Pregame Thread: Cubs vs. Astros, Tuesday 9/2, 7:05 CT
by Al Yellon on Sep 2, 2008 4:00 PM CDT
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Back in 1978, the Cubs briefly contended despite having a team that hit only 72 HR (2nd to last in the NL), and only one player with more than nine (Dave Kingman, 28; and a pitcher, Dave Roberts, had more HR -- 2 in 52 AB -- than the regular CF, Greg Gross, had in 347 AB: one). It was dubbed the "Rush Street Offense" (lots of singles, no action).
This year's Cubs have not had that problem -- until the last three days, all losses. The last extra-base hit was Alfonso Soriano's game-winning HR on Friday. Since then they have had 27 singles and three walks, and have scored five runs in the three games.
It's time for the offense to wake up. Like, now.
Clarification: this was discussed in this morning's thread, and someone posted the correct info (cwyers, I believe), but I wanted it on the front page. MLB scorers are MLB employees, not employees of the clubs. Many of them are former sportswriters. It's still my feeling that they should be a "fifth umpire", and such a person could also assist with replays.
A few photos from the last two days:
Shane Victorino loses Ronny Cedeno's popup in the sun in the 2nd inning on Sunday
Geovany Soto takes 2nd on a wild pitch in the 8th inning on Sunday, eventually scoring the third Cub run
Mark DeRosa, shortstop
Kosuke Fukudome catches a popup by Shane Victorino, the last out in the top of the 9th on Sunday
Rooftop wedding on Monday
Alfonso Soriano chases Miguel Tejada's triple...
... for a really, really long time.
Click on photos to open a larger version in a new browser window. All photos by David Sameshima
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Tonight's game is a pitching rematch of this April 6 game at Wrigley Field, where D-Lee's 7th inning HR off Oscar Villareal (who isn't even on the Astros any more) won the game for Z. Backe had been lifted the inning before. Since then, Backe has thrown two other games vs. the Cubs and got hit hard and lost and got the living daylights beat out of him and lost. Backe is 2nd in the NL in HR allowed and the Cubs have hit four off him in 16 IP this year. He's also tied for 7th in the NL in walks allowed -- so if the Cubs can relax and go back to their patient ways at the plate from earlier this year, the offense should wake up.
Z needs to settle down now that it's September. After a bad August last year he was 4-2, 3.44 in September; doing the same this year would be, well, useful. The only real Houston nemesis for Z was Carlos Lee, and he's out of this series.
Today's game is on WGN and also on EI via FSN Houston For more games, see the MLB.com Mediacenter.
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Once again, a reminder that 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 7 pm CT, and the overflow comment threads will post at 8 pm, 9 pm and 9:45 pm CT.
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1st
wake up offense
from the mouth of Uecker:
"Am I the only one who’s glad it’s only a 4-game series? If was a 9-game series, I think the Cubs would win them all."
Damn these night games!
I won’t catch any of it since I’ll be sleeping. Maybe that’s the spark the team needs…
There is no place like Nebraska - Go Huskers!
Zambrano/Dempser back to back...
Time to turn this thing around, pronto.
Let my ashes blow in a beautiful snow from the prevailing 30 mile an hour southwest wind...
When my last remains go flying over the left field wall, I'll bid the bleacher bums adieu,
And I will come to my final resting place, out on Waveland Avenue. --Steve Goodman
Line-up is out:
LF 12 SORIANO
2B 17 FONTENOT
1B 25 LEE
3B 16 RAMIREZ
RF 7 DEROSA
CF 15 EDMONDS
C 18 SOTO
Jimmyeatworld
Line-up is out:
LF 12 SORIANO
2B 17 FONTENOT
1B 25 LEE
3B 16 RAMIREZ
RF 7 DEROSA
CF 15 EDMONDS
C 18 SOTO
SS 2 THERIOT
SP 38 ZAMBRANO
Jimmyeatworld
by Jimmyeatworld on Sep 2, 2008 4:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Whoa...Lou sits Dome against a RHP?!
He’s not messin’ around.
"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
Lou wants the LBR power
Go Mike!
Cubs Win!! Cubs Win!
by Ihatethecards on Sep 2, 2008 4:25 PM CDT up reply actions
This season...
…LBR is 2 for 3 against Backe in 3 PAs. One of those hits was a long ball.
"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
we're in need of an XBH...
The Walk: Weapon of choice for the 2008 Cubs
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 2, 2008 5:09 PM CDT up reply actions
On the pre-game yesterday
Ron said to Lou, “Fukudome is hitting better lately….”
There was a long pause, then “if you say so, Ron” (it was said with a smile, but still…).
My next sig line quote will also be from Lou Piniella, and the first word will be either "Look", or "Listen", followed by a comma.
Yeah, I heard that, too.
Lou definitely sounded skeptical of Ron’s statement.
"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
DeRo just wants to play
Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory
by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 2, 2008 5:51 PM CDT up reply actions
Don't have the numbers here, so I'm going off my rather hazy memory
But I think DeRo has produced better offense this year when batting higher in the order.
Actually
DeRosa’s only had 41 at bats in the 2nd, 4th and 5th spots this year.
He’s 12-for-41 with 4 HR and 10 RBI in those ABs.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
He's been in 6 or 7 spot this year
6: 216 ABs, .301 AVG, .888 OPS, 8 HR, 45 RBIs
7: 139 ABs, .288 AVG, .873 OPS, 5 HR, 21 RBIs
The Walk: Weapon of choice for the 2008 Cubs
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 2, 2008 6:01 PM CDT up reply actions
From here
The Walk: Weapon of choice for the 2008 Cubs
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 2, 2008 6:02 PM CDT up reply actions
Wuuuuuuuuun - Duuuuuuuuur Haaaaaaaamp - Stuuuuuuuuur
Wuuuuuuuuun – Duuuuuuuuur Haaaaaaaamp – Stuuuuuuuuur
Wuuuuuuuuun – Duuuuuuuuur Haaaaaaaamp – Stuuuuuuuuur
Reed Ballgame - best CF in the MLB
by californiachicagoan on Sep 2, 2008 6:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Air quality outside is God-awful
I have to believe that continuing hot and lousy air quality in Chicago has contributed to the less than spectacular play by the Cubs. Not making excuses, but playing in these atmospheric conditions is brutal. Especially for guys with allergies.
Yea but,
wouldn’t the poor air quality effect the other team as well?
"Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance"
Dang, you win by a minute.
"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
Cubs win because of
Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory
by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 2, 2008 5:05 PM CDT up reply actions
Would you please share with Geo?
Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory
by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 2, 2008 5:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Wow, that's a new one.
Wouldn’t both teams be affected by poor air quality?
"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
shhhhh!
don’t tell him! He doesn’t know!
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by drewishdrewid on Sep 2, 2008 4:18 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm guessing that post is...
…further insight into the sad life of one BlueMike. He probably has really bad allergies and is just projecting. AH-CHOO!!!
"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
OTOH, maybe Blue Mike has access to all MLB medical records and has
empirically determined that the Cubs (averaging over the team, of course) suffer more from poor air quality (because of allergy, sinus, and other issues) than other teams in the MLB?
Just sayin’ :-)
What?! What do you think he is...a Sabermagician?!
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
That's pretty.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 2, 2008 6:18 PM CDT up reply actions
Totally looks like Dumbledore
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
pottergasm?
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by drewishdrewid on Sep 2, 2008 6:33 PM CDT up reply actions
hey now...
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
Not yet. Soon enough.
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
Ultimatum!
If the Cubs don’t win tonight I am gonna…I am gonna…umm…ahhh…gonna be….er….
be disappointed :(
(backs away from the ledge)
"I have not failed. I have merely identified seven hundred twenty three ideas that didn't work"
something I can agree with
"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 2, 2008 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions
let's wait to see
him sit out more than one or two games before we decide that. Lou has said all along he was looking to rest Dome more.
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by drewishdrewid on Sep 2, 2008 4:25 PM CDT up reply actions
That's not right
Kosuke hasn’t been playing well. Lou has been patient, but now the time has come to sit him for a game (or two or three). Lack of performance doesn’t put somebody in Lou Piniella’s doghouse. That is extraordinarily dismissive and disrespectful of Lou Piniella to suggest so.
So would...gulp....
felix pie
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 2, 2008 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions
giggles @ swl for being a troublemaker.
"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 2, 2008 4:35 PM CDT up reply actions
And what might that definition be?
"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
Two players have been in Lou's "doghouse"
Jason Marquis for part of 2007, Michael Barrett 2007. I’d like to know how the decision to pull the plug on Felix Pie equates to Felix Pie being in Lou’s doghouse. Or how the decision to pull Kosuke out of the lineup (for who knows how long) equates to Kosuke being in Lou’s doghouse.
I don't think that Dome is in the dog house either
but you’re seriously saying Eyre WASN’T?
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by drewishdrewid on Sep 2, 2008 4:33 PM CDT up reply actions
I think you're being a little too...
…narrow with your definition of “doghouse.” Of course, it would help if you clearly expressed that definition.
If “being in Lou’s doghouse” means “a player who, despite being on the active roster, never sees much, if any, playing time,” then I’d actually agree with you – I don’t think Dome is in Lou’s doghouse. But if that definition is “a player who is temporarily benched because of a failure to produce,” then I would say that Dome is in Lou’s doghouse.
Scott Eyre was definitely in Lou’s doghouse under the first of those two definitions.
"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
There are varying degrees...
…of Lou’s doghouse – there is “probation”, then “double-secret probation”, and finally the “doghouse”.
I don’t think Dome is even at the “probation” level yet, but I bet he would be a hair away if his progress were to turn the other direction.
Lieber seems to have landed himself at the “double-secret” level, which in itself affords one final final chance to redeem yourself.
The “doghouse” level was certainly where Eyre found himself. Lou didn’t even want to talk to the guy or acknowledge that he was on his team.
Who among the 12 pitches on this staff has Jon Lieber been better than the last two months???
If you’re going to indict Lou Piniella and say that he sentences people to the doghouse, then lets back it up. Jon Lieber is in the doghouse because he’s been on the DL? Jon Lieber is in the doghouse because it is 100% clear he is lesser option than any of the current 12 members of the pitching staff? What, do you want the Cubs to carry 13 pitchers just so we can make sure Lieber is accomodated? And should the decision have been to carry Felix Pie on the roster all season long even though he couldn’t hit major league pitching??
Bob Howry.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 2, 2008 4:51 PM CDT up reply actions
bwahahahaha.
Neil Cotts hasn’t been any great shakes the last few weeks, neither.
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by drewishdrewid on Sep 2, 2008 4:51 PM CDT up reply actions
Well...
A. If memory serves Jon Lieber has been on the DL
B. If memory also serves an earlier healthy Jon Lieber was not particularly effective in his newfound bullpen home
C. Bob Howry has been a long time successful set-up man in this league and an outright godsend to the Cubs in 2006 and 2007, so throwing him under the bus in deference to Jon Lieber of all people is a bit curious. Somebody better than Lieber to replace Howry? Then I’m all for it.
C(a). Bob Howry has sucked dead rhino balls in 2008.
You know…the year we are currently in.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 2, 2008 4:56 PM CDT up reply actions
You've skewed the topic like usual
The question at hand is should a JON LIEBER replace Bob Howry. If the question at hand was should a Jeff Spellcheck or a Bruce Sutter in his prime replace Bob Howry I think even you understand my answer would be different.
do we really want
to be looking to bring Bruce Sutter out of retirement?
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by drewishdrewid on Sep 2, 2008 4:59 PM CDT up reply actions
You've ignored or missed my point...like usual.
Your arguing that Howry is a better pithcher THIS YEAR than Lieber, and your using THE PAST to justify your position. I’ll try and not go so far over your head anymore. Sorry.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 2, 2008 4:59 PM CDT up reply actions
Jon Lieber didn't work out
Lieber was brought in here to compete for a starter’s job. He came up short in that endeavor and then was shuttled to the bullpen for the first time ever in his career. The experiment of Lieber pitching out of the bullpen ultimately gave disappointing results. Followed by lengthy trip to the DL.
Would I replace Bob Howry with Jon Lieber at any point of the 2008 season? An emphatic no. Hence the slanderous indictment that big bad Lou threw Howry in the doghouse has been disproven.
So you've enjoyed Howry's performance so far this year?
I keed!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 2, 2008 5:04 PM CDT up reply actions
You might be right, but....
Jon Lieber didn’t adapt well at all to bullpen duty. He has no role to serve on this ballclub barring rash of injuries. The Cubs are obligated to pay him $3.5 million in 2008. I can assume Hendry decided to bury him on the DL as opposed to whacking him…
A. So he didn’t land in the hands of a NL competitor
B. As insurance policy in case a bunch of pitchers on the staff went lame
C. Because he’s not in the habit of eating salary
Here is the homework on Lieber...
Looks like Lieber did not start a game until 5/7.
date opp ip h r er bb so hr
4/4 Hou 2 1 2 0 0 1 0
4/7 Pit 3 2 0 0 2 2 0
4/10 Pit 4.1 5 0 0 0 1 0
4/17 Cin 1 3 3 2 0 0 1
4/18 Pit .2 1 0 0 0 1 0
4/23 Col 1.2 1 1 1 0 1 1
4/26 Was 1 1 0 0 0 2 0
4/29 Mil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5/2 Stl 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
…Then the game that arguably put him in Lou’s doghouse for whatever reason…
date opp ip h r er bb so hr
5/7 Cin 2 7 5 5 0 2 4
I don't disagree with you...
…but I think that game when Lieber started (maybe it was his first or one of his first starts he made) early in the year when he had to be pulled in the 1st or 2nd inning (sorry, I don’t remember the specifics of that game).
It seemed to me that Lou lost all confidence in him for whatever reason at that very point.
Cincinatti
Death by a thousand home runs (it seemed).
They did it to us twice, the b@stards.
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by drewishdrewid on Sep 2, 2008 4:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Apparently so.
Although it’s a small sample, Kosuke actually as decent numbers against Backe. He’s 3 for 8 in 9 PAs with a walk, an RBI and 2 doubles.
"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
Begs the question:
Would you rather be in your girlfriend/wife’s doghouse…or Lou’s? I’d take my girlfriend’s. Lou could be HARSH.
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
Maybe. But he met with his coaches last night and said
there was going to be lineup changes. The only change I see is Dome missing.
I don't know what the definition of Lou's doghouse is....
Once in, can you get out? (Not for Stevie Ire and not for Michael Barrett.)
Is being in Lou’s doghouse a temporary state of being, or is it permanent? Dome has a four year contract, if I am not mistaken….
Read the question again.
You are explaining how one gets into the dog house.
The question is why does one day out of the linup = dog house.
Reed Ballgame - best CF in the MLB
by californiachicagoan on Sep 2, 2008 6:19 PM CDT up reply actions
Follow me everyone! We are teh clueless!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 2, 2008 4:35 PM CDT up reply actions
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by drewishdrewid on Sep 2, 2008 4:36 PM CDT up reply actions
damn we suck. I hate us.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 2, 2008 4:37 PM CDT up reply actions
we're worse
than Riot.
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by drewishdrewid on Sep 2, 2008 4:38 PM CDT up reply actions
Even worse than Kosucky?
"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
waaaaay worse.
EPatt worse.
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by drewishdrewid on Sep 2, 2008 4:43 PM CDT up reply actions
In the battle of Suck
we are all competing with Jason Marquis.
Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory
by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 2, 2008 5:14 PM CDT up reply actions
hey now...
let’s not go overboard…
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by drewishdrewid on Sep 2, 2008 6:34 PM CDT up reply actions
but he is a Marquis...
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
That's like me criticizing someone for
having a thinning hairline.
"Enough foreplay- let's get crackin'"- Fred Garvin
Seeing as how this post...
…isn’t a reply to anyone. I can only assume MDBNIU is referring to Al’s pregame thread post. And I must say, sir, that’s not a very nice way to address Al.
"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 should seriously think about starting your own Baseball/CubsBlog....
everyone would read daily…seeing as how you know every goddamn thing there is to know about every goddamn thing. I’d sign up yesterday.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 2, 2008 4:41 PM CDT up reply actions
You serve two purposes on this board
A. To post funny pictures that get a chuckle out of your fellow clueless wonders
B. To subliminally rip time and time and time again the intelligence and performance of Lou Piniella
But hey, that is a wondrous value-add.
This is the part of the game where I politely ask you to prove purpose B. Please use evidence.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 2, 2008 4:46 PM CDT up reply actions
oooh! oooooh!!!!!
a GAME!
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by drewishdrewid on Sep 2, 2008 4:47 PM CDT up reply actions
In the name of full disclosure...I did once post this...
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 2, 2008 4:48 PM CDT up reply actions
sure, but
Blue Mike doesn’t LIKE Soriano. That doesn’t count!
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by drewishdrewid on Sep 2, 2008 4:49 PM CDT up reply actions
But I'm COMMENTING ON LOU'S BASEBALL ACUMEN!
Which brings up an interesting point….
MDBNIU hates Soriano so much…but Lou likes him and bats him leadoff….hmmmm.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 2, 2008 4:52 PM CDT up reply actions
hey, did anyone see that?
that dyke just leaked.
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by drewishdrewid on Sep 2, 2008 4:52 PM CDT up reply actions
At least he's good at posting funny pictures.
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
and I'm still trying to figure out MDBNIU's purpose....anyone? anyone?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 2, 2008 6:38 PM CDT up reply actions
Just to stir your pot, SWL, just to stir your pot.
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
You and your cohorts are doing fine all by yourselves continuing to rip the shit out of Lou Piniella
It’s become sport among a number of this board to be dismissive of Lou Piniella’s baseball acumen and to intimate that he is clueless and generally sucks. Al Yellon has allowed this to happen in the name of free speech.
oh, pah-LEEESE.
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by drewishdrewid on Sep 2, 2008 4:44 PM CDT up reply actions
See...here is where you know so much more than the rest of us....
because I just tried to find comments (using your best friend – the search feature) and could really come up with anything that would be considered “ripping the shit” out of Piniella.
Do tell.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 2, 2008 4:45 PM CDT up reply actions
I talked about his old-school stirrup socks
the other day. Did you count that?
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by drewishdrewid on Sep 2, 2008 4:46 PM CDT up reply actions
Thank you for admitting your sin my fellow cohort!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 2, 2008 4:49 PM CDT up reply actions
I have-uh
confessed-uh and I know-uh my sin-uh will be forGIVEN-uh!
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by drewishdrewid on Sep 2, 2008 4:52 PM CDT up reply actions
maybe that's the problem.
just because people disagree with specific decisions in no way means that they are “dismissive of his baseball acumen” (and terry boers wants his thesaurus back). It’s a simple and oftentimes specific disagreement. It doesn’t have to be that black and white.
And you of all people should be happy with Al’s policies in regard to this site I would think.
"Enough foreplay- let's get crackin'"- Fred Garvin
LOL, your paranoia-by-proxy re: Lou Piniella...
…has reached an epic level of insanity.
"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
If you think you are so far above us, why grace our presence??
Also why don’t you come around when they are winning to discuss the good decision of Lou?
"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 2, 2008 4:46 PM CDT up reply actions
Webster defines doghouse as a state of disfavor.
I think that applies to most of the names listed. Fukudome included. And you are completely wrong in your description of Lou Piniella. I have been a Cub fan since 1960 and he is without question the best manager the Cubs have ever had. Saying Lou holds players accountable by removing them is not being dismissive of him. I actually find it refreshing after Dusty(hold nobody accountable) Baker.
Stating that Felix Pie, Jon Lieber, Kosuke Fukudome were / are in Lou's doghouse....
A. Is display of baseball ignorance
B. Is dismissive and disrespectful of the best damned manager this franchise has had in my 31 years of being a diehard
So maybe you should think before you attach the slanderous label of “doghouse” to Lou Piniella.
So...
…do you like Piniella or not?
Brian McRae's 5 O'Clock Shadow
by PurpleLineToWrigley on Sep 2, 2008 4:53 PM CDT up reply actions
I hate him...and hope he dies in a car fire.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 2, 2008 4:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Or in
a doghouse.
Brian McRae's 5 O'Clock Shadow
by PurpleLineToWrigley on Sep 2, 2008 4:54 PM CDT up reply actions
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by drewishdrewid on Sep 2, 2008 4:57 PM CDT up reply actions
I like your Sosa jersey, SWL
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
of course he does
except when he doesn’t. He was against Lou before he was for him!
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by drewishdrewid on Sep 2, 2008 4:54 PM CDT up reply actions
you do recognize
that no one is actually calling Lou a dog, a house, OR a doghouse, right?
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by drewishdrewid on Sep 2, 2008 4:53 PM CDT up reply actions
YOU JUST LEAVE LOU PINIELLA ALONE!
HE WORKS HARD! HE’S TIRED! IT’S NOT HIS FAULT HE’S SHAPED LIKE A PEAR!
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by drewishdrewid on Sep 2, 2008 4:56 PM CDT up reply actions
LOL, you remain the King of Oddly Timed and Chosen Overreactions.
"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
BLUE-MIKE AVENGERS
ASSEMBLE!
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by drewishdrewid on Sep 2, 2008 6:35 PM CDT up reply actions
Do what?
You can’t question Lou without being “dismissive of his baseball acumen”???
Because I’ve seen lots of “hm, wonder why he’s doing that” but NOT ONE SINGLE “OMG Piniella is a dummy” or anything close.
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 2, 2008 5:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Today's pre-game thread is more entertaining than usual.
Guys…seriously though…he played college ball…
Brian McRae's 5 O'Clock Shadow
by PurpleLineToWrigley on Sep 2, 2008 4:49 PM CDT reply actions
see what happens when the cubs lose 3 in a row?
good grief.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
Yeah
the freak out level has gone up a notch.
by chitownhawkeye on Sep 2, 2008 5:05 PM CDT up reply actions
It's gone all the way up to "ELEVEN"
The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been . . . baseball.
by Weeghman Park on Sep 2, 2008 5:06 PM CDT up reply actions
do i need to re-post my no need to freak out post from a month ago?
here (nw)
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
yes
I am reading through this thread and have found negative theriot, soriano, fukudome, howry, leiber, piniella comments, and still have more to siffle through…. arent we still the best team in baseball everybody!?!?! and arent we all Cubs fans here?!?!
"This balls got a chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannce, GONE!" - Pat Hughes
by SouthsideCUBSfan on Sep 2, 2008 5:14 PM CDT up reply actions
If we don't bash the hell out of Backe tonight
my concern-o-meter will go from yellow to light orange
just win
on sidenote I saw a guy in front of wrigley yesterday wearing a BCB shirt and yelled “bleed Cubbie blue” at him. he looked in my direction for a few seconds turned away and kept walking. if that was you, please kindly identify yourself.
---AC 00 00 00 - Believe
This is NOT craigslist personals....stop it.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 2, 2008 4:57 PM CDT up reply actions
sure it was one of us?
Could have been the Better Contractors Bureau.
Or BCB Survival Equipment.
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by drewishdrewid on Sep 2, 2008 5:01 PM CDT up reply actions
TWSS
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 2, 2008 5:01 PM CDT up reply actions
Can someone post "The List" of Blue Mike?
I’d like a refresher, I haven’t seen it in awhile.
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
Here you are...
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 2, 2008 6:41 PM CDT up reply actions
HOW DID I KNOW YOU'VE HAVE THESE BOOKMARKED?!
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
Not bookmarked....
just use the search feature!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 2, 2008 6:44 PM CDT up reply actions
it still bothers me that in early May, Blue Mike predicted that we would get Harden.
It hurts my soul, like when Dumbledore encountered his first Horocrux.
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
just stop.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 2, 2008 6:57 PM CDT up reply actions
hahaha
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 2, 2008 6:57 PM CDT up reply actions
Did he call himself Reggie Jackson?
I wonder where I was on the 27th of May when that went up.
Oh yeah, now I remember. The Indy 500. Good thing I didn’t see that when I got home that night.
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 like seeing Theriot in that 8 spot
That should give Zambrano and Soriano a chance at some big RBI’s, Wonder Hampster at the two hole gives us power speed and OBP early in the lineup
"This balls got a chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannce, GONE!" - Pat Hughes
by SouthsideCUBSfan on Sep 2, 2008 5:07 PM CDT reply actions
Temporary phenomenon
Lou Piniella has been judicious and very smart on how he has used Mike Fontenot. I can only assume that he thinks Fontenot matches up nicely against Backe. Ryan Theriot has been playing tired like a number of other Cubs. But he’ll be back in his normal # 2 hole soon.
Theriot is tired...
because he’s infected the entire team with a bad case of “singles”….it’s like shingles, but it itches more.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 2, 2008 5:13 PM CDT up reply actions
so would nail polish solve the problem?
cause if soto uses guy-liner, chances are he could fix the problem…
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
or Edmonds
"This balls got a chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannce, GONE!" - Pat Hughes
by SouthsideCUBSfan on Sep 2, 2008 5:16 PM CDT up reply actions
no cut-off shirts
were harmed in the making of this cure.
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by drewishdrewid on Sep 2, 2008 6:36 PM CDT up reply actions
So now singles are a negative thing in baseball.....
riiiiiiiiight, that makes sense
But I have had shingles about 7 years ago… it hurts
"This balls got a chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannce, GONE!" - Pat Hughes
by SouthsideCUBSfan on Sep 2, 2008 5:16 PM CDT up reply actions
3 straight days of nothing but singles is irritating
We haven’t had an XBH since AUGUST!! EVERYONE panic!
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 2, 2008 5:17 PM CDT up reply actions
*Runs around screaming and waving arms*
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH
by chitownhawkeye on Sep 2, 2008 5:18 PM CDT up reply actions
It is
but it is more irritating that we have players not hitting at all…. that is more of a concern, and it is also a concern that the players we pay to drive in runs arent driving in the runs, but the people we dont pay at all are doing their part….
Saying all this, we will be fine. We have a great team, and we cant win em all. One of these days, it may be today, we will score 14 runs because of single after single after single and timley hitting
"This balls got a chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannce, GONE!" - Pat Hughes
by SouthsideCUBSfan on Sep 2, 2008 5:19 PM CDT up reply actions
Singles are bad and so are walks
Sincerely,
Dusty Baker
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 2, 2008 5:21 PM CDT up reply actions
nice
"This balls got a chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannce, GONE!" - Pat Hughes
by SouthsideCUBSfan on Sep 2, 2008 5:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Manufacturing runs and playing small ball is supremely important if this team is to win a World Series
I’m total convert to Ryan Theriot and his solid value to this ballclub. You’ll note that it is “scraptastic” (to use one of the labels around here) infielders that often sport the most World Series rings. Craig Counsell and David Eckstein being latest examples.
Sitting back and waiting for the long ball will doom this ballclub.
+1
That why Pie and his speed and Defense should be on this team.
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 2, 2008 5:22 PM CDT up reply actions
You are poking the sleeping dragon!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 2, 2008 5:23 PM CDT up reply actions
What...Me?
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 2, 2008 5:31 PM CDT up reply actions
groans
You know, for someone who played college ball, you REALLY don’t have any idea about how baseball works, do you? Hint: It’s a team sport.
Or do you want to rip into Ernie Banks or Ted Williams for not being scrappy enough to win a World Series?
You look like you'd fit in the trunk of my car.
by mambochicken23 on Sep 2, 2008 5:27 PM CDT up reply actions
on another note....
DOOOOOOOOM! Run away, run away! We’re all DOOOOOOOOMED! Homers will be our undoing! We should, nay, we MUST hit MORE SINGLES! Let us clone Theriot so as to avoid disaster!
You look like you'd fit in the trunk of my car.
by mambochicken23 on Sep 2, 2008 5:35 PM CDT up reply actions
Homer will be our undoing?
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by drewishdrewid on Sep 2, 2008 6:38 PM CDT up reply actions
David Eckstein
is my least favorite baseball player of all-time.
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
gritty.
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by drewishdrewid on Sep 2, 2008 6:39 PM CDT up reply actions
dare i say...
scrappy?
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
-.45 ecksteins
for you, sir!
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by drewishdrewid on Sep 2, 2008 6:41 PM CDT up reply actions
aw, crap.
once you get an eckstein, it sticks to you. damn. my apologies.
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
here
use this Reggie Jackson-brand wet-nap. It’ll get all the Eckstein right off.
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by drewishdrewid on Sep 2, 2008 6:42 PM CDT up reply actions
Theriot has also given me a compulsive disorder of running towards the nearest base
even when I shouldn’t be doing it…..
For example, I was passing a baseball field on the way to work, and I saw 2nd base…. I mean, I couldn’t do anything but stop the car, and slide into 2nd base :-)
now thats a theriot hate that made me laugh
"This balls got a chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannce, GONE!" - Pat Hughes
by SouthsideCUBSfan on Sep 2, 2008 5:21 PM CDT up reply actions
did you get tagged out?
You look like you'd fit in the trunk of my car.
by mambochicken23 on Sep 2, 2008 5:32 PM CDT up reply actions
or overslide the bag?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 2, 2008 5:32 PM CDT up reply actions
more importantly
did the ball get PAST you?
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by drewishdrewid on Sep 2, 2008 6:39 PM CDT up reply actions
Read the thread much?
As I stated above, Fontenot has all of three PAs against Backe this season. He’s 2 for 3 with a home run.
"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
Fukudome out?! OhNoes!!!
Lou, what about Derosa’s pshyche? He will crumble at the plate having to think about playing right field all day! And Fontenot’s hitting. He is not a regular! Regression to the mean, I tell you! And don’t forget the clubhouse! The unrest, the unrest!
I probably shouldn't laugh
Derosa’s pshyche
but that is unintentionally hilarious.
Psyche, honey.
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 2, 2008 5:16 PM CDT up reply actions
You should laugh!
it is hilarious. Especially he is trying to make his point on the pre-game thread, when he got pummeled on his own post about Dome.
Jimmyeatworld
by Jimmyeatworld on Sep 2, 2008 5:19 PM CDT up reply actions
Same guy?
Obviously I need to pay more attention.
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 2, 2008 5:20 PM CDT up reply actions
"Especially he is trying to make his point on the pre-game thread"
BCB copy editor would like to have a word with you on this non-sequitor.
by Jerry Mumphrey on Sep 2, 2008 5:43 PM CDT up reply actions
It's non sequitur
Linus: Life is rarely all one way, Charlie Brown. You win some, you lose some. Charlie Brown: Really? Gee, that'd be neat.
Good catch, I saw the typo right away after I posted it but alas I could not edit my post.
I also misspelled OhNoes but that part was intentionally hilarious.
by Jerry Mumphrey on Sep 2, 2008 5:41 PM CDT up reply actions
Give it up.
You are quickly becoming a point of ridicule.
Jimmyeatworld
by Jimmyeatworld on Sep 2, 2008 5:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Mets/Brewers
Mets have a rookie with no MLB experience pitching tonight; Jonathon Niese, and he pitched for New Orleans (AAA) last Friday night (fast turnaround). Please, a miracle, please.
Niese is a good young arm
He might catch the Brewers off guard tonight.
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 2, 2008 5:24 PM CDT up reply actions
Niese was personally responsible for Gustav
missing New Orleans. He also spent his last three days in town rebuilding the levees himself. Quite the stud.
THIS IS OUR CENTURY!!
My reaction to this thread:
Sigh. God. I hope we win tonight & score a boat load of runs… otherwise its going to get even more unpleasant around here.
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 2, 2008 5:24 PM CDT reply actions
We only have ourselves to blame HBCG....
and Theriot..don’t forget to blame him too.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 2, 2008 5:25 PM CDT up reply actions
and Jason Marquis
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 2, 2008 5:26 PM CDT up reply actions
And DLee
Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory
by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 2, 2008 5:26 PM CDT up reply actions
And Sori
Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory
by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 2, 2008 5:26 PM CDT up reply actions
And Lou
Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory
by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 2, 2008 5:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh Yeah...
and Piniella.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 2, 2008 5:26 PM CDT up reply actions
I blame Hendry!
he put this crummy team together
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 2, 2008 5:27 PM CDT up reply actions
I blame the City of Chicago
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 2, 2008 5:27 PM CDT up reply actions
damn you lake michigan!!
why must you affect the atmosphere so much!!
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 2, 2008 5:28 PM CDT up reply actions
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 2, 2008 5:29 PM CDT up reply actions
i cant see that clearly
who is that?
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 2, 2008 5:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Bill O'Riley.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 2, 2008 5:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Ah. thanks.
last time i saw that one it was grandpa simpson… i was confused
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 2, 2008 5:33 PM CDT up reply actions
some clever person edited the picture!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 2, 2008 5:34 PM CDT up reply actions
how dare they!
i blame them. they should know this is not the place to be clever…
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 2, 2008 5:35 PM CDT up reply actions
Not sure but it looks like Bill-O the Clown
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 2, 2008 5:32 PM CDT up reply actions
We'll do it live! WE'LL DO IT LIVE!!!
"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 blame the Rod the Govster...
Jimmyeatworld
by Jimmyeatworld on Sep 2, 2008 5:29 PM CDT up reply actions
and Crane Kenny! He's been writing the checks!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 2, 2008 5:28 PM CDT up reply actions
And Dome
You look like you'd fit in the trunk of my car.
by mambochicken23 on Sep 2, 2008 5:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh man!
Darth Vader joins the Brewers and now this? Not Good, Not Good.
(Walking to the ledge)
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 2, 2008 5:25 PM CDT up reply actions
I've been avoiding the site lately,
b/c I knew every crackpot would be floating their crazy solutions to the problem of a three game losing streak. Oh no!! The sky is falling.
Jimmyeatworld
by Jimmyeatworld on Sep 2, 2008 5:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah
but its a night game… i need something to do until game time.
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 2, 2008 5:29 PM CDT up reply actions
I know..
It’s 3 lousy games! Holy crap. And it’s not like they’ve been blown out, either. Pitching has been fine. Three games, people. Jesus.
You look like you'd fit in the trunk of my car.
by mambochicken23 on Sep 2, 2008 5:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Dang
I leave for three days and this is what happens?
Seriously though, I MISSED everything. I couldn’t even check scores. But hopefully we’ll be OK, right? Right? Anyone?
One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.
you left?
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by drewishdrewid on Sep 2, 2008 6:41 PM CDT up reply actions
I blame David Duchovny for the 3game skid
"Yes it's true. Everyone knows that I've pitched. I make sure of that. I have nine different pitches, all of which are awesome. I have a 0.00 ERA, got one out, throwing all knuckleballs. I don't remember who I faced -- some dude from Ole Miss." - Ryan Theriot
in other words
he was busy taking second, third and home while we couldn’t get anyone across.
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by drewishdrewid on Sep 2, 2008 6:41 PM CDT up reply actions
What the heck is that thing?
Reed Ballgame - best CF in the MLB
by californiachicagoan on Sep 2, 2008 6:23 PM CDT up reply actions
Interesting personal revelation there Kansas25
Reed Ballgame - best CF in the MLB
by californiachicagoan on Sep 2, 2008 6:24 PM CDT up reply actions
i googled sarcasm images
and that came up.
it seemed to fit.
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 2, 2008 6:25 PM CDT up reply actions
ROTFLMAO!
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by drewishdrewid on Sep 2, 2008 6:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Why is Fontenot being called LBR?
What does that stand for?
"Yes it's true. Everyone knows that I've pitched. I make sure of that. I have nine different pitches, all of which are awesome. I have a 0.00 ERA, got one out, throwing all knuckleballs. I don't remember who I faced -- some dude from Ole Miss." - Ryan Theriot
Luscious Buxom Redhead
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 2, 2008 5:33 PM CDT up reply actions
You're silly
"Yes it's true. Everyone knows that I've pitched. I make sure of that. I have nine different pitches, all of which are awesome. I have a 0.00 ERA, got one out, throwing all knuckleballs. I don't remember who I faced -- some dude from Ole Miss." - Ryan Theriot
I thought we traded him to Oakland...
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 2, 2008 5:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Little Boy's Room
Speaking of LBR did anyone happen to catch Cubs Confidential yesterday w/ Theriot. He was asked what’s one thing about Fontenot that no one knows?
Theriot: He hates wearing clothes.
Go All In and Enjoy The Ride.
Ron Santo started it, actually
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
the Fontino!
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by drewishdrewid on Sep 2, 2008 6:43 PM CDT up reply actions
All things considered
I don’t mind a bit of a team slump right now. As long as it means that we’ll be hot in a couple of weeks running through the playoffs
Agreed
if we’re going to have a 3 game skid in Sept… lets get it over w/ now.
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 2, 2008 5:36 PM CDT up reply actions
So you're advocating we lose the next two games?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 2, 2008 5:37 PM CDT up reply actions
Aw man
it does look like i am. lol
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 2, 2008 5:39 PM CDT up reply actions
Goodnight everyone.
Stop fretting. The Cubs will probably drop 18-20 hits & 13 runs on the Astros tonight. Z will probably go 7, walk 2-3, strike out 7-8, give up 5-6 hits & two or three runs. Everything will be fine.
GO CUBS GO!!! GO CUBS GO!!! GO CUBS GO!!!
Jimmyeatworld
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 2, 2008 5:38 PM CDT up reply actions
This by far the most disturbing thing you have ever posted.
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 2, 2008 5:41 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh no it isn't
not even in the same stratsphere as some of the VERY scary things…
and this is a can of worms you do NOT want opened..
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 2, 2008 5:43 PM CDT up reply actions
We still have an hour and 15 minutes to kill...
I’d open it.
One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.
No, but
I think it did just give me a seizure.
by chitownhawkeye on Sep 2, 2008 5:46 PM CDT up reply actions
I ain't afraid of no
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 2, 2008 5:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Nope. He's posted vastly worst things.
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
worse even.
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 2, 2008 6:42 PM CDT up reply actions
Well...I have so much time during the cold lonley offseason to stock up!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 2, 2008 6:43 PM CDT up reply actions
Just stop right there
"Check the magic of a winning season and there are always reasons beyond the talent." Ned Colleti
by wrigleyrocker12 on Sep 2, 2008 6:43 PM CDT up reply actions
this had better not lead
to a Steve Stone sighting.
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by drewishdrewid on Sep 2, 2008 6:44 PM CDT up reply actions
i had almost cleared the image from my mind...
Why Drew, why?!
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
pre-emptive strike.
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by drewishdrewid on Sep 2, 2008 6:47 PM CDT up reply actions
but the pain...
the horror….my eyes are burning…
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
better you than
the rest of us.
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by drewishdrewid on Sep 2, 2008 6:51 PM CDT up reply actions
oh, thanks.
thanks a lot, Drew. Thankfully the eye wash is working.
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
have some eye bleach
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 2, 2008 6:53 PM CDT up reply actions
It was more like the eye washes
that are in the high school lab.
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
Are you guys talking about...
that Steve Stone pool picture again?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 2, 2008 6:53 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm trying real hard
Not to giggle in my special education law policy course.
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
now theres an exciting class!
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 2, 2008 6:46 PM CDT up reply actions
It is when you're a second-year doctoral student in special education...
…with an interest in law policy.
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
I love meeting fellow nerds.
:-)
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 2, 2008 6:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Are you hitting on me, HBCG?
(sarcasm)
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
Nah I save my flirting for the "post game celebration" threads
:-)
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 2, 2008 6:54 PM CDT up reply actions
Heh...you're a "party girl" all the way.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 2, 2008 6:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Yes.
I’m such a party girl. :-P
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 2, 2008 6:56 PM CDT up reply actions
I just posted this above, but it is too far up to see and I spent too much time on it to go unnoticed...
Based on the Lieber-doghouse discussion above:
Looks like Lieber did not start a game until 5/7.
date opp ip h r er bb so hr
4/4 Hou 2 1 2 0 0 1 0
4/7 Pit 3 2 0 0 2 2 0
4/10 Pit 4.1 5 0 0 0 1 0
4/17 Cin 1 3 3 2 0 0 1
4/18 Pit .2 1 0 0 0 1 0
4/23 Col 1.2 1 1 1 0 1 1
4/26 Was 1 1 0 0 0 2 0
4/29 Mil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5/2 Stl 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
…Then the game that arguably put him in Lou’s doghouse for whatever reason…
date opp ip h r er bb so hr
5/7 Cin 2 7 5 5 0 2 4
my eyes!
Impossible… to… read!…..
You look like you'd fit in the trunk of my car.
by mambochicken23 on Sep 2, 2008 5:53 PM CDT up reply actions
it's ok
I was just busting your balls.
You look like you'd fit in the trunk of my car.
by mambochicken23 on Sep 2, 2008 5:54 PM CDT up reply actions
I dont think hes all that bad
I think he is valuable to a team down the stretch.. having him marshall jeff spellcheck and gaudin to cover long relief stints is a good security blanket, but yea his days of being a great starter are over
"This balls got a chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannce, GONE!" - Pat Hughes
by SouthsideCUBSfan on Sep 2, 2008 5:53 PM CDT up reply actions
IIRC Lieber was pretty good at the start of the year, like these numbers seem to show
No way he sucks as badly as Homerun Howry has this season. Half-sarcasm to follow- Lou really screwed the pooch with where he places his loyalty in some of the bullpen guys. Lieber got f’ed bc the Reds destroy him, but Howry gets to keep pitching even though every team destroys him.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #6 1-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. SEMO. We might drop 100 points on them.
Lieber was brought in for middle relief...
…but he started out so strong out of the pen in his first 10 appearances. Then something happened on 5/7, and the starting pitcher was scratched and Lieber was named the starter.
He got shelled for 7 hits and 5 earned runs in 2 innings – and that was it. He didn’t appear in a game until 10 days later, and has only appeared 14 times total since then.
This was a fun read. :D
65 minutes until lift off. We need a win so bad tonight. Hope Z has a 1-2-3 first inning.
and an HR
Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory
by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 2, 2008 6:03 PM CDT up reply actions
looking at the board
i’d say we need one. must be a good sign when 3 losses provoke this kind of response.
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
+1+2+3 :-)
I agree that a good start for Z is very important. That first inning has been his undoing of late.
Let’s do this!!
It is Zeptember!!!
THIS IS OUR CENTURY!!
Its a fun read reading this thread
It should be renamed “pre-game sarcasm”
"This balls got a chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannce, GONE!" - Pat Hughes
by SouthsideCUBSfan on Sep 2, 2008 6:09 PM CDT up reply actions
And i hope that if he doesn't
that he doesn’t lose it.
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 2, 2008 6:21 PM CDT up reply actions
Agreed
Also, I hope the defense behind Z is spotless; he seems to get rattled when there’s a screw-up on defense.
by Carolina Cubbie on Sep 2, 2008 6:25 PM CDT up reply actions
I thought for sure when Lou said lineup changes he meant
Hoffpauir in RF. Thankfully he didn’t go that route tonight.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #6 1-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. SEMO. We might drop 100 points on them.
Not goona overreact
Nope…not gonna do it.
4.5 game lead…not goona freak.
"Chicago baseball fans, who are composites of scar tissue and mortifying memories..." - George F. Will
I could be completley wrong here
Didn’t the Red Sox have a big time lead in the division last year, only to kind of limp down the stretch before getting hot again right before the playoffs started?
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #6 1-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. SEMO. We might drop 100 points on them.
the year the RedBirds won it, they came limping into the play-offs and barely beat the Ass-tros
and yet somehow woke up when the play-offs started and blew through the whole thing (after only winning 83 games the whole year). September doesn’t mean anything, but I do think you want to be healthy if you want to win in October. Period.
That is why Lou rested Z on Saturday and we are looking at 3 straight losses now. So be it. We are way overdue for LOTS of extra base hits. I hope tonight is the night. I’d love for Z to have a low stress night.
THIS IS OUR CENTURY!!
Seeing what you guys think
I’ve heard people say that the Cubs are going to collapse and Milwaukee will take the division with Houston running away with the wildcard.
"Check the magic of a winning season and there are always reasons beyond the talent." Ned Colleti
I've also heard people say that the earth is going to get too warm....
the icecaps will melt and the oceans will rise and swallow us all up.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 2, 2008 6:20 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm not saying I agree with it
I 100% disagree. I just wanna know what you guys think.
"Check the magic of a winning season and there are always reasons beyond the talent." Ned Colleti
by wrigleyrocker12 on Sep 2, 2008 6:22 PM CDT up reply actions
I've heard some people say Theriot and Soriano suck
I’m not saying I agree with it. I 100% disagree. I just wanna know what you guys think.
Go All In and Enjoy The Ride.
I think we'd have to lose
like EVERY game for the rest of the season for that to happen.
Our 2008 Chicago Cubs -- FINDING WAYS TO WIN!
by drewishdrewid on Sep 2, 2008 6:46 PM CDT up reply actions
I think that some people are stupid.
And whoever would seriously believe that is “some people”
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 2, 2008 6:26 PM CDT up reply actions
I do not believe that!!
There is NO WAY Houston will win the wildcard. Honestly, the Cubs would really have to stink to blow this.
"Check the magic of a winning season and there are always reasons beyond the talent." Ned Colleti
by wrigleyrocker12 on Sep 2, 2008 6:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Defensive much?
Yowza.
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 2, 2008 6:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Sorry
I just don’t want you thinking I’m a cliff jumper or believe any that junk.
"Check the magic of a winning season and there are always reasons beyond the talent." Ned Colleti
by wrigleyrocker12 on Sep 2, 2008 6:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Forgiven.
just… deep breaths, okay?
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 2, 2008 6:37 PM CDT up reply actions
thank you
"Check the magic of a winning season and there are always reasons beyond the talent." Ned Colleti
by wrigleyrocker12 on Sep 2, 2008 6:39 PM CDT up reply actions
I think we're all a bit jumpy today, no?
seems like BCB has been a bit of a powder keg today.
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 think it's fun.
The games have been crappy, at least this is explosive!
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
I thought it was scrappy
The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been . . . baseball.
by Weeghman Park on Sep 2, 2008 6:43 PM CDT up reply actions
i've had a great time today.
i got exactly nothing done at work just reading and posting all day. too bad the Sarcasm sign got broken earlier today – that really set me back.
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 know
thats why i went sarcasm googling… it killed a few minutes.
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 2, 2008 6:44 PM CDT up reply actions
I am ready for the game to start
Feels like time is dragging…
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 2, 2008 6:36 PM CDT reply actions
so do I
I even tried logging off and doing something else. Didnt work
"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 2, 2008 6:42 PM CDT up reply actions
FSN Midwest is currently airing the Rick Ankiel sob story
Makes me wonder what will happen when Rich Hill returns as a power hitting OF. Also makes me wonder how good Z would be if he had decided to be an every day player.
Just random thoughts 20 min before the game.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #6 1-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. SEMO. We might drop 100 points on them.
Must I remind you
How pitiful his swing was?
"Check the magic of a winning season and there are always reasons beyond the talent." Ned Colleti
by wrigleyrocker12 on Sep 2, 2008 6:43 PM CDT up reply actions
I was joking about Hill
The guy was possibly the worst hitter I have ever seen. I am serious about Z. He might be able to pull 25 homers a season at first base.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #6 1-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. SEMO. We might drop 100 points on them.
Waiting for a GIDP joke
in 3…
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 2, 2008 6:45 PM CDT up reply actions
Rich Hill
makes Ted Lilly look like Bobby Hill.
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
moment of silence for Bobby Hill's career
….
Thank you
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #6 1-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. SEMO. We might drop 100 points on them.
Bobby Hill is one of the most valuable ex-Cubs around
without him, there’s no Aramis Ramirez.
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
We should also thank the Pirates GM
Who happens to work for the Cubs now.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #6 1-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. SEMO. We might drop 100 points on them.
How do you think he got the job?
severance for the trade
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
some think that use hiring him was just making it official
You could say he was working for us long before last season.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #6 1-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. SEMO. We might drop 100 points on them.
Ted Lilly is alright
but when they call him Teddy Lilly I start to feel bad for him when he was a kid…
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 2, 2008 6:50 PM CDT up reply actions
That's kinda weird
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
can he play center?
Our 2008 Chicago Cubs -- FINDING WAYS TO WIN!
by drewishdrewid on Sep 2, 2008 6:47 PM CDT up reply actions
It was pretty good...
for a 2 pitch pitcher.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 2, 2008 6:44 PM CDT up reply actions
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
agreeing
DENIED
"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 2, 2008 6:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Thank you, thank you.
I’m glad you both at least considered it before denying it. I supposed I should’ve followed it w/ a flashing sarcasm meter.
Go All In and Enjoy The Ride.
Why does playing the Astros = rain??
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 2, 2008 6:52 PM CDT reply actions
the wind is blowing out!
quick! Start the game!
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by drewishdrewid on Sep 2, 2008 6:54 PM CDT up reply actions
Nothing like Aug. 4 though
That night was something else, huh?
One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.
Man was that fun
You couldn’t see right field from the seats down the left field line. And Elvis ran on the tarp. Awesome.
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 admit I laughed when
Berkman scampered off the field… Not that I would’ve reacted any other way… but theres something amusing about a grown man doing it.
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 2, 2008 6:57 PM CDT up reply actions
TWSS
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 2, 2008 6:57 PM CDT up reply actions
the best is the dugout reactions from Derrek & Reed.
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 2, 2008 6:59 PM CDT up reply actions
lots of WGN games.
Isn’t that messing with the W/L numbers?
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First pitch thread
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 2, 2008 7:00 PM CDT reply actions
STOP CALLING HIM FONZIE
Does anyone else get annoyed by Len and Bob calling Soriano “Fonzie”…it has to be the gayest thing ever.
gayer than this?
and no, i’m not annoyed by it. it’s his nickname. al-FONS-o, sounds like Fonz, which sounds like…
eyyyyyyy.
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