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Overflow Thread 1: Cubs vs. Braves, Wednesday 7/8, 1:20 CT

From Tuesday's game.

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C'mon Kevin

Strikes! Please.

Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it. -George Halas

by Allie on Jul 8, 2009 2:22 PM CDT reply actions  

tanks for the jump.

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by KaliCub on Jul 8, 2009 2:23 PM CDT reply actions  

thanks for jump and

kevin no walks please!

Milton ...... see the ball hit the ball

by lexmarklover on Jul 8, 2009 2:23 PM CDT reply actions  

Pat and Ron

discussing an encounter Ron had with some miso soup last year.

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by Chris Dobbertean on Jul 8, 2009 2:23 PM CDT reply actions  

Wow...

After that replay, the ball was literally still 4 feet away from his glove by the time Dome was in safe.

Someday we'll go all the way...

by CubsBullsBears on Jul 8, 2009 2:24 PM CDT reply actions  

They better get that call back or...or...something.

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by daver on Jul 8, 2009 2:24 PM CDT up reply actions  

He's

Donaghy’s brother.

Too soon?

Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it. -George Halas

by Allie on Jul 8, 2009 2:25 PM CDT up reply actions  

sure we do

Braun dropped a ball, and didn’t Escobar have two errors the other day?

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by drewishdrewid on Jul 8, 2009 2:28 PM CDT up reply actions  

Too bad...

…this isn’t hockey, were the ref can just do a makeup call.

"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel

by MPH73 on Jul 8, 2009 2:30 PM CDT up reply actions  

Well, they can - by giving the Cubs a close call later in the game.

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by daver on Jul 8, 2009 2:33 PM CDT up reply actions  

2 out walk to Kotchman

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by daver on Jul 8, 2009 2:24 PM CDT reply actions  

Any chance we bean Escobar if this game gets out of hand?

He pretended to get hit by a pitch in Atlanta, and got a free base out of it.

"You win because of the quarterback. We have to get that position stabilized. We're fixated on that." -- Jerry Angelo (12.30.2008)

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.

by SackMan on Jul 8, 2009 2:25 PM CDT reply actions  

strikes our francouer. inning over

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by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 2:25 PM CDT reply actions  

No hitter still intact:)

"You win because of the quarterback. We have to get that position stabilized. We're fixated on that." -- Jerry Angelo (12.30.2008)

Jerry Angelo trades for Jay Cutler! (4.2.2009)
.

by SackMan on Jul 8, 2009 2:26 PM CDT up reply actions  

Now you've done it...

Quia tuum es fatum titulis discidiis,
vexillinis limbis nationalis,
gloriam seriis mundialisque,
Nunc et in saecula saeculorum...
Amen.

by Zeke on Jul 8, 2009 2:27 PM CDT up reply actions  

That's odd...

they haven’t put that slick double play the Braves turned in the bottom of the first in the “highlights” section on my MLB.TV feed yet.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 8, 2009 2:26 PM CDT reply actions  

It shall be stricken from the record.

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by daver on Jul 8, 2009 2:27 PM CDT up reply actions  

I hope they show it on BBTN.

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by KaliCub on Jul 8, 2009 2:27 PM CDT up reply actions  

You'll forget all about it

When we’re up 9-0

Life is parallel to hell but I must maintain

by dr stabbingworth on Jul 8, 2009 2:28 PM CDT up reply actions  

2 innings down and no runs, phew.

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by KaliCub on Jul 8, 2009 2:26 PM CDT reply actions  

FranKoeur

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by daver on Jul 8, 2009 2:26 PM CDT reply actions  

Stuff isn't his problem

strikes are.

Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it. -George Halas

by Allie on Jul 8, 2009 2:27 PM CDT up reply actions  

agreed

Milton ...... see the ball hit the ball

by lexmarklover on Jul 8, 2009 2:28 PM CDT up reply actions  

He seems to be wild...

In the strike zone, if that makes sense.

Someday we'll go all the way...

by CubsBullsBears on Jul 8, 2009 2:29 PM CDT up reply actions  

So his "command" is off...

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by daver on Jul 8, 2009 2:29 PM CDT up reply actions  

that post made my head hurt

how are they not the same darn thing?

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by Allie on Jul 8, 2009 2:30 PM CDT up reply actions  

It did seem ridiculous at first...

…but I kinda came around to see the point.

Command is a pitcher’s ability to move the ball around inside the strike zone.

Control is a pitcher’s ability to control the baseball both inside and outside the strike zone.

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by daver on Jul 8, 2009 2:33 PM CDT up reply actions  

I guess

but that don’t seem different enough to me for there to need to be a difference

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by Allie on Jul 8, 2009 2:34 PM CDT up reply actions  

Yeah, it's more for scouts than anything else.

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by daver on Jul 8, 2009 2:35 PM CDT up reply actions  

So

if you just throw any strikes you have control.

But if you can locate your pitches within the zone then your commanding your pitches?

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by KaliCub on Jul 8, 2009 2:35 PM CDT up reply actions  

Aramis just misses one and pops out to left

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by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 2:29 PM CDT reply actions  

Just misssed it . got under it and popped it up. Not super deep but just missed right on the barrel

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by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 2:29 PM CDT reply actions  

buster bradley pops out

wells4roty

by jesus christos on Jul 8, 2009 2:29 PM CDT reply actions  

bradley pops out on first pithc. two quick outs.

"Cubs Win, Cubs Win, CUBS WIN!"

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by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 2:29 PM CDT reply actions  

Man...they just showed a replay of this Braves pitcher taking one in the neck.

I’d forgotten about that.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 8, 2009 2:32 PM CDT reply actions  

fox pops out to second. not a good inning

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by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 2:32 PM CDT reply actions  

eh

lineup looked good on paper at least

by BeltwayCubsFan on Jul 8, 2009 2:32 PM CDT reply actions  

1 run in the last 15 innings

I really wish this offense would develop some semblance of consistency

by WanderingWanderer on Jul 8, 2009 2:34 PM CDT reply actions  

I'd say that's pretty consistent

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.

by SackMan on Jul 8, 2009 2:34 PM CDT up reply actions  

Jeff Baker, Koyie Hill and Kevin Hart next inning

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

I'll be betting on the Cubs in the NLCS in Vegas in October! Believe!

by EamuCanoli on Jul 8, 2009 2:35 PM CDT up reply actions  

Alright!

meeting over, and now, I can listen to the game.

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by drewishdrewid on Jul 8, 2009 2:35 PM CDT reply actions  

my cup

runneth over.

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by drewishdrewid on Jul 8, 2009 2:36 PM CDT up reply actions  

BCB baseball is ON THE AIR!!!

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by daver on Jul 8, 2009 2:36 PM CDT up reply actions  

one of us

ONE OF US

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by drewishdrewid on Jul 8, 2009 2:37 PM CDT up reply actions  

6-3 ground out . one away

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by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 2:36 PM CDT reply actions  

I love how Pat

always sounds so suprised when Riot makes a play.

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by drewishdrewid on Jul 8, 2009 2:36 PM CDT reply actions  

please dont walk the pitcher hart

wells4roty

by jesus christos on Jul 8, 2009 2:37 PM CDT reply actions  

great hart can't throw strikes to a Japanese pitcher

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by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 2:37 PM CDT reply actions  

why does it matter that hes japanese, not throwing pitches to any pitcher is bad

wells4roty

by jesus christos on Jul 8, 2009 2:38 PM CDT up reply actions  

implying he was a worse hitter but I just remembered japanesse pitchers do hit in their leagues.

it was not a nationality thing. I thought Japanese pitchers did not hit but I was wrong.

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by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 2:39 PM CDT up reply actions  

They actally play baseball in the NPB

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 8, 2009 2:40 PM CDT up reply actions  

what?

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by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 2:41 PM CDT up reply actions  

as opposed to in the AL.

where they don’t play baseball, they play some sort of game with ten players.

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by drewishdrewid on Jul 8, 2009 2:42 PM CDT up reply actions  

Nippon Professional Baseball League.

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by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 8, 2009 2:42 PM CDT up reply actions  

it's actually why I DON'T love Ron and Pat

Pat’s got a velvety voice, but I’m not sure either of them are all that competent

by WanderingWanderer on Jul 8, 2009 2:40 PM CDT up reply actions  

I think Pat Hughes is pretty competent.

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by daver on Jul 8, 2009 2:40 PM CDT up reply actions  

He comes back and gets kawkami to line out. hardest hit ball of day off hart

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by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 2:38 PM CDT reply actions  

and it wasn't exactly smoked either. but two outs. and mclouth up

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by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 2:38 PM CDT up reply actions  

unintentiona

IBB coming up?

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by drewishdrewid on Jul 8, 2009 2:39 PM CDT reply actions  

I'm eating cold fried chicken.

Just thought you’d all like to know.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 8, 2009 2:39 PM CDT reply actions  

can o corn?

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by drewishdrewid on Jul 8, 2009 2:41 PM CDT up reply actions  

no, if it were

he’d be talking about where he’s gonna go poop next.

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by drewishdrewid on Jul 8, 2009 2:41 PM CDT up reply actions  

I just ate two pieces of birthday cake.

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by daver on Jul 8, 2009 2:41 PM CDT up reply actions  

Is this you?

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by KaliCub on Jul 8, 2009 2:41 PM CDT up reply actions  

Needs more

needs more repetition.

if you’re being KOW, anyway.

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by Allie on Jul 8, 2009 2:43 PM CDT up reply actions  

Leftover from

National Fried Chicken Day?

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by Chris Dobbertean on Jul 8, 2009 2:44 PM CDT up reply actions  

behind Mclouth 3-0, now count is full and awful hop on ball to d lee. double for mclouth.

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by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 2:40 PM CDT reply actions  

terrible luck i think it hit bag

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by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 2:41 PM CDT reply actions  

the guy is unreal.

"If you play more than two chords, you're showing off."--Woody Guthrie

by buckmulligan on Jul 8, 2009 2:44 PM CDT up reply actions  

Interference on the first base bag!

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by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 8, 2009 2:41 PM CDT reply actions  

Prado makes it 1-0 on awful play by fox.

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by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 2:42 PM CDT reply actions  

And THAT

is why you don’t want Fox playing that often.

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by drewishdrewid on Jul 8, 2009 2:42 PM CDT reply actions  

its wet and soriano easily could have done the same thing and has done a lot worse.

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by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 2:42 PM CDT up reply actions  

TWSS

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by KaliCub on Jul 8, 2009 2:43 PM CDT up reply actions  

+1

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 8, 2009 2:43 PM CDT up reply actions  

this isn't about Soriano

it’s about having too many DHs on an NL team.

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by drewishdrewid on Jul 8, 2009 2:43 PM CDT up reply actions  

In the outfield.

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by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 8, 2009 2:42 PM CDT up reply actions  

Somehow he's worse in the left field than at third base.

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by daver on Jul 8, 2009 2:42 PM CDT up reply actions  

isn't it grand?

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by drewishdrewid on Jul 8, 2009 2:43 PM CDT up reply actions  

Um...that sounded really ugly.

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by daver on Jul 8, 2009 2:42 PM CDT reply actions  

Hey look... Soriano IS playing LF today afterall.

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Jerry Angelo trades for Jay Cutler! (4.2.2009)
.

by SackMan on Jul 8, 2009 2:42 PM CDT reply actions  

those things wouldn't be so traumatic

if our offense wasn’t inept. 1 run over last 17 innings.

by BeltwayCubsFan on Jul 8, 2009 2:43 PM CDT reply actions  

but...but...but

ARAM was supposed to solve everything! Remember when his mere presence was going to make everyone else better?

by WanderingWanderer on Jul 8, 2009 2:45 PM CDT up reply actions  

only could happen to the cubs. but mclouth would have scored either way i believe.

but it did give prado second. but mclouths ball hitting the bag. so unlucky. only happens to the cubs. inning should be over but now braves have one in and are looking to add another.

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by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 2:43 PM CDT reply actions  

There you go

a new butcher in LF! Some things never change. Glad to see our super new and improved offense is getting it done again, it’s early yet though, I still have faith.

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

by Itchy on Jul 8, 2009 2:44 PM CDT reply actions  

is hart really going to walk a person every inning

wells4roty

by jesus christos on Jul 8, 2009 2:44 PM CDT reply actions  

I guess that's why he's been in the minors for 5 years

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

by Itchy on Jul 8, 2009 2:45 PM CDT up reply actions  

and been pretty bad whenever we've called him up

we’ve seen him plenty, why Hendry doesn’t realize that…………………….

by WanderingWanderer on Jul 8, 2009 2:46 PM CDT up reply actions  

Hart was actually pretty good in '07.

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by daver on Jul 8, 2009 2:47 PM CDT up reply actions  

walks anderson and this is trouble

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by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 2:44 PM CDT reply actions  

Can't imagine

we’d hear anything at least until the game is over.

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by DamonBerryhillsMitt on Jul 8, 2009 2:45 PM CDT up reply actions  

He's getting an MRhIgh

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.

by SackMan on Jul 8, 2009 2:46 PM CDT up reply actions  

Dude, I can't feel my oblique.

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by daver on Jul 8, 2009 2:47 PM CDT up reply actions  

hart should have been out of inning 1-2-3. I have got bad feeling hart is coming apart.

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by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 2:45 PM CDT reply actions  

One run?????

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by KaliCub on Jul 8, 2009 2:47 PM CDT up reply actions  

I predict we will score at least two today.

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by KaliCub on Jul 8, 2009 2:48 PM CDT up reply actions  

Braves batting .287 with RISP and 2 out

Compared to Cubs .233

"You win because of the quarterback. We have to get that position stabilized. We're fixated on that." -- Jerry Angelo (12.30.2008)

Jerry Angelo trades for Jay Cutler! (4.2.2009)
.

by SackMan on Jul 8, 2009 2:45 PM CDT reply actions  

behind 2-0 to mccaan

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by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 2:45 PM CDT reply actions  

OT

Blue Jays release B.J. Ryan

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by jkobus on Jul 8, 2009 2:46 PM CDT reply actions  

what! Why? any idea why?

"It’s up to Miles to keep the Cubs alive"

by xene on Jul 8, 2009 2:47 PM CDT up reply actions  

Havent heard anything except he was released.

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by jkobus on Jul 8, 2009 2:48 PM CDT up reply actions  

give him a minor league contract

and see if he’s got anything left!

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

by Itchy on Jul 8, 2009 2:47 PM CDT up reply actions  

welcome to the Chicago Cubs

Milton ...... see the ball hit the ball

by lexmarklover on Jul 8, 2009 2:47 PM CDT up reply actions  

Really, how that guy has fallen from a few years ago.

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by KaliCub on Jul 8, 2009 2:47 PM CDT up reply actions  

whew.

out of it.

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by drewishdrewid on Jul 8, 2009 2:46 PM CDT reply actions  

TWHS

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 8, 2009 2:47 PM CDT up reply actions  

Took long enough

Now let’s get that run back.

And the eighth and final rule: if this is your first time at Fight Club, you have to fight.

by Ace Venom on Jul 8, 2009 2:47 PM CDT up reply actions  

Just looked like

Sori.

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by DamonBerryhillsMitt on Jul 8, 2009 2:49 PM CDT up reply actions  

and mccaan just missed making it 4-0. but inning is over. he minimized damge

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by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 2:47 PM CDT reply actions  

my guess is that Hart will pitch a decent game

5-6 innings, 2-3 runs, but, as it has all season, will come down to whether or offense decides to sleepwalk through another 9 innings.

by BeltwayCubsFan on Jul 8, 2009 2:47 PM CDT reply actions  

One umps call

as RUINED THE WHOLE SEASON on offense?

There is no such thing as an ugly female breast

by Worf on Jul 8, 2009 2:49 PM CDT up reply actions  

Yep

"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." ~Alvin Dark

by DamonBerryhillsMitt on Jul 8, 2009 2:49 PM CDT up reply actions  

So far

they look awful on offense. Rarely see a team gidp with the runner moving.

by Ryanocm1 on Jul 8, 2009 2:49 PM CDT up reply actions  

and technically...they didn't.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 8, 2009 2:49 PM CDT up reply actions  

listening on the radio

did i miss that. Thought Fuku was running

by Ryanocm1 on Jul 8, 2009 2:50 PM CDT up reply actions  

no

Fuku was running. The call was very badly blown.

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by drewishdrewid on Jul 8, 2009 2:51 PM CDT up reply actions  

You know the ump blew that call, right?

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by daver on Jul 8, 2009 2:50 PM CDT up reply actions  

second.

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by drewishdrewid on Jul 8, 2009 2:51 PM CDT up reply actions  

more cubs luck

my apologies. i missed that.

by Ryanocm1 on Jul 8, 2009 2:52 PM CDT up reply actions  

Second.

Dome was safe.

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by daver on Jul 8, 2009 2:52 PM CDT up reply actions  

Second.

He was safe and it literally wasn’t even close. Both Bob and Len called it one of the worst calls they had ever seen.

by kanderber on Jul 8, 2009 2:52 PM CDT up reply actions  

So far...

…the “walk one guy an inning” strategy seems to be working for Hart.

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by daver on Jul 8, 2009 2:48 PM CDT reply actions  

I think they teach that

Ideally you’d like to try and walk the leadoff guy every inning.

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by DamonBerryhillsMitt on Jul 8, 2009 2:51 PM CDT up reply actions  

OT: Lenny Dykstra...

filed for bankruptcy. He has 50K in assets and between 10-50 MILLION in liabilities. Yikes!

by kanderber on Jul 8, 2009 2:48 PM CDT reply actions  

Sadly, he's still submitting a bid to buy the Cubs.

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by daver on Jul 8, 2009 2:50 PM CDT up reply actions  

Welcome to the stock market and options trading.

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by KaliCub on Jul 8, 2009 2:50 PM CDT up reply actions  

I heard him pitching his newsletter recently

as the answer to all your financial problems. LOL!! What a joke! The dude had millions and now it’s all gone?? Wow! Just like the Cubs offensive firepower!

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by Itchy on Jul 8, 2009 2:53 PM CDT up reply actions  

baker grounds out to escobar

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by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 2:50 PM CDT reply actions  

The shut the hell up about it

There is no such thing as an ugly female breast

by Worf on Jul 8, 2009 2:50 PM CDT reply actions  

Thanks dad.

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by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 8, 2009 2:52 PM CDT up reply actions  

Watch your tone

or he won’t take you out for ice cream later

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by dr stabbingworth on Jul 8, 2009 2:53 PM CDT up reply actions  

Quit hitting it to Escobar!!

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by Itchy on Jul 8, 2009 2:51 PM CDT reply actions  

Kawakami has a no hitter going

Trying the jinx here.

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by Ace Venom on Jul 8, 2009 2:52 PM CDT reply actions  

what's that?

a no hitter, you say?

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by drewishdrewid on Jul 8, 2009 2:52 PM CDT up reply actions  

No hitter? Really. He is throwing a no hitter?

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by jkobus on Jul 8, 2009 2:53 PM CDT up reply actions  

See below

We keep saying it enough, we may jinx it

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by Ace Venom on Jul 8, 2009 2:53 PM CDT up reply actions  

ERIC is asking if his no-hitter is still going?

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by KaliCub on Jul 8, 2009 2:53 PM CDT up reply actions  

Yep

Only one walk allowed, which was eliminated by the double play. Therefore, he’s faced the minimum to this point.

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by Ace Venom on Jul 8, 2009 2:55 PM CDT up reply actions  

Hill

nearly warning track power.

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by drewishdrewid on Jul 8, 2009 2:52 PM CDT reply actions  

curse the air!

wells4roty

by jesus christos on Jul 8, 2009 2:52 PM CDT reply actions  

Koyie HIll flys out to right just in front of the track.

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by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 2:52 PM CDT reply actions  

Hill tried to hit one out!

But instead Frenchy caught it in right. 2 out.

by mykalmorgan on Jul 8, 2009 2:52 PM CDT reply actions  

Hey Kawakami

You’ve got a no hitter going.

Still trying the jinx.

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by Ace Venom on Jul 8, 2009 2:53 PM CDT reply actions  

Here's an idea

Remember we lost when Wells’ no hitter was broken up later in the game. That’s something to consider.

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by Ace Venom on Jul 8, 2009 2:55 PM CDT up reply actions  

hart grounds out 5-3to end inning. and WE HAVE NOT HITS. ONLY ONE BASERUNNER

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by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 2:54 PM CDT reply actions  

Who was erased by a terrible call!

::winks at Worf::

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by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 8, 2009 2:55 PM CDT up reply actions  

winking at your Dad??? ewwwww

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by KaliCub on Jul 8, 2009 2:56 PM CDT up reply actions  

winking is OK...

now if I had make :kissy lips::….that would have been icky.

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by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 8, 2009 2:57 PM CDT up reply actions  

I'm glad to hear you have a line that you won't cross.

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by KaliCub on Jul 8, 2009 2:58 PM CDT up reply actions  

Haha

Pat just said we got Kevin Hart for Freddie Bynum.

by mykalmorgan on Jul 8, 2009 2:55 PM CDT reply actions  

Jeff Baker???

Seriously? That’s the direction they want to take this thing? Jeff Baker? Send Fuld down and put a .120 hitter in the line-up?

Oof.

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by Don Gerard on Jul 8, 2009 2:55 PM CDT reply actions  

He's been injured most of the season.

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by daver on Jul 8, 2009 2:56 PM CDT up reply actions  

It does - that batting average is based on a very small sample.

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by daver on Jul 8, 2009 2:58 PM CDT up reply actions  

Keep complaining

and we’ll get Miles back out there!!!

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by Itchy on Jul 8, 2009 2:58 PM CDT up reply actions  

Maybe we can score for HArt like we did for Wells, early on. Make him earn those wins!

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by KedzieKid on Jul 8, 2009 2:55 PM CDT reply actions  

Oh yeah

Maybe we should have asked him to do a John Madden impression instead.

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by Ace Venom on Jul 8, 2009 2:57 PM CDT up reply actions  

cy young kawakami

wells4roty

by jesus christos on Jul 8, 2009 2:56 PM CDT reply actions  

Who CAN"T play it on this team?

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by KedzieKid on Jul 8, 2009 2:56 PM CDT reply actions  

2nd base

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by dr stabbingworth on Jul 8, 2009 2:58 PM CDT up reply actions  

ooh, oooh, he's on first.

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by KaliCub on Jul 8, 2009 2:59 PM CDT up reply actions  

Who?

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by daver on Jul 8, 2009 3:00 PM CDT up reply actions  

Yep.

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by KaliCub on Jul 8, 2009 3:00 PM CDT up reply actions  

All I'm asking is what's the guy's name playing first base

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by Ace Venom on Jul 8, 2009 3:01 PM CDT up reply actions  

Stay out of the infield!

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 8, 2009 3:01 PM CDT up reply actions  

Who

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by drewishdrewid on Jul 8, 2009 3:01 PM CDT up reply actions  

everyone

It just seems like we’ve tried everyone there, that’s all.

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by KedzieKid on Jul 8, 2009 2:58 PM CDT up reply actions  

and they all suck!

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

by Itchy on Jul 8, 2009 2:59 PM CDT up reply actions  

i don't like the way this is going.

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by buckmulligan on Jul 8, 2009 2:57 PM CDT reply actions  

the game of the thread?

Quia tuum es fatum titulis discidiis,
vexillinis limbis nationalis,
gloriam seriis mundialisque,
Nunc et in saecula saeculorum...
Amen.

by Zeke on Jul 8, 2009 2:57 PM CDT up reply actions  

of=or

Quia tuum es fatum titulis discidiis,
vexillinis limbis nationalis,
gloriam seriis mundialisque,
Nunc et in saecula saeculorum...
Amen.

by Zeke on Jul 8, 2009 2:57 PM CDT up reply actions  

Feels eerily like last night's game...

…but there’s still a long way to go.

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by daver on Jul 8, 2009 2:57 PM CDT up reply actions  

worse than last nights game

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by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 2:58 PM CDT up reply actions  

Agree

I’m not really looking forward top this Cardinal series.

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by KedzieKid on Jul 8, 2009 2:58 PM CDT up reply actions  

But if we sweep

Who cares if we drop two to the Braves? If we can sweep the Cards or even take that series, we’ll be riding a high going into the break.

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by Ace Venom on Jul 8, 2009 2:59 PM CDT up reply actions  

I think he's saying he's not looking forward to the series

because our offense has gone back into hibernation, not just because we’re losing two of three to the Braves

by WanderingWanderer on Jul 8, 2009 3:00 PM CDT up reply actions  

It could happen

And monkeys might fly out of my butt

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by Ace Venom on Jul 8, 2009 3:03 PM CDT up reply actions  

I agree

Especially with the pitchers we have to go up against…

by Cubz24 on Jul 8, 2009 2:59 PM CDT up reply actions  

I'm tired of hearing, "We just gotta tip our caps to this guy and move on. He was lights out"

No cap tipping today boys! Score some damn runs, this pitcher is a pile of crap!!!

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by Itchy on Jul 8, 2009 2:57 PM CDT reply actions  

Escobar bloops a single

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by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 2:58 PM CDT reply actions  

wasn't his hustle. it was how deep he plays

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by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 2:59 PM CDT up reply actions  

it's a big field

gotta stand somewhere.

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by drewishdrewid on Jul 8, 2009 3:00 PM CDT up reply actions  

in front of home plate?

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 8, 2009 3:01 PM CDT up reply actions  

There's always the mysterious homered to catcher

Only for those who remember that strange happening in Gamecast or whatever .

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by Ace Venom on Jul 8, 2009 3:02 PM CDT up reply actions  

Kotchman htis into FC should have been DP and theriot screws it up

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by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 3:02 PM CDT reply actions  

actually it was bakers throw

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by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 3:02 PM CDT up reply actions  

The throw was half-baked?

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by daver on Jul 8, 2009 3:03 PM CDT up reply actions  

Baker

I’d rather see Blanco, at least he can pick it.

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by KedzieKid on Jul 8, 2009 3:02 PM CDT reply actions  

This fucking 2nd base umpire.

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by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 8, 2009 3:02 PM CDT reply actions  

Get your swear words here,

I’m auctioning off the occasional swear words here.

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by KaliCub on Jul 8, 2009 3:04 PM CDT up reply actions  

you know

if Riot isn’t going to make the plays properly, we can just throw it to first from the guy who picks it up.

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by drewishdrewid on Jul 8, 2009 3:02 PM CDT reply actions  

Pat and Ron called it a bad throw

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by dr stabbingworth on Jul 8, 2009 3:03 PM CDT up reply actions  

he wasn't off the bag.

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by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 8, 2009 3:05 PM CDT up reply actions  

very close could have gone either way. and considering the blown call should have been out.

take off those sun glasses

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by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 3:06 PM CDT up reply actions  

Agreed.

They should’ve given the Cubs the call there. One more bad call like that and Lou needs to go off.

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by daver on Jul 8, 2009 3:07 PM CDT up reply actions  

wow a lot closer than i thought. think he was out. Awful throw by baker. just terrible

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by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 3:03 PM CDT reply actions  

What the heck just happened?

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by drewishdrewid on Jul 8, 2009 3:04 PM CDT reply actions  

Ron is not happy.

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by daver on Jul 8, 2009 3:04 PM CDT up reply actions  

me either...

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vexillinis limbis nationalis,
gloriam seriis mundialisque,
Nunc et in saecula saeculorum...
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by Zeke on Jul 8, 2009 3:05 PM CDT up reply actions  

1-6-5

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by dr stabbingworth on Jul 8, 2009 3:04 PM CDT up reply actions  

come backer to hart who runs at escobar and gets him in run down. two outs

but francouer gets to second.

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by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 3:04 PM CDT reply actions  

how?

Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it. -George Halas

by Allie on Jul 8, 2009 3:05 PM CDT up reply actions  

Hart let Escobar

get past him to third, where Rami tagged him out?

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by drewishdrewid on Jul 8, 2009 3:05 PM CDT up reply actions  

Hart ran at Escobar

Escobar in a run-down

1-6-5

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by dr stabbingworth on Jul 8, 2009 3:06 PM CDT up reply actions  

rundown between 2nd and 3rd?

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by Allie on Jul 8, 2009 3:06 PM CDT up reply actions  

Yes

Life is parallel to hell but I must maintain

by dr stabbingworth on Jul 8, 2009 3:07 PM CDT up reply actions  

thanks

i forgot where we started.

well. lets get out of it without any more damage

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by Allie on Jul 8, 2009 3:07 PM CDT up reply actions  

long run down. where it went back and forth. wasn't even play at second.

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by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 3:06 PM CDT up reply actions  

More fundamental blunders!!

Can’t let Francour get to 2nd!! Same old crap!!!

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

by Itchy on Jul 8, 2009 3:05 PM CDT reply actions  

hat you supposed to do. they had no chance to get francouer.

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by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 3:05 PM CDT up reply actions  

Run Escobar back towards 2nd!!!

Simple fundamentals!!!!

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

by Itchy on Jul 8, 2009 3:06 PM CDT up reply actions  

Fundamentals?

Madness!

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by Ace Venom on Jul 8, 2009 3:07 PM CDT up reply actions  

LOL!

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by Itchy on Jul 8, 2009 3:07 PM CDT up reply actions  

Hart got rid of

the ball too soon when running at Escobar.

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by DamonBerryhillsMitt on Jul 8, 2009 3:07 PM CDT up reply actions  

intentionally walking baker with first base open and pitcher on deck.

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by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 3:05 PM CDT reply actions  

Again, abiding by Hart's "one BB an inning" strategy.

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by daver on Jul 8, 2009 3:06 PM CDT up reply actions  

behind kawkami again. twice behind the pitcher. just don't get it.

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by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 3:07 PM CDT reply actions  

3-1 to the pitcher. NOW WHERE CLOSE. better not walk him

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by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 3:07 PM CDT reply actions  

too late

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by drewishdrewid on Jul 8, 2009 3:07 PM CDT up reply actions  

Too

late.

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by DamonBerryhillsMitt on Jul 8, 2009 3:08 PM CDT up reply actions  

just walked him their loaded for nate mclouth.

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by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 3:07 PM CDT reply actions  

Dum da dum dum!!

Looks like Baker picked the wrong time for his 1st Cub f*ckup!

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

by Itchy on Jul 8, 2009 3:08 PM CDT up reply actions  

danger Will Robinson danger

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by KedzieKid on Jul 8, 2009 3:08 PM CDT reply actions  

That's not good

don’t walk the pitcher

That's big talk for a little guy,
but I'm walkin' without reply.
-Lil Wayne "Mr. Postman"

by shake n bake on Jul 8, 2009 3:08 PM CDT reply actions  

this is the ballgame right here.

and it’s nate mcclouth. i expect a double off the wall.

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by buckmulligan on Jul 8, 2009 3:08 PM CDT reply actions  

i think hell hit a bullet that grazes arams left shoulder, continues down the left field line and rolls around

wells4roty

by jesus christos on Jul 8, 2009 3:09 PM CDT up reply actions  

fail

Dome makes the catch. Three outs.

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by drewishdrewid on Jul 8, 2009 3:09 PM CDT up reply actions  

Denied.

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by daver on Jul 8, 2009 3:09 PM CDT up reply actions  

You gotta be kidding me

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by Ace Venom on Jul 8, 2009 3:08 PM CDT reply actions  

Ron about to freak out

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by dr stabbingworth on Jul 8, 2009 3:08 PM CDT reply actions  

That bad call is about to cost us runs.

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by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 3:08 PM CDT reply actions  

guy is just embarrassing himself umpiring at second base. think it is daryl cousins.

and he still has those sun glasses on. absolutely awful display of umpiring.

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by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 3:11 PM CDT up reply actions  

Well, this isn't surprising.

Hart’s always had control problems. Let’s see if he can get through this.

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by daver on Jul 8, 2009 3:08 PM CDT reply actions  

One thing to have control problems

Another to have control problems against a pitcher.

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by Ace Venom on Jul 8, 2009 3:09 PM CDT up reply actions  

I've seen that happen a lot, actually.

Not sure what the deal is.

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by daver on Jul 8, 2009 3:10 PM CDT up reply actions  

and to have them agaisnt the pitcher twice

"Cubs Win, Cubs Win, CUBS WIN!"

Steve McMichael: "I'm going to have to have a talk with that umpire down there." Angel Hernadez then ejected McMichael. 08/07/2001

by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 3:12 PM CDT up reply actions  

Line out to Kosuke

Life is parallel to hell but I must maintain

by dr stabbingworth on Jul 8, 2009 3:09 PM CDT reply actions  

whew.

"If you play more than two chords, you're showing off."--Woody Guthrie

by buckmulligan on Jul 8, 2009 3:09 PM CDT reply actions  

pop out to DOME

wooooooo

That's big talk for a little guy,
but I'm walkin' without reply.
-Lil Wayne "Mr. Postman"

by shake n bake on Jul 8, 2009 3:09 PM CDT reply actions  

more like line out on ball hit on a rope.

"Cubs Win, Cubs Win, CUBS WIN!"

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by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 3:10 PM CDT up reply actions  

yeah, I'm doing too many things at once to be that accurate

That's big talk for a little guy,
but I'm walkin' without reply.
-Lil Wayne "Mr. Postman"

by shake n bake on Jul 8, 2009 3:10 PM CDT up reply actions  

hit hard on the barrel but fukudome has him played perfectly inning over.

"Cubs Win, Cubs Win, CUBS WIN!"

Steve McMichael: "I'm going to have to have a talk with that umpire down there." Angel Hernadez then ejected McMichael. 08/07/2001

by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 3:09 PM CDT reply actions  

what

you mean where Dome chose to stand was a GOOD thing?

I'm a Cubs FANATIC. They are my team, through thick and thin. [ibid] This is the kind of fan I am.

by drewishdrewid on Jul 8, 2009 3:12 PM CDT up reply actions  

All I wan for christmas is a cubs hit

"Cubs Win, Cubs Win, CUBS WIN!"

Steve McMichael: "I'm going to have to have a talk with that umpire down there." Angel Hernadez then ejected McMichael. 08/07/2001

by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 3:09 PM CDT reply actions  

I give Heart of props so far...

he’s had to pitch with alot of shit going wrong behind him…and you can’t ask a AAA pitcher to do much more than what he’s done so far today.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 8, 2009 3:09 PM CDT reply actions  

+1

"I got a PBS mind in an MTV world"...Jimmy Buffett

by The Ryno and I Know on Jul 8, 2009 3:10 PM CDT up reply actions  

you are very sweary today

Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it. -George Halas

by Allie on Jul 8, 2009 3:10 PM CDT up reply actions  

The hell I am!

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 8, 2009 3:11 PM CDT up reply actions  

You said you can't ask for him to do too much more.

I can ask to do one more thing. NOT WALK THE PITCHER.

"Cubs Win, Cubs Win, CUBS WIN!"

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by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 3:13 PM CDT up reply actions  

Still 1-0 guys, keep the faith.

Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton

by KaliCub on Jul 8, 2009 3:09 PM CDT reply actions  

+1

Quia tuum es fatum titulis discidiis,
vexillinis limbis nationalis,
gloriam seriis mundialisque,
Nunc et in saecula saeculorum...
Amen.

by Zeke on Jul 8, 2009 3:10 PM CDT up reply actions  

in play, outs

awesome

Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it. -George Halas

by Allie on Jul 8, 2009 3:09 PM CDT reply actions  

That's what it said

Sooner or later, I’ll have to shell out money for mlb.tv again. It’s not like I can’t afford it.

And the eighth and final rule: if this is your first time at Fight Club, you have to fight.

by Ace Venom on Jul 8, 2009 3:11 PM CDT up reply actions  

5 BB already?

damn!

Milton ...... see the ball hit the ball

by lexmarklover on Jul 8, 2009 3:10 PM CDT reply actions  

Nice got out of it

If Hart could just learn to throw strikes he would be really solid..until he does he wont be anything great

by cubbiepride on Jul 8, 2009 3:10 PM CDT reply actions  

Is he nibbling?

"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 Jul 8, 2009 3:11 PM CDT up reply actions  

TWSA

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 8, 2009 3:12 PM CDT up reply actions  

Damn, so close.

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by daver on Jul 8, 2009 3:13 PM CDT up reply actions  

TWSA

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by daver on Jul 8, 2009 3:12 PM CDT up reply actions  

Sounds like instructions....

…from Rothschild to me. He is Mr. Nibble.

"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel

by MPH73 on Jul 8, 2009 3:13 PM CDT up reply actions  

hart's been starting

he’s stretched out. marshall isn’t

Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it. -George Halas

by Allie on Jul 8, 2009 3:11 PM CDT up reply actions  

Correct...

Can’t expect Marshall to throw 90+ pitches when he’s been in the pen for a month or so. Especially when he’s been used out of the pen recently.

by SouthernCub on Jul 8, 2009 3:12 PM CDT up reply actions  

And Marshall has pitched in a couple games lately.

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by daver on Jul 8, 2009 3:12 PM CDT up reply actions  

It's not like flipping a switch.

Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton

by KaliCub on Jul 8, 2009 3:12 PM CDT up reply actions  

Go to the mechanism.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 8, 2009 3:13 PM CDT up reply actions  

he also

pitched yesterday (I think) and the day before.

I'm a Cubs FANATIC. They are my team, through thick and thin. [ibid] This is the kind of fan I am.

by drewishdrewid on Jul 8, 2009 3:13 PM CDT up reply actions  

Well, yesterday could have been avoided if they wanted to start him....

as we already knew Dempster was hurt. But yes, I think he pitched the day before (or the day before that) as well.

by SouthernCub on Jul 8, 2009 3:15 PM CDT up reply actions  

You'd think

Getting out of a jam like that, with the poor execution and all, and having a kid making his starting debut, they would get some momentum out of it, and SCORE SOME RUNS!!!!

"It's a funny old world. Man's lucky if he gets out of it alive." W.C. Fields

by KedzieKid on Jul 8, 2009 3:11 PM CDT reply actions  

We're being no hit

And the eighth and final rule: if this is your first time at Fight Club, you have to fight.

by Ace Venom on Jul 8, 2009 3:12 PM CDT up reply actions  

we have an offense?

Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it. -George Halas

by Allie on Jul 8, 2009 3:12 PM CDT up reply actions  

offensive

Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton

by KaliCub on Jul 8, 2009 3:13 PM CDT up reply actions  

invisible

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by daver on Jul 8, 2009 3:13 PM CDT up reply actions  

Hart

73 pitches. 39 strikes.

Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it. -George Halas

by Allie on Jul 8, 2009 3:12 PM CDT reply actions  

I mean pitchcount is not a big deal. he is not going to pitch more than 6 regardless. hell be lucky to get 5

"Cubs Win, Cubs Win, CUBS WIN!"

Steve McMichael: "I'm going to have to have a talk with that umpire down there." Angel Hernadez then ejected McMichael. 08/07/2001

by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 3:14 PM CDT up reply actions  

IMHO Hart is doing a good job for his major league start.

And I am not a polyanna :-)

Now get on base, Dome!!!!

"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 Jul 8, 2009 3:12 PM CDT reply actions  

He's doing okay - about as well as can be expected...

too many walks, but he’s not a good control pitcher. He’s caught a couple of good breaks and a couple of bad breaks.

by SouthernCub on Jul 8, 2009 3:13 PM CDT up reply actions  

Full count to Dome and he pops out to francouer. just missed it.

"Cubs Win, Cubs Win, CUBS WIN!"

Steve McMichael: "I'm going to have to have a talk with that umpire down there." Angel Hernadez then ejected McMichael. 08/07/2001

by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 3:14 PM CDT reply actions  

ball not carrying so fukudome missed a tater

wells4roty

by jesus christos on Jul 8, 2009 3:15 PM CDT up reply actions  

Coming from him, I'd watch out.

Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton

by KaliCub on Jul 8, 2009 3:15 PM CDT up reply actions  

the torpedos

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by daver on Jul 8, 2009 3:15 PM CDT up reply actions  

This weather is being cruel to the Cubs

"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."

by jkobus on Jul 8, 2009 3:14 PM CDT reply actions  

They have had a lot get to the warning track

"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."

by jkobus on Jul 8, 2009 3:15 PM CDT up reply actions  

wind blowin in and from right.

"Cubs Win, Cubs Win, CUBS WIN!"

Steve McMichael: "I'm going to have to have a talk with that umpire down there." Angel Hernadez then ejected McMichael. 08/07/2001

by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 3:16 PM CDT up reply actions  

weather

all I can say, is when it gets hot, they better score some then. That will be the last of the excuses.

"It's a funny old world. Man's lucky if he gets out of it alive." W.C. Fields

by KedzieKid on Jul 8, 2009 3:15 PM CDT reply actions  

it's not the first inning though.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 8, 2009 3:16 PM CDT up reply actions  

Theriot should probably NOT try to bunt for a hit.
FTFA

"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 Jul 8, 2009 3:16 PM CDT up reply actions  

Ye asked and ye shall receive

Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton

by KaliCub on Jul 8, 2009 3:16 PM CDT up reply actions  

Done.

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by daver on Jul 8, 2009 3:16 PM CDT up reply actions  

there's the hit

I'm a Cubs FANATIC. They are my team, through thick and thin. [ibid] This is the kind of fan I am.

by drewishdrewid on Jul 8, 2009 3:16 PM CDT reply actions  

Theriot singles FINALLY

"Cubs Win, Cubs Win, CUBS WIN!"

Steve McMichael: "I'm going to have to have a talk with that umpire down there." Angel Hernadez then ejected McMichael. 08/07/2001

by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 3:16 PM CDT reply actions  

The jinx worked

Now the key is to make the hits productive

And the eighth and final rule: if this is your first time at Fight Club, you have to fight.

by Ace Venom on Jul 8, 2009 3:16 PM CDT up reply actions  

cy young kawakami has been tamed

wells4roty

by jesus christos on Jul 8, 2009 3:16 PM CDT reply actions  

yes maam

"Cubs Win, Cubs Win, CUBS WIN!"

Steve McMichael: "I'm going to have to have a talk with that umpire down there." Angel Hernadez then ejected McMichael. 08/07/2001

by MandMexpress12 on Jul 8, 2009 3:16 PM CDT up reply actions  

Smoked into left. We have a Baserunner

"You win because of the quarterback. We have to get that position stabilized. We're fixated on that." -- Jerry Angelo (12.30.2008)

Jerry Angelo trades for Jay Cutler! (4.2.2009)
.

by SackMan on Jul 8, 2009 3:16 PM CDT reply actions  

Ya can

cancel the Postgame show.

"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." ~Alvin Dark

by DamonBerryhillsMitt on Jul 8, 2009 3:16 PM CDT reply actions  

There is a hit!

And here is the winning thread
jump

"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."

by jkobus on Jul 8, 2009 3:16 PM CDT reply actions  

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