Wednesday Photos

by Al Yellon on Sep 4, 2008 3:04 PM CDT in Game Photographs

There wasn't much that was worth remembering about last night's loss. Here are three photos of interest.

Ryan Dempster doing his pregame warmups

Ronny Cedeno tagged out at the plate in the fifth inning (why is Alfonso Soriano standing there instead of taking second?)

What the scoreboard shows after a loss

Click on photos to open a larger version in a new browser window. All photos by David Sameshima

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Vote Early...Vote Often!

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 4, 2008 3:06 PM CDT reply actions

Whats your position on replay?

"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 4, 2008 3:07 PM CDT up reply actions

There are those who opposed replay in baseball and there are those who supported replay in baseball.

We are one people, all of us baseball fan, all of us defending the United States of America.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 4, 2008 3:12 PM CDT up reply actions

Boy I will be glad when these conventions are over.

"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris

by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 4, 2008 3:13 PM CDT up reply actions

you and me both.

"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 4, 2008 7:58 PM CDT up reply actions

I prefer Cubs convention

Chicago Cubs Jokes, Humor and Parody at The Cubs Brickyard

by Brett Taylor on Sep 4, 2008 8:37 PM CDT up reply actions

Do you promise to

hold down ticket prices, increase the payroll, and only sell the Cubs to a friendly owner?

Cubs Win!! Cubs Win!

by Ihatethecards on Sep 4, 2008 4:03 PM CDT up reply actions

I realize that I am not the likeliest candidate for this office. I don't fit the typical pedigree...

but I also know how much I love the Chicago Cubs. Cubs Baseball is a game of improbable hope. With an eye towards the future, with resolve in our hearts, let us remember the history, and answer our destiny, and remake the Cubs once again.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 4, 2008 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions

Baseball Statistics Question, SWL, sir:

Will you make all baseball data (ABs, hits, earned runs, etc.) available to everyone, in any format (XML, CSV, etc.) they want? Will you have a special staff overlooking sabermetrics research, and give grants to encourage development of new statistical methods and algorithms? Thank you, kindly, for addressing my question.

by zevkalman on Sep 4, 2008 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions

You know, there's a lot of talk about the baseball statistics...

but I think we should talk more about our basaeball acumen – the ability to put ourselves into the game; to see the game through the eyes of those who are different from us – the outfielder who takes bad angles to fly balls, the shortstop who forgets to cover 2nd base, the #3 hitter that’s suffering a power-outage and keeps hitting into double plays, the manager who continues to use the same two ineffective relievers in pressure situations. When you think like this – when you choose to broaden your ambit of concern and empathize with the plight of others, whether they are bench players or everyday starters – it becomes harder not to act; harder not to help.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 4, 2008 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions

Do you feel a citizen who has played college ball...

…would be more likely to have a better baseball acumen than, say, someone who preferred to analyze baseball in the abstract using statistics – a “sabermagician,” if you will?

"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

by daver on Sep 4, 2008 4:41 PM CDT up reply actions

When people are judged by merit, not connections...

then the best and brightest can lead the country, people will work hard, and the entire economy will grow – everyone will benefit and more resources will be available for all, not just select groups.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 4, 2008 4:44 PM CDT up reply actions

i heard sue's 17 year old daughter

is prego

by cubswynn on Sep 4, 2008 5:25 PM CDT up reply actions

How did you find that out?????????????????

I mean we haven’t even told her yet.

by sue369 on Sep 5, 2008 10:53 AM CDT up reply actions

i have espn

ps hawks 37 – fiu 10

by cubswynn on Sep 5, 2008 11:46 AM CDT up reply actions

hope so

by sue369 on Sep 5, 2008 3:25 PM CDT up reply actions

What We Believe (slightly redacted)

We believe in the soul, the cock, the ….., the small of a woman’s back, the hanging curve ball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap. We believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. We believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. We believe in the sweet spot, soft-core pornography, opening your presents Christmas morning rather than Christmas Eve and we believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days.

by Emelie on Sep 4, 2008 5:28 PM CDT up reply actions

Whoa, I'm in love

The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been . . . baseball.

by Weeghman Park on Sep 4, 2008 5:50 PM CDT up reply actions

I've decided. You've got my vote!!!!!!!

by zevkalman on Sep 4, 2008 5:50 PM CDT up reply actions

Women do not get woolly.

by daver on Sep 4, 2008 8:35 PM CDT up reply actions

Were do you stand on these issues?

Boxers or Briefs?

Paper or Plastic?

Simpson or the Family Guy?

Sarah Palin or Tia Fay?

Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory

by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 5, 2008 3:21 AM CDT up reply actions

Tia Fay?

Is that the answer if Ms. Tequila and Ms. Fay procreated?

Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...

by N Oakley on Sep 5, 2008 7:59 AM CDT up reply actions

yes

by Emelie on Sep 5, 2008 12:26 PM CDT up reply actions

Al, I trust your question about Soriano's baserunning is purely rhetorical.

"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris

by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 4, 2008 3:09 PM CDT reply actions

i would hope...

because we all know why he didnt.

I was shocked to actually see him watching the play though.

"I love this world. I hope hell is as much fun!"

by HIGGY on Sep 4, 2008 3:15 PM CDT up reply actions

I'm curious as to what Matt Sinatro was doing.

I picture him jumping up and down, frantically screaming “GO! GO! GO!” until one of the veins in his forehead bursts.

by daver on Sep 4, 2008 3:17 PM CDT up reply actions

That's actually how he has lost so much weight

by JCD on Sep 4, 2008 3:28 PM CDT up reply actions

as a constant sori basher

he shouldn’t need sinatro to tell him to go…..c’mon sori, gotta be smarter than that

by cubswynn on Sep 4, 2008 4:27 PM CDT up reply actions

Well, of course it's rhetorical.

Oh, wait. No it’s not.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al Yellon on Sep 4, 2008 3:29 PM CDT up reply actions

I was at the game last night

and I said the same thing, Soriano should have been on 2nd. I don’t want to talk or think about the Cubs until tomorrow’s game.

Still not worried.

Lets do it Cubbies

by slocs55 on Sep 4, 2008 3:18 PM CDT reply actions

totally agree

I said that too after Cedeno got tagged out at home, which unfortunately was the right call even though the ump was in the wrong position to make the call. Why is Soriano not on 2nd base? The picture told me everything I need to know.

by rynomite23 on Sep 4, 2008 4:05 PM CDT up reply actions

Just curious...

Has Soriano ever played the game “The right way” at his stops prior to the Cubs?

I feel I can leave it at “The right way” and everyone will understand what I am saying.

by jajonez77 on Sep 4, 2008 4:03 PM CDT reply actions

Here in DC (where I live) he was the same.

Remember the giant sissy-fit he had when a guy like when Frank Robinson asked him to move from 2nd base to the outfield? He pouted, and the Washington Post had a daily update of “would Soriano come to the ballpark that day”, “would he get off the bench and play the outfield when the game started” (he threatened that he wouldn’t do it, etc.)

Frank Robinson was an old-school manager and didn’t have the same patience as Lou does.

Anyway, at some point, Fonzie relented and went out and played in the outfield.

by zevkalman on Sep 4, 2008 4:21 PM CDT up reply actions

he plays hard (the right way) just not the smart way

by cubswynn on Sep 4, 2008 4:29 PM CDT up reply actions

To be fair the Nationals didn't handle it well either

It was announced immediately after the trade that he was moving to the OF. No one ever talked to him about it. Once the initial furor was over, Soriano never complained about it the move. I also heard several reporters say that Soriano was great for interviews and the like. There are also reports that Zimmerman is now unhappy with the Nationals. He hasn’t been doing any of the PR type things this year. Cordero hasn’t been happy for awhile either.

I’m not saying that what Soriano did was right but the Nationals aren’t showing a good tendency toward working well with their players.

by rlpete on Sep 4, 2008 4:37 PM CDT up reply actions

They need to get some players in there,

it’s sad to see teams build new stadiums only to see them empty during games. Luckily for the Cubs we have a few examples of that in the NL Central. I’ll never understand why management doesn’t understand that with the exception of a few cities, winning teams are what sustains attendance. The new toys (stadium) lose their appeal quickly if the product inside sucks.

I feel bad for Zimmerman, he’s a stud and the Nationals are terrible.

Lets do it Cubbies

by slocs55 on Sep 5, 2008 7:41 AM CDT up reply actions

The simple answer...

…is no and he never will. It’s not how the guy is wired and you knew that long before he came here. The guy is loaded with talent and you just have to take the other stuff that goes along with it.

"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel

by MPH73 on Sep 4, 2008 4:35 PM CDT up reply actions

+1

by daver on Sep 4, 2008 4:42 PM CDT up reply actions

I go away to Vegas

for a long weekend and this is what happens to my Cubs?!?! I promise I won’t be gone that long the rest of the season AND post season.

"That guy is a gamer." said Ron Santo of Reed Johnson on 07-25-08

by love the ivy on Sep 4, 2008 4:18 PM CDT reply actions

Ah, HA!

Now we know. Don’t you dare leave the Cubs for a moment the rest of the year!

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al Yellon on Sep 4, 2008 4:50 PM CDT up reply actions

i feel really good right now

sounds like z is going to be okay, the team is going to play good baseball tonight and we are going to ditch this losing streak…..they’re so 90’s anyway

by cubswynn on Sep 4, 2008 4:30 PM CDT reply actions

I hope they don't play any baseball tonight since there's no game scheduled.

I think they should just relax.

by zevkalman on Sep 4, 2008 4:33 PM CDT up reply actions

Maybe he meant this baseball.

by daver on Sep 4, 2008 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions

no baseball stars

by cubswynn on Sep 4, 2008 5:26 PM CDT up reply actions

btw boggs vs. gooden

the good doc strikes him out

by cubswynn on Sep 4, 2008 5:39 PM CDT up reply actions

Can we have a DOT (day off thread)?

"There's a lot of things we don't tell you." Lou Pinella

by derv on Sep 4, 2008 4:32 PM CDT reply actions

You're lookin' at it.

by daver on Sep 4, 2008 4:33 PM CDT up reply actions

TWHS

Brian McRae's 5 O'Clock Shadow

by PurpleLineToWrigley on Sep 4, 2008 4:42 PM CDT up reply actions

LOL

Wait a minute... who am I here?

by malicedoom on Sep 5, 2008 8:13 AM CDT up reply actions

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

To posting the magic number for before a win.

(And don’t talk to me about the “popular vote” I’m a Republican)

Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory

by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 5, 2008 3:19 AM CDT reply actions

-1

I like it – it makes me think positive, and we need some of that with all the doom and gloom in the media the past few days. 1 month to go, let’s start making that number go down the RIGHT way now.

Wait a minute... who am I here?

by malicedoom on Sep 5, 2008 8:14 AM CDT up reply actions