Overflow Thread 1: Cubs vs. White Sox, Thursday 6/18, 1:20 CT
by Al Yellon on Jun 18, 2009 2:15 PM CDT
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What’s next ? A two out hit with RISP ?
by Southside Steve on Jun 18, 2009 2:18 PM CDT reply actions
Fontenot Walks.
1st and 2nd, 2 outs.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
well
I’m pending my conference call, so…
two outs, two one, Dome to the plate. He takes a strike.
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.
Thanks for the jump!
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 2:18 PM CDT reply actions
Please make us happy, Dome.
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he did his level best.
that damn Getz took a hit away.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
that's gory.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
since you are a professional in that field
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
Dr. Stabbingworth
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
Ground ball towards the middle
Getz with a “miraculous” play. Diving stop, shoveled the ball to Ramirez. Fonty forced. Three outs.
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.
tanks for the jump
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
Getz got it.
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eh, it was a moderately-hard chopper
hardly a rip
by BeltwayCubsFan on Jun 18, 2009 2:21 PM CDT up reply actions
That would've been a great spot
for one of those “home run” things!
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
They can't push a button.
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I wish they could!
Because that’s what we need.
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
They're swingin' them. They just aren't hitting anything.
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Has there ever been an inside the infield homerun?
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
Great movie
Better drinking game. Just drink every time they say angel
"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."
Maybe we should steal the rally monkey from them too.
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
Really?! are you serious!? A home run there would have been great thing?!
man you rock
Albert Pujols for Cubs Starting 1B in 2011
it's pretty
insightful. o.0
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 18, 2009 2:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Blanco and Dome have both been robbed in this game.
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yes but in fairness, Dome is robbing the Cubs with his contract
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 2:22 PM CDT up reply actions
I disagree.
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 18, 2009 2:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Dome didn't steal...
…his contract from the Cubs, it was given to him.
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
i've never recalled a stretch
where it seems like 500 things have to all fall into place just to have one run score. Of course, as the poster above pointed out, that’s what happens when you average one multi-run HR a month.
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.
You can say that again, Drew.
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by Chris Dobbertean on Jun 18, 2009 2:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Don't we all.
Hey Jimmy!
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 2:21 PM CDT up reply actions
Hiya Vermont!
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Jun 18, 2009 2:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Its just funny at this point
I can’t even be angry anymore, they suck so much. They finally get a hit or two, and acquire some of the worst luck known to mankind.
Just say no to players named Aaron on the Cubs.
actually didn't get a hit, two walks
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 2:22 PM CDT up reply actions
and how is it bad luck
to hit an inning-ending soft chopper?
by BeltwayCubsFan on Jun 18, 2009 2:24 PM CDT up reply actions
Judd a little slow on the uptake.
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Did I hear Santo ...
scream ‘Jesus!’ as I was stepping out of theshower?
Scene: Bleachers, early 1980s
Me: 'Who is that guy down there in shorts, no shirt who thinks he knows everything about baseball?'
True Bleacher Bum: 'You dumbass, that's Bill Veeck!'
Gee whiz
Someday we'll go all the way...
by CubsBullsBears on Jun 18, 2009 2:23 PM CDT up reply actions
At least Blanco can make routine plays unlike Miles
"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."
limey brit!
"I got a PBS mind in an MTV world"...Jimmy Buffett
by The Ryno and I Know on Jun 18, 2009 2:24 PM CDT up reply actions
No, it's not new.
It must be something that AL teams do.
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 2:24 PM CDT up reply actions
Has there been a strech of games
That they have hit is poorly ever? I am a youngin but i dont ever rember being this frustrated
In that month,
Wasn’t there a stretch where they scored 13 runs in 11 games?
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 2:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Neither am I.
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 2:26 PM CDT up reply actions
That's how I felt about the last week of 2004
Until about 30 seconds ago
by dr stabbingworth on Jun 18, 2009 2:27 PM CDT up reply actions
I hated that week.
That one, unfortunately, I do remember.
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 2:28 PM CDT up reply actions
I found a category the Cubs will lead league in...
no decisions by our starting pitchers.
Today?
please say today, please, please, please
I spent 90% of my money on women and drink. The rest I wasted - George Best
Here's a fun fact...
As of yesterday, the Cubs have thrown the third LEAST amount of pitches in all of MLB at 9198. Florida Marlins lead with 10,390 pitches thrown. Clearly, Lou isn’t over using his pitchers.
So we've got that goin' for us.
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But we have also played less games.
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
even with extra inning games we still might have played fewest games as well though, FWIW
"I got a PBS mind in an MTV world"...Jimmy Buffett
by The Ryno and I Know on Jun 18, 2009 2:31 PM CDT up reply actions
What the distribution of those pitches?
Lou doesn’t use his entire staff… (or is this just for the Starting rotation?)
by CubsWin!Oregon on Jun 18, 2009 2:35 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm just glad that neither Hoff, nor Fox ever start a game any more
because CLEARLY we don’t need their bats at all
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 2:27 PM CDT reply actions
But the important thing is that Lou has confidence in his lineup.
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
he's literally the only one
well, besides Hendry
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 2:28 PM CDT up reply actions
And the White Sox don't score with a RISP.
When did they start listening to us about batting?
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 2:27 PM CDT reply actions
they've been just as offensively inept pretty much all year.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
Well we did hire their old hitting coach.
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
who they fired
this entire season has been one big laughingstock
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 2:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Can't argue with that.
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
Well, there's one.
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Unfortunately, you called it.
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 2:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Wow
a ground ball out. Who could have seen that coming ?
by Southside Steve on Jun 18, 2009 2:29 PM CDT reply actions
Wow, a mediocre pitcher dominating this lineup
who could have seen that coming?
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 2:30 PM CDT up reply actions
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 18, 2009 2:31 PM CDT up reply actions
hey, he hasn't struck out yet today
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 2:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Cmon, our retread hitting coach says he sees something good in him
so obviously sooner or later, Soriano will get a hit again at some point this season
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 2:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Look on the bright side...
…Z may get one more AB.
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
And there's two.
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it's been two games
a little early to judge Joshua
I hope you didn't think...
…the other guy was the problem!
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
And Z Ks.
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 2:31 PM CDT reply actions
Yet another game where the starter has to throw a perfect game
or they lose.
Just say no to players named Aaron on the Cubs.
blasphemy..he only hits as a leadoff hitter.
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
he'd be hitting .150 right now
if Lou had already moved him down.
And what else did you see in your crystal ball?
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
sorry couldn't tell.
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
i think most of us agree...but Soriano is getting paid too much not to be in the lineup...
and according to Soriano, it’s the only spot he can hit the ball. Just imagine him hitting anywhere else.
by aznsensation on Jun 18, 2009 2:34 PM CDT up reply actions
according to the statistics
we don’t HAVE to imagine him anywhere else. He’s terrible anywhere else.
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 18, 2009 2:35 PM CDT up reply actions
he needs
to sit for a week.
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 18, 2009 2:37 PM CDT up reply actions
is it bad that I kinda wish he get hurts for a little bit...
so lou would have to sit him or put him on the DL?
by aznsensation on Jun 18, 2009 2:38 PM CDT up reply actions
I'd up that to two weeks on the DL.
I’m usually not this extreme, but something’s gotta give.
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He needs to play, for someone else.
At some point, he’s going to have to be moved. And it’s going to be harder than hell to move him during years 6-7-8 of his horrible deal. Better to bite the bullet now, eat a TON of salary, and get the poison out of the system in one fell swoop. He’s an awful $18M player.
MLBMilestone.com - following the numbers to Cooperstown
so
who till take him?
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 18, 2009 2:46 PM CDT up reply actions
it's sad watching this team play right now
Lou needs to pack his bags
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 2:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Only if...
…a few other key Cub personnal pack with him.
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
he has a no trade clause i believe
so that’s nearly impossible. I don’t see any other team wanting him.
by aznsensation on Jun 18, 2009 2:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Wow
A weak popup. Who could have seen that coming ?
by Southside Steve on Jun 18, 2009 2:32 PM CDT reply actions
soriano didn't even pick his head up
he knew where that ball was headed
What's a bigger joke
The Cubs’ offense, or BCB?
I’d say it’s about even.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 18, 2009 2:34 PM CDT reply actions
Hope it doesn't
fall on your head.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 18, 2009 2:36 PM CDT up reply actions
is it not installed?
why would a door fall on someone’s head?
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 2:36 PM CDT up reply actions
what the hell does that even mean?
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 2:35 PM CDT up reply actions
It means that if this was a bar where we were all all watching the game, and the same conversation was going on....
well lets just say a lot of the same conversations would be going on, because some people hide behind their screennames and say and proclaim things they NEVER would do so otherwise if they were really going to be held accountable
Albert Pujols for Cubs Starting 1B in 2011
like what? Lou is a bad manager, and this offense is a joke?
I’d be plenty happy to say that in public, in fact I do
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 2:38 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm sure most would agree with you
those were not the examples i was thinking of
Albert Pujols for Cubs Starting 1B in 2011
Scroll the threads
If you can’t see what I’m talking about……
Albert Pujols for Cubs Starting 1B in 2011
Eh, I dunno.
I’m posting for at least a .300 average.
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And I
lay down an excellent sacrifice bunt, if I do say so myself.
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 18, 2009 2:35 PM CDT up reply actions
Yes, you are always willing to give up yourself for the team
+You
Albert Pujols for Cubs Starting 1B in 2011
But we're switching things up!
I haven’t posted since like the last week of ’07
"I got a PBS mind in an MTV world"...Jimmy Buffett
by The Ryno and I Know on Jun 18, 2009 2:36 PM CDT up reply actions
normally I post cleanup, but today I'm in the 5 hole
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 2:37 PM CDT up reply actions
Some posters are stuck in the 2 hole.
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
what's sad is
Zambrano, for him, has actually been pretty efficient with his pitches (80 through 5), yet Floyd has thrown 18 LESS pitches
Len just said..
10 runs in the last 63 innings.
by Southside Steve on Jun 18, 2009 2:36 PM CDT reply actions
when the heck did we score 10 runs
i don’t remember any of them
by BeltwayCubsFan on Jun 18, 2009 2:36 PM CDT up reply actions
For the Cubs?
Terrible.
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 2:37 PM CDT up reply actions
ARAM
Please hurry back, I may be a well wisher but I DO think you will change everything
Just think, 5 more years of the glorius superstar, Alphonso Soriano!!!
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
If Wrigley Field were a breakfast cereal
I have a feeling that sometime around the 9th inning the box will read “Wrigley Field, now loaded with more booing”
I heard a rumor...
…that Jim Hendry is contemplating switching bat manufactures to stimulate the offense.
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
I would rather hear a rumor
that Jim Hendry was fired.
Just say no to players named Aaron on the Cubs.
+1
Though GMs often get the can unfairly,
there comes a point where you’re just bull-headedly trying to find other fall guys than the GM, 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 18, 2009 2:42 PM CDT up reply actions
actually
there’s been quite a bit of talk about how these broken bats have cause problems.
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 18, 2009 2:41 PM CDT up reply actions
aj intentionally walked
first and second, two out for anderson
nah
i think the Sox will score more runs.
by BeltwayCubsFan on Jun 18, 2009 2:41 PM CDT up reply actions
I hate nothing more than comments like this.
"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 18, 2009 2:45 PM CDT up reply actions
why give up
on your team?
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 18, 2009 2:46 PM CDT up reply actions
I understand your frustration
Bear in mind not everything that enters your head needs to be translated onto a keyboard.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 18, 2009 2:49 PM CDT up reply actions
you SOOOOOOOO need to take that advice
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 2:50 PM CDT up reply actions
As if on cue,
Moron No. 1 shows up. Where’s Moron No. 2, WW?
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 18, 2009 2:51 PM CDT up reply actions
I'd respond to your comment
with the identical sentiment, but it appears the “S” and “T” keys aren’t working. So just take the other two.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 18, 2009 2:53 PM CDT up reply actions
I really hope all your other keys are not working..
too bad you spilled your koolaid on only 2 keys.
cmon
cut it out with the namecalling.
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 18, 2009 2:54 PM CDT up reply actions
No, but looking at your posts,
you’ve basically called yourself one.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 18, 2009 2:57 PM CDT up reply actions
Just look
You’re certainly part of the neverending Greek chorus around here.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 18, 2009 3:02 PM CDT up reply actions
You've got as much responsibility as anyone
… for making the atmosphere around here toxic. You call more names than a first-grader.
My dad can beat up your dad.
"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 18, 2009 3:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Come on
You’re one of the most rational posters on this site. Just move on and stop feeding the madness.
by dr stabbingworth on Jun 18, 2009 3:05 PM CDT up reply actions
You clearly missed what i was doing there.
"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 18, 2009 3:07 PM CDT up reply actions
I understood
Any response just keeps a bad thread rolling.
by dr stabbingworth on Jun 18, 2009 3:09 PM CDT up reply actions
LOL
That does put it in perspective, Stone, as you usually do.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 18, 2009 3:05 PM CDT up reply actions
+10000000
NBF and AndrewJStone, again, you don’t need to respond to every darn post..
If you look at my history here, you'll notice i don't.
Just yours, this once. Turned out the timing was perfect. :-)
"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 18, 2009 2:53 PM CDT up reply actions
alright..since you are sitting on your own unicorn..
I never said that “Game Ovah” is not bull spit. It doesn’t take much to understand that I am not trying to formulate a rational argument by saying – “Game Ovah”. It’s just frustration. So understand that and let it go.
On the other hand I think you and NBF have a huge damn ego and way too immature.
I have an idea...
Don’t use “I am not trying to formulate a rational argument” as an excuse.
Try this, instead: If something you are taking the time to type (and thus wasting our time in reading) doesn’t even, by your own admission, pass the “is this a rational thing to say?” test, it may not be worth typing.
Look man, i get it. Its frustrating. We are all fans of the same team, and we are all watching the same game. I just don’t get how saying admittedly irrational things helps any of us, yourself included.
And i can’t speak for NBF, but if you look at my comment history you’ll see there is no ego in saying that. Only support for my team and the desire to see this website as a positive community we can all enjoy.
"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 18, 2009 3:24 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't give a crap about NBF...
but I am with you on all that. I completely agree. On the same token, please don’t respond to every negative post. It doesn’t serve any purpose. It only adds fuel to the fire and things very soon will get way out of control and people all of a sudden get very personal.
I hope you are clever enough to understand the above.
Glad we could meet a nice happy agreeing place.
And seriously, i don’t respond to EVERY negative post. In fact, yours was the first today and in a very very long while. Its easy to look up my post history. Stop claiming what ain’t true.
I don’t have a problem with negative posts. The play on the field is making us all feel a bit negative. I only took issue with the idea that the game was over. I choose to keep up hope. I know this irks many, and thats fine.
We are all entitled to our opinions, and we are all entitled to disagree with others opinions. The opinion that this game was over at one run down and multiple innings to go was one i disagreed with.
"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 18, 2009 3:33 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't respond to every negative post, either
Or else it would take up my entire day.
What Stone said is correct. Ego, schmeego. I’m just sick of reading crap that is supposed to pass for reasonable discourse.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 18, 2009 6:08 PM CDT up reply actions
they don't respond to every post
just the once that should be called out due to their sheer ignorance
frustrated or not, calling a game over down one in the sixth is ignorance
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Yes that is the only problem.
Be frustrated, but don’t say it’s over.
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I miss you already Sue.
Your positivity is needed.
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by AndrewJStone on Jun 18, 2009 2:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Just turn off the TV
Ever think of that, Einstone?
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 18, 2009 2:57 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm not sitting here
wailing and whining from before the opening pitch.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 18, 2009 3:01 PM CDT up reply actions
if its deserving
NBF has never complained about me or many others here
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Sorry, Sue
This place is taking on all the characteristics of a suicide hotline.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 18, 2009 2:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Got an idea, Mr. Cubslinux...
… cubs come back this afternoon, you don’t get to call a game over before its actually… you know… over, for the rest of the season.
Game ends at 1-0, i won’t bug you for being an incredibly negitive and unproductive poster for the rest of the season.
What say you?
"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 18, 2009 2:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah...
… didn’t figure you’d be game for putting your money where your mouth was.
If it hadn’t been tied up so quickly, i was even going to up the ante and offer to write a haiku about your awesomeness if it went as you suspected. Oh well.
"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 18, 2009 2:52 PM CDT up reply actions
Suck
I could be reading a haiku right now
by dr stabbingworth on Jun 18, 2009 2:53 PM CDT up reply actions
I have a way with words, too.
Might have brought a tear to your eye. A single, lonely tear.
"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 18, 2009 2:53 PM CDT up reply actions
the cubs hit the ball
a bird cries in the distance
are they not the same?
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by drewishdrewid on Jun 18, 2009 2:54 PM CDT up reply actions
i think that i may
need way more education
to wrap mind around
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Speaking of haikus, any of you twitter folk follow
"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 18, 2009 2:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Well, nevermind on that bet.
I’m better you won’t take it now that the game is no longer OVER.
"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 18, 2009 2:50 PM CDT up reply actions
So linux says bullspit ...
and Stone isn’t allowed to respond?
Yeah, that makes sense …
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 18, 2009 2:52 PM CDT up reply actions
A timely hit?
Touche, White Sox. Touche.
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I have heard rumors
that such things existed
by Southside Steve on Jun 18, 2009 2:43 PM CDT up reply actions
perhaps the Cubs took a note.
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AAGH!
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by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 2:41 PM CDT reply actions
I am fearful that we already had our chances to get runs
and failed.
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
I don't know.
Our bats are giving new meaning to “Dead-ball.”
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by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 2:44 PM CDT up reply actions
This team
couldn’t score in a women’s prison with a fist full of pardons.
Yes, bravo.
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Thank God Blanco was in, that would've been over Miles' head.
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And we'll see you tomorrow afternoon
Because this game is over.
Just say no to players named Aaron on the Cubs.
Damnit, Z!
What the hell? You know you can’t allow a single run.
by ElHijoDelRonSanto on Jun 18, 2009 2:42 PM CDT reply actions
Don't forget the bullpen.
Lot cheaper to blame them than the bats…….
"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 18, 2009 2:43 PM CDT up reply actions
Intentionally Walking...
Hasn’t really worked out for the Cubs, has it? Seems like every time we try it, a run scores. Usually the winning run.
Ryan Theriot is sick of this crap and he's going to do something about it RIGHT NOW.
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You win an internet
Single to right
by dr stabbingworth on Jun 18, 2009 2:44 PM CDT up reply actions
well, it's about he tries to go the other way.
It only worked for 2+ years.
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Now steal 2nd , 3rd and home on the same play like Tball.
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Hah
That would mean Lou gave the green light. This isn’t Soto on first.
by Southside Steve on Jun 18, 2009 2:46 PM CDT up reply actions
the only intrigue about the rest of the game
is which inning the Cubs will put a couple runners on base and find some way to not drive them in.
I don't know
This is a good chance right here. At least as good as any we’re going to get.
I disagree with you
you say that to hide your hurt
deep down, you want these guys to put up a five spot right now, thats why you are still here
Albert Pujols for Cubs Starting 1B in 2011
They play 9 innings in a regulation baseball game
we’ve only completed 5 1/2
Albert Pujols for Cubs Starting 1B in 2011
or 13 innings in the Cubs case.
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Milton Bradley is sick of this crap and he's going to do something about it RIGHT NOW.
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hit and run?
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they would, but Lou went back to sleep
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 2:46 PM CDT up reply actions
It's not like Theriot can run and Bradley makes decent contact or anything.
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this could be the team's new theme song title
Or perhaps they could borrow from the Bears and come out with the “Chicago Cubs Scuffle”
by BeltwayCubsFan on Jun 18, 2009 2:46 PM CDT up reply actions
+1
no whammies, no whammies, no whammies
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by The Ryno and I Know on Jun 18, 2009 2:46 PM CDT up reply actions
waiting until
after the game just increases the chances he’ll be too “comfortably numb” to even understand the fucking question.
"Writing is exciting and baseball is like writing. You can never tell with either how it will go or what you will do." -- Marianne Moore
Allright Dave, time to cut and paste again.
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Derrek Lee is sick of this crap and he's going to do something about it RIGHT NOW.
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I hope it works again.
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by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 2:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Here's where the "fun" begins
should be interesting. Because if Lee doesn’t get it done…
Tie Game!
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woohoo, we scored a run.
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first & third no outs, 4, 5 and 6 hitters up...
time to change the MoJo
"If it's obvious, it's obviously wrong." - a well known stock market guru
Geo is sick of this crap and he's going to do something about it RIGHT NOW.
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keep it going for the rest of the game.
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It worked twice.
Apparently, it couldn’t work three times. That would be asking too much of the Cubs bats.
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by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 2:51 PM CDT up reply actions
Sorry, 3 out of 4 times.
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by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 2:51 PM CDT up reply actions
In play, run(s)
what is that?
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Something
That happens too often for the teams we play, while at the same time it happen nowhere near enough for us.
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by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 2:49 PM CDT up reply actions
It's a sight for sore eyes.
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C'mon Daver!!!!!
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by The Ryno and I Know on Jun 18, 2009 2:49 PM CDT reply actions
Thanks for talking through the action, WGN
get these bums out of the booth and announce the damn game!!
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
Me too!
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Jun 18, 2009 2:50 PM CDT up reply actions
would be worse
if your first name was Richard
by Southside Steve on Jun 18, 2009 2:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Good, ah... point.
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Jun 18, 2009 2:51 PM CDT up reply actions
that
is exactly why it was Lee that needed to drive in the run. After that the lineup is pathetic.
dude, he hit a weak grounder to second
we’re still zero for the series with runners in scoring position
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 2:52 PM CDT up reply actions
Well, I got us a run.
I’m not sure whether that trick has any mojo left.
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put it in your back pocket for now
It was a great warrior, needs some rest, but I approve!
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by The Ryno and I Know on Jun 18, 2009 2:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Aaaaaand another Soto double play!
This team is so freaking good!
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 2:51 PM CDT reply actions
Wow.
5 outs in 3 ABs
"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 18, 2009 2:52 PM CDT up reply actions
We can't even get ONE big hit from the middle of our damn order!
By “big hit”, I mean an extra base hit with men actually on base.
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
I would have taken a single with RISP
just A HIT
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 2:53 PM CDT up reply actions
when...
was our last HR, for that matter?
"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 18, 2009 2:54 PM CDT up reply actions
Yesterday.
A meaningless one, too.
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by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 2:54 PM CDT up reply actions
Yesterday? No HRs for us yesterday.
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
Sorry, my mistake.
Got it confused with “A. Ramirez” in the box score.
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by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 2:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Well, they aren't all that good.
You’d think that this team, for $140M, would have a power threat.
I don’t think that they should be sellers at the deadline, or anything, but at the end of this season an “end of Godfather 1” type of bloodbath may be in order. If this keeps up, we are going to need to get some NTCs waived and get some position players moved out, even if it means eating a gigantic amount of salary.
The time for a Soriano trade, if it’s ever going to happen, is probably coming up quick. No one is going to want the tail end of this contract if they can’t get the next couple of years, too. Maybe throwing $9M annually into the deal will get a buyer.
MLBMilestone.com - following the numbers to Cooperstown
Sad.
But I – the guy who’s usually all about making an acquisition for the stretch run – would really rather see a fire sale right now, with the LONE goal being to dump ABSOLUTELY as much salary of our position players as possible.
"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 18, 2009 2:59 PM CDT up reply actions
Rami's on the DL
Soriano isn’t going to get traded. He’s really not.
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by drewishdrewid on Jun 18, 2009 2:59 PM CDT up reply actions
Perhaps
I just don’t buy into the desperate wisdom of some here who think that there isn’t a chance in hell that anyone would ever want to acquire any of the Cubs players, no matter what their situation.
I say put ‘em on the block and see who bids. If it’s nobody, then it’s nobody; and frankly, if it’s nobody, stop pretending this team stocked with players nobody would EVER trade for can win a championship. It makes no sense.
And follow that by firing a GM who would field a team of players nobody in all of baseball would want, even for a stretch playoff run. If the team fielded is that unanimously regarded as overpaidf/worthless, your GM has failed at a level almost unprecedented in baseball history.
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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 18, 2009 3:07 PM CDT up reply actions
No one will bid.
And then you’ll have a disgruntled employee along with a poorly performing player.
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Oh
I think that some Cubs could be traded. I’m sure there would be takers for Rami and the starting pitchers. Riot could probably get some offers, and Fonty. But right now, I don’t see Sori, Bradley, Dome or Lee either allowing themselves to be bid on or receiving any offers. That’s the meat of the money.
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by drewishdrewid on Jun 18, 2009 3:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Many do not seem to be familiar with the concept of buy low / sell high.
Why would we unload statistically and historically good players at their all time low values? That doesn’t help us improve. What we’d get for a lot of these guys now would NOT be worth what we’d give up, no matter how bad they are looking of late.
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by AndrewJStone on Jun 18, 2009 3:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Well we sold high on DeRo, how'd that work out?
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We don't really know yet.
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I get your point, but short term it has hurt.
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I do agree with that.
Lack of depth has hurt this team.
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Because the return isn't the goal in this case..
…it’s the salary dump.
"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 18, 2009 3:12 PM CDT up reply actions
You think anybody is gonna take these huge contracts we all lament?
Getting a player off your roster is NOT synonymous with being done paying them. These players look bad. Who is going to take them on at the cost we are all currently deeming obscene?
We ditch these guys right now, we won’t get anything back, and we’ll still be paying their salary for years.
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by AndrewJStone on Jun 18, 2009 3:16 PM CDT up reply actions
You'll never know...
…until you TRY. Are you honestly going to tell me you haven’t see stranger trades?
I know this one team that acquired a 56-year old Fred McGriif, batting about .260, owed millions and millions of dollars AND with a year left on the contract, just because the salary dump was all that was required in return.
"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 18, 2009 3:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Hendry certainly isn't
it’s kind of his M.O. to hold onto a player until they have no value, and then dump them.
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 3:13 PM CDT up reply actions
♪ ♫ I'm lookin' through you... ♪ ♫
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Our bats this season.
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by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 2:53 PM CDT up reply actions
And he's going to
do all he can to blow this game to make sure he gets home in time to watch Judge Judy.
Why wasn't the Cubs' bullpen going before the walk?
100 pitches for Zambrano to start the inning.
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♫ I'll send an S O S to your heart... message in a bottle... ♫
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by drewishdrewid on Jun 18, 2009 2:55 PM CDT up reply actions
A message in a bottle?
Sweet. I’m going on vacation to the coast, so I’ll pick that up.
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Hey, remember last week in Houston?
When everybody was bitching about Lou not sending Z back out for the ninth, even though he had thrown 104 pitches?
Can’t please anybody.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 18, 2009 2:58 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't recall bitching about that decision.
But I understand what you’re saying.
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There was plenty of it
Just go back a week and check the threads.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 18, 2009 3:04 PM CDT up reply actions
On a large-scale level, I know there was.
It is a difficult spot for Lou to be in, but it’s he has to manage on a game-to-game basis.
Did Zambrano look as sharp today as he was in Houston? I don’t think he did, which is why I would have preferred to see the bullpen loosening prior to the beginning of the 7th.
It might not have prevented Ramirez’s homerun, but to me it illustrates that maybe Lou was not anticipating any trouble in the 7th, and that is a problem.
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I can't blame him
for not anticipating a problem in the seventh. Z wasn’t quite like he was in Houston, but that was pretty rare air, anyway.
We’re not privy to what was discussed among Z and the braintrust in the dugout the last few innings. Not a criticism of you, but hindsight always is perfect.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 18, 2009 3:13 PM CDT up reply actions
I agree on the hindsight.
(Though in my defense, I asked it after the walk.)
But regardless, the second-guessing and armchair managing can get tiresome.
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I knew Sori could catch the ball without hopping. Man, what a snag tho...
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by The Ryno and I Know on Jun 18, 2009 2:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Gee whiz again
Someday we'll go all the way...
by CubsBullsBears on Jun 18, 2009 2:58 PM CDT up reply actions
See ya
Ballgame…again.
Who needs a stinkin' tag line? What are they for anyway?
You never have to pitch to him
if you don’t walk the .154 hitting 8th hitter.
by ElHijoDelRonSanto on Jun 18, 2009 2:58 PM CDT reply actions
All you need is a 2nd and 3rd situation with 0 outs.
Two balls to the 2nd baseman (provided he’s playing back) should do the trick.
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This guy sounds like RoseAnn
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SAME S**T DIFFERENT DAY!!!! :-(
by CubfaninRaleigh(869milestoWrigley) on Jun 18, 2009 2:59 PM CDT reply actions
let's get some runs
…as soon as i get my hearing back
dude, 3 runs over seven innings
he should expect to get the win on most days with that stat line
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 3:00 PM CDT up reply actions
Agreed.
Someday we'll go all the way...
by CubsBullsBears on Jun 18, 2009 3:00 PM CDT up reply actions
Horrible Team
We are not going anywhere this year.
then stop sucking up bandwidth
and go get ready for football season
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Is it asking too much to get three runs from Cubs bats?
In three innings?
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by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 2:59 PM CDT reply actions
Definitely.
I’ve never seen a team have this much trouble scoring runs. Not even the 2003 Dodgers were like this.
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by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 3:01 PM CDT up reply actions
HOCKEY COACHES CANNOT SING.
Go Green! Go White! GO STATE!
King Leonidas: Spartans! What is your profession?
Spartans: HA-OOH! HA-OOH! HA-OOH!
Soto
Has two choices…he can either get his ass back closer to the plate and start driving the ball to CF and right-center or he can keep trying to hook every pitch and face a steady diet of balls away for the rest of his career. The first option allows him a chance to show production even close to 2008. The second will allow him to stay in the league for 10 years as a backup C. It’s his choice but it’s really rather simple.
Who needs a stinkin' tag line? What are they for anyway?
"Lets Get Some Runs"
Realistically can’t be applied to the last 3 innings and instead should just be a blanket request for the rest of the month.
Last place not out of the question by end of interleague play
Looks like Alexei may be
a new Cub killer.
by ElHijoDelRonSanto on Jun 18, 2009 2:59 PM CDT reply actions
Floyd started the inning at 76 pitches.
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that Von Joshua has been a god send
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 3:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Aggressiveness!
No need to get to the relievers early on in the game. Just face the starter the whole time!
Don't know if it will pan out or not...
But I would rather them be patient than swinging at their pitch early in the counts.
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Can't believe WGN radio still plays
“This is the year!” I’m so tired of it and Ron’s fatalist view of the game
Are you being facetious?
They play it all the damn time. It’s even part of the opening music before Pat comes on.
by dr stabbingworth on Jun 18, 2009 3:04 PM CDT up reply actions
I seriously can't recall
hearing it, but I’m not in my car to listen to it that much. I catch most of the games on tv.
It's on most of their tags re-entering the broadcast after commercials.
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lately they've been doing the
“This is [insert Cub player name] on WGN”.
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 18, 2009 3:12 PM CDT up reply actions
the "This is the Year!" tag is kind of silly
when they’re 4.5 games out of first. Resume them when the Cubs are in a position to make the playoffs.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
at the very least he should have probably been pulled after the leadoff walk
but Lou had no one up
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 3:02 PM CDT up reply actions
Marmol
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
that is so hardly the point
and so far removed from the problem with this team
by BeltwayCubsFan on Jun 18, 2009 3:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Struggles
7 days, 10 days, 2 weeks is a struggle. 4 weeks, 6 weeks, 8 weeks is just plain bad. Yes, this team will improve for short stretches but anyway believing this current roster has enough to turn this season around is delusional. Period.
Who needs a stinkin' tag line? What are they for anyway?
especially with a manager who thinks changes
are taking Miles out of the lineup for Blanco
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 3:03 PM CDT up reply actions
As a matter of fact
I am. Thinking a far less than 100% Ramirez for the balance of 2009 is the answer is similarly delusional.
Who needs a stinkin' tag line? What are they for anyway?
I am with you
I was optimistic that things would turn around, but that should have been two weeks ago
nor will all the bitching about the bitching
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 3:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Put it this way
I’d much rather spend a night at a bar with Sue than a night at a bar with you. If you weren’t complaining so much, she wouldn’t say a word about you.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 18, 2009 3:18 PM CDT up reply actions
and you need to go buy a life for 99 cents at walmart
if you are looking forward to spending a night at a bar with Sue…
Walmart
often sells normal 99 cent items for 97 cents or perhaps 94 cents.
FYI
out of line.
and I suspect you know that.
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 18, 2009 3:28 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh, it fits
and it should fit right up linux’s keester.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 18, 2009 3:32 PM CDT up reply actions
I'VE GOT A CHANGE....
Hows about we send this entire roster to Iowa and bring the entire Iowa roster up?
Can they do worse??
by CubfaninRaleigh(869milestoWrigley) on Jun 18, 2009 3:04 PM CDT reply actions
Cotts is on that roster
can we leave him down there?
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 3:05 PM CDT up reply actions
As a product of our fair state to the west myself...
… i wholly endorse this idea.
"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 18, 2009 3:06 PM CDT up reply actions
isn't neal cotts in iowa
so yes, it could be worse
by BeltwayCubsFan on Jun 18, 2009 3:05 PM CDT up reply actions
75 rbis
might be enough to be Cubs team leader when this season is in the books
somebody will need to get really hot
to pull that off
Just say no to players named Aaron on the Cubs.
The real Cub killer
is the most worthless batting order I have seen in my 38 years as a Cub fan. Even in the worst of times we had someone who at least could jack a homer from time to time or get a clutch hit. Now we have nothing in the middle but beaten down double play machines that get all their hits with 2 outs and nobody on.
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
agreed
Its hard to see how we won 97 games last year. I feel like Edmonds contributed more than people give him credit for.
He did and we got career years out of Soto and DeRo
and Fonty and Riot were much better.
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
we won 97 games last year because they weren't hitting like this
Soto was busy winning rookie of the year, Soriano was hitting .290 and blasting homers, ARAM was here, Theriot was hitting over .300, DeRosa was here,
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 3:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Wow
how many weak ground balls can a team hit ? Unbelievable
by Southside Steve on Jun 18, 2009 3:05 PM CDT reply actions
Well
Despite the assertions of some that this team “will hit” because of it’s track record, the reality is that it could hit those weak ground balls all season long. When you have a team filled with guys whose decline is being seen daily, that’s what you’re going to get.
Who needs a stinkin' tag line? What are they for anyway?
Not enough, apparently.
This team is bringing the dead-ball era back.
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 3:09 PM CDT up reply actions
at least the painfully awkward 7th inning booth interviews with the stretch singer
are so much shorter this season since we go 1-2-3.
Bring back Mr. T!
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by AndrewJStone on Jun 18, 2009 3:08 PM CDT up reply actions
Afternoon Everyone
Glad to see all the positive vibes going on here.
If the world didn't suck we would all fall off.
After your third waterboarding....
…..the drowning tends to ruin your mood.
"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 18, 2009 3:08 PM CDT up reply actions
absolutely
There is nothing positive about this team right now.
For six weeks
There hasn’t been anything positive going on with this team. And unless significant changes are made, it very well could be another 12 weeks.
Who needs a stinkin' tag line? What are they for anyway?
the starting pitching is the only good thing
only
by jesus christos on Jun 18, 2009 3:10 PM CDT up reply actions
Until that HR the pitching was good.
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
You can't seriously expect perfect games.
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Our offense only requires shutouts to win.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 18, 2009 3:12 PM CDT up reply actions
yep...for teams with lineups that score runs.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 18, 2009 3:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Fine enough to get an L
Sometimes it takes a herculean effort to break out of a slump.
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
respectfully disagree
there are 5-6 SPs pitching their hearts out right now
See the word team
This is a team game. Team wins and losses are the only numbers that matter. Team wise, this team has had exactly zero going right. Individual performances aside, team wise, nothing, absolutely nothing, is going right.
Who needs a stinkin' tag line? What are they for anyway?
Um, pitching.
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Just good enough to keep it close
not good enough to shut them down.
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
That's what good pitching does.
Just keep complaining about the offense. You have a case there. Leave the pitchers alone.
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when was our last complete game shutout?
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
How many of those have been thrown
in baseball this season?
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 18, 2009 3:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Sorry, I don't throw compliements to a pitcher who turned a tie game into a two run deficit
Sorry
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
You've completely lost the plot.
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Scrolled through this thread before sying hi and all I can say is
Yeeesh
If the world didn't suck we would all fall off.
well...
it aint unicorns and rainbows ’round here lately…
Yeah, come on guys!
Why all the grumpy gusses! Let’s think POSITIVE or I’ll write an email to Al complaining about all the negativity!
(not aimed at you, CC!)
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Marmol in to pitch.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
i wish the Cubs had a unicorn
in the lineup
Passed ball.
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 3:10 PM CDT up reply actions
I believe
Theriot need to hit first, Lee or Bradley 2nd and the other 3rd, then who gives a crap after that.
by Cubsfan Waveland on Jun 18, 2009 3:11 PM CDT reply actions
It's ridiculous that this team FORCES the pitching staff you throw a shutout EVERY GAME to win.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 18, 2009 3:11 PM CDT reply actions
Seriously...if we we're losing 8-1 and 12-2 for the past 6 weeks....
SOMETHING would have been done by now to try and fix it. The 1 and 2 run losses just keep Hendry and Lou hoping things will change.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 18, 2009 3:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Funny thing you mention that...
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A shut-out might go into extra innings.
Remember, we can’t score runs.
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by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 3:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Would it be so bad to be sellers at the deadline?
This team needs to make some substantial moves. Ideally, one of the unholy axis of Fukudome and Soriano could be traded, along with a check for half of their remaining salaries. But that’s pretty unlikely.
Fukudome is now 0 for his last 21. That is sad.
He is 2 for his last 34. And it goes on like that, but I was too depressed to continue.
This roster, in its current construction, is toxic. It’s old, powerless, and unfathomably expensive.
Mr. Hendry has burned through the Tribune’s money at a ridiculous rate, and has compiled a 25-man roster which every single one of us who were willing to use their eyes could see was illogically constructed and doomed to fail.
For instance, what, exactly, in Milton Bradley’s history made Hendry think that Milton was a legitimate replacement for anyone, let alone a player worth 3 years and eight figures annually?
Maybe Seattle would take Dome, and a check for $12M, to be their new RF/4th OF after Griffey retires. If Dome is a Cub in 2010 I will be livid.
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Dome to Seattle was my exact thought
Just please take him, all we need back is a bag of coffee.
by Cubsfan Waveland on Jun 18, 2009 3:13 PM CDT up reply actions
I could use a cup right now.
Someday we'll go all the way...
by CubsBullsBears on Jun 18, 2009 3:15 PM CDT up reply actions
It just might happen if this continues to crash and burn.
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Buy low / sell high.
Fukudome is now 0 for his last 21.
So what do you expect we’d get for him? Even IF we got somebody to take him, we’d still be paying his salary.
"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 18, 2009 3:14 PM CDT up reply actions
In other words, it's not going to happen...
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Jun 18, 2009 3:15 PM CDT up reply actions
The goal...
….would be to minimiza just how much of that salary we eat.
Or perhaps we simply eat it for this year and get nothing in return.
"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 18, 2009 3:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Explain how that helps us this year...
… OR next.
"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 18, 2009 3:19 PM CDT up reply actions
Money can be exchanged for goods and services.
(/homer voice)
Under the situation I proposed, the Cubs send Fukudome to Seattle, along with $12M over the next 2 years, and receive nothing.
The Cubs previously owed Dome $24M. Now they owe him $12M over the next 2 years. They have now saved $12M, which can be invested in a new player. Ideally, one capable of playing at an MLB level.
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My asking price is this: Nothing.
Not even the 42 cent stamp with which I will personally mail Seattle the check for half of Dome’s salary.
The team needs a roster overhaul, and as much as I hate to say it, clearing $12M from Dome’s deal and eating the other 12 beats the absolute hell out of paying him the full 24.
They can then use the 12M they save toward a legitimate MLB player.
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That's been my point.
Eat the salary this year , as absolutely needed to make the trades— seek only salary dump for compensation in the trades. Open up as much salary for next year as possible, and then reboot the lineup in the offseason.
"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 18, 2009 3:20 PM CDT up reply actions
If you think a salary dump affects us only for the next few months, you are wrong.
What you are proposing handcuffs this team for years to come. You want to dump multi-year players, we will be paying at least a portion of their contracts for years to come.
"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 18, 2009 3:28 PM CDT up reply actions
The problem is that there is no money for next year
The Cubs are maxed. That was a huge point of contention in the Peavy deal. 2010 will not be kind to the Cubs if they can’t fill some holes through trades and call-ups.
by dr stabbingworth on Jun 18, 2009 3:29 PM CDT up reply actions
This team can't get better if its got millions invested in paying players on other teams.
"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 18, 2009 3:34 PM CDT up reply actions
It can...
….if it ALSO opens up millions here.
"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 18, 2009 3:57 PM CDT up reply actions
As long as we're only paying a portion, we save money.
Fukudome needs to go. He needs to go immediately, and to the team that will take on the most of his salary.
Seatlle may be able to leverage the fact that he’s a former Japan league star in order to generate some more value out of him.
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Sssh, just hide the stats, maybe they won't notice.
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
No it wouldn't
But it WILL NOT happen. Cub economics and current realities with seling the team will not allow for it.
by jerry morales rules on Jun 18, 2009 3:15 PM CDT up reply actions
That's just the kind of things we haven't been doing
Hitting a ball to the right side to get the runner to third with less than two outs.
You know what else we haven't been doing?
Hitting home runs with men on base.
by Jody Jody Davis on Jun 18, 2009 3:13 PM CDT up reply actions
When was our last home run which was not a solo shot?
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by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 3:14 PM CDT up reply actions
posted this yesterday
we had one May 25 and one may 16
by BeltwayCubsFan on Jun 18, 2009 3:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Can someone
come piss in my corn flakes ? Maybe I’d feel better
by Southside Steve on Jun 18, 2009 3:14 PM CDT reply actions
Hah! Saw that earlier.
Could PETA alienate the average American any more by picking on a popular president for killing an unpopular bug we’ve all swatted at dozens of times a summer for our entire lives?
Poor guys, they truly are their own worst enemy.
"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 18, 2009 3:36 PM CDT up reply actions
who requested that blowout
ask and ye shall receive
It was tony412.
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 3:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Chris Getz is beating us...
Chris Getz…One more time. Chris Getz. 13 RBI on the year…He’d bat 5th in our lineup. And that one against our supposed shutdown man Marmol…we all know better.
Look at the bright side
Now the Sox will think that Getz and Anderson are actual major league players
by Jody Jody Davis on Jun 18, 2009 3:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Hilarious
just hilarious.
Have we hit bottom yet?
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 3:16 PM CDT reply actions
I sure hope so!
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Jun 18, 2009 3:16 PM CDT up reply actions
My only hope
is that Soriano strikes out so that there is no chance that he’ll be leading off on Friday.
by jerry morales rules on Jun 18, 2009 3:16 PM CDT reply actions
How about a nice solo HR?
You know, as a tribute to Sammy?
by Jody Jody Davis on Jun 18, 2009 3:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Please no
It woudl give Piniella somthing to hang his hat on. And the Cubs would still lose.
by jerry morales rules on Jun 18, 2009 3:19 PM CDT up reply actions
But this is a tribute to Sammy.
The Sammy we would have seem without the juice.
why in the name of god, do you think a strike out
would take him out of the leadoff spot.
Seriously, what has given you the impression that poor performance EVER leads Lou to change the lineup?
Soto is hiting .216 and still starts almost every game, Soriano has been striking out plenty and still leads off, Miles has been a joke, and still gets more starts than any other second baseman
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 3:19 PM CDT up reply actions
but
he’s gotten so much REST.
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 18, 2009 3:18 PM CDT up reply actions
at least we got brian anderson out!
that guy is a stud…
Why don't we try to bunt every at bat for 1 game?
Maybe we wear their 3rd baseman down and he throws a few in the stands and we get 2 bases!!!!
by Cubsfan Waveland on Jun 18, 2009 3:16 PM CDT reply actions
The June swoon is in full effect
Back up the truck!
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
2004 called...it would like it's Cubs team back.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 18, 2009 3:17 PM CDT reply actions
Can we count ST games this year?
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
Too optomistic
This team is channeling 2006.
by dr stabbingworth on Jun 18, 2009 3:19 PM CDT up reply actions
Make it '05
Someday we'll go all the way...
by CubsBullsBears on Jun 18, 2009 3:21 PM CDT up reply actions
Pshaw. This team is 2005.
2005 – Nomar goes down, team treads water for a while, but loses a ton.
2009 – Ramirez goes down, team treads water for a while, loses even more.
Both teams, I am afraid, marked the last gasp of the then constituted 25-man roster before the abyss.
This team is going to be remarkably bad if they’re going to keep this group of old, non-powerhitting, comically poor fundamental playing, position players.
This pitching staff should sue.
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#marmolfail
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I'm listening now for my own amusement
Cliff Lee’s perfect game tomorrow should be a treat.
Just say no to players named Aaron on the Cubs.
Thats like two weeks of production from our 1-3 hitters.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 18, 2009 3:19 PM CDT up reply actions
who cares if Thome was officially announced
my god. stop creating artificial drama kasper
Thome was announced.
At least we’ve got that going for us. Yay us ! Lou is shrewd.
by Southside Steve on Jun 18, 2009 3:20 PM CDT up reply actions
Sean just isn't that great out of the pen
He’s much better as a starter, but we don’t really have a spot in the rotation for him. ;P
Probably
"How's your mother?"
"She's on her way out."
"We all are. Act accordingly."
by louslovechild on Jun 18, 2009 3:21 PM CDT up reply actions
oddly enough, no
I think they’re so used to this by now, it’s not worth showing their frustration because it wouldn’t matter
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 3:21 PM CDT up reply actions
apathy.
worse than booing, IMO.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
Can you imagine the looks on Sox fans faces...
If the Cubs fans around them started booing? What the hell would they do… cheer?
Someday we'll go all the way...
by CubsBullsBears on Jun 18, 2009 3:21 PM CDT up reply actions
Can't tell.
The Sox fans are drowning them out if they are.
So DeRo and Woody come in here tomorrow.
I’d imagine they’ll get a better response from the crowd than any of our players will.
"I'll never forget how I felt last October." ~Kosuke Fukudome
Of course they will.
The current team is unlikable.
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
Agreed
Besides maybe Demp, there is no one I like on this team anymore.
says Piefan
I won’t point out the irony
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 3:24 PM CDT up reply actions
Lilly?
Someday we'll go all the way...
by CubsBullsBears on Jun 18, 2009 3:24 PM CDT up reply actions
Ted Lilly will find you.
Oh yes, he will find you.
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maybe we can offer woody a hottub soak pregame
just as a friendly jesture
I can almost guarantee it
Someday we'll go all the way...
by CubsBullsBears on Jun 18, 2009 3:22 PM CDT up reply actions
I already have the story for tomorrow
we are up 1-0 going into the top of the 9th. We walk Cleveland’s leadoff hitter. DeRosa comes up and hits a 2 run homer. Woody comes in and strikes out the side for the save 2-1 lose.
I sure feel it!!!!
by Cubsfan Waveland on Jun 18, 2009 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions
that would be unbearable
Here’s hoping you’re wrong.
I'm sure you and many of your fellow travelers
would love that scenario.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 18, 2009 3:24 PM CDT up reply actions
And Not Bruce Froemming will still claim having Derosa wouldn't change anything
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 3:24 PM CDT up reply actions
Nope
Unless his name is A-Rod, no outsider would change what’s going on here.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 18, 2009 3:30 PM CDT up reply actions
THAT
would be rock bottom right there.
"I'll never forget how I felt last October." ~Kosuke Fukudome
Buddy at work keeps asking if we have hit bottom yet
and I keep responding no. That scenario tomorrow would just about be it.
by Cubsfan Waveland on Jun 18, 2009 3:26 PM CDT up reply actions
It will probably be the biggest ovation of the year.
That friday win against the Cardinals was big, but the applause Wood will get if he’s warming up in an Indians’ save situation will drown that out.
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Any hope
Lou makes real changes after this game? I for one doubt it. This is going to be the product we see for the rest of the year – Lou seems resigned to that fact, the fans should be too, I guess.
"Writing is exciting and baseball is like writing. You can never tell with either how it will go or what you will do." -- Marianne Moore
Do you think that is actually true
I say that kind of stuff when I am pissed, but really, do you think that is the case?
"How's your mother?"
"She's on her way out."
"We all are. Act accordingly."
by louslovechild on Jun 18, 2009 3:24 PM CDT up reply actions
He has shown me no reason to think he has any actual interest in managing this ball club
he claims he’s going to make changes, then makes none, and his standard response is “what can I do?”
He’s asked why he’s not showing emotion,and responds he’s not a dragon.
He wants out
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 3:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Maybe he's angling for a trade to the Yankees.
Funny thing is, both clubs and both managers might go for that right now.
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I don't think
Lou thinks he needs to show you anything.
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 18, 2009 3:28 PM CDT up reply actions
agreed
But it would be nice if he didn’t keep trotting out the same lineup when it’s not working.
well
I agree with you. He made minor changes today. Maybe he makes major changes tomorrow.
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 18, 2009 3:30 PM CDT up reply actions
I was asked my opinion
and gave it.
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 3:31 PM CDT up reply actions
fair enough.
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 18, 2009 3:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Lou...
Is still thinking about it.
Someday we'll go all the way...
by CubsBullsBears on Jun 18, 2009 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions
Some reporter should ask him after every game whether he still has confidence
in doing the same thing over and over again.
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
waiting until
after the game just increases the chances he’ll be too “comfortably numb” to even understand the fucking question.
"Writing is exciting and baseball is like writing. You can never tell with either how it will go or what you will do." -- Marianne Moore
We are about 2 days from last place.
Seriously
"How's your mother?"
"She's on her way out."
"We all are. Act accordingly."
Take a good, long look at .500
Because this may be as close as we get for a loooooong time!!
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
Anybody remember our last two home runs?
I can’t remember the last one!
Houston to tie it in the 9th
"How's your mother?"
"She's on her way out."
"We all are. Act accordingly."
by louslovechild on Jun 18, 2009 3:25 PM CDT up reply actions
Getz letz Hoffpauir reach base!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 18, 2009 3:27 PM CDT reply actions
and he followed it up with a hit.
interesting.
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I can't see that.
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Soriano
just got a hit.
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::faints::
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 18, 2009 3:28 PM CDT up reply actions
you know, if Theriot reaches...
the tying run comes to plate.
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1st and 2nd, nobody out
For the people still following the game
by dr stabbingworth on Jun 18, 2009 3:27 PM CDT reply actions
What are the odds of a K to set up a double play?
MLBMilestone.com - following the numbers to Cooperstown
nah, strikeout, then a double play
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 3:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, that sounds more reasonable
Unless it goes DP, then K
by Jody Jody Davis on Jun 18, 2009 3:29 PM CDT up reply actions
If I brought up triple plays right now
would that be too pessimistic?
not as much as bringing up Soriano getting picked off and the next two batters striking out.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 18, 2009 3:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Well, that could have been a triple play ball.
If we were playing in the 1800s
Goddamit
And we were this close to finally having Soriano out of the lineup. The worst thing that could ghvae happened.
by jerry morales rules on Jun 18, 2009 3:29 PM CDT reply actions
he wasn't close to being taken out of the lineup
you’re fooling yourself if you think he was
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 3:30 PM CDT up reply actions
unless
that’s the start of him getting ridiculously hot (now, I know that right now that seems like a complete long shot).
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I'm gonna suggest
that we’re much farther away from having Soriano out of the lineup than we think.
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 18, 2009 3:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Ha!
Bob Brenly just referred to today’s Sox starter as Glavine Floyd. Freudian slip?
"I'll never forget how I felt last October." ~Kosuke Fukudome
Reds lose 7-0 to Braves.
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Blergh
It’s pretty sad we have to root for the Reds to lose. I guess we can take some consolation in the fact that it’s not the Pirates.
by dr stabbingworth on Jun 18, 2009 3:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Yep, it's cold comfort.
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Standing O for a full count?
I take back what I said earlier, we have hit bottom.
No, that's the SS on the other team
who isn’t a slap hitting shrimp!
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
Infield fly.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 18, 2009 3:32 PM CDT reply actions
excellent
decision to not bunt there? We need to keep playing for the 3-run homer.
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incidental
question mark.
"Writing is exciting and baseball is like writing. You can never tell with either how it will go or what you will do." -- Marianne Moore
why bunt?
they’re down 4. A walk or base hit in that situation brings the tying run to the plate.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
because a bunt moves two into scoring position
and when we’re struggling this much, sometimes you have to work to score runs, instead of just sitting back and hoping for the best
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 3:34 PM CDT up reply actions
and again
play for the big fly. How about get ’em in scoring position and erase the double play? A mute point now, but it seems a safer play.
"Writing is exciting and baseball is like writing. You can never tell with either how it will go or what you will do." -- Marianne Moore
I think if the Cubs were down 2 or 3 they would have.
With the 3 and 4 hitters coming up, I don’t think Lou wanted to give away an out.
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3-1
on Bradley
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.
Having a good game
This is what I expected from him
full count.
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 like flirting with a stripper...
You’re too drunk to care that nothing is going to happen anyway.
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
Ha ha
But you can always pay extra for the good stuff.
"I'll never forget how I felt last October." ~Kosuke Fukudome
I think I just did!
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Jun 18, 2009 3:35 PM CDT up reply actions
strike three.
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.
K
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 18, 2009 3:34 PM CDT reply actions
Well, of course he K'd
There were men on base!!!
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
I heard some boos that time.
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Lee
drives one in the air, deep…. HOME RUN!
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who was saying Lee shouldn't be batting cleanup right now?
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 3:35 PM CDT reply actions
I hear
he has no power.
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 18, 2009 3:35 PM CDT up reply actions
This is what I was talking about!
And he came through! This is what has been lacking!!!
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
This game isn't over?
"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 18, 2009 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions
yep.
"If you play more than two chords, you're showing off."--Woody Guthrie
by buckmulligan on Jun 18, 2009 3:35 PM CDT up reply actions
DLEE HOME RUN!
You can put it on the board—yes!!!!
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 3:35 PM CDT reply actions
HOME RUNN!!!
YEAH!!!
"Ask Dad. He'll know. And on the off chance he doesn't, he'll make something up"
DERREK LEE HAS NO POWER!!!
I REPEAT: DERREK LEE HAS NO POWER!!!
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did you callthat?
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 18, 2009 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions
+100 BCB points
That BCB Snuggie is JUST AROUND THE CORNER!
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 18, 2009 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions
Help us Geo Soto...you're our only hope.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 18, 2009 3:36 PM CDT reply actions
I guess this means we should speak in "Star Wars" for the rest of the game.
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I have you now.
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 18, 2009 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions
that is the first base hit with RISP this series
and what a big one it was
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 3:36 PM CDT reply actions
SOTO!
HOME RUN! TIE GAME!! TIE GAME!!!!!!
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.
holy
fucking SHIT!!!
"Writing is exciting and baseball is like writing. You can never tell with either how it will go or what you will do." -- Marianne Moore
wow. now, that's nice to see!
"If you play more than two chords, you're showing off."--Woody Guthrie
Soto!!!
Tie game!
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
Signs of life!!!
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Jun 18, 2009 3:36 PM CDT up reply actions
HOLY COW!!!!
AHHHHH SOTO!@!
"Ask Dad. He'll know. And on the off chance he doesn't, he'll make something up"
GEO SHOULD GO TO TRIPLE A!!!
I REPEAT: GEO SHOULD GO TO TRIPLE A!!!
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He's too fat to go!!
Someday we'll go all the way...
by CubsBullsBears on Jun 18, 2009 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions
HOLY MOLY!
SOTO!!!!
You can put it on the board—yes!!!!
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 3:37 PM CDT reply actions
I soiled my pants!
Attention Kmart shoppers! I just soiled my pants!!!!!!!
"I'll never forget how I felt last October." ~Kosuke Fukudome
Ewww...
I think I did too!
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Jun 18, 2009 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions
Cleanup in the CUBS isle.
"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 18, 2009 3:41 PM CDT up reply actions
TIE GAME
WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED!?!
Did the ’08 Cubs show up?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 18, 2009 3:37 PM CDT reply actions
nice to see a positive image. I needed that!!
we all needed that!!!
"If it's obvious, it's obviously wrong." - a well known stock market guru
This just in
The White Sox have just released Scott Linebrink.
by Jody Jody Davis on Jun 18, 2009 3:37 PM CDT reply actions
HE'S A GEINIUS, I TELL YOU!
GENIUS!!
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I've been doing that too.
Check my reactions to Lee and Soto’s home runs, scroll up.
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions
I gave today's tickets
to my oldest daughter – always optimistic…
She doesn’t get it from me.
Anyway – if the Cubs lose today – I am getting the feeling its Sayonara to the 2009 season.
If they pull it out – HOPE!
Just how I feel. And – of course – I reserve the right to stand up and say “I WAS WRONG” should I be wrong.
may I just take a moment to say
BOOM GOES THE F@CKING DYNAMITE!
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.
Now that's some f*cking dynamite!
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
YO!
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 18, 2009 3:39 PM CDT up reply actions
The error started it all
Could that be the break we needed?
by Cubsfan Waveland on Jun 18, 2009 3:39 PM CDT reply actions
Jake Fox to the rescue!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 18, 2009 3:39 PM CDT reply actions
I would think so, who else on the roster even can?
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions
That one guy. the short one who can't hit.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
looks like Soriano will go to 2nd maybe
by Cubsfan Waveland on Jun 18, 2009 3:39 PM CDT reply actions
that's what I was thinking.
bah.
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 18, 2009 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions
And he's fighting mad.
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DID THE SOX AND CUBS SWAP JERSEYS???
5 RUNS WILL NOT WIN THIS BALLGAME!!!!
man
the Sox have some hard-throwing relievers.
"Writing is exciting and baseball is like writing. You can never tell with either how it will go or what you will do." -- Marianne Moore
OMG
Had to go to the bathroom, find Lee and Soto go yard to tie it up. Am I dreaming?
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
No, you're not.
We actually had a home run that was not a solo shot.
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Geez, but I thought the game was ovah.
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
it's going 13 at least
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
stay in the bathroom.
it’s clearly good luck.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
ha, I'll go back in the bottom of the ninth.
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 18, 2009 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions
Can you photoshop a picture of Lou on there?
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
gross
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 18, 2009 3:44 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, went over the line there.
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
You can not come out till late october.
I will slide PB&J’s under the door.
"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 18, 2009 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions
I was actually holding it in during that rally, too.
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 3:43 PM CDT up reply actions
Bonus Baseball!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 18, 2009 3:41 PM CDT reply actions
ninth inning?
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 18, 2009 3:41 PM CDT up reply actions
LOL...I had a Bradley moment and thought it was the 9th inning.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 18, 2009 3:41 PM CDT up reply actions
Did you pose before you posted that?
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LOL
no, but he DID drop one in the sun a few minutes ago
Fox
deep fly out to Anderson. Inning over.
Cubs: FIVE
Sox: FIVE
ON TO THE NINTH!
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.
JMMAY!!
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Jun 18, 2009 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions
lol
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 18, 2009 3:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Wow
The “Hawk” is off on one of his “this isnt fair to us” rants again.
he thought there was a missed strike three to soriano.
it was a pretty good pitch, but they sox made a few mistakes as well.
"If you play more than two chords, you're showing off."--Woody Guthrie
by buckmulligan on Jun 18, 2009 3:43 PM CDT up reply actions
probably should've been called a strike in fact.
"If you play more than two chords, you're showing off."--Woody Guthrie
by buckmulligan on Jun 18, 2009 3:45 PM CDT up reply actions
he said something like
’the most important part of this inning was the missed strike three to soriano."
"If you play more than two chords, you're showing off."--Woody Guthrie
by buckmulligan on Jun 18, 2009 3:44 PM CDT up reply actions
what is his basis for that?
Does he think they should get a do-over whenever his team screws up?
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions
what did he say?
offen$e plea$e wake up
by lexmarklover on Jun 18, 2009 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions
He's going off about some missed call that sould have been the second out
Keeps saying we should have only seen 2 solo homers in the bottom of the 9th
So they're playing this game under protest?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 18, 2009 3:45 PM CDT up reply actions
enough of his crap
i get so annoyed listening to that tool call games
offen$e plea$e wake up
by lexmarklover on Jun 18, 2009 3:51 PM CDT up reply actions
Who cares?
He is the definition of homer.
"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 18, 2009 3:44 PM CDT up reply actions
for sure. that guy should be posting on sbnation.
"If you play more than two chords, you're showing off."--Woody Guthrie
by buckmulligan on Jun 18, 2009 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions
please don't suck
please don’t suck…please don’t suck…please don’t suck
"Writing is exciting and baseball is like writing. You can never tell with either how it will go or what you will do." -- Marianne Moore
can't remember
was Heilmann brought in on a double switch?
"Writing is exciting and baseball is like writing. You can never tell with either how it will go or what you will do." -- Marianne Moore
Gregg in the game.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
I just didn't want to believe it.
it’s like being told Santa doesn’t exist
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 3:45 PM CDT up reply actions
Stupid manager strikes again!
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
Never fear.
Reed Johnson and Koiye Hill are left on the bench to hit.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
I would somewhat agree
with your answer.
by Cubsfan Waveland on Jun 18, 2009 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions
I think it's safe to say Fox is NEVER going to play third base for us
it’s something we just need to accept
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Miles to 3B
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I hope the Sox don't score here
Bottom 9: Dome, Blanco, Miles
by Jody Jody Davis on Jun 18, 2009 3:45 PM CDT reply actions
Is it significant that
Blanco and Miles initials combined are BM ?
by Southside Steve on Jun 18, 2009 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions
what in the hell was that theriot?
jaysus.
"If you play more than two chords, you're showing off."--Woody Guthrie
Theriot is our SS.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 18, 2009 3:46 PM CDT reply actions
Ugh!
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Jun 18, 2009 3:46 PM CDT up reply actions
UGH!
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Jun 18, 2009 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions
bad feed?
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
Theriot didn't?
Which is why Ramirez was on top of Blanco on his turn?
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
nah ... slow feed, blanco had to rush it
the throw wasn’t good to Lee. Might have been late anyway.
What happened?
I can’t watch the game.
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Double play ball to Theriot....and he fucked it up.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 18, 2009 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions
which is something a ML SS doesn't do on a routine DP ball.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 18, 2009 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Trouble getting the ball out of glove
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
tailor made DP ball
Theriot messed it up, only got the lead runner
by Southside Steve on Jun 18, 2009 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Gotta keep the runner out of scoring position.
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
2 down, short fly to right, bradly in to retire konerko.
"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"
Konerko skies a fly ball to Bradley, who makes the routine catch.
2 down.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
Alright Cubbies, LETS GET SOME F@!#%*@@ RUNS!!!
There, I fixed that…
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Jun 18, 2009 3:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Let's score in the bottom of the ninth!
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 3:49 PM CDT reply actions
This would be a nice time to see the Fukudome bat flip.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
For that,
Hell would have to freeze over.
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by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 3:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Not gonna happen
Blanco walkoff homer!
by Jody Jody Davis on Jun 18, 2009 3:51 PM CDT up reply actions
Dude, we were just down by four runs.
It wouldn’t surprise me at this point.
"I'll never forget how I felt last October." ~Kosuke Fukudome
Just wish he would actually walk off and stay there.
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
Yesterday I was telling my friend how bad Miles is...
then he hit that double.
So I’m saying right here, Miles won’t do anything.
dis-"cub"bob-u-la-ted
the cubs official “unofficial” slogan of ’09
Wait, I thought this ballgame was ovah?
Let’s go, Dome!
I spent 90% of my money on women and drink. The rest I wasted - George Best
Yesterday during the game thread
I said DLee takes too many first pitch strikes with runners on and what does he do today, he jumps on the first pitch he see for a 3 run homer.
Do you think one of the coaches pointed that out to him?
by Cubsfan Waveland on Jun 18, 2009 3:51 PM CDT reply actions
Your average falls like that
When you’re in a 2-for-34 slump.
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by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 3:52 PM CDT up reply actions
Reed Johnson to hit for Fukudome
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
Johnson with the line drive hit.
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
Johnson singles to CF
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
BUNT
HIM OVER. DON’T BE A D-BAG, LOU.
"Writing is exciting and baseball is like writing. You can never tell with either how it will go or what you will do." -- Marianne Moore
indeed.
bunt, bunt and run, hit and run – something to advance the runner and avoid the double play.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
I will give $25
to Cubs Carre if Miles hits a Home Run today
Shit
I’ll do it if he geta hit…RIGHT EFFING NOW !!
by Southside Steve on Jun 18, 2009 3:53 PM CDT up reply actions
WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND BUNT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 18, 2009 3:52 PM CDT reply actions
Set it up for Mighty Miles?!
I spent 90% of my money on women and drink. The rest I wasted - George Best
I'm all about moving the runner
But Lou is aware that Miles is on deck, right?
Blanco, Miles, Soriano
I can has pinch hitter?
by dr stabbingworth on Jun 18, 2009 3:53 PM CDT reply actions
WE BUNTED!!!!!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 18, 2009 3:53 PM CDT reply actions
Did it work?
As in, RJ at second?
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 3:54 PM CDT up reply actions
Blanco out on the Sac Bunt, 1-4
Johnson to 2nd.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
Now bunt
again with Miles and pray for a wild pitch.
"Writing is exciting and baseball is like writing. You can never tell with either how it will go or what you will do." -- Marianne Moore
the crouching umpire is taller than miles.
"If you play more than two chords, you're showing off."--Woody Guthrie
I think this is the Bill Veeck strategy of sending a "height challenged" player to the plate
"If it's obvious, it's obviously wrong." - a well known stock market guru
the Eddie Gadel Method.
it’s been proven over time to work.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
that'd be an insult to the Gadel family.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
the only name we should give Miles is
“former Chicago Cub”
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 3:59 PM CDT up reply actions
Oops forgot, time to go potty.
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
Yes, please go back there!
It worked so well last time.
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 3:55 PM CDT up reply actions
You need to drink a ton of water before tomorrow's game
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 4:00 PM CDT up reply actions
Now I know what the secret to us winning is.
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
MILES FREAKING SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can we please for the love of god get the white Neifi Perez off this team?
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 3:55 PM CDT reply actions
That's an insult to Neifi...
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Jun 18, 2009 3:56 PM CDT up reply actions
It doesn't matter how,
Any way it happens is fine with me.
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by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 3:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Miles could not have been less productive had he tried.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
Ozzie
would be a fool to keep a lefty in against Sori. He has no way to throw a slider away and in the dirt.
"Writing is exciting and baseball is like writing. You can never tell with either how it will go or what you will do." -- Marianne Moore
Great job Miles!
Plus, you broke your toy balsawood bat!
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
does this guy have a breaking ball?
"If you play more than two chords, you're showing off."--Woody Guthrie
Derrek Lee is going to win this game.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 18, 2009 3:56 PM CDT reply actions
Juuust a bit inside on ball one.
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by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 3:57 PM CDT reply actions
or roll the ball on the ground to the catcher 3 times
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 18, 2009 3:57 PM CDT up reply actions
This could be a good spot for Fonzie... FINGERS CROSSED.
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
CUBS WIN!! CUBS WIN!! CUBS WIN!! FLY IT!!
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Jun 18, 2009 3:58 PM CDT up reply actions
He may see a slider in this 1-2 count.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
Cubs win!!!
Soriano base hit!
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
AND THIS GAME IS OVAH!
"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"
I love you too.
I love all of you right now.
Where is BLou? I’ve got a hug for the man.
"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 18, 2009 3:59 PM CDT up reply actions
Cubs WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 18, 2009 3:58 PM CDT reply actions
Lined into center!
CUBS WIN! CUBS WIN!!!! CUBS WIN!!!!!!!!
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.
Pardon my French....
CUBS FUCKING WIN!!!!!!!!!
"I'll never forget how I felt last October." ~Kosuke Fukudome
YEAHH!!!
Ata boys!!! CUBS WIN
"Ask Dad. He'll know. And on the off chance he doesn't, he'll make something up"
So
we never left the first overflow thread!
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.
there's probably a few very confused people in there.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
ha. the blooper.
think how pissed off a sox fan must be. why would you ever throw soriano a strike? i’ll take.
a victory.
"If you play more than two chords, you're showing off."--Woody Guthrie
I heard I heard, Cubs win.
Now I know what to do!!!
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
Turning point in the season?!
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
the one where if you get hurt at work...?
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
Just caught up in the game threads, I think you could be on to something (not on something)
if this was still new to me, i wouldn't understand
We'll see how they play this weekend.
But hopefully they can build on something like this (and the shades of ’08).
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
Wow
I feel like an a**hole from my previous comments
learn from it and move on
you don’t want to be that guy around here, we already have too many of them
Albert Pujols for Cubs Starting 1B in 2011
Thanks for being a stand up guy and admitting it!
+10 BCB points
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
And a hug.
Hugs all around.
"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 18, 2009 4:04 PM CDT up reply actions
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Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 3:59 PM CDT reply actions
Now it's GAME OVAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
I might be visiting England next year.
June, possibly. Got friends there.
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 4:00 PM CDT up reply actions
Ha.
Well, I was actually referencing my favorite scene in the movie Major League II…
But England is a great place to visit. I’ve had the chance to go over there quite a few times. London is a surreal and immense place.
by CubsWin!Oregon on Jun 18, 2009 4:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Soriano RBI?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 18, 2009 3:59 PM CDT reply actions
The government has the mics on!
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Jun 18, 2009 4:02 PM CDT up reply actions
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6 Runs
I still don’t believe it.
"Writing is exciting and baseball is like writing. You can never tell with either how it will go or what you will do." -- Marianne Moore
yess..sucker! :-P
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I wasn't the one crying earlier
you and some of your friends in here were. I aint over til it’s over. Remember that. :-P
And who said, when it was 5-1,
“This game is over?” Where you at now?
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by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 4:01 PM CDT reply actions
You were right, the game was over.
Just that we came back to win!
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by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 4:02 PM CDT up reply actions
yep..fedora 11...Cubs Win!!!!!!!!!!!
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Absolutely!
Click my waving “W” flag above to sing “Go Cubs Go!”
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 4:03 PM CDT up reply actions
I was thinking that
I still can’t believe they came back.
Dear Reed Johnson
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 18, 2009 4:02 PM CDT up reply actions
June 18, 2009
National Guess Hitting Hack Day!
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
We're singing now,
Go Cubs Go!
Go Cubs Go!
Hey, Chicago, what do you say?
The Cubs are gonna win today!
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 4:04 PM CDT reply actions
Scroll up.
The waving “W” flag above links to a website from which you can play that song.
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 4:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Great win...
But I’m confused now, do we stick with this line-up again? Or expect changes?
Someday we'll go all the way...
Move Soto up in the lineup.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 18, 2009 4:06 PM CDT up reply actions
ill still expect changes, didnt start scoring until they used PHs and double switched
by jesus christos on Jun 18, 2009 4:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Don't hold your breath.
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
unless he's in the bathroom with you!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 18, 2009 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions
except
it was all regular lineup guys who got the runs. Lee, Soto, RJ, Soriano.
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 18, 2009 8:12 PM CDT up reply actions
you gotta look at each player individually...
the main argument was soriano…but I don’t think you can move him now…for a bit…i dunno..haha
Just wow!
Hell yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"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 18, 2009 4:05 PM CDT reply actions
What does it say about me...
that at 49 years old, knowing that this is, in reality, immaterial, that I am breathing a little easier and that the day seems better and I can smile once again /
by Southside Steve on Jun 18, 2009 4:05 PM CDT reply actions
it says you love the Cubs
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 18, 2009 4:06 PM CDT up reply actions
it says you Bleed Cubbie Blue!!!
thats the way it should be!
Albert Pujols for Cubs Starting 1B in 2011
You're a normal Cub fan like the rest of us!
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
It says you're a die hard Cubs fan Steveo, CUBS WIN!!! CUBS WIN!!! CUBS WIN!!!
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Jun 18, 2009 4:07 PM CDT up reply actions
It doesn't matter how old you are,
All that matters is that you’re a Cubs fan!
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions
The Cubs just beat the White Sox
Who here wouldn’t be feeling giddy right now?
Imagine
that if a single win feels this good after just 4 losses, how it will feel when, dare I say, IT finally happens ? I could die happy
by Southside Steve on Jun 18, 2009 4:08 PM CDT reply actions
They can't
Until I’m President and I get to throw out the first pitch in game 1. So, about 20 years. Sorry.
I think it's pretty clear...
that this is the first game of Soriano’s triumphant surge to an MVP season.
:)
Alright everyone, time to go be productive
Great win, glad to see the breath of life!
Peace!!
Albert Pujols for Cubs Starting 1B in 2011
Peace man!
Talk to you later!
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 4:11 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm out, but Yea..Cubs Win- later y'all
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
WHEW!
There is STILL HOPE!!!
Just heard Lou on the CSN post-game.
What is Von Joshua doing now he’s asked:
“Von is trying to get the players to take it to the opposite field more. Also, stay on the ball longer, and be more selective…”
That comment by Lou does give me hope...
…and it makes perfect sense. Hit it where it’s pitched, take what they give ya, (b/c everybody is throwing them away- whether it’s a RH batter, or a LH batter). Be selective, take some pitches, get something to hit.
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Jun 18, 2009 4:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Ask, and ye shall receive.
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by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 4:28 PM CDT up reply actions
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