Chicago Cubs @ Pittsburgh Pirates GameThread, Jun 29, 2009 6:05 PM CDT

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 29, 2009 6:20 PM CDT reply actions

you are!

and you’re late! :)

Pumping sunshine for the Cubs since 1968 (yeah, that's right I was a Cubs fan in the womb!)

by CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) on Jun 29, 2009 6:21 PM CDT up reply actions

alrighty then.

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 29, 2009 6:22 PM CDT up reply actions

No just mumbling about Bradley

Boy oh boy oh boy

by BleedsbluinMI on Jun 29, 2009 6:21 PM CDT up reply actions

0-2 on Freel

by Cubbiegoon on Jun 29, 2009 6:20 PM CDT reply actions

Aramis sighting!!

I miss that guy… so much

There is no infinity button for failing in sports. At some point, things turn. They always do. - Bill Simmons

by Allie on Jun 29, 2009 6:21 PM CDT reply actions

how did he look?

still dreamy?? :P

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by CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) on Jun 29, 2009 6:23 PM CDT up reply actions

Yes

Very handsome man. Foxy, even?

LMAO

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by Allie on Jun 29, 2009 6:24 PM CDT up reply actions

Freel

Ks. Two outs. Fox and Soto on. Blanco to the plate.

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 29, 2009 6:22 PM CDT reply actions

Doggone it!

"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."

by Itchy on Jun 29, 2009 6:24 PM CDT up reply actions

Inning starts with 2 on, no out....

Boy oh boy oh boy

by BleedsbluinMI on Jun 29, 2009 6:22 PM CDT reply actions

Excellent! Softball beer league rules...

Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on Jun 29, 2009 6:23 PM CDT up reply actions

+1

Boy oh boy oh boy

by BleedsbluinMI on Jun 29, 2009 6:24 PM CDT up reply actions

Foxy!

Boy oh boy oh boy

by BleedsbluinMI on Jun 29, 2009 6:24 PM CDT reply actions

hey we got a run

by jesus christos on Jun 29, 2009 6:24 PM CDT reply actions

awhat?

by LT on Jun 29, 2009 6:25 PM CDT up reply actions

Base Hit!

Fox rounds third! He SCORES! Runners to second and third! 1-0 Cubs!

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 29, 2009 6:24 PM CDT reply actions

Yes!

Great news!

"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."

by Itchy on Jun 29, 2009 6:25 PM CDT up reply actions

Blanco!!!

I am LOVING this kid!!

Pumping sunshine for the Cubs since 1968 (yeah, that's right I was a Cubs fan in the womb!)

by CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) on Jun 29, 2009 6:24 PM CDT reply actions

That was close!

But I’ll take it!

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by Chris Dobbertean on Jun 29, 2009 6:24 PM CDT reply actions

Blanco with the single!

Real close at the plate, Fox scores

by chitownhawkeye on Jun 29, 2009 6:24 PM CDT reply actions

Pirates CFer with the Anti-JacqueJones throw home...

Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on Jun 29, 2009 6:25 PM CDT reply actions

Andy White Fan Club

Meeting tomorrow.

Who’s bringing muffins?

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by Allie on Jun 29, 2009 6:25 PM CDT reply actions

I will bring

Churros.

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 29, 2009 6:25 PM CDT up reply actions

mmmm...

Churros….

by CubsWin!Oregon on Jun 29, 2009 6:26 PM CDT up reply actions

I'll bring... umm...

vegemite and beer??

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by CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) on Jun 29, 2009 6:26 PM CDT up reply actions

never had

vegemite

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by Allie on Jun 29, 2009 6:26 PM CDT up reply actions

Men at Work

highly recommend it.

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 29, 2009 6:27 PM CDT up reply actions

vegemite

.. is an acquired taste… lol

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by CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) on Jun 29, 2009 6:28 PM CDT up reply actions

so i've heard

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by Allie on Jun 29, 2009 6:29 PM CDT up reply actions

you'll love it!! yummy on toast!!

by CubfaninRaleigh(869milestoWrigley) on Jun 29, 2009 6:29 PM CDT up reply actions

I'll bring my thirst

Foster’s?

Boy oh boy oh boy

by BleedsbluinMI on Jun 29, 2009 6:27 PM CDT up reply actions

will be something better than Foster's

Foster’s is just about the worst beer made in this country… :P

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by CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) on Jun 29, 2009 6:28 PM CDT up reply actions

but...but...

it’s Australian for “beer!” :)

by CubsWin!Oregon on Jun 29, 2009 6:28 PM CDT up reply actions

the same way that..

budweiser is American for “beer”… lol

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by CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) on Jun 29, 2009 6:29 PM CDT up reply actions

isn't that just like corona

being huge here but every mexican i know tells me its crap?

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by Allie on Jun 29, 2009 6:30 PM CDT up reply actions

That reminds me..

can someone bring some Negro Modelo to the meeting?? :)

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by CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) on Jun 29, 2009 6:31 PM CDT up reply actions

If that's code for Halle Berry, I'm there!

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by ballhawk on Jun 29, 2009 6:32 PM CDT up reply actions

LMAO

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by CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) on Jun 29, 2009 6:33 PM CDT up reply actions

Victoria Bitter?

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by Chris Dobbertean on Jun 29, 2009 6:29 PM CDT up reply actions

VB...

I could do. Much better than Fosters… :)

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by CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) on Jun 29, 2009 6:31 PM CDT up reply actions

They still have Crown Lager down there?

I think that and VB were my favorite Australian beers.

by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 29, 2009 6:33 PM CDT up reply actions

I'm amazingly adventurous when it comes to beer...

Boy oh boy oh boy

by BleedsbluinMI on Jun 29, 2009 6:29 PM CDT up reply actions

funny how that seems to work.

I hear Budweiser is a big hit over in England

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by ballhawk on Jun 29, 2009 6:29 PM CDT up reply actions

Ireland, too

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by BigJohnAZ on Jun 29, 2009 6:30 PM CDT up reply actions

oops.

You beat me to it.

by CubsWin!Oregon on Jun 29, 2009 6:31 PM CDT up reply actions

Last time I was in Ireland...

all the kids in the pubs were drinking Budweiser (while all the old folks were having Guinness). I went with Guinness… :)

by CubsWin!Oregon on Jun 29, 2009 6:31 PM CDT up reply actions

Brilliant!

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by BigJohnAZ on Jun 29, 2009 6:32 PM CDT up reply actions

ha.

I love those ads.

by CubsWin!Oregon on Jun 29, 2009 6:33 PM CDT up reply actions

Me too

Love that beer. Mother’s milk over there. I’ve had some good pints here, but nothing compares to having it there.

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by BigJohnAZ on Jun 29, 2009 6:35 PM CDT up reply actions

Yeah.

At the Gravity Bar in the G. brewery it was amazing. Though I made the mistake of taking someone’s advice and putting a bit of black currant in it.

I wanted to punch myself in the face for ruining it.

by CubsWin!Oregon on Jun 29, 2009 6:37 PM CDT up reply actions

Fail

I also like Harp Lager, which the locals there say is their swill beer. I have always been a lager guy. Not so much on the hefeweizen or IPA’s.

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by BigJohnAZ on Jun 29, 2009 6:39 PM CDT up reply actions

a wise decision

.. budweiser is also pretty widely available down under now… weirds me out.. lol

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by CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) on Jun 29, 2009 6:33 PM CDT up reply actions

Bud and Coors Light

also are big in Canada. Don’t get that, considering they have Labatt’s and Molson.

by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 29, 2009 6:39 PM CDT up reply actions

Ahh, Labatt's Blue. Yummy

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by BigJohnAZ on Jun 29, 2009 6:40 PM CDT up reply actions

Went over to Windsor while at the Cubs-Tigers series

and got some Blue straight from the source. Superb.

by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 29, 2009 6:44 PM CDT up reply actions

Love Canadian beers

Do they still make Grizzly? I used to drink that about 20 years ago.

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by BigJohnAZ on Jun 29, 2009 6:48 PM CDT up reply actions

Dunno

There are some beers sold all over the country, like Labatt’s and Molson, and others that are sold on a province-by-province basis. I think Moosehead, for example, isn’t sold all over the country.

I’ve heard of Grizzly, but I don’t know if they sell it in Ontario.

by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 29, 2009 6:51 PM CDT up reply actions

Actually, speaking of Pittsburgh,

they sell two pretty good beers at PNC — Yuengling and Penn Pilsner.

by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 29, 2009 6:52 PM CDT up reply actions

well yeah...

I’m pretty sure that there isn’t a single Aussie beer that isn’t much better than budweiser… which reminds me…

you heard the joke about american beer and making love in a canoe??

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by CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) on Jun 29, 2009 6:41 PM CDT up reply actions

Umm....no....let's hear....

"I'm not much of a chemistry guy, you know. Chemistry to me is a pinch-hit double with the bases loaded"--Jim Frey, Chicago Tribune, 1985.

by zevkalman on Jun 29, 2009 6:42 PM CDT up reply actions

Why is american beer like making love in a canoe?

It’s f*cking close to water! rimshot

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by CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) on Jun 29, 2009 6:48 PM CDT up reply actions

ha!

"I'm not much of a chemistry guy, you know. Chemistry to me is a pinch-hit double with the bases loaded"--Jim Frey, Chicago Tribune, 1985.

by zevkalman on Jun 29, 2009 7:11 PM CDT up reply actions

OT: I was curious...are you from the States originally and just live in Oz?

Or are you an Aussie that happens to like the Cubbies? I was meaning to ask you that a while ago. :)

by CubsWin!Oregon on Jun 29, 2009 6:28 PM CDT up reply actions

good!

someone else was curious too

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by Allie on Jun 29, 2009 6:30 PM CDT up reply actions

I'm an American...

.. but been living in Australia for ~12 years now.. :)

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by CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) on Jun 29, 2009 6:30 PM CDT up reply actions

Ah ok...

Very cool. One of these days I’m hoping to get down to Australia. Passed up an opportunity to study there once. Figured I should make up for that.

by CubsWin!Oregon on Jun 29, 2009 6:33 PM CDT up reply actions

I spent a semester here in college...

.. is what got me hooked, so I came back the first chance I had, which turned out to be grad school..

Pumping sunshine for the Cubs since 1968 (yeah, that's right I was a Cubs fan in the womb!)

by CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) on Jun 29, 2009 6:35 PM CDT up reply actions

the lad was born in canada, grew up in north carolina

by CubfaninRaleigh(869milestoWrigley) on Jun 29, 2009 6:31 PM CDT up reply actions

near Raleigh?

lol

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by Allie on Jun 29, 2009 6:32 PM CDT up reply actions

could be :)

by CubfaninRaleigh(869milestoWrigley) on Jun 29, 2009 6:32 PM CDT up reply actions

damn you laroche

by jesus christos on Jun 29, 2009 6:26 PM CDT reply actions

Harden

ground ball to the right side. LaRouche takes the base-hit away and the inning is over. 2 LOB. 1-0 Cubs.

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 29, 2009 6:26 PM CDT reply actions

I know it's probably not true

but it seems like opposing teams have made a lot of fantastic defensive plays against the Cubs this season.

by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 29, 2009 6:27 PM CDT up reply actions

no kidding

There is no infinity button for failing in sports. At some point, things turn. They always do. - Bill Simmons

by Allie on Jun 29, 2009 6:28 PM CDT up reply actions

oh, I think it's true

it’s just magnified for us, that’s all.

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 29, 2009 6:29 PM CDT up reply actions

That was almost 2 runs

Helluva play. I swear everyone is a gold glover against us!

"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."

by Itchy on Jun 29, 2009 6:31 PM CDT up reply actions

good hustle from rich

There is no infinity button for failing in sports. At some point, things turn. They always do. - Bill Simmons

by Allie on Jun 29, 2009 6:27 PM CDT reply actions

LaRoche

batting against Harden.

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 29, 2009 6:29 PM CDT reply actions

pls avoid cliche

guy makes a great play in the field and then,,,

by daily2b on Jun 29, 2009 6:29 PM CDT reply actions

thank you

by daily2b on Jun 29, 2009 6:30 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 29, 2009 6:30 PM CDT 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 29, 2009 6:31 PM CDT reply actions

hate the early Ks from rich

too high pitch count… wish he’d get more early outs.

There is no infinity button for failing in sports. At some point, things turn. They always do. - Bill Simmons

by Allie on Jun 29, 2009 6:31 PM CDT reply actions

I wish that ball he hit would've gotten thru!

"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."

by Itchy on Jun 29, 2009 6:32 PM CDT up reply actions

now we're both being picky, lol

There is no infinity button for failing in sports. At some point, things turn. They always do. - Bill Simmons

by Allie on Jun 29, 2009 6:33 PM CDT up reply actions

I hear yea

"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."

by Itchy on Jun 29, 2009 6:35 PM CDT up reply actions

i hate watching in standard def :/

by jesus christos on Jun 29, 2009 6:33 PM CDT reply actions

if it helps...

I don’t even have a tv. :)

by CubsWin!Oregon on Jun 29, 2009 6:34 PM CDT up reply actions

doesn't wciu have an hd channel?

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by Allie on Jun 29, 2009 6:35 PM CDT up reply actions

searched for the game but only HD 1 game and it is blacked out, so i guess not

by jesus christos on Jun 29, 2009 6:37 PM CDT up reply actions

we don't even get that stupid channel and you are whining about standard def :-P

by cubsnlinux on Jun 29, 2009 6:38 PM CDT up reply actions

oh, whoops

by jesus christos on Jun 29, 2009 6:41 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 29, 2009 6:33 PM CDT reply actions

isn't he at 4 Ks?

Or is Len confusing me?

There is no infinity button for failing in sports. At some point, things turn. They always do. - Bill Simmons

by Allie on Jun 29, 2009 6:34 PM CDT up reply actions

He is at 4 k's

by Cubbiegoon on Jun 29, 2009 6:35 PM CDT up reply actions

Ok.

I missed the first one. This was just for the inning. :D

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 29, 2009 6:40 PM CDT up reply actions

has King Rich

.. been retired? where’s your normal graphic? :)

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by CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) on Jun 29, 2009 6:42 PM CDT up reply actions

I've switched computers

and I’m not sure I can find it. :(

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 29, 2009 6:42 PM CDT up reply actions

bummer!

we’ll try to live without it… ;)

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by CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) on Jun 29, 2009 6:44 PM CDT up reply actions

good inning for harden!!!!

by CubfaninRaleigh(869milestoWrigley) on Jun 29, 2009 6:33 PM CDT reply actions

That's a good inning for anybody

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by BigJohnAZ on Jun 29, 2009 6:36 PM CDT up reply actions

cmon Sori!

by daily2b on Jun 29, 2009 6:35 PM CDT reply actions

Soriano

pops out to shallow right. 1 out. Riot up.

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 29, 2009 6:36 PM CDT reply actions

RIOT GOES YARD!

2-0 Cubs!

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 29, 2009 6:37 PM CDT reply actions

Shweet!

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by BigJohnAZ on Jun 29, 2009 6:37 PM CDT up reply actions

Woo hooooo!!!

He knows chicks dig the long ball.. lol

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by CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) on Jun 29, 2009 6:37 PM CDT up reply actions

Wow!

"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."

by Itchy on Jun 29, 2009 6:38 PM CDT up reply actions

Riot definitely taking advantage of PNC's layout. That was right down a fairly short LF line.

Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on Jun 29, 2009 6:38 PM CDT up reply actions

ruh roh lite beer guys 1st & 3rd one out..

by CubfaninRaleigh(869milestoWrigley) on Jun 29, 2009 6:37 PM CDT reply actions

what are you babbling about?

Brewers??

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by CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) on Jun 29, 2009 6:38 PM CDT up reply actions

uh oh - it's the "BCB Battle of the Long User Name Guys!"

Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on Jun 29, 2009 6:39 PM CDT up reply actions

I want some of that action

by LT on Jun 29, 2009 6:40 PM CDT up reply actions

did you take the "under"?

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by Allie on Jun 29, 2009 6:41 PM CDT up reply actions

lol

by LT on Jun 29, 2009 6:41 PM CDT up reply actions

he's old..

I can take ’im… :P

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by CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) on Jun 29, 2009 6:42 PM CDT up reply actions

We need Sori ito start on one of his patented hot streaks

the rest of the team seems to follow his lead when he’s raking.

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by BigJohnAZ on Jun 29, 2009 6:37 PM CDT reply actions

RIOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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by Chris Dobbertean on Jun 29, 2009 6:37 PM CDT reply actions

nice!

by daily2b on Jun 29, 2009 6:37 PM CDT reply actions

RIOT!!!!!

by Glacier on Jun 29, 2009 6:37 PM CDT reply actions

Lee

lines one right at 2b. Two 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.

by drewishdrewid on Jun 29, 2009 6:37 PM CDT reply actions

crud

that was smoked

by daily2b on Jun 29, 2009 6:38 PM CDT reply actions

WOXY.com - The Future of Rock and Roll

by Gibbon Jockey on Jun 29, 2009 6:38 PM CDT reply actions

i really hate not being able to collapse posts

damnit.

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by Allie on Jun 29, 2009 6:39 PM CDT up reply actions

When and why

did that feature disappear??

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by CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) on Jun 29, 2009 6:39 PM CDT up reply actions

SBnation broke it

they’re “looking into it”.

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by Allie on Jun 29, 2009 6:40 PM CDT up reply actions

what the heck is there to look into it

wrap the comment area with a div and when one choses to collapse posts make the style of all those divs – ‘hidden’. WTF?

by cubsnlinux on Jun 29, 2009 6:50 PM CDT up reply actions

no idea

i reported it to support and they said they’ve gotten numerous complaints and are “looking into it”.

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by Allie on Jun 29, 2009 6:51 PM CDT up reply actions

Theriot

…busting out the boom stick!

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by CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) on Jun 29, 2009 6:39 PM CDT up reply actions

aww yeah

by jesus christos on Jun 29, 2009 6:38 PM CDT reply actions

Fox hits a roller to the left side

out by a step. Three outs, 0 LOB. 2-0 Cubs.

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by drewishdrewid on Jun 29, 2009 6:39 PM CDT reply actions

ruhroh....lite beer guys 1-0 over mets men on 1st, 2nd, 2 out

by CubfaninRaleigh(869milestoWrigley) on Jun 29, 2009 6:40 PM CDT reply actions

Inning over

1-0

by LT on Jun 29, 2009 6:41 PM CDT up reply actions

go mets?

ugh. i feel icky now.

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by Allie on Jun 29, 2009 6:41 PM CDT up reply actions

me too....

by CubfaninRaleigh(869milestoWrigley) on Jun 29, 2009 6:42 PM CDT up reply actions

Don't tell Ronnie!

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by BigJohnAZ on Jun 29, 2009 6:42 PM CDT up reply actions

I'll abstain, thank you. :)

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by Chris Dobbertean on Jun 29, 2009 6:42 PM CDT up reply actions

yeah

that was the last time for me too…

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by Allie on Jun 29, 2009 6:43 PM CDT up reply actions

I got to a game at Shea before it closed...

Mets-Cards. Just awful. I’m glad that when I go to the new park this year, I’ll be seeing the Cubs there.

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by Chris Dobbertean on Jun 29, 2009 6:44 PM CDT up reply actions

I think you need to go take

one of those Silkwood showers now..or at least wash your mouth out with soap.. lol

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by CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) on Jun 29, 2009 6:45 PM CDT up reply actions

i doused my hands in purell

we’re cool.

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by Allie on Jun 29, 2009 6:46 PM CDT up reply actions

TNWSS

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by ballhawk on Jun 29, 2009 6:45 PM CDT up reply actions

Good start so far

by cubbiepride on Jun 29, 2009 6:40 PM CDT reply actions

Harramio

takes down low. 2-0

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by drewishdrewid on Jun 29, 2009 6:42 PM CDT reply actions

Grounder to second

Harramio out at first.

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by drewishdrewid on Jun 29, 2009 6:42 PM CDT reply actions

Jaramillo*

by Glacier on Jun 29, 2009 6:43 PM CDT up reply actions

I'll get the lineups

in a bit. Right now, there’s someone wrong on the internets. :P

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by drewishdrewid on Jun 29, 2009 6:44 PM CDT up reply actions

lol

no worries. just messin with ya

by Glacier on Jun 29, 2009 6:46 PM CDT up reply actions

Fonzie's slugging 9 points higher than Riot

ugh.

thats even more awful.

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by Allie on Jun 29, 2009 6:42 PM CDT reply actions

I could be wrong...but I don't have a lot of optimism for Fonzie over the next five years....

"I'm not much of a chemistry guy, you know. Chemistry to me is a pinch-hit double with the bases loaded"--Jim Frey, Chicago Tribune, 1985.

by zevkalman on Jun 29, 2009 6:44 PM CDT up reply actions

yeah

this cold streak has been way deeper than any of those i can remember.

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by Allie on Jun 29, 2009 6:45 PM CDT up reply actions

Like I said in a post in the post-game thread from yesterday....

I think his numbers since June 18th are actually pretty encouraging. My guess is he’s coming out of it…albeit slower than we’re used to for him.

by CubsWin!Oregon on Jun 29, 2009 6:49 PM CDT up reply actions

I hope so

But sooner would be better

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by Allie on Jun 29, 2009 6:49 PM CDT up reply actions

I agree with Al

I think he’s hurt…

by LT on Jun 29, 2009 6:49 PM CDT up reply actions

Hey hey everybody!

Albert Pujols for Cubs Starting 1B in 2012

by heine41 on Jun 29, 2009 6:43 PM CDT reply actions

hiya

Heine!

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by drewishdrewid on Jun 29, 2009 6:43 PM CDT up reply actions

hey drew

Im doing ok considering its a WCIU night

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by heine41 on Jun 29, 2009 6:52 PM CDT up reply actions

ew

I’m sorry.

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by drewishdrewid on Jun 29, 2009 6:52 PM CDT up reply actions

no like the u?

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by Allie on Jun 29, 2009 6:52 PM CDT up reply actions

no get the U in Pekin

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by heine41 on Jun 29, 2009 6:53 PM CDT up reply actions

Pekin?

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by Allie on Jun 29, 2009 6:55 PM CDT up reply actions

small town

in rural IL.

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by drewishdrewid on Jun 29, 2009 6:56 PM CDT up reply actions

hey hey now

were not THAT small, but by chicago standards, yes

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by heine41 on Jun 29, 2009 6:56 PM CDT up reply actions

Oh

I’ve never heard of it.

we get it in my rural town in IN…

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by Allie on Jun 29, 2009 6:56 PM CDT up reply actions

any little pink houses there?

Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on Jun 29, 2009 6:58 PM CDT up reply actions

not that i know of

but… we’ve all learned not to trust my vision

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by Allie on Jun 29, 2009 6:59 PM CDT up reply actions

home of the Pekin Chinks

by ARob1 on Jun 29, 2009 6:57 PM CDT up reply actions

um....

by CubsWin!Oregon on Jun 29, 2009 6:57 PM CDT up reply actions

boy you're creative

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by heine41 on Jun 29, 2009 6:58 PM CDT up reply actions

isn't that the name of the HS team there?

by ARob1 on Jun 29, 2009 6:59 PM CDT up reply actions

I'm pretty sure...

Racial slurs don’t fly there. Or here.

by CubsWin!Oregon on Jun 29, 2009 6:59 PM CDT up reply actions

guess you don't have a clue what you're talking about.

http://www.myspace.com/pekinchinksclassof82

by ARob1 on Jun 29, 2009 7:00 PM CDT up reply actions

You've gotta be f*ckin kidding me...

Is that real?

Apologies if so. I thought you were trying to be funny with racial slurs.

That is about the worst mascot name I’ve ever seen.

by CubsWin!Oregon on Jun 29, 2009 7:03 PM CDT up reply actions

I wasn't trying to be funny.

That is/was actually their mascot. Heine says they have since changed it, which may be the case.

by ARob1 on Jun 29, 2009 7:03 PM CDT up reply actions

they did, in the eighties, when people became aware of racial slurs lol

we had the name because Pekin is apparently directly on the other side of the world from Peking, China

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by heine41 on Jun 29, 2009 7:05 PM CDT up reply actions

Another link for you:

http://pchs1961.org/reunion.htm

Next time don’’t make proclamations unless you know what you’re talking about.

by ARob1 on Jun 29, 2009 7:03 PM CDT up reply actions

please don't get mad about it

next time just include a link to something like that… CYA and all that

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by Allie on Jun 29, 2009 7:04 PM CDT up reply actions

I'm not mad at all.

Thanks, though :)

by ARob1 on Jun 29, 2009 7:05 PM CDT up reply actions

I already apologized.

You were cavalier about so it seemed like you were trying to be funny.

Particularly because my girlfriend is Chinese-American, I have a low tolerance for anti-Chinese slurs being brought up in polite convo, hence my reaction.

Anyway, apologies.

by CubsWin!Oregon on Jun 29, 2009 7:08 PM CDT up reply actions

don't need a personal interest story, it justifies nothing.

you were wrong, and apologized, so it’s fine.

by ARob1 on Jun 29, 2009 7:10 PM CDT up reply actions

not in the last 30 years

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by heine41 on Jun 29, 2009 6:59 PM CDT up reply actions

They changed it?

by ARob1 on Jun 29, 2009 7:01 PM CDT up reply actions

yep, to the Dragons!

no the joke is, Chinks never die, they just Drag-on

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by heine41 on Jun 29, 2009 7:06 PM CDT up reply actions

now the Pekin Boos - that would have been creative

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by ballhawk on Jun 29, 2009 6:59 PM CDT up reply actions

lol

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by CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) on Jun 29, 2009 6:59 PM CDT up reply actions

lol truth

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by heine41 on Jun 29, 2009 7:00 PM CDT up reply actions

Welcome to the first game of the sweep!

Boy oh boy oh boy

by BleedsbluinMI on Jun 29, 2009 6:44 PM CDT up reply actions

hey heine!

how are ya?

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by Allie on Jun 29, 2009 6:44 PM CDT up reply actions

Hey allie

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by heine41 on Jun 29, 2009 6:52 PM CDT up reply actions

G'day Heine!

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by CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) on Jun 29, 2009 6:46 PM CDT up reply actions

hows it going Australia

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by heine41 on Jun 29, 2009 6:52 PM CDT up reply actions

good but cold :)

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by CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) on Jun 29, 2009 6:52 PM CDT up reply actions

Cold? What are you talking about its summer! :-P

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by heine41 on Jun 29, 2009 6:53 PM CDT up reply actions

grumble grumble

though I shouldn’t really complain… the only part of australia that gets anything like a REAL winter is Tasmania…

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by CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) on Jun 29, 2009 6:55 PM CDT up reply actions

so how cold is it?

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by heine41 on Jun 29, 2009 6:58 PM CDT up reply actions

it's SO COLD...

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by drewishdrewid on Jun 29, 2009 6:59 PM CDT up reply actions

...the alderman had his hands in his own pockets!

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by ballhawk on Jun 29, 2009 7:03 PM CDT up reply actions

I got nothing clever... still too early...

and I think it’s high 40s this morning.. heading for low 50’s.. nothing to complain about but very gray out there… lol

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by CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) on Jun 29, 2009 7:01 PM CDT up reply actions

oooh springtime!

lol.

winter = snow up to your arse. 50s isn’t winter.

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by Allie on Jun 29, 2009 7:02 PM CDT up reply actions

Winter here

means I have to wear a shirt with short sleeves.

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by BigJohnAZ on Jun 29, 2009 7:03 PM CDT up reply actions

I spent 4 winters in Minnesota

so I know what winter is..

but it’s still miserable, because Aussies haven’t yet discovered insulated houses or winter coats…

and every bathroom in this country is the same temperature as outside… they have this weird phobia about mildew so all bathrooms are unheated and generally have a window that’s always open (like designed that it can’t be completely closed) .. is just weird.. lol

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by CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) on Jun 29, 2009 7:06 PM CDT up reply actions

yeah

that would be weird.

there have been winters where the bathroom was the only heated room in the house…

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by Allie on Jun 29, 2009 7:23 PM CDT up reply actions

Walk

one on. Duke up.

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by drewishdrewid on Jun 29, 2009 6:43 PM CDT reply actions

Fox way down the line

to take the bunt.

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by drewishdrewid on Jun 29, 2009 6:44 PM CDT reply actions

Duke bunts

down the first base line. 1-4 sac. Wilson to second. McKeutcheon to the plate.

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by drewishdrewid on Jun 29, 2009 6:45 PM CDT reply actions

this pittsburgh

announcers DESPISE interleague play

by Glacier on Jun 29, 2009 6:47 PM CDT reply actions

who can blame them?

i find it boring and contrived.

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by Allie on Jun 29, 2009 6:47 PM CDT up reply actions

oh i agree

by Glacier on Jun 29, 2009 6:49 PM CDT up reply actions

I still am trying to figure out...

why 39,600 people (including myself) turned out for O’s-Nats on Saturday night.

Now I need to disinfect myself…

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by Chris Dobbertean on Jun 29, 2009 6:50 PM CDT up reply actions

1 LOB. Three outs.

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by drewishdrewid on Jun 29, 2009 6:47 PM CDT reply actions

Oh, it's on!

Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on Jun 29, 2009 6:47 PM CDT up reply actions

if he can keep it up

for three more innings, I’ll be happy.

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by drewishdrewid on Jun 29, 2009 6:50 PM CDT up reply actions

TWSS

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by BigJohnAZ on Jun 29, 2009 6:50 PM CDT up reply actions

nice, rich w/ another K

by CubfaninRaleigh(869milestoWrigley) on Jun 29, 2009 6:47 PM CDT reply actions

The Pirates announcers...

are channeling Chip Caray from a few years back where he accused the AL of not playing actual baseball because of the DH.

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by Chris Dobbertean on Jun 29, 2009 6:47 PM CDT reply actions

the pittsburgh announcers earned some points with me

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by Allie on Jun 29, 2009 6:48 PM CDT up reply actions

me too

by LT on Jun 29, 2009 6:50 PM CDT up reply actions

I hate the DH.

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by BigJohnAZ on Jun 29, 2009 6:50 PM CDT up reply actions

Unfortunately...

it’s now ingrained itself in most levels of the game. Damned shame.

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by Chris Dobbertean on Jun 29, 2009 6:51 PM CDT up reply actions

Soto to the plate

left hand comes off the bat on the swing. 0-1.

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by drewishdrewid on Jun 29, 2009 6:49 PM CDT reply actions

is it his glove hand?

i’m no good at the right/left stuff.

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by Allie on Jun 29, 2009 6:50 PM CDT up reply actions

it's his

bottom hand. I think that’s the hand he catches with, yes.

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 29, 2009 6:52 PM CDT up reply actions

you'd never cut it at boot camp then

“ah-left…, left…, left, right, left…”

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by ballhawk on Jun 29, 2009 6:52 PM CDT up reply actions

Whenever that happens

I fear there is something wrong with that hand. He looks in pain.

by Ryanocm1 on Jun 29, 2009 6:50 PM CDT up reply actions

there is somethign wrong

but Bob says it’s an injury that will never get better.

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 29, 2009 6:52 PM CDT up reply actions

he has sprained thumb earlier in life sometime that keeps respraining or something

by Glacier on Jun 29, 2009 6:53 PM CDT up reply actions

usually the only way to heal stuff like that

is solid rest.

and being a catcher means you don’t get many days off

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by Allie on Jun 29, 2009 6:54 PM CDT up reply actions

lol

they keep saying “marihuana” emphasizing an h sound funny announcers

by Glacier on Jun 29, 2009 6:50 PM CDT reply actions

reefer madness

by daily2b on Jun 29, 2009 6:51 PM CDT up reply actions

Soto

walks. One on, no outs. Bradley to the plate.

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by drewishdrewid on Jun 29, 2009 6:50 PM CDT reply actions

big buster bradley

by jesus christos on Jun 29, 2009 6:51 PM CDT reply actions

How about a frigging towering jack!

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by BigJohnAZ on Jun 29, 2009 6:52 PM CDT up reply actions

Split the gap works too!

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by Allie on Jun 29, 2009 6:53 PM CDT up reply actions

I'll take it just the same

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by BigJohnAZ on Jun 29, 2009 6:54 PM CDT up reply actions

Brewers lead mets by 2, 2-0 MIL

by cubsnlinux on Jun 29, 2009 6:51 PM CDT reply actions

Snell is in the minors?

13 straight k’s! Won’t be there long

Boy oh boy oh boy

by BleedsbluinMI on Jun 29, 2009 6:51 PM CDT reply actions

Hunnington, their gm

said signing him to his dl was a mistake. I see him getting traded soon personally

by Glacier on Jun 29, 2009 6:52 PM CDT up reply actions

deal

by Glacier on Jun 29, 2009 6:52 PM CDT up reply actions

Just to wrap up the beer thread from above:

Why is american beer like making love in a canoe?

(go ahead and shout out the answer if you’ve heard this one)

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by CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) on Jun 29, 2009 6:51 PM CDT reply actions

why?

by Glacier on Jun 29, 2009 6:52 PM CDT up reply actions

because

it’s f*cking close to water!

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by CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) on Jun 29, 2009 6:53 PM CDT up reply actions

that's the first joke

ever told to me by an Australian… lol

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by CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) on Jun 29, 2009 6:54 PM CDT up reply actions

haha good joke!

by Glacier on Jun 29, 2009 6:54 PM CDT up reply actions

Ya, I wanted to ask, thought I was the only one that didn't know

Boy oh boy oh boy

by BleedsbluinMI on Jun 29, 2009 6:54 PM CDT up reply actions

I hate afflack

why must they give us such hard questions?

by Glacier on Jun 29, 2009 6:51 PM CDT reply actions

Bradley

doubles! All the way to the right field line! Soto scores! 3-0 Cubs!

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by drewishdrewid on Jun 29, 2009 6:52 PM CDT reply actions

Now they're talking about...

a certain player who was just traded. It’s like they’re reading the site. :)

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by Chris Dobbertean on Jun 29, 2009 6:52 PM CDT reply actions

buster bradleys first RBI in a loooooooooooooooong time

by jesus christos on Jun 29, 2009 6:53 PM CDT reply actions

I'm going out to play the lottery

MB rbi

Boy oh boy oh boy

by BleedsbluinMI on Jun 29, 2009 6:53 PM CDT reply actions

Bradley 2B

Soto scores,3-0 Cubs

Oh Baby!

by cubswgnrocks on Jun 29, 2009 6:53 PM CDT reply actions

Good Job Bradley

Thats what we need, line drives in the gap.

by Ryanocm1 on Jun 29, 2009 6:53 PM CDT reply actions

Atta boy Bradley!

I knew you had it in you!

MVP! MVP! MVP!

(ok ok. maybe I’m getting ahead of myself…)

by CubsWin!Oregon on Jun 29, 2009 6:54 PM CDT reply actions

quick - make a fanpost!

Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on Jun 29, 2009 6:55 PM CDT up reply actions

ha.

Al would love me for that.

by CubsWin!Oregon on Jun 29, 2009 6:57 PM CDT up reply actions

I would love to see him heat up now

.. start earning that money.. maybe even some fans.. :)

Pumping sunshine for the Cubs since 1968 (yeah, that's right I was a Cubs fan in the womb!)

by CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) on Jun 29, 2009 6:56 PM CDT up reply actions

Freel

loops it over second base, caught. Bradley holds. One out.

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 29, 2009 6:54 PM CDT reply actions

good first three and a half innings so far

scorig runs in various ways, pitching well. Keep it up.

by Ryanocm1 on Jun 29, 2009 6:55 PM CDT reply actions

Yep. That's what's been hurting us, not scoring with productive outs or good situational hitting

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by BigJohnAZ on Jun 29, 2009 6:56 PM CDT up reply actions

Pat says, "Soto chugging around third"

Boy oh boy oh boy

by BleedsbluinMI on Jun 29, 2009 6:55 PM CDT reply actions

Bradley talks to the fans

by LT on Jun 29, 2009 6:55 PM CDT reply actions

what did he say

by ARob1 on Jun 29, 2009 6:56 PM CDT up reply actions

Nothing

he was doing the thing with his hands telling the fans to keep talking…. He needs to let that go

by LT on Jun 29, 2009 6:59 PM CDT up reply actions

or kick it up a notch and have fun with it.

do the Hulk Hogan thing with the exaggerated hand to the ear…

Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on Jun 29, 2009 7:05 PM CDT up reply actions

Blanco

rolls one by the mound. Thrown out at first by the 3b, Bradley to third. Two 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.

by drewishdrewid on Jun 29, 2009 6:55 PM CDT reply actions

come on king rich

by jesus christos on Jun 29, 2009 6:55 PM CDT reply actions

Nice baserunning by Bradley

by ARob1 on Jun 29, 2009 6:56 PM CDT reply actions

Harden

Ks. 1 LOB. 3-0 Cubs. On to the bottom of the 4th.

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 29, 2009 6:56 PM CDT reply actions

This game is flying. It may be over before I leave work!

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by BigJohnAZ on Jun 29, 2009 6:57 PM CDT up reply actions

as long as its over

before i run out of beer!!

by daily2b on Jun 29, 2009 6:59 PM CDT up reply actions

OT: its going to be 60 degrees tomorrow

last tuesday it was 97.

i hate living here sometimes.

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by Allie on Jun 29, 2009 6:58 PM CDT reply actions

I'll trade ya. Hit 112° yesterday, Ouch.

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by BigJohnAZ on Jun 29, 2009 6:59 PM CDT up reply actions

but its a dry heat!

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by Allie on Jun 29, 2009 7:00 PM CDT up reply actions

Like an oven is dry heat lol

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by BigJohnAZ on Jun 29, 2009 7:01 PM CDT up reply actions

Where in AZ are you?

by CubsWin!Oregon on Jun 29, 2009 7:09 PM CDT up reply actions

oops.

reply fail. :)

by CubsWin!Oregon on Jun 29, 2009 7:10 PM CDT up reply actions

Where in AZ are you from?

by CubsWin!Oregon on Jun 29, 2009 7:10 PM CDT up reply actions

Chandler

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by BigJohnAZ on Jun 29, 2009 7:13 PM CDT up reply actions

Greetings from Denver International Airport

How’s King Richard looking?

"Who ever heard of the Cubs losing a game they had to have?" -Frank Chance
"If [Ruth] had [called his shot], I would have knocked him down with the next pitch." -Charlie Root

by Clutch16 on Jun 29, 2009 6:58 PM CDT reply actions

Denver?

Weren’t you just in Minnesota?

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by Allie on Jun 29, 2009 6:59 PM CDT up reply actions

Fargo, actually

On my way back to the ATL

"Who ever heard of the Cubs losing a game they had to have?" -Frank Chance
"If [Ruth] had [called his shot], I would have knocked him down with the next pitch." -Charlie Root

by Clutch16 on Jun 29, 2009 7:00 PM CDT up reply actions

by way of denver?

is my geography really that bad?

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by Allie on Jun 29, 2009 7:02 PM CDT up reply actions

United's is

"Who ever heard of the Cubs losing a game they had to have?" -Frank Chance
"If [Ruth] had [called his shot], I would have knocked him down with the next pitch." -Charlie Root

by Clutch16 on Jun 29, 2009 7:04 PM CDT up reply actions

Ah

Okay.

There is no infinity button for failing in sports. At some point, things turn. They always do. - Bill Simmons

by Allie on Jun 29, 2009 7:04 PM CDT up reply actions

Just gave up his 1st hit

Boy oh boy oh boy

by BleedsbluinMI on Jun 29, 2009 7:01 PM CDT up reply actions

Morgan

one hopper through the right side, base hit. Look for him to run.

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 29, 2009 6:59 PM CDT reply actions

LOL

1st hit was like 5 secs after Pat said “Harden has not allowed a hit thus far.”

i don’t believe in curses or jinxes, but that was funny.

See ya
Ballgame…again.
by krummy12 on Jun 18, 2009 3:57 PM EDT [down 3-1 in the SEVENTH INNING vs. Sox -- Cubs win 6-5 in the 9th]

Nice
And the fool’s gold lasts approximately 23 hours. Not a good team. Not even close.
by krummy12 on Jun 19, 2009 4:25 PM EDT [down 6-0 in the THIRD INNING vs. Cle - Cubs win 8-7 in the 10th]

by joeschmitt on Jun 29, 2009 7:00 PM CDT reply actions

Morgan fakes a steal

gets back before the throw.

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 29, 2009 7:00 PM CDT reply actions

the pitts afflack question:

who are the 5 mangers in the ballpark?

one of the answers was a scout who was in the stands.

how the hell are we suppose to know that?!

by Glacier on Jun 29, 2009 7:00 PM CDT reply actions

Good

Happy to know I’m not the only one wondering that.

I hate Pittsburgh.

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by Chris Dobbertean on Jun 29, 2009 7:02 PM CDT up reply actions

lol

that was the biggest joke of a question ever

by Glacier on Jun 29, 2009 7:03 PM CDT up reply actions

Sanchez

to the plate.

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 29, 2009 7:00 PM CDT reply actions

Fly ball to right

Bradley makes the catch. Runner holds. One out, one on, LaRoche to the plate.

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 29, 2009 7:01 PM CDT reply actions

Time for a 6-4-3 DP

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by BigJohnAZ on Jun 29, 2009 7:01 PM CDT reply actions

I can haz Overflow?

"Who ever heard of the Cubs losing a game they had to have?" -Frank Chance
"If [Ruth] had [called his shot], I would have knocked him down with the next pitch." -Charlie Root

by Clutch16 on Jun 29, 2009 7:02 PM CDT reply actions

Rules question

If a pitcher allows no hits or runs, but a runner reaches on a dropped third strike, does the pitcher get credit for a perfect game? If so, the pitcher could potentially allow a run in a perfect game (with a steal, a sacrifice and a squeeze). If not, that sucks for the pitcher to make no mistakes and not get a perfect game.

DEJESUS!!!

by tomas21 on Jun 29, 2009 7:02 PM CDT reply actions