Overflow Thread 2: Cubs vs. Phillies, Thursday 8/13, 1:20 CT
by Al Yellon on Aug 13, 2009 3:15 PM CDT
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Miles strikes out looking...what a surprise!
Plus, Ryan Dempster is not very good. He is a one year wonder a la Chan Ho Park.
I cant believe
how horribly awful Miles is.His batting stance annoys the HELL out of me too
2009 Cubs Record: 10-3 (9-3 home, 1-0 road)
Chili....I really want some good chili for dinner.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Aug 13, 2009 3:20 PM CDT reply actions
I am thinking burger & fries
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim
by Doggie Stalker on Aug 13, 2009 3:21 PM CDT up reply actions
I had a chipotle chicken breast for lunch.
it tasted real well until about 45 minutes ago.
I may have to soothe my depression with frozen yogurt this afternoon.
"I love California. I practically grew up in Phoenix."
-- Dan Quayle
Wouldn't it be better to be called the Miles Pothole? or something relate to driving/miles
you want to connote his utter failure. but I like the idea
"I love California. I practically grew up in Phoenix."
-- Dan Quayle
I had some sushi for the first time last week, it was really good.
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
What's worse: Running Belushi or running sushi?
You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat. - Albert Einstein
I'm all for dumping Miles immediately
but you just KNOW he’d go back to the Cardinals and wear us out.
by ElHijoDelRonSanto on Aug 13, 2009 3:21 PM CDT reply actions
Hendry's Miles-for-DeRosa swap.
It’s almost exactly like Eric Cartman trying to get his $6.12 back from Scott Tenorman.
STL: OK, you take Miles, and give DeRosa to CLE.
HENDRY: OK.
STL: And CLE gives YOU these three pitching prospects.
HENDRY: OK, I follow…
STL: And now CLE gives DeRosa $2.5 million dollars.
HENDRY: Okaaaay….
STL: And now I give CLE two prospects, and I take DeRosa.
HENDRY: Yeah….
STL: And now I give DeRosa $2.5 million dollars.
HENDRY: I think I get it….
STL: And now YOU give Aaron Miles five million dollars.
HENDRY: Coool. Wait, what?
STL: /slams door in HENDRY’S face.
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by D98 on Aug 13, 2009 3:26 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Doubly lucky, I am!
Can’t see the game at work and my Extra Innings Channels crapped oit today so I cannot watch the game!
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Aug 13, 2009 3:21 PM CDT reply actions
Wow it would truly impressive to get a stat named after you!
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Ice Berg on the mound!
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Yes, please....at least 5.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Aug 13, 2009 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions
6-1 Phillies
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thanks daver
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by carmen_fanzone on Aug 13, 2009 3:24 PM CDT up reply actions
Lettuce welcome him to the Cubs!
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Hello Berg...welcome to the Major Leagues! Now pitch to Ryan Howard.
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by santoswoodenlegs on Aug 13, 2009 3:23 PM CDT reply actions
Please stop this 7th inning stretch garbage!
It’s not enjoyable at all. Plus, the game becomes less important than the guest, which is ridiculous.
That would definitely get you a BCB snuggie.
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This game sort of did that on it's own.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Aug 13, 2009 3:25 PM CDT up reply actions
Talking with a Philly fan at the game last night...
… when Santo got up to sign, the Philly fan said to me “That is so cool that they honor the song, and Harry, by having a Cubs legend sign the song.”
I could only face palm…
by Tangled Up In Blue on Aug 13, 2009 3:27 PM CDT up reply actions
why?
Ron should sing it every day.
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Aug 13, 2009 3:29 PM CDT up reply actions
I 100% agree
I was meaning the fact that Santo, or Ernie, or Billy, etc, doesn’t sing it every day and that we get to hear every C list celebrity this side of Jim Belushi sing day in and day out.
by Tangled Up In Blue on Aug 13, 2009 3:33 PM CDT up reply actions
oh
I see.
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Aug 13, 2009 3:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Wasn't real clear in my orginal post
by Tangled Up In Blue on Aug 13, 2009 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions
What's even worse is that we then have to listen to...
…the C list celebrity blather on and on for the next inning-a lot of times its downright painful. Thank God for the mute button.
by bluekoolaide on Aug 13, 2009 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions
ugh
Looks like I missed a dandy of a game so far
by VillanuevaExperience on Aug 13, 2009 3:26 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Ice Berg.............cool.
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Justin Berg - our Chevrolet player of the game!
by Jody Jody Davis on Aug 13, 2009 3:26 PM CDT reply actions
I vote Aaron Miles...
He saw three pitches. How the hell did that guy hit .317 last year?
Theriot did eclipse his career high in RBI today
meaning he’s third on the team in RBI and 4 behind Soriano for second.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
...and only 56 behind Albert Pujols...
by Tangled Up In Blue on Aug 13, 2009 3:30 PM CDT up reply actions
where does theRiot stand in errors?
"I love California. I practically grew up in Phoenix."
-- Dan Quayle
usually between 2nd and 3rd base.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Aug 13, 2009 3:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Usually somewhere in shallow left field.
GOOD GOD!!
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Only 56 ahead of Pujols.
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
Albert doesn't get to throw the ball to Derrek Lee either...
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Aug 13, 2009 3:35 PM CDT up reply actions
Shhhhhh...
…we don’t want to expose Theriot.
by Tangled Up In Blue on Aug 13, 2009 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions
albert doesnt have to throw the ball to anybody
your obsession with theriot is disturbing. He is not even close to the cubs problem.
I wish we had 8 more just like him.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Aug 13, 2009 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm actually a Theriot fan.
Not to start this whole arguement again, but you have to agree that without DLee at first Theriot’s error total would probably be close to double.
by Tangled Up In Blue on Aug 13, 2009 3:41 PM CDT up reply actions
Stand OOO for Berg
A BD and a K.
Nice work there son!
The Cubs will be great in 2008!
Is that like a Horshack thing?
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Was Aaron Miles just an early aquisition under the Cash for Clunker's program?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Aug 13, 2009 3:28 PM CDT reply actions
you mean clunkers for Cash?
It's shocking what you can miss sometimes. The amazing color changing card trick.
by shake n bake on Aug 13, 2009 3:29 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm wondering about him this year....yeah.
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by santoswoodenlegs on Aug 13, 2009 3:29 PM CDT up reply actions
larger sample is still him playing very well.
It's shocking what you can miss sometimes. The amazing color changing card trick.
by shake n bake on Aug 13, 2009 3:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Maybe he is, maybe he isn't.
Hard to tell from this season.
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Not until he plays a third year...
…will I wonder. There’s a lot of cobwebs from the 100-year failure that still need to be kicked out.
I think he comes back in shape...
..and has a monster year next year.
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by carmen_fanzone on Aug 13, 2009 3:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Pear is a shape too.
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
Right, he'll come back as a Pear Monster.
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rarrhhr!
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Aug 13, 2009 3:35 PM CDT up reply actions
That's Geo's 2010 baseball card.
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that is my hope
Recipe for Disaster;
C'mon Cubs, hurry up and blow this so I can relax.
by Bluekoolaide on July22, 2009 3:08 PM CDT
I actually think not
I believe he’ll get more serious about his offseason conditioning and come back next year stronger and more fit. We’ll know I’m right when Muskrat talks about it in Spring Training next year.
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by Gibbon Jockey on Aug 13, 2009 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Who knows?
I’ll give him another year to get it together before I’m ready to jump ship on him. Right now though, it doesn’t look good. Most disturbing is that he apparently lacks the self discipline to stay in shape.
by bluekoolaide on Aug 13, 2009 3:50 PM CDT up reply actions
you could be right as well
either way, we’ll be on the same boat.
If he turns it around, great, if he comes back the same tub of crap then that ship has sailed.
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by Gibbon Jockey on Aug 13, 2009 3:53 PM CDT up reply actions
I expect
that if he comes back next year with the same issues, he may very well be moved.
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Aug 13, 2009 3:55 PM CDT up reply actions
I give up! You should too!
Face it…odds are even if we make a surge and win the division…we’ll probably have to play Philly or L.A. in the first round…and they’ll roll the Cubs sorry ass!
It hurts to say it
I'd take my chances with LA
They’re not playing too well right now, either. Plus, a little revenge would be nice.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
As I've said before
if you need to step away, then fine. No shame in that.
But it’s not over till we’re mathematically eliminated. There’s 50 games left in the season.
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Aug 13, 2009 3:30 PM CDT up reply actions
50 more chances for Aaron Miles to start hitting.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Aug 13, 2009 3:31 PM CDT up reply actions
yes
there’s a chance.
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Aug 13, 2009 3:35 PM CDT up reply actions
lol
sorry, all I can think of is “Excuse me, could you flush me?” “But of course.” :D
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Aug 13, 2009 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions
The Cubs could play the Toledo Mudhens and get destroyed in the playoffs...
They’ve played like a bunch of pansies in the postseason.
Some of that...
Has to be put on the manager.
There's optimism and realism
It’s just as silly to say, “10 games back with 12 to play! We’re still in it!” as it is to say “Two games out on Memorial Day — Season OVER!”
There is no such thing as an ugly female breast
I suppose.
but we’re not in either situation here now anyway.
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Aug 13, 2009 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions
It's weird...
Last year, I remember thinking the same thing. The Diamondbacks had Webb, Haren, and Johnson. Had they faced the Mets, Santana would have killed them in game 1. Heck, the Dodgers with the mighty pitching of Derek Lowe, Chad Billingsley, and Hiroki Koruda destroyed the Cubs.
But the Cubs had the mighty Ryan Dempster to crap his pants in game 1, and to make it even better, he was slapped with a $52 million contract as a reward.
Has any other team gone 0-6 in consecutive postseasons?
I think the Angels lost 8 straight postseason games
3 in ’05, 3 in ’07, and 2 last year
by Jody Jody Davis on Aug 13, 2009 3:41 PM CDT up reply actions
Didnt' the Rangers get pummelled in the 90's in the postseason?
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by santoswoodenlegs on Aug 13, 2009 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions
dont forget
while not back-to-back, they are 0 for their last 9 dating back to 03
---AC 00 00 00 - Believe
Yep...
It makes me shake my head in absolute disgust. At least in 03, they won a series, hell they won 1 DAMN GAME.
i try not to think about it
but at times like these it seems like all the negative stuff comes to mind.
---AC 00 00 00 - Believe
and how many guys from the 03 team
are on this team? Two? Cmon. They’re not the same team.
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Aug 13, 2009 3:46 PM CDT up reply actions
while thats true
IF they were to make the playoffs the media would harp on that just the same as they do the 101 years in which none of these guys are responsible for more than 6 or 7
---AC 00 00 00 - Believe
yeah, well. the media is full of idiots. Look at the ESPN baseball team.
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Aug 13, 2009 3:52 PM CDT up reply actions
amen
the cubs lineup needs moar LIND and HALLIDAY
by jesus christos on Aug 13, 2009 3:35 PM CDT up reply actions
Though...
…I was up 8-3 on the Dodgers in the eighth. I end up losing 12-9 in 12 innings. That was painful.
they kill you IRL and in the game, i guess
the cubs lineup needs moar LIND and HALLIDAY
by jesus christos on Aug 13, 2009 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions
The curse of Cubs fandom
You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat. - Albert Einstein
Lee's pitch count at 115
He’ll be out of the game soon
by Jody Jody Davis on Aug 13, 2009 3:31 PM CDT reply actions
Wow, that's pretty high.
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the game will be over soon.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Aug 13, 2009 3:32 PM CDT up reply actions
You mean the 9th inning will be over soon
The game’s been over for a while.
by Jody Jody Davis on Aug 13, 2009 3:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Great photo for this thead
Let all you fact ignoring folks explain this series away!
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 13, 2009 3:31 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Huh?
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Aug 13, 2009 3:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Shot of marshal above
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 13, 2009 3:36 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Don't you get
tired of that dark cloud hanging over your head?
Recipe for Disaster;
C'mon Cubs, hurry up and blow this so I can relax.
by Bluekoolaide on July22, 2009 3:08 PM CDT
Sue I like you
But really if you don’t understand this general frustration of this whole situation then please respect the fact that some may feel differently than you.
I expect the “shut the@&$/ up” comments from nbd and drew but not from you. Maybe that’s how you roll and I just expected more from you than you really can give.
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 13, 2009 3:42 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
when have I said
"shut the@&$/ up"?
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Aug 13, 2009 3:46 PM CDT up reply actions
I do understand the frustration.
The way you and others post here feels like you are scolding those of us who don’t whine and bitch about this team. If you only posted your frustration once would be fine but you keep coming back every few innings with the same thing. That’s wheat gets old.
Recipe for Disaster;
C'mon Cubs, hurry up and blow this so I can relax.
by Bluekoolaide on July22, 2009 3:08 PM CDT
picture fail
just calm down.
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Aug 13, 2009 3:36 PM CDT up reply actions
How about you play baseball and the Cubs go back to school?
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LOL @ Theriot.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Aug 13, 2009 3:34 PM CDT reply actions
That was amusing.
Dream it, live it.
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I thought the pitcher was going to cut that off...
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by carmen_fanzone on Aug 13, 2009 3:35 PM CDT up reply actions
(LOL @ Theriot) x 2
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by santoswoodenlegs on Aug 13, 2009 3:37 PM CDT reply actions
I'd give up .30 of BA for a SS with range and arm.
"I love California. I practically grew up in Phoenix."
-- Dan Quayle
That's more than .30 of BA
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by santoswoodenlegs on Aug 13, 2009 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Cesar Izturis?
Neifi Perez? Andres Blanco?
Figure out how to get J.J. Hardy from the Brewers.
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NO!!!!
"It's been my policy to view the Internet not as an 'information highway,' but as an electronic asylum filled with babbling loonies." - Mike Royko
Wh...why?
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Hardy is horrible
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At the plate this year, yeah.
Though he does have 11 home runs. But he was pretty good last year and still relatively young.
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Mmmmm...no. He's very, very good.
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Why did he get sent down?
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He ate Fielders Cheetos.
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by santoswoodenlegs on Aug 13, 2009 3:43 PM CDT up reply actions
He wasn't hitting.
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Hardy is fairly bad at everything
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Could you be more specific?
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I don't know
I really don’t know how to interpret fielding statistics other than fielding %, and that’s at league average.
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OK.
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I look at him as Khalil Greene
basically
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I'd have to compare their numbers side by side.
But I’m pretty sure he was a far better hitter than Greene last season.
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good luck with that
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by santoswoodenlegs on Aug 13, 2009 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions
you'd probably be getting a better base runner too.
there’s no denying that Theriot is a decent hitter, but he’s lacking in many other categories
the ONLY thing he excels at is hitting.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Aug 13, 2009 3:41 PM CDT up reply actions
so Theriot is just a tool, not a 5-tool guy?
"I love California. I practically grew up in Phoenix."
-- Dan Quayle
and one could make the argument that "excels" is being generous
He has a nice average, but his OBP is awful, and his slugging isn’t good. Christian freaking Guzman has a higher slugging percentage
relative to baserunning, catching and throwing.....
he EXCELS at hitting.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Aug 13, 2009 3:46 PM CDT up reply actions
Theriot is a completely serviceable
2nd baseman and 8 hitter.
In fact, that’s what he would really excel at. IMO. But the Cubs can’t see that.
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by Gibbon Jockey on Aug 13, 2009 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions
wow
I’m suprised how much of a gap there is between the cubs and the phillies right now. The only close game was when we nearly threw and perfect game and still lost. If we don’t sweep the pirates this team is done.
by VillanuevaExperience on Aug 13, 2009 3:38 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
im going camping for the weekend so I probably wont get a chance to watch em now till monday.
I honestly wouldn’t be surprised to see that they are 6 back when I return.
---AC 00 00 00 - Believe
The Fat lady She is warmed
I believe since the 5th inning.
The Cubs will be great in 2008!
she pooted in the 5th innning
same thing as over…
by LT on Aug 13, 2009 3:44 PM CDT up reply actions
Here comes the 6 run inning!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Aug 13, 2009 3:43 PM CDT reply actions
I could see that (grabbing meds)
"I love California. I practically grew up in Phoenix."
-- Dan Quayle
Come on Sori, 5 run HR
It's shocking what you can miss sometimes. The amazing color changing card trick.
Well, outside corner.
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yeah, upon further review
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Aug 13, 2009 3:45 PM CDT up reply actions
2 for his last 24, so technically Ron's full of shit
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by carmen_fanzone on Aug 13, 2009 3:46 PM CDT up reply actions
Lot of hating on Ron lately
Not really approving of it.
There is no such thing as an ugly female breast
of course, mine was sarcasm
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by carmen_fanzone on Aug 13, 2009 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Fair enough
But still… Ron is a bit of a goof, but he’s OUR goof.
Kind of like Badger
There is no such thing as an ugly female breast
Soto sucks...
Plus, he’s trying to look like Prince Fielder.
At least the Cubs were competitive
for ONE of the three games!
Silver lining.
by ElHijoDelRonSanto on Aug 13, 2009 3:47 PM CDT reply actions
There is no silver lining
I’ve got no problem with “OK, let’s get them tomorrow”
But let’s not sugarcoat a piece of baboon feces here, OK?
There is no such thing as an ugly female breast
Six-run homer for Muffin Man!
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Jeff Baker is the offensive MVP of this series.
That does not make me very happy. That’s all I’m saying.
by Tangled Up In Blue on Aug 13, 2009 3:49 PM CDT reply actions
Hitting .310 as a Cub....I'll take it
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by carmen_fanzone on Aug 13, 2009 3:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Me too.
Just wish we had some hitting in a rather big series from the usual suspects is all.
by Tangled Up In Blue on Aug 13, 2009 3:51 PM CDT up reply actions
true, true
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Aug 13, 2009 3:52 PM CDT up reply actions
A spark starts a fire!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Aug 13, 2009 3:49 PM CDT reply actions
Legsie, my friend
I think you need “Confucius say:” before 76 percent of your posts.
My first stat!
There is no such thing as an ugly female breast
i have no problem with muffin man replacing fontenot as the starting 2b
LH RH matchups be damned
the cubs lineup needs moar LIND and HALLIDAY
Absolutely
He is 9 for his last 12.
"How's your mother?"
"She's on her way out."
"We all are. Act accordingly."
by louslovechild on Aug 13, 2009 3:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Well.........at least the Pirates are coming to town.
by Tangled Up In Blue on Aug 13, 2009 3:52 PM CDT reply actions
this. isn't. pittsburgh.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Aug 13, 2009 3:52 PM CDT up reply actions
Yep
Let’s slap around a last-place team and feel good again, forgetting that the team SUCKS against anyone with a pulse.
There is no such thing as an ugly female breast
I know, I know.
I can’t read another article on what Jay Cutler is having for breakfast and how fast he drives to work is all. Have to keep the faith, Worf!
by Tangled Up In Blue on Aug 13, 2009 3:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Personally, I think it's a bit of a leap to expect us to slap around anybody right now...
…bad team or not.
by bluekoolaide on Aug 13, 2009 3:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Absolutely
it would really serve these guys right if they are looking at Pittsburgh as creme puffs and lose 2 of 3.
That would suck, but it would serve them right.
There is no such thing as an ugly female breast
Agreed
At one point over the last few games my buddy and I were discussing the fact that we still cared when it seems as if no one who wears the jersey actually does anymore. I know that’s a fairly harsh generalization, but it doesn’t seem far from the truth.
by Tangled Up In Blue on Aug 13, 2009 3:59 PM CDT up reply actions
Well, I feel sufficiently apathetic right now.
Have a good night everyone. Get ’em tomorrow, I suppose.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
Guten Nacht!
You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat. - Albert Einstein
Just like Stoney in '04
it’s clearly Brenly’s fault that the Cubs are the most disappointing team in baseball.
by ElHijoDelRonSanto on Aug 13, 2009 3:52 PM CDT reply actions
We CAN'T
be the franchise that runs off two color-commentators for meanieness. We just can’t.
There is no such thing as an ugly female breast
Heavens!
Pot Roast still makes me laugh.
and hungry.
Then I eat it and I’m not hungry.
But I still laugh.
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by Gibbon Jockey on Aug 13, 2009 3:57 PM CDT up reply actions
if Brenly would get canned that would be a joke
he should be promoted. It cant get worse than this.
I want a manager to come in here and play the best 9 guys everday, salary be damned. That means benching Soriano till he decides he wants to be a legitimate outfielder and a winning baseball player.
just as a mental exercise, I'll ask
so, you bench Soriano. He takes no live pitching, sees no live plays in the field.
How, then, do you tell when he “wants” to be a legitimate player?
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Aug 13, 2009 3:57 PM CDT up reply actions
I'll wager the correct answer (or the one wanted)
is when Soriano publicly apologies for being lazy and a guess hitting hack, and then promises to grit his teeth and try harder.
and be ready to play at a moments notice.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Aug 13, 2009 4:01 PM CDT up reply actions
does he need
to nail himself to the cross, or will he have help?
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Aug 13, 2009 4:02 PM CDT up reply actions
You're right, drew
There is no real good solution to getting Soriano to hustle and earn his contract.
We’re just stuck with him
There is no such thing as an ugly female breast
well, you see if he puts in the effort
does he work with the coaches on getting better jumps? Does he work with the hitting coach, try new things, maybe use a lighter bat? If he does those things before games, in spring training etc you give him another shot. If he reverts back to form, you yank him again.
I dont believe Soriano is lazy. Lazy means you dont want to put in the effort. I think Soriano’s problem is that he doesnt believe he NEEDS to put in the effort, that somehow his immense talents will simply carry him. I also believe he thinks numbers are an indicator of his worth to the team.
His play, in all facets of the game this season has been putrid. If he shows no ability or desire to improve on that, he is hurting the team and he deserves to be benched.
in spring training?
you’re going to bench a perennial all star and key player for a year?
jebus.
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Aug 13, 2009 5:47 PM CDT up reply actions
So that means you'd be benching Soriano forever
Not that I necessarily have a problem with that.
by bluekoolaide on Aug 13, 2009 3:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Not solely to pick on Soriano
same would apply to Geo. Does he put in the effort to get back in shape and help this ball club. If not, relegate him to back up catcher.
It would apply to Zambrano as well. Is he making every effort to improve or is he spending his time playing home run derby?
now I wonder
if you’re watching the same players the rest of us are.
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Aug 13, 2009 5:47 PM CDT up reply actions
in a little over an hour ill get off work
till then I’ll have to stay sober…..:(
---AC 00 00 00 - Believe
Cubs loose...
You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat. - Albert Einstein
ill ask him for you
the cubs lineup needs moar LIND and HALLIDAY
by jesus christos on Aug 13, 2009 3:54 PM CDT up reply actions
Why ask him, aren't you him?
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by Gibbon Jockey on Aug 13, 2009 3:54 PM CDT up reply actions
no
hes my dad
the cubs lineup needs moar LIND and HALLIDAY
by jesus christos on Aug 13, 2009 3:55 PM CDT up reply actions
typical cub fan
living off daddy.
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by Gibbon Jockey on Aug 13, 2009 3:56 PM CDT up reply actions
u mad
the cubs lineup needs moar LIND and HALLIDAY
by jesus christos on Aug 13, 2009 3:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Seriously?
gosh no I’m not mad. Just being silly.
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by Gibbon Jockey on Aug 13, 2009 3:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Not to get into Theology
But Jesus was God, its the holy trinity, Father, Son, Holy Spirit. All God, just different forms of God.
"It's been my policy to view the Internet not as an 'information highway,' but as an electronic asylum filled with babbling loonies." - Mike Royko
you just got into Theology.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Aug 13, 2009 4:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, well...
That’s what going to a Catholic university get ya, I suppose. Three mandatory theology classes.
"It's been my policy to view the Internet not as an 'information highway,' but as an electronic asylum filled with babbling loonies." - Mike Royko
Or as I like to call it
Daddy-O, Junior and The Spook.
There is no such thing as an ugly female breast
It's kinda late here so maybe, just maybe one O too many snuck in
You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat. - Albert Einstein
You're asking the wrong guy.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Aug 13, 2009 3:54 PM CDT up reply actions
For the sake of not getting into it with you....
I’ll just say I’m convinced.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Aug 13, 2009 3:57 PM CDT up reply actions
The question is rhetorical, assuming we share convictions...
You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat. - Albert Einstein
Nooooooooooooooo!!!!
I've committed to tweeting about the Cubs for the rest of the season. (Does that sound as ridiculous as I think it does?) Anyway, if you're on Twitter, you can follow me here.
DON'T DO IT!
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Aug 13, 2009 3:56 PM CDT up reply actions
in the the yahoo gamecast
Jeff Baker and his glorious 2-2 got the nod for top hitter for the cubs
---AC 00 00 00 - Believe
feel free to vent here
http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2009/8/11/986167/come-here-and-vent
the cubs lineup needs moar LIND and HALLIDAY
ruthless self promotion.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Aug 13, 2009 3:55 PM CDT up reply actions
i have no shame
the cubs lineup needs moar LIND and HALLIDAY
by jesus christos on Aug 13, 2009 3:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh well, go get 'em tomorrow.
At least it’ll be a somewhat competitive affair. A couple AAA clubs trading failure.
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Not my $100 million
so that doesn’t bug me.
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by Gibbon Jockey on Aug 13, 2009 3:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Look at it this way.
Even if the Cubs were healthy and playing well right now, there’s a good chance they would’ve gotten beat by a hot Phillies offense and Cliff Lee. It’s a damn shame, but so it goes.
I've committed to tweeting about the Cubs for the rest of the season. (Does that sound as ridiculous as I think it does?) Anyway, if you're on Twitter, you can follow me here.
but they would have likely been able to win the other two games.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Aug 13, 2009 3:57 PM CDT up reply actions
True, I just hope no one is surprised by this result.
I've committed to tweeting about the Cubs for the rest of the season. (Does that sound as ridiculous as I think it does?) Anyway, if you're on Twitter, you can follow me here.
It sure seems to me like I've seen quite a bit of "well we were going to lose this anyway"
posts this season. And while I’m not saying you are one of them daver, they are usually by the same people who think we’re going to win the division.
I just don’t understand how those people don’t see the irony. Cliff Lee is not god. Tim Lincecum is not god. They have been beaten before, and good teams find a way to do that.
you understand that the Phillies offense WASN'T hot coming into Chicago right?
our pitching got them well
It's not so much the losing that gets me
It’s looking so completely inept that brings out my i"nner ledgejumper".
by bluekoolaide on Aug 13, 2009 4:00 PM CDT up reply actions
They didn't get hot against Rich Harden.
And it’s really not surprising that a team like the Phillies would get hot against an underdeveloped Jeff Samardzija and exhausted Sean Marshall.
I've committed to tweeting about the Cubs for the rest of the season. (Does that sound as ridiculous as I think it does?) Anyway, if you're on Twitter, you can follow me here.
Yeah, I don't think too many of us (except, maybe, Lou)
…were caught too much by surprise by the Spellcheck massacre.
by bluekoolaide on Aug 13, 2009 4:02 PM CDT up reply actions
Onedec returns tomorrow!
Maybe Cedeno and Miles will collide at some point. This weekend could be like watching a demolition derby the way these two teams are playing.
"I love California. I practically grew up in Phoenix."
-- Dan Quayle
I would trade Miles for Cedeno AND throw in Heilman....and pay both their salaries.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Aug 13, 2009 3:59 PM CDT up reply actions
shouldn't the flashing sign read, "CUBS FAIL!" :-(
"I love California. I practically grew up in Phoenix."
-- Dan Quayle
I like it -- maybe delusion is the way to go
We win! We’re going all the way!
Reality isn’t working out so well, anyway.
Oh, before I forget.
I've committed to tweeting about the Cubs for the rest of the season. (Does that sound as ridiculous as I think it does?) Anyway, if you're on Twitter, you can follow me here.
G'Night
You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat. - Albert Einstein
absolutly have to win 5 of the next 6 against the Pirates and Pads
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