First Pitch Thread: Cubs vs. Padres, Wednesday 5/13, 7:05 CT
by Al Yellon on May 13, 2009 7:00 PM CDT
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How's the weather??
by CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) on May 13, 2009 7:01 PM CDT reply actions
Don't worry.
Ted will tell the tornadoes and storms to stop in their tracks and move northward to Canada.
"I'm not much of a chemistry guy, you know. Chemistry to me is a pinch-hit double with the bases loaded"--Jim Frey, Chicago Tribune, 1985.
I thought when Ted used a hoola hoop
that is how a tornado was started
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
Are there really
tornadoes around?
by CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) on May 13, 2009 7:05 PM CDT up reply actions
I am in Texas
your guess is as good as mine
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
Yes.
Tornado Watch until 11 pm CDT Wednesday. Conditions are favorable for tornadoes to form. Stay alert, and be prepared to seek shelter in the event that a warning is issued.
"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.
But which way
are the tornadoes rotating?
see I’m watching one here in australia and it’s going counterclockwise…
trying to verify this whole Coriolis thing…
by CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) on May 13, 2009 7:10 PM CDT up reply actions
in circles
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
You can verify the Coriolis force by just looking at the water drain out of your tub
It should circulate the opposite way in Oz that it does up 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.
incorrect.
the coriolis effect happens only in large systems (weather systems on the size of cyclones, hurricanes or typhoons which are all the same weather system but differ in location)
Party pooper
:P
by CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) on May 13, 2009 7:24 PM CDT up reply actions
cant you being a
Cubs geek and a science fan aslo?
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
I can't be a cubs geek...
I don’t wanna rip off the head of Theriot
Coriolis force happens even in small systems like tubs.
Although its effect is several orders of magnitude less. Check out (for example) Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriolis_effect
"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.
www.phys.org is a better place to look
than Wiki.
I think you meant physics.org?
(I’m a physicist).
"I'm not much of a chemistry guy, you know. Chemistry to me is a pinch-hit double with the bases loaded"--Jim Frey, Chicago Tribune, 1985.
I'm an ecologist..
only had to take one physics course.. does it show? lol
by CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) on May 13, 2009 7:44 PM CDT up reply actions
Hey.. I was first.. yippeee
by CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) on May 13, 2009 7:02 PM CDT reply actions
I was the first contributor from the Northern Hemisphere.
"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.
So can I yell "first" (from the Southern Hemisphere)..
every time I join a gamethread?? :)
by CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) on May 13, 2009 7:05 PM CDT up reply actions
first fromTexas
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
WHO'S ALL HERE FOR THE RAIN DELAY! EXCITEMENT!
Okay, I’m outta here, LOST finale is on tonight, and frankly, I got my priorities.
"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money."
--Ernie Banks
I am here
with my new Hoff jersey
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
That make me laugh, really loud.
"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money."
--Ernie Banks
Timmay!
I want to place an order, and I promise to pay up front!
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2009 7:12 PM CDT up reply actions
I am a trusting person
and I feel is someone is really going to screw me on an order, that the person is truly slime, one step lower than human waste on the evolution chain.
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
I will see if my supplier has them
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
Me
Waiting for the rain to dump on Al. Really nice here in NYC
"I daydream just like everybody else, I just do it with my body facing the field, so everybody thinks I'm paying attention."- Greg Maddux
by Doggie Stalker on May 13, 2009 7:08 PM CDT up reply actions
Aye
I’m doing other things like perusing SCH boards and the like.
But I am waiting.
by northernsails on May 13, 2009 7:10 PM CDT up reply actions
YO!
Twittermeyer says the tarp is coming off!
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2009 7:12 PM CDT up reply actions
I finally get a free night...
with a game, and there’s rain.
BOOOOOOOOO!
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by Chris Dobbertean on May 13, 2009 7:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Aqui.
T-storms in Madison canceled my first softball game, gonna venture out into the abyss for some booze and enjoy the fact that I’m done with college.
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Congrats.
"Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end"
by AndrewJStone on May 13, 2009 7:19 PM CDT up reply actions
Thanks.
Also was my last day at my job (which I loved). So I’ve really got nothing going on now, which reminds me of a Seinfeld bit:
“Do you have any prospects?”
“No”
“You got anything on the horizon?”
“Uh… no”
“Do you have any action at all?”
“No.”
“Do you have any conceivable reason for even getting up in the morning?”
“I like to get the Daily News!”
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Join the club
Why do think I spend so much time HERE now ?
( there are worse places to be)
"I daydream just like everybody else, I just do it with my body facing the field, so everybody thinks I'm paying attention."- Greg Maddux
by Doggie Stalker on May 13, 2009 7:28 PM CDT up reply actions
cuz u r trying to pad your aKOWZR
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
Been there...
… when i graduated from Iowa a couple of years ago, i’d been too involved, too social, worked too hard…
I traveled Italy alone for a month, then moved to Chicago (where i knew next to nobody), got an apartment alone (after living with 12 people for three years straight), and did freelance web design from my living room while discovering Chicago. It was wonderful to have a little time away from the craziness.
"Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end"
by AndrewJStone on May 13, 2009 7:28 PM CDT up reply actions
Awesome
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
Here... and just a few blocks from Wrigley... no rain falling at this second.
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by AndrewJStone on May 13, 2009 7:17 PM CDT up reply actions
phew, finally made it
There was only a family of 4 in front of me at the sub place. Who knew how much a couple of 4 year olds could eat?
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
no weather issues here
in the land of fruits & nuts & HCG
"If it's obvious, it's obviously wrong." - a well known stock market guru
Watching the Cards game during the delay
Someone let me know if it starts?
Believe or Leave ~Cubswynn 9/9/2008
Rays-O's for me...
I’d watch hockey, but that appears to be a pointless exercise.
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by Chris Dobbertean on May 13, 2009 7:14 PM CDT up reply actions
I should take advantage of EI and flip over
I’m sure my brother will bug me about the Rays-O’s on IM.
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by Chris Dobbertean on May 13, 2009 7:15 PM CDT up reply actions
And in that process...
I see the Fish are 3-0 up on the Beermakers in the 1st.
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by Chris Dobbertean on May 13, 2009 7:16 PM CDT up reply actions
excellent.
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2009 7:18 PM CDT up reply actions
Unfortunately...
the Brewers pulled one back thanks to a Weeks lead-off HR.
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by Chris Dobbertean on May 13, 2009 7:23 PM CDT up reply actions
Copy/paste from the previous thread, regarding radar trends
Radar shows an area of moderate rain over Chicago, but upstream there is nothing. Rain should end around 7:30pm or so, but it looks good after that. Some widely scattered showers west of De Kalb, but they are moving east-northeast.
Assuming the field is currently playable, I don’t really see a weather reason right now why the game shouldn’t be able to be played.
Fairly significant squall line developing out in southeast Iowa, but that’s about 200-250 miles away, and a very rough guess would have an arrival time after 11pm. There may be some widely scattered severe storms ahead of this line, but right now there isn’t much after the current rain clears out by 7:30-7:45. Whether that is a big enough window to get the game in, I don’t know.
I've said it before
and I’ll say it again.
I LOVE this new field. Maybe nothing else good has come from the south side, but Roger Bossard did a great job.
by chitownhawkeye on May 13, 2009 7:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Gordo agrees.
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In other news
Chris “Idiot” Berman is in the booth with Sutt for the Phils/Dodgers game.
And its painful to listen to. Sutt and O’Brian were great, why mess with it?
Matt Kemp just scored from second on a sac bunt.
Man that was some impressive baserunning.
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Yup.
Just legged it out and never stopped when he rounded third.
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Impressive...
… but not as impressive as Werth last night.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090512&content_id=4693536&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
So raw.
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by AndrewJStone on May 13, 2009 7:22 PM CDT up reply actions
insane.
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2009 7:25 PM CDT up reply actions
Best part...
… that was just one of FOUR stolen bases for the game.
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by AndrewJStone on May 13, 2009 7:30 PM CDT up reply actions
And,
before he stole home, he stole 2nd and 3rd in THE SAME INNING. Incredible stuff.
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They just waived him in?
That seems like a recipe for an ugly double play.
by chitownhawkeye on May 13, 2009 7:23 PM CDT up reply actions
Holy cow...
This delay bit CSN is showing is from last year. It showed Jason Marquis as “Cubs starting pitcher”
BOOOOO Rain!
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
In need of some good TV during the rain delay?
On the Travel Channel, show called Extreme Fast Food, has their bit on the Wiener’s Circle right now. Did they ever open back up? My parents have been swearing by this place forever and I go there every time I’m in Chicago, without fail. I’d say better fries than Superdawg but not as good dogs.
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Superdawg was damn close to my house growing up
I lived by Touhy and Leigh. I remember helping the set up and opening of the Target on Touhy.
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
and for dogs
I was always a fan of U DAWG U
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
They are indeed back open...
… and just as crazy a post-bar experience ever.
Watch this if you don’t have the Travel Channel:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo1LPf9mnyU
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by AndrewJStone on May 13, 2009 7:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Good to hear they're back open.
And I’m officially starving now after watching this show for so long.
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sad note
zimmerman lost his hitting streak
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
hit streaks are cool, unless they come against the cubs
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
+1
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
i guess they're cool, but unless you know the guy or he has Chicago roots or something, i don't understand how there'd be enough of a rooting interest in the guy to make it sad
i mean, NOBODY is ever gonna get 56 again, so inevitably they all will come to an end
never say never.
someday, it’ll happen.
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2009 7:33 PM CDT up reply actions
they said the same about Aarons HR record
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
I don't know about you
I plan to live forever.
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2009 7:34 PM CDT up reply actions
just rain delay conversation
wouldn’t have brought it up if there was some action at wrigley. Unless of course he was in the 40’s.
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
my guess is somewhere at Wrigley there
is some action as we wait for the game to start…
"If it's obvious, it's obviously wrong." - a well known stock market guru
The Cubs don't play the Nats till July16
So there was enough time for him to break it and never have to worry about it as a Cub fan.
"I daydream just like everybody else, I just do it with my body facing the field, so everybody thinks I'm paying attention."- Greg Maddux
by Doggie Stalker on May 13, 2009 7:35 PM CDT up reply actions
didn't we lose 2 of 3 from them in a series just last year
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Why would you be happy to see it end?
How intense would it be if he hit 40?
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plus thats the one unbeatable record right now
but you have to have a run at it.
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
it would be different if he was a jerk, but nothing bad to say about Zimmerman
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
It's not really sad.
It’s sad that people make a big deal out of each person that tries to break it.
by northernsails on May 13, 2009 7:33 PM CDT up reply actions
is it a big deal just to mention it in a rain delay thread?
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
Really?
You think I’m making a big deal out of it?
by northernsails on May 13, 2009 7:40 PM CDT up reply actions
I thought you were
referring to me bringing it up in the first place.
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
hs there ever been an overflow thread before the first pitch?
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
BASEBALL BASEBALL BASEBALL!
lineups! no tarp! Yarp yarp!
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
Pirates score again 3-1 Bucs bottom 5th
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Hairston
lines off off of Freel’s glove.
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
Hairston smashes it past Freel
not a good start
freel with a missed play for his first Cubs stat
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
i do agree
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
first stat as a starter
or is it too late to try save myself?
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
There are no hits.
Just batters Ted Lilly allows on base.
This line from a movie, television show or other piece of popular culture pretty much sums up my entire personality.
I hate his little grin..
"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.
His name will be...
Heimlich
Because he chokes up
by northernsails on May 13, 2009 7:46 PM CDT up reply actions
5 - 1 Pirates, hooray
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
Eckstein
pops to left. HOP! Soriano takes it. One out, one on.
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
with this wind
any chance that Soriano does his hop and lands in Right Center?
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
What direction is wind blowing ?
"I daydream just like everybody else, I just do it with my body facing the field, so everybody thinks I'm paying attention."- Greg Maddux
by Doggie Stalker on May 13, 2009 7:47 PM CDT up reply actions
NOT GOOD
For Ted.
"I daydream just like everybody else, I just do it with my body facing the field, so everybody thinks I'm paying attention."- Greg Maddux
by Doggie Stalker on May 13, 2009 7:50 PM CDT up reply actions
In the immortal words of Haray Caray... HELLO EVERBODY!!
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
JIMMAY!
you just showed up after Gonzales homered!
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2009 7:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Why wasn't I here sonner?
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on May 13, 2009 7:51 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't know.
and don’t call me sonner.
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2009 7:52 PM CDT up reply actions
JIMMY!
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
Gonzales
deep drive to left center. Gonzales has his second 2run HR in two days.
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
Adrian just went yard
Now do you understand why I said that it’s NEVER good for leadoff hitters to get on base?
all this means
is that we’re still on target to redo last night.
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2009 7:48 PM CDT up reply actions
I wonder if you'll still say that
in a few hours
by northernsails on May 13, 2009 7:49 PM CDT up reply actions
I have every expectation
that the Cubs will win this game.
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2009 7:50 PM CDT up reply actions
does that mean
you will have a thread to yourself again fuill of unicorns?
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
we
should only be so lucky.
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2009 7:51 PM CDT up reply actions
From a past argument, i believe back when we were arguing that Z shouldn't have run out that bunt...
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by AndrewJStone on May 13, 2009 7:52 PM CDT up reply actions
ooh!
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2009 7:52 PM CDT up reply actions
The argument went...
… Z shouldn’t run out bunts because he MIGHT get hurt. My argument was that we should do thing x because unicorns MIGHT appear in center field.
And then i created said image, for illustration’s purposes.
Aaaannnddd… yeah.
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by AndrewJStone on May 13, 2009 7:54 PM CDT up reply actions
WTF
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
or why you neve pitch to him..
i would make someone else beat me.. With that lineup i would walk him every time
4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42
not the same pitcher
remember?
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2009 7:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Charlie Brown
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
whut?
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2009 7:52 PM CDT up reply actions
not sure what thinking would accomplish
Lilly is going to give up homeruns
by WanderingWanderer on May 13, 2009 7:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Is this really that hard to comprehend?
Does the phrase “don’t let the opposing team’s best hitter beat you” mean anything to you?
oh, is that all it takes?
All Lilly has to do is not “let” the opposing team’s best hitter beat him?
If only it were that easy.
Cmon. This is the PADRES, and it’s not Jake Peavy out there tonight.
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2009 7:52 PM CDT up reply actions
lol!
you want a mulligan now?
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2009 7:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Tell that
to Pujols’ batting average. :P
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2009 7:54 PM CDT up reply actions
No. But in a lineup with 8 shitty hitters...
You shouldn’t really give good pitches to the 1 good one. Pretty fundamental.
well
I’m not Ted Lilly, but I expect he didn’t just decide to take it easy on Gonzales.
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2009 7:55 PM CDT up reply actions
so you're suggesting what? Lilly should have willed the ball to stay in the park?
Are you under the impression Lilly was TRYING to give up a homerun just to see what it would look like?
by WanderingWanderer on May 13, 2009 7:55 PM CDT up reply actions
VERY VERY OUT.
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by AndrewJStone on May 13, 2009 7:48 PM CDT up reply actions
away from Gonzales' bat
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
the only stat that matters
is wins.
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2009 7:49 PM CDT up reply actions
ok.
Hey, Geo’s batting average! The only stat that matters is wins!
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2009 7:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Kouzmanoff
pops it out near-foul to right, but the wind blows it back in. Three outs.
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
Gotta head to work...
Let’s get some runs here. I expect to find a win when I come home! :)
by CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) on May 13, 2009 7:53 PM CDT reply actions
SORIANO!
TO WAVELAND AND BEYOND! 2-1 GAME!
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
Sori makes it a quick AB
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
Yep...
That’s a good start right there.
Well done, Sori.
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by Chris Dobbertean on May 13, 2009 7:54 PM CDT reply actions
BACK TO BACK JACKS!
RIOT GOES YARD! 2-2 GAME!
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
Riot back to back jacks
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
So much for that lead!
RIOT!
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by Chris Dobbertean on May 13, 2009 7:54 PM CDT reply actions
I think this game
may end up with a football score.
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
this is insane
theriot, i take back everything i said last night about you losing your identity as a hitter… keep swingin for the fences baby
omg, Riot!!!!!!!
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there are 2 of the 6 we score this inning
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
TIMMY!
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on May 13, 2009 7:55 PM CDT up reply actions
JIMMAY!
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
ROBODOME!!!!!
Attack!
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
I predict a wild night of homers...
May the cubs win the final battle.
Believe or Leave ~Cubswynn 9/9/2008
Yep!
They’re almost all right over the plate
by northernsails on May 13, 2009 7:57 PM CDT up reply actions
Dome
looks at an outside ball, but the ump calls it strike three.
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
YOU CANT SEE SORI
little late cause i had to pause the game earlier
Go Cubs Go, Fly Eagles Fly, http://twitter.com/mlbtrivia
Robodome ends the HR streak
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
Well, there's a gift for Young...
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
Lee shaved?
that must look weird.
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2009 7:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Last night...
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on May 13, 2009 7:58 PM CDT up reply actions
glad I stuck around for the first two hitters...
really leaving now.. bye
by CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) on May 13, 2009 7:57 PM CDT reply actions
Lee up
Let’s see if he has to clock Chris Young again
Lee will get his stroke back.
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2009 7:58 PM CDT up reply actions
drew... you sonner!
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on May 13, 2009 7:59 PM CDT up reply actions
I son
you son
he she it sons.
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2009 7:59 PM CDT up reply actions
I like!
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on May 13, 2009 8:00 PM CDT up reply actions
sure ya do,
son…
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2009 8:00 PM CDT up reply actions
the son will come out tomorrow
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
I'm older than you!!
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on May 13, 2009 8:01 PM CDT up reply actions
are you?
I’m almost 39.
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2009 8:02 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm almost 40...
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on May 13, 2009 8:02 PM CDT up reply actions
im almost 34
which is 47 in collection years
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
well, alright
son.
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2009 8:03 PM CDT up reply actions
JImmy / Drew
who has a bday sooner?
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
drew... does.
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on May 13, 2009 8:05 PM CDT up reply actions
When is your b-day?
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on May 13, 2009 8:03 PM CDT up reply actions
August 30
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2009 8:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Oct. 11th. I want a WS for my birthday!!
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by Jimmyeatworld on May 13, 2009 8:04 PM CDT up reply actions
i thinka more appropriate gift for that date is more along the lines of..
“I want a NLDS victory for my birthday”
MIne is in late Jan.
best I got was the Bears Super Bowl XX Victory two days after
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
You're right Danny...
But I’ll accept late gifts!
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on May 13, 2009 8:07 PM CDT up reply actions
since yours is closer
does that mean you win a Hoff jersey?
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
I don't know
does it?
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2009 8:05 PM CDT up reply actions
Hoff lover!!
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on May 13, 2009 8:06 PM CDT up reply actions
haha
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
TWSS
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
seriously, theriot could hit 10 HR this season
I'm a lefty, maybe Lou should give me a shot for a position in the bullpen!!
he's already got his career high for one season thanks to that one
by WanderingWanderer on May 13, 2009 7:58 PM CDT up reply actions
yeah, he's poised to have a break out year apparently
I'm a lefty, maybe Lou should give me a shot for a position in the bullpen!!
Lee
high drive, but Hairston makes the catch. Two outs.
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
Bradley batting
righty today?
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2009 8:01 PM CDT up reply actions
no, the wind was gusting to right
during his AB
by northernsails on May 13, 2009 8:01 PM CDT up reply actions
Ball four
One on, two outs, Fonty to bat. 2-2 score.
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
this would be a really nice time to break out of his funk
and prove me wrong for wondering why he’s in there in the first place
by WanderingWanderer on May 13, 2009 8:01 PM CDT up reply actions
bradley walks
unintentionally intentionally
Cmon Fonty...
- 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.
Soriano
now tied for second on the all-time leadoff HR list (from Twittermeyer)
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
says
it’s #53, tied with Biggio. Ricky Henderson has 81.
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2009 8:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Tied with Biggio
Len mentioned it not too long ago.
by northernsails on May 13, 2009 8:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Chris Young
really seems to be having problems keeping the ball down.
I thought you were wrong but....
2008 stats
Home 3 3 2.35
Away 4 3 5.27
2007 stats
Home 4 2 1.69
Away 5 6 4.52
stats confirm
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TWSS?
"Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end"
by AndrewJStone on May 13, 2009 8:04 PM CDT up reply actions
way outside on Fonty
he pulls it back to 3-2.
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
Ball four.
back to back walks. Two on, two outs. Soto to bat.
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
Or at least realize this guy is throwing junk
and take a walk
by chitownhawkeye on May 13, 2009 8:06 PM CDT up reply actions
THERE YOU GO
"Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end"
by AndrewJStone on May 13, 2009 8:07 PM CDT up reply actions
c'mon soto
how about a clutch hit
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
and GETS A HIT!
3-2 Cubs!
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2009 8:06 PM CDT up reply actions
I was about to say take the bat away from him
I stand corrected.
by chitownhawkeye on May 13, 2009 8:07 PM CDT up reply actions
you keep dissing
other people’s baseball knowedge, but it keeps happening right after players you diss get good hits.
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2009 8:08 PM CDT up reply actions
Geo's got 14 BB's this year
he knows the strikezone, he just isnt getting hits. Watching strikes isn’t going to help him
here
have another shovel.
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2009 8:13 PM CDT up reply actions
how
exactly, does that matter?
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2009 8:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Not being an ass...
Just suggesting that you get off yours occassionally and step away from the computer.
honestly, who cares
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
maybe some people
have friends all over.
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2009 8:22 PM CDT up reply actions
I have a lot
of friends and family that keep me busy off line. I post a lot during games that’s how they add up.
we so
its called a laptop at Starbucks
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
with the weather
you do want to rush into the 5th in case it is called, so swing away, we got a lead
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
why?
he’s not going to get his groove back by not swinging. You get better at hitting by… HITTING.
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2009 8:11 PM CDT up reply actions
in order to be a hitter
you have to swing.
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2009 8:12 PM CDT up reply actions
ok, calling someone an idiot is one thing
but the line must be drawn, calling anyone Dusty, even Darren Baker, is just wrong
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
don't even.
I know the value of walking. But Soto isn’t going to get better by walking.
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2009 8:13 PM CDT up reply actions
perplexed.
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2009 8:15 PM CDT up reply actions
plus Soto is not paid to walk
he might pull a hammy walking to first
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
6 is a magic number
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
I thought 3 was a magic number
Don’t tell me Schoolhouse Rock lied.
by chitownhawkeye on May 13, 2009 8:08 PM CDT up reply actions
30 pitches for Young already in the game.
"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.
nice of you
to talk out of both sides of your mouth like that. Are you new to this game?
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2009 8:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Shut up idiot.
I said he should’ve taken a strike considering that A) Young had thrown 6 straight balls and B) Soto has been awful this year. That’s fundamental baseball. Maybe you’re the one that’s new.
namecalling?
are you going to debate the game with what happens in the game? Or are you just going to holler about how the Cubs suck and everyone’s an idiot?
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2009 8:09 PM CDT up reply actions
and I quote:
Soto, you suck right now
Want another mulligan?
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2009 8:11 PM CDT up reply actions
that's irony, that is.
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2009 8:20 PM CDT up reply actions
Can't we just get along?
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
You stole my line!
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on May 13, 2009 8:13 PM CDT up reply actions
why cant we be friends
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
I'm from Cal
so it’s near and dear to my heart.
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
dude, maybe you should chill a little bit.
It’s the first inning.
by WanderingWanderer on May 13, 2009 8:07 PM CDT up reply actions
alllllrrrriiiigggghhhhtt soto!!
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nice, geo
his hand still seems “tender” for lack of a better word, but at least he’s not trying to do too much and getting aboard
Freel pops out
to Gonzales. Three outs. 3-2 Cubs! How can that be right, the Cubs can’t be winning! They suck! :P
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
OT: Did anyone see the story about Corey Blount in the Suntimes today?
Hilarious
4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42
he had like 39 pounds of weed on him and the judge said, "Cheech and Chong don't even smoke that much"
oh and he’s 40 now…
here is linky
http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2009/5/13/874308/ot-corie-blount-former-bull-is
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
29 lbs
and there is a thread about it (look to your right)
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
aight well I need to catch up on some sleep so I'm gonna be out
hope the rest of the game is great!
I'm a lefty, maybe Lou should give me a shot for a position in the bullpen!!
excellent
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2009 8:14 PM CDT up reply actions
good, hopefully .5 out by the end of the evening
I'm a lefty, maybe Lou should give me a shot for a position in the bullpen!!
brew crew losing 4-3 bottom 4th
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goood goooood!
Let the hate flow through you.
by northernsails on May 13, 2009 8:17 PM CDT up reply actions
One out
fly ball to Dome. Giles to bat.
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
I didn't get to finish, how freaking bad was Giles' contract
that he’s still on the Padres?
He’s been average to below average for quite a few years now
by WanderingWanderer on May 13, 2009 8:16 PM CDT up reply actions
No, he hasn't.
He was actually really good last year. Above average the prior two year. And very good prior to that.
Giles to third
on Rodreguizes’ single off the mound.
"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley
Jessica and I are all alone in the
"I knew we were in for a long season when we lined up for the national anthem on opening day and one of my players said, 'Every time I hear that song I have a bad game.'" - Jim Leyland
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