First Pitch Thread: Cubs vs. Mets, Saturday 9/5, 12:10 CT
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Chicago Cubs at New York Mets, Sep 5, 2009 12:10 PM CDT
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Go Cubs!!
Some people say the glass is half empty, some say half full. I say, are you going to drink that?
by BleedsbluinMI on Sep 5, 2009 12:03 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
call me a glutton for punishment.
Go Cubs!
let’s score early & often for a change.
"Truth hurts. Maybe not as much as jumping on a bicycle with the seat missing, but it hurts." - Leslie Nielson
by LAcarl519 on Sep 5, 2009 12:06 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
+1
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
by Cubbie-Tim on Sep 5, 2009 12:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tim, I spaced at work on Friday.
I’ll take care of it today.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 5, 2009 12:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
no worries
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
by Cubbie-Tim on Sep 5, 2009 12:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lets go Cubbies!
Change is inevitable; progress is optional.
by Devin B on Sep 5, 2009 12:09 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
The Fukucopter is back.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 5, 2009 12:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
College football is on today
Nobody is watching this taffy pull
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
by Itchy on Sep 5, 2009 12:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm watching.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 5, 2009 12:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bring home a victory!
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
by Itchy on Sep 5, 2009 12:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i too am watching
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
by Cubbie-Tim on Sep 5, 2009 12:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
We can all read the sports page, thanks
"When you're going through hell, keep going." - Winston Churchill
by vonde6 on Sep 5, 2009 12:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
not close to a TV so I'm watching Ohio St./Navy online while checking out this thread.
So far the only thing I can tell from this thread is SWL came real close to being on the receiving end of the BCB vigilante mob ;-) and Dome struck out.
Oh and Oregon football… not good.
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on Sep 5, 2009 12:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
0-0 top of two, strike out fest so far. 2 Cubs k'd and Harden struck out the side
Some people say the glass is half empty, some say half full. I say, are you going to drink that?
by BleedsbluinMI on Sep 5, 2009 12:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
thanks for the update.
Wolverines fan?
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on Sep 5, 2009 12:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Irish, I'm 30 mins to ND.
Pulling for my alma Mater, Western MI for the big upset today!
Some people say the glass is half empty, some say half full. I say, are you going to drink that?
by BleedsbluinMI on Sep 5, 2009 12:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
College football
I’m an Oregon Ducks fan so I figure football season is over already.
GO CUBS!
"Bats, they are sick. I cannot hit curveball. Straightball I hit it very much. Curveball, bats are afraid. I ask Jobu to come, take fear from bats. I offer him cigar, rum. He will come. " Pedro Cerrano
by shifafaontheside on Sep 5, 2009 12:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
and we thought Milton Bradely was bad.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 5, 2009 12:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
wow, quite a start to your season!
Some people say the glass is half empty, some say half full. I say, are you going to drink that?
by BleedsbluinMI on Sep 5, 2009 12:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm a Branham High School Bruins fan
And we have a few beatings scheduled, too.
"When you're going through hell, keep going." - Winston Churchill
by vonde6 on Sep 5, 2009 12:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lakeshore High School football, 2 - 0, 82-7 combined scores
Some people say the glass is half empty, some say half full. I say, are you going to drink that?
by BleedsbluinMI on Sep 5, 2009 12:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Len casually mentions that the Mets first 3 batters are all hitting over .300.
Sigh, what must that be like?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 5, 2009 12:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
i can only dream about what it feels like..
people who swing at the first pitch should get punched in the face
by jesus christos on Sep 5, 2009 12:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
and when did Pagan become a major league player?
Some people say the glass is half empty, some say half full. I say, are you going to drink that?
by BleedsbluinMI on Sep 5, 2009 12:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Shortly after leaving Chicago.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 5, 2009 12:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
fans must have been racist to him here
people who swing at the first pitch should get punched in the face
by jesus christos on Sep 5, 2009 12:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
and I bet most of them didn't even know it
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 5, 2009 12:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
didn't he have an illness his last year with the Cubs and they just gave up on him
"Truth hurts. Maybe not as much as jumping on a bicycle with the seat missing, but it hurts." - Leslie Nielson
by LAcarl519 on Sep 5, 2009 12:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Speaking of Angel Pagan...
is there a better real-life oxymoron name than “Angel Pagan”?
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on Sep 5, 2009 12:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fat lot of good it did them
It would have done us a lot of good
And the eighth and final rule: if this is your first time at Fight Club, you have to fight.
by Ace Venom on Sep 5, 2009 12:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Optical illusion?
Is that a “mets 1969” moved in to the grass by the on-deck circle?
"Bats, they are sick. I cannot hit curveball. Straightball I hit it very much. Curveball, bats are afraid. I ask Jobu to come, take fear from bats. I offer him cigar, rum. He will come. " Pedro Cerrano
by shifafaontheside on Sep 5, 2009 12:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
it was mowed in last night too
I would bring my dogs in to take a dump on it
"Truth hurts. Maybe not as much as jumping on a bicycle with the seat missing, but it hurts." - Leslie Nielson
by LAcarl519 on Sep 5, 2009 12:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
you're kidding, right?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 5, 2009 12:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i guess when the mets are in wrigley
2007, 2008, 2009 Mets should be written in the grass
people who swing at the first pitch should get punched in the face
by jesus christos on Sep 5, 2009 12:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
nada.
Some people say the glass is half empty, some say half full. I say, are you going to drink that?
by BleedsbluinMI on Sep 5, 2009 12:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What did Scales do?
And the eighth and final rule: if this is your first time at Fight Club, you have to fight.
by Ace Venom on Sep 5, 2009 12:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
he isnt Miles
thats enough
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
by Cubbie-Tim on Sep 5, 2009 12:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
M****
Maybe if we refer to him as “he who is not named”, Lou won’t play him. I say let’s boycott his name. Can we call him “kilometers”?
"Bats, they are sick. I cannot hit curveball. Straightball I hit it very much. Curveball, bats are afraid. I ask Jobu to come, take fear from bats. I offer him cigar, rum. He will come. " Pedro Cerrano
by shifafaontheside on Sep 5, 2009 12:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
so call him
Aaron Wickers?
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
by Cubbie-Tim on Sep 5, 2009 12:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
ok, a k looking with risp. Right out of the old Cubs playbook
Some people say the glass is half empty, some say half full. I say, are you going to drink that?
by BleedsbluinMI on Sep 5, 2009 12:36 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
its contagious if youre a cubs catcher
people who swing at the first pitch should get punched in the face
by jesus christos on Sep 5, 2009 12:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hi everyone. Watching MSU vs. MSU. Spartans up 28-0 at the half.
How are the Cubs doing?
Quia tuum es fatum titulis discidiis, vexillinis limbis nationalis,
gloriam seriis mundialisque, nunc et in saecula saeculorum...
Amen.
by Zeke on Sep 5, 2009 12:37 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
not as good as the Spartans. No score bottom 2
Some people say the glass is half empty, some say half full. I say, are you going to drink that?
by BleedsbluinMI on Sep 5, 2009 12:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
A familiar refrain for this year unfortunately...
Quia tuum es fatum titulis discidiis, vexillinis limbis nationalis,
gloriam seriis mundialisque, nunc et in saecula saeculorum...
Amen.
by Zeke on Sep 5, 2009 12:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Check that, 1-0 mets
Some people say the glass is half empty, some say half full. I say, are you going to drink that?
by BleedsbluinMI on Sep 5, 2009 12:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nuts.
Quia tuum es fatum titulis discidiis, vexillinis limbis nationalis,
gloriam seriis mundialisque, nunc et in saecula saeculorum...
Amen.
by Zeke on Sep 5, 2009 12:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sullivan? I think - same guy who went yard early yesterday
Some people say the glass is half empty, some say half full. I say, are you going to drink that?
by BleedsbluinMI on Sep 5, 2009 12:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So bleedsbluinMI is Cubbie Blue?
Quia tuum es fatum titulis discidiis, vexillinis limbis nationalis,
gloriam seriis mundialisque, nunc et in saecula saeculorum...
Amen.
by Zeke on Sep 5, 2009 12:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
oh yes. Not a UofM fan.
Irish #1 and Sparties #2. Hopefully going to Western – MSU later this year.
Some people say the glass is half empty, some say half full. I say, are you going to drink that?
by BleedsbluinMI on Sep 5, 2009 12:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like how the Spartans will be playing road games at Western, Eastern & Central over the next few years.
It will be great for K’zoo, Y’psi and Mt. P.
Quia tuum es fatum titulis discidiis, vexillinis limbis nationalis,
gloriam seriis mundialisque, nunc et in saecula saeculorum...
Amen.
by Zeke on Sep 5, 2009 12:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I didn't know that was the case. Wow, it would cool to see that at Walso Stadium in K--zoo.
That really is cool. Poor Western playing MI and State in the same year.
Some people say the glass is half empty, some say half full. I say, are you going to drink that?
by BleedsbluinMI on Sep 5, 2009 12:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, a neat idea by Mark Hollis (MSU's AD)
WMU, EMU and CMU were thrilled with the idea. It’s like two or three games at Spartan Stadium and then the final game at those locations…
Quia tuum es fatum titulis discidiis, vexillinis limbis nationalis,
gloriam seriis mundialisque, nunc et in saecula saeculorum...
Amen.
by Zeke on Sep 5, 2009 12:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Here's more info:
http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/082009aaa.html
Quia tuum es fatum titulis discidiis, vexillinis limbis nationalis,
gloriam seriis mundialisque, nunc et in saecula saeculorum...
Amen.
by Zeke on Sep 6, 2009 7:53 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Two homers this season
both off the Cubs, last night and today. Figures.
by qccub on Sep 5, 2009 12:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Only game in NCAA I would watch today
would be the Texas Longhorns, but that is cuz my friends band is playing immediately after the game, and i would miss the beginning of his band otherwise
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
by Cubbie-Tim on Sep 5, 2009 12:39 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Ugh
Minnesota v. Syracuse or England v. Slovakia. I’ll just count on you guys to tell me what happens in NY.
by chilango2 on Sep 5, 2009 12:40 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
A real quandry today
do I watch the Cubs lose to the Mets, or continue to watch the Hawkeyes get beat by Northern Iowa? (yes, Northern Iowa).
by qccub on Sep 5, 2009 12:42 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Go UNI!
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
by Itchy on Sep 5, 2009 12:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So. very. not. happy. right. now
It never gets to be easy
by chitownhawkeye on Sep 5, 2009 12:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hola, kids
Boy, doesn’t this look disgustingly familiar?
"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 5, 2009 12:43 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
yeah
but i cant put my finger on what..
people who swing at the first pitch should get punched in the face
by jesus christos on Sep 5, 2009 12:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dead men walking
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
by Itchy on Sep 5, 2009 12:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
this guy Sullivan has two home runs...both in last two games. ugh
"Truth hurts. Maybe not as much as jumping on a bicycle with the seat missing, but it hurts." - Leslie Nielson
by LAcarl519 on Sep 5, 2009 12:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
We need to quit pitching to the Cub-killer du jour
I don’t care if it’s Sullivan or Frenchy or Fernando freakin’ Tatis. When a guy is obviously zoned in and waiting for a pitch to drive, just don’t give it to ’im. Capisce?
"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 5, 2009 12:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I read Thole was born the day after the Mets' last series win.
Is anyone born the day after the Cubs’ last series win alive?
"Bats, they are sick. I cannot hit curveball. Straightball I hit it very much. Curveball, bats are afraid. I ask Jobu to come, take fear from bats. I offer him cigar, rum. He will come. " Pedro Cerrano
by shifafaontheside on Sep 5, 2009 12:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I just got back from the grocery store and the Cubs Offense was printed on the side of a milk carton...
Quia tuum es fatum titulis discidiis, vexillinis limbis nationalis,
gloriam seriis mundialisque, nunc et in saecula saeculorum...
Amen.
by Zeke on Sep 5, 2009 12:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
They can be pretty offensive...
"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 5, 2009 12:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
you sure it wasn't in the Post Office too?
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on Sep 5, 2009 12:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, it WAS a Meijers and they DO have a postal station ;) ...
Quia tuum es fatum titulis discidiis, vexillinis limbis nationalis,
gloriam seriis mundialisque, nunc et in saecula saeculorum...
Amen.
by Zeke on Sep 5, 2009 12:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fuk takes a walk
"When you're going through hell, keep going." - Winston Churchill
by vonde6 on Sep 5, 2009 12:50 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Len is tearing them a new one. Good to hear.
Switched back from the soccer game. Halftime, England leads Slovakia.
by chilango2 on Sep 5, 2009 12:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Any good quotables?
And England v. Slovakia? You must be bored…
"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 5, 2009 12:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Cubs game is too infuriating/boring/annoying
But today is a FIFA date and there are a lot of good games. At 3, Brazil-Argentina and Spain-Belgium. Mexico plays at 8. Scotland-Macedonia is on now on GolTV.
by chilango2 on Sep 5, 2009 12:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
FIFA or not
I’m assuming England-Slovakia features 2 guys who have no idea what a midfield is used for.
BRA-ARG is always fun, although ARG never wins.
"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 5, 2009 12:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
*20
"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 5, 2009 12:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Trying to get it over with
So they don’t have to lose on PKs?
"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 5, 2009 1:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
when Theriot decides to not swings (on a strike), he leaves his guy out to dry
"Truth hurts. Maybe not as much as jumping on a bicycle with the seat missing, but it hurts." - Leslie Nielson
by LAcarl519 on Sep 5, 2009 12:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Blown hit and run or steal?
"Bats, they are sick. I cannot hit curveball. Straightball I hit it very much. Curveball, bats are afraid. I ask Jobu to come, take fear from bats. I offer him cigar, rum. He will come. " Pedro Cerrano
by shifafaontheside on Sep 5, 2009 12:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ron - "Why not Swinging?, Why not Swinging?"
Good question my man.
Some people say the glass is half empty, some say half full. I say, are you going to drink that?
by BleedsbluinMI on Sep 5, 2009 12:52 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Perhaps Ryan Theriot
Just ain’t that bright…
"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 5, 2009 12:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
it is as though theRiot has forgotten how to take outside corner pitches to the right side
because he wants to jerk everything down the left field line
"Truth hurts. Maybe not as much as jumping on a bicycle with the seat missing, but it hurts." - Leslie Nielson
by LAcarl519 on Sep 5, 2009 12:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ask the manager
and you’ll get a shrug of the shoulders, “What do you want me to do?”. RETIRE
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
by Itchy on Sep 5, 2009 12:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hear St. Pete is real nice this time of 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 5, 2009 12:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cubs: Project Ineptitude 2009
Some people say the glass is half empty, some say half full. I say, are you going to drink that?
by BleedsbluinMI on Sep 5, 2009 12:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Latest charity?
Begun for children who can’t find first base with a compass and written directions?
"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 5, 2009 12:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
In this case, "Project" works as a noun and a verb...
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on Sep 5, 2009 12:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
OT: Last night was the Lansing Lugnuts Carlos Marmol bobblehead night at Olds Park.
It looks pretty good too. Ears and all…
Quia tuum es fatum titulis discidiis, vexillinis limbis nationalis,
gloriam seriis mundialisque, nunc et in saecula saeculorum...
Amen.
by Zeke on Sep 5, 2009 12:56 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Does it also
Walk (to) the ballpark?
"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 5, 2009 12:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
OT: Spartans just kicked a FG. 27-0 over Montana State. Go Big Ten! (except michigan...)
Quia tuum es fatum titulis discidiis, vexillinis limbis nationalis,
gloriam seriis mundialisque, nunc et in saecula saeculorum...
Amen.
by Zeke on Sep 5, 2009 12:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Check that: 31-0
Quia tuum es fatum titulis discidiis, vexillinis limbis nationalis,
gloriam seriis mundialisque, nunc et in saecula saeculorum...
Amen.
by Zeke on Sep 5, 2009 12:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And I now have a new logo as well...
Some people say the glass is half empty, some say half full. I say, are you going to drink that?
by BleedsbluinMI on Sep 5, 2009 1:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
oh boy
whatd theriot do now
people who swing at the first pitch should get punched in the face
by jesus christos on Sep 5, 2009 12:58 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Hung Dome out to dry
By not swinging on a hit-and-run
"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 5, 2009 12:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
the 1 time he doesnt swing......
people who swing at the first pitch should get punched in the face
by jesus christos on Sep 5, 2009 1:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mets 1969 in the grass
Pure class, that club.
"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 5, 2009 1:01 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
They won; we lost
They get the gloating rights
There is no such thing as an ugly female breast
by Worf on Sep 5, 2009 1:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If every team that had done better than the Cubs in the last 40 years
Decided to gloat when they came to town, there wouldn’t be an untouched blade of grass in anybody’s foul territory. The only other team that really revels in it is San Diego, though.
At least the ’69 Mets won the World Series…
"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 5, 2009 1:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did they only put that out there for this series?
Or has it been there all year?
by LT on Sep 5, 2009 1:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I heard
That they cut it into the grass after last night’s game. I don’t remember seeing it last night.
"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 5, 2009 1:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Probably for the seris. Oh well.
There is no such thing as an ugly female breast
by Worf on Sep 5, 2009 1:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Huge sack for Klug
It never gets to be easy
by chitownhawkeye on Sep 5, 2009 1:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
What's the score now?
UNI! UNI! UNI!
by chilango2 on Sep 5, 2009 1:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
13-10
Some people say the glass is half empty, some say half full. I say, are you going to drink that?
by BleedsbluinMI on Sep 5, 2009 1:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
massive post fail
for me. too many windows open
It never gets to be easy
by chitownhawkeye on Sep 5, 2009 1:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Purdue kicker launched a 59 yard field goal, Iowa losing to Northern Iowa in a close one
Some people say the glass is half empty, some say half full. I say, are you going to drink that?
by BleedsbluinMI on Sep 5, 2009 1:03 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
That kick was good from 65!
Go Boilers! 38-14
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
by Itchy on Sep 5, 2009 1:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
some guy named Ramirez just hit a homer
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on Sep 5, 2009 1:05 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I've heard of that guy
Did you catch it?
"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 5, 2009 1:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
naw - I only pay attention when guys named Sullivan come up.
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on Sep 5, 2009 1:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
MANNY BEIN MANNY
people who swing at the first pitch should get punched in the face
by jesus christos on Sep 5, 2009 1:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
WTF! Cubs lead?!?!
Those pig brain quesadillas I had for breakfast are giving me hallucinations.
by chilango2 on Sep 5, 2009 1:05 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Did you feed any
To the Zombie Head on a Stick?
"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 5, 2009 1:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
ok time to...
…jump if you’re so inclined…
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on Sep 5, 2009 1:08 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Santo
“You can’t blame Lou for any of it”
-Ugggg
"There are no curses here...Games are won and lost on the baseball field" - Lou Piniella
by El Borto on Sep 5, 2009 1:08 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Can we get about seven more guys who can hustle like Baker?
"Bats, they are sick. I cannot hit curveball. Straightball I hit it very much. Curveball, bats are afraid. I ask Jobu to come, take fear from bats. I offer him cigar, rum. He will come. " Pedro Cerrano
by shifafaontheside on Sep 5, 2009 1:10 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
...and can use his head
"Bats, they are sick. I cannot hit curveball. Straightball I hit it very much. Curveball, bats are afraid. I ask Jobu to come, take fear from bats. I offer him cigar, rum. He will come. " Pedro Cerrano
by shifafaontheside on Sep 5, 2009 1:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
everyone's gone, click on the jump link for the new thread
Some people say the glass is half empty, some say half full. I say, are you going to drink that?
by BleedsbluinMI on Sep 5, 2009 1:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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