Weather Permitting: 2009 NLCS Game 2 and ALCS Game 1 Previews
by Al on Oct 16, 2009 1:00 PM CDT
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Thursday's temperatures were anything but mild--and would have been at home in late November. The day's 44-degree official high equaled readings observed here for the date in 1876, 1909 and 1943--each tying as Oct. 15's coldest on record. The tenacious cold spell--which is to last into Sunday morning before breaking--produces a 19th day of below normal temperatures Friday and limits highs to the 40s for a 7th consecutive day--the most ever so early in the season. Chicago's average temperature over the month's first 15 days slipped Thursday to 47.3-degrees---the city's chilliest October open in the 133 years since 1876. Not only has it been cool---it's been cloudy and wet. Rain has fallen 10 of the past 15 days and has totaled 2.13 inches---nearly an inch (0.85) above normal. The damp weather has allowed only 38 percent of October's possible sunshine to date---58 percent is typical.
Things aren't much better in the New York area, where snow fell within 50 miles of Yankee Stadium last night and where there is at least an 80% chance of rain and cold temperatures through Sunday.
This creates a real scheduling problem for the ALCS; they do have off days on Sunday and Wednesday, which they could use for rescheduling postponements. However, Fox, which is carrying the ALCS, won't want a Sunday day game, as they are committed to NFL telecasts during the afternoon. If there's a postponement and there's a game rescheduled for Sunday night, that would affect game 3 -- which is now scheduled to be played Monday afternoon in Anaheim. Further, that would mess up Yankee manager Joe Girardi's plan to use only three starting pitchers in the series; he'd probably be forced to let Chad Gaudin start game four. The mind boggles -- Chad Gaudin, who a year ago was recovering from an injury to his back suffered when he fell into or onto a trash dumpster, had a terrible spring for the Cubs and was released, might start a game in the American League Championship Series.
What a mess. And it's not necessarily anyone's fault for scheduling these games in mid-October; the average high in New York for today is 63 degrees.
Meanwhile, there are no such problems in Los Angeles for today's NLCS game two; it's going to be sunny and unseasonably hot in LA this afternoon, possibly as warm as 92 degrees.
Phillies at Dodgers, 3:07 pm CDT. Phillies lead series 1-0. TV: TBS. Announcers: Chip Caray, Buck Martinez and Ron Darling.
Baseball-reference.com game preview
Please visit our SB Nation Dodgers site True Blue LA and Phillies site The Good Phight.
Angels at Yankees, 6:57 pm CDT. TV: Fox. Announcers: Joe Buck and Tim McCarver.
Baseball-reference.com game preview
Please visit our SB Nation Angels site Halos Heaven and Yankees site Pinstripe Alley.
Once again, no overflows scheduled today. If you need one, post it in the FanShot section.
Discuss amongst yourselves.
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Well, the weather in Chicago is in keeping with the summer most of us experienced in the Midwest.
Global Warming? Where’s that?
"Pain don't hurt you none" - Sparky Anderson (1987)
Obviously Sparky was never a Cubs fan...
by Zeke on Oct 16, 2009 1:18 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
It's cold here in Vermont, too ... it got below freezing last night.
OT: I hope to be in the game threads more than I was yesterday. It was extremely busy at work yesterday.
However, I was able to take my lunch break at 7 PM, so I could watch Jeopardy (I always do this, and play along with the game show).
As a result of being able to watch Jeopardy, I got to see this. It may be the funniest moment I have ever seen on the show.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy, and taste good with ketchup!
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Oct 16, 2009 1:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
That Jeopardy clip is classic!
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
by Al on Oct 16, 2009 1:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You might enjoy
"Fasten those seatbelts"-Pat Hughes
by katie casey on Oct 16, 2009 1:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
We had early snow this week in Munich
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by eths on Oct 16, 2009 3:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The juxtaposition
of the weather in NY vs LA reminds of something my Dad always used to say:
“If America had been colonized from West to East instead of the other way around, the Eastern Seaboard will still be uninhabited”.
by azjazzman on Oct 16, 2009 1:21 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
My brother lives in Long Beach and when I kid him about sliding into the ocean when the next big earthquake hits he says...
“There are two sides to every fault line- maybe it’s the rest of the country that slides into the ocean and we stay put.”
Um, I don’t think so…
"Pain don't hurt you none" - Sparky Anderson (1987)
Obviously Sparky was never a Cubs fan...
by Zeke on Oct 16, 2009 1:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Which reminds me
it will be 20 years ago tomorrow that the World Series was thrown for a loop by the Loma Prieta earthquake in the Bay Area. I guess if MLB could get through that, it can handle some rain.
If Fairbanks, Alaska could sustain a 9.2 magnitude quake without falling into the ocean, then I would guess Long Beach is relatively safe.
by azjazzman on Oct 16, 2009 1:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was going to say
ocean?! what ocean?!
by Emelie on Oct 16, 2009 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Em's in da house!
or is it igloo yet?
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on Oct 16, 2009 3:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
actually, we've had lovely weather so far
but there is a distinct nip in the air to be sure…
by Emelie on Oct 16, 2009 3:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
oh, I so want to cue up Google Images for that one...
…but I won’t. Have to wait until later tonight when all the kids are no longer online… ;-)
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on Oct 16, 2009 3:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Go where? Do I want to go there too?
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by eths on Oct 16, 2009 3:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey Em!!! Wie geht's?
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by eths on Oct 16, 2009 3:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lingo FAIL
Wie geht’s = How’s it goin’
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by eths on Oct 16, 2009 3:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
just googled it
It’s going great … Chena Hot Springs resort this weekend :-D
by Emelie on Oct 16, 2009 3:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lucky you!
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by eths on Oct 16, 2009 3:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wie geht's = Wazzzzzuppppp!
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on Oct 16, 2009 3:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Waaaaasssssss iiiisssssssss' ∼ Wazzzzzuppppp!
I kid you not…
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by eths on Oct 16, 2009 3:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It is HORRIBLE here
They could never have played if they had a game scheduled last night and per above it is going to be bad. Now if they
had scheduled a DAY game today, it would be cold but playable, tonight I doubt. I dug out my boots and gloves and my umbrella that got broken by the wind. Couldn’t happen to a nicer team.
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim
by Doggie Stalker on Oct 16, 2009 1:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Doesn't look like there's a whole lot of rain around, though.
I suspect if it’s not raining, they will try to play.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
by Al on Oct 16, 2009 1:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not now but they say it is coming later.
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim
by Doggie Stalker on Oct 16, 2009 2:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Anyone have any idea why Yankee fans (my friends included)
are, at most, ambivilant on the possibility of Gaudin starting in the ALCS. A quick word seach at the Pinstripe Alley front page found the only mention of his name in the roster list on the left.
I don’t see any calls for rebellion or torches/pitchforks from the fans like I’d expect in Chicago if he was here. It occurs to me that it’s possible Yankee/Red Sox fans are more accepting of role players and journeyman not being future all stars and view them as replacable parts.
Anyone have any ideas?
if this was still new to me, i wouldn't understand
by N Oakley on Oct 16, 2009 2:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I don't think it's them yet
And especially if the Yankees are trailing 2-1 or 3-0 and their season rests in the hands of Chad Gaudin, then they will realize the magnitude of what could happen.
Knowing Yankees fans, they aren’t considering behind behind in this series at all, actually.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
by Trey2317 on Oct 16, 2009 2:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Both towns vilify big name/big money players if they don't live up to hype, but
The Sox/Yankees endured former Cubs like Mark Bellhorn, Tightpants, and Felix the HR Heredia. Not much was expected and not much happened when they moved.
if this was still new to me, i wouldn't understand
by N Oakley on Oct 16, 2009 2:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mark Bellhorn helped get the Red Sox into the WS and win it.
He’ll have a place there forever.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
by Al on Oct 16, 2009 2:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
True, he'll always be part of the lore, but that didn't keep them from
releasing him the following season. Just wondering.
if this was still new to me, i wouldn't understand
by N Oakley on Oct 16, 2009 2:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Yankees ran off both Tightpants and Heredia.
Especially, Farnsworth, since he was signed for a decent chunk of change.
I just don’t think it’s hit Yankees fans yet that Chad Gaudin could be their Game 4 starter. And if he does start, they’ll be angrier at Brian Cashman/Joe Girardi (especially with Joba! in the bullpen) than Gaudin. Though I maintain that the average Yankee fan has not considered that they would be trailing entering Game 4, either.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
by Trey2317 on Oct 16, 2009 3:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is it just me, or...
… is Joba about the most overhyped prospect you have seen in the last 10 years?
He seems like a nicer version of Farnsworth.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
by Al on Oct 16, 2009 3:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's definitely up there.
So far, when he’s been in the bullpen, he’s looked great, but the Yankees want him to start for whatever reason. I think we could see him and Hughes swap spots in next year, allowing Hughes to start.
And if Joba succeeds in the pen, he could deliver on some of that considerable hype.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
by Trey2317 on Oct 16, 2009 3:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Should I Take Offense? :-D
"What we have here is a failure to communicate" - Strother Martin as "Captain"
by Icubsfan on Oct 17, 2009 9:23 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I meant, of course...
… KYLE Farnsworth.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
by Al on Oct 17, 2009 9:38 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just got home - Hope I haveN't missed much - Go Phillies
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by eths on Oct 16, 2009 3:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
you've missed very little.
1 base hit.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
by Trey2317 on Oct 16, 2009 3:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's very quiet here this evening
Thanks – I’ve got the video stream up now. Looks like a lovely day for game, especially from a rainy, snowy, windy, wet Munich evening.
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by eths on Oct 16, 2009 3:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
if you replace Munich with New York, I think you've captured the conditions there, too.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
by Trey2317 on Oct 16, 2009 3:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I almost hope they don't get the NY game in, so that we "enjoy the resulting chaos"
::evil grin::
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by eths on Oct 16, 2009 3:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
wish chaos on Bud Selig?
I’d never do that.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
by Trey2317 on Oct 16, 2009 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What? Who? Me?
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by eths on Oct 16, 2009 3:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So FOX doesn't want an ALCS on Sunday because they have NFL all day?
And a Sunday night game followed by travel would mean Monday’s game would almost have to be at night, going up against the NLCS on TBS? And Bud Lite is sitting in his office poring over weather maps, arms akimbo and brow furrowed, muttering to himself “what are we going to do, what are we going to do”???
Mwahahahahaha! I love it! Serves MLB right. They go and whore themselves out to the Networks and then they act all concerned and frustrated when things don’t go smoothly? I guess Mother Nature didn’t get the memo, eh Bud? But hey, at least you all have your hotel room reservations – you got that going for you…
George Carlin once said “I love chaos”. Well, when it comes to MLB and their inane decisions, me too…
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on Oct 16, 2009 3:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
The ALCS would resume on Tuesday, not Monday...
… if there’s a rainout or rainouts.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
by Al on Oct 16, 2009 4:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Article in today's Trib seemed to indicate Monday was an option
But ff they do go the Tuesday route for Game 3 then I assume everyone would have to do the ticket/date shuffle right? If you had tickets for Game 3 on Monday, they would now be good for Game 3 on Tuesday. Likewise, Game 4 tickets would now be good for Wednesday instead of Tuesday.
Still a lot of chaos, and even if it’s not Bud’s fault, I hope he gets blamed and some of this crap starts sticking to him. I suppose it’s possible his successor could be worse, but at this point I don’t care – Bud needs to go, asap.
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on Oct 16, 2009 4:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What does Selig mean? Hint, it's a German word...
Among other things:
Slang: tipsy, merry
It can also mean blessed, late (as in dead), overjoyed, blissful, beatific, blissful
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by eths on Oct 16, 2009 5:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Padilla looks sharp this evening
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by eths on Oct 16, 2009 3:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Actually both pitchers aren't doing too badly...
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by eths on Oct 16, 2009 3:37 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Time to leave the office and commence the weekend.
Have a good one, everybody.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
by Trey2317 on Oct 16, 2009 3:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Have a good one!
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by eths on Oct 16, 2009 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Guess it's just me and you, eths...
anyone else here?
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on Oct 16, 2009 3:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
♫♬♩ Just me and you and a dog named blue... ♪♫♬
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by eths on Oct 16, 2009 3:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
slight correction; tres apropos given Halloween is coming up...
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on Oct 16, 2009 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Weird, I've always heard "blue" and not "boo" when I hear that song
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by eths on Oct 16, 2009 3:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is it only MLB.TV's feed or is TBS-HD really..
broadcasting with no “info bar graphic” for the strikes, balls, outs and score?
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by eths on Oct 16, 2009 3:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
don't know. No cable here so I just have Vin's "info bar audio" to keep me informed
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on Oct 16, 2009 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
They appear to have found the keyer... The graphic just popped up.
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by eths on Oct 16, 2009 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hi! Nice to see a "new face" this evening.
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by eths on Oct 16, 2009 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
JC is everywhere... ;-)
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on Oct 16, 2009 3:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
brain worm
❦❦
I want her everywhere and if she’s beside me
I know I need never care
But to love her is to need her everywhere
Knowing that love is to share❦❦
by Emelie on Oct 16, 2009 3:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nice catch...
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by eths on Oct 16, 2009 3:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
CU -Take care
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by eths on Oct 16, 2009 4:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
4th inning - time for some runs, now that the batters are getting a second look
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by eths on Oct 16, 2009 4:03 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
HR Phillies... That was sweet
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by eths on Oct 16, 2009 4:05 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Its nice to have
Ron Darling educating me about baseball.
Chicago
Cubs
We are the better CC.
by Zy Toro Young on Oct 16, 2009 4:12 PM CDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
'tis inane
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by eths on Oct 16, 2009 4:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
and pointless.
Chicago
Cubs
We are the better CC.
by Zy Toro Young on Oct 16, 2009 4:18 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
Looks like Pedro is on.
Waiting for the Phils bullpen to make things interesting. Padilla doing good too.
Chicago
Cubs
We are the better CC.
by Zy Toro Young on Oct 16, 2009 4:21 PM CDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
Both starting pitchers are doing rather nicely - The bullpen could be the key, in two or three innings
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by eths on Oct 16, 2009 4:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Im hoping
It turns into a 10-9 win for whoever. I’m completely neutral on who win, yet still very interested.
Chicago
Cubs
We are the better CC.
by Zy Toro Young on Oct 16, 2009 4:29 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
I may live in Munich, and I may have grown up on the north side of Chicago, but I was born in Philadelphia
So I’m not 100% neutral.
10:9 – Somehow I doubt it. Looks more like a continuing pitcher’s duel to me.
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by eths on Oct 16, 2009 4:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Okay then I'll go for Philly.
Chicago
Cubs
We are the better CC.
by Zy Toro Young on Oct 16, 2009 4:47 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
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by eths on Oct 16, 2009 4:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pitch counts?
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by eths on Oct 16, 2009 4:28 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Info from the Phillies blog: 51 pedro 65 vicente (56 was last one to Blake for the K)
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by eths on Oct 16, 2009 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kinda lonely here tonight
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by eths on Oct 16, 2009 4:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Sgt. Pepper to the rescue!
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on Oct 16, 2009 4:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So they're still
playing baseball huh? ;-)
Recipe for Disaster;
C'mon Cubs, hurry up and blow this so I can relax.
by Bluekoolaide on July22, 2009 3:08 PM CDT
by sue369 on Oct 16, 2009 4:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Hi Sue! It's only October...
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by eths on Oct 16, 2009 5:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hi Sue!
Apparently winning in the playoffs means you get to play longer. ::shrugs::
Chicago
Cubs
We are the better CC.
by Zy Toro Young on Oct 16, 2009 5:08 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
::shock and awe:: I never knew, I never thought, no, not even in my wildest dreams....
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by eths on Oct 16, 2009 5:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, so that's how it works.
Good to know. :D
Recipe for Disaster;
C'mon Cubs, hurry up and blow this so I can relax.
by Bluekoolaide on July22, 2009 3:08 PM CDT
by sue369 on Oct 16, 2009 5:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
VOTE FOR PEDRO
I love the guy.
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim
by Doggie Stalker on Oct 16, 2009 4:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
do you have one of these?
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on Oct 16, 2009 5:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pedro approves
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by eths on Oct 16, 2009 5:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nope and I never saw the movie either
When I first saw the shirts & buttons I thought it WAS about Pedro Martinez. Pedro is the real deal. Not only a great player but one who does A HUGE amount of charity work in the DR but does it under the radar in the sense of not soliciting any press.
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim
by Doggie Stalker on Oct 16, 2009 5:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
♬♬♬♬ mi mi mi mi ♫♫♫♫ ::clears throat:: ♪♬♬♫ Take me out to the ballgame... ♪♫♬♪
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by eths on Oct 16, 2009 5:06 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Harry?
How nice would that be, if only for a day.
Chicago
Cubs
We are the better CC.
by Zy Toro Young on Oct 16, 2009 5:13 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
For all you Chip Caray bashers out there, I hate to break this to you but...
Vin Scully just said “fisted”…
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on Oct 16, 2009 5:07 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I didn't think he was into that knd of stuff...
::evil grin::
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by eths on Oct 16, 2009 5:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow you have a dirty mind.
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim
by Doggie Stalker on Oct 16, 2009 5:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
adianoeta are just plain fun
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by eths on Oct 16, 2009 5:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well one washed up star and one clubhouse cancer in a pitchers duel.
FYI given some posts I have in the Jaramillo thread supposed clubhouse cancers. Padilla is the real deal.
Link
http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/story/12091729
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim
by Doggie Stalker on Oct 16, 2009 5:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
speaking of dirt...
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on Oct 16, 2009 5:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bullpen time - Padilla pitched a heck of a game
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by eths on Oct 16, 2009 5:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
This looks bad for the Phillies
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by eths on Oct 16, 2009 5:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Yea for the ex-Cub!
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on Oct 16, 2009 5:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
WTF - What an error at the wrong time
Well, I never heard it before, but it sounds uncommon nonsense.
- The Mock Turtle, Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll -
by eths on Oct 16, 2009 5:43 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Yea for the ex-Indian!
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on Oct 16, 2009 5:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Looks like the Phillies are about to melt down
And the eighth and final rule: if this is your first time at Fight Club, you have to fight.
by Ace Venom on Oct 16, 2009 5:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
They are lulling the Dodgers into a sense of false security...
a risky strategy.
Well, I never heard it before, but it sounds uncommon nonsense.
- The Mock Turtle, Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll -
by eths on Oct 16, 2009 5:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What a great game thus far!!
"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks
by dtpollitt on Oct 16, 2009 5:46 PM CDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
Long, long inning
Well, I never heard it before, but it sounds uncommon nonsense.
- The Mock Turtle, Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll -
by eths on Oct 16, 2009 6:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Strength doesn't come in numbers.
Dynamite drop in Darling!
Who knew 5 pitchers in one inning wasn’t a good thing?
Chicago
Cubs
We are the better CC.
by Zy Toro Young on Oct 16, 2009 6:03 PM CDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
Strength doesn't come in numbers.
Dynamite drop in Darling!
Who knew 5 pitchers in one inning wasn’t a good thing?
Chicago
Cubs
We are the better CC.
by Zy Toro Young on Oct 16, 2009 6:05 PM CDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
Double post
Damn mobile
Chicago
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We are the better CC.
by Zy Toro Young on Oct 16, 2009 6:06 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
Actually I thought it was intentional
My iPhone has done the same in the past here at BCB
Well, I never heard it before, but it sounds uncommon nonsense.
- The Mock Turtle, Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll -
by eths on Oct 16, 2009 6:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well that was exciting
Guten Nacht – Enjoy the second game, if they it get in.
Well, I never heard it before, but it sounds uncommon nonsense.
- The Mock Turtle, Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll -
by eths on Oct 16, 2009 6:15 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Sorry I was the kiss of death
Buenos nachos.
Chicago
Cubs
We are the better CC.
by Zy Toro Young on Oct 16, 2009 6:21 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
Hi everyone. You still want Chone Figgins for the Cubs?
Because him and Aybar are gonna be available…
by chilango2 on Oct 16, 2009 7:25 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
No on Figgins, no, no, a zillion times no.
Before 2010 was over, you’d all be bitching about the length and dollars of his contract.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
by Al on Oct 16, 2009 7:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thank you.
Please predicate this soon and often. Everyone needs to realize he’d (they’d) be a bad idea.
by chilango2 on Oct 16, 2009 7:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't be so hasty...
It would have to depend on the length and dollars of his contract. Everyone thought Abreu was going to get big money last year and look what happened there.
Certainly there are better options for Hendry to spend market-rate money (assuming he has the budget to do so), but if Figgins somehow ends up being in the bargain-value aisle, why not?
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on Oct 16, 2009 7:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Because he's not all that good.
Better than Theriot, sure, but defensively inferior to in-house options.
by chilango2 on Oct 16, 2009 7:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, if we do test the waters on Chone, I should hope it's not for defensive reasons...
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on Oct 16, 2009 7:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just think the money could be better spent elsewhere.
You can’t just say, “Well, soandso’s a free agent, GETITDONEJIM!” Doesn’t always help the team, as we found out a year ago.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
by Al on Oct 16, 2009 7:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have no idea what you're talking about
/sarcasm
by Emelie on Oct 16, 2009 8:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed that it could be better spent elsewhere
but a leadoff hitter and/or the need for speed seems to be a hole that needs plugging this offseason. At least that’s what Lou has said – I don’t think Hendry has made any such definitive statements yet. And at least offensively, Figgins fills that hole nicely. I’m not as worried about $/yrs as much as I am where he would play. HIs strengths seem to be positions that are already capably filled on our team.
So baseball-wise, there does not seem to be a good fit w/ Cubs aside from the speed. And I doubt Figgins will be lacking in suitors this off-season, so I don’t really see a need for all this angst and gnashing of the teeth about something that isn’t going to happen. All my interest and arguments were based on the what-if scenario of his price dropping dramatically and willingness to sign a cheap one year deal a la Abreu.
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on Oct 16, 2009 11:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Where should I go to dinner?
Help beautiful Maura and yours truly decide.
by chilango2 on Oct 16, 2009 8:10 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
What area of town?
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
by Trey2317 on Oct 16, 2009 8:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you want good Italian, go to either The Florian on E. 57th, 4 blks. west of the Museum of Science and Industry. Or Salerno's on Grand and Racine.
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Oct 16, 2009 8:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well if your in Chicago
You can’t go wrong with Ci Ci’s pizza. :)
Chicago
Cubs
We are the better CC.
by Zy Toro Young on Oct 16, 2009 8:24 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
There's no CiCi's here.
Salerno is now called something else and it has declined in quality lately. We live a few block north of there.
I think we settled on Itto Sushi on Halsted. Best sushi in town. Thanks guys.
by chilango2 on Oct 16, 2009 8:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dang, you live in my old neighborhood...
If Salerno’s is called something else now, it must have been sold. If so, I can see the reason it has declined in quality.
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Oct 16, 2009 8:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm a big Giordano's fan.
Deep-dish on a cold Friday night would be good.
Or if you want some excellent Cajun-Creole, I recommend Yats at 955 W Randolph St
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
by Trey2317 on Oct 16, 2009 8:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So basically nobody gave a crap about the Yankees/Angels
Zero posts ? Interesting.
Good night all.
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim
by Doggie Stalker on Oct 16, 2009 10:37 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Wrong time of day here...
Well, I never heard it before, but it sounds uncommon nonsense.
- The Mock Turtle, Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll -
by eths on Oct 17, 2009 12:10 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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