sep 18, 2008 1:10 PM CDT up reply actions
good point, man.
"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.
Gender? Does it matter. We're talking about going to a Cub game.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 18, 2008 1:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Did you...did you just ask me out?
"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
are you 5'2" and a dead ringer for erin andrews?
If so, then yes
by cubsonWGN4ever on Sep 18, 2008 1:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Those Cubs fans aren't interested in the team.
Just in meat markets, flirting, and drinking beer. I am aghast!
"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.
SWING BATTA BATTA
Chicago Cubs Baseball is ON THE AIR! From Wrigley Field in Chicago…..
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
Wayne Messmer
With the Anthem :)
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
No time like the present
To get to the new thread: http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2008/9/18/616926/first-pitch-thread-cubs-vs
"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
Wow.....................
"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 2:47 PM CDT reply actions
And...
wow, what an amazing game. Great comeback. Wonder if somewhere Ned Yost is chuckling? Or maybe he could care less.
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