First Pitch Thread: Cubs vs. Mets, Monday 9/22, 6:10 CT
"You see, you spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball, and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time." -- Jim Bouton
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Good going, Sue!
"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.
careful, sue & swl
will make you pay for using their trademarked campagin catchphrase.
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 22, 2008 6:03 PM CDT up reply actions
I won't believe it's trademarked
till I see a poster with it.
by chitownhawkeye on Sep 22, 2008 6:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Alright all..
i’m closing up my store and then heading home.. I’ll be back with you all after bit
Your 2008 NL Central Champs: Chicago Cubs!!! Go Cubs Go
Will you guys be OK if I go and eat dinner and come back later?
"I've never complained about it. I'm thankful to have a jersey." Mark DeRosa, 22 Aug 2007
it'll be tough
but we should survive for a bit. :-P
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 22, 2008 6:06 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm getting antsy already
"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
lets wrap up LCS home field tonight!
"When I got to Chicago, fans came to Wrigley Field just to have fun, now they come to see us win. The expectations have changed, for the players and for the fans. It’s about winning." Kerry Wood, 7/14/08
Question:
Would MLB make the Cubs play the Astros if necessary to determine HFA even if the teams in the playoffs are determined?
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by Goat Whisperer on Sep 22, 2008 6:10 PM CDT up reply actions
Only if it's not already clinched
"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
Anybody having problems with gameday?
I can’t get it to come up.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
I'll use Cialis
and suffer with ESPN gamecast instead.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
by tucsoncubsfan on Sep 22, 2008 6:13 PM CDT up reply actions
TWHS
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 22, 2008 6:10 PM CDT up reply actions
Same here
The Flash mostly loads and then stops at about the 90% mark.
"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
frozen for me too
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 22, 2008 6:10 PM CDT up reply actions
Hey SWL
I could swear that DeRo was the real star of this movie.

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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 22, 2008 6:12 PM CDT reply actions
Something tells me he's not going to be focusing well today
Or tomorrow. Or next week.
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 22, 2008 6:13 PM CDT up reply actions
yes b/c pictures from july
should have such an affect on him now.
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 22, 2008 6:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Seriously, why not
Wendy or something more favorable.
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by Gibbon Jockey on Sep 22, 2008 6:14 PM CDT up reply actions
(shudder)
Viagran kryptonite
"Years of academy training, wasted"--Buzz Lightyear (not a flying toy)
by spoiledcubbage on Sep 22, 2008 6:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Craziest goddamn season I ever saw
Cubs can’t lose and a multi-millionaire superstar sleeps with a hag.
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by Gibbon Jockey on Sep 22, 2008 6:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Or this guy

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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 22, 2008 6:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Fonzi Know that you never
^#$@ with a winning streak!
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 22, 2008 6:19 PM CDT up reply actions
The Rose goes in the front sunshine
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by Gibbon Jockey on Sep 22, 2008 6:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Did I miss something?
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 22, 2008 6:16 PM CDT up reply actions
deadspin posted "incriminating" photos of Fonz
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 22, 2008 6:20 PM CDT up reply actions
Just caught up to the link now
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by Shanghai Badger on Sep 22, 2008 6:20 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't see anything "incriminating" about it
if anyone thought these guys sleep alone at night they’re crazy.
Including the wives
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by Gibbon Jockey on Sep 22, 2008 6:23 PM CDT up reply actions
i hate the culture of deadspin
Fonzie could spent his nights doing blow and playing w/ legos and if he hits HRs and throws guys out, I couldn’t give a shit less.
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 22, 2008 6:24 PM CDT up reply actions
It's all the same
I share your disdain for the voyeur culture. The grocery stores are filled with paparrazzi rags catching the rich and pretty in their infidelities. Deadspin’s just the guys version.
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by Gibbon Jockey on Sep 22, 2008 6:28 PM CDT up reply actions
Wow.
Ignoring the infidelity — What a dumbass Sori is for posing for the pics.
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by Shanghai Badger on Sep 22, 2008 6:30 PM CDT up reply actions
he looked drunk off his ass
i’m surprised both his eyes were even looking at the camera.
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 22, 2008 6:31 PM CDT up reply actions
I've been pretty drunk
Not drunk enough to risk millions of dollars
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 22, 2008 6:33 PM CDT up reply actions
I ask this question in all seriousness
If you had millions anyway, would you give up millions to do what you wanted whenever you wanted?
Seriously. The money/divorce probably doesn’t mean a darn thing.
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by Gibbon Jockey on Sep 22, 2008 6:35 PM CDT up reply actions
Not being in that position, that's hard to answer
I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t be doing that, especially not if I had kids.
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 22, 2008 6:37 PM CDT up reply actions
It's a hypothetical
so if you don’t want to posit an answer, that’s cool.
My point in asking is that crap like this appeals to what most people wish they could do/be.
Meaning, if you (not specific, the general) were going to be rich beyond measure anyhow, and still talented and still playing a game for a living, and still collecting fat paychecks, you’d probably do whatever the heck you wanted.
I know I would.
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by Gibbon Jockey on Sep 22, 2008 6:39 PM CDT up reply actions
It wasn't booze he was buzzed on....
of course I wasn’t there so I’ve no confirmation, but I’m pretty sure I recognize that look. Just sayin’.
Not that that should change anything either way.
Remember this guy? He’s still a legend.

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by Gibbon Jockey on Sep 22, 2008 6:33 PM CDT up reply actions
It changes nothing about him as a player
These guys aren’t saints.
He could lose big $ in a divorce. It also makes me question his intelligence.
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by Shanghai Badger on Sep 22, 2008 6:35 PM CDT up reply actions
I like Sori but never thought he was the sharpest knife in the cabinet.
"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.
I completely agree
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by Gibbon Jockey on Sep 22, 2008 6:36 PM CDT up reply actions
True
but I’m not really worried.
If those pictures are the worst things Fonzie ever does as a Cub… I’ll call it a win.
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 22, 2008 6:37 PM CDT up reply actions
Wonder how Kaplan will weathervane on this one
He loves/hates Sori depending on the week
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by Shanghai Badger on Sep 22, 2008 6:38 PM CDT up reply actions
they're from July
when he was out w/ his hand.
why should it matter now?
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 22, 2008 6:39 PM CDT up reply actions
because it's "news" now
he defended Sori when things were good and told a story about him buying hats for kids with his own money (what a guy….) and ripped Sori earlier this month about lack of hustle
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by Shanghai Badger on Sep 22, 2008 6:41 PM CDT up reply actions
i guess i just detest the idea that
anything off the field is news.
i just don’t care.
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 22, 2008 6:42 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm not saying it is.
I wondered how someone in the media would react. Didn’t say he should or shouldn’t.
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by Shanghai Badger on Sep 22, 2008 6:44 PM CDT up reply actions
I know
Sorry that sounded testy. Didn’t mean to.
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 22, 2008 6:44 PM CDT up reply actions
s'alright
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 22, 2008 6:46 PM CDT up reply actions
Gesundheit
"Years of academy training, wasted"--Buzz Lightyear (not a flying toy)
by spoiledcubbage on Sep 22, 2008 6:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Let's take it to the MMs
and send them to the off-season, I’d much rather face the Bums in the first round….
Mike=Milton+Eamus Catuli = AC000000
Actually, I think I'd like it if the Cubs swept the Mets and the Brewers continued soiling the bed.
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by Goat Whisperer on Sep 22, 2008 6:20 PM CDT up reply actions
My point exactly!
We can’t play the WC if it comes from our Division, so let’s feast on barely .500 teams like the Bums as a warm up into the post-season.
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by Cub's Paperboy on Sep 22, 2008 6:23 PM CDT up reply actions
ESPN gamecast is working.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
by tucsoncubsfan on Sep 22, 2008 6:20 PM CDT up reply actions
MLB feed on WGN radio is working fine.
… and the Mets go down 1.2.3
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Vice versa... WGN feed on MLB.com is working fine.
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by Goat Whisperer on Sep 22, 2008 6:21 PM CDT up reply actions
hate how wgn radio
always comes back AFTER the first pitch.
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 22, 2008 6:22 PM CDT reply actions
nothing like squeezing out hat last advertising penny
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 22, 2008 6:24 PM CDT up reply actions
MLB.TV
the other day we watched the game on MLB.TV and they skipped the entire side of an inning, we could listen to on the radio, but the video was gone for the entire side
Support Day Baseball
The frustrating thing about it is
that it’s not even a commercial that’s finishing up. It’s some old hit song that’s playing. What’s funny is that often Pat Hughes will call two pitches in a row like the pitcher quick pitched the batter. I guess Pat thinks we’re too dumb to know what really happened. I wrote to WGN’s sports director and he said they don’t want it to happen and it occurs only a couple of times a game. Another guy with plenty of respect for their listeners.
"Any old kind of a run wins it!"--Jack Brickhouse
Another guy who knows who pays his salary. :-)
"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.
Kinda glad we didn't give the farm up for Brian Roberts
when I see DeRosa hit this year.
"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.
RJ!! 1-0 Cubs
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by Goat Whisperer on Sep 22, 2008 6:28 PM CDT up reply actions
2 out RBI.
"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.
Gotta love those maple bats
"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.
Its great because you can recycle them for toothpics after the game
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 22, 2008 6:29 PM CDT up reply actions
They do that in Cincy
"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 22, 2008 6:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Mr. Johnson come through again
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 22, 2008 6:28 PM CDT reply actions
too easy
"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.
Johnson get's it done by going up the middle
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 22, 2008 6:29 PM CDT up reply actions
lame
johnson jokes ceased to be funny in the 7th grade.
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 22, 2008 6:30 PM CDT up reply actions
As are Wood, Harden and Wang...
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by Goat Whisperer on Sep 22, 2008 6:32 PM CDT up reply actions
okay, the wang jokes from when
Chien-MIng Wang got hurt were high-larry-us.
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 22, 2008 6:35 PM CDT up reply actions
and this too...
"When I got to Chicago, fans came to Wrigley Field just to have fun, now they come to see us win. The expectations have changed, for the players and for the fans. It’s about winning." Kerry Wood, 7/14/08
Delgado was horrid in Chicago...
Now he gets walked to lead off the inning.
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What happened to the strike zone this year?
"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.
i hate leadoff walks
dammit.
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 22, 2008 6:35 PM CDT reply actions
Corey Provost giving color commentary
Pat must not know what to do.
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well he's used to Ron
talking about pumpkins and sailboats.
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 22, 2008 6:38 PM CDT up reply actions
Did you ever hear Corey do post game analysis?
Callers call with questions. He basically repeats the question and goes to the next caller. He is in way over his head.
"Any old kind of a run wins it!"--Jack Brickhouse
As oppossed to Ron's
repeating something Pat said as if it was his own…
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by Shanghai Badger on Sep 22, 2008 7:01 PM CDT up reply actions
That's exactly right
and I was thinking that often Ron repeats something Pat says as if it was his own.
"Any old kind of a run wins it!"--Jack Brickhouse
looks like
he’s nibbling again.
"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 22, 2008 6:39 PM CDT up reply actions
lol
"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 22, 2008 6:43 PM CDT up reply actions
Great play by JM
"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.
double play would be fantastic
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 22, 2008 6:40 PM CDT reply actions
okay
that was good.
now one more, jason!
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 22, 2008 6:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Thanks
I prefer gameday over ESPN gamecast.
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by tucsoncubsfan on Sep 22, 2008 6:45 PM CDT up reply actions
The wild pitch wasn't good, but
I’ve gotta give Marquis credit for the hustle
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by Shanghai Badger on Sep 22, 2008 6:42 PM CDT reply actions
sounded like a good back up by Marquis
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 22, 2008 6:43 PM CDT up reply actions
Yep
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 22, 2008 6:44 PM CDT up reply actions
Really?
F-Bomb?
Why?
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 22, 2008 6:43 PM CDT up reply actions
lets score some runs!
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 22, 2008 6:44 PM CDT reply actions
Niese at 43 pitches
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 22, 2008 6:46 PM CDT reply actions
here
"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 22, 2008 6:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Here for a while
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by Shanghai Badger on Sep 22, 2008 6:47 PM CDT up reply actions
I know I was somewhere around here
Last I looked
"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
Tucson here for another 10 minutes
then on the road home.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
by tucsoncubsfan on Sep 22, 2008 6:48 PM CDT up reply actions
here
well, as here as work will allow
by chitownhawkeye on Sep 22, 2008 6:48 PM CDT up reply actions
yo
"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 22, 2008 6:52 PM CDT up reply actions
What you gonna do about it?

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by Gibbon Jockey on Sep 22, 2008 6:57 PM CDT up reply actions
for a little bit....
"When I got to Chicago, fans came to Wrigley Field just to have fun, now they come to see us win. The expectations have changed, for the players and for the fans. It’s about winning." Kerry Wood, 7/14/08
Cedeno K's
Hopefully our 1-2-3 hitters can get on for out 4-8 run producers.
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A-Ram grounds out.
bottom of third…1-1
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
Dang..
end of the inning. Niese at 59 pitches thru 3
Your 2008 NL Central Champs: Chicago Cubs!!! Go Cubs Go
W/ Niese being so young, he's gotta be a pitch count right?
He’s at 59 right now…
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 22, 2008 6:52 PM CDT reply actions
so anyone receive there emails for playoff tix yet??
I haven’t
Your 2008 NL Central Champs: Chicago Cubs!!! Go Cubs Go
I just bought my plane ticket to Chicago!
I’m so excited! Told my professors I’m skipping school and they were surprisingly cool with it!
2008 NL Central Champs!
Did I read that right?
52 steals for Reyes?
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 22, 2008 6:56 PM CDT reply actions
frak
cmon, Jason!
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Why So Serious?

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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 22, 2008 6:58 PM CDT up reply actions
2-1 Mets
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 22, 2008 6:57 PM CDT reply actions
C'mon Jason
keep us close.
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by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 22, 2008 6:59 PM CDT reply actions
Geo!
Double
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
double
"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella
bring him home, dero!
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You might as well jump
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