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Go Green! Go White! GO STATE! (#13031 on the Cubs season ticket waiting list...)

by Zeke on Sep 6, 2008 8:01 PM CDT   0 recs

Cubs up 6-1 top of the 7th

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by Zeke on Sep 6, 2008 8:02 PM CDT   0 recs

D-Lee singles again. One on, none out

Go Green! Go White! GO STATE! (#13031 on the Cubs season ticket waiting list...)

by Zeke on Sep 6, 2008 8:04 PM CDT   0 recs

I feel so alone...

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by Zeke on Sep 6, 2008 8:04 PM CDT   0 recs

A-Ram FC, 5-4. Lee out.

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by Zeke on Sep 6, 2008 8:05 PM CDT   0 recs

Geo F9. 2 outs.

Go Green! Go White! GO STATE! (#13031 on the Cubs season ticket waiting list...)

by Zeke on Sep 6, 2008 8:06 PM CDT   0 recs

"What's it all about....Alfie?"

"Never. Never. Never. Give up."
Winston Churchill

by cubfever7 on Sep 6, 2008 8:07 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Michael Caine I believe...

Go Green! Go White! GO STATE! (#13031 on the Cubs season ticket waiting list...)

by Zeke on Sep 6, 2008 8:07 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

c'mon, micah

Show Lou that you deserve more playing time.

by elgato on Sep 6, 2008 8:07 PM CDT   0 recs

Agreed

THE WAVE
to remind us how fans of other teams can win games, despite not caring about whats going on at all. -Rudey

DAMN YOU BASEBALL GODS..

by Rudey on Sep 6, 2008 8:07 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I'd like to see it.

always like a feel good story

"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 6, 2008 8:08 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

either way

he’s hit the ball better than Kosuke

by elgato on Sep 6, 2008 8:10 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Padres Runs

in this thread

THE WAVE
to remind us how fans of other teams can win games, despite not caring about whats going on at all. -Rudey

DAMN YOU BASEBALL GODS..

by Rudey on Sep 6, 2008 8:07 PM CDT   0 recs

Sheets is continuing to pitch a shutout

no runs WHATSOEVER has been given up. NADA!

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Sep 6, 2008 8:07 PM CDT   0 recs

no runs you say?

thats unheard of! what a special thing. sure would hate to see that broken up!

Missing Milton...

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 6, 2008 8:08 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

It would be terrible!

"Don't give me any of that ole' bulls#!t." - Lou Brown

by mondello58 on Sep 6, 2008 8:08 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Has there been some sort of incident in the stands tonight?

"I'm petrified of nipple chafing. Once it starts, it's a vicious circle." Andy Bernard

by TXCub on Sep 6, 2008 8:07 PM CDT   0 recs

Hope it's not my mom! She's 70!

McCain / Palin: The POW / WOW! Ticket

by Goat Whisperer on Sep 6, 2008 8:09 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Dads-Suds news

Kouz FO9

1 out

by Clutch16 on Sep 6, 2008 8:09 PM CDT   0 recs

I heard the Reds announcers say...

….something about you don’t have to know anything about baseball to buy a ticket and then the other guy said “or put on a blue jersey”.

"I'm petrified of nipple chafing. Once it starts, it's a vicious circle." Andy Bernard

by TXCub on Sep 6, 2008 8:09 PM CDT   0 recs

Just consider the source on that kind of comment

Go Green! Go White! GO STATE! (#13031 on the Cubs season ticket waiting list...)

by Zeke on Sep 6, 2008 8:10 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Yeah I know...

…it just seemed like they were alluding to something that had happened before I turned it on.

"I'm petrified of nipple chafing. Once it starts, it's a vicious circle." Andy Bernard

by TXCub on Sep 6, 2008 8:11 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Hey, those in blue jerseys

are responsible for filling your stadium, which would otherwise be near empty to see a crappy team!

"Don't give me any of that ole' bulls#!t." - Lou Brown

by mondello58 on Sep 6, 2008 8:10 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Hoff walks!

Go Green! Go White! GO STATE! (#13031 on the Cubs season ticket waiting list...)

by Zeke on Sep 6, 2008 8:10 PM CDT   0 recs

A-Gonz strikes out

2 away in Beer Town

"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager

"Soriano deep to left!! THAT BALL'S GOOOONE!! A HOME RUN!! OHHH BABY!!" -Len Kasper 8/06/08

SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .284 24 HR 64 RBI

by Galvan316 on Sep 6, 2008 8:10 PM CDT   0 recs

Dads-Suds news

Adrian Gonzalez Ks

2 down

by Clutch16 on Sep 6, 2008 8:10 PM CDT   0 recs

Chase Headley singles

tying run at second

"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager

"Soriano deep to left!! THAT BALL'S GOOOONE!! A HOME RUN!! OHHH BABY!!" -Len Kasper 8/06/08

SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .284 24 HR 64 RBI

by Galvan316 on Sep 6, 2008 8:10 PM CDT   0 recs

At third

"Don't give me any of that ole' bulls#!t." - Lou Brown

by mondello58 on Sep 6, 2008 8:11 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Drew and Cwyer

You two happy now?

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

by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 6, 2008 8:11 PM CDT   0 recs

dude

knock it off.

Missing Milton...

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 6, 2008 8:11 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

no I think he's taking it personal

"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 6, 2008 8:12 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Venable must be winnable tonight!

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Sep 6, 2008 8:11 PM CDT   0 recs

1st and 3rd 2 outs

Pads-Brewers

THE WAVE
to remind us how fans of other teams can win games, despite not caring about whats going on at all. -Rudey

DAMN YOU BASEBALL GODS..

by Rudey on Sep 6, 2008 8:11 PM CDT   0 recs

a game with in a game thread lol

"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager

"Soriano deep to left!! THAT BALL'S GOOOONE!! A HOME RUN!! OHHH BABY!!" -Len Kasper 8/06/08

SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .284 24 HR 64 RBI

by Galvan316 on Sep 6, 2008 8:11 PM CDT   0 recs

DeRo HR!!!!! 3 run 'tater

Go Green! Go White! GO STATE! (#13031 on the Cubs season ticket waiting list...)

by Zeke on Sep 6, 2008 8:11 PM CDT   0 recs

DeRo !!!!!!!!!!!!!

"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 6, 2008 8:11 PM CDT   0 recs

9-1

revenge from last night. Up yours, Dusty.

by elgato on Sep 6, 2008 8:11 PM CDT   0 recs

Derosa

My favorite Cubs player, with a 3 run homer!

THE WAVE
to remind us how fans of other teams can win games, despite not caring about whats going on at all. -Rudey

DAMN YOU BASEBALL GODS..

by Rudey on Sep 6, 2008 8:11 PM CDT   0 recs

DeRo!!

9-1

"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun

by Bump Bailey on Sep 6, 2008 8:11 PM CDT   0 recs

Cubs up 9-1!!!!!!

Go Green! Go White! GO STATE! (#13031 on the Cubs season ticket waiting list...)

by Zeke on Sep 6, 2008 8:12 PM CDT   0 recs

ahhh this feesl much better:)

Fat , drunk , and ,stupid is now way to go through life son.

by alabebo on Sep 6, 2008 8:12 PM CDT   0 recs

TWSS

"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun

by Bump Bailey on Sep 6, 2008 8:13 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

INJURY DELAY?

is it sheets?

THE WAVE
to remind us how fans of other teams can win games, despite not caring about whats going on at all. -Rudey

DAMN YOU BASEBALL GODS..

by Rudey on Sep 6, 2008 8:12 PM CDT   0 recs

I dunno...

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Sep 6, 2008 8:12 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Nope

"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager

"Soriano deep to left!! THAT BALL'S GOOOONE!! A HOME RUN!! OHHH BABY!!" -Len Kasper 8/06/08

SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .284 24 HR 64 RBI

by Galvan316 on Sep 6, 2008 8:13 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

wewt!

Our 2008 Chicago Cubs -- FINDING WAYS TO WIN!

by drewishdrewid on Sep 6, 2008 8:12 PM CDT   0 recs

alright!

cubs = love

by cubs ftw on Sep 6, 2008 8:12 PM CDT   0 recs

Exhale...

Thank god.

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

by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 6, 2008 8:12 PM CDT   0 recs

3 out. Going to the bottom of the 7th

Go Green! Go White! GO STATE! (#13031 on the Cubs season ticket waiting list...)

by Zeke on Sep 6, 2008 8:12 PM CDT   0 recs

2-2 on Venable

"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager

"Soriano deep to left!! THAT BALL'S GOOOONE!! A HOME RUN!! OHHH BABY!!" -Len Kasper 8/06/08

SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .284 24 HR 64 RBI

by Galvan316 on Sep 6, 2008 8:13 PM CDT   0 recs

This is like a split screen game with in a game here lol

"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager

"Soriano deep to left!! THAT BALL'S GOOOONE!! A HOME RUN!! OHHH BABY!!" -Len Kasper 8/06/08

SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .284 24 HR 64 RBI

by Galvan316 on Sep 6, 2008 8:14 PM CDT   0 recs

“Take me out to the ball game,
Take me out with the crowd.
Buy me some peanuts and cracker jack,
I don’t care if I never get back,
Cause it’s root, root, root for the CUBBIES,
If they don’t win it’s a shame.
For it’s one, two, three strikes, you’re out,
At the old ball game.”

Let’s HOLD them now!

Our 2008 Chicago Cubs -- FINDING WAYS TO WIN!

by drewishdrewid on Sep 6, 2008 8:14 PM CDT   0 recs

you don't have to know baseball to put on a blue shirt

or to announce or manage for the Reds.

"Never. Never. Never. Give up."
Winston Churchill

by cubfever7 on Sep 6, 2008 8:15 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Ball game over Brewers win

"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager

"Soriano deep to left!! THAT BALL'S GOOOONE!! A HOME RUN!! OHHH BABY!!" -Len Kasper 8/06/08

SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .284 24 HR 64 RBI

by Galvan316 on Sep 6, 2008 8:14 PM CDT   0 recs

Ah well

Charlie Root it is

by Clutch16 on Sep 6, 2008 8:16 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

He was the pitcher when Ruth "called his shot"?

That he really didn’t .

"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun

by Bump Bailey on Sep 6, 2008 8:18 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

or Fontenot, Grace, Greenberg, etc.

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Sep 6, 2008 8:20 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

whoa

LOUD “root root root for the cubbies”.

loudest i’ve heard in a long time

Missing Milton...

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 6, 2008 8:15 PM CDT   0 recs

Any bets on whether Sori gets thrown at his next time up?

Go Green! Go White! GO STATE! (#13031 on the Cubs season ticket waiting list...)

by Zeke on Sep 6, 2008 8:15 PM CDT   0 recs

He will

Not be walked, if that’s what you mean. Beaned? Maybe.

by hmlee on Sep 6, 2008 8:19 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Yost using as much of SHeets that he can before they lose him as well to FA

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Sep 6, 2008 8:15 PM CDT   0 recs

Venable grounded out to Weeks to record the 27th out

"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager

"Soriano deep to left!! THAT BALL'S GOOOONE!! A HOME RUN!! OHHH BABY!!" -Len Kasper 8/06/08

SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .284 24 HR 64 RBI

by Galvan316 on Sep 6, 2008 8:16 PM CDT   0 recs

Now back to the Cubs :)

"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager

"Soriano deep to left!! THAT BALL'S GOOOONE!! A HOME RUN!! OHHH BABY!!" -Len Kasper 8/06/08

SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .284 24 HR 64 RBI

by Galvan316 on Sep 6, 2008 8:16 PM CDT   0 recs

We just need to take care of our own business...

Go Green! Go White! GO STATE! (#13031 on the Cubs season ticket waiting list...)

by Zeke on Sep 6, 2008 8:16 PM CDT   0 recs

yep

Missing Milton...

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 6, 2008 8:16 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Who's Milton?

"Don't give me any of that ole' bulls#!t." - Lou Brown

by mondello58 on Sep 6, 2008 8:17 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

just wait.

Our 2008 Chicago Cubs -- FINDING WAYS TO WIN!

by drewishdrewid on Sep 6, 2008 8:17 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

if the score holds up

you’ll see! :-)

Missing Milton...

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 6, 2008 8:17 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

OIC

nevermind…remember it’s been awhile since I’ve been here…and I’m blond.

"Don't give me any of that ole' bulls#!t." - Lou Brown

by mondello58 on Sep 6, 2008 8:18 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

He's ready....

jumping up and down with glee..:)

"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun

by Bump Bailey on Sep 6, 2008 8:18 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

125 pitches for sheets...Yost is a moron

"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager

"Soriano deep to left!! THAT BALL'S GOOOONE!! A HOME RUN!! OHHH BABY!!" -Len Kasper 8/06/08

SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .284 24 HR 64 RBI

by Galvan316 on Sep 6, 2008 8:16 PM CDT   0 recs

+1

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

by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Sep 6, 2008 8:16 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Not a rumor, definitely a fact!

"Don't give me any of that ole' bulls#!t." - Lou Brown

by mondello58 on Sep 6, 2008 8:17 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Sheets isn't his problem

in about 6 weeks.

"I'm petrified of nipple chafing. Once it starts, it's a vicious circle." Andy Bernard

by TXCub on Sep 6, 2008 8:17 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

He's just managing forty years too late...

125 pitches was commonplace in the late 1960s…

Go Green! Go White! GO STATE! (#13031 on the Cubs season ticket waiting list...)

by Zeke on Sep 6, 2008 8:17 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Agreed

I mean you can make the argument for C.C. since the dude is a horse without an injury history, but Sheets is more like “Mr. Glass” imo…

by hmlee on Sep 6, 2008 8:20 PM CDT