Overflow Thread 2: Cubs vs. Twins, Friday 6/12, 1:20 CT
by Al Yellon on Jun 12, 2009 3:15 PM CDT
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Third.
Just trying to pump my comment count.
"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 Jun 12, 2009 3:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Aaron Heilman in to pitch for the Chicago National League Ballclub.
W 2 L 3 ERA 4.44 G 27
"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.
Thanks for the jump!
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 12, 2009 3:21 PM CDT reply actions
No prob
"When two Whales Fight, many Shrimp Die" - Korean Proverb
by TheRiot Police on Jun 12, 2009 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions
That's very considerate of you.
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Jun 12, 2009 3:22 PM CDT up reply actions
I hope that's all we'll need.
I spent 90% of my money on women and drink. The rest I wasted - George Best
I'd much rather not have to take those.
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 12, 2009 3:22 PM CDT up reply actions
After a meeting, I'm back
I don’t even want to contribute in fear of retaliation…
One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.
Big spot here
Keep the momentum
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Jun 12, 2009 3:21 PM CDT reply actions
Indeed
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Jun 12, 2009 3:22 PM CDT up reply actions
I wish I had some chocolate.
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Jun 12, 2009 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions
I like dark chocolate
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Jun 12, 2009 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions
Not sure
Judges?
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Jun 12, 2009 3:24 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't post often,
Was that in bad taste ?
by Southside Steve on Jun 12, 2009 3:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Not at all
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Jun 12, 2009 3:27 PM CDT up reply actions
Not offended, just checking to see if it made the approved list
Mild humor, that’s all. Carry on.
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Jun 12, 2009 3:28 PM CDT up reply actions
Cool
I check in often and with the contentiousness that sometimes goes on here, don’t want to start off on the wrong foot now that I post a little
by Southside Steve on Jun 12, 2009 3:30 PM CDT up reply actions
LOL
I can understand that….it’s usually only bad in game threads. I think it’s gotten better the last few days.
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Jun 12, 2009 3:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Almost.
Bradley just made the second out. Gotta get one more guy!
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 12, 2009 3:24 PM CDT up reply actions
this is scary on multiple fronts
if the bullpen fails here Pineilla will shy away from using these guys again and go back to overworking guzman and marmol
by DartmouthCubsFan on Jun 12, 2009 3:23 PM CDT reply actions
So now Guzman has joined your crusade?
Ai-yi-yi.
Why don’t the Cubs just keep all those guys sealed in amber?
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 12, 2009 3:25 PM CDT up reply actions
whats the point
of your commenting
you choose to ignore evidence provided to support my argument
by DartmouthCubsFan on Jun 12, 2009 3:27 PM CDT up reply actions
or provide any of your own
to support your argument
as far as i can tell you’re only purpose here is to be the self-proclaimed arbiter of how people should post
by DartmouthCubsFan on Jun 12, 2009 3:28 PM CDT up reply actions
Mr. Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics
has a lot of nerve posting an accusation like that.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 12, 2009 3:29 PM CDT up reply actions
exactly my point
i have “nerve” to post anything contrary to your opinion as does everyone else here according to you
by DartmouthCubsFan on Jun 12, 2009 3:30 PM CDT up reply actions
No, you have "nerve"
because you’re basically doing exactly what you accuse me of doing.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 12, 2009 3:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Don't worry, plenty of teams
use their best relievers only once a week or so.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 12, 2009 3:28 PM CDT up reply actions
never what i've suggested
but again that’s cool
i’ve suggested two rules:
1) never work on 3 or 4 days of consecutive rest
2) dont work in games of more than 4 run difference in score
by DartmouthCubsFan on Jun 12, 2009 3:29 PM CDT up reply actions
argh
need to hit preview not post…
rule should read 1) never work on 3 or 4 days consecutively without rest
by DartmouthCubsFan on Jun 12, 2009 3:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Unrealistic
Plenty of relievers have to work three days in a row in order to hold leads or close games during a winning streak. And how many times have key relievers been brought in in blowouts because they haven’t pitched in a while and need the work?
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 12, 2009 3:33 PM CDT up reply actions
its not unrealistic
the good teams do it
if everyone was used the way Marmol has been, why is he leading the league in appearances and innings in relief by a wide margin over the last year and a half?
by DartmouthCubsFan on Jun 12, 2009 3:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Cite a few of the
“good” teams that don’t use relievers three games in a row, please.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 12, 2009 3:35 PM CDT up reply actions
if i do
then what other evidence will you require?
by DartmouthCubsFan on Jun 12, 2009 3:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Forget it
We’ll just have to agree to disagree.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 12, 2009 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions
seriously
i’d love to provide you whatever holy trinity of evidence you’re looking for, but at what point will you concede their is some level of merit to my claim
by DartmouthCubsFan on Jun 12, 2009 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions
None, probably
But keep on claiming.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 12, 2009 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions
exactly
you refuse to actually have debate on the topic. I provide evidence you ignore it, request more evidence, i provide it, you ignore it
you don’t provide any of your own
so what’s the point?
the Rays use JP Howell the exact way they should, the Red Sox do this with Papelbon (giving save chances to Saito if he’s worked two days in a row), the Orioles are pretty careful with Jim Johnson, the Padres have a good history under Bud Black of managing their top middle reliever (previously Heath Bell, now Mujica)
by DartmouthCubsFan on Jun 12, 2009 3:43 PM CDT up reply actions
the Jays have done this
with Scott Downs for 3 years running
those are off the top of my head
by DartmouthCubsFan on Jun 12, 2009 3:46 PM CDT up reply actions
ONE.MORE.OUT.
"Bite my shiny metal ass!" -- Bender Bending Rodriguez
"Life is just one crushing defeat after another until you just wish Flanders was dead."
by The Jade Scorpion on Jun 12, 2009 3:25 PM CDT reply actions
damnit
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Jun 12, 2009 3:25 PM CDT reply actions
0-2 hit - what is with those!?!?!
"Bite my shiny metal ass!" -- Bender Bending Rodriguez
"Life is just one crushing defeat after another until you just wish Flanders was dead."
by The Jade Scorpion on Jun 12, 2009 3:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Part of this bad Cubs run is some awful luck
They’re allowing a lot of blooper hits. Meanwhile, other teams are making great defensive plays. Look at all the diving catches other teams have made against the Cubs this year. More than I can remember in a long time.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 12, 2009 3:27 PM CDT up reply actions
this is part of life
If you play well, luck will be with you. If you play awful bad luck will drag you further down
It's ok, just gotta get this next guy
and screw people thinking the players don’t care or quit
milton leaving his feet is evidence enough you are dead wrong
Albert Pujols for Cubs Starting 1B in 2011
Twins up by 2?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2009 3:28 PM CDT reply actions
Wow...
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Jun 12, 2009 3:29 PM CDT up reply actions
well she is wearing cubbie blue...
- 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.
I have a sudden urge
to hang my dry cleaning someplace.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 12, 2009 3:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Would you boys stop drooling over the half naked girl.
You’d think you’d never seen one before!
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Jun 12, 2009 3:31 PM CDT up reply actions
half naked? what picture are you looking at?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2009 3:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Only HALF of her is in the picture!
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Jun 12, 2009 3:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Not many like that.
"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 Jun 12, 2009 3:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Looks like
Heather forgot a piece of her apparel before she left the house that morning. I hate when that happens.
"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 Jun 12, 2009 3:30 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't think she missed a thing at all...
- 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.
How do you know she's not wearing earrings? Her hair is down.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2009 3:31 PM CDT up reply actions
OMG!
Miles earned his pay with that one
by Southside Steve on Jun 12, 2009 3:28 PM CDT reply actions
Hit to which side of him?
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 12, 2009 3:29 PM CDT up reply actions
That was good but he forgot to say,
LET’S GET SOME RUNS!!!!!!!!
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Jun 12, 2009 3:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Well then,
LET’S GET SOME RUNS!!!!!
P.S.: He can’t be as bad as Larry King … “Yes!”
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 12, 2009 3:30 PM CDT up reply actions
It's nice seeing Chesney with a Cubs hat on.
"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.
It wasn't a Cubs cowboy hat
was it?
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 12, 2009 3:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Nope. A real honest to goodness Cubs hat.
"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.
Miles...
Did something right???
uhhhh…
Is that allowed by his contract???
- 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.
FanCam Delight there.
"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.
"Let's get some runs" isn't actually part of the song . . .
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Jun 12, 2009 3:30 PM CDT up reply actions
He's only there for publicity...he's doesn't give one shit about the Chicago Cubs.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2009 3:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Everyone fancies themselves an actor
so he could at least PRETEND!!!
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Jun 12, 2009 3:32 PM CDT up reply actions
I was wondering that after the song...
But it sounded on the radio like he’s a regular at the games. He’s also apparently good friends with Dempster…
by CubsWin!Oregon on Jun 12, 2009 3:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Nah...
he’s been pretty damned good this year…
The guy is allowed to have a bad game or 3…
- 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.
Disagree
Had a great april, a decent may and now a terrible June. He is showing the exact same things he was showing the 2nd half last year. Pulling off the ball, not hitting to left, not making contact etc.
Bottom line, there were rumblings Kosuke was stubborn about his game. The fact that he continues to do the same things is very concerning.
We're running out of time
I’m not expecting a damn thing out of the 9th.
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Very bad idea to wait until the 9th.
Joe Nathan is one the best closers in MLB.
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Jun 12, 2009 3:36 PM CDT up reply actions
True
but didn’t Nathan blow a save yesterday?
And on the whole, I don’t know if he’s been as good this year as usual.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 12, 2009 3:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Check
Non-save situation yesterday. Blackburn gave up three runs in the eighth to tie it.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 12, 2009 3:39 PM CDT up reply actions
Henn and Guerrier
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Jun 12, 2009 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Nice at-bats, Theriot and Miles!
Two pitches, two outs … not good.
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 12, 2009 3:36 PM CDT reply actions
Cedeno & Neffi
"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 Jun 12, 2009 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Kessinger and Beckert
"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.
Tinkers and Evers?
"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.
Dunston and Sandberg
"Bite my shiny metal ass!" -- Bender Bending Rodriguez
"Life is just one crushing defeat after another until you just wish Flanders was dead."
by The Jade Scorpion on Jun 12, 2009 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions
All right, I'm off.
Hopefully, the Cubs can do something when I’m not here. Talk to you later, all!
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 12, 2009 3:37 PM CDT reply actions
and if it's easy...
take it twice.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2009 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions
kosuke has this strike-out move down I see. hopefully he’ll try something else, if ever he bats again!
by CubfaninRaleigh(869milestoWrigley) on Jun 12, 2009 3:38 PM CDT reply actions
so?
5-3 twins? that means we scored runs, right?
I'm a Cubs FANATIC. They are my team, through thick and thin. When they play over their heads, and when they play under the gutter. When they win the division, and then get swept in the division series. When they get no-hitters and when they blow no-hitters. And some day, when they go all the way and get those rings. This is the kind of fan I am.
But we're not pitching well, sigh....
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Jun 12, 2009 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions
How do there AL pitchers bunt so well
Half our players couldnt do that.
"How's your mother?"
"She's on her way out."
"We all are. Act accordingly."
Ha. Yeah, come to think of that....
Fundamentals…I think it’s called.
"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.
Apparently they teach that in Minnesota.
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Jun 12, 2009 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions
Heilman is in a jam.
First and third with only one out and the count is 1-0.
"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.
They flat out hit.
They arent doing too much with it, just making contact
"How's your mother?"
"She's on her way out."
"We all are. Act accordingly."
The smart move would be to pitch around Mauer here...
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
exactly. set up a force at every bag.
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Jun 12, 2009 3:45 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh, Bradley
what the hell did you just do?
I'm a Cubs FANATIC. They are my team, through thick and thin. When they play over their heads, and when they play under the gutter. When they win the division, and then get swept in the division series. When they get no-hitters and when they blow no-hitters. And some day, when they go all the way and get those rings. This is the kind of fan I am.
Ended any chance these fans will come back around to him.
"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 Jun 12, 2009 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Holy Crap!!!!!!!
Are you serious Bradley??
"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 Jun 12, 2009 3:46 PM CDT reply actions
What happened?
"Bite my shiny metal ass!" -- Bender Bending Rodriguez
"Life is just one crushing defeat after another until you just wish Flanders was dead."
by The Jade Scorpion on Jun 12, 2009 3:46 PM CDT up reply actions
thought it was 3 outs, threw ball into bleachers
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You're not serious.
"Bite my shiny metal ass!" -- Bender Bending Rodriguez
"Life is just one crushing defeat after another until you just wish Flanders was dead."
by The Jade Scorpion on Jun 12, 2009 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions
I can't believe that.
"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.
That is f%$#@ unbelievable.
"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.
Oh no! Let the crucifixion begin.
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
would it be unjustified?
"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 Jun 12, 2009 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions
yes, because Bradely hasn't gotten....
consistant ABs
consistant time in RF
a fair chance from the fans
a fair shake from the media
a pony
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2009 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Not our fault he's been injured/suspended and generally not very likeable
"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 Jun 12, 2009 3:51 PM CDT up reply actions
Not my point. Consider this though... Ever made a big mistake before?
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Jun 12, 2009 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Not when getting paid 10 million a year to play a child's game
and while severely underperforming to the extent that you have no margin for error
"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 Jun 12, 2009 3:51 PM CDT up reply actions
Money has nothing to do with it...
… and MLB is not a child’s game.
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Jun 12, 2009 3:57 PM CDT up reply actions
But baseball most certainly is...
And that was certainly not a major league caliber play, a player at ANY level should know better than that
"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 Jun 12, 2009 3:58 PM CDT up reply actions
LOL
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2009 3:47 PM CDT reply actions
Yep
Maybe that’s what they need. Hit rock bottom.
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Jun 12, 2009 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions
I thought we did that already.
Guess it’s a new bottom.
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Jun 12, 2009 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions
What the hell was that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can not believe what I just witnessed
Albert Pujols for Cubs Starting 1B in 2011
Bradley caught fly for second out...
… and flipped the ball in to the stands. A run scored.
"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 Jun 12, 2009 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Bradley caught a fly ball for the 2nd out and turned and threw the ball into the stands
"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 Jun 12, 2009 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions
I wish we were...
"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 Jun 12, 2009 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions
I have never seen that EVER in a baseball game. Wow.
"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.
Really? It happens every couple of years or so.
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Jun 12, 2009 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions
I've never seen it.
"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.
It happens a couple times a year.
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Jun 12, 2009 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Bob Brenly seemed to be surprised...and then disgusted....so it can't be THAT common...
"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 can think of about 4 different times....
that I’ve seen that. A lot of times the guy will reach back into the crowd and try and get the ball back too as soon as they realize, which is always kind of amusing.
by CubsWin!Oregon on Jun 12, 2009 3:51 PM CDT up reply actions
I guess you're right. I've never seen it. Kind of funny. And it blew my mind when it happened.
"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 think i've seen youtube clips of NBA players taking the opening tip...
… and putting a layup in the wrong basket.
This is worse. Far worse.
"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 Jun 12, 2009 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions
bradley caught a fly ball to RF
and proceeded to throw the ball into the stands…with ONLY TWO OUTS…
GOOD LORD
i saw that once.....
IN LITTLE LEAGUE…
and that’s just about what i think of these fools right now
The true joke....
….is they won’t even be 3 games out of the playoff hunt, despite the season so far and an impotent offense for-the-ages.
"Bite my shiny metal ass!" -- Bender Bending Rodriguez
"Life is just one crushing defeat after another until you just wish Flanders was dead."
by The Jade Scorpion on Jun 12, 2009 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions
I think
the Washington Nationals would like a word with you.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 12, 2009 3:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Bradley caught the ball
and thought that it was three outs. He tosses the ball into the stands. Runners score, and goes to third.
I defend the guy a lot, but this… wow.
I'm a Cubs FANATIC. They are my team, through thick and thin. When they play over their heads, and when they play under the gutter. When they win the division, and then get swept in the division series. When they get no-hitters and when they blow no-hitters. And some day, when they go all the way and get those rings. This is the kind of fan I am.
Actually didn't cost a run, though.
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by Shanghai Badger on Jun 12, 2009 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh, I know
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Jun 12, 2009 3:50 PM CDT up reply actions
but the runner did go to third.
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by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2009 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions
I was avoiding BCB today and was just going to watch the game and do some work.
But OMG. I am so mad.
Believe or Leave ~Cubswynn 9/9/2008
Well in all fairness the runner was on third and was gonna score regardless...
But still ridiculous
"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 Jun 12, 2009 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions
This poor radio
is gonna get thrown across the room soon.
"Ask Dad. He'll know. And on the off chance he doesn't, he'll make something up"
That moment is the epitome
of everything wrong with this team
I’m ’fraid you are right!!!
by CubfaninRaleigh(869milestoWrigley) on Jun 12, 2009 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions
GEEZZ!!!!!!
now I’ve seen the bottom of the cubs barrel!!!!!!!!!!
How can any pro ball-player be that out of touch with the game!!!!!!!!!!
by CubfaninRaleigh(869milestoWrigley) on Jun 12, 2009 3:48 PM CDT reply actions
"I feel like I just got punched in the gut."
My father’s text message 30 seconds ago. I cannot believe that. I feel bad for Milton, I really do. That one play describes our team to a tee this year.
"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks
Well, if its ANY consolation, that run would have scored anyway
but that is just ridiculous
Albert Pujols for Cubs Starting 1B in 2011
Horrible
This team really needs a shakeup, I am not blaming Bradley, without him we probably wouldnt have any runs this game.
Indefensible
It didn’t cost the team a run, but of all players. Unreal.
"When they signed Fukudome, I knew they were trying to get me fired". - Ron Santo, January, 2008
He needs to wake up
He is sleeping through the season and it’s inexcusable. If I had a kid like that on my team I’d sit him for a tournament.
Believe or Leave ~Cubswynn 9/9/2008
Given that the run was gonna score anyway...
It’s not like it was a huge deal. Stupid yes, but it didn’t really matter (other than the Harris being stranded at 3rd instead of 1st).
I think it's as many as you can get without getting thrown out
"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 Jun 12, 2009 3:52 PM CDT up reply actions
no
isn’t it that the runner advances one bases w/ the ball in the stands???
we couldn’t just tag up and run for days
Once you tag...
it’s a live ball situation. You could round the bases if you were enough. In this case, it’s a dead ball. So it’s one free base (It’s like when an infielder throws a ball away into the crowd behind first base).
by CubsWin!Oregon on Jun 12, 2009 3:55 PM CDT up reply actions
yes
but what if that cost us another run and we put up 3 more runs and lose by one???
then what?
Yeah, but it didn't.
It’s like any other error. Would people be saying that he should be removed from the game if he had just dropped a fly ball?
Sure, it was a stupid mental lapse, but it didn’t matter in the end. So let’s stop talking about cruxifiction, etc…
by CubsWin!Oregon on Jun 12, 2009 3:53 PM CDT up reply actions
That's not the point.
He’s mental error boy and making a ton of money.
Believe or Leave ~Cubswynn 9/9/2008
So the standard is that no mental lapse...
will ever be tolerated? That seems like a bit of a high bar for approval to me…
by CubsWin!Oregon on Jun 12, 2009 3:54 PM CDT up reply actions
how did
we score our runs, by the way?
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Nah, the run would have scored, anyway.
That doesn’t mean it wasn’t boneheaded, but it didn’t cost a run.
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by Shanghai Badger on Jun 12, 2009 3:52 PM CDT up reply actions
home run?
double? Cmon, throw me a bone…
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by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2009 3:52 PM CDT up reply actions
2-run double and RBI groundout
Bradley, then Lee
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by Shanghai Badger on Jun 12, 2009 3:53 PM CDT up reply actions
cool.
thanks.
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by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2009 3:54 PM CDT up reply actions
something called "hits with RISP"....I've never seen that before, but apparently you can get runs that way now.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2009 3:51 PM CDT up reply actions
RBIs don't count,
except on home runs. Haven’t you been watching this year? Sheesh.
"Bite my shiny metal ass!" -- Bender Bending Rodriguez
"Life is just one crushing defeat after another until you just wish Flanders was dead."
by The Jade Scorpion on Jun 12, 2009 3:53 PM CDT up reply actions
He's going to have to take.....
… ALL the heat that come shis way over this ALL of it. He needs to aplogize, and then SHUT UP.
"When they signed Fukudome, I knew they were trying to get me fired". - Ron Santo, January, 2008
I rip on GameBoard more than just about anybody...
…but mistakes happen to everyone. In every job.
"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks
Yes. I do the same.
And I know he got our RBIs…but he also got an out by running to third when the ball was hit to left. He’s not fracking thinking right now, and it’s unbelievable.
Believe or Leave ~Cubswynn 9/9/2008
If he hadn't have run to third there...
They could’ve thrown out Fontenot going home. So it was good that Bradley was there to draw the attention. I not sure that that’s why he ran (he probably correctly assumed that the “right play” was to get the out at home on a fast developing play like that).
by CubsWin!Oregon on Jun 12, 2009 4:02 PM CDT up reply actions
Crede was conceding the run
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
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by Shanghai Badger on Jun 12, 2009 4:02 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, but on a fast grounder to third like that...
I’m not sure that’s the correct play. (I’m listening on the radio so I don’t know what jump Fonty got). But you don’t typically go for the secondary runner on a fast developing play to a ball behind a runner at 3rd. Pat Hughes made note that it was a strange decision by Crede, for example.
by CubsWin!Oregon on Jun 12, 2009 4:04 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't know where Crede...
was positioned before the pitch, of course. And that would impact it as well.
by CubsWin!Oregon on Jun 12, 2009 4:05 PM CDT up reply actions
This was his second of the game, though.
I only grant grace for one per game.
"Bite my shiny metal ass!" -- Bender Bending Rodriguez
"Life is just one crushing defeat after another until you just wish Flanders was dead."
by The Jade Scorpion on Jun 12, 2009 3:53 PM CDT up reply actions
what else
did he do?
I'm a Cubs FANATIC. They are my team, through thick and thin. When they play over their heads, and when they play under the gutter. When they win the division, and then get swept in the division series. When they get no-hitters and when they blow no-hitters. And some day, when they go all the way and get those rings. This is the kind of fan I am.
by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2009 3:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Error running to third...
….and lost a ball in the sun, too.
"Bite my shiny metal ass!" -- Bender Bending Rodriguez
"Life is just one crushing defeat after another until you just wish Flanders was dead."
by The Jade Scorpion on Jun 12, 2009 3:58 PM CDT up reply actions
just be thankful he's.......
not a doctor/sugeon
If you had to choose just one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humor.
Per his prior comments...
…we’re probably not paying him enough yet for his full effort.
"Bite my shiny metal ass!" -- Bender Bending Rodriguez
"Life is just one crushing defeat after another until you just wish Flanders was dead."
by The Jade Scorpion on Jun 12, 2009 3:52 PM CDT up reply actions
As Brenly just said....
Milton Bradley is not alone in this… but it should NEVER have ahppened.
"When they signed Fukudome, I knew they were trying to get me fired". - Ron Santo, January, 2008
Only know what I'm reading.
Did the gaff cause a run to score?
if this was still new to me, i wouldn't understand
So it never happened.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2009 3:52 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh no
it happened all right. It just adds to his “lore”
"When they signed Fukudome, I knew they were trying to get me fired". - Ron Santo, January, 2008
I also call it Crap
"When they signed Fukudome, I knew they were trying to get me fired". - Ron Santo, January, 2008
Was the runner going to advance from 2nd to third anyway?
if this was still new to me, i wouldn't understand
If he had played it right
probably not
"When they signed Fukudome, I knew they were trying to get me fired". - Ron Santo, January, 2008
The run would have scored anyway....
… but it allowed anothr runner to advance,. He’s lucky the next out was made.
"When they signed Fukudome, I knew they were trying to get me fired". - Ron Santo, January, 2008
So Bradley made a really boneheaded error
that COULD have caused more runs, but didn’t?
if this was still new to me, i wouldn't understand
He also made a really boneheaded error that led to an out when we were getting runs.
I take this as evidence that his head is not in the game or with this team and I’m sick of it.
Believe or Leave ~Cubswynn 9/9/2008
its too bad
as he actually had a good day at the plate….
by DartmouthCubsFan on Jun 12, 2009 3:52 PM CDT reply actions
more
dissappointed sighing.
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by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2009 3:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Anyway, Soriano (BA: .233) up to bat with the count 3-2.
"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 am so glad he makes so muc money
his 45 HR with 65 RBI’s really helps this team.
Soriano
singles. one on, one out.
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Because the run was going to score anyway?
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Why wouldn't it be?
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
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by Shanghai Badger on Jun 12, 2009 3:54 PM CDT up reply actions
lol
if the run was going to score anyway…
I'm a Cubs FANATIC. They are my team, through thick and thin. When they play over their heads, and when they play under the gutter. When they win the division, and then get swept in the division series. When they get no-hitters and when they blow no-hitters. And some day, when they go all the way and get those rings. This is the kind of fan I am.
by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2009 3:54 PM CDT up reply actions
how do the umps know
that the runner “would have” scored. it did score, because of the error
by brian custer on Jun 12, 2009 4:01 PM CDT up reply actions
deep fly to right field
and a runner on third? The runner’s gonna score.
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by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2009 4:01 PM CDT up reply actions
Kenny Chesney
Kind of late posting this, but was he just bad or was he trying not to sing well?
"I'm not so mean. I wouldn't ever go out to hurt anybody deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something." - Dick Butkus
"Yeah, Moe, that team sure did suck last night. They just plain sucked! I’ve seen teams suck before, but they were the suckiest bunch of sucks that ever sucked!" - Homer
well excuse me
You’re right, the Cubs are playing so well they’ve got my full attention.
"I'm not so mean. I wouldn't ever go out to hurt anybody deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something." - Dick Butkus
"Yeah, Moe, that team sure did suck last night. They just plain sucked! I’ve seen teams suck before, but they were the suckiest bunch of sucks that ever sucked!" - Homer
A lot of people.
Its part of the experience.
But you know that. Why so grumpy? Its friday, its beautiful, and we’ve scored more than one run!
(I hate country music, for the record. I just took offense to your tone.)
"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 Jun 12, 2009 4:14 PM CDT up reply actions
He wasn't as good as I would've figured...
for someone who sings for a living. :) Though it sounded on the radio like he wasn’t using the mic very much.
by CubsWin!Oregon on Jun 12, 2009 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions
Well, I know what's gonna make the NOT TOP 10 LIST tonight...
"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks
yeah
I think his best bet is to talk to the press, say “wow, that was stupid” and get it over with.
I’ll make a note to NOT listen to the post-game…
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by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2009 3:55 PM CDT up reply actions
I heard
he did something else. What?
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by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2009 3:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Baserunning gaffe.
"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 Jun 12, 2009 4:00 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm just as interested to hear Lou speak.
I’m kinda getting sick of Lou’s regular banter, “Well…uh…we, yah, we, uh, we gotta produce.” There’s little substance there when Lou speaks.
"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks
I think it should
let’s get the whole league laughing at ass. Maybe that’ll wake these clowns up
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"Why give 100% when 35 can still get you paid and laid."- Kenny Powers
by gridiron_assassin on Jun 12, 2009 3:55 PM CDT up reply actions
sorry, meant us* not ass
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"Why give 100% when 35 can still get you paid and laid."- Kenny Powers
by gridiron_assassin on Jun 12, 2009 3:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Pitching Change
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I have a feeling we are going to score this inning.
"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.
Johnson
pinch hits for Fonty. The pitcher hits him in the foot. Two on, Bradley to the plate.
The noise is… well.
Maybe he can pay this back.
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here's your second chance, Milt!
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"Life is just one crushing defeat after another until you just wish Flanders was dead."
by The Jade Scorpion on Jun 12, 2009 3:57 PM CDT up reply actions
BB just said it best
this game always gives you as chance to redeem yourself…
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"Why give 100% when 35 can still get you paid and laid."- Kenny Powers
by gridiron_assassin on Jun 12, 2009 3:57 PM CDT reply actions
Brenly is the ultimate “redeem yourself” guy, too — he made three inning in an inning once with the Giants, then hit the game winning home run.
Saving countless runs with my defense.
by Sam Miller OCR on Jun 12, 2009 3:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Er, three errors in an inning
Saving countless runs with my defense.
by Sam Miller OCR on Jun 12, 2009 3:58 PM CDT up reply actions
did we just PH
with all of our OF’s in the same inning????
by DartmouthCubsFan on Jun 12, 2009 3:57 PM CDT reply actions
we currently have 5 OFs in our lineup
as of this moment…. wow
by DartmouthCubsFan on Jun 12, 2009 3:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Bradley
is still in. Not sure what you mean.
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by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2009 3:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Micah's role
is Pinch Hitter.
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by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2009 4:00 PM CDT up reply actions
we just used all of our OF's
in the inning, if the game went extras we’d have no backup OFs available
by DartmouthCubsFan on Jun 12, 2009 4:00 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't think most times...
(on most teams) you worry about pinch hitting for your OFs, since they’re usually your better hitters. We’re kind of a weird club in that regard.
by CubsWin!Oregon on Jun 12, 2009 4:10 PM CDT up reply actions
I understand that, drew.
The point the poster is tryng to make is that we have used all our outfielders in this inning.
"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks
ok
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by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2009 4:01 PM CDT up reply actions
I really hope he HRs
Yeah, he screwed up, but he’s a human being.
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by Shanghai Badger on Jun 12, 2009 3:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Twins pitcher is fatter than me
"When they signed Fukudome, I knew they were trying to get me fired". - Ron Santo, January, 2008
2-2
on Bradley.
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Did anyone else watch that fly ball and look how Milton was standing and crossed his arms and thought...
…“What is he doing?! He doesn’t know there’s only 2 outs!” immediately? It flashed through my head real quickly.
"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks
Yea that was my immediate reaction too
looks like he was staring down someone in the bleachers
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"Why give 100% when 35 can still get you paid and laid."- Kenny Powers
by gridiron_assassin on Jun 12, 2009 4:00 PM CDT up reply actions
i thought i changed the channel to sci fi
and was watching a twilight zone episode
Bad break there.
"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.
Fly ball to left
Young makes a diving catch. Soriano gets back. Two outs.
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people DO make mistakes and it didn't cost us in that inning
but it was the way he was just showboating out there and caught the ball on his hip and thought to himself, “look how easy i make this $hit look”…
boo birds really out for MB, and the fans have every right to do that
I don't think that.
I think he was having a good time with the bleachers, which is what you need to do @ Wrigley RF if you want to stay sane. It woulda been cute and nice if it was the third out!
"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks
Yeah, that's what put the icing on the cake for me.
But what the hell, it didn’t hurt us. It was just a stupid thing to do. Like when I stole my classmate’s eraser in 2nd grade.
"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.
hey
I want that back!
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by drewishdrewid on Jun 12, 2009 4:01 PM CDT up reply actions
OT: IIRC the Cubs could have picked Mauer but instead chose Prior.
That may have been the correct decision, but I guess things didn’t work out.
"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.
Oh, OK. I got a bit mixed up there. Thanks.
"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.
Ancient history, too
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
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by Shanghai Badger on Jun 12, 2009 4:02 PM CDT up reply actions
I was just wondering. Wasn't pointing any fingers. Curiosity...
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No worries
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by Shanghai Badger on Jun 12, 2009 4:03 PM CDT up reply actions
I thought Mauer was picked #1 overall by the Twins?
"I'm not so mean. I wouldn't ever go out to hurt anybody deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something." - Dick Butkus
"Yeah, Moe, that team sure did suck last night. They just plain sucked! I’ve seen teams suck before, but they were the suckiest bunch of sucks that ever sucked!" - Homer
Bradley
I kind of know what Bradley was thinking. He was trying to be friendly with the fans and it backfired.. It’s tough when you’re struggling, and getting booed on top of it. His head just wasn’t in the play.
Being a professional baseball player requires you to know what the hell you are doing when you're on the field.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2009 4:01 PM CDT up reply actions
I know. I thought that exact same thing
Yet I’m still so mad. :( It makes me sad for him and very annoyed with him at the same time.
Believe or Leave ~Cubswynn 9/9/2008
New pitcher in the next thread
"Who ever heard of the Cubs losing a game they had to have?" -Frank Chance
"If [Ruth] had [called his shot], I would have knocked him down with the next pitch." -Charlie Root
The old Piniella...
… might have yanked Bradley right after that happened. He didn’t though, and Bradley had a chance at bat to make good.
That said, NO ONE better throw shit at Bradley in the outfield the rest of the game. Boo him, sure, if you have to, but no junk on the field.
"When they signed Fukudome, I knew they were trying to get me fired". - Ron Santo, January, 2008
or else....
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 12, 2009 4:02 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah really
as if I’m coming from 1700 miles away to kick their asses.
"When they signed Fukudome, I knew they were trying to get me fired". - Ron Santo, January, 2008
Lee
lines a basehit to left! Soriano scores, Johnson to second! 6-4!
I'm a Cubs FANATIC. They are my team, through thick and thin. When they play over their heads, and when they play under the gutter. When they win the division, and then get swept in the division series. When they get no-hitters and when they blow no-hitters. And some day, when they go all the way and get those rings. This is the kind of fan I am.
This is reasoned, and not said in anger towards Milton Bradley
But, this is Hendry’s fault. He signed a guy that has problems staying healthy, who rarely played the OF in the past few years, and has been on about seven teams in seven years. Now, we are all supposed to be surprised that Milton Bradley isn’t working out?
I've tried to support Milton Bradley because he's a Cub
I thought it was selfish of him not serve his suspension while he was injured, instead he appealed it and ended up missing games that he otherwise wouldn’t have for “principal.” Still, I could overlook that, and I can overlook the injuries, we knew that going in is one of the reasons I thought we were stupid to sign him in the first place, but there is NO EXCUSE for not knowing how many outs there are. We are paying him MILLIONS OF DOLLARS he can at least keep his stupid head in the game and be aware of the situation. My drunk ass softball team can even keep up with the number of outs while in the field.
"Cubs down to their last chance...
… and aaron miles is batting."
Not what you EVER want to hear.
"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"
Unless it was...
“Cubs down to their last chance…to see Aaron Miles at the plate before he leaves the team as a key component in the blockbuster Miles for Pujols trade that occurred last night”
:)
by CubsWin!Oregon on Jun 12, 2009 4:22 PM CDT up reply actions
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