Overflow Thread 2: Cubs vs. Giants, Tuesday 5/5, 1:20 CT
by Al Yellon on May 5, 2009 3:15 PM CDT
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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're gonna need a bigger boat.
Bases loaded, no outs
"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
let's see the Shark swim out of this one!
"If it's obvious, it's obviously wrong." - a well known stock market guru
The Shark bites Molina with a fastball....HBP.
BASES LOADED NO OUTS.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 5, 2009 3:21 PM CDT reply actions
Ball one.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 5, 2009 3:22 PM CDT reply actions
Strike one.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 5, 2009 3:22 PM CDT up reply actions
He's not that bad
But he’s not good either. So far, he’s been way, way overrated, like most, if not all of Hendry’s draft picks.
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
Me too...
Kind of pissed at Hendry for this. He went to watch him pitch that AAA game and was Convinced he was ready to come back here. SInce, he’s pitched like garbage and the let a guy go.
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." - Alvin Dark
Spellcheck listened to Howry too much
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
Bases clearing double.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 5, 2009 3:23 PM CDT reply actions
As opposed to good?
"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
Oh..only a 2 run double.
2nd and 3rd no outs. 5 -2 Giants.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 5, 2009 3:23 PM CDT reply actions
Sucks.
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." ~Alvin Dark
by DamonBerryhillsMitt on May 5, 2009 3:24 PM CDT reply actions
I told you guys I had a bad feeling about this.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 5, 2009 3:24 PM CDT reply actions
Thanks Nostradamus...
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on May 5, 2009 3:25 PM CDT up reply actions
The crappy thing is Marshall will get the loss if the Cubs can't come back
And he doesn’t really deserve it… this game SHOULD be 2-2 right now…
He walked the leadoff man and gave up a single to the next batter....I don't think so.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 5, 2009 3:25 PM CDT up reply actions
I do think so
From what I could tell he made one mistake on one pitch to a single batter… other than that he was pretty spectacular given the team that was in support of him, with 3 players effectively playing out of position (4 if you count Dome, but he played RF last year, so I don’t). I think Sean deserved more in this start than a cheap loss…
You know what they should of done is......
Stretch this guy out as a starter
"How's your mother?"
"She's on her way out."
"We all are. Act accordingly."
He'd still suck
He’s proven nothing so far yet got an express trip to the majors way, way too early.
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
don't forget the no-trade clause.
is there another minor leaguer who can tell his parent club they can’t trade him?
"Oh Crap"
-Famous Last Words by General George Custer
PPD??
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." ~Alvin Dark
by DamonBerryhillsMitt on May 5, 2009 3:25 PM CDT up reply actions
That was the bottom of the 9th?
Man, that’s weird…
by Craig in South Bend on May 5, 2009 3:25 PM CDT up reply actions
lot of power on the bench
And there are six outs to go. I grant you it looks bad.
Alright, well,
take care then.
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." ~Alvin Dark
by DamonBerryhillsMitt on May 5, 2009 3:28 PM CDT up reply actions
And if we don't come back...prepare yourselves for the fanposts bemoaning Lou's decision to sit everyone.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 5, 2009 3:25 PM CDT reply actions
I think I want to avoid that
more than a Cubs loss…
by Craig in South Bend on May 5, 2009 3:25 PM CDT up reply actions
Anyone out
yet??
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." ~Alvin Dark
by DamonBerryhillsMitt on May 5, 2009 3:25 PM CDT up reply actions
Thx
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." ~Alvin Dark
by DamonBerryhillsMitt on May 5, 2009 3:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Single. another run.
6-2
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 5, 2009 3:25 PM CDT reply actions
Think Theriot could spot us a granny?
"Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand." - Leo Durocher
Lee nice over the shoulder catch. 1 out
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 5, 2009 3:26 PM CDT reply actions
Bring on Howry!
Please?
"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
Howry pitched 2 last night, doubt he's in today.
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on May 5, 2009 3:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Don't steal my dreams!
"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
I would like to be the judge of that.
"Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand." - Leo Durocher
Walked. the. bases. loaded.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 5, 2009 3:28 PM CDT reply actions
And. Hitting. The. Showers.
"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
Getting. On. Bus. To. Iowa.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 5, 2009 3:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, cos this is where Cotts just excels.
remember
Sammy Jankis
by neverAcquiesce on May 5, 2009 3:28 PM CDT up reply actions
I think Lou is just content to watch the rest of the game and smile as Cotts gives up 3 more runs.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 5, 2009 3:29 PM CDT up reply actions
hi EM
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
Cottssucker
can get it down
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
gimme a break
vizcaino wasn’t any better than Shark. They are both useless at this point. I frankly don’t think anyone in this bullpen is particularly reliable at this point. Heilman and Marmol are closest.
I'd throw Gregg into the reliable group
He’s been good lately.
Shark has done nothing
but give up runs. Send him back to Iowa.
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
What about...
…picking up Hoffman from Milwaukee? An established closer, and allow Marmol and Gregg to eat up the 7th and 8th. Hell, rotate the three of them.
Hoff started the season on the DL
and we know how well players on the DL are treated around here
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 would highly DOUBT
Milwaukee would trade anyone to a division rival.
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." - Alvin Dark
Not under normal
circumstances, but given Hoffman’s age and if they completely fall out of the running for anything. I could see him being a valuable stopper in post season play.
I don't think they are going to fall out of the running.
too much offense up there.
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." - Alvin Dark
And the boobirds visit the North Side
Who would’ve thunk they would thrive in this ecosystem?
One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.
The Shark sort of deserves some of it.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 5, 2009 3:29 PM CDT up reply actions
he sucked big time today
any reliever who enters a pressure situation and walks one guy and hits another should expect boos.
Agreed
He was absolutely atrocious. BAD! No command, and his fastball, which is really his only piitch, was not so fast and really fast.
"How's your mother?"
"She's on her way out."
"We all are. Act accordingly."
by louslovechild on May 5, 2009 3:30 PM CDT up reply actions
He didn't look good today at all
Methinks he needs a little more time in Des Moines.
by Not Bruce Froemming on May 5, 2009 3:31 PM CDT up reply actions
The Shark may have bought Gathwrong more time on this team.
As it looks like it might be the Shark who needs to go back to Iowa to get more consistent work on his pitches/location.
"If it's obvious, it's obviously wrong." - a well known stock market guru
stop being worried
we have a mighty bench full of bats
and they have Howry
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
Doubtful Howry pitches, pitched 2 last night
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on May 5, 2009 3:30 PM CDT up reply actions
shoosh
Howry will pitch today, or my name is not Sue
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
This is perfect!
There’s no room on the bases for Cotts to walk anyone!
"Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand." - Leo Durocher
Gregg has not been good
He grooves pitches. The third out of his last two saves were ripped – thankfully right at fielders. I’ve seen nothing encouraging from Gregg, that said Wood hasn’t been any better and many ML closers are struggling so it is what it is.
Holy CRAP! 1-2-3 double play!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 5, 2009 3:31 PM CDT reply actions
1-2-3 DP!
"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
I was walking home and saw Pablo walking the same
way yesterday? I was amazed- he was carrying his bats!
Definitive Answers to Impossible Questions What baseball team did A. Lincoln support?
Howry was a totally different story
He’d be fine for 2 outs, and then he’d leave one of his 92mph fastballs that doesn’t even move an inch out there to get crushed.
1 pitch, 2 outs
Efficient.
"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
Apparently Cotts just needs to work in situations
where he can’t possibly be worse than what came before him.
remember
Sammy Jankis
by neverAcquiesce on May 5, 2009 3:32 PM CDT up reply actions
5 is a magic number today.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 5, 2009 3:32 PM CDT up reply actions
It's fate I tell ya.
remember
Sammy Jankis
by neverAcquiesce on May 5, 2009 3:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Meanwhile in Washington
The Nats and Astros are in a rain delay in the 11th inning, tied 10-10.
Make them late for their flight home, nice and tired when the Cubs face ’em tomorrow.
by Not Bruce Froemming on May 5, 2009 3:32 PM CDT reply actions
Would the Astros have sent Hampton home
already? Or since this was a day game, would he have stayed with the team?
by Not Bruce Froemming on May 5, 2009 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions
Fun
Forfeits are fun. I hope we can rest a bunch of guys with some regularity because these games are great. Better yet, I hope all of the guys that got days off today are ready to hit like crazy because if they don’t, this planned day off was possibly one of the worst mangerial moves I’ve seen in decades.
Who needs a stinkin' tag line? What are they for anyway?
sez' you.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 5, 2009 3:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Shouldn't you be shooing kids off your lawn?
"Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand." - Leo Durocher
I think we have a winner
in the “Most Moronic Post of the Day” competition. Better late than never.
by Not Bruce Froemming on May 5, 2009 3:33 PM CDT up reply actions
I know.
His initial post was bad enough, but this one’s worse.
by Not Bruce Froemming on May 5, 2009 3:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Wow
I’m wondering if you guys truly know anything at all about baseball or would simply prefer to discount the opinions of everyone else if they don’t happen to conform to your often flawed logic. Ranting? Hardly. Expressing a dissenters opinion at the idiocy of today’s lineup, absolutely. I realize most of the entries on message boards end up being conclusatory based on a lack of reading comprehension but even so, ranting? That’s just silly.
Say what you want, if you guys like this lineup and believe it has any merit whatsoever, maybe you should petition for it to be brought out monthly. The fact of the matter is, just as you have suggested, it’s May. It’s early and despite NBF’s assertion that somehow playing the regulars today would consist of “riding them hard” perhaps you should take a look at exactly what the regulars would have been asked to do today. Take 4 AB’s, jog or walk out to their positions and otherwise stand around and do nothing. Wow, that’s brutal. If you don’t believe that is the normal routine, sit and watch a game once. No, really…watch a game without commercials getting in the way and detail exactly what they do over the course of 3 hours, sitting in the dugout in between innings of course. If you think that is “riding them hard” you’re out of your mind.
Good managerial move? Hardly. I’ll back off it being one of the “worst” moves in decades but as far as Piniella is concerned, it was hardly his best day.
I don’t want supposed feel good stories about guys that belong toiling in the minors for a reason. I want the Cubs to take hold of this division, in April, May, August, I don’t care what month. Today, that was not going to happen with the lineup thrown out there. To suggest otherwise is just plain fantasy.
Who needs a stinkin' tag line? What are they for anyway?
Wow...
… you don’t want feel good stories or days off for our starters? All you need is DOMINATION!
So silly.
"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"
You're a very up person.
remember
Sammy Jankis
by neverAcquiesce on May 5, 2009 3:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Somebody has a case of the Monday's...
…and yet it’s Tuesday!
or we can just make this our normal line up
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
Jackassery
Hey, if Spellcheck does his job, this is a one-run game. You can’t play your starters every day, and the guys on the bench deserve to play.
Your post is hind-sight jackassery at its worst. Are you Phil Rogers?
Ladies and gentlemen! It's 1985 all over again, but this time the offense goes to hell!
-110
for using jackassery in a reply to his jackassery title
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
Anyone know
how come HBCG left us?? Just was looking at an older post and it looks like she packed up her screen name and got outta here.
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." ~Alvin Dark
by DamonBerryhillsMitt on May 5, 2009 3:32 PM CDT reply actions
Was wondering the same
"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
Looks like she voided out
her account…
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." ~Alvin Dark
by DamonBerryhillsMitt on May 5, 2009 3:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Unless you guys are being sarcastic because you already know the answer...
Then I believe she changed her name but is still around. She posts on WindyCityGridiron regularly
"One time I went to a social gathering, I brought a bottle of Tanqueray and a shotgun and showed those motherf&#@ers the best time they ever had!"- Kenny Powers (Eastbound and Down)
"Why give 100% when 35 can still get you paid and laid."- Kenny Powers
by gridiron_assassin on May 5, 2009 3:46 PM CDT up reply actions
It was either Allie of HoneyBear, I can never remember. She had it in her sig tho
"One time I went to a social gathering, I brought a bottle of Tanqueray and a shotgun and showed those motherf&#@ers the best time they ever had!"- Kenny Powers (Eastbound and Down)
"Why give 100% when 35 can still get you paid and laid."- Kenny Powers
by gridiron_assassin on May 5, 2009 6:17 PM CDT up reply actions
OT - get this: Astros/Nats - TIED 10 to 10 - 24 hits combined...
…and now DELAYED BY RAIN in the 11th.
Wait a minute... who am I here?
we got the Giants right where we want them
no worries here, we will win 7-5
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
on days like this, Lou should go out there and argue with the umps to take a run off the board for the visitors
he could probably just blame it on Cinco de Mayo, cuz you know he’s gettin loaded after (and possibly during) this
Whatchyou still doing here?
Thought this game was over…
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." ~Alvin Dark
by DamonBerryhillsMitt on May 5, 2009 3:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Cute
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." ~Alvin Dark
by DamonBerryhillsMitt on May 5, 2009 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions
Merkin Valdez in to pitch.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 5, 2009 3:33 PM CDT reply actions
... merkin?
Tennis is to artillery and air strikes what football is to infantry and attrition. - David Foster Wallace
Really?
Does that make this game more enjoyable?
remember
Sammy Jankis
by neverAcquiesce on May 5, 2009 3:34 PM CDT up reply actions
no. I neither played nor watch at a high level.
I was commenting on the pitch :-)
"If it's obvious, it's obviously wrong." - a well known stock market guru
he's like their samardzijajajiza!!
Tennis is to artillery and air strikes what football is to infantry and attrition. - David Foster Wallace
Theriot leadoffs with a pop up to Winn.
1 out.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 5, 2009 3:35 PM CDT reply actions
Wait ...
why aren’t we pinch-hitting for Gathright?
Because he's going to get on base, steal second....and score on a HR.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 5, 2009 3:36 PM CDT up reply actions
or strike out
Joey Gathright is not good at baseball.
Or just K.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 5, 2009 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions
because Lou Pineilla has a plan
and any minute now, he’s going to enact it
"Oh Crap"
-Famous Last Words by General George Custer
- infinity BCB Points.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 5, 2009 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions
we are not bad sorry people.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 5, 2009 3:39 PM CDT up reply actions
send us $5 each and we will forgive.
we can be bought…
"If it's obvious, it's obviously wrong." - a well known stock market guru
Sue & SWL: you guys have to let me represent you in this matter :-)
"If it's obvious, it's obviously wrong." - a well known stock market guru
+5
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
Nowhere close
For one thing, Gathright isn’t playing every day.
by Not Bruce Froemming on May 5, 2009 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions
Nope
Gathright is No. 25 on this roster. Corey was leading off for most of a season after everybody but Dusty knew he couldn’t do it.
by Not Bruce Froemming on May 5, 2009 3:45 PM CDT up reply actions
The key difference is
Patterson was a regular starter and counted on to be a key offensive contributor. Gathright isn’t.
by Not Bruce Froemming on May 5, 2009 3:57 PM CDT up reply actions
But they accomplished about the same things at the plate
patterson (.253/.291/.407)
gathright (.262/.327/.302
miles legs out an infield single.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 5, 2009 3:38 PM CDT reply actions
SS couldn't dig it out of the glove
"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
Just got done with class.
This is the worst Chicago Cubs’ starting lineup I’ve seen in years.
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
5-10 years, minimum.
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
Some of those Dusty lineups
were much, much worse. And those were put there without a purpose, unlike this one.
by Not Bruce Froemming on May 5, 2009 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions
+1
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on May 5, 2009 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions
*Sigh*
Read some of the earlier posts on this topic. Then go get yourself a copy of “Baseball for Dummies.” You might learn something.
by Not Bruce Froemming on May 5, 2009 3:46 PM CDT up reply actions
Look up a lineup from June 2006
Get back to me.
One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.
Actually Neifi > Miles, and CPatt > Joey
and that’s saying something
"Oh Crap"
-Famous Last Words by General George Custer
well as long as we are comparing the past
Zambrano > Zambrano
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 wish Lou ...
had put either Theriot or Sori in the lineup.
Miles steals 2nd.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 5, 2009 3:40 PM CDT reply actions
Defensive don't-give-a-shit?
remember
Sammy Jankis
by neverAcquiesce on May 5, 2009 3:41 PM CDT up reply actions
sb
i wouldn’t think catchers indifference in a four-run game in the 8th.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Just North of Wrigley Field
by jameslcrockett on May 5, 2009 3:43 PM CDT up reply actions
8th Inning
or 9th are we in?
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." ~Alvin Dark
by DamonBerryhillsMitt on May 5, 2009 3:44 PM CDT up reply actions
Runner at 2nd. 2-2 2out.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 5, 2009 3:41 PM CDT reply actions
Dome walks.
1st and 2nd. 2 out.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 5, 2009 3:41 PM CDT reply actions
I hope he places it on Montrose
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 this past weekend
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on May 5, 2009 3:43 PM CDT up reply actions
maybe this weekends ghost has a ghost he can use
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
if he exercised them we'd be in good shape
but if he exorcised them, well, we saw what happened.
Tennis is to artillery and air strikes what football is to infantry and attrition. - David Foster Wallace
Satan's never been known for his spelling...
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on May 5, 2009 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Lee K's.
Game Over.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on May 5, 2009 3:44 PM CDT reply actions
Why
not?
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." ~Alvin Dark
by DamonBerryhillsMitt on May 5, 2009 3:45 PM CDT up reply actions
K, got confused
Got busy at work. Didn’t know where we were in the game…
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." ~Alvin Dark
by DamonBerryhillsMitt on May 5, 2009 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions
game?
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
d'oh!
Tennis is to artillery and air strikes what football is to infantry and attrition. - David Foster Wallace
this game was basically one big wasted opportunity
"Oh Crap"
-Famous Last Words by General George Custer
Wow, Lee K'd!!
Still not back and fading…….
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
Geez...
if only one of the Cubs regulars had been up in that RBI situation…. oh wait, what?
Ladies and gentlemen! It's 1985 all over again, but this time the offense goes to hell!
Is game over
or 8th Inning over??
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." ~Alvin Dark
by DamonBerryhillsMitt on May 5, 2009 3:46 PM CDT reply actions
not over yet
roseanne hasn’t sung quite yet
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Just North of Wrigley Field
by jameslcrockett on May 5, 2009 3:46 PM CDT up reply actions
8th
The second General is 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
I know there are reasons for lineups like this
But couldn’t we have found a way to sit the guys who haven’t had a day off — Sori and/or Theriot — and played the guys who have been out for a while?
I’m just puzzled that one of the group of Theriot, Sori, Bradley and Ramirez couldn’t play today. And why couldn’t one have them hit for Gathright?
what does that mean?
Of course, they’re a team.
...and there's no "I" in team, either...
lol
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by carmen_fanzone on May 5, 2009 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Yep, I agree....Sori and Riot..maybe Rami with the night game...
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by carmen_fanzone on May 5, 2009 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Theriot and Soriano haven't had a game off all season
Rami was sore after playing last night, and Bradley still might be a bit sluggish. Day game after a night game.
I have no problem with the lineup, as a one-shot deal, under these circumstances.
by Not Bruce Froemming on May 5, 2009 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, that's what I said....
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on May 5, 2009 3:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Is it?
I thought you were replying to the OP.
by Not Bruce Froemming on May 5, 2009 3:51 PM CDT up reply actions
there's no reason Theriot AND Sori had to sit
Whomever played today could have been on the bench tomorrow night.
that's just silly talk!
In the midst of playing our best baseball of the season, it makes perfect sense to bench as many starters as you can. Because as we all know, that’s how you win championships…..or something
"Oh Crap"
-Famous Last Words by General George Custer
Yeah, it is
If you want them to run out of gas in August and September, ride ‘em like rented mules in May. Just like Leo Durocher did. You’ve heard of him, right?
by Not Bruce Froemming on May 5, 2009 3:53 PM CDT up reply actions
And then you'd complain
That they didn’t play in that game.
The Cubs’ chances of beating Mike Hampton are greater than their chances of beating Tim Lincecum.
by Not Bruce Froemming on May 5, 2009 3:51 PM CDT up reply actions
I thought we agreed to ignore each other, NBF
Anyway, I would NOT have complained if Sori sat today and Theriot sat tomorrow night.
Agreements are made to be broken
I suggest you take your complaint to Piniella. Maybe he’ll put you on staff.
by Not Bruce Froemming on May 5, 2009 3:54 PM CDT up reply actions
At least you didn't resort to name calling, this time
Classy of you.
You not type so good
Wish that was the least of your problems.
by Not Bruce Froemming on May 5, 2009 3:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Come on, NBF...
…you can rest players over the course of a couple games, I don’t think anyone would bitch about that.
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by carmen_fanzone on May 5, 2009 3:54 PM CDT up reply actions
With five games coming up
on the road against division opponents, and no days off until Monday, this probably was the best opportunity to give some meaningful days of rest. It made sense today.
Now, that doesn’t mean it would make sense to do it again, necessarily.
by Not Bruce Froemming on May 5, 2009 3:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Also
It’s a good chance to see what the bench guys can do.
by Not Bruce Froemming on May 5, 2009 3:59 PM CDT up reply actions
fine
But there’s no reason, barring injury, why Sori AND Theriot had to sit. One of them sitting would have been fine.
Whatever
I just gave reasons, but that won’t change your mind.
by Not Bruce Froemming on May 5, 2009 4:01 PM CDT up reply actions
Because neither one of them
had missed a game all season. All things considered, this was the best day to do it.
Maybe Theriot should have sat last night, right? No, wait …
by Not Bruce Froemming on May 5, 2009 4:03 PM CDT up reply actions
What's wrong with sitting one today ...
and one tomorrow? You still haven’t addressed that.
Maybe the matchup
with Hampton is better than it is with Lincecum. Maybe the timing is right — he doesn’t want to give a day off too close to the next one.
Do you really think either player would have made that much of a difference today?
by Not Bruce Froemming on May 5, 2009 4:05 PM CDT up reply actions
it's possible
We don’t really know. I just don’t understand sitting both of them on the same day when Bradley and Ramirez are ALSO out.
Maybe Lou will explain his rationale
With Bradley and Ramirez both recently injured, you don’t necessarily want to push them right now, either.
by Not Bruce Froemming on May 5, 2009 4:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh, I don't mind sitting those two
I’m talking Sori and Theriot.
Question him all you want
But I understand his logic here. Good God, just go to extremes, why don’t you.
by Not Bruce Froemming on May 5, 2009 4:03 PM CDT up reply actions
it might get answers
but none are from Lou
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 know
but i need 20000 more posts to catch up
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 get this kind of thinking
What else should we be discussing, Sue? Seriously, I’d like to hear an answer.
You aren't discussing
You’re complaining. Big difference.
by Not Bruce Froemming on May 5, 2009 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions
I'd like to hear Sue's response ...
But, seriously, what’s wrong with complaining?
its not discussing
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
everything can be solved
by solving anything
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
All you are doing
is bitching. Over and over and over. NB is trying to give you his reasons why and you argue those.
Well ...
I wanted a reason, with Bradley and Ramirez out, why Lou would sit Sori AND Theriot. And it took a while to get that answer.
you're right
It’s not worth discussing unless we can ask the person who made the decision.
YOU. ARE. NOT. DISCUSSING.
ANYTHING…You are complaining, and you, BoVandy, Dylan Satan, etc., etc., have been doing it ad nauseum today. Some of you declared this game over before it even started, and then were “nice” enough to stick around and continue to complain. If you were so dissatisfied, why even watch? You know when people complain about fair weather fans? Do you even wonder who they may be referring to? No? BECAUSE YOU’RE ONE OF THEM. If there was ever an example of a reason to ban people from these things, you, and a whole lot of others are it. This is the end of your “discussion”.
by Craig in South Bend on May 5, 2009 4:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Overreact, much?
….elgato’s asking a legitimate question that WILL be discussed about this game. And he gave a scenario that might have worked better, in his eyes. I’d hardly call it bitching more than trying to have a discussion with NBF.
Doesn’t this board do that, like, ALL the time?
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by carmen_fanzone on May 5, 2009 4:20 PM CDT up reply actions
Overreact? No.
I’m just frustrated at seeing the same complaint be voice over, and over, and over again by the same group of people. Then, when you call them out on it, they use the “just ignore it” excuse, except this isn’t a message board. It’s not like I can just choose to not read one thread in a forum because this site doesn’t behave like that. It’s one large discussion that kept being de-railed with complaints and bitching by the same group of knuckleheads. I can appreciate any type of constructive criticism or discussion that may go on, but throughout this whole game, even before it started, you had the same people saying the game was over before it started and complaining the whole way through, as if they wanted the team to lose. It’s almost enough to not even want to come back. The whole idea behind these things is to say what you would in a normal conversation with other people, and I can guarantee that 90% of the people here wouldn’t stick around if 10% of the rest of the group kept moaning and groaning non-stop.
by Craig in South Bend on May 5, 2009 4:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Well, I wasn't in the gamethread much...
….and I know what you mean by certain people. Afraid it’s the nature of the beast. It drives me nuts sometimes, too.
I was just commenting on this last thread’s attempted discussion above. Didn’t know there was a “history” before it.
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by carmen_fanzone on May 5, 2009 4:30 PM CDT up reply actions
And sorry to type out a book to you
I knew you weren’t here throughout much of it, so that wasn’t really fair of me.
by Craig in South Bend on May 5, 2009 4:32 PM CDT up reply actions
I never wrote this game off
I was not in the initial game thread. I DO apologize if the Theriot/Soriano question was raised a lot in the beginning. But if it wasn’t, then I don’t feel apologetic.
No problem, man.
I’ve went off on the negativity before….
Don’t like it, but realize there’s always people like that out there.
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by carmen_fanzone on May 5, 2009 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions
didn't post ...
before the game started.
Also, fair weather fans are the fans who stop watching when the team isn’t winning. That ain’t me, pal.
You weren't discussing.
You were bitching non stop. Lou said in his pregame pc that he was giving guys the day off just like he said he would during spring training. Why he chose who would have the day off today is something none of us can answer.
but we can discuss it....
….and his discussion centered around “why all at the same time?”. You don’t think Al’s going to bring it up on his post game thread?
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by carmen_fanzone on May 5, 2009 4:22 PM CDT up reply actions
frankly, Sue
… I didn’t even start posting until about the sixth inning. I think the folks, like you, who express anger at individuals who complain/discuss do so because they’re actually angry at the pack of people who are complaining/discussing.
I don’t consider myself to be a ledgejumper. But I’m not going to accept every strange decision that the Cubs make just because they’re the Cubs.
But what can
you or any of us do about it? You kept asking the same question and we don’t have the answer. That is something only Lou can answer. That’s what bothers me the most is that people (not just you) keep harping on what pisses them off when there is nothing that any of us can do to change things.
I know you aren’t a ledgejumper. It’s one game. It wasn’t a sure thing we would have won had the starters played the wole game. Maybe had a better chance but not a sure thing.
Bench guys have been playing a lot with all the injuries...
there’s really no need to “see what they can do”.
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by carmen_fanzone on May 5, 2009 4:10 PM CDT up reply actions
what's the strikezone been like today?
i came in late, but the gameday feed seems to tell me it’s pretty microscopic.
Tennis is to artillery and air strikes what football is to infantry and attrition. - David Foster Wallace
I wouldn't say that
It’s been a little high, pehaps.
by Not Bruce Froemming on May 5, 2009 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions
10 minutes
If this gets that far
"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
Got interesting for a moment, the BOOM - rug pulled out from under us...
Wait a minute... who am I here?
Shark really blew today, and after Marshall pulled it together so well - what a shame...
Wait a minute... who am I here?
Wow, really?
Because, I couldn’t tell. I figured you were joking about that the first 100 times you mentioned it.
by Craig in South Bend on May 5, 2009 3:52 PM CDT up reply actions
everyone else comments on it, so will I
you’re free to ignore it
"Oh Crap"
-Famous Last Words by General George Custer
Like I care one iota
whether or not I measure up to what you consider a fan.
"Oh Crap"
-Famous Last Words by General George Custer
WP and advanced on Aurelia's 3U
"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
he singled, stole second, and got to third on a grount out
"Oh Crap"
-Famous Last Words by General George Custer
Last year
and the year previous, I was a regular on this site.
Lately all the negative oh the sky is falling crap has really taken its toll on an otherwise amazing site.
I miss my buds on her though.
It's just a handful of people dude
and it’s fairly easy to spot them and ignore them. Come back.
One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.
WB, Galvan
All is not lost, yet. It’s just these horrible 1 game losing streaks that bring out the negativity.
"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
It's a sprint, y'know.
"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
worst case: 4-2 home stand.
time to PANIC!!!
"If it's obvious, it's obviously wrong." - a well known stock market guru
did the Germans invade Pearl Harbor?
(it worked in Animal House)
"If it's obvious, it's obviously wrong." - a well known stock market guru
that's the spirit
now get out of here, you’re making us naysayers look bad.
Tennis is to artillery and air strikes what football is to infantry and attrition. - David Foster Wallace
1 out - I'm heading home
Have a good night, all. We’ll get ’em tomorrow.
Wait a minute... who am I here?
Yeah, he's had some bad luck the last two outings
Maybe he can get a win Sunday in Milwaukee.
by Not Bruce Froemming on May 5, 2009 3:59 PM CDT up reply actions
Yes and No...
He gave up a 3 run homer, put the first 2 guys on in the 8th and they only scored 2 runs. Granted the lineup wasn’t what it usually is but there is no saying the others would have fared that well vs Tiny Tim.
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." - Alvin Dark
Yes.
The 2 guys on base when he gave up the homer would not have been on base if there was a real 3rd basemen in the game.
And we know pitching is all about confidence- how are you helping Sean’s confidence by trotting out that bootleg lineup to back him up? And vs one of the best pitchers in baseball none the less?
Marmol pitched the last 2 nights, he wasn't going in today..
..nor was Gregg.
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by carmen_fanzone on May 5, 2009 4:32 PM CDT up reply actions
was awaay for a bit
score?
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
Not only that
but the backups hung in there for most of the game, and Sean did an alright job too. You can’t win em all, but if you can at least play like they did in this losing effort, at least up until being down 6-2, then there’s quite a bit to learn and hopefully we’ll see better stuff from them all in the future.
by Craig in South Bend on May 5, 2009 4:02 PM CDT up reply actions
Let's be realistic
Despite all the complaining, this lineup did just fine. Marshal melting down late and Shark not showing up is the difference. Otherwise it’s a 3-2 game. No shame in that.
by chitownhawkeye on May 5, 2009 4:05 PM CDT up reply actions
Up until the end, he was good
Good to see him bounce back strong after a rocky 1st
by chitownhawkeye on May 5, 2009 4:11 PM CDT up reply actions
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