A Tragedy In 162 Parts: Cubs vs. Brewers Preview, Friday 4/23, 7:10 CT
by Al Yellon on Apr 23, 2010 5:00 PM CDT
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Chicago Mayor Richard Daley has proclaimed today, the 446th anniversary of William Shakespeare's birth (yes, I am aware that this may not be the actual date, and that the calendar has changed since then, but this is the recognized observation day) as "Talk Like Shakespeare Day" in the city of Chicago.
Not wanting to miss this important observance, I present the following, in tribute, and with apologies to the Bard:
To win, or not to win: that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous losses, Or to move arms to pen 'gainst a sea of troubles, And by so doing end them? To lose: to lose; No more; and by winning we say we end The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks Cubs fans are heir to, 'tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Will the Cubs be champs? there's the question That makes calamity of so long life; For who would bear the whips and scorns of time: Soriano's hops, Ramirez's slumping, The hits of despised Card'nals, the Shark's decay, The insolence of fans and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When Lou himself might his quietus make With a new bullpen? What could Marmol bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something after loss, The undiscover'd country from whose bourn Z may not return; it puzzles pundits And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly out to others that we know not of? Thus stranded runners do make losers of them all; And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of strikeouts, And home runs of great pith and moment With this regard their currents turn awry, And lose the game of action. - Soft you now! The fair Dempster! Tonight, with thy fastballs Bring us a win remember'd.
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Jeff Suppan started against the Cubs last Thursday at Wrigley Field; they hit him pretty hard, including homers by Marlon Byrd and Derrek Lee, but -- sound familiar? -- the Cubs' bullpen blew the game. Let's hope for better news vs. Suppan tonight. D-Lee, for his part, crushes Suppan -- .426 lifetime in 54 AB, and that was his sixth HR off him.
Ryan Dempster has a 2.88 ERA vs. the Brewers in his career, which includes 18 starts and 22 relief appearances. He, too, pitched in the series at Wrigley, on Opening Day, April 12, and got the win despite giving up a three-run homer to Ryan Braun. Current Brewers are hitting .269 (47-for-175) vs. Demp with eight HR.
Tonight's game is available nationally on WGN, and also for EI subscribers via FSN Wisconsin. Here is the complete MLB.com Mediacenter for today.
Baseball-reference.com game preview
Please visit our SB Nation Brewers site Brew Crew Ball. But be careful over there.
Tonight's first pitch thread will be up at 7 pm CDT, and the overflows will post at 8:15, 9:15 and 10 pm CDT.
Discuss amongst yourselves.
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LOL- Both of the SP pictures are HORRIBLE.
Dempster looks like he’s caught in the back of a club w/ a half naked trixie.
Suppan looks like Death.
Come visit me inside Wrigley along the Addison side mezzanine fence straight up from 1st base.
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Dempster looks like he’s caught in the back of a club w/ a half naked trixie.
You make is sound like there’s something wrong with that.
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Do I want to be first or not to be first?
"I mean, if we can’t take Colvin after the spring he’s had, something is wrong," -- Lou
apparently not.
"I mean, if we can’t take Colvin after the spring he’s had, something is wrong," -- Lou
You are a gentleman. Thank you.
"I mean, if we can’t take Colvin after the spring he’s had, something is wrong," -- Lou
I wanna be sedated
"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
It helps to get started early.
If I sleep through the 8th and 9th innings, it’s like the Cubs didn’t really lose.
"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
Juan Cruz
He of the 13 runners allowed in 5 1/3 innings? He’d perfectly slot into the middle of the current 7th inning morass.
Actually though, unless he’s still bothered by shoulder troubles, which is a distinct possibility, he would be a reasonable decent alternative to what they are currently running out there.
"When the day comes with that last winning run and I'm crying and covered in beer. I'll look to the sky and know I was right to think someday we'll go all the way." - Vedder
What panic button thou hath pushed sweet lou.
that dost sends big z to smote the brew crew
for tis april on this season yet young
And all thine cubs fans think your team is dung.
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 23, 2010 5:11 PM CDT reply actions
LOL
Props for rhyming dung, both for the period effect and the appropriate choice of words…
"Wait, are you saying I'm a sunshine-pumping, koolaid-drinking, Soriano-loving, rainbow-rising, unicorn-riding, double-clutching, Sweet Lou-backing, Hendry-supporting, hey hey whaddya saying, Cubs are going all the waying, glass is overflowing, Rothschild is all-knowing, Cubs fan? - ballhawk
Hindsight.
No one was really that upset when he was let go.
We should of did a better job of putting a proper bullpen together though.
2010 is OUR year.
No, it wasn't
“From bad to Wuertz”? Anybody remember that? He was a great BCB whipping boy.
I don’t miss those 55-foot sliders, thank you.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Apr 23, 2010 5:57 PM CDT up reply actions
wish we had the defense
to take advantage of those ground balls.
i will go back to holding my breath
There is no infinity button for failing in sports. At some point, things turn. They always do. - Bill Simmons
LSA for Al's soliloquy
I overheard Lou saying about Doggie Stalker, “The lady doth protest too much!”
Sittin' on the ledge and sippin' Kool-Aid...
You mean...
… “the sweetheart doth protest too much!”
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Not bard. Not bard at all!
One of Lee Elia's 15%
by waiting4cubs on Apr 23, 2010 5:21 PM CDT up reply actions
Love the Shakespeare
Nice job, whoever did it.
"They found a delivery in my flaw." - Dan Quisenberry
OK - I guess not
Nice job, Al!
"They found a delivery in my flaw." - Dan Quisenberry
Well. it's been rumored that Shakespeare didn't write all his own stuff...
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
Or any of it
Lots of rumors…
"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
Including that he wasn't really named...
William Shakespeare.
I, myself, am an Oxfordian on these questions. Take THAT, Stratford! :)
by CubsWin!Oregon on Apr 23, 2010 6:14 PM CDT up reply actions
April 22, 1980
Great post yesterday. I remember the game well (I was almost 9 at the time). I still remember Barry Foote running over to the first row to hug his wife after he hit the game winner.
"They found a delivery in my flaw." - Dan Quisenberry
A horse, a horse! My kingdom for a horse!
Extra credit on my Shakespeare exam in college: What was the name of Richard III’s horse?
"They found a delivery in my flaw." - Dan Quisenberry
White Surrey?
"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
Horse?
Oh, wait. That was Dudley Do-Right’s horse’s name.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Surrey
sounds right. Hard to remember that test, back in 1992, but that extra points question definitely sticks in my memory. Great professor – Bill Brady, Knox College. He died a few years ago, unfortunately.
"They found a delivery in my flaw." - Dan Quisenberry
Zambrano is the horse
"I'd rather hit home runs you don't have to run as hard." -- Dave Kingman
by BucknerKongCardenal on Apr 23, 2010 6:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Tracy finally getting a start
G’job, Lou!
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." ~Alvin Dark
by DamonBerryhillsMitt on Apr 23, 2010 5:32 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Lineup, per Carrie:
Cubs lineup fri is:
ss theriot
rf fuke
1b lee
3b tracy
cf byrd
lf colvin
2b font
c hill
p dempster
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." ~Alvin Dark
by DamonBerryhillsMitt on Apr 23, 2010 5:35 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Tracy hitting cleanup?
Man, either Lou has lost it or he’s a genius. We’ll see.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Soto & Soriano
should be in the lineup.
by Cubsfan Waveland on Apr 23, 2010 6:03 PM CDT up reply actions
soriano is a career .189 ish hitter against suppan
"The roar from the crowd really fired me up," Burish said. "In warmups there were a lot of signs. One said 'Burish, my grandma is pregnant.' I don't know what that means. I skated by it and said, 'it's not mine.' "
by jesus christos on Apr 23, 2010 6:05 PM CDT up reply actions
I think he is locked in right now
he had really good at bats in NY. 6-11 coming unless Demp throws a complete game.
by Cubsfan Waveland on Apr 23, 2010 6:09 PM CDT up reply actions
riot back at leadoff?
is this a dagger I see before me?
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Apr 23, 2010 6:56 PM CDT up reply actions
would that
this too too solid cajun would melt.
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Apr 23, 2010 6:59 PM CDT up reply actions
To our manager:
From Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar:
Men at some time are masters of their fates:
The fault dear Lou, is not in our star players
But in yourself that we are underlings.
"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.
Love the W.S. spoof
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." - Terry 'Fat Tub of Goo' Forster
@Twitter as @brommmietze
"Fair is foul, and foul is fair"?
I don’t think Shakespeare knew too much about baseball.
"And away we go..."-Pat Hughes
KING TOM
How goes the day with us? O, tell me, Hendry.
HENDRY
Badly, I fear. How fares your majesty?
KING TOM
This fever, that hath troubled me so long,
Lies heavy on me; O, my heart is sick!
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." - Terry 'Fat Tub of Goo' Forster
@Twitter as @brommmietze
I won't be around for the gamethread...but you guise may want to use this while I'm gone...
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 23, 2010 5:52 PM CDT reply actions
what does the left side
of the 3rd one from the bottom say?
yellow is an awful horrible no bad asshatty color.
There is no infinity button for failing in sports. At some point, things turn. They always do. - Bill Simmons
"no good very bad"
not “no bad”
sigh.
There is no infinity button for failing in sports. At some point, things turn. They always do. - Bill Simmons
Responding to tone.
"Chicago baseball fans, who are composites of scar tissue and mortifying memories..." - George F. Will
Maslov's heirarchy of sports blogging?
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 23, 2010 5:59 PM CDT up reply actions
So both Tracy and Colvin get starts
and people are still bitching?
"Chicago baseball fans, who are composites of scar tissue and mortifying memories..." - George F. Will
hey Sue
"Chicago baseball fans, who are composites of scar tissue and mortifying memories..." - George F. Will
How are you doing?
"Chicago baseball fans, who are composites of scar tissue and mortifying memories..." - George F. Will
Well, just leaving work now
will be back in 40 minutes
"Chicago baseball fans, who are composites of scar tissue and mortifying memories..." - George F. Will
Suuuuueeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." - Terry 'Fat Tub of Goo' Forster
@Twitter as @brommmietze
Not quite Shakespeare, but
“I bitch, therefore I am.”
by Not Bruce Froemming on Apr 23, 2010 5:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Quick - rene away before this thread gets really bad...
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
It would be quicker to catch a plane
"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
TWSS
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 23, 2010 6:07 PM CDT up reply actions
You guys are amazing
and I mean that in the very best way.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Apr 23, 2010 7:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Yes it Does!
he he
"Chicago baseball fans, who are composites of scar tissue and mortifying memories..." - George F. Will
How long
have you been following the Cubs, TJ11?
Are you aware of the last 101 years of futility? Maybe you’re not, which explains your boundless optimism.
"They found a delivery in my flaw." - Dan Quisenberry
He's very passionate
"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
Reply fail.
"Chicago baseball fans, who are composites of scar tissue and mortifying memories..." - George F. Will
TJ11 is doing performance art.
It’ll be interesting to see if he can keep this up all year.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
You have little faith
Truly, he is the sunshine of our lives
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." - Terry 'Fat Tub of Goo' Forster
@Twitter as @brommmietze
doubt he will once he reaches the game thread
"I mean, if we can’t take Colvin after the spring he’s had, something is wrong," -- Lou
What a madcap hath heaven lent us here!!
WOXY.com - The Future of Rock and Roll
by Gibbon Jockey on Apr 23, 2010 6:04 PM CDT up reply actions
I will not post a picture of a streaker being caught…
I will not post a picture of a streaker being caught…
I will not post a picture of a streaker being caught…
I will not post a picture of a streaker being caught…
I will not post a picture of a streaker being caught…
I will not post a picture of a streaker being caught…
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." - Terry 'Fat Tub of Goo' Forster
@Twitter as @brommmietze
Speaking of the Bard...
…I’m pretty sure we could use him and his 100 mph fastball in the bullpen. Silva to the Red Sox for Bard!
Go forth, dear James, procure yon hurler and mark said task complete!
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
Oh, and just to balance all this Shakespeare stuff, I present to you tonight's Seinfeld episode info
WPWR Ch 50. in Chicago, starting right now, we have… The Soup Nazi!
Hey Brew Crew – no runs for you!!!!
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
They sure had the runs last night though.
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 23, 2010 6:01 PM CDT up reply actions
Here's hoping tonight's game is neither tragedy nor comedy.
With that I bid adieu. Happy Talk Like Shakespeare Day all.
"And away we go..."-Pat Hughes
Obscenely and courageously
take pains; be perfect: adieu.
WOXY.com - The Future of Rock and Roll
by Gibbon Jockey on Apr 23, 2010 6:18 PM CDT up reply actions
Hey katie! Thanks for the kind head's up on my three time's the charm post
"I mean, if we can’t take Colvin after the spring he’s had, something is wrong," -- Lou
that's a great looking lineup the cubs are putting out there
prepare to be shut down by suppan.
There is a Thing
which thou hast often heard of and it is known to
many in our land by the name of pitch: this pitch,
as ancient writers do report, doth defile; so doth
the company thou keepest: for, Suppan, now I do not
speak to thee in drink but in tears, not in
pleasure but in passion, not in words only, but in
woes also: and yet there is a virtuous man whom I
have often noted in thy company, but I know not his name.
WOXY.com - The Future of Rock and Roll
by Gibbon Jockey on Apr 23, 2010 6:21 PM CDT up reply actions
Shut up dirty Brewers hippie.
"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks
by dtpollitt on Apr 23, 2010 6:32 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
CTL is doing
an interview with Milton. Asked about playing with the Cubs he threw the race card already. What a guy!
Coward Dogs
Most spend their mouths when what they seem to threaten runs far before them.
WOXY.com - The Future of Rock and Roll
by Gibbon Jockey on Apr 23, 2010 6:23 PM CDT up reply actions
god damn racist interviewer
"The roar from the crowd really fired me up," Burish said. "In warmups there were a lot of signs. One said 'Burish, my grandma is pregnant.' I don't know what that means. I skated by it and said, 'it's not mine.' "
by jesus christos on Apr 23, 2010 6:23 PM CDT up reply actions
hah!
"The roar from the crowd really fired me up," Burish said. "In warmups there were a lot of signs. One said 'Burish, my grandma is pregnant.' I don't know what that means. I skated by it and said, 'it's not mine.' "
by jesus christos on Apr 23, 2010 6:28 PM CDT up reply actions
what microphone? oh wait....I guess I didn't see it ;)
"They say you don’t win a pennant in April, but you can sure lose one." - Ryan Dempster
and in my quest to offer equal time to the women of BCB, I did a search on "handsome sportscasters"
Unfortunately, Steve Phillips was the first recognizable one that came up. Sorry…
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
im going to guess that was from the blog of the production assistant he was porking on the side
"The roar from the crowd really fired me up," Burish said. "In warmups there were a lot of signs. One said 'Burish, my grandma is pregnant.' I don't know what that means. I skated by it and said, 'it's not mine.' "
by jesus christos on Apr 23, 2010 6:45 PM CDT up reply actions
~~~~grumble grumble~~~~~
"I mean, if we can’t take Colvin after the spring he’s had, something is wrong," -- Lou
it didn't get much better after that
Keith Olbermann, Jim Rome, George Michael (of Sports Machine fame, not Wham!)…
How about Bob Costas – is that any better?
poor guy – even his Google images are small…
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
Chip Caray is good looking.
Not necessarily a great sports broadcaster, but eye candy.
Al is propositioning the entire world on Twitter:
@bleedcubbieblue Email me. Let’s talk. Seriously.
Looks like he’s having a nice Friday night, while I’m still at work.
careful - make sure that's not one of those 976 e-mail addresses...
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
That was supposed to be a DM reply.
Hit the wrong button. I’ll get the hang of this Twitter thing eventually.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Did you guys hear that Kevin Kennedy helped subdue a man on an airplane last night
who made a bomb threat? Crazy Sh!t
series tied at 2
7pm local time tonight, game 4.
I was at the United Center last night, I'll be at Miller Park tommorow.
I win tonight would be like delicious raspberry jelly in the middle of a glazed donut.
"I don't want a massage, I want a facial!"
- Stacy King
by windycitywarrior on Apr 23, 2010 6:50 PM CDT reply actions
I want to be at the UC for game 5
of the Hawks series, but i am sure that being at the Bulls game yesterday was a blast
Unofficial Self Appointed President of the Castro Blocker Fan Club
It was awesome.
Me and my buddy where trading some friendly ribbing with a Cavs fan a seat down the whole game. It was good fun.
"I don't want a massage, I want a facial!"
- Stacy King
by windycitywarrior on Apr 23, 2010 7:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,
Creeps in this petty game from day to day
To the last syllable of the regular season,
And all our yesterdays have lighted Wrigley
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief pennant chase!
Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor ballplayer
That struts and frets his hour upon the field
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an umpire, full of strikes and balls,
Signifying nothing.
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
Adam Lambert, Geovany Soto - manscara cousins???
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
I just took a screengrab of Geo and was in the process of photoshopping something.
But yeah, Geo could be a Maybeline spokesman.
He was just on tv pregame show - talking about what'd be like for chicago fans if cubs win it all
I looked up and… whoa!!!! Looked like a young Phyllis Diller!
Thankfully, Sutcliffe came on next. Then a few others and finally they finished with Ted. Now there’s a handsome man…
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
everyone looks a little more handsome in Cubbie blue
Unofficial Self Appointed President of the Castro Blocker Fan Club
Jump!
"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
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