Almost There Thread: Cubs vs. Cardinals, Friday 9/19, 1:20 CT
by Al Yellon on Sep 19, 2008 10:00 AM CDT
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PrintSt. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs, Sep 19, 2008 1:20 PM CDT
There's an old saying: "A picture is worth 1000 words." If that's true, here are 4000:
All photos above by David Sameshima
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Adam Wainwright missed two months on the DL, came back in August, threw pretty well and then got hit hard in his last start vs. the Pirates. His only start vs. the Cubs this year was a no-decision on May 2, a game the Cubs won in 11. (Who's that guy who started for the Cubs that day? Never heard of him.) Aramis Ramirez is the Cub who likes to hit Wainwright the best (7-for-19, .368/.455/.684, 3 doubles, a HR).
You all know what Z did in his last start. The Cardinals are one of the teams he throws best against: 9-5, 2.77 in 21 lifetime appearances (20 starts), though they beat him up pretty good on August 9 at Wrigley Field, even though Z homered in that game. Albert Pujols also homered in that game (and so did three other Cardinals), but has only a .250 lifetime average vs. Z.
You asked for it, you got it! Today's Gratuitous Geo Photo:
Today's game is again on cable in Chicago and St. Louis, and at the MLB.com Mediacenter.
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5 pics is worth 5,000 words
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I'm a reader not a poster, but I'm also a poster so don't get any ideas.
by cozmotaylor123 on Sep 19, 2008 11:22 AM CDT up reply actions
What are you, some kind of sabremagician...?
''Let's be clear about this: We've still got to win two more games.'' - Jim Edmonds, 9/18/08
no, it's CWyers.
And today, the role of Gollum will be played by Blue Mike, who somehow, is STILL not banned from the board.
"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella
by drewishdrewid on Sep 19, 2008 11:43 AM CDT up reply actions
Rich Harden...my precioussssss...
''Let's be clear about this: We've still got to win two more games.'' - Jim Edmonds, 9/18/08
we hates the Soriano
nasssssty guesssss hack hitterssss we hates him my love…
"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella
by drewishdrewid on Sep 19, 2008 11:55 AM CDT up reply actions
Not listening!
I’m not listening!
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 19, 2008 11:59 AM CDT up reply actions
first we takes the Soriano to Houston
and then we puts him through the juicer!
"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella
by drewishdrewid on Sep 19, 2008 12:02 PM CDT up reply actions
we need to give Gollum there
an NIU tattoo.
"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella
by drewishdrewid on Sep 19, 2008 11:55 AM CDT up reply actions
First
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
Also the Cubs lost that game you are talking about on May 2
Chad Fox gave up a walk off homer to little skippy shoemaker
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
Is that Geo photo
from his curten call yesterday?
by bleed that blue on Sep 19, 2008 10:07 AM CDT reply actions
I believe so
"This balls got a chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannce, GONE!" - Pat Hughes
by SouthsideCUBSfan on Sep 19, 2008 10:11 AM CDT up reply actions
what channel is the game on today?
"This balls got a chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannce, GONE!" - Pat Hughes
by SouthsideCUBSfan on Sep 19, 2008 10:11 AM CDT reply actions
And no AFN :(
I don’t care about the Ryder cup, DAMNIT!!!!!
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Sep 19, 2008 11:06 AM CDT up reply actions
It's one more thing to taunt Europeans about
should we win, of course.
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 19, 2008 11:11 AM CDT up reply actions
If we lose this year, we should just quit. I'm sick of seeing those European
golfers play over their heads for three days as our guys choke away the cup. Let them have it permanently and just move on.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 19, 2008 11:22 AM CDT up reply actions
For a generation or so.
“It’s been fun, guys. See ya when your kids play our kids.”
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 19, 2008 11:23 AM CDT up reply actions
if this golf thread garners two more responses so help me god
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Sep 19, 2008 11:23 AM CDT up reply actions
Let's just take a mulligan and start over.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 19, 2008 11:23 AM CDT up reply actions
But golf is about getting the lowest amount of comments...
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 19, 2008 11:24 AM CDT up reply actions
I have to...it' too easy.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 19, 2008 11:25 AM CDT up reply actions
I still can't believe he didn't change his name.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 19, 2008 11:26 AM CDT up reply actions
Holy crap - that's awesome.
"I'll take one in the mouth over the eyes any day". - AJ Pierzynski
http://lostinthevines.blogspot.com/
by lostinthevines on Sep 19, 2008 11:55 AM CDT up reply actions
they have
Golf trading cards?
"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella
by drewishdrewid on Sep 19, 2008 11:55 AM CDT up reply actions
egad
"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella
by drewishdrewid on Sep 19, 2008 12:24 PM CDT up reply actions
Actually, I think we have a chance.
I was down there on Wednesday, and the atmosphere around the team certainly seemed like they were up for a fight.
Plus, I think the Euros won’t be accustomed to the favorite role.
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 19, 2008 11:25 AM CDT up reply actions
i'm embarrassed and hurt
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Sep 19, 2008 11:26 AM CDT up reply actions
TWSS
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 19, 2008 11:26 AM CDT up reply actions
Ah, the Walk of Shame.
Loved sitting outside on the balcony down in Normal on Sunday mornings, watching the gentlemen and ladies who, the previous night, ended up somewhere and with someone they shouldn’t have, stmble home.
The good ol’ days.
"I'll take one in the mouth over the eyes any day". - AJ Pierzynski
http://lostinthevines.blogspot.com/
by lostinthevines on Sep 19, 2008 11:54 AM CDT up reply actions
No one does
"I'll take one in the mouth over the eyes any day". - AJ Pierzynski
http://lostinthevines.blogspot.com/
by lostinthevines on Sep 19, 2008 11:52 AM CDT up reply actions
Assume no Wood today
and the bullpen a little battered so let’s hope Z has an effecient day.
This is only the beginning....Lou Pinella end of '07 season and Chicago Transit Authority (the band when they were really good).
I'm guessing Z will be fired up today!
Hopefully, he’ll be able to control his emotions and pitch a great game.
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Sep 19, 2008 10:13 AM CDT up reply actions
Z is due...
he may throw a no hitter today.
"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
Do you know how long it's been since a Cub threw a no-no?
Sheesh.
"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
and that game wasn't even at home!
"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella
by drewishdrewid on Sep 19, 2008 12:19 PM CDT up reply actions
C'mon, guys, it'll never happen in our lifetimes.
''Let's be clear about this: We've still got to win two more games.'' - Jim Edmonds, 9/18/08
I guy can hope though...
It would be almost like seeing a team win down by 4 with 2 outs and no one on in the 9th.
"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
that never happens.
"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella
by drewishdrewid on Sep 19, 2008 12:25 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, it's been so long since he got out of the first inning without
giving up a run. He needs to step it up.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 19, 2008 12:18 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm more worried about Lee's clutch hitting.
He hasn’t come through in a long time.
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 19, 2008 12:19 PM CDT up reply actions
And Soto, when was the last time he got an extra-base hit?
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 19, 2008 12:20 PM CDT up reply actions
early September, maybe?
he’s playing himself out of Rookie of the Year, no doubt.
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 19, 2008 12:24 PM CDT up reply actions
We could have Michael Barrett behind the plate right now. What a dumbass move by Henry.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 19, 2008 12:25 PM CDT up reply actions
I enjoyed the Rob Bowen Era immensely
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 19, 2008 12:26 PM CDT up reply actions
LOL
He is only good to have around so Big Z has something soft to punch, instead of throwing Gatorade coolers around the dugout.
Long days and pleasant nights.
by The Original Dave on Sep 19, 2008 12:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Don't think so...
…If Hendry didn’t trade him, Lou would have locked him in the training room.
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
No kidding...
Sometimes all he needs to do is take a nice easy swing and take one right back up the middle!
"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 don't know about anyone else,
but that game on May 2nd seems like a LONG time ago!
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Sep 19, 2008 10:12 AM CDT reply actions
I remember that game
because it was my birthday, and I hate it when the Cubs lose on my birthday. I sometimes envy people whose birthday is in the offseason.
"Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance"
I was lucky to have the Cubs win on my birthday this year
And not just any win, but a 19-run blowout of the Brewers. That was fun. :D
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman
by hip2bsquare on Sep 19, 2008 10:42 AM CDT up reply actions
+1
My birthday win was CC’s first NL loss. Sweet.
"Years of academy training, wasted"--Buzz Lightyear (not a flying toy)
by spoiledcubbage on Sep 19, 2008 11:03 AM CDT up reply actions
same here
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 19, 2008 11:28 AM CDT up reply actions
I'll be on a plane to Florida during the game...
So throw in a few extra cheers for me, eh?
May 2 Starting Pitcher
Where is he now? Have they given up on him completely? Is he hurt? I have to admit, I haven’t been paying much attention to him lately.
"Don't worry, Joey. We'll go next year. They're in the World Series all the time" ---My grandfather to my sick father, October 10, 1945
Rich Hill's corpse is currently on the DL
Maybe he is gonna be back next year, IMO we never see him again.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
I thought I heard Pat Hughes
inadvertently call Rich Harden “Rich Hill” during yesterday’s game. Anyone else hear that?
I did...
…but I believe Ron Santo is the one who said it.
''Let's be clear about this: We've still got to win two more games.'' - Jim Edmonds, 9/18/08
Now that makes more sense
"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 19, 2008 12:42 PM CDT up reply actions
In some of the photos from Z's no-hitter
I momentarily forgot that Koiye Hill was on the roster, and was like ’it’s great to see Rich Hill in the dugout’. Then I came to my senses.
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 19, 2008 10:48 AM CDT up reply actions
Geo-mania has hit Chicago!
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Sep 19, 2008 10:17 AM CDT up reply actions
Irrelevant stat
If Soto is ROY, that makes the last two Cubs ROY’s with 4-letter last names with 2 o’s in them.
I'm buying one of these...
"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 19, 2008 10:24 AM CDT up reply actions
That should be what's enmbroidered on his chest protector.
Though Chevy Geo’s never protected anyone
"I'll take one in the mouth over the eyes any day". - AJ Pierzynski
http://lostinthevines.blogspot.com/
by lostinthevines on Sep 19, 2008 11:56 AM CDT up reply actions
I had one of those
for eight years. I loved that car.
"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella
by drewishdrewid on Sep 19, 2008 11:57 AM CDT up reply actions
I think the can of Coke on my desk
has more metal.
Did you have a Storm, a Tracker, what?
"I'll take one in the mouth over the eyes any day". - AJ Pierzynski
http://lostinthevines.blogspot.com/
by lostinthevines on Sep 19, 2008 11:59 AM CDT up reply actions
I had a Tracker
whilst in college in Iowa. I had a love/hate relationship with it.
Dangerous to drive most of the year, especially with ice/snow/wind/rain/sunshine/stalled troughs. But I could fit my entire drumset in it and it never once failed me on the road.
One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.
Prizm.
Which was the same thing as a Corrolla, just rebadged. 35mpg.
"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella
by drewishdrewid on Sep 19, 2008 12:03 PM CDT up reply actions
I had my first live BCB shirt sighting this morning.
If that was you crossing Washington and Franklin reading a newspaper around 8:30 am, consider yourself spotted, tagged and released back into the wild.
''Let's be clear about this: We've still got to win two more games.'' - Jim Edmonds, 9/18/08
lol!
with a transmitter?
That's the beauty of baseball. You never know what's going to happen until the final out -- Lou
Didn't you already know?
All the BCB shirts have a transmitter sewn into the fabric already.
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Sep 19, 2008 10:37 AM CDT up reply actions
Yep, I track the feeding, migrating and mating habits of all BCBers.
''Let's be clear about this: We've still got to win two more games.'' - Jim Edmonds, 9/18/08
don't ever tell my wife.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 19, 2008 10:48 AM CDT up reply actions
Just bought mine today.
The anticipation to get it is terrible…I hope it’ll last.
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 19, 2008 10:44 AM CDT up reply actions
Hm, this somehow manages to be...
…creepy and inspiring at the same time.
''Let's be clear about this: We've still got to win two more games.'' - Jim Edmonds, 9/18/08
Let's make it the magic one
Current temperature in hell: 43 degrees F - and falling!
Currently scheduled for October 1, 2008
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 19, 2008 10:49 AM CDT up reply actions
Is that the actual ticket?
Damn, it looks beautiful.
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Sep 19, 2008 10:50 AM CDT up reply actions
That is it - I did whiteout the seating and bar codes
Current temperature in hell: 43 degrees F - and falling!
Wise move.
BlueMike might show up and challenge you to a fight.
''Let's be clear about this: We've still got to win two more games.'' - Jim Edmonds, 9/18/08
and I don't think they let you bring
sand and massive drills into the stadium.
"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella
by drewishdrewid on Sep 19, 2008 11:13 AM CDT up reply actions
My claim to relative fame?
Casting the role of Danny in The Shining came down to me, him (Danny Lloyd), and two other boys.
"I'll take one in the mouth over the eyes any day". - AJ Pierzynski
http://lostinthevines.blogspot.com/
by lostinthevines on Sep 19, 2008 11:58 AM CDT up reply actions
I assume Danny was the kid who said, "Redrum"?
''Let's be clear about this: We've still got to win two more games.'' - Jim Edmonds, 9/18/08
Yes
Jack and Shelly’s son. The kid on the Big Wheel
"I'll take one in the mouth over the eyes any day". - AJ Pierzynski
http://lostinthevines.blogspot.com/
by lostinthevines on Sep 19, 2008 12:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Wow, too bad you didn't get the part.
That was a classic role. My daughter talks in that voice sometimes and my wife and I ask her to say, “Redrum!” Yes, we’re a little twisted.
''Let's be clear about this: We've still got to win two more games.'' - Jim Edmonds, 9/18/08
My dad told me
I was the same age as the kid in Pet Sematary when he was reading it, and I happened to look up at him and it unnerved him so much he had to put the book down.
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 19, 2008 12:08 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm assuming Kubrick's version, here
"I owe [Dunston] a lot. Nobody would know how good I was at digging balls out of the dirt if it wasn't for him..." -Mark Grace
"If [Ruth] had [called his shot], I would have knocked him down with the next pitch." -Charlie Root
Yes; not the lame TV version
"I'll take one in the mouth over the eyes any day". - AJ Pierzynski
http://lostinthevines.blogspot.com/
by lostinthevines on Sep 19, 2008 12:05 PM CDT up reply actions
I love how in the pictures posted on this thread
Show that Brewers players with their heads down… just wondering what it would be like to be jumping around with dem Cubbies!!!
"This balls got a chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannce, GONE!" - Pat Hughes
by SouthsideCUBSfan on Sep 19, 2008 10:28 AM CDT reply actions
My Kingdom
To have tomorrow’s game feature the Defending 2007/2008 National League Central Champions
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
Great to see D. Lee with clutch hit
He is my guy
"We’ve still got a long ways to go, I don’t like to get giggly over things in July. But the team’s playing well, they really are. They’re playing with confidence, and it shows."
It doesn't get any better than Santo
I was able to watch the first few innings yesterday before me and some buddies took of for our golf round. Fortunately we did not forget our radio/cooler. On the Sixth tee box I was able to hear the two quick outs but by the green Geo stepped up and smacked the home run. All of us started going crazy on the green along with Santo going completely ape shit. Huge Win and a great round on a beautiful day. It doesn’t get much better….except for October!
Let’s Go Cubs!
"Commit to the Indian!"
My friend's challenge
My friend is always challenging me and we challenge each other. I have fun with song titles for my Cubs related emails.
So she has thrown me a curveball. She says “You have to use a Brittany Spears song for when the Cubs win the division”
So it’s going to be a slightly changed one. Instead of Oops I Did it Again it will be Whoop They Did it Again
Go Cubs
by puckishcubsfan on Sep 19, 2008 10:30 AM CDT reply actions
Not "Hit me baby one more time"?
:)
Nobody cares about your fantasy league team
by carmen_fanzone on Sep 19, 2008 10:32 AM CDT up reply actions
Personally, I find these puns "Toxic."
''Let's be clear about this: We've still got to win two more games.'' - Jim Edmonds, 9/18/08
You could go with
‘Anticipating’ – you know of more good things to come…
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 19, 2008 11:13 AM CDT up reply actions
Lets get it done today boys!
"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
Let's Go Cubbies!
Unbelievable game y’day. Tempted to turn the TV off in the 9th, but I can’t quit this team!
Let’s clinch this sucka!!
Nobody cares about your fantasy league team
by carmen_fanzone on Sep 19, 2008 10:30 AM CDT reply actions
After yesterday
NO photo of Geo is gratuitous, Al. From here on out they are homage.
That's the beauty of baseball. You never know what's going to happen until the final out -- Lou
I think that was foot that went down....
"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 19, 2008 10:47 AM CDT up reply actions
How can noone of brought up the important holiday today?
Happy International Talk Like a Pirate Day!!!!
Arrr, they don’t call me Long John because my head is so big.
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
So a pirate walks into a bar with a ship's wheel attached to his crotch
The bartender says, “Hey, pal – you know there’s a ship’s wheel attached to your crotch?”
The pirate says, “Aye, and it’s drivin’ me nuts!”
"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
A pirate walks into a bar and the bartender says, “Hey, I haven’t seen you in a while. What happened, you look terrible!”
“What do you mean?” the pirate replies, “I’m fine.”
The bartender says, “But what about that wooden leg? You didn’t have that before.”
“Well,” says the pirate, “We were in a battle at sea and a cannon ball hit my leg but the surgeon fixed me up, and I’m fine, really.”
“Yeah,” says the bartender, “But what about that hook? Last time I saw you, you had both hands.”
“Well,” says the pirate, “We were in another battle and we boarded the enemy ship. I was in a sword fight and my hand was cut off but the surgeon fixed me up with this hook, and I feel great, really.”
“Oh,” says the bartender, “What about that eye patch? Last time you were in here you had both eyes.”
“Well,” says the pirate, “One day when we were at sea, some birds were flying over the ship. I looked up, and one of them shat in my eye.”
“So?” replied the bartender, “what happened? You couldn’t have lost an eye just from some bird shit!”
“Well,” says the pirate, “I really wasn’t used to the hook yet.”
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Sep 19, 2008 10:47 AM CDT up reply actions
"So... were you in an accident or something?"
“No, me father was a tree.”
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman
by hip2bsquare on Sep 19, 2008 10:55 AM CDT up reply actions
RIP Dread Captain Greybar.
''Let's be clear about this: We've still got to win two more games.'' - Jim Edmonds, 9/18/08
Don't you mean
Avast, ye matey?
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 19, 2008 10:50 AM CDT up reply actions
I'm pouring some grog...
…onto the deck of me ship right now in his memory. Alas, this is the best I can do:
ARRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!
''Let's be clear about this: We've still got to win two more games.'' - Jim Edmonds, 9/18/08
Not the same...
How can SBNation fix an error that everyone loves?
Sigh.
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 19, 2008 10:53 AM CDT up reply actions
I do miss the nasty old Cpt. Greybar
That's the beauty of baseball. You never know what's going to happen until the final out -- Lou
Here Be A Link Mate'y
National Talk Like A Pirate Day
"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 19, 2008 10:57 AM CDT up reply actions
Kid Birate
A little boy dresses up as a pirate for halloween. He has a bit of a speech impediment. The first house he goes to he says, “I’m a birate. This is my barrot. Can I have some bandy?” The woman looks at him and says, “My my aren’t you cute. But where are your buccaneers?” The boy looks are her angrily and says “On the side of my buckin head you buckin dumass.”
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Took me a second, but I laughed.
''Let's be clear about this: We've still got to win two more games.'' - Jim Edmonds, 9/18/08
Yarrrr
I’m looking more me Booty!
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 19, 2008 1:03 PM CDT up reply actions
yarrrrr
"This balls got a chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannce, GONE!" - Pat Hughes
by SouthsideCUBSfan on Sep 19, 2008 1:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Anyone else
Just curious anyone else ever been in a public place listening to your headphones during a great moment and noticed people around you also cheering or doing other things to indicate they are also listening.
My brother was on the metra train yesterday as the winning run scored and a bunch of people started going yes yea or such and finally someone said “Are you all listening to the Cubs!”
High fives everywhere.
Go Cubs
by puckishcubsfan on Sep 19, 2008 10:42 AM CDT reply actions
Oh I can't wait to move to Chicago!
I’ve been slowly making my way over there. Started in San Diego, to Vegas, now in Denver. I’ll be there eventually…..
"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 19, 2008 10:46 AM CDT up reply actions
cool story... love it!
That's the beauty of baseball. You never know what's going to happen until the final out -- Lou
While running errands last night...
I heard three different people excitedly trying to describe the game to somebody on the phone. I can’t remember the last time a game caused buzz like that.
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman
by hip2bsquare on Sep 19, 2008 11:04 AM CDT up reply actions
Those pictures are love.
Never say never say never say never. Have you ever been so confident in a team that no defecit scares you (our country notwithstanding)?
I think Geo reads BCB. He saw us questioning the Magic of his pics after possibly jinxing it with Street Clothes Soto and responded mightily. All hail Sir Geo, Rookie of All Years.
Go Cubs Go.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 19, 2008 10:47 AM CDT reply actions
Somebody requested I do another Geo pic....so I did...
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 19, 2008 10:51 AM CDT reply actions
you'll have to wait for the frist pitch thread to see it. Sucka!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 19, 2008 10:53 AM CDT up reply actions
No...and until then...meditate on this picture.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 19, 2008 10:55 AM CDT up reply actions
Hm, I wonder if those are bagels or cider donuts.
''Let's be clear about this: We've still got to win two more games.'' - Jim Edmonds, 9/18/08
I'd guess donuts
Looks like a fall setting…
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 19, 2008 11:13 AM CDT up reply actions
I'm getting a WoW flashback
That's the beauty of baseball. You never know what's going to happen until the final out -- Lou
Shouldn't this in some way be a campaign poster?
Just looking out for you dude.
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 19, 2008 11:24 AM CDT up reply actions
Yes, please let it be the big ass gun.
''Let's be clear about this: We've still got to win two more games.'' - Jim Edmonds, 9/18/08
I'm interested to see how Milwaukee bounces back from yesterday
I know momentum is only as good as your next days starter, but that loss has to kill!
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Sep 19, 2008 10:54 AM CDT reply actions
To all the ledge jumpers yesterday -
I hope you never touch something as beautiful as this:
Current temperature in hell: 43 degrees F - and falling!
I really wish you didn't post that.
It’s something I didn’t want to see until it became “valid”
Oh well……
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Sep 19, 2008 10:54 AM CDT up reply actions
Hey, they are already printed
Current temperature in hell: 43 degrees F - and falling!
Yes, I know....
But the site of ’84, ’03, and ’07 ticket stubs still makes me cry.
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Sep 19, 2008 10:56 AM CDT up reply actions
oh who cares
I think its pretty awesome
"This balls got a chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannce, GONE!" - Pat Hughes
by SouthsideCUBSfan on Sep 19, 2008 11:21 AM CDT up reply actions
I also wish you didn't post that......................
and there is nothing wrong with ledge jumping, esp if you are a Cubs fan. I think we should give all us ledge jumpers a pass
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by graceunderpressure on Sep 19, 2008 10:56 AM CDT up reply actions
I mean if an individual had sooo much power to change the luck of a team
then maybe a post like that wouldnt be a good idea… it has no affect on the outcome of the series… it gives us fans something to look forward to… something to set our sites on
"This balls got a chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannce, GONE!" - Pat Hughes
by SouthsideCUBSfan on Sep 19, 2008 11:22 AM CDT up reply actions
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 19, 2008 10:56 AM CDT up reply actions
How true!
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Sep 19, 2008 10:57 AM CDT up reply actions
am I an idiot if I need an explanation
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by graceunderpressure on Sep 19, 2008 10:58 AM CDT up reply actions
Replace "this"
With the WS ticket. Meaning you ain’t ever getting your hands on one…
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Sep 19, 2008 10:59 AM CDT up reply actions
thanks for not calling me an idiot
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by graceunderpressure on Sep 19, 2008 11:00 AM CDT up reply actions
There are no stupid questions
Just stupid people.
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Sep 19, 2008 11:02 AM CDT up reply actions
I know you keep telling me that...........
and I keep thinking it is insulting
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by graceunderpressure on Sep 19, 2008 11:17 AM CDT up reply actions
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 19, 2008 11:01 AM CDT up reply actions
I see what we did there.
''Let's be clear about this: We've still got to win two more games.'' - Jim Edmonds, 9/18/08
Don't hurt 'em, Obi Wan!
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 19, 2008 11:11 AM CDT up reply actions
Where did you get that?
I did not think they had been sent to us season ticket holders yet ? I literally do a little jig with the envelope when it arrives at the office.
They are used to me there so no one thinks anything of it. Can’t wait to dance on our threadbare carpenting.
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
by Doggie Stalker on Sep 19, 2008 11:35 AM CDT up reply actions
Got mine yesterday via FedEx
That is an actual scan
Current temperature in hell: 43 degrees F - and falling!
I would really like to see Theriot get some days off before the playoffs start
He is hitting .250 the last 50 games. While I am not exactly his biggest fan, we need the .315 Theriot in October.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
Go Cubs!
Here’s to lowering the magic # to 1…
I went to the other BCB last night and it says I’ve been banned??? I don’t troll, but have commented over there from time to time (honestly nothing hostile). Anybody else get banned? Is it because of our incredible victory yesterday?
You ARE freaking out MAN!
Ha ha - welcome to the club.
If you visit the Evil BCB and identify yourself as a Cubs fan, you have about a 99.9% chance of getting banned unless you fall slavishly before the altar of Veggie Boy, Freak Eyes and Soon-To-Be-Gone CC. They’re a sad gaggle of simpering, insecure weasels.
''Let's be clear about this: We've still got to win two more games.'' - Jim Edmonds, 9/18/08
And I take that as an insult
to the simpering, insecure weasal community.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 19, 2008 11:11 AM CDT up reply actions
yeah, watch it buddy!
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by graceunderpressure on Sep 19, 2008 11:16 AM CDT up reply actions
I haven't commented yet.
waiting till we clinch and they don’t.
"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella
by drewishdrewid on Sep 19, 2008 11:17 AM CDT up reply actions
so somewhere around 10:00 ET tonight?
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 19, 2008 11:18 AM CDT up reply actions
nice!
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by graceunderpressure on Sep 19, 2008 11:20 AM CDT up reply actions
TWSS
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 19, 2008 11:23 AM CDT up reply actions
:D that would be nice.
I’d really like to win it, than have them lose it, but either way, it will be nice.
"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella
by drewishdrewid on Sep 19, 2008 11:23 AM CDT up reply actions
I should probably sign up today, just in case...
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 19, 2008 11:25 AM CDT up reply actions
I'm always so tempted to comment on there
But I don’t.
i'm in the same boat
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 19, 2008 11:42 AM CDT up reply actions
Well Today probably won't be easy
the cards are never easy and Wainwright is coming off an awful start (usualy doesn’t put two crappers together) We’ll have to win another one heroically!
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by graceunderpressure on Sep 19, 2008 11:15 AM CDT reply actions
Geo scratched today
with a sore hand per ESPN 1000 Waddle and Silvy show…Hank White to start at catcher…
Did they say how he hurt it?
The play at the plate in the 9th where he held onto the ball and got the out?
"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 19, 2008 11:19 AM CDT up reply actions
They didn't mention
how it happened—was just a quick blurb on the radio. Hopefully its nothing too serious.
by Manny Trillo on Sep 19, 2008 11:21 AM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, I hope not.
''Let's be clear about this: We've still got to win two more games.'' - Jim Edmonds, 9/18/08
sprained it while giving his curtain call
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by graceunderpressure on Sep 19, 2008 11:22 AM CDT up reply actions
Seriously, you gotta wonder.
''Let's be clear about this: We've still got to win two more games.'' - Jim Edmonds, 9/18/08
Yeah.
I was only half-joking.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 19, 2008 11:38 AM CDT up reply actions
I think he hurt his hand after a congratulatory hand shake from Ted Lilly.
"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
Ted Lilly's handshakes are more appropriately called handquakes.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 19, 2008 12:35 PM CDT up reply actions
The Great Wall of China is
the only structure physically safe from Ted Lilly’s high fives
"Years of academy training, wasted"--Buzz Lightyear (not a flying toy)
by spoiledcubbage on Sep 19, 2008 1:23 PM CDT up reply actions
If it was Fielder, would guess he stayed up all
night patting himself on the back. With Geo, guessing it was from keeping the ladies away.
Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...
Fielder can't reach his own back. It's too far away from his front.
"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 19, 2008 11:24 AM CDT up reply actions
no no I saw him do it once.............
reaching for a donut
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by graceunderpressure on Sep 19, 2008 11:27 AM CDT up reply actions
That's amazing how we thought of Prince and donuts at the same time!
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 19, 2008 11:29 AM CDT up reply actions
The question is
Why did he have a donut on his back?
It's like a spare tire.
Just in case…
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 19, 2008 11:44 AM CDT up reply actions
He just holds them there for safe keeping. I heard that
he can pack away a whole dozen that way.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 19, 2008 11:45 AM CDT up reply actions
Oh ok
I thought maybe he fell backwards onto a box of donuts in the clubhouse and someone said, “Hey Prince, you got a donut on your back”
No, that happened with the entire snack table.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 19, 2008 11:52 AM CDT up reply actions
I hear spiders
carry their young on their back.
"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella
by drewishdrewid on Sep 19, 2008 11:56 AM CDT up reply actions
He and CC scratch each other's backs with one hand while
holding a jelly donut in the other.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 19, 2008 11:28 AM CDT up reply actions
I saw a video on the internet like that once...
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 19, 2008 11:28 AM CDT up reply actions
Shit. Literally.
I did not mean that at all. Well done.
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 19, 2008 11:45 AM CDT up reply actions
I cant wait to see the youtube reaction videos
of CC and Prince
that mental picture will haunt me
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by graceunderpressure on Sep 19, 2008 11:29 AM CDT up reply actions
Don't worry, SWL will have a picture of it soon.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 19, 2008 11:30 AM CDT up reply actions
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 19, 2008 11:34 AM CDT up reply actions
And here I thought...
…nothing could make me not want a donut.
''Let's be clear about this: We've still got to win two more games.'' - Jim Edmonds, 9/18/08
+1
"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 19, 2008 11:37 AM CDT up reply actions
I knew you would come through. I can always depend on SWL
to provide disgusting content.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 19, 2008 11:36 AM CDT up reply actions
Hey! Where's the cream filling?!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 19, 2008 11:38 AM CDT up reply actions
EWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 19, 2008 11:38 AM CDT up reply actions
And we've reached an all time low....
"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 19, 2008 11:39 AM CDT up reply actions
Suck it, Trebek.
''Let's be clear about this: We've still got to win two more games.'' - Jim Edmonds, 9/18/08
Things trebek sucks for 1000
"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 19, 2008 11:49 AM CDT up reply actions
Don't you guys remember...
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 19, 2008 11:42 AM CDT up reply actions
LOL, that's hilarious.
And, no, I don’t remember that at all.
''Let's be clear about this: We've still got to win two more games.'' - Jim Edmonds, 9/18/08
Worst movie ever
No redeeming factors at all.
One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.
Easy now sue.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 19, 2008 11:37 AM CDT up reply actions
oh for goodness sakes
That's the beauty of baseball. You never know what's going to happen until the final out -- Lou
Ewwwwwwww!
"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 19, 2008 11:29 AM CDT up reply actions
I was thinking
he’s sit today anyway.
"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella
by drewishdrewid on Sep 19, 2008 11:23 AM CDT up reply actions
yeah, sit on his throne!
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by graceunderpressure on Sep 19, 2008 11:24 AM CDT up reply actions
TWSS
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 19, 2008 11:25 AM CDT up reply actions
now there would be a picture.
Geo, in his crown and Ermine, holding his scepter of victory, sitting on his throne.
"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella
by drewishdrewid on Sep 19, 2008 11:34 AM CDT up reply actions
What are our girls here going to do?
Who will they have to fawn all over during the game? Oh, dear me this is distressing. I believe I will have a martini to calm my nerves. No Geo, simply unacceptable. Maybe he will pinch hit in the 15th inning and hit a walk off HR.
"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 19, 2008 11:34 AM CDT up reply actions
the game will be over...well before the 15th inning.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 19, 2008 11:35 AM CDT up reply actions
I'm sure DeRosa
and Lee are playing.
"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella
by drewishdrewid on Sep 19, 2008 11:45 AM CDT up reply actions
Hey let us get down to buisness
How was shark yesterday, would he have been fine if not for DeRo’s miscue or was he lost out there?
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by graceunderpressure on Sep 19, 2008 11:32 AM CDT reply actions
I'm asking my uncle leon............
I’m on a Cubs blog. I’m asking you Sue!
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by graceunderpressure on Sep 19, 2008 11:33 AM CDT up reply actions
Uncle Leon? Is that you?
''Let's be clear about this: We've still got to win two more games.'' - Jim Edmonds, 9/18/08
Dave? Is that you?
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by graceunderpressure on Sep 19, 2008 11:38 AM CDT up reply actions
What I meant is
if DeRo had not had the miscue I think he was average. Others on here think because he went ot ND he sucked yesterday. See what I meant by depends on who you ask?
Just giving you a hard time.
I was thinking Al’s comment in the game recap about the Shark and possibly being left off the Postseason roster (if we get there) was premature. If he has a rope like Bob Howry he will get at least 1,223 more chances
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by graceunderpressure on Sep 19, 2008 11:38 AM CDT up reply actions
He'll be on the play-off roster.
Jimmyeatworld
by Jimmyeatworld on Sep 19, 2008 11:49 AM CDT up reply actions
Well, to answer your question...
…yes, he probably would have been labeled “fine” if DeRo had made that play. Samardzija did walk Counsel just before that, but I believe Counsel is generally considered a fairly patient hitter. Beyond that, the Shark induced four groundballs in his outing – the last two just found holes. (Granted, Durham’s was pretty hard hit.)
I’d say the answer lies somewhere in between – I don’t think Samardzija was awful by any means, but his control wasn’t as sharp as it should’ve been. And I agree with Al’s point that Lou probably should have brought in Cotts to turn around Durham. Nonetheless, it was a little frustrating to see people on the game thread jump all over the Shark.
''Let's be clear about this: We've still got to win two more games.'' - Jim Edmonds, 9/18/08
They really were jumping the Shark
Sorry about that…
"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
I tried to defend him... but the arguer wouldn't give it up, so I quit.
"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
Now's a good time to request a trade:
Thanks for stirring something up for the Cards this weekend, Adam Kennedy.
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
what do you speak of? curious?
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by graceunderpressure on Sep 19, 2008 11:32 AM CDT up reply actions
here's the
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 19, 2008 11:33 AM CDT up reply actions
Nice
Adam Kennedy: I want to be traded
The rest of Major League Baseball: crickets
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by graceunderpressure on Sep 19, 2008 11:36 AM CDT up reply actions
lol
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 19, 2008 11:36 AM CDT up reply actions
Adam Kennedy: Is this thing on?
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 19, 2008 11:42 AM CDT up reply actions
check check 1 2 check check
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by graceunderpressure on Sep 19, 2008 11:47 AM CDT up reply actions
Four and three and two and one What up!
When I’m on the mic, the suckers run!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 19, 2008 11:49 AM CDT up reply actions
Word.
Down with Adrock and Mike D and you ain’t
And I got more juice than Picasso got paint
"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
Got rhymes that are rough and rhymes that are slick
I’m not surprised you’re on…
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 19, 2008 12:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Noticed an update on Ben Sheets on that page.
Here’s the link. Nothing earthshaking, but I’d say no news is still good news for the Cubs.
''Let's be clear about this: We've still got to win two more games.'' - Jim Edmonds, 9/18/08
Looks like pretty much a non-story
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 19, 2008 11:37 AM CDT up reply actions
I'll take a Tony LaRussa-Adam Kenedy fued this weekend...
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 19, 2008 11:39 AM CDT up reply actions
Kennedy was pretty gracious in his comments
I don’t think a lot will come of this. We’ll see.
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 19, 2008 11:40 AM CDT up reply actions
Never underestimate Tony LaRussa's ability to undermine a player.
I could care less that Kennedy requested the trade; I just like that it could be a distraction for a day or two while the media chases the story.
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 19, 2008 11:41 AM CDT up reply actions
What are you talking about?
LaRussa has never ran a player out of town on bad terms!
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by graceunderpressure on Sep 19, 2008 11:42 AM CDT up reply actions
where is that big fat sarcasm sign?
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by graceunderpressure on Sep 19, 2008 11:42 AM CDT up reply actions
you mean this one?
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 19, 2008 11:45 AM CDT up reply actions
He just joined a long and distinguished list of
pissed-off TLR players.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 19, 2008 11:46 AM CDT up reply actions
Me too!!!
"What a great call! Your doing a fantastic job, but people expect me to come out here and be upset. So I'm gonna kick some dirt, you understand?" - Lou Pinella
by Lou In Blue on Sep 19, 2008 11:35 AM CDT up reply actions
Wierd how this works
If yesterday’s game had happened to the Cubs I would have thrown up in my mouth a little bit.
But since it happened to the Brewers it makes me smile. There is a little part of me that feels bad for them right now but right now I just want the Cubs to make the playoffs.
Here is yesterday’s games highs an lows shown via a graph, enjoy:
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 19, 2008 11:35 AM CDT reply actions
Is that relative to crowd noise?
because I’ll tell you right now… it was a heck of a lot louder and crazier when Soto hit that HR, than it was when D-Lee won it. After Geo hit that, nobody sat down until the 1st out of the 10th inning.
By the time D-Lee won it, we were so exhausted from cheering through Geo’s HR and all the drama in extras, that we didn’t have the same amount of energy at the end.
I'm not going to even bother trying to update this sig everyday anymore... that's what the standings column on ESPN is for.
Updated on May 25, 2008
I did further checking
Brewers’ chances of the win were 99.8% after the second out.
"Years of academy training, wasted"--Buzz Lightyear (not a flying toy)
by spoiledcubbage on Sep 19, 2008 1:24 PM CDT up reply actions
Ryan Theriot
Has anyone noticed that Ryan Theriot either double-pumps or takes a crow-hop before every throw to first base? Yesterday, Joe Dillon nearly capitalized on this by beating out a ground ball that might have led to a Brewers run in the top of the 12th inning.
Z.Z. Zoot
You don't say
/sarcasm
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by Shanghai Badger on Sep 19, 2008 11:37 AM CDT up reply actions
Grandma?
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 19, 2008 11:39 AM CDT up reply actions
The Riot and Eckstein
the only two shortstops from JV ball upward that I’ve actually seen crow hop. Unbelievalbe!
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by graceunderpressure on Sep 19, 2008 11:41 AM CDT up reply actions
Two of the weakest arm at short in the league. Coincidence?
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 19, 2008 11:42 AM CDT up reply actions
Also, shortstops on winning teams...
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 19, 2008 11:45 AM CDT up reply actions
The crow-hop is just the scrappiness bubbling up.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 19, 2008 11:47 AM CDT up reply actions
you really can't help it when the scrappiness builds up.
though you’d think he could get more on the throw with the scrap.
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 19, 2008 11:51 AM CDT up reply actions
That's the one case where the scrap hurts him. The crow-hop
tends to counteract the scrap and you get a kind of whirling action. Hae has to be careful not to screw himself into the ground.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 19, 2008 11:55 AM CDT up reply actions
I disagree
if you measure the tork that is caused by the intensity of scrap displaced, it actually will drive him upward not downward, therefore instead of screwing himself into the ground, he is propelled to the stars
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by graceunderpressure on Sep 19, 2008 11:57 AM CDT up reply actions
Actually, depending on the direction of the wind
and the tilt of the earth’s axis, the crow-hop and the scrap can combine to form a force so great it shoots him completely out of the the park and onto Waveland Avenue.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 19, 2008 12:00 PM CDT up reply actions
it is scary what scrap can do.............scary!
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Sep 19, 2008 12:02 PM CDT up reply actions
The scrap is a force with limitless bounds. It has been
know to move entire planets to other solar systems. Only the natural force field created by Theriot’s chessy mustache keeps the scrap from destroying our world as we know it.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 19, 2008 12:07 PM CDT up reply actions
tork?
"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella
by drewishdrewid on Sep 19, 2008 12:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Peter Torque?
Sounds painful
Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...
my nemesis...............vocabulary
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by graceunderpressure on Sep 19, 2008 12:06 PM CDT up reply actions
My nemesis
Mike Nesmith
"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
Didn't he invent basketball?
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 19, 2008 12:10 PM CDT up reply actions
white pants.
"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella
by drewishdrewid on Sep 19, 2008 12:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh, that's right. The tight white pants that male
basketball cheerleaders wear. I new it was basketball related.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 19, 2008 12:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Love these stream of consciousness conversations
or conscienceness (to continue the slightly off nature of this)
Don't cross the streams!
"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella
by drewishdrewid on Sep 19, 2008 12:27 PM CDT up reply actions
I crossed a stream last night. My balls are still damp!
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 19, 2008 12:28 PM CDT up reply actions
Wet balls?
"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella
by drewishdrewid on Sep 19, 2008 12:30 PM CDT up reply actions
dong-gardium
levioso!
"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella
by drewishdrewid on Sep 19, 2008 12:44 PM CDT up reply actions
plenty of hot chicks to choose from...
but went with the teenager for double impact of possible virgin AND ‘never happen’ effect.
the talented monkee
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Sep 19, 2008 12:11 PM CDT up reply actions
good movie
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Sep 19, 2008 12:13 PM CDT up reply actions
"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella
by drewishdrewid on Sep 19, 2008 12:19 PM CDT up reply actions
That show was so Brewer!
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 19, 2008 12:20 PM CDT up reply actions
Another movie that was robbed by the Acadamey.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 19, 2008 12:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Right turn, Clyde!
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 19, 2008 12:13 PM CDT up reply actions
I am not going to measure Peter Tork
unless you have tickets for this weekend. and an available babysitter
"I'll take one in the mouth over the eyes any day". - AJ Pierzynski
http://lostinthevines.blogspot.com/
by lostinthevines on Sep 19, 2008 12:06 PM CDT up reply actions
we've secretly replaced Ronny Cedneo's coffee
with crow hop. Let’s see what happens!
"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella
by drewishdrewid on Sep 19, 2008 11:48 AM CDT up reply actions
Jay
i might be going to the game tomarrow!
by longtimecubfan on Sep 19, 2008 11:48 AM CDT up reply actions
Damn
i hope they dont clinch for you, i wanna see it lol
by longtimecubfan on Sep 19, 2008 11:55 AM CDT up reply actions
Soto just left Wrigley after BA...
Hand was a little sore & swollen. They said he tweaked it a little yesterday before the big HR in the bottom of the 9th, so it’s not serious, just precautionary- he’s going for x-rays. Not in line-up today.
Jimmyeatworld
Before?
Before the homerun. Shit, run him out there again today!
"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 19, 2008 11:43 AM CDT up reply actions
I just did not read going for X rays
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by graceunderpressure on Sep 19, 2008 11:43 AM CDT up reply actions
please don't run tests........you end up finding crap that way
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by graceunderpressure on Sep 19, 2008 11:44 AM CDT up reply actions
Think of it this way...
It was swollen and tender before he hit the 3 run HR, and he stayed in the game until the 12th. So, it’s not that they think it’s bad, they are just being cautious… He would probably be starting if this game really meant something. Don’t let it ruin your day bro.
Jimmyeatworld
by Jimmyeatworld on Sep 19, 2008 11:47 AM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, one would think...
…it couldn’t be that bad the way he hit that home run.
''Let's be clear about this: We've still got to win two more games.'' - Jim Edmonds, 9/18/08
which hand is it by the way?
catching hand or throwing hand
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by graceunderpressure on Sep 19, 2008 12:01 PM CDT up reply actions
Not sure.
Maybe we’ll learn more during the pregame.
''Let's be clear about this: We've still got to win two more games.'' - Jim Edmonds, 9/18/08
if anything is wrong with GEO
I know he will say, “Tape me up, and lets kick some ass”
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Sep 19, 2008 12:05 PM CDT up reply actions
Throwing (right)
"I'll take one in the mouth over the eyes any day". - AJ Pierzynski
http://lostinthevines.blogspot.com/
by lostinthevines on Sep 19, 2008 12:06 PM CDT up reply actions
take a rest, tape it up, and lets go
as long as he can catch and lead and hit heroic homeruns with one hand
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Sep 19, 2008 12:07 PM CDT up reply actions
It's only precautionary because of the swelling. He'll be fine.
Jimmyeatworld
by Jimmyeatworld on Sep 19, 2008 11:44 AM CDT up reply actions
then put ice on the damn thing
I’m serious this ruins my mojo…..they might find some little crack the size of flea and say he’s done for the year. God I catastrophize don’t I
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by graceunderpressure on Sep 19, 2008 11:46 AM CDT up reply actions
Probably won't block Al today.
Per previous thread I was sitting directly in front of Al and stood up when Lee batted in the 12th and trust me I NEVER stand up DURING a play but I just felt it.. Can’t imagine anything that would get me to do it today as I think it is something you save for a VERY, VERY special occasion ( sorry I will NOT be sitting in front of Al tomorrow ).
I really , really want the Brewers to win tonight. A. I don’t want to have to go back to Wrigleyville tonight as I have other plans. B. There is ANOTHER baseball game tonight starting at 9.40 that is VERY important to me and I don’t want the interuption.
So GO BREWERS
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
by Doggie Stalker on Sep 19, 2008 11:43 AM CDT reply actions
Selfish!
:)
"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 19, 2008 11:44 AM CDT up reply actions
More of this?
It doesn’t matter when. Not a bloody bit.
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 19, 2008 11:45 AM CDT up reply actions
I'm sure he was really upset you were blocking his "view"...
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 19, 2008 11:48 AM CDT up reply actions
That weave looks very Brittany like...
"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 19, 2008 11:50 AM CDT up reply actions
You're looking at her hair?
"I'll take one in the mouth over the eyes any day". - AJ Pierzynski
http://lostinthevines.blogspot.com/
by lostinthevines on Sep 19, 2008 12:01 PM CDT up reply actions
Maybe Erin Andrews was there?
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Sep 19, 2008 12:02 PM CDT up reply actions
Winner Winner!
"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 19, 2008 12:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Yes, each cheek is equally victorious.
''Let's be clear about this: We've still got to win two more games.'' - Jim Edmonds, 9/18/08
It amazing how the view of a nice tight
ass can make the imagination wander.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 19, 2008 12:09 PM CDT up reply actions
anyone else see Lincoln Insurance commercials during cub games?
they have a local commercial that runs here in the north burbs with this gal wearing a pair of boy shorts and her ass hanging out of them. She’s got something written on her shorts and there’s a guy dressed up like Abe Lincoln with googly eyes. “Eagle Man” quality production. Amazed she was the best dumper they could find to advertise on.
I can definitely say
I’ve never seen that commercial.
"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella
by drewishdrewid on Sep 19, 2008 12:20 PM CDT up reply actions
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 19, 2008 12:30 PM CDT up reply actions
That ass is kind of chunk in that commercial.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 19, 2008 12:30 PM CDT up reply actions
And what, pray tell, is wrong with that?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 19, 2008 12:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Fine if chunk monkey is your favorite flavor of ice cream.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 19, 2008 12:33 PM CDT up reply actions
To each his own my man...
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 19, 2008 12:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Yep, there's an seat for every ass.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 19, 2008 12:36 PM CDT up reply actions
"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella
by drewishdrewid on Sep 19, 2008 12:37 PM CDT up reply actions
OMG. Where did that come from :-(
yuk.
"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.
That's a really bad hangover!
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 19, 2008 12:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Google is a powerful tool
my young padawan. Always use its powers for GOOD.
"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella
by drewishdrewid on Sep 19, 2008 12:42 PM CDT up reply actions
Whoa! Who let the dogs out!
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 19, 2008 12:34 PM CDT up reply actions
I am unable to summon a rational response to these commercials.
''Let's be clear about this: We've still got to win two more games.'' - Jim Edmonds, 9/18/08
Subtle as a Mack truck.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 19, 2008 12:46 PM CDT up reply actions
Wow
"I'll take one in the mouth over the eyes any day". - AJ Pierzynski
http://lostinthevines.blogspot.com/
by lostinthevines on Sep 19, 2008 12:08 PM CDT up reply actions
Go Milwaukee
Im hoping milwaukee wins today so we dont clinch, possibly going to game saturday, really wanna see the clincher
by longtimecubfan on Sep 19, 2008 11:50 AM CDT reply actions
Turd
"I'll take one in the mouth over the eyes any day". - AJ Pierzynski
http://lostinthevines.blogspot.com/
by lostinthevines on Sep 19, 2008 12:02 PM CDT up reply actions
Spontaneous Poll Time
If the Cubs win today, will you cheer for the Brewers or Reds tonight?
Reds all the way.
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 19, 2008 11:55 AM CDT reply actions
I'm wearing my Dusty wristbands right now.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 19, 2008 11:56 AM CDT up reply actions
Reds
Damn you selfish Cubs fans with your ‘i wanna be at the clincher and i don’t want to see sean marshall starting against the Cardinals on Saturday’
Learn how to spell
"This balls got a chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannce, GONE!" - Pat Hughes
by SouthsideCUBSfan on Sep 19, 2008 12:41 PM CDT up reply actions
Can't cheer for the Miller Beer Drinkers
Go Big Red
"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 19, 2008 11:57 AM CDT up reply actions
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 19, 2008 11:58 AM CDT up reply actions
I love Soviet Disco!
But burning houses and dead bodies? Hmmmm, there’s a hidden message here.
"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 19, 2008 11:59 AM CDT up reply actions
I'm going to dust off my Jerry Hairston Jr. Fan Club t-shirt...
…and put on my Corey Patterson fuzzy-wuzzy slippers and root-root-root for the Reds.
''Let's be clear about this: We've still got to win two more games.'' - Jim Edmonds, 9/18/08
Why that made me think of christmas
I’ll never 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 19, 2008 12:00 PM CDT up reply actions
Brewers
Want them to clinch on the field with the fans. Not in some private room at the Admiral.
Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...
So THAT'S where they're celebrating.
Somebody get me a roll of singles and a VIP pass!
''Let's be clear about this: We've still got to win two more games.'' - Jim Edmonds, 9/18/08
I live close to the Admiral
I’d be so there!
I used to live near there.
Of course, I never went inside. (<- False.)
''Let's be clear about this: We've still got to win two more games.'' - Jim Edmonds, 9/18/08
I've never been in there
and that’s the truth… .always wanted to check it out out of curiosity though.
It's been a pretty long time...
…but, as I recall, it’s a fairly classy joint.
''Let's be clear about this: We've still got to win two more games.'' - Jim Edmonds, 9/18/08
I think that's true, yeah.
I may be mistaken, but I believe the City of Chicago won’t issue liquor licenses to, ahem, Gentlemen’s Clubs.
''Let's be clear about this: We've still got to win two more games.'' - Jim Edmonds, 9/18/08
And in Peoria...
you can lose one for “topless midget wrestling”
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 19, 2008 12:46 PM CDT up reply actions
That's okay.
They made more money with the bottomless midget wrestling.
Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...
Hm, wonder if Ryno ever brought his boys there.
''Let's be clear about this: We've still got to win two more games.'' - Jim Edmonds, 9/18/08
Alright, Off to the game
Go Cubs! Suck it, Trebek, BrewCrew. Cheers, everyone.
Go All In and Enjoy The Ride.
Enjoy!
Have a drink for all the BCBers here.
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 19, 2008 11:59 AM CDT up reply actions
drop me a text
im in school so cant see the score, text me when something happens
by longtimecubfan on Sep 19, 2008 12:01 PM CDT up reply actions
Ted Lilly doesn't start.
He finishes.
''Let's be clear about this: We've still got to win two more games.'' - Jim Edmonds, 9/18/08
I heard that Lilly was going to pitch all of the rest of the games to give
the other guys some rest. He’s just that kind of a guy.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 19, 2008 12:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Thanks! I'll add it to the fanshot.
''Let's be clear about this: We've still got to win two more games.'' - Jim Edmonds, 9/18/08
aaaaaaaaaaayyyy!
"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella
by drewishdrewid on Sep 19, 2008 12:10 PM CDT up reply actions
Here's something for you Mrs. C!
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 19, 2008 12:11 PM CDT up reply actions
it's like you didn't even try...
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 19, 2008 12:19 PM CDT up reply actions
Lilly vs Pinerio i believe Pinerio may be a scratch he is in the dog house
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Sep 19, 2008 12:10 PM CDT up reply actions
And if they clinch, the vets
will be in no shape to start.
Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...
Gotcha!
you think there gonna switch up the rotation after we clinch? throw in marshall maybe someone else?
by longtimecubfan on Sep 19, 2008 12:11 PM CDT reply actions
oh you did get me..................you so crazy!
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Sep 19, 2008 12:12 PM CDT up reply actions
BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Geovany Soto’s XRAY results:
He is not human!
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Sep 19, 2008 12:16 PM CDT reply actions
Crap - the Commissioner's Office is gonna have something to say about that
I just know 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
I thought maybe he had adamantium bones like...
''Let's be clear about this: We've still got to win two more games.'' - Jim Edmonds, 9/18/08
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 19, 2008 12:27 PM CDT up reply actions
We can rebuild him We have the technology to make him better....stronger.....faster!
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 19, 2008 12:32 PM CDT up reply actions
again guess you must.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 19, 2008 12:35 PM CDT up reply actions
The force flows through us. It binds us together.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 19, 2008 12:38 PM CDT up reply actions
will you quit
sticking to me?
"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella
by drewishdrewid on Sep 19, 2008 12:42 PM CDT up reply actions
TWSS
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 19, 2008 12:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Guess you need to shower after.
Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...
he's
Sotozoian.
"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella
by drewishdrewid on Sep 19, 2008 12:38 PM CDT up reply actions
No
Itll go to congress then get lost in the wind!
by longtimecubfan on Sep 19, 2008 12:18 PM CDT reply actions
Go Cubs!
Im off to finish my day at school, GO CUBS!
by longtimecubfan on Sep 19, 2008 12:28 PM CDT reply actions
YO!
"This balls got a chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannce, GONE!" - Pat Hughes
by SouthsideCUBSfan on Sep 19, 2008 12:37 PM CDT up reply actions
Did you guys see Dempster's interview with Big League Stew on Yahoo! yesteday?
A sampling:
Q: Remember last year when Lou put you in the rotation for about 20 minutes and then took you out? Was that the whole beginning of your re-transformation into starter?
RD: Yeah. It was amazing as a starter last year how unhittable I was.
Q: How often do you ride your bike to work?
RD: Probably two days a week. The other five, it rides me to work.
Here’s the link
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
Nah, if he leaves, I'm sure he'll always have good memories of Chicago.
''Let's be clear about this: We've still got to win two more games.'' - Jim Edmonds, 9/18/08
I think he will be.
it’s our chance to three-peat.
"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella
by drewishdrewid on Sep 19, 2008 12:45 PM CDT up reply actions
holy crap
he’s funny.
"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella
by drewishdrewid on Sep 19, 2008 12:42 PM CDT up reply actions
OT: Meeks plans Cubs playoff protest
I don’t think this has been discussed:
Rev. James Meeks plans to move his school funding protests to a national stage, ringing the outside of Wrigley Field with 6,000 protesters during the first Cubs playoff game. LINK
One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.
No, it's on topic.
Man, that guy has a good cause but picks the strangest ways to be heard.
Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...
+1 but he does get noticed
That's the beauty of baseball. You never know what's going to happen until the final out -- Lou
Obviously he's never been to a playoff game at Wrigley
There won’t be any room for him
Current temperature in hell: 43 degrees F - and falling!
Oh, based upon what I've seen,
he’ll make room.
Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...
Makes perfect sense. Protest school funding at a baseball game.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 19, 2008 12:45 PM CDT up reply actions
well...
he might get some more TV coverage that way. But how will we tell that those particular people are there for protesting, and not the game?
"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella
by drewishdrewid on Sep 19, 2008 12:46 PM CDT up reply actions
What good would National TV coverage do him?
People all across the country have their own problems with their own education systems. I don’t think they care to involve themselves in Chicago’s issues.
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Sep 19, 2008 1:03 PM CDT up reply actions
it embarrases Chicago
on a national level.
"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella
by drewishdrewid on Sep 19, 2008 1:23 PM CDT up reply actions
I’d say it’d be about 20-80. Eighty being he wanted to get another Canadian. Any time you can add a Canadian to your team, you’ve strengthened it. I heard they’re trying to get Bill Murray, a big Cubs fan, to talk to Mike Myers about signing with us.
I hope he lives forever
I'd love to see him
join Pat & Ron once he retires.
"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella
by drewishdrewid on Sep 19, 2008 12:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Jeez.
Demp is funny, but do you really think he’d be good at play by play?
Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...
He'd be a pretty good analyst. He would never be boring.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 19, 2008 12:55 PM CDT up reply actions
I bet he'd be better
than Mark Grace. But I’d think he’d be the color guy. More like Brenley.
"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella
by drewishdrewid on Sep 19, 2008 12:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Demp would need the
sarcasm button for any endeavor.
Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...
He probably wouldn't do PBP.
He’d be an analyst and, yeah, a pretty good one, I’d guess.
''Let's be clear about this: We've still got to win two more games.'' - Jim Edmonds, 9/18/08
I don't use it.
More fun this way.
Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...
I can feel it coming in the air tonight.....
Song is stuck in my head
"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
Overweight Hoola Hooper
"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 19, 2008 12:59 PM CDT up reply actions
obnoxious brewer fan
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 19, 2008 1:00 PM CDT up reply actions
TWSS
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 19, 2008 12:57 PM CDT up reply actions
Fail
"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 19, 2008 12:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Come stop your crying, it will be alright.
Just take my hand, hold it tight.
I will protect you, from all around you.
I will be here, don’t you cry.
Crap…wrong song…
Yep
Thats the one.. stuck in the ol’ noggin
"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
Tarzan soundtrack?
You’ll be in my heart.
Yes, you’ll be in my heart.
From this day on, now and forever more….
Haha
Dont judge me monkey
"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 worked at a theatre when that movie was out
and would hear that soundtrack play over the credits five or six times a day.
Ugh.
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 19, 2008 1:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Humiliating factoid
Remember walking to the record store in high school to buy that cassette.
If some of these words are not familiar, please look up.
Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...
Cue Van Halen
and Jump!
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
Ah, there it is.
''Let's be clear about this: We've still got to win two more games.'' - Jim Edmonds, 9/18/08
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