Finish The Homestand Strong: Cubs vs. Brewers Preview, Thursday 9/17, 1:20 CT
by Al on Sep 17, 2009 11:30 AM CDT
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With a win today, the Cubs would complete a 5-2 homestand. Yes, 6-1 or 7-0 would have been better against teams that the Cubs should beat, but 5-2 would bring the home record for this season to 45-29 with seven games remaining against the Pirates and Diamondbacks, and a real shot at winning 50 home games for only the 18th time since 1900.
So Taguchi nearly didn't make it to Chicago last night:The 40-year-old Taguchi, who lives in St. Louis, disregarded the Cubs' phone calls Wednesday night because he said he didn't know who would be calling him from the 312 area code.
"I don't have any friends in Chicago, so I thought it was a wrong number," he said. "So I just ignored it for maybe two hours."
Taguchi's agent called him and told him the Cubs were looking for him for the rest of the season.
"Cubs?" he replied. "Why now?"
Because Reed Johnson still is out and Kosuke Fukudome was the only other center fielder on the roster.
I think he meant Tuesday night, not Wednesday night. Wednesday night, Taguchi was in Chicago. He was called out on strikes pinch-hitting last night on what looked like a borderline call (there were several of those last night, I thought). He's still a useful addition to the roster for the last two and a half weeks. That story also says that Carlos Zambrano won't waive his full no-trade clause, even though reports indicate that the Cubs are planning on shopping him. That's standard procedure for players with NTC's. We'll see what happens. I'll have more to say about this when the season ends.
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These two pitchers faced each other on May 8 in Milwaukee. That game was notable for several reasons; first, it was Randy Wells' first major league start; second, it started a series of starts in which Wells threw well, left the game with the lead, and the team either blew the lead or someone else got the win. And finally, that was the game in which Aramis Ramirez dislocated his shoulder, resulting in two months' worth of offense-less baseball for the Cubs.
That's Wells' only career start vs. Milwaukee, though he did throw 3.1 scoreless innings in relief against them last September. Current Brewers have only five hits against him, four singles and a double by Jason Kendall.
Bush has a 3.38 ERA in two no-decision starts vs. the Cubs this year, although lifetime he's 1-7, 4.78 in 13 starts. Aramis Ramirez has three career HR off him in 29 AB, and Kosuke Fukudome is hitting .417 (5-for-12) with a HR, three doubles and four walks.
Today's game is on WGN. If you have EI, you'll get the FSN Wisconsin feed. For other games today see the MLB.com Mediacenter.
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Once again, just two overflow threads today -- 2:15 pm and 3:30 pm CDT. If there's a need for another one, please post as a FanShot.
Discuss amongst yourselves.
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Just win today.......please!!!
Recipe for Disaster;
C'mon Cubs, hurry up and blow this so I can relax.
by Bluekoolaide on July22, 2009 3:08 PM CDT
by sue369 on Sep 17, 2009 11:33 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
If the Cubs don't win today, then I'll just root again for them to win tomorrow.
God, I’m pathetic…
"Pain don't hurt you none" - Sparky Anderson (1987)
Obviously Sparky was never a Cubs fan...
by Zeke on Sep 17, 2009 11:41 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
This is knows as being a fan.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 17, 2009 11:43 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That and the flat side of my head...
…where I keep pounding it on the wall, day after day, season after season, decade after decade, well, you get the idea…
It’s a nice place to rest a cup of coffee in the morning…
"Pain don't hurt you none" - Sparky Anderson (1987)
Obviously Sparky was never a Cubs fan...
by Zeke on Sep 17, 2009 11:47 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Year after year after year
after year, after year, after year, after year, after year
"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 Sep 17, 2009 11:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
C'mon Wells, finish strong.
if this was still new to me, i wouldn't understand
by N Oakley on Sep 17, 2009 11:43 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Anyone else see DigiBen's fanshot that Harden's shut down?
if this was still new to me, i wouldn't understand
by N Oakley on Sep 17, 2009 11:45 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Yup
Posted a link to it in the last thread, too…
"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 Sep 17, 2009 11:49 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Question to all.
A few bad outings, shut down early after the last, flux economy for FA.
Should the Cubs offer a 2 year deal? If so, what should the $$$ be per year? $8M? Someone might give him more, but they may not.
if this was still new to me, i wouldn't understand
by N Oakley on Sep 17, 2009 11:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No thanks
You’ll seldom read an indictment of a Cubs player from me, but this is one:
Harden should’ve been traded last July 31st to the Twins. The players they’d get after offering him arbitration will be Patton-esque. Eight million per year for two years is too rich (no pun intended) for a player who is as uneven as Harden.
Let’s hope the Cubs can find a solution that doesn’t involve Harden. The Mexican has spoken.
by chilango2 on Sep 17, 2009 12:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
But July 31, the Cubs were about 1 game out of first
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 17, 2009 12:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And what has Harden done since?
For that matter, what has any other player—bar Derrek Lee—done since? Eh, what’s the point… Never mind.
by chilango2 on Sep 17, 2009 12:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did you expect that, though?
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 17, 2009 12:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
History shows us Harden "wears down" after a certain number of outings.
So I kinda did, yeah. But it’s totally pointless to waste bandwidth about something not in our control. I have wishes and desires, but history has also shown me that those don’t come true.
by chilango2 on Sep 17, 2009 12:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Since (and including) July 31?
Rich Harden: 9 starts, 48 IP, 67 Ks, 29 BB, .213 BAA, 3.19 ERA.
(Just happened to have his B-R page up.)
Catch my act on Twitter as @dat_cubfan_dave.
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 17, 2009 12:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Judge, jury and Mexicutioner.
Catch my act on Twitter as @dat_cubfan_dave.
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 17, 2009 12:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Twins claimed Harden in AUGUST off waivers
even then they did even get to the proposal stage. I have no idea what the Cubs would have gotten for Harden or from whom if they had traded him at the deadline but it is unlikely to have been more than a first round draft pick which they should get.
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim
by Doggie Stalker on Sep 17, 2009 12:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes. I'm aware he was claimed off waivers in August,
but there was also interest in Minnesota before the July deadline.
I apologize to everyone. I’m depressed today.
by chilango2 on Sep 17, 2009 12:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Because of Clark and Tinoisamoa are scratched for Sunday's game?
"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 Sep 17, 2009 12:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Clark and Ti-who-ah?
Catch my act on Twitter as @dat_cubfan_dave.
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 17, 2009 12:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Vikings fan, so not really.
Last night’s Cubs game put me in a bad mood. I didn’t sleep well. I was awakened by loud construction. My head hurts.
by chilango2 on Sep 17, 2009 12:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry Jose.
Hope your day gets better.
Recipe for Disaster;
C'mon Cubs, hurry up and blow this so I can relax.
by Bluekoolaide on July22, 2009 3:08 PM CDT
by sue369 on Sep 17, 2009 1:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I God meant for man to play with a football, he wouldn't have put points on either end.
He’d have made it round…like a baseball…
"Pain don't hurt you none" - Sparky Anderson (1987)
Obviously Sparky was never a Cubs fan...
by Zeke on Sep 17, 2009 12:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Protect your junk
"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 Sep 17, 2009 12:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
We are all depressed today
also this month, this season etc.
Feel better.
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim
by Doggie Stalker on Sep 17, 2009 12:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Only two months?
“that was the game in which Aramis Ramirez dislocated his shoulder, resulting in two months’ worth of offense-less baseball for the Cubs”
Seems like it lasted SIX months…and
Taguchi’s agent called him and told him the Cubs were looking for him for the rest of the season. “Cubs?” he replied. “Why now?”
Because my dear Mr. Taguchi: "Desperate is as desperate “do”. And we duz…"
"Pain don't hurt you none" - Sparky Anderson (1987)
Obviously Sparky was never a Cubs fan...
by Zeke on Sep 17, 2009 11:45 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
That's So Taguchi!
"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 Sep 17, 2009 11:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good thing he's only here for two weeks...
…that joke is gonna get old FAST…
"Pain don't hurt you none" - Sparky Anderson (1987)
Obviously Sparky was never a Cubs fan...
by Zeke on Sep 17, 2009 11:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
My last time using it
I swear.
"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 Sep 17, 2009 11:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
...riiiiight.....
"Pain don't hurt you none" - Sparky Anderson (1987)
Obviously Sparky was never a Cubs fan...
by Zeke on Sep 17, 2009 11:53 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It was a lot funnier when he wasn't on our team.
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
by cubswynn on Sep 17, 2009 12:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like that he doesn't have any friends in Chicago
No kidding
"When you're going through hell, keep going." - Winston Churchill
by vonde6 on Sep 17, 2009 1:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's got this guy
Albert Pujols for Cubs Starting 1B in 2012
by heine41 on Sep 17, 2009 1:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dear Cubs:
I wish I knew how to quit you.
"Truth hurts. Maybe not as much as jumping on a bicycle with the seat missing, but it hurts." - Leslie Nielson
by LAcarl519 on Sep 17, 2009 12:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I sense a Brokeback joke here. Wait for it...
"Pain don't hurt you none" - Sparky Anderson (1987)
Obviously Sparky was never a Cubs fan...
by Zeke on Sep 17, 2009 12:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think that IS the Brokeback joke.
by mykalmorgan on Sep 17, 2009 12:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, but what's the follow-up?
What do the Cubs reply?
"Pain don't hurt you none" - Sparky Anderson (1987)
Obviously Sparky was never a Cubs fan...
by Zeke on Sep 17, 2009 12:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
"What we have here is a failure to communicate" - Strother Martin as "Captain"
by Icubsfan on Sep 17, 2009 12:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
"What we have here, is failure to post a pic!"
"Pain don't hurt you none" - Sparky Anderson (1987)
Obviously Sparky was never a Cubs fan...
by Zeke on Sep 17, 2009 12:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I see a red x.
Recipe for Disaster;
C'mon Cubs, hurry up and blow this so I can relax.
by Bluekoolaide on July22, 2009 3:08 PM CDT
by sue369 on Sep 17, 2009 12:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
all hail the red x
Some people say the glass is half empty, some say half full. I say, are you going to drink that?
by BleedsbluinMI on Sep 17, 2009 12:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I get a little blue question mark on my Mac
"Pain don't hurt you none" - Sparky Anderson (1987)
Obviously Sparky was never a Cubs fan...
by Zeke on Sep 17, 2009 12:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hello, my name is Russ
and I have been a Cub fan for 43 years. I haven’t had a Cub Fix for 14 1/2 hours now………
"What we have here is a failure to communicate" - Strother Martin as "Captain"
by Icubsfan on Sep 17, 2009 12:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hello Russ!
"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 Sep 17, 2009 12:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Welcome Russ...
your sponsor for this recovery program is BLou. Feel free to contact him when you need support, and you will be required to meet with him at least twice a week for the first 3 months. Good luck.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 17, 2009 12:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You will, however be required to turn over
all firearms and sharp objects before meeting with Blou, as the urge to hurt him or yourself is very common.
Some people say the glass is half empty, some say half full. I say, are you going to drink that?
by BleedsbluinMI on Sep 17, 2009 12:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hello Russ.
sticking with my theme of the day, you will have no trouble quiting BLou.
"Truth hurts. Maybe not as much as jumping on a bicycle with the seat missing, but it hurts." - Leslie Nielson
by LAcarl519 on Sep 17, 2009 1:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Be prepared to learn
some very naughty words Russ.
Recipe for Disaster;
C'mon Cubs, hurry up and blow this so I can relax.
by Bluekoolaide on July22, 2009 3:08 PM CDT
by sue369 on Sep 17, 2009 1:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Russ, have you seen the movie "One flew over the Cuckoo's Nest?"
BCB can be a lot like the wardroom at times… ;)
"Pain don't hurt you none" - Sparky Anderson (1987)
Obviously Sparky was never a Cubs fan...
by Zeke on Sep 17, 2009 1:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hope you like sand.
Catch my act on Twitter as @dat_cubfan_dave.
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 17, 2009 12:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
the mac mark!
Albert Pujols for Cubs Starting 1B in 2012
by heine41 on Sep 17, 2009 12:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well in your defense, it wasn't that funny...
"Pain don't hurt you none" - Sparky Anderson (1987)
Obviously Sparky was never a Cubs fan...
by Zeke on Sep 17, 2009 12:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dave Bush looks like one bad mutha...
Catch my act on Twitter as @dat_cubfan_dave.
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 17, 2009 12:07 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Shut your mouth!
"Pain don't hurt you none" - Sparky Anderson (1987)
Obviously Sparky was never a Cubs fan...
by Zeke on Sep 17, 2009 12:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
But I'm talkin' 'bout Bush!
Catch my act on Twitter as @dat_cubfan_dave.
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 17, 2009 12:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
(you'll have to say that in a lower register)
"Pain don't hurt you none" - Sparky Anderson (1987)
Obviously Sparky was never a Cubs fan...
by Zeke on Sep 17, 2009 12:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
"That" in a lower resister...
"Pain don't hurt you none" - Sparky Anderson (1987)
Obviously Sparky was never a Cubs fan...
by Zeke on Sep 17, 2009 12:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
*register
Catch my act on Twitter as @dat_cubfan_dave.
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 17, 2009 12:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, I'm soldering and I meant resister!
My typing sucks today…
"Pain don't hurt you none" - Sparky Anderson (1987)
Obviously Sparky was never a Cubs fan...
by Zeke on Sep 17, 2009 12:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Resister" sounds like the name of a Judas Priest album.
Catch my act on Twitter as @dat_cubfan_dave.
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 17, 2009 12:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or when you "do" someone's sister more than once you
REsister…
(sorry)
"Pain don't hurt you none" - Sparky Anderson (1987)
Obviously Sparky was never a Cubs fan...
by Zeke on Sep 17, 2009 12:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like my self for having laughed out loud at this pun
Some people say the glass is half empty, some say half full. I say, are you going to drink that?
by BleedsbluinMI on Sep 17, 2009 12:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's a complicated man...
No one understands him but his woman.
by hokie316 on Sep 17, 2009 12:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's the black private dick
That’s a sex machine to all the chicks
"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 Sep 17, 2009 12:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
BUSH!
Can you did it?
"Pain don't hurt you none" - Sparky Anderson (1987)
Obviously Sparky was never a Cubs fan...
by Zeke on Sep 17, 2009 12:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Damn right!
Catch my act on Twitter as @dat_cubfan_dave.
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 17, 2009 12:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's the cat that won't cop out...
when there’s Cubbies all about.
by hokie316 on Sep 17, 2009 12:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mmm...
"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 Sep 17, 2009 12:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's some smooth stuff, that is.
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 17, 2009 12:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
In those pictures...
…Wells and Bush look like two guys about to get into a fight outside a biker bar.
Catch my act on Twitter as @dat_cubfan_dave.
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 17, 2009 12:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
...
"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 Sep 17, 2009 12:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Hm, Freudian.
Catch my act on Twitter as @dat_cubfan_dave.
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 17, 2009 12:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nice
I double dare you to do the NSFW version.
by chilango2 on Sep 17, 2009 12:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
0_0
Recipe for Disaster;
C'mon Cubs, hurry up and blow this so I can relax.
by Bluekoolaide on July22, 2009 3:08 PM CDT
by sue369 on Sep 17, 2009 12:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
SWL came through, see?
I’m appalled and offended.
by chilango2 on Sep 17, 2009 12:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
...
"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 Sep 17, 2009 12:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
> 
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 17, 2009 12:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Blair Bush Project.
Catch my act on Twitter as @dat_cubfan_dave.
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 17, 2009 12:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think I saw that video...
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
by Trey2317 on Sep 17, 2009 12:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Redhead as I remember. So-so actress in the 1980s...
Oh, that’s Blair BROWN…
"Pain don't hurt you none" - Sparky Anderson (1987)
Obviously Sparky was never a Cubs fan...
by Zeke on Sep 17, 2009 12:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not Blair Warner?
"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 Sep 17, 2009 12:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I loved, ok love, Blair Warner
She made me feel funny.
Some people say the glass is half empty, some say half full. I say, are you going to drink that?
by BleedsbluinMI on Sep 17, 2009 12:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
♫You take the good, you take the bad...
You take them both, and there you have…♫
Nice that that’ll be stuck in my head the rest of the day.
by hokie316 on Sep 17, 2009 12:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You're welcome :)
"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 Sep 17, 2009 12:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Actually from the 1970s too...(Blair Brown)
See the movie “Continental Divide” (with John Belushi as Mike Royko)…
"Pain don't hurt you none" - Sparky Anderson (1987)
Obviously Sparky was never a Cubs fan...
by Zeke on Sep 17, 2009 12:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The pic on the right- is just wrong- for all the right- reasons...
"Pain don't hurt you none" - Sparky Anderson (1987)
Obviously Sparky was never a Cubs fan...
by Zeke on Sep 17, 2009 12:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well in your defense, it wasn't that funny...
"Pain don't hurt you none" - Sparky Anderson (1987)
Obviously Sparky was never a Cubs fan...
by Zeke on Sep 17, 2009 12:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
More clever than funny, I thought
But to each his own…
"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 Sep 17, 2009 12:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, the post above should have been below. My computer is acting up today...
DOWN BOY!
"Pain don't hurt you none" - Sparky Anderson (1987)
Obviously Sparky was never a Cubs fan...
by Zeke on Sep 17, 2009 12:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
well played clutch
Albert Pujols for Cubs Starting 1B in 2012
by heine41 on Sep 17, 2009 12:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lotto numbers
Pick 3: 3-7-7
Pick 4: 1-2-8-5
"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 Sep 17, 2009 12:42 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
These are tomorrow's, right?
"Pain don't hurt you none" - Sparky Anderson (1987)
Obviously Sparky was never a Cubs fan...
by Zeke on Sep 17, 2009 12:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Noon numbers for today
WGN News at Noon rocks! Go, Tom Skilling!
"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 Sep 17, 2009 12:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Joke" sails right over Clutch16's keyboard...
Read it again.
"Pain don't hurt you none" - Sparky Anderson (1987)
Obviously Sparky was never a Cubs fan...
by Zeke on Sep 17, 2009 12:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I see it now
Sometimes, I’m real smrt.
"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 Sep 17, 2009 12:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, in your defense, it wasn't that funny...
"Pain don't hurt you none" - Sparky Anderson (1987)
Obviously Sparky was never a Cubs fan...
by Zeke on Sep 17, 2009 12:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
...
Much?
"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 Sep 17, 2009 12:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Too much apparently...
"Pain don't hurt you none" - Sparky Anderson (1987)
Obviously Sparky was never a Cubs fan...
by Zeke on Sep 17, 2009 12:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
BCB has so many value-added features.
Catch my act on Twitter as @dat_cubfan_dave.
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 17, 2009 12:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Can't catch this game
I’m stuck in the office.
And the eighth and final rule: if this is your first time at Fight Club, you have to fight.
by Ace Venom on Sep 17, 2009 12:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Don't feel sorry for yourself.
20 of my coworkers just left to sit on the Wrigley Done Right rooftop, paid by the company. My department didn’t hit our goal, therefore we didn’t get to go. Oh and I hit my personal goal. FML.
At least it’s not sunny out…oh wait.
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
by cubswynn on Sep 17, 2009 12:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Harsh.
Catch my act on Twitter as @dat_cubfan_dave.
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 17, 2009 12:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm also recovering from a cold
I’d rather be stuck in the office so I can actually get my work done.
And the eighth and final rule: if this is your first time at Fight Club, you have to fight.
by Ace Venom on Sep 17, 2009 12:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Brewers lineup
Felipe Lopez 2B
Jody Gerut RF
Ryan Braun LF
Prince Fielder 1B
Mike Cameron CF
Mat Gamel 3B
Mike Rivera C
Alcides Escobar SS
Dave Bush RHP
via Brew Beat
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by dat cubfan daver on Sep 17, 2009 12:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
We want C-Pat!
"Pain don't hurt you none" - Sparky Anderson (1987)
Obviously Sparky was never a Cubs fan...
by Zeke on Sep 17, 2009 12:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 17, 2009 12:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lesson No. 1: Swinging at high strikes - DO IT!
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by dat cubfan daver on Sep 17, 2009 12:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I was kinda hopin' to see him lead off.
Macha has actually done that recently.
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by dat cubfan daver on Sep 17, 2009 12:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well Milton is BACK in today.
and Dome is in.
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim
by Doggie Stalker on Sep 17, 2009 12:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Robo dome or Roto dome?
"Pain don't hurt you none" - Sparky Anderson (1987)
Obviously Sparky was never a Cubs fan...
by Zeke on Sep 17, 2009 12:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Piniella sounds even more depressed than me
listen to him on WGN now.
by chilango2 on Sep 17, 2009 12:56 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
He's trying to cheer you up by comparison...
"Pain don't hurt you none" - Sparky Anderson (1987)
Obviously Sparky was never a Cubs fan...
by Zeke on Sep 17, 2009 12:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did he say "what do you want me to do ?"
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim
by Doggie Stalker on Sep 17, 2009 12:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, but he DID say "Look"...
"Pain don't hurt you none" - Sparky Anderson (1987)
Obviously Sparky was never a Cubs fan...
by Zeke on Sep 17, 2009 12:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just ONCE....I wish a reporter would actually say something like....
“Well Lou, since you’re asking, most of the us would like you to stop playing Miles and keep Theriot out of the leadoff spot in the batting order.”
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 17, 2009 1:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd do it in a heartbeat
But then he might spittle some chicken grease on my face
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by heine41 on Sep 17, 2009 1:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hows it going everybody?
Last night sucked balls. Although, we knew we weren’t gonna win all of our final 22 games, so lets bounce back and when 5 out of our next 6.
Signed,
Not Giving Up in Pekin
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by heine41 on Sep 17, 2009 12:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I like it Heine!
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
by cubswynn on Sep 17, 2009 12:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd like it if it actually happens
But I’ve been enjoying my month of playoff baseball :)
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by heine41 on Sep 17, 2009 1:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm alright.
Let’s hope for 5 out of our next 6 three times in a row.
by mykalmorgan on Sep 17, 2009 1:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
FOX is in left hitting cleanup today
"Pain don't hurt you none" - Sparky Anderson (1987)
Obviously Sparky was never a Cubs fan...
by Zeke on Sep 17, 2009 12:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
The Cubs have a player named "Fox"?
by Jody Jody Davis on Sep 17, 2009 1:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Confirmed.
Here’s the lineup:
Theriot,
Dome,
DLee,
Fox (LF),
Milton,
Baker (3B),
Fontenot,
Hill,
Wells.
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by dat cubfan daver on Sep 17, 2009 1:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just thinking...
if the Cubs had won all those games where Randy Wells held the other team to basically nothing, they would be leading the Wild Card race!!!
Scott Bora$ is satan.
by Canadian Cubs Fan on Sep 17, 2009 1:04 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Just thinking if Kevin Gregg wasn't our closer, or if Aaron Heilman wasn't in our pen or if Alex Gonzalez could field an easy ass ground ball
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by heine41 on Sep 17, 2009 1:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Now i dont want to sound stupid/ignorant,
but was Miller Park, Wrigley South before or after Wrigley was Miller South.. If the former is true, then the Brew just lack originality, but I don’t want to make an assumption cuz I havent followed baseball too long and this is the first time i’ve hear Wrigley as “MIller south”
"It doesn't matter what country someone's from, or what they look like, or the color of their skin. It doesn't matter what they smell like, or that they spell words slightly differently some would say more correctly. I'm a person. Bret's a person. You're a person. That person over there is a person. And each person deserves to be treated like a person. "
by Rhymenocerous on Sep 17, 2009 1:07 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
There is no such thing as Miller South
There is only Wrigley North.
Think of this situation as a little brother trying to copy off Big Brother but only coming across as a moron
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by heine41 on Sep 17, 2009 1:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
that's what i thought...
just checking; I didn’t want to jump to conclusions
"It doesn't matter what country someone's from, or what they look like, or the color of their skin. It doesn't matter what they smell like, or that they spell words slightly differently some would say more correctly. I'm a person. Bret's a person. You're a person. That person over there is a person. And each person deserves to be treated like a person. "
by Rhymenocerous on Sep 17, 2009 1:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Who's the muthaflippin'...?
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by dat cubfan daver on Sep 17, 2009 1:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i'm the mutha flippin'
"It doesn't matter what country someone's from, or what they look like, or the color of their skin. It doesn't matter what they smell like, or that they spell words slightly differently some would say more correctly. I'm a person. Bret's a person. You're a person. That person over there is a person. And each person deserves to be treated like a person. "
by Rhymenocerous on Sep 17, 2009 1:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm the hip-hop hippotomus...
..rhymes that glow like phosporous…poppin’ off the top of this esophagus…
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by dat cubfan daver on Sep 17, 2009 1:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
my lyrics are bottomless *............................................................................*
"It doesn't matter what country someone's from, or what they look like, or the color of their skin. It doesn't matter what they smell like, or that they spell words slightly differently some would say more correctly. I'm a person. Bret's a person. You're a person. That person over there is a person. And each person deserves to be treated like a person. "
by Rhymenocerous on Sep 17, 2009 1:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
To many mutha uckas messin with my hhhit
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by heine41 on Sep 17, 2009 1:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
mango
"It doesn't matter what country someone's from, or what they look like, or the color of their skin. It doesn't matter what they smell like, or that they spell words slightly differently some would say more correctly. I'm a person. Bret's a person. You're a person. That person over there is a person. And each person deserves to be treated like a person. "
by Rhymenocerous on Sep 17, 2009 1:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
pop an apple in his ass, yeah
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by dat cubfan daver on Sep 17, 2009 1:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
god you guys are great
"It doesn't matter what country someone's from, or what they look like, or the color of their skin. It doesn't matter what they smell like, or that they spell words slightly differently some would say more correctly. I'm a person. Bret's a person. You're a person. That person over there is a person. And each person deserves to be treated like a person. "
by Rhymenocerous on Sep 17, 2009 1:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL, big FoC fan, too.
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by dat cubfan daver on Sep 17, 2009 1:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wrigley North**
"It doesn't matter what country someone's from, or what they look like, or the color of their skin. It doesn't matter what they smell like, or that they spell words slightly differently some would say more correctly. I'm a person. Bret's a person. You're a person. That person over there is a person. And each person deserves to be treated like a person. "
by Rhymenocerous on Sep 17, 2009 1:07 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Everyone please stand and gentlemen remove your caps for today's singing of the national anthem...
"Pain don't hurt you none" - Sparky Anderson (1987)
Obviously Sparky was never a Cubs fan...
by Zeke on Sep 17, 2009 1:10 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Listening to Wayne Messmer
sing the NA makes my testicles ache…
"Pain don't hurt you none" - Sparky Anderson (1987)
Obviously Sparky was never a Cubs fan...
by Zeke on Sep 17, 2009 1:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Anything else you'd care to share?
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by dat cubfan daver on Sep 17, 2009 1:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No. Aren't you glad?
"Pain don't hurt you none" - Sparky Anderson (1987)
Obviously Sparky was never a Cubs fan...
by Zeke on Sep 17, 2009 1:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
CUE: Epic Music!
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by heine41 on Sep 17, 2009 1:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I think todays soundtrack is courtesy of Trevor Rabin
Albert Pujols for Cubs Starting 1B in 2012
by heine41 on Sep 17, 2009 1:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
"all my bags are packed, i'm ready to go [...]"
"It doesn't matter what country someone's from, or what they look like, or the color of their skin. It doesn't matter what they smell like, or that they spell words slightly differently some would say more correctly. I'm a person. Bret's a person. You're a person. That person over there is a person. And each person deserves to be treated like a person. "
by Rhymenocerous on Sep 17, 2009 1:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
JUMP!!!
http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2009/9/17/1034575/first-pitch-thread-cubs-vs-brewers#comments
Recipe for Disaster;
C'mon Cubs, hurry up and blow this so I can relax.
by Bluekoolaide on July22, 2009 3:08 PM CDT
by sue369 on Sep 17, 2009 1:16 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
"Cubs?" he replied. "Why now?"
Very funny. Answer from agent:
“Because they haven’t won in 100+ years and they need you!”
by DudeVf11 on Sep 17, 2009 1:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Beard contest
is no contest. Then again, beards don’t win games, runs do:
by cubbybear on Sep 17, 2009 3:50 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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