First Pitch Thread: Cubs vs. Astros, Friday 4/16, 1:20 CT
by Al Yellon on Apr 16, 2010 1:15 PM CDT
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Whatever Larry is telling Carlos, it's working.
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First?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 16, 2010 1:15 PM CDT reply actions
Well, well, well, well, not sure if I like this...
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." - Terry 'Fat Tub of Goo' Forster
@Twitter as @brommmietze
nice
Careful Son, They will break your heart. And then stomp on it. But I will be a Cubs fans until I die. Its your fault Harry!!!
by deployedcubfan on Apr 16, 2010 1:17 PM CDT up reply actions
You get a brand new bike.
But obtaining your prize may take you on a Big Adventure.
"It's Spring Training. You know how many home runs Barry Bonds hit off me? One - in Spring Training." - Big Z
He sounds like he's pretending to sing like a guy.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 16, 2010 1:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Astros with a lineup change, new starting pitcher
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." - Terry 'Fat Tub of Goo' Forster
@Twitter as @brommmietze
From the future?
Hope springs eternal: Cubs in 2010!
by neverAcquiesce on Apr 16, 2010 1:21 PM CDT up reply actions
LOL...the open mic on MLB.TV priceless.....
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 16, 2010 1:17 PM CDT reply actions
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 16, 2010 1:19 PM CDT up reply actions
...
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." - Terry 'Fat Tub of Goo' Forster
@Twitter as @brommmietze
Ugh, I hate flat keys.
Good thing there are no notes in the part.
It was funny, wasn't it
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." - Terry 'Fat Tub of Goo' Forster
@Twitter as @brommmietze
Let's do tits Cubs!!!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 16, 2010 1:18 PM CDT up reply actions
typo-itis, he he
"Chicago baseball fans, who are composites of scar tissue and mortifying memories..." - George F. Will
sure!
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Apr 16, 2010 1:19 PM CDT up reply actions
Darling Nikki, he he
"Chicago baseball fans, who are composites of scar tissue and mortifying memories..." - George F. Will
I hope there's no purple rained delay.
"It's Spring Training. You know how many home runs Barry Bonds hit off me? One - in Spring Training." - Big Z
"rain" not "rained"
grammar/typing fail.
"It's Spring Training. You know how many home runs Barry Bonds hit off me? One - in Spring Training." - Big Z
Well done, Drew!
(I will now have that song in my head for the next 4 days, though.)
"It's Spring Training. You know how many home runs Barry Bonds hit off me? One - in Spring Training." - Big Z
This is what it sounds like
when Cubs win.
Hope springs eternal: Cubs in 2010!
by neverAcquiesce on Apr 16, 2010 1:21 PM CDT up reply actions
Capybaras for runs?
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." - Terry 'Fat Tub of Goo' Forster
@Twitter as @brommmietze
That's a large South American rodent, is it not?
"It's Spring Training. You know how many home runs Barry Bonds hit off me? One - in Spring Training." - Big Z
More closely related to guinea pigs than rats
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." - Terry 'Fat Tub of Goo' Forster
@Twitter as @brommmietze
Dear God, that's scary.
"Juuuuuuussst a bit outside. He tried for the corner and missed..."
- Harry Doyle
by Rusty in Peoria on Apr 16, 2010 1:28 PM CDT up reply actions
They are supposed to be very friendly
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." - Terry 'Fat Tub of Goo' Forster
@Twitter as @brommmietze
Wow.
That’s a large guinea pig. It almost looks superimposed.
"It's Spring Training. You know how many home runs Barry Bonds hit off me? One - in Spring Training." - Big Z
They really do get that large
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." - Terry 'Fat Tub of Goo' Forster
@Twitter as @brommmietze
TWSS
"Juuuuuuussst a bit outside. He tried for the corner and missed..."
- Harry Doyle
by Rusty in Peoria on Apr 16, 2010 1:33 PM CDT up reply actions
So what band of knuckleheads
are gonna screw up the strike zone today?
"Why people, who have not committed any punishable offense, listen to Country and Western music is absolutely beyond me" - John Cleese
Picked up Silva in my fantasy h2h points league for today
hope I dont regret it
loo is in the dugout
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." - Terry 'Fat Tub of Goo' Forster
@Twitter as @brommmietze
Err one pitch, one out? Go Silva
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." - Terry 'Fat Tub of Goo' Forster
@Twitter as @brommmietze
no, 2nd I believe
first pitch was a called strike
Slightly OT
But I’m watching the game on MLB’s Extra Innings and i was wondering if anybody else has is and if they feel it’s worth the price
I don't think it's worth the price.
But I’ll do anything to watch my Cubbies though.
2010 is OUR year.
I just got the sports pack for Directv so I can watch the Cards, Brewers Twins just teams around here and only 10 bucks a month I think
"Women...you can't live without them, and they can't pee standing up." Rube Baker
Really my emails are weird on it I had my wrong email on it then had it switched back. I got ur first one but not that one
"Women...you can't live without them, and they can't pee standing up." Rube Baker
Ok I will take a closer look after the game if thats ok?
"Women...you can't live without them, and they can't pee standing up." Rube Baker
I have comcast out here
so I’m asuming I can get it, but just wondering if $100 plus is worth it.
How many HBP do our pitchers have so far?
We’ve gotta be among the league leaders, right?
"It's Spring Training. You know how many home runs Barry Bonds hit off me? One - in Spring Training." - Big Z
Happy Peter's probably not as happy right about now.
"Juuuuuuussst a bit outside. He tried for the corner and missed..."
- Harry Doyle
by Rusty in Peoria on Apr 16, 2010 1:26 PM CDT reply actions
Hitting the guy in front of Lee....damnit.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 16, 2010 1:26 PM CDT reply actions
CNNSI.com
has two things today about the Cubs dumping Soriano. Yowza.
All this buttoning and unbuttoning
Yet I read
the sources – and it had NOTHING about the Cubs outright releasing him.
They’d be stupid to release him anyway.
2010 is OUR year.
Oh, I totally don't think it will happen, I ain't that dumb,
I’m just interested to see it hit the national media like that so early.
All this buttoning and unbuttoning
Soriano a nice play and close to the wall!!!!!
"Women...you can't live without them, and they can't pee standing up." Rube Baker
omg soriano caught it!?!?
on a side note, Silva leaving the ball up early, not good if he wants to keep pitching today!
Sori makes a leaping catch.
What’s wrong with this sentence?
Not a damn thing…
Go Sori!
"Look, what do you want me to do?"
He's been hanging out with Marlon.
I like that effort on D, Sori!
"It's Spring Training. You know how many home runs Barry Bonds hit off me? One - in Spring Training." - Big Z
Totally OT
Friend e-mailed pics from outside an ACE Hardware, the Wrigley Field grass seed is on sale. With a hand-written sign: So Easy, Even A Sox Fan Could Do It!
Soriano does a Fuld - Hell freezes over
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." - Terry 'Fat Tub of Goo' Forster
@Twitter as @brommmietze
WAT???
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 16, 2010 1:28 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
i love Marlon at the end of that play
always upbeat. If soriano had tossed the ball to MB last year Bradley would have likely hurled it at the ballgirl
Afternoon cubs fans!
Just got in to see Soriano face his fear of walls.
"I don't want a massage, I want a facial!"
- Stacy King
by windycitywarrior on Apr 16, 2010 1:28 PM CDT reply actions
A Stephen Colbert quote
that is today applicable.
“I have been invited to Houston for astronaut training! I never in a million years thought I would see the day when I would want to go to Houston.”
Nice open mike comment during the ads on MLB.TV
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." - Terry 'Fat Tub of Goo' Forster
@Twitter as @brommmietze
damn it i gotta turn this on now just for the open mic
cubs broadcast i presume?
CSC-HD - MLB.TV Premium
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." - Terry 'Fat Tub of Goo' Forster
@Twitter as @brommmietze
Wow, Soriano.
Lloyd: Thanks. Hey, I guess they’re right. Senior citizensSoriano, although slow and dangerous behind the wheelplate and in the field, can still serve a purpose. I’ll be right back. Don’t you go dying on me!
"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks
I hit a ball to left in Wrigley and SORIANO caught it...
and I didn’t even see it coming!
Hope springs eternal: Cubs in 2010!
by neverAcquiesce on Apr 16, 2010 1:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Leadoff Hittier Extrodinare Theriot....6-3.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 16, 2010 1:30 PM CDT reply actions
Give him *some* credit...
At least it wasn’t a first-pitch groundout.
"Juuuuuuussst a bit outside. He tried for the corner and missed..."
- Harry Doyle
by Rusty in Peoria on Apr 16, 2010 1:31 PM CDT up reply actions
It's hard blocking Castro
Playing short well, and leading off.
wasn't he.......
4-5 the other day? and had a good game yesterday?
Friendly reminder
MLB Network has picked up this game for those of you out of the Chicago area.
Who is doin the broadcast even though its blacked out for me? Costas?
"Women...you can't live without them, and they can't pee standing up." Rube Baker
Smartass way to dive for the hell of it
"Women...you can't live without them, and they can't pee standing up." Rube Baker
Stop Hating Smartasses
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 16, 2010 1:34 PM CDT up reply actions
If this poster is sarcastic...
… it just blew my mind.
"It's Spring Training. You know how many home runs Barry Bonds hit off me? One - in Spring Training." - Big Z
Come on Carlos - Get him out
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." - Terry 'Fat Tub of Goo' Forster
@Twitter as @brommmietze
I think I love this guy
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." - Terry 'Fat Tub of Goo' Forster
@Twitter as @brommmietze
just so you don't break out
into a Partridge family song
what are you so afraid of?
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Apr 16, 2010 1:40 PM CDT up reply actions
A love I have no cure for...
"Juuuuuuussst a bit outside. He tried for the corner and missed..."
- Harry Doyle
by Rusty in Peoria on Apr 16, 2010 1:41 PM CDT up reply actions
isn't that what life is made of?
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Apr 16, 2010 1:42 PM CDT up reply actions
It worries me to say...
That I never felt this way!
"Juuuuuuussst a bit outside. He tried for the corner and missed..."
- Harry Doyle
by Rusty in Peoria on Apr 16, 2010 1:43 PM CDT up reply actions
...
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." - Terry 'Fat Tub of Goo' Forster
@Twitter as @brommmietze
All I thought I'd get was a picture of the bus
or Susan Dey
WoOw Silva
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." - Terry 'Fat Tub of Goo' Forster
@Twitter as @brommmietze
So Silva or Gorz to the pen once Lilly gets back?
"Women...you can't live without them, and they can't pee standing up." Rube Baker
I'm thinking Gorz to the pen and give Silva the rotation spot.
He’s been money so far.
"I don't want a massage, I want a facial!"
- Stacy King
by windycitywarrior on Apr 16, 2010 1:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Three lefties in the pen seems like a lot...
But I think it’ll depend on how they keep doing until Theodore comes back.
"Juuuuuuussst a bit outside. He tried for the corner and missed..."
- Harry Doyle
by Rusty in Peoria on Apr 16, 2010 1:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Agreed cuz of Marshall, Grabow in the pen. We need another long arm righty even though Id rather see Silva start
"Women...you can't live without them, and they can't pee standing up." Rube Baker
Man, I forgot about Grabow...
4 lefties in the pen seems like a whole lot.
"Juuuuuuussst a bit outside. He tried for the corner and missed..."
- Harry Doyle
by Rusty in Peoria on Apr 16, 2010 1:42 PM CDT up reply actions
I have to say this Silva experiment seems to be working out pretty well so far.
Careful Son, They will break your heart. And then stomp on it. But I will be a Cubs fans until I die. Its your fault Harry!!!
+1
"Juuuuuuussst a bit outside. He tried for the corner and missed..."
- Harry Doyle
by Rusty in Peoria on Apr 16, 2010 1:41 PM CDT up reply actions
yeah don't mean to jinx it.... just enjoying it.
Careful Son, They will break your heart. And then stomp on it. But I will be a Cubs fans until I die. Its your fault Harry!!!
by deployedcubfan on Apr 16, 2010 1:41 PM CDT up reply actions
WAY to GO Silva
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." - Terry 'Fat Tub of Goo' Forster
@Twitter as @brommmietze
Come on.
The odds were longer than that! It’s gotta be at least $2 million.
"It's Spring Training. You know how many home runs Barry Bonds hit off me? One - in Spring Training." - Big Z
Nice job Silva
"Chicago baseball fans, who are composites of scar tissue and mortifying memories..." - George F. Will
I've heard better Scott's radio ads done by junior high kids.
The one WGN radio is running is terrible.
"Look, what do you want me to do?"
Tonight the quest for Lord Stanley's Cup
begins!
"Chicago baseball fans, who are composites of scar tissue and mortifying memories..." - George F. Will
some lame team, he he
"Chicago baseball fans, who are composites of scar tissue and mortifying memories..." - George F. Will
So when do we start brainstorming
nicknames for Silva? Rather than playing on his given name
Silva Dolla maybe
Lone Ranger.
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Apr 16, 2010 1:43 PM CDT up reply actions
Melikes.
Only one way to kill strikeout a werewolf batter.
Hope springs eternal: Cubs in 2010!
by neverAcquiesce on Apr 16, 2010 1:43 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm still calling him Carl's Jr.
"It's Spring Training. You know how many home runs Barry Bonds hit off me? One - in Spring Training." - Big Z
Absolutely screwy and wacky idea for the pitching staff
So, with that caveat…
1) When Lilly comes off the DL, set up the rotation like this: Zambrano, Lilly, Wells, Silva and Gorzo
2) Dempster back as closer.
3) Set up guys: Marmol and Marshall.
4) 7th inning and mopup: Grabow, Berg, Russell, Samardzija.
Sittin' on the ledge and sippin' Kool-Aid...
Screwy and wacky might be being generous there. :)
"Juuuuuuussst a bit outside. He tried for the corner and missed..."
- Harry Doyle
by Rusty in Peoria on Apr 16, 2010 1:44 PM CDT up reply actions
you are right a wacky idea
"Women...you can't live without them, and they can't pee standing up." Rube Baker
Dempster is too valuable as a starter to take him out of the rotation.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 16, 2010 1:44 PM CDT up reply actions
And Samardzija is too...
uh…
"Juuuuuuussst a bit outside. He tried for the corner and missed..."
- Harry Doyle
by Rusty in Peoria on Apr 16, 2010 1:45 PM CDT up reply actions
Then maybe Dempster as closer on his off days?
i keed….
Sittin' on the ledge and sippin' Kool-Aid...
Demp
is our best pitcher. I don’t think we want to pull him out of the rotation.
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Apr 16, 2010 1:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Thanks for using the dull pitchforks on me :-p
Understand, though, that part of my job (my real one) is to provide designs that are “outside the box”.
Sittin' on the ledge and sippin' Kool-Aid...
Just don't blow the box up in the process. :D
"Juuuuuuussst a bit outside. He tried for the corner and missed..."
- Harry Doyle
by Rusty in Peoria on Apr 16, 2010 1:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Sori strikes out...near Mendoza
"I'm not much of a chemistry guy, you know. Chemistry to me is a pinch-hit double with the bases loaded"--Jim Frey, Chicago Tribune, 1985.
Is he ever going to stop swinging at those breaking balls?
"I don't want a massage, I want a facial!"
- Stacy King
by windycitywarrior on Apr 16, 2010 1:45 PM CDT reply actions
In which lifetime?
"Juuuuuuussst a bit outside. He tried for the corner and missed..."
- Harry Doyle
by Rusty in Peoria on Apr 16, 2010 1:46 PM CDT up reply actions
The definition of insanity?
Repeating the same thing and expecting a different outcome?
"Look, what do you want me to do?"
unlikely
someone brought up the idea of trying him as the 2 hitter so he sees more fastballs. Not a terrible idea. My only question is if the book on a hitter is “no fastballs!” do they still throw fastballs to the leadoff hitters?
by cubsonWGN4ever on Apr 16, 2010 1:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Nope thats why I think he would be good for a team like the Cardinals order how they have it set up havin the pitcher 8th and have Soriano that way he would get more fastballs
"Women...you can't live without them, and they can't pee standing up." Rube Baker
Now we cant have both can we? A good play in the field and a good at bat
"Women...you can't live without them, and they can't pee standing up." Rube Baker
It's like Soriano has already decided he's going to swing before the pitcher even goes into his windup.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 16, 2010 1:46 PM CDT reply actions
He's been playing to much MLB the show.
Because that’s pretty much my approach.
by DogDaysofSummer on Apr 16, 2010 1:46 PM CDT up reply actions
Silva pitched two very nice innings
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." - Terry 'Fat Tub of Goo' Forster
@Twitter as @brommmietze
Was that after the blue chicken?
"Juuuuuuussst a bit outside. He tried for the corner and missed..."
- Harry Doyle
by Rusty in Peoria on Apr 16, 2010 1:48 PM CDT up reply actions
1 RBI and 1 BB in 9 games for Soriano
Not quite sure what this experiment is about anymore. The season is 1/16 over, I’d give the guy another few games before the permanent yank
Would you yank this guy too?
.091/.302/.121/.424 0hr, 4 RBI
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Apr 16, 2010 1:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Holy Buttfuck Drew...stop with the lame compairisons already....
you’re bringing up number of players who are probably good and have PRODUCED IN THE RECENT PAST. Soriano has done exactly jack shit since last year.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 16, 2010 1:51 PM CDT up reply actions
So how do you REALLY feel about that?
"Juuuuuuussst a bit outside. He tried for the corner and missed..."
- Harry Doyle
by Rusty in Peoria on Apr 16, 2010 1:51 PM CDT up reply actions
(Checking Baseball Reference)
"Juuuuuuussst a bit outside. He tried for the corner and missed..."
- Harry Doyle
by Rusty in Peoria on Apr 16, 2010 1:54 PM CDT up reply actions
Soriano and Geo did not produce last year.
This year:
Soriano: .214/.241/.393/.634
Soto: .211/.423/.368/.791
The only difference is, in a small sample size, Geo has 7 walks to Soriano’s 1. Nobody’s calling for Soto to be yanked. Just sayin’.
because getting on base counts and throwing out runners and blocking the plate for outs counts as production.
Sori not only gives us nothing on offense, he gives us negative value on defense.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 16, 2010 1:57 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh please..........
You’re just rationalizing the fact that you guys are over obsessed with Soriano’s struggles.
You're just rationalizing the fact that you are over obsessed with Soriano magically getting better.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 16, 2010 2:00 PM CDT up reply actions
WRONG!
Find a post/comment where I’ve said that. I don’t like what I see out there either, but I also think that people on this board are overly negative about Soriano and aren’t being fair about his lack of production.
Explain how we should "be fair" about his lack of production...
just say “shucks” after every K and missed flyball?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 16, 2010 2:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Don't dog him every chance you get and expect a negative outcome every chance he's given
Acknowledge when he does well. It’s not that hard. Well, maybe for you, who typically is glass half full.
I promise to only dog him after every 3rd K and rejoice after every hit.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 16, 2010 2:06 PM CDT up reply actions
I think you get the point,
but just can’t get away from the sarcasm, or acknowledging……..
that should be.....
glass half empty, as I failed to use sarcasm font
Isn't Rami still
batting .100 under Sori? And making errors.
No clamoring for him to sit forever.
There is no infinity button for failing in sports. At some point, things turn. They always do. - Bill Simmons
He's actually done something in the last calendar year.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 16, 2010 2:01 PM CDT up reply actions
yeah
been on the DL for over 60 days.
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Apr 16, 2010 2:01 PM CDT up reply actions
Like Soriano should have been.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 16, 2010 2:02 PM CDT up reply actions
perhaps.
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Apr 16, 2010 2:03 PM CDT up reply actions
perhaps?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 16, 2010 2:04 PM CDT up reply actions
did I stutter?
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Apr 16, 2010 2:04 PM CDT up reply actions
I know you love to win an argument but cmon dude
I guess I'm just a worrier, that's why my friends call me whiskers
by Nunyabidness on Apr 16, 2010 2:05 PM CDT up reply actions
there's no winning or losing here
which is why I’m done.
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Apr 16, 2010 2:06 PM CDT up reply actions
the hell you are...
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 16, 2010 2:08 PM CDT up reply actions
these kind of comparisons really are the weakest
and what’s worse is you KNOW IT.
I guess I'm just a worrier, that's why my friends call me whiskers
by Nunyabidness on Apr 16, 2010 2:04 PM CDT up reply actions
and you're an ass.
and YOU know it.
There is no infinity button for failing in sports. At some point, things turn. They always do. - Bill Simmons
I actually get the impression he's unaware of that.
Dum spiro spero... | Follow me on twitter or else: @andrewjstone.
by AndrewJStone on Apr 16, 2010 2:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Well helloooo there Alicia, Stacey and Brittany.
Dum spiro spero... | Follow me on twitter or else: @andrewjstone.
by AndrewJStone on Apr 16, 2010 2:11 PM CDT up reply actions
why
is a Stat-for-stat comparison weak?
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Apr 16, 2010 2:07 PM CDT up reply actions
last year
is irrelevant. We’re ten days into the season. Look at that line, the guy is hitting under .100, with no home runs. That would make him useless, right? Cut him, right?
You just cut Mark Texeria.
So let’s have some fucking perspective, shall we?
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Apr 16, 2010 1:55 PM CDT up reply actions
That's not allowed here.
"Juuuuuuussst a bit outside. He tried for the corner and missed..."
- Harry Doyle
by Rusty in Peoria on Apr 16, 2010 1:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Take your pick. :)
"Juuuuuuussst a bit outside. He tried for the corner and missed..."
- Harry Doyle
by Rusty in Peoria on Apr 16, 2010 1:57 PM CDT up reply actions
I didn't cut him, I told you it's stupid to keep bringing up other players who are head and shoulders better than Soriano.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 16, 2010 1:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Last year is not irrelevant
The only reason to consider benching him now is precisely becasue he’s been so bad for a long time.
If he was so bad for a short time, that would be different.
by jerry morales rules on Apr 16, 2010 1:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Past a diving Theriot....
"I'm not much of a chemistry guy, you know. Chemistry to me is a pinch-hit double with the bases loaded"--Jim Frey, Chicago Tribune, 1985.
Cool nice job Theriot
"Women...you can't live without them, and they can't pee standing up." Rube Baker
riot is awful at baseball
FTFY
There is no infinity button for failing in sports. At some point, things turn. They always do. - Bill Simmons
fixed that for you
There is no infinity button for failing in sports. At some point, things turn. They always do. - Bill Simmons
TLR would have caught it easily
"Women...you can't live without them, and they can't pee standing up." Rube Baker
Ted Rosevelt Lilly
"Women...you can't live without them, and they can't pee standing up." Rube Baker
...
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." - Terry 'Fat Tub of Goo' Forster
@Twitter as @brommmietze
by eths on Apr 16, 2010 1:53 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Wells to bullpen?
Just a thought…Z would go nuts and Silva seems to mow ’em down. I think Silva would be best suited to our needs though, this guy throws STRIKES!! what a concept.
unless the ball goes right to theriot
he is useless. the guy can’t make even moderately difficult plays
He's an above average shortstop.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 16, 2010 1:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Silva keeps on throwing strikes.
"I'm not much of a chemistry guy, you know. Chemistry to me is a pinch-hit double with the bases loaded"--Jim Frey, Chicago Tribune, 1985.
A radical concept
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." - Terry 'Fat Tub of Goo' Forster
@Twitter as @brommmietze
anti-Shark
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 16, 2010 1:52 PM CDT up reply actions
We only have 10 of them but mine is the one that pitches towards the end of the game, it use to be the one smaller of the 2 other Carlos'es but not no more
"Women...you can't live without them, and they can't pee standing up." Rube Baker
Sounds like one of those logic puzzles.
"I don't want a massage, I want a facial!"
- Stacy King
by windycitywarrior on Apr 16, 2010 1:55 PM CDT up reply actions
To clarify for those tv challenged folks
They showed a replay of the fontenot jumping catch and Lee was watching the play and gave a little jump too mirroring fontenot’s jump.
by cubsonWGN4ever on Apr 16, 2010 1:55 PM CDT up reply actions
D-Lee: Team Player.
Actually, my mom used to the same thing with the Super Mario Bros. Nintendo controller. Maybe D-Lee is getting old.
"It's Spring Training. You know how many home runs Barry Bonds hit off me? One - in Spring Training." - Big Z
PC for Silva?
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." - Terry 'Fat Tub of Goo' Forster
@Twitter as @brommmietze
My personal computer? Ok I suppose but if its for PV then NO
"Women...you can't live without them, and they can't pee standing up." Rube Baker
PC = pitch count
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." - Terry 'Fat Tub of Goo' Forster
@Twitter as @brommmietze
Price Check on Silva?
"I don't want a massage, I want a facial!"
- Stacy King
by windycitywarrior on Apr 16, 2010 1:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Hello all. How's everybody on this beautiful Friday afternoon?
I see Carlos is pitching well, but LET’S GET THE OFFENSE GOING.
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." -- Alvin Dark
G'Afternoon!
"I don't want a massage, I want a facial!"
- Stacy King
by windycitywarrior on Apr 16, 2010 1:58 PM CDT up reply actions
'sup kids
We score, yet?
"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 Apr 16, 2010 1:58 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
not yet
but hill just hit a 1 out triple. :-P
There is no infinity button for failing in sports. At some point, things turn. They always do. - Bill Simmons
and now silva just doubled him home
time for riot to suck though
There is no infinity button for failing in sports. At some point, things turn. They always do. - Bill Simmons
hopefully we're just about to
I guess I'm just a worrier, that's why my friends call me whiskers
by Nunyabidness on Apr 16, 2010 1:59 PM CDT up reply actions
DEEP FLY TO LEFT CENTER
over Bourne’s head, Hill stretches it into a TRIPLE!
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
Where's that Beaker pic again?
That’s unbelievable!
"It's Spring Training. You know how many home runs Barry Bonds hit off me? One - in Spring Training." - Big Z
Koyie Hill! Atta boy!
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." -- Alvin Dark
A triple for Hill!!!
"Women...you can't live without them, and they can't pee standing up." Rube Baker
He makes fast people look..not fast
"Women...you can't live without them, and they can't pee standing up." Rube Baker
Silva gets a HR.
I’m calling it.
"I don't want a massage, I want a facial!"
- Stacy King
by windycitywarrior on Apr 16, 2010 1:59 PM CDT reply actions
Agreed ;)
"I don't want a massage, I want a facial!"
- Stacy King
by windycitywarrior on Apr 16, 2010 2:00 PM CDT up reply actions
how about an RBI double instead?
I guess I'm just a worrier, that's why my friends call me whiskers
by Nunyabidness on Apr 16, 2010 2:00 PM CDT up reply actions
I would like to express my pleasure at Mr. Hills excellent base running
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@Twitter as @brommmietze
Indubidably.
"It's Spring Training. You know how many home runs Barry Bonds hit off me? One - in Spring Training." - Big Z
Oh Dayum!
"I don't want a massage, I want a facial!"
- Stacy King
by windycitywarrior on Apr 16, 2010 2:00 PM CDT reply actions
IN THE GAP TO RIGHT CENTER!
Hill scores, Silva with the double!
1-0 Cubs!
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
"Little Red Corvette...
… Koyie, you’re much too fast…"
"It's Spring Training. You know how many home runs Barry Bonds hit off me? One - in Spring Training." - Big Z
WOOO! Way to help yourself!
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." -- Alvin Dark
A 'mojo/sell high' question
when does Silva go from
lousy>>we got really lucky
really lucky>>trade while he has value
trade while he has value>>he might be worth keeping
And aardvark in a red corvette, driving towards bewbies.
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by AndrewJStone on Apr 16, 2010 2:02 PM CDT up reply actions
Helping his own cause!
"Juuuuuuussst a bit outside. He tried for the corner and missed..."
- Harry Doyle
by Rusty in Peoria on Apr 16, 2010 2:00 PM CDT reply actions
Carlos Silva hitting better than Carlos Z?
"I'm not much of a chemistry guy, you know. Chemistry to me is a pinch-hit double with the bases loaded"--Jim Frey, Chicago Tribune, 1985.
What happened? MLB.TV had a crapper
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@Twitter as @brommmietze
Silva
doubled into the right-center gap.
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Apr 16, 2010 2:01 PM CDT up reply actions
Power hit? Lucky hit?
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." - Terry 'Fat Tub of Goo' Forster
@Twitter as @brommmietze
I love the guy - I can't help myself, he has been such a pleasant surprise
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." - Terry 'Fat Tub of Goo' Forster
@Twitter as @brommmietze
I think
that this is certainly a lot better than anyone really thought would happen.
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Apr 16, 2010 2:07 PM CDT up reply actions
he looked really bad
on the pitch before, but this was just a donut right down the middle.
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Apr 16, 2010 2:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Koyie tripled, Silva drove him in with a gap shot to RF. 1-0.
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." -- Alvin Dark
wow..
thats all i can say.. our catcher and pitcher just went triple and double back to back.. keep it up boys!
Go Cubs Go!!
Now Marmol has to join the other Carlos guys on the team and have some nice hitting
"Women...you can't live without them, and they can't pee standing up." Rube Baker
Zambrano is shitting his pants in jealousy now.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 16, 2010 2:01 PM CDT reply actions
Seen that one coming
"Women...you can't live without them, and they can't pee standing up." Rube Baker
No pic
Plz? PLZ!?
"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 Apr 16, 2010 2:02 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
not shitting himself but awesome nonetheless
by cubsonWGN4ever on Apr 16, 2010 2:04 PM CDT up reply actions
wow,
he’s twelve in that?
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Apr 16, 2010 2:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Gotta give Soto a little more leeway first.
Hill can’t hit like he can. If soto can get some of his 08 mojo back, his offense will outweigh Hill’s superior D.
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by AndrewJStone on Apr 16, 2010 2:04 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't think this is a great idea.
But what if the Cubs could trade Soto straight up for Heath Bell?
bunt for a hit
he does that from time to time.
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Apr 16, 2010 2:02 PM CDT up reply actions
I think Silva ...
is a better RBI man than MB … :)
Dome to the plate
pop fly down the right field line…ChickenLegs makes a sliding catch into the visitor bullpen. Three outs, 1 LOB. 1-0 Cubs!
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
Wow, nice catch my Pence.
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." -- Alvin Dark
*by*
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." -- Alvin Dark
Pence on the ground,
Pence on the ground
by sue369 on Apr 16, 2010 2:05 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
He's looking like a fool.
"I don't want a massage, I want a facial!"
- Stacy King
by windycitywarrior on Apr 16, 2010 2:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Underpants
"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 Apr 16, 2010 2:03 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
By the way ur question earlier about Silva and fantasy today, it looks pretty good
"Women...you can't live without them, and they can't pee standing up." Rube Baker
hunter pence is that guy you hate
if he’s against you, but love if he’s on your team.
There is no infinity button for failing in sports. At some point, things turn. They always do. - Bill Simmons
No
just hustles and somehow is extremely annoying
by cubsonWGN4ever on Apr 16, 2010 2:05 PM CDT up reply actions
um ...
He’s the player you hate on the other team but you love when he’s on yours. Like … AJ.
I don't hate Pence
He’s a tough player. I actually like that. I like good competition from the other guys. I can respect and admire his game.
Pierzynski is cheap, dirty player.
by jerry morales rules on Apr 16, 2010 2:12 PM CDT up reply actions
One of the few things I liked about Barrett...
… was his willingness to punch AJ.
"It's Spring Training. You know how many home runs Barry Bonds hit off me? One - in Spring Training." - Big Z
In fairness to the rest of the league
there’s a lot of guys with the willingness to punch Pierzynski, but the unwillingness to serve the suspension.
by jerry morales rules on Apr 16, 2010 2:06 PM CDT up reply actions
True.
But if they appealed under the argument, “c’mon, Bud, it’s AJ!” I’m pretty sure the league would go, “oh, okay.”
"It's Spring Training. You know how many home runs Barry Bonds hit off me? One - in Spring Training." - Big Z
I wouldn't want A.J. to play for the Cubs if someone paid me.
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." -- Alvin Dark
i was thinkin' more
joakim noah.
the hustle pest guy.
There is no infinity button for failing in sports. At some point, things turn. They always do. - Bill Simmons
All righty, gotta head out...
Let’s hope for more runs here!
"Juuuuuuussst a bit outside. He tried for the corner and missed..."
- Harry Doyle
by Rusty in Peoria on Apr 16, 2010 2:04 PM CDT reply actions
Speaking of more runs
Did anyone see the interview with Chan Ho Park?
by jerry morales rules on Apr 16, 2010 2:05 PM CDT up reply actions
Makin' like a fetus, huh?
Later
"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 Apr 16, 2010 2:05 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Very solid.
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." -- Alvin Dark
well, he's given up 1 hit
and struck out the side in the second
I guess I'm just a worrier, that's why my friends call me whiskers
by Nunyabidness on Apr 16, 2010 2:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Given up as many hits...
… as he’s produced.
We’ll take that.
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by AndrewJStone on Apr 16, 2010 2:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Late Check-In
Here in the UK, eating Orange Chicken, and praying that British Airspace will re-open before my Delta flight stateside on monday afternoon!!!!
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
Iceland needs to quit puking, first
"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 Apr 16, 2010 2:06 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
ARam. Wow. What a play!
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." -- Alvin Dark
Excellent play by ARam
Good to see him back to his old self in the field.
Sittin' on the ledge and sippin' Kool-Aid...
mist in right center
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." - Terry 'Fat Tub of Goo' Forster
@Twitter as @brommmietze
Damn. GOTTA catch that.
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." -- Alvin Dark
Byrd's job
to call him off.
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Apr 16, 2010 2:09 PM CDT up reply actions
well
I didn’t see it, but something obviously went wrong…
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Apr 16, 2010 2:12 PM CDT up reply actions
i did see it. you could clearly see him yelling. if its possible to see it.
but you get my point.
yes, I do.
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Apr 16, 2010 2:13 PM CDT up reply actions
probably.
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Apr 16, 2010 2:08 PM CDT up reply actions
They were both screaming
I got it! I got it!
by cubsonWGN4ever on Apr 16, 2010 2:10 PM CDT up reply actions
lairs! Both of them!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 16, 2010 2:10 PM CDT up reply actions
Dueling lairs?
For, like, whose the biggest bad guy?
Hope springs eternal: Cubs in 2010!
by neverAcquiesce on Apr 16, 2010 2:12 PM CDT up reply actions
I thought that was LARP.
Hope springs eternal: Cubs in 2010!
by neverAcquiesce on Apr 16, 2010 2:13 PM CDT up reply actions
triple for Johnson
lined right past Dome to the wall. Tie game.
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
Jesus.
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." -- Alvin Dark
Eeeewwwww.
But it’s ok because I got my tax return today.
"I don't want a massage, I want a facial!"
- Stacy King
by windycitywarrior on Apr 16, 2010 2:08 PM CDT reply actions
Oh no if that was Soriano wow cover your ears
"Women...you can't live without them, and they can't pee standing up." Rube Baker
And then Dome misplays a liner
jesus
I guess I'm just a worrier, that's why my friends call me whiskers
Way to go, Kosuke. Nice inning for you.
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." -- Alvin Dark
Don't f***** blow it guys
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@Twitter as @brommmietze
Wow...
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." -- Alvin Dark
I applaud our outfielders effort, they'll be OK.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 16, 2010 2:09 PM CDT reply actions
Holy god! Wow is our defense so freaking putrid
it’s starting to get on the good defensive players now?
I guess I'm just a worrier, that's why my friends call me whiskers
we have to watch this Defense all year?
The worst defense I’ve seen for a Cubs team in years, if not decades
especially when we should have been out of the inning three batters ago
I guess I'm just a worrier, that's why my friends call me whiskers
by Nunyabidness on Apr 16, 2010 2:10 PM CDT up reply actions
errr, Dome is hitting well over .300
I guess I'm just a worrier, that's why my friends call me whiskers
by Nunyabidness on Apr 16, 2010 2:11 PM CDT up reply actions
yes ...
As he has each of the past two Aprils, in seasons where he’s finished aroudn .260.
How do you suggest we remedy this?
Should he have not played today?
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by AndrewJStone on Apr 16, 2010 2:12 PM CDT up reply actions
I didn't say that.
And WE can’t remedy anything. WE are not Lou, Kosuke or anyone who can impact what the Cubs do on the field.
I'm fully aware of how little influence i have over the Cubs.
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by AndrewJStone on Apr 16, 2010 2:16 PM CDT up reply actions
so what exactly is your point?
He’s also played a very good right field defense for most of that time.
I guess I'm just a worrier, that's why my friends call me whiskers
by Nunyabidness on Apr 16, 2010 2:13 PM CDT up reply actions
well, I was being snarky
Which NEVER happens on BCB.
generally the snark makes some kind of sense though
I guess I'm just a worrier, that's why my friends call me whiskers
by Nunyabidness on Apr 16, 2010 2:14 PM CDT up reply actions
A rare agreeance.
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by AndrewJStone on Apr 16, 2010 2:15 PM CDT up reply actions
...
sigh.
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Apr 16, 2010 2:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh, sigh yourself.
He just cost us two runs, Drew.
and he's hitting over .300
so your comment doesn’t make any damn sense
I guess I'm just a worrier, that's why my friends call me whiskers
by Nunyabidness on Apr 16, 2010 2:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Except that ...
Kosuke always hits well in April and looks clueless by August. His hitting struggles, in this instance, was my comment about his GENERAL hitting struggles as a Cub.
yes, I know. But maybe we could avoid the whiplash?
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Apr 16, 2010 2:15 PM CDT up reply actions
What whiplash?
I haven’t been singing Kosuke’s praises.
just the extreme back and forth
it’s exhausting.
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Apr 16, 2010 2:16 PM CDT up reply actions
The statement was something of a nonsensical overreaction.
Thats all anybody is saying.
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by AndrewJStone on Apr 16, 2010 2:17 PM CDT up reply actions
It was half tongue in cheek, for Christ's sake.
But to read some comments about Kosuke’s defense — usually mentioned to justify his disappointing first two years as a Cub — you’d think he was flawless as an outfielder.
not "justify"
Wrong word. I should have said “mitigate.”
Nope just not sober
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Dear Cubs:
You are playing the Houston Astros. Please stop playing LIKE the Houston Astros.
Thank you.
Regards,
Cubs Nation
cc. J. Hendry, L. Pinella, T. Ricketts
"Look, what do you want me to do?"
by Zeke on Apr 16, 2010 2:11 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs
Had to rec this - very crafty
For the record, I would have started Blanco at SS and Theriot at 2B for 2010, and released either Baker or Fontenot.
by DisCUBbobulated on Apr 16, 2010 2:12 PM CDT up reply actions
who was it who made the comment in the preview thread about the team playing down to its competition?
I guess I'm just a worrier, that's why my friends call me whiskers
by Nunyabidness on Apr 16, 2010 2:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Right here.
Shouldn’t have said that. Crap.
"It's Spring Training. You know how many home runs Barry Bonds hit off me? One - in Spring Training." - Big Z
defense and offense
will be screwing our good starting pitchers all year.
Silva limits the damage caused by Byrd & Fukudome
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@Twitter as @brommmietze
Don't know that Byrd was in anyway responsible.
by JEROMEWALTON'SBATTINGSTANCE on Apr 16, 2010 2:12 PM CDT up reply actions
It was a real tough play actually
It perfectly split the gap between Byrd and Dome. But it IS Dome’s responsibility to cede to the centerfielder.
by cubsonWGN4ever on Apr 16, 2010 2:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Umm, not if the RF runs into him.
Then it’s on the RF.
Eh...
… when outfielders collide, both have to take some blame.
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by AndrewJStone on Apr 16, 2010 2:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Not true at all.
Byrd had the right to that ball. Byrd clearly called Fukudome off. Fukudome ran into Byrd making him drop the ball. All Dome’s fault there.
There is an issue of communication as well though.
You can’t look at this in a 10 second vacuum. Both players have done things in the weeks and months leading up to this to prepare for that sort of play. The fact that our outfield tandem screwed it up means that at this point, they need to work out their communication issues.
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by AndrewJStone on Apr 16, 2010 2:18 PM CDT up reply actions
Really?
You do know this happens to every single baseball team at some point, right?
by DogDaysofSummer on Apr 16, 2010 2:20 PM CDT up reply actions
Look on the bright side...
It’s absolutely BEAUTIFUL out today!
"I don't want a massage, I want a facial!"
- Stacy King
by windycitywarrior on Apr 16, 2010 2:12 PM CDT reply actions
Trying to find the silver lining...
…Carlos has looked very solid today. Locating his pitches very well. Now, if we could just play some defense in the OF…
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." -- Alvin Dark
it's only
two runs. Two runs won’t win this game. We’ll get them back.
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Apr 16, 2010 2:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Agreed.
Should have been more specific. Trying to find the silver lining of that terrible inning lol.
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." -- Alvin Dark
You mean the Silva lining?
There’s our nickname!
"I don't want a massage, I want a facial!"
- Stacy King
by windycitywarrior on Apr 16, 2010 2:13 PM CDT up reply actions
per the poster above
2 our RBI’s are not ideal but they happen (Cubs offense had a bunch yesterday) but continuing to hand bad teams free runs is inexcusable. Maybe we are the bad team
Remember in the pre-game thread...
… when we were talking about Colvin spelling Fukudome today? Because Kosuke ran into the wall? And K’d three times yesterday en route to an 0 for 5 line? Well, I think we were right.
"It's Spring Training. You know how many home runs Barry Bonds hit off me? One - in Spring Training." - Big Z
sweet baby jeebus
we’re down 1 run. if i weren’t watching i’d swear we’d just gotten batted around on.
2 balls misjudged. 1 run down. NOT exactly a catastrophe.
FFS.
There is no infinity button for failing in sports. At some point, things turn. They always do. - Bill Simmons
It's pretty bad considering
They should have been out of it unscathed.
by cubsonWGN4ever on Apr 16, 2010 2:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Not a catastrophe
…but sloppy baseball played against a bad team. doesn’t exactly fill me with confidence at this stage of teh game.
by bluekoolaide on Apr 16, 2010 2:16 PM CDT up reply actions
its the bottom of the 4th
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Its like you are from the future!
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by AndrewJStone on Apr 16, 2010 3:45 PM CDT up reply actions
Umpire is calling those low strikes.
"I'm not much of a chemistry guy, you know. Chemistry to me is a pinch-hit double with the bases loaded"--Jim Frey, Chicago Tribune, 1985.
Its all good
we got our muscle coming up here. we’ll get em back.
I wanna post Capybaras - I'll even do chests, if that helps
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." - Terry 'Fat Tub of Goo' Forster
@Twitter as @brommmietze
I hope Silva can go at least 7 today
Considering that he has 54 pitches thru 4, that could be possible. After only 5 from yesterday’s starter, it would be much appreciated.
by jerry morales rules on Apr 16, 2010 2:16 PM CDT reply actions
Paulino is getting a lot of groundouts so far.
I spent 90% of my money on women and drink. The rest I wasted - George Best
WOW! Nice fancam there. I am jealous.
"I'm not much of a chemistry guy, you know. Chemistry to me is a pinch-hit double with the bases loaded"--Jim Frey, Chicago Tribune, 1985.
Are some of our guys double parked?
Take a few!
Scott Bora$ is satan.
by Canadian Cubs Fan on Apr 16, 2010 2:20 PM CDT reply actions
Sori!!
Good day for him leave him in for 7?? it’s getting to be bad when starters last longer than LF.
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