Overflow Thread 1: Cubs vs. Cardinals, Saturday 4/18, 2:40 CT
by Al on Apr 18, 2009 3:45 PM CDT
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UGH
"How's your mother?"
"She's on her way out."
"We all are. Act accordingly."
by louslovechild on Apr 18, 2009 3:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Turd is the new first!!!
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Apr 18, 2009 3:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
C'mon Rami!
"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
by Clutch16 on Apr 18, 2009 3:52 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Thanks for this
Last one was acting sluggish for me
by Craig in South Bend on Apr 18, 2009 3:52 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I just think
that if we’re going to let Kahlil Greene hit home runs against us, they should extend the same courtesy to Ryan Theriot.
"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 Apr 18, 2009 3:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Agreed.
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Apr 18, 2009 3:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
they give him the same pitches
he just slaps them to right
2008 National League Central Division Champs!!!!!
by BradB311 on Apr 18, 2009 3:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
and so it begins...
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by carmen_fanzone on Apr 18, 2009 3:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
just jokes
not negativity
2008 National League Central Division Champs!!!!!
by BradB311 on Apr 18, 2009 3:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
someone doin PBP?
2008 National League Central Division Champs!!!!!
by BradB311 on Apr 18, 2009 3:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Rami
bounces out to short. 1 out.
"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 Apr 18, 2009 3:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Rami 6-3
1 away
"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
by Clutch16 on Apr 18, 2009 3:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
thanks drew
2008 National League Central Division Champs!!!!!
by BradB311 on Apr 18, 2009 3:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
C'mon Hoff.
Give us a good swing here.
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Apr 18, 2009 3:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Pinch-hitting later?
"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
by Clutch16 on Apr 18, 2009 3:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
channel his talent
into demp
Tennis is to artillery and air strikes what football is to infantry and attrition. - David Foster Wallace
by McNallyish on Apr 18, 2009 3:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hoffpauir
cmon, now…
"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 Apr 18, 2009 3:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
That would be nice, but don't hold your breath...
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Apr 18, 2009 3:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1
Tennis is to artillery and air strikes what football is to infantry and attrition. - David Foster Wallace
by McNallyish on Apr 18, 2009 3:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
girls call it a "dinger"?
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by carmen_fanzone on Apr 18, 2009 3:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Too. Many. Jokes.
"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
by Clutch16 on Apr 18, 2009 3:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hoff
pops out to center.
"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 Apr 18, 2009 3:55 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Hoff
FO8
"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
by Clutch16 on Apr 18, 2009 3:55 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
14 runs by the Indians
I wonder how high the numbers go in the scoreboard. Can remember the last time I saw that many runs in an inning
by chitownhawkeye on Apr 18, 2009 3:56 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Fair or not
NY media is going to start speculating about Girardi’s future.
"Any old kind of a run wins it!"--Jack Brickhouse
by mattvegas on Apr 18, 2009 3:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
How did Geo's first AB look?
"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
by Clutch16 on Apr 18, 2009 3:56 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Soto
grounds out to third. 3 outs.
"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 Apr 18, 2009 3:56 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
as swell as his 2nd AB
Drive, Monkey Drive!
by VegasCubFan on Apr 18, 2009 3:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ugh, Judd Sirrott is up next...
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Apr 18, 2009 3:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
if I mute the TV
and then I mute the radio, how do I know what’s going on???
"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 Apr 18, 2009 3:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
what's even worse
is that Sirott doesn’t know how to manage Santo. We miss entire at bats.
"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 Apr 18, 2009 3:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The tarbox has returned...
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Apr 18, 2009 3:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
?
Uh, thanks for sharing?
by Craig in South Bend on Apr 18, 2009 3:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
welcome that troll you all know and love....
Horace Tarbox, Cards fan.
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Apr 18, 2009 3:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What a tarbox...
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Apr 18, 2009 3:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
go away tarbox.
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Apr 18, 2009 4:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ok im back
shall i resume pbp duties?
by AzCubfan24 on Apr 18, 2009 3:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I urge all of you to use the "action: troll" feature on this site right now
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Apr 18, 2009 3:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
what's tarbox doing back?
"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.
by zevkalman on Apr 18, 2009 4:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Cards are winning...it was only a matter of time
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by carmen_fanzone on Apr 18, 2009 4:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe
in little league?
If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base. - Dave Barry
by Barkman on Apr 18, 2009 3:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
actually
i’m fairly sure the cubs traded him for an aging closer from the twins. could be wrong though.
by horace tarbox on Apr 18, 2009 4:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Duh...
and I repeat, GO AWAY!!
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Apr 18, 2009 4:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
flagged
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Can we get
The Cards to exchange their pitching and hitting coaches with ours?
by Swoosie on Apr 18, 2009 3:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
The Cubs
have a hitting coach?
"One thing you learned as a Cubs fan: when you bought you ticket, you could bank on seeing the bottom of the ninth."
by jaxinnabox on Apr 18, 2009 3:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ok Dempster
Three up Three down.
For a Change.
by JFCubFan on Apr 18, 2009 3:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
let's keep it
under control, Demp
"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 Apr 18, 2009 3:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
oh, COME ON, UMP!
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:00 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
This HP ump is wildly inconsistent
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Apr 18, 2009 4:01 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Ankiel pops out to miles
1 away!
When im saying “1 away” picture the old school home run derby show.
by AzCubfan24 on Apr 18, 2009 4:01 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Looks like the Indians added an insurance run in the third. :-)
maybe they can fax some of those runs to the Cubs
"If it's obvious, it's obviously wrong." - a well known stock market guru
by LAcarl519 on Apr 18, 2009 4:01 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Whew...
That lead was mighty precarious
by chitownhawkeye on Apr 18, 2009 4:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
let's see: who DOESN'T enjoy the Yankees getting pounded?
"If it's obvious, it's obviously wrong." - a well known stock market guru
by LAcarl519 on Apr 18, 2009 4:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
and at home in their new mansion
Drive, Monkey Drive!
by VegasCubFan on Apr 18, 2009 4:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
On national TV
Stupid, stupid MLB
"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
by Clutch16 on Apr 18, 2009 4:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
every other Yankee game
has been blacked out for me, I wonder if this one is.
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
A.Clagget, Yanks reliever
1.2 IP, 7 earned runs
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Apr 18, 2009 4:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gameday says that's
an ERA of 40.5!
"Any old kind of a run wins it!"--Jack Brickhouse
by mattvegas on Apr 18, 2009 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i'll leave
it just must hurt getting dominated by a guy your team drafted. that’s all. enjoy the loss. bye.
by horace tarbox on Apr 18, 2009 4:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
not really.
"If you play more than two chords, you're showing off."--Woody Guthrie
by buckmulligan on Apr 18, 2009 4:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Brewers
just lost to the Mets 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 Apr 18, 2009 4:03 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
excellent...
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Apr 18, 2009 4:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Those 29 year old rookies never pan out
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by carmen_fanzone on Apr 18, 2009 4:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
looks like we need a new scouting report on ludwick.
"If you play more than two chords, you're showing off."--Woody Guthrie
by buckmulligan on Apr 18, 2009 4:04 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
He's seeing the ball very well...
Nothing a scouting report can do about that.
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Apr 18, 2009 4:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
can my boot
do something about this umpire? Holy crap.
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
break out the smokescreens.
"If you play more than two chords, you're showing off."--Woody Guthrie
by buckmulligan on Apr 18, 2009 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Duncan F-7
lets get some damn runs!!!!!
by AzCubfan24 on Apr 18, 2009 4:07 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Nice catch, Fonzie
Let’s get some runs!
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by carmen_fanzone on Apr 18, 2009 4:07 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
alright... out of it.
Time for some runs!!!
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Apr 18, 2009 4:07 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Dang I miss Chicago...
and Wrigley!
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Apr 18, 2009 4:09 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
same.
Tennis is to artillery and air strikes what football is to infantry and attrition. - David Foster Wallace
by McNallyish on Apr 18, 2009 4:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
We need the bottom of the order to start it off. this was a big
strength of the team last year.
"If it's obvious, it's obviously wrong." - a well known stock market guru
by LAcarl519 on Apr 18, 2009 4:10 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Riot maybe
miles, prob not.
Tennis is to artillery and air strikes what football is to infantry and attrition. - David Foster Wallace
by McNallyish on Apr 18, 2009 4:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Riot
triples!
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:10 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Theriot with a triple!
Great start
by chitownhawkeye on Apr 18, 2009 4:10 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Excellent...
Triple for the Riot!!
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Apr 18, 2009 4:11 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Triple for the Riot
Nice
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by carmen_fanzone on Apr 18, 2009 4:11 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
How about a deep fly ball?
C’mon Miles!
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Apr 18, 2009 4:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I'll take a worm-burner between Pujols and Shumaker
"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
by Clutch16 on Apr 18, 2009 4:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
whatever gets the run in
i’m not expecting much, just don’t K
Tennis is to artillery and air strikes what football is to infantry and attrition. - David Foster Wallace
by McNallyish on Apr 18, 2009 4:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Apr 18, 2009 4:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Theriot triple
I’m tired of the Theriot haters…one of the more consistant hitters in the lineup. Sure he could be better at SS, but no ones perfect!
I have nothing funny or creative to write.
by Canadian Cubs Fan on Apr 18, 2009 4:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Demp might just be PH for here...
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Apr 18, 2009 4:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
4-2
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
LOL...hey it scored a run....
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by carmen_fanzone on Apr 18, 2009 4:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Good job Miles!!
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Apr 18, 2009 4:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Actually good job Theriot
Miles tapped it to the pitcher
by JFCubFan on Apr 18, 2009 4:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Was it a Hit & Run?
"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
by Clutch16 on Apr 18, 2009 4:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, good job Miles...
His job was to get the runner home with either a hit, ground out, or sac fly…
Good job Miles.
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Apr 18, 2009 4:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmmm....
…..is that a comment on our lack of PH’s?
"[I]f we get a Jumbotron, I can't pull the instant replay thing on all the rookies. Every time there's a good play, we're like, 'Oh, look at the replay,' and you get the rookies to look at the scoreboard." - Ryan Dempster, 2 January 2009
by CaughtInTheVines on Apr 18, 2009 4:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
We've got them right where we want them.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 18, 2009 4:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
That's what they said to each other.
Behind our backs.
"Any old kind of a run wins it!"--Jack Brickhouse
by mattvegas on Apr 18, 2009 4:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hola SWL!
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Apr 18, 2009 4:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sup, just got back from my daughter's softball game.
Care to catch me up on how it got to be 4-2?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 18, 2009 4:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
walks on their end
dome and riot on ours.
Tennis is to artillery and air strikes what football is to infantry and attrition. - David Foster Wallace
by McNallyish on Apr 18, 2009 4:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ludwick with a double and a HR.
Demp not throwing strikes, (that’s what the ump says). Cubs: Dome with an RBi double and Miles with a groundout to score Theriot after he had tripled to start this inning.
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Apr 18, 2009 4:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
the home plate ump's seeing eye dog has been inconsistent in barking balls & strikes
…but it seems Dempster is laboring too
"If it's obvious, it's obviously wrong." - a well known stock market guru
by LAcarl519 on Apr 18, 2009 4:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
When the ump changed his strike zone in the third...
Demp walked four in the inning, Cards got one in on a Schumaker single and two on a Duncan single.
In the fourth K. Hill Homered.
by goodstuff96 on Apr 18, 2009 4:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
They have a false sense of security?
"[I]f we get a Jumbotron, I can't pull the instant replay thing on all the rookies. Every time there's a good play, we're like, 'Oh, look at the replay,' and you get the rookies to look at the scoreboard." - Ryan Dempster, 2 January 2009
by CaughtInTheVines on Apr 18, 2009 4:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
LaRussa drunk yet?
i
If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base. - Dave Barry
by Barkman on Apr 18, 2009 4:16 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Isn't he always?
"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.
by zevkalman on Apr 18, 2009 4:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
DeRosa single
brings in 2.
Cleveland 16
Yankees 2
How did the Yankees get the safety.
And why won’t Fox switch this game?
by PhillyCub on Apr 18, 2009 4:17 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
because it's the Yankees
Drive, Monkey Drive!
by VegasCubFan on Apr 18, 2009 4:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cubs hitters very impatient today
ZERO BBs
by JFCubFan on Apr 18, 2009 4:18 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I don't blame them...
…the ump is so freakin inconsistent today
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by carmen_fanzone on Apr 18, 2009 4:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Got one now :)
"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
by Clutch16 on Apr 18, 2009 4:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
This Umps Sucks
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by carmen_fanzone on Apr 18, 2009 4:18 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I think he's on acid
If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base. - Dave Barry
by Barkman on Apr 18, 2009 4:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
boy
sure would be nice if Demp got that call.
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:18 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Sori walks
umpire did his best to keep the AB going
by AzCubfan24 on Apr 18, 2009 4:18 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I call Dome HR
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 18, 2009 4:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
FU-KU-DOME!!
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Apr 18, 2009 4:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Clap clap clapclapclap!
"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
by Clutch16 on Apr 18, 2009 4:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
FU-KU-DOME!!
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Apr 18, 2009 4:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
alright
Loshe is starting to lose it. Let’s go!
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Kyle Lohse
LIGHT ’EM UP!
"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
by Clutch16 on Apr 18, 2009 4:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's the Tarbox Effect...
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by carmen_fanzone on Apr 18, 2009 4:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Help us Fukudome...you're our only hope.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 18, 2009 4:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
That's excellent!
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Apr 18, 2009 4:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
this ump is a joke
every pitch i wait for the call like a surprise.
"If you play more than two chords, you're showing off."--Woody Guthrie
by buckmulligan on Apr 18, 2009 4:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
word
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Apr 18, 2009 4:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dome lays off it!
that’s the kind of pitch he’d strike out badly on last year.
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:21 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Robodome!
Trots over with a walk.
"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
by Clutch16 on Apr 18, 2009 4:21 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Dome with the walk...
Such great plate discipline.
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Apr 18, 2009 4:21 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Another walk
C’mon D. Channel DLee from 2005.
by chitownhawkeye on Apr 18, 2009 4:21 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
what a great time for lee to turn on one.
"If you play more than two chords, you're showing off."--Woody Guthrie
by buckmulligan on Apr 18, 2009 4:21 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Santo wants to see DLee break out here.
"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.
by zevkalman on Apr 18, 2009 4:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
BBs!
people say it’s boring to watch, but i LOVE IT when we draw walks.
Tennis is to artillery and air strikes what football is to infantry and attrition. - David Foster Wallace
by McNallyish on Apr 18, 2009 4:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
C'mom D.
Time for a double!!!
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Apr 18, 2009 4:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Are you sure
it’s not “l’d ol”?
"Any old kind of a run wins it!"--Jack Brickhouse
by mattvegas on Apr 18, 2009 4:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
good call
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Apr 18, 2009 4:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks you...
all donations to Ladera Ranch…
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Apr 18, 2009 4:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Come on Derek!!!
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Apr 18, 2009 4:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
We can run Lohse out of this game right now....
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 18, 2009 4:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
and get some delicous bullpen pitching the rest of the game.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 18, 2009 4:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lee!
Soriano scores! Dome SAFE!!!! TIE GAME!
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
YES!!!!
DLEE Double, two in, D out at 3rd
by chitownhawkeye on Apr 18, 2009 4:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Excellent!!!!
D. with the double, tie game 4-4!!!
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Apr 18, 2009 4:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Lee is warming up a but!
It's hard to win a pennant, but it's harder losing one. ~Chuck Tanner
by JCubson on Apr 18, 2009 4:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
ew!
Tennis is to artillery and air strikes what football is to infantry and attrition. - David Foster Wallace
by McNallyish on Apr 18, 2009 4:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
A but?
That’s funny…
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Apr 18, 2009 4:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
TWSS
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tie game!
Lee out at 3rd trying to stretch it.
"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
by Clutch16 on Apr 18, 2009 4:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Bye bye Mr. Lohse.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 18, 2009 4:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
i also LOVE two out rallies
Tennis is to artillery and air strikes what football is to infantry and attrition. - David Foster Wallace
by McNallyish on Apr 18, 2009 4:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
THAT'S EFFIN RIGHT, TARBOX!
Where is that guy? I wanna see what he has to say NOW!
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
haha i wish he was still in here
by cubsonWGN4ever on Apr 18, 2009 4:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
NEVER
EVER
count this team out!
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And don't move Lee out of the #3 spot...
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Apr 18, 2009 4:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
jackasses like that guy only come around when their team is winning
he won’t be back
Drive, Monkey Drive!
by VegasCubFan on Apr 18, 2009 4:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow
I came in at a good time!
Jackie likes the smell of cut grass, he used to play ball on Saturdays, Playin in the sun...
by PacificCub on Apr 18, 2009 4:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
twss
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Apr 18, 2009 4:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Take THAT Horace Tarbox!
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Apr 18, 2009 4:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh boy....that turd burgler showed up again?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 18, 2009 4:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, spewing usual garbage
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Apr 18, 2009 4:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
yep
yammered on about losing Loshe after we drafted him, and then left.
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yesssssssssssss
DLee doubles! Tie game! Yer out of here Lohse!
by Swoosie on Apr 18, 2009 4:25 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
so what happened
Gameday says Lee was out at 3rd?
Drive, Monkey Drive!
by VegasCubFan on Apr 18, 2009 4:26 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
He got caught trying to stretch the double on the throw home.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 18, 2009 4:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The throw home
to try to catch Dome was cut off and they got Lee trying to stretch the double into a triple.
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cmon Demp
shut em down and lets get back to hitting
by AzCubfan24 on Apr 18, 2009 4:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Just like Fox to keep on
the Yankees-Indians game when it’s 16-2 and not switch to another game. I doubt Fox Philadelphia would switch because the poor transplanted NYers would complain.
by PhillyCub on Apr 18, 2009 4:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
in the NFL they switch to a more competitive game
in MLB, they kow-tow to the Yankees
Drive, Monkey Drive!
by VegasCubFan on Apr 18, 2009 4:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nice catch, Miles....whew
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Apr 18, 2009 4:28 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Miles
looks like someone’s kid brother, but he makes the catch.
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:28 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Random question:
If a minor league team switches franchises, do the players on that team switch franchises too, or do they just move to a different team?
by hmlee on Apr 18, 2009 4:28 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I believe it depends on their contract.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 18, 2009 4:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, they stay in the same franchise
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Apr 18, 2009 4:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
They stay with the major league team.
It happened here in Las Vegas this year.
"Any old kind of a run wins it!"--Jack Brickhouse
by mattvegas on Apr 18, 2009 4:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
didnt they switch from the dodgers to the jays?
by BradB311 on Apr 18, 2009 4:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
They went to New Mexico
with the Dodgers new minor league location (unless they were released or whatever).
"Any old kind of a run wins it!"--Jack Brickhouse
by mattvegas on Apr 18, 2009 4:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
matt is correct
we have all Jay’s minor leaguers now.
Drive, Monkey Drive!
by VegasCubFan on Apr 18, 2009 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Were the Jays in New Mexico
before or is that a new location for the dodgers?
by BradB311 on Apr 18, 2009 4:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know the answer to that question.
"Any old kind of a run wins it!"--Jack Brickhouse
by mattvegas on Apr 18, 2009 4:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
New Yankees Stadium...
the 1.5 Billion Dollar Funeral Home for the ’09 Yankes
- Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!
- Germans?
- Forget it, he's rolling.
by Endrick on Apr 18, 2009 4:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
two outs
lets get the third!
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
that's three!
one two three!
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Good Job Demp!!
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Apr 18, 2009 4:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Good Inning Demp!!!!
Let’s get some more runs!!!
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Apr 18, 2009 4:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Lets get some runs!
So Demp can get the win!
by goodstuff96 on Apr 18, 2009 4:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Ride the momentum
Let’s get some more runs
by chitownhawkeye on Apr 18, 2009 4:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
nice
6 is enough? hopefully? let’s go bullpen.
oh and more runs plz thx
Tennis is to artillery and air strikes what football is to infantry and attrition. - David Foster Wallace
by McNallyish on Apr 18, 2009 4:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
103 pitches
Stick a fork in him.
"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
by Clutch16 on Apr 18, 2009 4:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
fo sho
Tennis is to artillery and air strikes what football is to infantry and attrition. - David Foster Wallace
by McNallyish on Apr 18, 2009 4:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fox
in Washington DC, a National League city, is still showing a 16-2 Indians/Yankees rout, rather than a 4-4 NL contest. Guh.
by Orval Overall on Apr 18, 2009 4:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Because the Yankees could still come back.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 18, 2009 4:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
it's only 14 runs.
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
and that is the game Austin, TX gets
AUGH!
Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings.
by Cubbie-Tim on Apr 18, 2009 4:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And don't forget
some of us paid for an audio service that hasn’t worked yet this season.
"Any old kind of a run wins it!"--Jack Brickhouse
by mattvegas on Apr 18, 2009 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Whew...
For a second there, I thought Just For Men was endorsing adultery…
by hmlee on Apr 18, 2009 4:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
lock and load!
time to bring home the bacon in the cart before the horse, after the gate opens… um… Kyle Loshe is caught between a rock and a hot place in the sun? Time to grab this bull by the horns of the dillemna.
Loshe is out! McClellan pitching.
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
hahahaha
that was fantastic. +100
Tennis is to artillery and air strikes what football is to infantry and attrition. - David Foster Wallace
by McNallyish on Apr 18, 2009 4:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
103 pitches for Dempster
any chance he goes back out after that last inning?
by AzCubfan24 on Apr 18, 2009 4:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Rami grounds out
pay no attention to the conversatoin on the radio.
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
just got here....hope there is no punishment for being late to the party
Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings.
by Cubbie-Tim on Apr 18, 2009 4:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
you have to make sure we score this inning
by chitownhawkeye on Apr 18, 2009 4:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You can stay Tim.
Good job! :-)
by chitownhawkeye on Apr 18, 2009 4:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I am a good luck gnome?
Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings.
by Cubbie-Tim on Apr 18, 2009 4:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
how tall are you?
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
taller than a gnome/Fontenot
about 5’9"
Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings.
by Cubbie-Tim on Apr 18, 2009 4:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You could be a good-luck
garden elf.
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
hi Tim! Hope you brought some more runs
by Emelie on Apr 18, 2009 4:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
well, I was on the last train to Awesome Town
and there were 5 different nachos, not sure if that helps any
Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings.
by Cubbie-Tim on Apr 18, 2009 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No punishment...
Glad yer here!
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Apr 18, 2009 4:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
hey jimmy
Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings.
by Cubbie-Tim on Apr 18, 2009 4:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey Timmy!
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Apr 18, 2009 4:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hoff
pops out to left.
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
no EA pic = no hit
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 18, 2009 4:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
type one diabetes?
I didn’t know that.
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You sure know how to make an entrance and make friends fast.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 18, 2009 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cubs fan in Nebraska
and how he handled the situation in denver, well…
by JPetey on Apr 18, 2009 4:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Soto walks.
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:34 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Ryan Theriot to the rescue.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 18, 2009 4:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
two out walk
start it up again
Tennis is to artillery and air strikes what football is to infantry and attrition. - David Foster Wallace
by McNallyish on Apr 18, 2009 4:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
He'll hit .400 for the year...book it.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 18, 2009 4:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
infield single theriot
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Apr 18, 2009 4:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
whew.
Riot infield hit to short, Greene can’t make the play at second.
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
also known as time for the outfield to cheat up alot.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 18, 2009 4:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
16-2
they should switch the game on Fox to the Cubs IMHO
Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings.
by Cubbie-Tim on Apr 18, 2009 4:36 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
time for Miles to punish his former team.
"If it's obvious, it's obviously wrong." - a well known stock market guru
by LAcarl519 on Apr 18, 2009 4:36 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I can see for Miles and Miles
Base hit! 5-4 CUBS!
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:36 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Miles comes through!!!!
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Apr 18, 2009 4:36 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Aaron Miles has embraced his Cubness.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 18, 2009 4:36 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Horace?
Come back, Horace? Doncha wanna talk to us anymore?
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:37 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
WOW!
everybody’s getting in on it
Tennis is to artillery and air strikes what football is to infantry and attrition. - David Foster Wallace
by McNallyish on Apr 18, 2009 4:37 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
twss
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Apr 18, 2009 4:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
actually
we play our best when that kind of thing happens.
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Another good job by Miles!!!
2 RBI now…
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Apr 18, 2009 4:37 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
anybody else love it when Sant says
“alright!”
by Zakh on Apr 18, 2009 4:37 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Fonty
pinch hitting for Demp
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:37 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Come on Wonder Hampster!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 18, 2009 4:37 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Cotts up in the pen
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
ok... Cotts is warming up... we need a dozen more runs...
- Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!
- Germans?
- Forget it, he's rolling.
by Endrick on Apr 18, 2009 4:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
We need to Cotts proof this game
Since we can’t howry proof it anymore
by cubsonWGN4ever on Apr 18, 2009 4:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
positivity!
i’ve always liked cotts, let’s hope he holds this one
Tennis is to artillery and air strikes what football is to infantry and attrition. - David Foster Wallace
by McNallyish on Apr 18, 2009 4:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
that said, his gameday mugshot is pretty scary
Tennis is to artillery and air strikes what football is to infantry and attrition. - David Foster Wallace
by McNallyish on Apr 18, 2009 4:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cmon, Fonty
cmon, cmon, cmon, LAUNCH ONE!
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Called strike three.
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
At the knees according to Gameday
"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
by Clutch16 on Apr 18, 2009 4:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah, well.
Ump of doom strikes 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 Apr 18, 2009 4:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fonty's in a Funk
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Apr 18, 2009 4:39 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Fonty's tired. He is not an everyday guy, it limits his effectiveness...
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Apr 18, 2009 4:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not sure the "fonty's tired" argument can be effective only 10 games into the season?
I could be wrong though – I know nothing about the experience of playing pro ball
by cubsonWGN4ever on Apr 18, 2009 4:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm trying to remember
how many games he ever played in a row last season.
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
But he's been playing games in a row his entire career
Last season was the first time he was ever in a bench role
by cubsonWGN4ever on Apr 18, 2009 4:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
didn't know that
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, i mean im not basing that on research
But the assumption is that he was a starter in college and then a starter in the minors so…take it for whatever its worth
by cubsonWGN4ever on Apr 18, 2009 4:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, he hasn't.
Not in the big show he hasn’t.
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Apr 18, 2009 4:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's not an everyday guy...
He is a maximum effort guy, and that is what tires him out… He only has one gear, and that’s all out.
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Apr 18, 2009 4:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
this was a concern of mine earlier
and I was bashed for mentioning it during ST
Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings.
by Cubbie-Tim on Apr 18, 2009 4:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, you know you were right!
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Apr 18, 2009 4:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
thoughts on cutler convo?
"I'll play any day. I don't care if I'm 0-for-30, playing baseball is my PASSION. I'll go out and play." - Geo Soto
by CubbyBlues on Apr 18, 2009 4:40 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
talk is cheap
I wanna see TDs?
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hopefull Cotts is just in to get the LHB out and then he'll be done.
And hopefully he actully gets him out.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 18, 2009 4:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I'd love to watch the Cubs right now.
BUT I CANT BECAUSE FOX THINKS PEOPLE WOULD RATHER WATCH THE YANKEES GET BEAT 16-2
Bleeding Cubbie Blue since 1985.
by Bricks and Ivy on Apr 18, 2009 4:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Well, if I can't see the Cubs....that would be the next best thing.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 18, 2009 4:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thank Bud Selig...
Worst Commish ever!
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Apr 18, 2009 4:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oy vey!
Cotts coming in…………
Note to Cotts………..no walks, no hits, no runs………..please!
by Swoosie on Apr 18, 2009 4:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Alright, Cotts
we love you. Please, now, throw strikes.
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:42 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Walked on 4
Are you kidding me
by chitownhawkeye on Apr 18, 2009 4:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cotts sucks
couldn’t throw a strike if his life depended on it.
Drive, Monkey Drive!
by VegasCubFan on Apr 18, 2009 4:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
four pitches
four balls.
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:42 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
o noes
Tennis is to artillery and air strikes what football is to infantry and attrition. - David Foster Wallace
by McNallyish on Apr 18, 2009 4:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
throw strikes! i do not like neil cotts.
unbelievable.
"If you play more than two chords, you're showing off."--Woody Guthrie
by buckmulligan on Apr 18, 2009 4:42 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Marmol is up
in the pen.
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:42 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
For the 7th?
All right…
"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
by Clutch16 on Apr 18, 2009 4:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
alls I know is
he’s up.
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
can't bring in marmol yet.
get someone else up.
"If you play more than two chords, you're showing off."--Woody Guthrie
by buckmulligan on Apr 18, 2009 4:42 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh Boy....
Cotts, Cotts, Cotts
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Apr 18, 2009 4:43 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Bring in Heilmann
It's hard to win a pennant, but it's harder losing one. ~Chuck Tanner
by JCubson on Apr 18, 2009 4:43 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Why is Cotts in?
why not Heilman? Or Guzman? Cmon!
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:43 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
How do you walk the leadoff man every farking time?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 18, 2009 4:43 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Cotts?!
Is it bad that I think the cubs automatically give up whenever Cotts is put in the game. The guy occaisionally throws good pitches, but can’t put together an at-bat.
by GotMinkus on Apr 18, 2009 4:43 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Here that?
It’s Lou having a heart attack over 5 straight balls
Drive, Monkey Drive!
by VegasCubFan on Apr 18, 2009 4:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
another ball
six straight
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Lou should have gone out and giving him a "Heilman" speech
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Apr 18, 2009 4:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
What the hell does Larry do with Cotts in between games? He's supposed to be the pitching COACH....
coach this clown to throw strikes.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 18, 2009 4:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
you can only coach the talent handed to you
right?
Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings.
by Cubbie-Tim on Apr 18, 2009 4:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sounds like we could just
paste last year’s comments about Howry and put Cotts’ name in, instead.
"Any old kind of a run wins it!"--Jack Brickhouse
by mattvegas on Apr 18, 2009 4:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
6
"One thing you learned as a Cubs fan: when you bought you ticket, you could bank on seeing the bottom of the ninth."
by jaxinnabox on Apr 18, 2009 4:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Ball seven
"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
by Clutch16 on Apr 18, 2009 4:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
And another walk.
Get him out of there
by chitownhawkeye on Apr 18, 2009 4:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
and this isn't the ump talking. These are just bad pitches.
seven straight.
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
"and vaughn has walked the bases loaded"
by AzCubfan24 on Apr 18, 2009 4:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I think
you can go get him now…
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
How are these guys laying off pitches this close?
"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
by Clutch16 on Apr 18, 2009 4:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
juuuuuuuust a bit outside
Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings.
by Cubbie-Tim on Apr 18, 2009 4:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
eight straight.
Marmol is coming in.
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Get him out of there now!!!
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Apr 18, 2009 4:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
mannnnnn
Tennis is to artillery and air strikes what football is to infantry and attrition. - David Foster Wallace
by McNallyish on Apr 18, 2009 4:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Thanks Neal, hit the showers.............jesus
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Apr 18, 2009 4:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
hit the Bus to AAA
Drive, Monkey Drive!
by VegasCubFan on Apr 18, 2009 4:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
8
"One thing you learned as a Cubs fan: when you bought you ticket, you could bank on seeing the bottom of the ninth."
by jaxinnabox on Apr 18, 2009 4:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Ball eight
Boo-birds are flying. Charlie Marble in.
"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
by Clutch16 on Apr 18, 2009 4:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
i'd like to punch Cotts right in the face
Drive, Monkey Drive!
by VegasCubFan on Apr 18, 2009 4:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
:(
sad face
Tennis is to artillery and air strikes what football is to infantry and attrition. - David Foster Wallace
by McNallyish on Apr 18, 2009 4:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Stupid ass fox
doesnt let us see lou get to the mound
by AzCubfan24 on Apr 18, 2009 4:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
This is a guy who wanted to be a starter?!
Seriously?!
by GotMinkus on Apr 18, 2009 4:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
no one?
we don’t need 12 pitchers.
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Who are the lefties we have in the minors?
I’m assuming you mean we’d send cotts down and bring someone else up.
by cubsonWGN4ever on Apr 18, 2009 4:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Steve Sax
"How's your mother?"
"She's on her way out."
"We all are. Act accordingly."
by louslovechild on Apr 18, 2009 4:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Coaching visit to the mound
Ya think…?
"One thing you learned as a Cubs fan: when you bought you ticket, you could bank on seeing the bottom of the ninth."
by jaxinnabox on Apr 18, 2009 4:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
has cotts thrown a strike all year?
"If you play more than two chords, you're showing off."--Woody Guthrie
by buckmulligan on Apr 18, 2009 4:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Cotts needs to be released
Eat the contract, free up a roster spot.
This guy has always been terrible.
by salparadise23 on Apr 18, 2009 4:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I don't think
Cotts is long for this team. Lou’s doghouse is a callin.
"Respect" ~ Ryne Sandberg
by gwood on Apr 18, 2009 4:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Please release him...
let him go.
For he can’t throw a strike no mo.
"Any old kind of a run wins it!"--Jack Brickhouse
by mattvegas on Apr 18, 2009 4:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
who taught Cotts to aim at the stike zone...?
Stevie Wonder?
- Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!
- Germans?
- Forget it, he's rolling.
by Endrick on Apr 18, 2009 4:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Sorry...
I’m pretty sure Stevie could hit the strike zone…
- Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!
- Germans?
- Forget it, he's rolling.
by Endrick on Apr 18, 2009 4:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Stevie had more talent
Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings.
by Cubbie-Tim on Apr 18, 2009 4:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Neil Cotts quote!
"With no outs you’re just trying to minimize damage on the first and third. Once I got the first strikeout then I was going for a ground ball, just trying to get out of the inning, and I ended up having a strikeout and Bobby came in and did the rest."-
Neil Cotts
It's hard to win a pennant, but it's harder losing one. ~Chuck Tanner
by JCubson on Apr 18, 2009 4:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Hi, my name is Neal Cotts
and I am a walk-a-holic
Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings.
by Cubbie-Tim on Apr 18, 2009 4:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Awesome Cubbie Tim!
It's hard to win a pennant, but it's harder losing one. ~Chuck Tanner
by JCubson on Apr 18, 2009 4:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He'll be here soon, and Fox might be with him...
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Apr 18, 2009 4:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Start Shark and move Marshall to the 'pen?
"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
by Clutch16 on Apr 18, 2009 4:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
New thread
www.talkingchicagobaseball.blogspot.com
by nji232 on Apr 18, 2009 4:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
My name is Neal Cotts
I SUCK!
Drive, Monkey Drive!
by VegasCubFan on Apr 18, 2009 4:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Neil Cotts = (Rich Hill - curveball)
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 18, 2009 4:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Alright, White Castle
let’s go. I want some FILTHY SLIDERS.
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
It's scary
When Cotts is your only lefty in the pen. Why do we keep bringing him in????
by Swoosie on Apr 18, 2009 4:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
because
he’s the only lefty in the pen.
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
marmol can go two
he’s the zambrano of the pen. work. horse.
Tennis is to artillery and air strikes what football is to infantry and attrition. - David Foster Wallace
by McNallyish on Apr 18, 2009 4:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
BLou is preparing his speech about Marmol being overused by the all-star break right now.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 18, 2009 4:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
what was wrong with that one?
Tennis is to artillery and air strikes what football is to infantry and attrition. - David Foster Wallace
by McNallyish on Apr 18, 2009 4:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Theres Marmol...
…and then there’s everyone else in the bullpen.
by GotMinkus on Apr 18, 2009 4:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Strikes
what a concept
"One thing you learned as a Cubs fan: when you bought you ticket, you could bank on seeing the bottom of the ninth."
by jaxinnabox on Apr 18, 2009 4:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
watching this on gameday is confusing
there are balls in the strike zone and strikes in the… ball zone?
Tennis is to artillery and air strikes what football is to infantry and attrition. - David Foster Wallace
by McNallyish on Apr 18, 2009 4:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
opposite day.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 18, 2009 4:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
top seventh
"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 Apr 18, 2009 4:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
the one where we bat around and score 7 runs
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 18, 2009 4:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Way to take one Oquendo
that’s gotta hurt I don’t care who you are.
by GotMinkus on Apr 18, 2009 4:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Now Bud will require all base coaches to wear full catcher's gear.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 18, 2009 4:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Carlos
And that is why you need Marmol in other spots besides closer.
by dmlichte on Apr 18, 2009 4:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Gregg redeemed himself! What about the ninth?
It's hard to win a pennant, but it's harder losing one. ~Chuck Tanner
by JCubson on Apr 18, 2009 5:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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