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Open Thread: Cubs vs. Reds, Wednesday 8/15, 7:05 CT

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Random baseball note: former major league infielder Jose Offerman was arrested in Bridgeport, Connecticut last night and charged with assault, for attacking two Atlantic League players with his bat:

Offerman, playing for the Long Island Ducks in the Atlantic League, homered in the first inning Tuesday night. The next inning, he was hit by a pitch from Bridgeport Bluefish starter Matt Beech and charged the mound with his bat.

Catcher John Nathans was hit in the head and sustained a concussion. He tried to keep playing, but left the game with nausea and collapsed in the dugout, team spokesman Nick Razzette said.

Beech, a left-hander, sustained a broken middle finger on his right hand. Both players were treated at a hospital and released.

Beech is also a former major leaguer -- he pitched for the Phillies in parts of three seasons during the 1990's. Offerman was part of one of the goofiest plays of the lost 2005 season on May 6 at Wrigley Field when, with one out and the bases loaded and the Cubs leading 2-1, Placido Polanco lined a ball back to LaTroy Hawkins, who whirled and threw to first to try to double Offerman off -- which would have ended the game with a Cub win. Instead, the ball hit Offerman's helmet and flew into right field, two runs scored and the Cubs lost. (Not coincidentally, a few days later Ryan Dempster was installed as Cubs closer.)

That notwithstanding, what Offerman did was beyond inexcusable and he should not only be banned from baseball, but I'm glad that criminal charges have been filed. Stuff like this and the assaults that have gone on in hockey games shouldn't be excused just because they're in a sports venue and not on the street.

 Today's Starting Pitchers
Ted Lilly
 T. Lilly
Cubs		 vs. Phil Dumatrait
 P. Dumatrait
Reds
13-5 W-L 0-1
3.51 ERA 7.71
124 SO 6
41 BB 5
19 HR 0
vs. Cin -- vs. Cubs
Where do the Reds GET these pitchers? Dumatrait is making his third major league start, and he's lefthanded, and that ought to spell doom for the Cubs tonight. In addition, when not pitching Dumatrait distributes badly needed medicine to Third World nations, helps to replant rainforests while he's there, and is going to adopt a set of needy quintuplets.

Ted Lilly can't do all that, but he has been the Cubs' most consistent starter all year and probably the best free-agent pitching signing, period, for any team. He is 1-1, 1.38 in two starts vs. the Reds, both earlier this year.

Random personal note: my friend Brian, who sits with us in the bleachers, and his wife Kristy welcomed a baby girl last night, 7 pounds, 5 ounces, named Katelyn Ann, which makes my friend Dave a grandfather for the first time. No, the baby wasn't actually born in the bleachers, as we joked with them earlier this summer. Congrats to the entire family.

Random site note: if you are interested in ordering one of the BCB shirts that we've been discussing here for the last couple of weeks, please check out this diary for more information.

And, as of this writing, first round draft pick Josh Vitters remains unsigned. He must be signed by 11 pm CT tonight, or the Cubs lose his rights.

Today's game is on WGN, so most of you should have access; if not, check out today's Mediacenter link.

MLB.com Gameday (2007 version)

MLB.com Gameday (2006 version)

MLB.com Gameday for the Brewers/Cardinals game

Discuss amongst yourselves.

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First!
I think Al forgot to mention that Dumatrait also singlehandedly saved an entire litter of puppies from a burning building.

Anyway...Hoping for a good start from Lilly tonight. That, and some offense. Last night was less than spectacular. Any lineups posted yet? Let's get back on track tonight- GO CUBS!

Your results may vary.

by riggs on Aug 15, 2007 3:38 PM CDT reply actions  

Dumatrait
also was invited to do the artwork for the BCB shirts that people are talking about.

The invitation to Dumatrait was made by BCB after the Louvre in Paris destroyed all their paintings to make room for Dumatrait's artwork, which the top art critics in the world have universally claimed to be the best ever done.

BTW, I have NOT seen how the BCB shirts look, so does anyone have a picture I can link to?  

by zevkalman on Aug 15, 2007 3:50 PM CDT reply actions  

Dumatrait's tears cure cancer
Too bad he never cries.

by bloomerang on Aug 15, 2007 3:51 PM CDT reply actions  

Throught concentration, Dumatrait
has the ability to raise and lower his cholestrol.

Why does he raise it you ask?

So he can lower it.

to more serious matters, I was at the game that he lost to the Reds back in April. He pitched a good game, but the big boys forgot their bats at home and they lost 1-0.

AC 00 00 00 - BELIEVE

by mike @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Aug 15, 2007 3:53 PM CDT reply actions  

If we lose to a guy named dumatrait
I'm packing up my cubs stuff and getting out my bears gear
I demind an asterisk be placed behind Neifi Perez's mark of 64 career homeruns

by jds2 on Aug 15, 2007 3:58 PM CDT reply actions  

Ijust want a win
tonight. I don't care if it's 1-0 or 11-0 I just want a win. Go get em Ted!!

GO CUBS!!!

I love this team!!!!!

by sue369 on Aug 15, 2007 4:00 PM CDT reply actions  

I just want a win
..MAN....I heard dat!
I hadn't realized that the Cubs have lost 9 of their last 12 (ouch)...

...we NEED a win...

GOoooooooo C-U-B-S!!!

"Welcome to Lou's BLUE Crew....Cubbies in '07"

by Bluelou on Aug 15, 2007 6:42 PM CDT up reply actions  

Quick thought
although what Jose Offerman did by attacking someone with his bat is deplorable, I think if this is legitimately considered a criminal act so too should purpose pitches that hit batters that provoke these type of incidents.  I know the argument that this is a way of baseball policing itself but much like DLee's (a player notable for his controlled emotions) reaction to a pitch high and tight, these pitches that purposefully go after a batter are just as dangerous and should warrant the same type of suspension, i mean as a hitter you are placed at a significant disadvantage.  I'm not saying Offerman should be let go, but its not like he randomly attacked a pitcher with a bat, he felt that he was initially attacked and retaliated

by INWes44 on Aug 15, 2007 4:05 PM CDT reply actions  

I can hear it now
the can of worms opening.
"We're going to turn this team around 360 degrees." -Jason Kidd

by tony412 on Aug 15, 2007 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions  

yeah should have apologized ahead of time
like i said quick thought probably should have labeled it quick stupid thought haha

by INWes44 on Aug 15, 2007 4:11 PM CDT up reply actions  

quick thought?
maybe you should slow it down next time....

by anormal on Aug 15, 2007 4:10 PM CDT up reply actions  

Go get them Ted!
I remember something funny Brenly said one time about Lilly.  Brenly was talking about how intense some pitchers get before they start the ballgame.  He said Ted Lilly walked by the lineup card and said to nobody in particular "I can't believe I'm batting 9th again".  I just found that funny.  

by cubfanwill on Aug 15, 2007 4:05 PM CDT reply actions  

OMG, I remember when he was talking about that,
I laughed to myself when I heard that.
There are 3 things in my life which I really love: God, family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit.

by cubsfan4life on Aug 15, 2007 4:10 PM CDT up reply actions  

another reason the Cubs should overthrow
the Brewers Now or Never.

Prince Fielder Suspended

"We're going to turn this team around 360 degrees." -Jason Kidd

by tony412 on Aug 15, 2007 4:39 PM CDT reply actions  

2005 Game
My family and I were at that game in 2005.  We were sitting in the new dugout box seats behind home plate.  That game was the essence of Cub-ness.  The best of times and the worst of times.

Mark Prior (!) pitched a great game, 1 ER in 8 innings but the Cubs could not score.  Jose Macias (!!) led off the 8 with a pitch hit.  After 2 outs, DLee nailed a pitch for a 2 run homer to put the Cubs up 2-1 and Wrigley EXPLODED.  DLee came out for a curtain call and I have the best picture I have even taken at a ball game of DLee raising his hat to the crowd.  Excellent picture from 15 feet away, and the crowd go wild....

And then Hawkins throws the game away, literally.  At first we could not figure out what happened and we almost cried when the umpire motioned in TWO runs from 3rd AND 2nd.  Of course, we did not score in the 9th.

by john62 on Aug 15, 2007 4:42 PM CDT reply actions  

Praying for a win tonight
It would probably kickstart the team considering we were ten feet of fly ball from winning last night.

by SouthsideCub on Aug 15, 2007 4:43 PM CDT reply actions  

that was pretty heartbreaking
it looked good off the bat and almost seemed to perfect since there was a man on, 2 outs, blah blah blah....no help from the wind gods when we needed it. I'd like to win a game decisevly for a change. Other than that one Rockies game, haven't had one in a while. Have we? They're all starting to feel the same to me.
"We're going to turn this team around 360 degrees." -Jason Kidd

by tony412 on Aug 15, 2007 4:46 PM CDT up reply actions  

Fielder Suspended
Not sure if anyone is talking about this yet, but Prince Fielder was suspended three games by the league today.

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/7124752?MSNHPHMA

by Tangled Up In Blue on Aug 15, 2007 4:46 PM CDT reply actions  

Nope
I posted too and nobody seems to care. I can't blame them considering it doesnt mean a damn thing if the Cubs don't handle their business. The Brewers are sitting there saying, "we dont want it Cubs, you take it" and the Cubs are saying, "No! We dont want it either, you take it".... and the Cardinals are just about to come and take it, and laugh all the way to the World Series.....again.
"We're going to turn this team around 360 degrees." -Jason Kidd

by tony412 on Aug 15, 2007 4:54 PM CDT up reply actions  

Sounds about right.
I thought it was interesting divisional news if nothing else. Considering Prince is one of the most popular Brewers. Oh, well.

Yeah, this is the most uncomfortable I've felt in a race. It seems nobody wants it. I know I should be happy we are in this position, but damn if I can't help but think of how many games we would be ahead if we were playing decent ball.

by Tangled Up In Blue on Aug 15, 2007 5:17 PM CDT up reply actions  

I do not think you were the first to post the link
I think that is why the reaction that you expected was not there....

by lji001 on Aug 15, 2007 5:32 PM CDT up reply actions  

Today hasn't been a good day
First off, I found out I missed promotion to Staff Sergeant by less than 1.5 points, and in my specific Air Force career field, was the 20th person not selected.  

Second, my Nebraska@Wake Forest Football Tickets still haven't arrived... I can't wait for 'em to get here!

So with that said, come on Cubbies.  Make my day.  PLEASE!!

Tinker to Evers to Chance!

by sanantonecub on Aug 15, 2007 4:51 PM CDT reply actions  

Please have an extra beer on us
tonight.

Sorry about your promotion miss.

Is this something that comes around annually?

Are there any "politics" in armed services promotions?

Any "appeal" process?

I hope you have another shot soon.

E-Man

It is AUGUST, and we're STILL IN IT! YES!

by TheEman on Aug 15, 2007 5:03 PM CDT up reply actions  

Beer? Sure thing!
I'll be starting in a few minutes here.

Yes, promotions are done annually.  In the Air Force, you compete against your career field, earning points the following ways:

Time-In-Service, Tim-In-Grade, Decorations, Performance Reports, a test over everything Air Force, and a test over your career field.  

Not really much politics involved, until you get to the top 3 enlisted grades where a board is also convened.

Tinker to Evers to Chance!

by sanantonecub on Aug 15, 2007 5:17 PM CDT up reply actions  

Boy, Santo
That certainly is a grueling measure of merit for advancement.

IF you were this close, I am confident you'll get it next year, as you'll have seen the same "pitches" a number of times by then.

Hopefully a Cubs "W" will ease your disappointment some.

It is AUGUST, and we're STILL IN IT! YES!

by TheEman on Aug 15, 2007 5:23 PM CDT up reply actions  

Tough break Santo.
Hopefully a Cubbie W and an ice cold beer will ease your pain a little.

by Tangled Up In Blue on Aug 15, 2007 5:38 PM CDT up reply actions  

First of all - does anyone know
that Prince Fielder has been SUSPENDED?!

And - how about our OF tonight:

Murton left, Jones CF, Jake Fox RF

Jason Kendall batting 2nd

It is AUGUST, and we're STILL IN IT! YES!

by TheEman on Aug 15, 2007 5:00 PM CDT reply actions  

OMG! What? Fielder suspended?
I hope he appeals because they have been losing quite nicely recently WITH him in the lineup.

by JFCubFan on Aug 15, 2007 5:13 PM CDT up reply actions  

DIDN'T YOU HEAR?
Fielder got suspended!

I think its 3 games.

He'll probably appeal it, though.

;-)

It is AUGUST, and we're STILL IN IT! YES!

by TheEman on Aug 15, 2007 5:20 PM CDT up reply actions  

i dont want
him to get suspended. Since i own him on my fantasy team, i was perfectly contenet with him hitting a homerrun everyother day with the team losing.

by Kchance on Aug 15, 2007 5:58 PM CDT up reply actions  

Dumatrait
I heard he had been banned by all the local bars in Cincy... he keeps ordering water for the other patrons and turning it into wine - very bad for business.

I also heard he fed the entire crowd at the Great American Ball Park with five hot dogs and one bun.  

Maybe he'll be a little tired from walking all the way across Lake Michigan to get to Wrigley....

by SuperContext on Aug 15, 2007 5:16 PM CDT reply actions  

Questions for the night...
  1. Will our offense stay warm or even get red hot tonight against a guy we never heard of? (Sure seems like Cubs make guys I haven't heard of look great sometimes...but maybe not tonight.)
  2. Is Ted Lilly now our official ace? (I mean he has been pretty steady both in production and emotionally so why not tag him as the "man".)
  3. Why are the Reds so pesky? (It seems like we always have to scratch and claw against them...very aggravating when "on paper" we should destroy them.)
  4. Who do we cheer for Cards or Brewers? (I gotta still want Milwaukee to lose and then we take care of business with the hated Cards....on the other hand the Cards have "Ankiel fueled" momentum that could prove dangerous.)
  5. Whatever happened to that St. Bernard that used to sit in the stands with the old Reds Nazi mama owner?

by razzpunk on Aug 15, 2007 6:02 PM CDT reply actions  

line ups
happy fox is in there

Chi Cubs
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg  
R. Theriot ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .283  
J. Kendall c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300  
D. Lee 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .317  
A. Ramirez 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .314  
M. DeRosa 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286  
J. Fox rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000  
M. Murton lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262  
J. Jones cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265  
T. Lilly p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .148

by ARAM FOR MVP on Aug 15, 2007 6:22 PM CDT reply actions  

This is a REALLY stranger lineup
Kendall second, Murton behind Fox, and Jones batting 8th?  Is this because it is a vs LHP lineup?

by GoCubbies34 on Aug 15, 2007 6:37 PM CDT up reply actions  

Uh...yep.
First 7 batters are all RH hitters.

The team has a poor WP against LH pitchers.

It is AUGUST, and we're STILL IN IT! YES!

by TheEman on Aug 15, 2007 6:45 PM CDT up reply actions  

Anyone have
the lineups?
I love this team!!!!!

by sue369 on Aug 15, 2007 6:22 PM CDT reply actions  

holy crap!
i just realized kendall is in the 2 hole! SAWEEET

by ARAM FOR MVP on Aug 15, 2007 6:23 PM CDT reply actions  

Can anyone report on the weather in Wrigleyville
right now?
Is it raining or is a rain delay expected?

Bueller?........Bueller?.........

"Welcome to Lou's BLUE Crew....Cubbies in '07"

by Bluelou on Aug 15, 2007 6:45 PM CDT reply actions  

Sports Nite
reported that there might be a half hour delay. The tarp is on.
I love this team!!!!!

by sue369 on Aug 15, 2007 6:51 PM CDT up reply actions  

Thanks Sue...
:-)
"Welcome to Lou's BLUE Crew....Cubbies in '07"

by Bluelou on Aug 15, 2007 6:55 PM CDT up reply actions  

I'm sure it will rain
and we will lose Lilly after 2 innings while the Reds will bring in some no-name out of the bullpen and he will shut us down for the night.

by DC Cubbie on Aug 15, 2007 6:48 PM CDT reply actions  

i would have to agree
Dinosaurs? "Didn't exist. You can't say there were dinosaurs when you never saw them." -Carl Everett

by NDcubsfan on Aug 15, 2007 6:50 PM CDT up reply actions  

It is very intermittant
and very light right now.

A "good day to pitch".

It is AUGUST, and we're STILL IN IT! YES!

by TheEman on Aug 15, 2007 6:53 PM CDT up reply actions  

Thanks Eman
Appreciate it.
"Welcome to Lou's BLUE Crew....Cubbies in '07"

by Bluelou on Aug 15, 2007 6:56 PM CDT up reply actions  

we will lose Lilly after 2 innings
Gee...the game hasn't even started and already there are trolls in here....
"Welcome to Lou's BLUE Crew....Cubbies in '07"

by Bluelou on Aug 15, 2007 6:52 PM CDT reply actions  

Prince Fielder appealing the three-game suspension
Maybe the MLB will decide to uphold it the morning of August 28th ...you know for TV ratings alone they would rather have the Cubs in the playoffs.

by DC Cubbie on Aug 15, 2007 6:54 PM CDT reply actions  

Troll...as defined
"...a troll is an insult or accusation made against a poster."
 - Wikipedia

"One who posts a deliberately provocative message to a newsgroup or message board with the intention of causing maximum disruption and argument"
 - Urban Dictionary

"we will lose Lilly after 2 innings..."

IS this a troll?

It is AUGUST, and we're STILL IN IT! YES!

by TheEman on Aug 15, 2007 7:01 PM CDT reply actions  

Good question
Some people might not be looking to stir things up with negative comments.  Sometimes I vent negatively.  But I don't think I am a troll.

I would save the term for someone who repeatedly and obviously picks fights. As for DC Cubbie, no -- to small of a sample size, for one.

"Signature must be less than 160 characters" -- Who has a name with 160 characters?

by BlueSox on Aug 15, 2007 7:25 PM CDT up reply actions  

Well - rain is coming down
harder now -

But I am still optimistic that the rain clouds will be moving out soon...

It is AUGUST, and we're STILL IN IT! YES!

by TheEman on Aug 15, 2007 7:10 PM CDT reply actions  

I missed it....
Who's the guy in the booth with Len and Bob?
Your results may vary.

by riggs on Aug 15, 2007 7:17 PM CDT reply actions  

Thanks...
It's refreshing to see someone from the Sun-Times not named Mariotti...
Your results may vary.

by riggs on Aug 15, 2007 7:22 PM CDT up reply actions  

Now, Mariotti?
There is a troll.
"Signature must be less than 160 characters" -- Who has a name with 160 characters?

by BlueSox on Aug 15, 2007 7:27 PM CDT up reply actions  

Especially...
when using the definition from above...just make the following changes-
"One who posts a deliberately provocative message to a newsgroup newspaper or  message board ESPN show with the intention of causing maximum disruption and argument."
Your results may vary.

by riggs on Aug 15, 2007 7:34 PM CDT up reply actions  

HA HA!!
LOL!
It is AUGUST, and we're STILL IN IT! YES!

by TheEman on Aug 15, 2007 7:34 PM CDT up reply actions  

Cards 3-0
Gotta take advantage of this.  Brewers have like one comeback all year long.

by IllinoisCubs on Aug 15, 2007 7:19 PM CDT reply actions  

It is raining...
cats and dogs now (is this an Iowa phrase? ;-)

Lightning, a little hail, big-ass thunderclaps.

Not as optimistic as I was at game time!

It is AUGUST, and we're STILL IN IT! YES!

by TheEman on Aug 15, 2007 7:37 PM CDT reply actions  

Who is this tie from the front office
Len and Bob is interviewing?  He was recently describing the grounds crew auction online right now and how you might even get to pull the tarp...

...yet, in the auction details, in bold lettering, it says...

*Winner must be at least 18 years of age, and the opportunity DOES NOT include pulling out the tarp should it rain.

:lol!:

Tinker to Evers to Chance!

by sanantonecub on Aug 15, 2007 7:43 PM CDT reply actions  

Didn't catch his name
But he's VP of something-or-other and general counsel. That's priceless about the tarp.
Your results may vary.

by riggs on Aug 15, 2007 7:50 PM CDT up reply actions  

This is pretty cool.......
Aution starts at $1500 with 4 tickets included.

Might be kinda neat if somehow BCB could have a lottery, we all buy a chance for one of the 5 spots (4 in attendence and 1 on the field) then have a drawing.  300 people  paying $5 bucks for a chance.......

by coral on Aug 15, 2007 8:08 PM CDT up reply actions  

No. They have until 12:00
He's a Boras client, and my opinion is that it will be 50-50.

But unless the kid wants to go to college (ahem...doubt it), it would be tough turning down a million-plus bucks to sign a baseball contract.

It is AUGUST, and we're STILL IN IT! YES!

by TheEman on Aug 15, 2007 8:10 PM CDT up reply actions  

The tarp is off the field
I repeat, the tarp is off the field.

8:35 announced start.

Tinker to Evers to Chance!

by sanantonecub on Aug 15, 2007 8:09 PM CDT reply actions  

meanwhile
stlouis 4 brewcrew 1

by CZ38 on Aug 15, 2007 8:09 PM CDT reply actions  

And here, its
0-0, tie game.

So we can pick up a half-a game if we tie, right?

It is AUGUST, and we're STILL IN IT! YES!

by TheEman on Aug 15, 2007 8:11 PM CDT up reply actions  

Question....
was watching Lou's full pre-game press conference on WGN....don't get to see his complete press conf often.   Does he try to sound uninformed/clueless or is he really that clueless?  Lou's a pretty smart guy (and I can't imagine he's that naive) but when asked very predictable and reasonable questions regarding such things like Z's lack of velocity last pm or the dropping of his arm angle again and similar questions, his response is pretty oblvious and responds "don't ask me, that's not my area, I don't know".  C'mon Lou, you aren't on top of all that?  

BTW, the tarp is coming off....baseball in about 30min

by LuisSalazar on Aug 15, 2007 8:10 PM CDT reply actions  

Lou's naivete
I have to think it's on par with Maddux always playing the ingenue: he and Lou both are clearly impressive baseball minds, but they must feel that they take a risk of losing an edge if they answer a question with any degree of candor.

by fogelmania on Aug 15, 2007 8:14 PM CDT up reply actions  

Great correlation on Maddux
and Lou, I think your right on...
Let me get back to you, will ya, Charlie? I got a guy on the other line asking about some white walls.

by JB 23 on Aug 15, 2007 8:43 PM CDT up reply actions  

Molina sends a double past Braun, 4-1 Cards
who dives for the ball but misses.  One of you thought he may be mistaking the ball for a hand grenade, but Braun did try for it. :-)

by zevkalman on Aug 15, 2007 8:10 PM CDT reply actions  

I am not a weather man...
but i do love the weather, anyway I was just looking at the radar and to me it look like it will stop raining in about 10 to 15 mins, looks like it is just leaving the chicago area just now, I am guess the game will start in about 30 mins or so, depending on how much water is on the feild

by Bigdogg2002 on Aug 15, 2007 8:10 PM CDT reply actions  

Tarp came off
then it came back on. Rats.
"You can fail twice in three tries and still lead the league."

by DanP on Aug 15, 2007 8:10 PM CDT reply actions  

Now
it's coming off again. Maybe a little exercise for the grounds crew?
"You can fail twice in three tries and still lead the league."

by DanP on Aug 15, 2007 8:11 PM CDT reply actions  

Lmao I was wondering what happened
I heard them say it was coming off and saw them taking it off, then looked up and it was on again, I was thinking wtf deja vu or what?

by GoCubbies34 on Aug 15, 2007 8:14 PM CDT up reply actions  

I think they might of been straightening it out
To roll easier?  Who knows ??
Tinker to Evers to Chance!

by sanantonecub on Aug 15, 2007 8:18 PM CDT up reply actions  

Griffey was pissed
about being taken out in double switch last nite says it's the last time...sure wish hendry and cubs would do whatever it takes to acquire him our OF needs a bopper and he's still solid for another year...backed up by jones and murton or derosa or whoever would be dynamite.

I wonder if Hendry even approached Reds with players it would take to get Griffey...don't think we can win with this outfield, esp. missing Soriano.

by writerinwrigley on Aug 15, 2007 8:19 PM CDT reply actions  

Lilly is our best pitcher right now
yay? nay?
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 8:21 PM CDT reply actions  

lilly > zambrano
instead of becoming the ace the cubs need, zambrano is looking more like daniel cabrera.
"If you'da been thinkin you wouldn't 'a thought that." ~~ "Squints" Palledorous

by rm463 on Aug 15, 2007 8:29 PM CDT up reply actions  

Gameday Audio
is entertaining right now. It's weird.

They also say 8:35 for gametime.

phat

by phatass on Aug 15, 2007 8:22 PM CDT reply actions  

Kindly remove your caps
As the anthem is sung...
Tinker to Evers to Chance!

by sanantonecub on Aug 15, 2007 8:31 PM CDT reply actions  

Was she seriously on her phone
Before singing?  What was that she put up to her ear.

by GoCubbies34 on Aug 15, 2007 8:32 PM CDT reply actions  

maybe a tuner?
so she would be on key.  Just a guess.

by SouthernCub on Aug 15, 2007 8:39 PM CDT up reply actions  

I was thinking that
But she didn't like sing into it or anything.  Maybe vocal tuners are different than guitar tuners I dunno.

by GoCubbies34 on Aug 15, 2007 8:42 PM CDT up reply actions  

Vitters is not a Boras cleint
he does the #2 and 5 picks but ours.  I am confident we will get it done.

by DC Cubbie on Aug 15, 2007 8:34 PM CDT reply actions  

Let's end this skid...
And get closer to taking over the division.

by Rogue 52 on Aug 15, 2007 8:36 PM CDT reply actions  

Time to play ball! Go Cubs!
n/t
Your results may vary.

by riggs on Aug 15, 2007 8:37 PM CDT reply actions  

Oy...
You can't miss those!!!
Tinker to Evers to Chance!

by sanantonecub on Aug 15, 2007 8:37 PM CDT reply actions  

2 on no out
Ouch ouch, ouch ouch ouch.
Tinker to Evers to Chance!

by sanantonecub on Aug 15, 2007 8:40 PM CDT reply actions  

We absolutely need to take 3 of 4
From St. Louis this weekend, no questions asked.  We are facing 4 weak starters...and we're missing Wainright this weekend...gotta capatilize

by LuisSalazar on Aug 15, 2007 8:43 PM CDT up reply actions  

Laying out perfectly for us...
if we win 2 of 3 and the Cards sweep, we're in first going into the Cards series.  And if we then take 3 of 4 from the Cards, we knock the Cards back to 5 games behind us, while probably maintaining our lead in the division.

If we're going to win this thing, we have to beat the Cards and Brewers no matter what.  Might as well have the Cards help us get to the division lead along the way.

The trick, of course, is that we actually have to WIN our games.

by SouthernCub on Aug 15, 2007 8:49 PM CDT up reply actions  

I thought people were saying Cards pitching
sux and now it looks like MIL can't score against them at home?

by cubsnlinux on Aug 15, 2007 8:43 PM CDT reply actions  

Theriot
horah!
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 8:44 PM CDT reply actions  

nice dp
I love this team!!!!!

by sue369 on Aug 15, 2007 8:44 PM CDT reply actions  

Theriot
he is playing SS a lot better than I thought he would when he started out..
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 8:46 PM CDT reply actions  

and out 3
Let's get some runs now.
I love this team!!!!!

by sue369 on Aug 15, 2007 8:46 PM CDT reply actions  

Nice job getting out of a jam...
Now let's fire up those bats!
Your results may vary.

by riggs on Aug 15, 2007 8:47 PM CDT reply actions  

THE Riot
is awesome.  I don't care what anybody says.  Given, he's no Cedeno or Neifi and faaaaaaaar from an Izturis, but sweet none the less.  : )
Soriano's Contract: Approximately one dollar for every pitch in the dirt that he swings at.

by Ryno8 on Aug 15, 2007 8:47 PM CDT reply actions  

kendall
no longer looks like todd helton

by CZ38 on Aug 15, 2007 8:52 PM CDT reply actions  

D-Leeeeeee
Tinker to Evers to Chance!

by sanantonecub on Aug 15, 2007 8:53 PM CDT reply actions  

DLee
I love this team!!!!!

by sue369 on Aug 15, 2007 8:53 PM CDT reply actions  

That's okay
They can use up their road trip run allotment in the first three games of it, and I won't mind a bit :)
Tinker to Evers to Chance!

by sanantonecub on Aug 15, 2007 8:55 PM CDT up reply actions  

Yeah I just hope
Their bats cool off before they come to Wrigley tomorrow!

by GoCubbies34 on Aug 15, 2007 8:59 PM CDT up reply actions  

I want to see
every game in that series go 15-14 Cards in 65481 innings.  Let them beat the hell out of each other, especially their pitching.
Soriano's Contract: Approximately one dollar for every pitch in the dirt that he swings at.

by Ryno8 on Aug 15, 2007 8:55 PM CDT up reply actions  

HAHA
That little kid was awesome
Soriano's Contract: Approximately one dollar for every pitch in the dirt that he swings at.

by Ryno8 on Aug 15, 2007 8:57 PM CDT reply actions  

I hope Mr. Cellphone
in one hand, drink and hot dog in another, glove on head man gets smacked by a foul ball and the dude in front of him gets it.
Tinker to Evers to Chance!

by sanantonecub on Aug 15, 2007 8:57 PM CDT reply actions  

Hah!
That would be awesome.  I wished that once I saw his cell phone and he started doing that gay dance.

by GoCubbies34 on Aug 15, 2007 9:00 PM CDT up reply actions  

rats
I love this team!!!!!

by sue369 on Aug 15, 2007 8:58 PM CDT reply actions  

rats?
something is missing, sue, but I just can't place it...
Tinker to Evers to Chance!

by sanantonecub on Aug 15, 2007 9:00 PM CDT up reply actions  

Just trying
to expand my vocabulary.
I love this team!!!!!

by sue369 on Aug 15, 2007 9:05 PM CDT up reply actions  

I hope you didn't start
Three games ago...
Tinker to Evers to Chance!

by sanantonecub on Aug 15, 2007 9:08 PM CDT up reply actions  

Whats the protocal on this?
being a Cubs fan naturally I detest the Cards, but recently Joel Pineiro a guy I actually know was traded there, I mean and he's been pretty good to me got me an autograph baseball with everyone from the 116 win Mariner team a couple years back, and basically if ever his team is in the town I'm in i get tickets behind the plate. So is it okay to root for him when he's not playing the Cubs, or should i root for him to pitch well but a bad bullpen outing like a blown save, whats the deal? I mean naturally i want to root for him but i feel grimey doing so as long as he's wearing a cards hat

by INWes44 on Aug 15, 2007 9:02 PM CDT reply actions  

What Is That Murton
This is why you get sent down.  Play smart every play.  I am not saying he would have thrown Dunn out if he hadn't taken that stupid hop like he made a highlight catch but play like you belong.

by garyscottrules on Aug 15, 2007 9:04 PM CDT reply actions  

Really no play there...
Dunn was tagging up.  Nobody's throwing the runner out from there.

It was lazy, but irrelevant.

by SouthernCub on Aug 15, 2007 9:06 PM CDT up reply actions  

poop
I love this team!!!!!

by sue369 on Aug 15, 2007 9:09 PM CDT reply actions  

There goes the shutout
First Major League Hit.  Ugh.  and Typical :(
Tinker to Evers to Chance!

by sanantonecub on Aug 15, 2007 9:09 PM CDT reply actions  

Nice going Lilly
Groove one for the #8 hitter

by Itchy on Aug 15, 2007 9:10 PM CDT reply actions  

Pitch was down...
hitter just reached out and got it.  Not a great pitch, but not "grooved" either.  Just a good swing.

by SouthernCub on Aug 15, 2007 9:11 PM CDT up reply actions  

What The Fuck was that
lilly should never give up a homerun with first base open and the pitcher's spot on deck

by INWes44 on Aug 15, 2007 9:10 PM CDT reply actions  

Why does
that kind of shit always happen to the cubs?
"We have the rabbit's foot now" -Z

by TheRamZamDLEE on Aug 15, 2007 9:10 PM CDT reply actions  

Damnit
these kind of games piss me off...we should be atleast 5 games up on the Brewers, but this team can't get a fucking thing right..
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 9:13 PM CDT reply actions  

I hope I spoke
too soon..
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 9:15 PM CDT up reply actions  

Damnit, a leadoff double
Yeah!!!!!!
Tinker to Evers to Chance!

by sanantonecub on Aug 15, 2007 9:13 PM CDT reply actions  

There's my guy
"We have the rabbit's foot now" -Z

by TheRamZamDLEE on Aug 15, 2007 9:13 PM CDT reply actions  

Way to go Fox
We will see some beautiful things come the fall.

by Me and Lou WS 07 on Aug 15, 2007 9:14 PM CDT reply actions  

I likey
"Chicago Cubs fans are ninety percent scar tissue."

by thehawk on Aug 15, 2007 9:15 PM CDT reply actions  

Murton!!
hurray!
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 9:15 PM CDT reply actions  

Damnit, another double
That scores a run!!!
Tinker to Evers to Chance!

by sanantonecub on Aug 15, 2007 9:15 PM CDT reply actions  

Well there you go
Jake Fox gets a double.

His first major league hit.

Nice

phat

by phatass on Aug 15, 2007 9:15 PM CDT reply actions  

We scored YES!!!!
We will see some beautiful things come the fall.

by Me and Lou WS 07 on Aug 15, 2007 9:15 PM CDT reply actions  

Now Matt
Gets one.

phat

by phatass on Aug 15, 2007 9:16 PM CDT reply actions  

Damnit, a fair ball
TIE GAME!!!!!!!
Tinker to Evers to Chance!

by sanantonecub on Aug 15, 2007 9:16 PM CDT reply actions  

JJ 2-2
I love this team!!!!!

by sue369 on Aug 15, 2007 9:16 PM CDT reply actions  

who says we can't hit lefties??
yay!

Triple-Double!

Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 9:16 PM CDT reply actions  

How bout this outfield
We will see some beautiful things come the fall.

by Me and Lou WS 07 on Aug 15, 2007 9:17 PM CDT reply actions  

Good rip, Jacque... ;)
one of the ugliest doubles you'll ever see.

by SouthernCub on Aug 15, 2007 9:17 PM CDT reply actions  

Wow!
I can't believe that swing from Jones, unreal and it worked

Tied up

"We have the rabbit's foot now" -Z

by TheRamZamDLEE on Aug 15, 2007 9:17 PM CDT reply actions  

Yes,
Three doubles in a row.

phat

by phatass on Aug 15, 2007 9:17 PM CDT reply actions  

Lilly: Throw 6 shut out innings now
and that will make up for the lack of laying down the bunt.
Prince Fielder...he is neither.

by LAcarl519 on Aug 15, 2007 9:20 PM CDT reply actions  

man
Theriot could have been 2-2 tonight..
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 9:20 PM CDT reply actions  

Agreed.
All the Cubs are on this guy's fastball.  Looks like he is going to try to go with his junk...if he can locate it over the plate.
Prince Fielder...he is neither.

by LAcarl519 on Aug 15, 2007 9:25 PM CDT up reply actions  

Miller Lite sign:
Tastes even better than .500
Tinker to Evers to Chance!

by sanantonecub on Aug 15, 2007 9:21 PM CDT reply actions  

WoooHooo 3-2
Yay Jason!!!
I love this team!!!!!

by sue369 on Aug 15, 2007 9:22 PM CDT reply actions  

Kendall in the 2 hole
love it!
"We have the rabbit's foot now" -Z

by TheRamZamDLEE on Aug 15, 2007 9:22 PM CDT reply actions  

woah
that was close!
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 9:22 PM CDT reply actions  

hahahah
are they booing Dick Pole??
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 9:23 PM CDT reply actions  

I would've
How in the world did Dick Pole got a job as a pitching coach of all things?
"We have the rabbit's foot now" -Z

by TheRamZamDLEE on Aug 15, 2007 9:24 PM CDT up reply actions  

Wow
Kendall legs it out.

phat

by phatass on Aug 15, 2007 9:23 PM CDT reply actions  

Sue
Baileys on the rocks?  My treat?
Tinker to Evers to Chance!

by sanantonecub on Aug 15, 2007 9:27 PM CDT reply actions  

Can't pass up
a free Bailey's.
I love this team!!!!!

by sue369 on Aug 15, 2007 9:28 PM CDT up reply actions  

Good.
Because it's worked for us before when you've had Baileys in your cup!
Tinker to Evers to Chance!

by sanantonecub on Aug 15, 2007 9:30 PM CDT up reply actions  

christ, he's going to
furthur injure himself swinging like that
I love this team!!!!!

by sue369 on Aug 15, 2007 9:28 PM CDT reply actions  

is this lame ass joke night tonite?
"Chicago Cubs fans are ninety percent scar tissue."

by thehawk on Aug 15, 2007 9:29 PM CDT reply actions  

a lot of pitches tonight
Lilly, please hold this lead!
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 9:29 PM CDT reply actions  

good inning for
the Cubs. Pitch lights out Teddy.
I love this team!!!!!

by sue369 on Aug 15, 2007 9:30 PM CDT reply actions  

just get to that Reds bullpen!
 
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 9:31 PM CDT reply actions  

who's this griffey guy?
"Chicago Cubs fans are ninety percent scar tissue."

by thehawk on Aug 15, 2007 9:34 PM CDT reply actions  

Damnit Lilly
can you just please hold the lead?
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 9:34 PM CDT reply actions  

I think you were supposed to ask this
before griffey's at bat not after he drove the run in haha

by INWes44 on Aug 15, 2007 9:36 PM CDT up reply actions  

Lilly looks like shit
nice to see our #1 and 2 guys suck on consecutive nights

by DC Cubbie on Aug 15, 2007 9:37 PM CDT reply actions  

Another crappy outing
It's always something with these guys.  Nothings ever easy.

by Itchy on Aug 15, 2007 9:39 PM CDT up reply actions  

Ugh 3R HR
would you expect anything less from our Cubbies?

by GoCubbies34 on Aug 15, 2007 9:40 PM CDT up reply actions  

FUCK!
 
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 9:39 PM CDT reply actions  

crap
Tinker to Evers to Chance!

by sanantonecub on Aug 15, 2007 9:39 PM CDT reply actions  

that a boy kendal
way to use your neck
"Chicago Cubs fans are ninety percent scar tissue."

by thehawk on Aug 15, 2007 9:40 PM CDT reply actions  

ugh
I love this team!!!!!

by sue369 on Aug 15, 2007 9:40 PM CDT reply actions  

What a bunch of SHIT
Lilly!

This team is going down the TOILET fast!

It is AUGUST, and we're STILL IN IT! YES!

by TheEman on Aug 15, 2007 9:40 PM CDT reply actions  

thank you Lilly
really having a great outing...can't you hold the damn lead?? God! This is so effin frustrating
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 9:40 PM CDT reply actions  

Too bad our guys couldn't do that against a nobody
lefty.  Cincy is 16 games out and our pitchers pitch around everybody like they're Mickey Mantle. Thanks, Ted.

by Itchy on Aug 15, 2007 9:43 PM CDT up reply actions  

my god
"Chicago Cubs fans are ninety percent scar tissue."

by thehawk on Aug 15, 2007 9:40 PM CDT reply actions  

now you get the effin out
 
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 9:40 PM CDT reply actions  

Man I hate Conine
We will see some beautiful things come the fall.

by Me and Lou WS 07 on Aug 15, 2007 9:41 PM CDT reply actions  

Of course Hendry
could have added him to the team - but not this year.
It is AUGUST, and we're STILL IN IT! YES!

by TheEman on Aug 15, 2007 9:42 PM CDT up reply actions  

Looks like we are going
to need some HRs of our own.

Up to the task fellas?

"We have the rabbit's foot now" -Z

by TheRamZamDLEE on Aug 15, 2007 9:41 PM CDT reply actions  

Should this team choke
and finish 3rd, it is still an improvement over last year.
It is AUGUST, and we're STILL IN IT! YES!

by TheEman on Aug 15, 2007 9:41 PM CDT reply actions  

Well, it just depends
on how long it will take them to start playing like winners again.
It is AUGUST, and we're STILL IN IT! YES!

by TheEman on Aug 15, 2007 9:43 PM CDT up reply actions  

normally I'd agree
though in this unbelievably weak division, not winning the Central would indeed be a huge disappointment with our team

by LuisSalazar on Aug 15, 2007 9:43 PM CDT up reply actions  

It would be appropriate
somehow, for all of the 99 years of continued misery.
It is AUGUST, and we're STILL IN IT! YES!

by TheEman on Aug 15, 2007 9:44 PM CDT up reply actions  

i hate how far behind i am on mlb.com
juan was just getting up to bat and i saw on here he got out lol
"Chicago Cubs fans are ninety percent scar tissue."

by thehawk on Aug 15, 2007 9:42 PM CDT reply actions  

We need to respond immediately.
Cubs have a tendacy to let sub-par pitchers get into grooves.

by Rogue 52 on Aug 15, 2007 9:42 PM CDT reply actions  

Pitchers = Teams
"Chicago baseball fans, who are composites of scar tissue and mortifying memories..." - George F. Will

by eswan9 on Aug 15, 2007 9:43 PM CDT up reply actions  

just get into that damn pen early!
 
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 9:42 PM CDT reply actions  

we suck
we need to face it that in June and July we were just a average team getting very lucky for an extended time.

by DC Cubbie on Aug 15, 2007 9:42 PM CDT reply actions  

its easier for pitchers to get into grooves
when they are staked to a 3 run lead, but the night is still very young as long as rain is nowhere near so we should have pletny of opportunities

by INWes44 on Aug 15, 2007 9:43 PM CDT reply actions  

Our bullpen is better
their might still be a chance
We will see some beautiful things come the fall.

by Me and Lou WS 07 on Aug 15, 2007 9:43 PM CDT reply actions  

Get our long reliever up
What?

Yhey sent him down?

WTF!

by Mac @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Aug 15, 2007 9:44 PM CDT reply actions  

we'll be alright
this pitcher sucks
"Chicago Cubs fans are ninety percent scar tissue."

by thehawk on Aug 15, 2007 9:45 PM CDT reply actions  

I just can't fathom
how IN SUPER CRUNCH time, when we need them the most in the whole season, our two best pitchers suck ass.

Why us?

It is AUGUST, and we're STILL IN IT! YES!

by TheEman on Aug 15, 2007 9:46 PM CDT reply actions  

5 runs off of two out homers
Bad Lilly!

by Mac @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Aug 15, 2007 9:46 PM CDT reply actions  

two walks
ok, Murton, smack it out here..
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 9:47 PM CDT reply actions  

Murton better not GIDP
just a productive out is that too much to ask for?

by INWes44 on Aug 15, 2007 9:47 PM CDT reply actions  

Yes that Reds pen!
hurray!
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 9:47 PM CDT reply actions  

Come on Red!

by Mac @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Aug 15, 2007 9:48 PM CDT reply actions  

I hope Lou
doesn't show the patience with Lilly that he did with Carlos last night.

by DC Cubbie on Aug 15, 2007 9:48 PM CDT reply actions  

No long man tonight
Cubs are stuck with bad lilly

by Mac @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Aug 15, 2007 9:50 PM CDT up reply actions  

good news
statistically if we give lilly his average run support and we happen to shut them down over the next 6 innings we will win by .07 of a run

by INWes44 on Aug 15, 2007 9:50 PM CDT reply actions  

3-0
hurray!
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 9:50 PM CDT reply actions  

Jones needs to get it done now!
 
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 9:51 PM CDT reply actions  

Crap the human DP machine is up now
any where but a grounder to second

by Mac @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Aug 15, 2007 9:52 PM CDT reply actions  

what was Jones swinging at???
usually, you can't hit those pitches that are in the dirt..
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 9:52 PM CDT reply actions  

Ichiro can.
SO can Koyie Hill.... hahaha
Soriano's Contract: Approximately one dollar for every pitch in the dirt that he swings at.

by Ryno8 on Aug 15, 2007 9:53 PM CDT up reply actions  

Come on Jonsey
Soriano's Contract: Approximately one dollar for every pitch in the dirt that he swings at.

by Ryno8 on Aug 15, 2007 9:53 PM CDT reply actions  

Amazing!
He really wanted to swing at ball 4.  Good job JJ!  

by Itchy on Aug 15, 2007 9:55 PM CDT up reply actions  

Walk!!
6-4!!

PINCH HIT FOR LILLY FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!

Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 9:54 PM CDT reply actions  

Damnit, he clogged it home!!!
4 walks in a row!!!
Tinker to Evers to Chance!

by sanantonecub on Aug 15, 2007 9:54 PM CDT reply actions  

way to lay off JJ!!
Prince Fielder...he is neither.

by LAcarl519 on Aug 15, 2007 9:55 PM CDT reply actions  

Wow this is wacky
JJ taking ball 4 with the bases loaded on 3-2 count.  be $1 million we'll never see that again

by LuisSalazar on Aug 15, 2007 9:55 PM CDT reply actions  

0-0 with a run this inning
I demind an asterisk be placed behind Neifi Perez's mark of 64 career homeruns

by jds2 on Aug 15, 2007 9:55 PM CDT reply actions  

A clean shaven Kendall
Jones taking a bases loaded walk...
"We have the rabbit's foot now" -Z

by TheRamZamDLEE on Aug 15, 2007 9:56 PM CDT reply actions  

This guy cannot throw three strikes
before he throws 4 balls. Unless its a BP pitch dont swing.
We will see some beautiful things come the fall.

by Me and Lou WS 07 on Aug 15, 2007 9:56 PM CDT reply actions  

well I'll take that...
come on Theriot
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 9:56 PM CDT reply actions  

Thats why your batting 9th, lilly
We will see some beautiful things come the fall.

by Me and Lou WS 07 on Aug 15, 2007 9:56 PM CDT reply actions  

I LOVE THERIOT!!!
TIE GAME!!
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 9:57 PM CDT reply actions  

YOURE MY BOY RIOT!!!
Soriano's Contract: Approximately one dollar for every pitch in the dirt that he swings at.

by Ryno8 on Aug 15, 2007 9:57 PM CDT reply actions  

Damnit A BASE HIT
TIE GAME!!!
Tinker to Evers to Chance!

by sanantonecub on Aug 15, 2007 9:57 PM CDT reply actions  

thank god for that K
"Chicago Cubs fans are ninety percent scar tissue."

by thehawk on Aug 15, 2007 9:57 PM CDT reply actions  

To all the doom 'n gloomer
comics that act like it's hard to predict a loss when actually it takes a REAL Cub fan to predict a win...

You can all take a huge leap off of navy pier.

'Cause the Cubs are gonna win tonight.
(Even if they don't, at least I had the guts to believe)

"Welcome to Lou's BLUE Crew....Cubbies in '07"

by Bluelou on Aug 15, 2007 9:57 PM CDT reply actions  

tied up
I love this team!!!!!

by sue369 on Aug 15, 2007 9:57 PM CDT reply actions  

TheRiot was due!
he was robbed twice!!
Prince Fielder...he is neither.

by LAcarl519 on Aug 15, 2007 9:57 PM CDT reply actions  

wow, i'm waaaaay behind..
"Chicago Cubs fans are ninety percent scar tissue."

by thehawk on Aug 15, 2007 9:57 PM CDT reply actions  

softball game breaking out
I demind an asterisk be placed behind Neifi Perez's mark of 64 career homeruns

by jds2 on Aug 15, 2007 9:58 PM CDT reply actions  

Re:
Is there a keg on first? Oh no, it's just Sinatro.

by michaelb on Aug 15, 2007 9:59 PM CDT up reply actions  

St Louis wins
only a game out of right now..
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 9:59 PM CDT reply actions  

THERIOT!!
Keep Theriot at leadoff when Soriano returns!!  He's the man!!!
"Hey-Hey! Home Run! Attaboy Ronnie!" ~ Jack Brickhouse

by ronsanto10 on Aug 15, 2007 9:59 PM CDT reply actions  

Lee
hit one of your famous doubles..
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 10:01 PM CDT reply actions  

EFFFFFFFFFF
Soriano's Contract: Approximately one dollar for every pitch in the dirt that he swings at.

by Ryno8 on Aug 15, 2007 10:03 PM CDT reply actions  

what was D Lee looking for??
Even better pitches to hit??
Let me get back to you, will ya, Charlie? I got a guy on the other line asking about some white walls.

by JB 23 on Aug 15, 2007 10:03 PM CDT reply actions  

we needed more that inning
hopefully lilly can go 1-2-3 and get us back in the dugout.

by DC Cubbie on Aug 15, 2007 10:04 PM CDT reply actions  

Nice AB!
Way to crush any momentum.  At least go down swingin!  Some superstar.

by Itchy on Aug 15, 2007 10:04 PM CDT reply actions  

I've been checking
every few minutes.  I'm starting to get kinda nervous.
Soriano's Contract: Approximately one dollar for every pitch in the dirt that he swings at.

by Ryno8 on Aug 15, 2007 10:06 PM CDT up reply actions  

Why?
Soriano's Contract: Approximately one dollar for every pitch in the dirt that he swings at.

by Ryno8 on Aug 15, 2007 10:13 PM CDT up reply actions  

supposedly
he has just signed within the past few hours and is in chicago taking his phsyical. thought i would just pass that along. came from a call from a good buddy of mine who lives in chicago and he said he just heard it on the radio.

by bennyha on Aug 15, 2007 10:13 PM CDT up reply actions  

growing weary of the Lee K in key situations
Let me get back to you, will ya, Charlie? I got a guy on the other line asking about some white walls.

by JB 23 on Aug 15, 2007 10:05 PM CDT reply actions  

Lee is starting to piss me off
he is being too patient at the plate. He is paid to hit home runs, and he takes pitches that he could hit so that he goes for the walk..
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 10:05 PM CDT reply actions  

He's paid
to play baseball. Hitting home runs is one part of baseball. He plays great defense and has done his fair share of hitting.
I love this team!!!!!

by sue369 on Aug 15, 2007 10:08 PM CDT up reply actions  

0-0 Lets go Lilly
We will see some beautiful things come the fall.

by Me and Lou WS 07 on Aug 15, 2007 10:06 PM CDT reply actions  

Wow you guys are ragging Lee
his OBP is 90 points highers than his BA which leads the team, those first two strike were on the corner and the last one tailed back to the plate and was still on the corner, they were by no means fat and to him they probably looked like balls if he had swung at a ball and missed you would still be mad

by INWes44 on Aug 15, 2007 10:07 PM CDT reply actions  

very well said
but what bothers me is that Santos has found the plate

by Mac @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Aug 15, 2007 10:09 PM CDT up reply actions  

going down looking is unforgivable for a
number 3 hitter with RISP.
Let me get back to you, will ya, Charlie? I got a guy on the other line asking about some white walls.

by JB 23 on Aug 15, 2007 10:09 PM CDT up reply actions  

by the way
posted below why your lovefest for pujols is unwarranted just lost where we were posting

by INWes44 on Aug 15, 2007 10:24 PM CDT up reply actions  

exactly
I love this team!!!!!

by sue369 on Aug 15, 2007 10:10 PM CDT up reply actions  

anyone think
Lilly is feeling the effects of throwing 127 pitches last game?

by DartmouthCubsFan on Aug 15, 2007 10:08 PM CDT reply actions  

probably didnt help the game was
delayed 1:30 and its humid etc...
Let me get back to you, will ya, Charlie? I got a guy on the other line asking about some white walls.

by JB 23 on Aug 15, 2007 10:10 PM CDT up reply actions  

Nope.
I think this ump has a tight and consistent strike zone.  Just expect a high scoring game as it looks like neither pitcher can get an inside strike called (or low), it seems.

I think this one is going to need a lot of runs.  

Go Cubs!

Prince Fielder...he is neither.

by LAcarl519 on Aug 15, 2007 10:12 PM CDT up reply actions  

Camera angles
Who here hates false camera angles that look like home-runs but aren't?  I thought Lilly gave another one up!

by ak123 on Aug 15, 2007 10:08 PM CDT reply actions  

Good inning for Lilly
 
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 10:10 PM CDT reply actions  

I take it back
Ted isn't a sack-o-shit.  

by Itchy on Aug 15, 2007 10:12 PM CDT up reply actions  

Ramirez hits one out
you heard it here first!
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 10:12 PM CDT reply actions  

I CALLED IT
YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE BOARD, YES!!!
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 10:12 PM CDT up reply actions  

ARAM!!!
I hope Caesar isn't hiding in the dugout ready for his juggling act!

by Itchy on Aug 15, 2007 10:13 PM CDT up reply actions  

All respect for calling the shot
Was lost with that statement.  We don't need to resort to that to show celebration.
Tinker to Evers to Chance!

by sanantonecub on Aug 15, 2007 10:13 PM CDT up reply actions  

hahah
I immediately regret using that statement!
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 10:14 PM CDT up reply actions  

We don't need to resort to that to show celebratio
Yeah...next thing ya know we'd be seein' FIREWORKS....(yikes!)

:-)

"Welcome to Lou's BLUE Crew....Cubbies in '07"

by Bluelou on Aug 15, 2007 10:15 PM CDT up reply actions  

well I don't want to resort to using
good guys bad guys
stretch
ride that bench
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 10:17 PM CDT up reply actions  

Where have you
been tonight? It's like a bitch fest in here tonight.
I love this team!!!!!

by sue369 on Aug 15, 2007 10:18 PM CDT up reply actions  

lol scroll up
I was bitching a lot..
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 10:18 PM CDT up reply actions  

CRUSHED
CUBS LEAD!!!
Tinker to Evers to Chance!

by sanantonecub on Aug 15, 2007 10:12 PM CDT reply actions  

Rammy....oy!
"Welcome to Lou's BLUE Crew....Cubbies in '07"

by Bluelou on Aug 15, 2007 10:12 PM CDT reply actions  

Man it's nice to have
a professional cleanup hitter in the line up.
"We have the rabbit's foot now" -Z

by TheRamZamDLEE on Aug 15, 2007 10:13 PM CDT reply actions  

Aram!!!!!!!!!
Great to have you back.
We will see some beautiful things come the fall.

by Me and Lou WS 07 on Aug 15, 2007 10:13 PM CDT reply actions  

A Ram is the straw
that stirs this team's drink...
Let me get back to you, will ya, Charlie? I got a guy on the other line asking about some white walls.

by JB 23 on Aug 15, 2007 10:13 PM CDT reply actions  

If I hear one more complaint...
about the pitching I'm gonna go BALLISTIC...

This team (The cubs) are 9th in  runs scored at 543 (pretty sad)....and 2nd in runs allowed at 504.

Meanwhile....the little team written off many times that is poised to take control of the divison this week....they are 11th in runs scored at 517 and 11th in runs allowed at 593....

There is no excuse for this....

This is a direct indictment of Jim Hendry and Lou Pinella.  Or for that matter a direct indictment of the whole organization.....

Unless things revert to June/July form fast...the Cubs have 4+ years of losing to look forward to until the organization MIGHT straighten itself out under new ownership.

The best defense is a good offense

by kcjones on Aug 15, 2007 10:14 PM CDT reply actions  

how do you do the bold in the comment box?
Let me get back to you, will ya, Charlie? I got a guy on the other line asking about some white walls.

by JB 23 on Aug 15, 2007 10:16 PM CDT up reply actions  

Put...
what you want bolded between astricks (sp)?

* * *  is actually 3 of those "things" in a row..

The best defense is a good offense

by kcjones on Aug 15, 2007 10:29 PM CDT up reply actions  

sorry...
bad example...
The best defense is a good offense

by kcjones on Aug 15, 2007 10:37 PM CDT up reply actions  

Murton gets on
you heard it here first!!
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 10:15 PM CDT reply actions  

hahah
wow!!
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 10:16 PM CDT up reply actions  

no count....you didn't specify
a hit or a walk....
"Welcome to Lou's BLUE Crew....Cubbies in '07"

by Bluelou on Aug 15, 2007 10:17 PM CDT up reply actions  

can u just call a Cubs win
I already did that...scroll up
"Welcome to Lou's BLUE Crew....Cubbies in '07"

by Bluelou on Aug 15, 2007 10:19 PM CDT up reply actions  

Alright DLEE with RISP
Is Second on the team with .358/.445/1.015

The person in front of him interms of BA is Kendall who in 16 games has an BA of .375

The person in front of him in terms of OPS is ARAM who throughout the season has an OPS of 1.035  

Not to mention he's coming out of a slump and his numbers are still there.  Additionally, you reference Pujols but Pujols doesn't get those outside strikes called against him due to respect that DLee for one reason or another is not afforded.  

by INWes44 on Aug 15, 2007 10:15 PM CDT reply actions  

OH YEAH
his BA ranks 5th in the league with a minimum of 50 PA 28 spots ahead of Pujols and the people ahead of him look to be benefitting from small sample size

by INWes44 on Aug 15, 2007 10:22 PM CDT up reply actions  

Ron is really getting kind of angry
about Santos moving so slowly.

phat

by phatass on Aug 15, 2007 10:18 PM CDT reply actions  

Sue...did you hear Len?
He said "redheads rock".    :-)
"Welcome to Lou's BLUE Crew....Cubbies in '07"

by Bluelou on Aug 15, 2007 10:18 PM CDT reply actions  

and that's ALL you have to say???
I figured we'd be seein' at LEAST a page or two...
(must be the baileys, eh?)
"Welcome to Lou's BLUE Crew....Cubbies in '07"

by Bluelou on Aug 15, 2007 10:20 PM CDT up reply actions  

I'm just
a little frazzled.
I love this team!!!!!

by sue369 on Aug 15, 2007 10:22 PM CDT up reply actions  

Aww, c'mon girl....a little back and forth
on the scoreboard is good for the nail-biting...

:-)

"Welcome to Lou's BLUE Crew....Cubbies in '07"

by Bluelou on Aug 15, 2007 10:25 PM CDT up reply actions  

It's not the game
that has me frazzled.
I love this team!!!!!

by sue369 on Aug 15, 2007 10:29 PM CDT up reply actions  

I could guess....
...but I probably know, right?   (wink)
"Welcome to Lou's BLUE Crew....Cubbies in '07"

by Bluelou on Aug 15, 2007 10:33 PM CDT up reply actions  

Yep, you
got it.
I love this team!!!!!

by sue369 on Aug 15, 2007 10:34 PM CDT up reply actions  

Baseball America
With 45 minutes to go, three first-rounders remain unsigned: Mike Moustakas (No. 2, Royals), Josh Vitters (No. 3, Cubs) and Matt Wieters (No. 5, Orioles).

by DartmouthCubsFan on Aug 15, 2007 10:18 PM CDT reply actions  

Why wouldn't he sign?
Is he going to go to school?

phat

by phatass on Aug 15, 2007 10:20 PM CDT up reply actions  

He was offered a free ride
to one of the AZ schools - AZ State, I think...
It is AUGUST, and we're STILL IN IT! YES!

by TheEman on Aug 15, 2007 10:25 PM CDT up reply actions  

i posted above
sounds as if vitters is signed and in chicago for his physical. sounds like he got over slot money, but nothing dramatic. i think he got $3 million bonus. should be announced during the telecast later tonight since the game is running so late

by bennyha on Aug 15, 2007 10:22 PM CDT up reply actions  

hope you're right
no offense...but i'm still going to be checking BA until i hear a professional report it

i heard Rami was out for the year and dunn was coming to the cubs from friends of friends, etc

by DartmouthCubsFan on Aug 15, 2007 10:25 PM CDT up reply actions  

he heard it on chicago radio station
so take it for whats its worth. ive heard all along we r gonna get him i wouldnt worry. he was probably just waiting for moustakas to sign so he could see where he fit in and what he could leverage for above slot money. but moustakas is asking for a ridiculous amount of money (with boras as his agent-go figure), so it sounded like all along it would be a last minute deal.

by bennyha on Aug 15, 2007 10:29 PM CDT up reply actions  

interesting
6 runs, 6 hits for Reds
7 runs, 7 hits for Cubs
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 10:21 PM CDT reply actions  

lol didn't predict Griffey
trying to get on with a bunt..
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 10:23 PM CDT reply actions  

hahah did you all hear that
some fans scream swing batta swing!
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 10:26 PM CDT reply actions  

Yeah lol
With the extra time from the rain delay they must of tossed back a couple beers.

by GoCubbies34 on Aug 15, 2007 10:27 PM CDT up reply actions  

Teddy Ballgame
bounced back nicely
"We have the rabbit's foot now" -Z

by TheRamZamDLEE on Aug 15, 2007 10:26 PM CDT reply actions  

Lilly seems to have caught his second wind....
??
"Welcome to Lou's BLUE Crew....Cubbies in '07"

by Bluelou on Aug 15, 2007 10:27 PM CDT reply actions  

What XM station is this on..
n/t
The best defense is a good offense

by kcjones on Aug 15, 2007 10:27 PM CDT reply actions  

188
Prince Fielder...he is neither.

by LAcarl519 on Aug 15, 2007 10:29 PM CDT up reply actions  

Thanks!
n/t
The best defense is a good offense

by kcjones on Aug 15, 2007 10:35 PM CDT up reply actions  

Much faster...
than ESPN scoreboard.....
The best defense is a good offense

by kcjones on Aug 15, 2007 10:40 PM CDT up reply actions  

good
Lilly could go two more innings, maybe three..
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 10:28 PM CDT reply actions  

or never mind
 
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 10:29 PM CDT up reply actions  

Free Old Style
For a Cubs victory.  The bar will be open.  

But, no pressure to the team.... really.... :)

Tinker to Evers to Chance!

by sanantonecub on Aug 15, 2007 10:28 PM CDT reply actions  

You know
that's the sign of a professional pitcher. He's obviously settled down.

I really like Lilly.

phat

by phatass on Aug 15, 2007 10:29 PM CDT reply actions  

Ron
calls Lilly the bulldog.

I like it.

phat

by phatass on Aug 15, 2007 10:31 PM CDT up reply actions  

Agreed
it would be nice to get him up to 14 tonight.

The Riot w/a double....

"We have the rabbit's foot now" -Z

by TheRamZamDLEE on Aug 15, 2007 10:31 PM CDT up reply actions  

I like him
too and it seems we are just 2 of a handful in here that do like him.
I love this team!!!!!

by sue369 on Aug 15, 2007 10:32 PM CDT up reply actions  

Really?
Aside from the usual problem children here, it seems like he's got a lot of respect.

phat

by phatass on Aug 15, 2007 10:33 PM CDT up reply actions  

It's probably
just me. Calling the players names like they have tonight makes me uncomfortable.
I love this team!!!!!

by sue369 on Aug 15, 2007 10:41 PM CDT up reply actions  

yeah
that doesn't make any sense to me. Name-calling actually really bugs me.

phat

by phatass on Aug 15, 2007 10:43 PM CDT up reply actions  

Agreed.
Most of us respect this team, and just because a batter doesn't hit a home run every AB, or a pitcher gives up a 3-run HR doesn't mean we start calling them pieces of cr*p, or pieces of sh*t.  They're good ball players and most of them hustle and really care about what they're doing.

That said, Wuertz is really a bad pitcher :-)

by zevkalman on Aug 15, 2007 10:45 PM CDT up reply actions  

Lilly back on track
hes done but we needed those two innings.
We will see some beautiful things come the fall.

by Me and Lou WS 07 on Aug 15, 2007 10:29 PM CDT reply actions  

How about some rain,
get home early mayb ARAM will be able to play day game after night game

by INWes44 on Aug 15, 2007 10:29 PM CDT reply actions  

It's a RIOT for the RIOT
double for a second hit
Tinker to Evers to Chance!

by sanantonecub on Aug 15, 2007 10:31 PM CDT reply actions  

Theriot almost hit that one out
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 10:31 PM CDT reply actions  

Ryan Theriot
What is up with this guy?

phat

by phatass on Aug 15, 2007 10:32 PM CDT reply actions  

Gamer.
Soriano's Contract: Approximately one dollar for every pitch in the dirt that he swings at.

by Ryno8 on Aug 15, 2007 10:36 PM CDT up reply actions  

To reply to both of you
It's true. He really knows how to play baseball.

phat

by phatass on Aug 15, 2007 10:38 PM CDT up reply actions  

every Cub has been on base
except a batter in the ninth spot
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 10:33 PM CDT reply actions  

KENDALL!!
NO WAY!!! HOME RUN!!
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 10:35 PM CDT reply actions  

INTO THE BASKET
KENDALL MY KENDALL!!!!
Tinker to Evers to Chance!

by sanantonecub on Aug 15, 2007 10:35 PM CDT reply actions  

JK...now THAT' S respect
"Welcome to Lou's BLUE Crew....Cubbies in '07"

by Bluelou on Aug 15, 2007 10:35 PM CDT reply actions  

that's it Ryan
get to Santos. Get in his head.

phat

by phatass on Aug 15, 2007 10:35 PM CDT reply actions  

Wow
I'm way behind.

phat

by phatass on Aug 15, 2007 10:36 PM CDT up reply actions  

Kendall!
n/t
Your results may vary.

by riggs on Aug 15, 2007 10:35 PM CDT reply actions  

WOW..really happy
for Jason.
I love this team!!!!!

by sue369 on Aug 15, 2007 10:35 PM CDT reply actions  

No way...
Must be the freshly shaved mug.
Soriano's Contract: Approximately one dollar for every pitch in the dirt that he swings at.

by Ryno8 on Aug 15, 2007 10:35 PM CDT reply actions  

Kendall, brother it's
time to shave more often!
"We have the rabbit's foot now" -Z

by TheRamZamDLEE on Aug 15, 2007 10:35 PM CDT reply actions  

I feel Kendall's pain...
I get my 5 o'clock shadow at around 1:45. Seriously.
Your results may vary.

by riggs on Aug 15, 2007 10:40 PM CDT up reply actions  

Wow!!
Didn't Kendall almost go two full seasons without hitting a home run??
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 10:36 PM CDT reply actions  

now i don't have to beat the woman
"Chicago Cubs fans are ninety percent scar tissue."

by thehawk on Aug 15, 2007 10:36 PM CDT reply actions  

Hurray! Kendall is terrific!
keep this guy in the 2 hole!

Great approach.

Prince Fielder...he is neither.

by LAcarl519 on Aug 15, 2007 10:36 PM CDT reply actions  

Attention Chicago Ball Club:
Clean Shaven is now the rule.  
Tinker to Evers to Chance!

by sanantonecub on Aug 15, 2007 10:36 PM CDT reply actions  

Clean Shaven is now the rule
THAT....and a HUGE wadd in your cheek...   :-)
"Welcome to Lou's BLUE Crew....Cubbies in '07"

by Bluelou on Aug 15, 2007 10:38 PM CDT up reply actions  

Funny stats
6 runs, 6 hits for Reds
9 runs, 9 hits for Cubs
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 10:36 PM CDT reply actions  

Nice!
I'm not at all upset about Kendall being signed.

phat

by phatass on Aug 15, 2007 10:36 PM CDT reply actions  

And now that the Cubs are winning
..all the doomsday "prophets" are quiet or gone...
"Welcome to Lou's BLUE Crew....Cubbies in '07"

by Bluelou on Aug 15, 2007 10:37 PM CDT reply actions  

I'm still here
Homeruns just give me carpal tunnel
Soriano's Contract: Approximately one dollar for every pitch in the dirt that he swings at.

by Ryno8 on Aug 15, 2007 10:38 PM CDT up reply actions  

Yep
That's always how it is.

I think that's the definition of troll.

phat

by phatass on Aug 15, 2007 10:39 PM CDT up reply actions  

I just get mad when the Cubs are losing
and you've seen that a lot probably..
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 10:40 PM CDT up reply actions  

My negativity
only extends to JJ and Murton usually.  But I they're REALLY winning me over as of late.
Soriano's Contract: Approximately one dollar for every pitch in the dirt that he swings at.

by Ryno8 on Aug 15, 2007 10:41 PM CDT up reply actions  

How much of a lead
do we need before Eyre can pitch?

Incredible.

It is AUGUST, and we're STILL IN IT! YES!

by TheEman on Aug 15, 2007 10:37 PM CDT reply actions  

Doesn't matter
as long as it is in Iowa.
Soriano's Contract: Approximately one dollar for every pitch in the dirt that he swings at.

by Ryno8 on Aug 15, 2007 10:39 PM CDT up reply actions  

HAHAHAHAHA!!
But Lou must have an "Eyre Rule" when they're either ahead or behind a certain number of runs, right?
It is AUGUST, and we're STILL IN IT! YES!

by TheEman on Aug 15, 2007 10:42 PM CDT up reply actions  

wow
its only the fifth inning too!
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 10:38 PM CDT reply actions  

Geez!
I forgot abt. that...

How about a couple 1-2-3 innings for Lilly!

Or - at least ONE!

If they score 9 runs for Lilly, does this mean they will score at least 4 for Hill?

It is AUGUST, and we're STILL IN IT! YES!

by TheEman on Aug 15, 2007 10:40 PM CDT up reply actions  

thanks God
finally we can get that slow-ass pitcher off the mound

by PrincetonCubs on Aug 15, 2007 10:38 PM CDT reply actions  

Seriously
I know this game started late but it is still taking forever.  Not that I'm complaining
Soriano's Contract: Approximately one dollar for every pitch in the dirt that he swings at.

by Ryno8 on Aug 15, 2007 10:39 PM CDT up reply actions  

O.K. - when Scott Eyre comes
in - you can turn out the lights. But NOT before.
It is AUGUST, and we're STILL IN IT! YES!

by TheEman on Aug 15, 2007 10:43 PM CDT up reply actions  

Majeski? Giggity...
I watched him give up a HR earlier this year.  On the replay they showed Dick Pole in the dugout.  The second the ball was hit you could clearly read his lips as he yelled, "Mother F*cker!"  Then storm into the tunnel to yell some more.

by MiniAndretti on Aug 15, 2007 10:39 PM CDT reply actions  

Reds pitcher
this pitcher coming in has an ERA over 14!  For once I'd like to see us take advantage of that big time!  I want to go to sleep soon!

by ak123 on Aug 15, 2007 10:40 PM CDT reply actions  

Majeski has a
14.14ERA.  Hope the Cubs can bump that up a bit.

by JakeH on Aug 15, 2007 10:41 PM CDT reply actions  

Mr Kendall
A natural at the two spot.
We will see some beautiful things come the fall.

by Me and Lou WS 07 on Aug 15, 2007 10:41 PM CDT reply actions  

Indeed, for most of his career
he's been a one or two.

Based on tonight, and as we know from Lou, I believe he's found his LHP and RHP lineups for a little bit.

Wouldn't you say?

It is AUGUST, and we're STILL IN IT! YES!

by TheEman on Aug 15, 2007 10:45 PM CDT up reply actions  

Majeski does not look 27
 
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 10:41 PM CDT reply actions  

Neither does Adam Dunn
I think they actually list his son'd DOB instead of his.
Soriano's Contract: Approximately one dollar for every pitch in the dirt that he swings at.

by Ryno8 on Aug 15, 2007 10:43 PM CDT up reply actions  

Derosas
bat has been very quite lately . . .

by CZ38 on Aug 15, 2007 10:41 PM CDT reply actions  

Thanks Wuertz
for making me look like an idiot for riding your jock in the free agent pitchers diary earlier today.  I appreciate it.
Soriano's Contract: Approximately one dollar for every pitch in the dirt that he swings at.

by Ryno8 on Aug 15, 2007 10:44 PM CDT reply actions  

I reiterate...
Soriano's Contract: Approximately one dollar for every pitch in the dirt that he swings at.

by Ryno8 on Aug 15, 2007 10:47 PM CDT up reply actions  

Man, this is nice to come home to...
A Jason Kendall home run? Insanity. Let's see if the bullpen can hold this up for Lilly, who looks like he got knocked around, but certainly kept em at bay for the last couple of innings.

by bloomerang on Aug 15, 2007 10:44 PM CDT reply actions  

sigh
this one isn't over yet..
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 10:44 PM CDT reply actions  

Yes
I was just going to type that.

It's Dunn, though.

phat

by phatass on Aug 15, 2007 10:45 PM CDT up reply actions  

I could not hate Conine more.
He's like 50 and still finds a way to kill us.  I'd never wish injury on a player, but if I was going to . . .
Did we really put Jose Macias on the field? Really???

by ksreed on Aug 15, 2007 10:47 PM CDT reply actions  

I should have gone to bed before the top of this
inning.  I would have falled asleep thinking 9 - 6 and been none the wiser.

Settle down Weurtz.

by MiniAndretti on Aug 15, 2007 10:47 PM CDT reply actions  

OK
This is not a good start for Wuertz.

phat

by phatass on Aug 15, 2007 10:47 PM CDT reply actions  

Wuertz come on!!
and what the hell Murton!
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 10:47 PM CDT reply actions  

Wuertz is
getting hammered, time to go.
"We have the rabbit's foot now" -Z

by TheRamZamDLEE on Aug 15, 2007 10:47 PM CDT reply actions  

it took murton
forever to get to that ball

by CZ38 on Aug 15, 2007 10:47 PM CDT reply actions  

WTF?
Get him out of there. NOW
Let me get back to you, will ya, Charlie? I got a guy on the other line asking about some white walls.

by JB 23 on Aug 15, 2007 10:47 PM CDT reply actions  

And that's all for me for the night. Like I said..
that didn't take long.

G'night folks.

by bloomerang on Aug 15, 2007 10:48 PM CDT reply actions  

maybe the woman will get a beating after all
"Chicago Cubs fans are ninety percent scar tissue."

by thehawk on Aug 15, 2007 10:48 PM CDT reply actions  

That kind of
talk is really not funny.
I love this team!!!!!

by sue369 on Aug 15, 2007 10:51 PM CDT up reply actions  

I'm just playing
she's watching too. And beating me as we speak
"Chicago Cubs fans are ninety percent scar tissue."

by thehawk on Aug 15, 2007 10:54 PM CDT up reply actions  

Tell her
love taps only. ;-)
I love this team!!!!!

by sue369 on Aug 15, 2007 10:56 PM CDT up reply actions  

I told her and
she just clobbered me. ;)
"Chicago Cubs fans are ninety percent scar tissue."

by thehawk on Aug 15, 2007 10:59 PM CDT up reply actions  

LOL
You're on your own then.
I love this team!!!!!

by sue369 on Aug 15, 2007 11:01 PM CDT up reply actions  

Please take
him out now.
I love this team!!!!!

by sue369 on Aug 15, 2007 10:48 PM CDT reply actions  

Murton...
is not a major league outfielder...

The Cub fielders continue to cost the pitchers runs....

The best defense is a good offense

by kcjones on Aug 15, 2007 10:48 PM CDT reply actions  

He really sucks at fielding
Isn't all that great @ batting either, but it's what we got.

by GoCubbies34 on Aug 15, 2007 10:50 PM CDT up reply actions  

Wuertz, you moron!
ay yi yi this is a tough one to watch.  and a wag of the finger to Murton for some ugly D

by PrincetonCubs on Aug 15, 2007 10:48 PM CDT reply actions  

Wuertz..
throw strikes, that is what you are paid to do..
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 10:49 PM CDT reply actions  

What the hell.
They finally start hitting some balls and now the pitchers are going to blow it.

by jac on Aug 15, 2007 10:49 PM CDT reply actions  

Good to see
Marmol warming up.  I'd leave him on the mound till his arm falls off.  That slider of his has been nasty lately.
Soriano's Contract: Approximately one dollar for every pitch in the dirt that he swings at.

by Ryno8 on Aug 15, 2007 10:49 PM CDT reply actions  

Wuertz
Almost makes me miss Ohman when he throws like this. Ugh.
Your results may vary.

by riggs on Aug 15, 2007 10:49 PM CDT reply actions  

Ohman at least
gives you the good facial expressions.
"We have the rabbit's foot now" -Z

by TheRamZamDLEE on Aug 15, 2007 10:51 PM CDT up reply actions  

Bitter Beer Face
Soriano's Contract: Approximately one dollar for every pitch in the dirt that he swings at.

by Ryno8 on Aug 15, 2007 10:52 PM CDT up reply actions  

I have a sickening feeling
the Cardinals are going to take this division.  And they'll deserve it.
Did we really put Jose Macias on the field? Really???

by ksreed on Aug 15, 2007 10:50 PM CDT reply actions  

Deserve?
This whole division stinks.

by MiniAndretti on Aug 15, 2007 10:51 PM CDT up reply actions  

True
but they'll end up sucking least.  Watching these guys is depressing lately.
Did we really put Jose Macias on the field? Really???

by ksreed on Aug 15, 2007 10:53 PM CDT up reply actions  

Uh...
no they don't...they are a sorry excuse for a baseball team. How they won last year I still haven't figured out....How those pitchers off the "waiver wire" pitched for 5-8 weeks way beyond their career "numbers" is mind numbing....they certainly didn't deserve it...they didn't deserve the NL pennant.

Not only they...they are a WIN AT ALL COST program...no community service...a selfish bunch of a$$holes.

The best defense is a good offense

by kcjones on Aug 15, 2007 11:02 PM CDT up reply actions  

A selfish bunch of a$$holes
who win. Even with sub-par talent.
Did we really put Jose Macias on the field? Really???

by ksreed on Aug 15, 2007 11:04 PM CDT up reply actions  

He threw 127
his last outing.

I think it's best that Lou not destroy that guy's arm, considering he's going to need him.

You have to trust your bullpen, even if it's not always warranted.

phat

by phatass on Aug 15, 2007 10:53 PM CDT up reply actions  

You bust your ass
to get even, then put together a nice rally to take a 3-run lead. And Michael Wuertz puts it all up in flames in a matter of 5 minutes.

Toss another rolling slider up there Mike. Why the hell not ?

by scotteboy on Aug 15, 2007 10:50 PM CDT reply actions  

Ha sucker!
Jones just threw a 12 hopper to first/home.

by MiniAndretti on Aug 15, 2007 10:51 PM CDT reply actions  

He would have been
better off kicking it.
Soriano's Contract: Approximately one dollar for every pitch in the dirt that he swings at.

by Ryno8 on Aug 15, 2007 10:51 PM CDT up reply actions  

What an idiot
Someone held on Jone's throw?
Tinker to Evers to Chance!

by sanantonecub on Aug 15, 2007 10:51 PM CDT reply actions  

WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW
someone didn't run on the CUBS OF that was a horrible throw

by INWes44 on Aug 15, 2007 10:51 PM CDT reply actions  

Wow is Jones arm awful
Let me get back to you, will ya, Charlie? I got a guy on the other line asking about some white walls.

by JB 23 on Aug 15, 2007 10:51 PM CDT reply actions  

They don't seem
to have a killer instinct right now.

Just take it to 'em! Come on!

Does no-one want to take this division? (besides the Cards, of course)

phat

by phatass on Aug 15, 2007 10:51 PM CDT reply actions  

good thing Encarnacion didn't go
it would be tied now..
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 10:51 PM CDT reply actions  

Can't believe they didn't run on JJ
That throw wasn't close.  I guess they like their chances with the next guy.

by Itchy on Aug 15, 2007 10:51 PM CDT reply actions  

Must be an odd feeling for JJ
that feeling being respect for his throwing arm

by PrincetonCubs on Aug 15, 2007 10:52 PM CDT reply actions  

Marmol
Anyone notice Marmol seems to always give up runs for base-runners already on but after that will rarely give up any....

That better not happy tonight.

by ak123 on Aug 15, 2007 10:52 PM CDT reply actions  

Ummm
this is the same guy that is leading the majors in stranding inherited baserunners?

Homework.

Soriano's Contract: Approximately one dollar for every pitch in the dirt that he swings at.

by Ryno8 on Aug 15, 2007 10:53 PM CDT up reply actions  

Please don't homework me
Lately that's seems to have been the tendency...

by ak123 on Aug 15, 2007 10:54 PM CDT up reply actions  

Lately?
I think it has only happened once?  I'm not trying to be argumentative but...
Soriano's Contract: Approximately one dollar for every pitch in the dirt that he swings at.

by Ryno8 on Aug 15, 2007 10:55 PM CDT up reply actions  

And I apologize
for the comment.  That was unnecessary.
Soriano's Contract: Approximately one dollar for every pitch in the dirt that he swings at.

by Ryno8 on Aug 15, 2007 10:57 PM CDT up reply actions  

perhaps in the clubhouse
drinking a gatorade
Let me get back to you, will ya, Charlie? I got a guy on the other line asking about some white walls.

by JB 23 on Aug 15, 2007 10:54 PM CDT up reply actions  

Bad news
Ronny Cedeno is coming into the game...

by ak123 on Aug 15, 2007 10:53 PM CDT reply actions  

Realistically can they send Wuertz to Iowa
like they did to Ohman?  Or has he been in the big leagues too long?

by zevkalman on Aug 15, 2007 10:54 PM CDT reply actions  

Wuertz was really good early in the year.
Maybe they used him too much.

by MiniAndretti on Aug 15, 2007 10:55 PM CDT up reply actions  

Wurst sucks!
Give him a taste of Des Moines!

by Itchy on Aug 15, 2007 10:55 PM CDT up reply actions  

god...
thank you Michael Effin Wuertz
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 10:54 PM CDT reply actions  

Crap.
Tinker to Evers to Chance!

by sanantonecub on Aug 15, 2007 10:54 PM CDT reply actions  

agree....getting way overused.
Let me get back to you, will ya, Charlie? I got a guy on the other line asking about some white walls.

by JB 23 on Aug 15, 2007 10:58 PM CDT up reply actions  

that could have been worse I guess
tie game, Majeski doesn't scare me..
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 10:55 PM CDT reply actions  

ugh.
Obviously, it's not over, but whew.

phat

by phatass on Aug 15, 2007 10:56 PM CDT reply actions  

double switch
 
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 10:57 PM CDT up reply actions  

Well yes,
I guess I just don't understand the reasoning behind the double switch.

Replacing DeRosa with Cedeno doesn't make sense to me.

phat

by phatass on Aug 15, 2007 10:59 PM CDT up reply actions  

this has the april/may feeling to it
its obvious we will find a way to lose this game, cardinals will win the division folks, 99 years of failure, but the goal is to "win the world series"  gutless front office pricks
Bring back the damn cowbell!

by CubsBall2202 on Aug 15, 2007 10:58 PM CDT reply actions  

god
you trolls are annoying...

by DartmouthCubsFan on Aug 15, 2007 10:59 PM CDT up reply actions  

You know
there are plenty of teams out there that have won the series recently. I'm not saying that I don't want the Cubs to win the series. But really, you have other options. Why don't you just start following the Sox (either one) or the Yankees.

phat

by phatass on Aug 15, 2007 11:05 PM CDT up reply actions  

I don't
think we could get that lucky.
I love this team!!!!!

by sue369 on Aug 15, 2007 11:08 PM CDT up reply actions  

this ump
has all of a sudden just started calling low strikes..
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 10:59 PM CDT reply actions  

There goes Lilly's win
When is Lou gonna realize that Wuertz would be better used to bring in during an inning and get us out of a jam.
We will see some beautiful things come the fall.

by Me and Lou WS 07 on Aug 15, 2007 10:59 PM CDT reply actions  

12:00
news on Vitters?/
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 11:01 PM CDT reply actions  

guess not
Len just announced the signing!!
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 11:02 PM CDT up reply actions  

Well...I take that back.
Sure waited until the last minute on that one.

by Rogue 52 on Aug 15, 2007 11:02 PM CDT up reply actions  

I hate baseball
I'm going to go grey before my 22nd birthday because of this sport

by INWes44 on Aug 15, 2007 11:02 PM CDT reply actions  

Vitters
Has signed.  Just announced.
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. -- George Santayana (1863-1952)

by cubfred on Aug 15, 2007 11:02 PM CDT reply actions  

I dont know if this has been said
but since Vitters didn't have an agent he was waiting for the picks ahead of him to sign to gauge how much money he should receive about his slot value.  But i think throughout it was pretty certain he was going to get signed and not go to school

by INWes44 on Aug 15, 2007 11:04 PM CDT reply actions  

No agent?
That seems like a really bad idea.

phat

by phatass on Aug 15, 2007 11:06 PM CDT up reply actions  

Can't put bad teams away
A solid team can put a teams away for the game. Cubs just can't put the dagger in a team, even a lonley team like the Reds.

by Rithor on Aug 15, 2007 11:04 PM CDT reply actions  

You know
you always can follow the Cardinals instead.

by Not Bruce Froemming on Aug 15, 2007 11:06 PM CDT up reply actions  

or the
Brewers up in Wrigley North
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 11:06 PM CDT up reply actions  

They did a great job
at putting the Nats away last week

by INWes44 on Aug 15, 2007 11:07 PM CDT up reply actions  

Or the Yankees
or the Red Sox, or the White Sox, or the Marlins or the Brewers...

Lots of options out there.

phat

by phatass on Aug 15, 2007 11:07 PM CDT up reply actions  

Won't have to
Won't have to follow the Cards they'll be right in the front in first place.

by Rithor on Aug 15, 2007 11:14 PM CDT up reply actions  

You are consistently hostile and obnoxious
toward anyone who voices anything negative about this team.  This is supposed to be a board where people can express opposing views, even vent sometimes.  Understand that and back the f'k off.
Did we really put Jose Macias on the field? Really???

by ksreed on Aug 15, 2007 11:18 PM CDT up reply actions  

Talk about
hostile and obnoxious.
I love this team!!!!!

by sue369 on Aug 15, 2007 11:22 PM CDT up reply actions  

How would you have said it, Sue?
Did we really put Jose Macias on the field? Really???

by ksreed on Aug 15, 2007 11:24 PM CDT up reply actions  

Well that was obvious from your prior post.
Did we really put Jose Macias on the field? Really???

by ksreed on Aug 15, 2007 11:31 PM CDT up reply actions  

Not negative
Just reactionary, idiotic and uninformed.

Some people here are negative from the word go. Some only come out when things are going poorly.

Some people just like to wallow in misery all the time.

I'm not saying everything with the Cubs is seashells and balloons. But it certainly isn't gloom and doom, either.

Why don't you cheer the f'k up? Life is too short to be a douchebag 24/7.

by Not Bruce Froemming on Aug 15, 2007 11:24 PM CDT up reply actions  

This is what I'm talking about
I commented on your behavior, not your personality.  On what basis do you say I'm a douchebag 24/7?

You can't seriously be saying that you study people, analyze their posting patterns, and only rag on the ones who are consistently negative.  You read a single post, and if it's not positive about the Cubs, you deem the writer to be an idiot and uninformed.  

Tell you what, you be more tolerant, and I'll be more cheerful (not that you have any basis to conclude I'm not).

Did we really put Jose Macias on the field? Really???

by ksreed on Aug 15, 2007 11:27 PM CDT up reply actions  

No, no, no
How much baseball do you watch? You do know things that happen to the Cubs happen to every team.

I'm not sure some people realize that.

It doesn't have to be a positive post. It just can't be unnecessarily, needlessly negative.

If you want to crap on the bullpen right now, go ahead. But the people who surrender if the Cubs don't score after the first half-inning are moronic to a fault.

by Not Bruce Froemming on Aug 15, 2007 11:31 PM CDT up reply actions  

I watch a ton of baseball
and I know very well that bad things happen and are done by all teams, but they "happen" to the Cubs more often than to the Yankees, Red Sox, Tigers and 15 other teams I could name.

I agree that it's stupid to surrender after half an inning, but you don't only respond aggressively to those people.  You seem offended any time anyone takes issue with something the Cubs do.  That's all I'm saying.

Did we really put Jose Macias on the field? Really???

by ksreed on Aug 15, 2007 11:35 PM CDT up reply actions  

Pay him no mind
NotBruce is basically a troll. He whines and lashes out anytime someone vents or says something negative. In fact, that's all he ever does. Ignore him.

by qccub on Aug 15, 2007 11:39 PM CDT up reply actions  

Not a troll
Just someone who was expecting a better, more reasoned baseball discourse than what he's found here, for the most part.

There are a lot of good posters here. But the bad ones are more shrill and more outrageous.

by Not Bruce Froemming on Aug 15, 2007 11:57 PM CDT up reply actions  

You ever think
That maybe, they just aren't good enough?

by Not Bruce Froemming on Aug 15, 2007 11:58 PM CDT up reply actions  

I think I read somewhere
that Dunn is projected to break the all time strike out record for a season if he continues at his pace. He will break the record he set only a few years earlier..
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 11:09 PM CDT reply actions  

Come on Carlos.
you can do this.
I love this team!!!!!

by sue369 on Aug 15, 2007 11:10 PM CDT reply actions  

Howry's warming up
I don't like the sound of that.

phat

by phatass on Aug 15, 2007 11:11 PM CDT reply actions  

great inning for Marmol!
 
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 11:11 PM CDT reply actions  

A well earned stretch
Cub Fans!  Do you believe?  Yeah!  Let me hear you all the way in Harvey Illinois!

A one, two, three!

Take me out to the ballgame
Take me out with the crowd
Buy me some peanuts and cracker jac
I don't care if I ever get back and we'll
Root root root for the CUBBIES
If they don't win it's a shame
For it's 1! 2! 3! strikes you're out
At the olddd ball game...

Hey!

Tinker to Evers to Chance!

by sanantonecub on Aug 15, 2007 11:12 PM CDT reply actions  

Now let's get
some more runs...please!
I love this team!!!!!

by sue369 on Aug 15, 2007 11:12 PM CDT reply actions  

Reds bullpen is a sieve
I think the Cubs win this one, just barely.

by Not Bruce Froemming on Aug 15, 2007 11:13 PM CDT up reply actions  

I'll take
just barely. It still counts in the win column.
I love this team!!!!!

by sue369 on Aug 15, 2007 11:19 PM CDT up reply actions  

Wow
it's only the 7th?

Even without that delay this is taking awhile.

phat

by phatass on Aug 15, 2007 11:13 PM CDT reply actions  

wow
cedeno didnt strike out . . . amazing

by CZ38 on Aug 15, 2007 11:15 PM CDT reply actions  

I want Cedeno to succeed
I really do.

But why is he in there and DeRosa out?

I don't get the double switch thing.

phat

by phatass on Aug 15, 2007 11:16 PM CDT reply actions  

so marmol could pitch another inning
and DeRo was the last guy to be retired the inning prior

by INWes44 on Aug 15, 2007 11:16 PM CDT up reply actions  

Ah yes,
light dawns.

Now I feel especially dumb and yet, enlightened.

phat

by phatass on Aug 15, 2007 11:18 PM CDT up reply actions  

sorry my comment was meant to be sarcastic
with a haha or smiley face or something im jsut nto feeling it right now haha

by INWes44 on Aug 15, 2007 11:18 PM CDT up reply actions  

Yes
OK, so now I'm even more confused.

I think the Old Style is speaking for me now.

phat

by phatass on Aug 15, 2007 11:20 PM CDT up reply actions  

Lou not expecting the Cy Young
Lou was probably not expecting 1-2-3 bottom of sixth with a AAA pitcher -- if anyone got on the pitching spot would have had to bat... ...thus the double switch. But Ronny for DeRosa makes me sad -- I know who trust more.
If the Cubs were an international soccer team they'd be called Scotland.

by mrtobby on Aug 15, 2007 11:23 PM CDT up reply actions  

As somebody said
elsewhere, Cedeno is hitting like a pitcher.

Why not just keep the pitcher in there.

I'm really beginning to think the bench does need work. It's probably too late.

phat

by phatass on Aug 15, 2007 11:27 PM CDT up reply actions  

Ronny
hits like a pitcher.  Bring up anybody who can play short or signa bum like Clayton.

by Itchy on Aug 15, 2007 11:16 PM CDT reply actions  

Cedeno
Just doesn't get it does he?  He hasn't figured it out.  You take some pitches, you get a better idea of what the pitchers throw.  He swings at the first pitch almost every time, usually resulting in a weakly hit ball.
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. -- George Santayana (1863-1952)

by cubfred on Aug 15, 2007 11:17 PM CDT reply actions  

kendall
im starting to like this guy . . . despite the fact that he cant catch anybody stealing

by CZ38 on Aug 15, 2007 11:18 PM CDT reply actions  

works a count as good as anyone.
Let me get back to you, will ya, Charlie? I got a guy on the other line asking about some white walls.

by JB 23 on Aug 15, 2007 11:20 PM CDT up reply actions  

come on Lee!!
 
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 11:20 PM CDT reply actions  

Damnit
Tinker to Evers to Chance!

by sanantonecub on Aug 15, 2007 11:20 PM CDT reply actions  

Lee might need to be sent to DeMoines
For a week or two.

:)

Let me get back to you, will ya, Charlie? I got a guy on the other line asking about some white walls.

by JB 23 on Aug 15, 2007 11:20 PM CDT reply actions  

Lately Lee is looking a lot more
like the guy who played the first three games of the Cubs/Marlins playoff series than the guy who's been killing other teams the last few years.
Did we really put Jose Macias on the field? Really???

by ksreed on Aug 15, 2007 11:21 PM CDT reply actions  

Don't know about that..but
Lee is consistently being very slow on those fast balls. The pitch he took for a called 3rd strike with runners on 1st and 2nd and 2 outs was horrible to watch. I like his patience and all but he has been doing this a lot lately.

by cubsnlinux on Aug 15, 2007 11:24 PM CDT up reply actions  

I cant watch another loss
really, its killing me slowly but surely

by INWes44 on Aug 15, 2007 11:21 PM CDT reply actions  

I don't understand it
Lee is hitting .317 but it doesn't seem like he's doing very well. I guess that's the definition of clutch. But really...

phat

by phatass on Aug 15, 2007 11:21 PM CDT reply actions  

DLee looks lost up there
Flailing away and looking defeated.  Where is our money man?  Snap out of it, DLee!

by Itchy on Aug 15, 2007 11:21 PM CDT reply actions  

Hey...Vitters in the booth
"Welcome to Lou's BLUE Crew....Cubbies in '07"

by Bluelou on Aug 15, 2007 11:23 PM CDT reply actions  

It's official
Vitters is SIGNED and in the broadcast booth.
Tinker to Evers to Chance!

by sanantonecub on Aug 15, 2007 11:23 PM CDT reply actions  

Vitters in the house!!!
Soriano's Contract: Approximately one dollar for every pitch in the dirt that he swings at.

by Ryno8 on Aug 15, 2007 11:23 PM CDT reply actions  

I wish we could put Vance Law out there.
He'd turn this game around for us.
Did we really put Jose Macias on the field? Really???

by ksreed on Aug 15, 2007 11:23 PM CDT reply actions  

lol Vitters and Len in the booth
could it get any more awkward?
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Aug 15, 2007 11:24 PM CDT reply actions  

SOOO awkward
then again.... he is only 17
Soriano's Contract: Approximately one dollar for every pitch in the dirt that he swings at.

by Ryno8 on Aug 15, 2007 11:25 PM CDT up reply actions  

Geesh,,,,he's not even 18 yet...
No wonder he can't talk!  (kidding)
"Welcome to Lou's BLUE Crew....Cubbies in '07"

by Bluelou on Aug 15, 2007 11:25 PM CDT up reply actions  

vitters
not 18 yet . ..  u lucky bastard

by CZ38 on Aug 15, 2007 11:25 PM CDT reply actions  

No more passed balls.
They equal unearned runs....

by Rogue 52 on Aug 15, 2007 11:25 PM CDT reply actions  

wow, Vitters
he has been to the "Crash Davis" school of interview aphorisms.  can't be too hard on him, though, he's just 17 (and he sure can hit, at least in HS)

by PrincetonCubs on Aug 15, 2007 11:26 PM CDT reply actions  

uuhhhh...a solid all around player....uuuhhhh...
wow...
"Welcome to Lou's BLUE Crew....Cubbies in '07"

by Bluelou on Aug 15, 2007 11:27 PM CDT reply actions  

The Hollywood agency?
Soriano's Contract: Approximately one dollar for every pitch in the dirt that he swings at.

by Ryno8 on Aug 15, 2007 11:28 PM CDT up reply actions  

F***
DIE DIE DIE D(IE DIE
Tinker to Evers to Chance!

by sanantonecub on Aug 15, 2007 11:27 PM CDT reply actions  

bobb howry
how many times has he done this shyt . . . come one drunk fan, charge

by CZ38 on Aug 15, 2007 11:28 PM CDT reply actions  

Could there have been any real doubt
that would happen.  Shit.
Did we really put Jose Macias on the field? Really???

by ksreed on Aug 15, 2007 11:28 PM CDT reply actions  

See, like this
Silly shxt like "Could there have been any real doubt that would happen?"

Cubs fans love to wallow in their own self-pity, which makes them hated by virtually every other fan base in baseball.

Grow a pair.

by Not Bruce Froemming on Aug 15, 2007 11:32 PM CDT up reply actions  

Have you ever heard of "venting"
Isn't it obvious that I didn't literally mean that was a foregone conclusion?

Can't a fan vent among fellow fans?  Why do you take this so personally?

Did we really put Jose Macias on the field? Really???

by ksreed on Aug 15, 2007 11:38 PM CDT up reply actions  

If you post in a public forum
You owe it to yourself not to look like an ass.

You're failing miserably.

by Not Bruce Froemming on Aug 15, 2007 11:42 PM CDT up reply actions  

I'll take my chances
in a "looking like an ass" contest against you any day, my friend.  That's one you can't win.  

If you want to improve your chances, try to address what I say instead of calling me "ass" and "douchebag" - or is that all you've got?

Did we really put Jose Macias on the field? Really???

by ksreed on Aug 15, 2007 11:46 PM CDT up reply actions  

It just
gets really old. Most of those who complain don't come in here and cheer this team on when they are winning but think they have to come in here and bitch when they aren't playing their best. It would be nice to see them support this team too instead of just bitching when things don't go like they want.
I love this team!!!!!

by sue369 on Aug 15, 2007 11:44 PM CDT up reply actions  

Contrast that response to Not Bruce's
See, that's how you express an idea, Not Bruce.

Sue, I completely understand where you are coming from, but I'm not one of those folks.  I applaud when the buys play well, but I get disgusted when they suck, and there's just been a lot more sucking lately.

Did we really put Jose Macias on the field? Really???

by ksreed on Aug 15, 2007 11:48 PM CDT up reply actions  

No, it's not.
I asked you to stop attacking people who don't post rosy comments, and you attacked me with invective and names.  That's how people who have neither wit nor intelligence argue.  I'm done with you.  It's like talking to a 3rd grader.
Did we really put Jose Macias on the field? Really???

by ksreed on Aug 15, 2007 11:57 PM CDT up reply actions  

Since talking to you is like
talking to a first-grader, I guess I'll accept your compliment.

by Not Bruce Froemming on Aug 15, 2007 11:59 PM CDT up reply actions  

I know I said I was done but
that's the best you can do?  "I know you are but what am I?"  Pathetic.
Did we really put Jose Macias on the field? Really???

by ksreed on Aug 16, 2007 12:01 AM CDT up reply actions  

Good points
You said what I wanted to say better than I ever could.

Even when things go well with the Cubs, there's still plenty of negativity around here.

Some people just love to be miserable, I guess.

by Not Bruce Froemming on Aug 15, 2007 11:48 PM CDT up reply actions  

Josh Hamilton
just drove a stake through my heart

by INWes44 on Aug 15, 2007 11:28 PM CDT reply actions  

I hate the Cub offense....
It really S^%ks   Nobody can step up and get important hits that win ballgames.  

Nobody seems to even know how to "drive a run across the plate".....

A bunch of pi$$ ant losers who can't score any runs that continue to cost the team "winning baseball games".

The best defense is a good offense

by kcjones on Aug 16, 2007 2:35 AM CDT up reply actions  

hamilton...
that swing was pure upper body.  dude is STRONG

by PrincetonCubs on Aug 15, 2007 11:29 PM CDT reply actions  

Wish we had a PH like that
We get .125 turds like Ronny.  St Lou is gonna tear this staff to shreds.  Hope I'm wrong

by Itchy on Aug 15, 2007 11:31 PM CDT up reply actions  

Curious
What is the Cubs' record against St. Louis this season?

by Not Bruce Froemming on Aug 15, 2007 11:35 PM CDT up reply actions  

WHo cares?
They are hot when it counts and act like they give a shit.  We just hang our heads and send losers like Cedeno up to bat.  

by Itchy on Aug 15, 2007 11:45 PM CDT up reply actions  

if there is an out clause in his contract
this must be frustrating. The offense scores nine runs and the pitching throws in the towel, the pitching keeps us in the game the offense can't hit air...phewwww

by cubsnlinux on Aug 15, 2007 11:31 PM CDT up reply actions  

It's official
this is a terrible baseball game.

phat

by phatass on Aug 15, 2007 11:29 PM CDT reply actions  

No
just a terrible team.
Did we really put Jose Macias on the field? Really???

by ksreed on Aug 15, 2007 11:30 PM CDT up reply actions  

This is a typical cubs team...
knows how to loose a game....Memory of lee taking that pitch for a called third strike with 2 outs in the inning is making me sick..

Lets begin the comeback right now!

by cubsnlinux on Aug 15, 2007 11:34 PM CDT up reply actions  

I mean,
Seriously, this is a bad baseball game.

Neither team seems very interested. It's just slow and lame.

phat

by phatass on Aug 15, 2007 11:31 PM CDT up reply actions  

Oh you are wrong..
Reds look real interested...They are playing like they don't have anything to loose...

by cubsnlinux on Aug 15, 2007 11:35 PM CDT up reply actions  

lose...
pet peeve of mine.  lose, not loose.

by SouthernCub on Aug 15, 2007 11:44 PM CDT up reply actions  

Will someone please throw
The annoying reds fan girl off of the balcony?
Tinker to Evers to Chance!

by sanantonecub on Aug 15, 2007 11:29 PM CDT reply actions  

Wow....this has gotta be the stake in the heart...
how often do we have to lose to this rotten team....the Reds are one of the reasons we will not make the playoffs...that and our rotten bullpen and suddenly bad starting staff....how depressing this night is....

by razzpunk on Aug 15, 2007 11:31 PM CDT reply actions  

So the game's over?
The Cubs don't get to bat in the eighth or ninth?

Must be some new baseball rule.

The way this game's been going, I'd say nothing is safe.

by Not Bruce Froemming on Aug 15, 2007 11:33 PM CDT up reply actions  

Yes
it's not over.

I get tired of the "woe is me" loser talk.

phat

by phatass on Aug 15, 2007 11:37 PM CDT up reply actions  

This is really all Michael Wuertz's loss however..
if he does his freaking job then the pen is set up....man the Reds are gonna be 4-1 against us at Wrigley....

by razzpunk on Aug 15, 2007 11:32 PM CDT reply actions  

nice catch!
gold glove for A-Ram, Zimmerman and Rolen aren't playing up to their standards

by PrincetonCubs on Aug 15, 2007 11:34 PM CDT reply actions  

Hey, it's not over...
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?

by gacubbie20 on Aug 15, 2007 11:35 PM CDT reply actions  

huh?
I love this team!!!!!

by sue369 on Aug 15, 2007 11:37 PM CDT up reply actions  

FYI
This team is dead.  The funeral is just starting, wailing and gnashing of teeth to follow.

by Itchy on Aug 15, 2007 11:41 PM CDT up reply actions  

Germans?
Forget it, he's rolling.
"Something has to give and since there aren't 8 or 9 pitchers sitting around on the trade market, I think it has to be El Suckerpuncho." - TMOX, 6/14/07

by TMOX on Aug 16, 2007 3:25 AM CDT up reply actions  

"Niedermeyer...
Dead! Bluto's right. Psychotic, but absolutely right. We gotta take these bastards. Now we could do it with conventional weapons that could take years and cost millions of lives. No, I think we have to go all out. I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody's part."

Very fitting of this game.......

fly your W flag Cubs fans!

by love the ivy on Aug 15, 2007 11:45 PM CDT up reply actions  

Was it over
When the Germans dropped the bomb on pearl harbor?
Tinker to Evers to Chance!

by sanantonecub on Aug 15, 2007 11:35 PM CDT reply actions  

Come on you are in the armed forces
You know that the Japanese bombed pearl harbor.

i know i just want to play

by GoCubbies34 on Aug 15, 2007 11:38 PM CDT up reply actions  

How many people
have not seen that movie?

Funny...

phat

by phatass on Aug 15, 2007 11:39 PM CDT up reply actions  

You'd be surprised
On the bears MB someone would say make a thread like this and at least 10 posts people would bite.

by GoCubbies34 on Aug 15, 2007 11:41 PM CDT up reply actions  

That's funny
I mean, it's one of the most famous line Belushi ever uttered.

The local independent team even runs the clip on their scoreboard when they're down going into the 9th.

phat

by phatass on Aug 15, 2007 11:43 PM CDT up reply actions  

Heh the team in Marshall, MN
Does that too.  I was stuck up there this summer and overheard it a few times.

by GoCubbies34 on Aug 15, 2007 11:45 PM CDT up reply actions  

I wonder
That must be an indie-ball thing.

phat

by phatass on Aug 15, 2007 11:50 PM CDT up reply actions  

Noones watching
That can sue for copyright infringement maybe?

by GoCubbies34 on Aug 15, 2007 11:52 PM CDT up reply actions  

It's over when we whiff against these shitbags
Wait till next year.  Redturd fans are laughing themselves to sleep right now.  Nice warning track power, Fats!

by Itchy on Aug 15, 2007 11:38 PM CDT up reply actions  

.500 is calling
pick up the phone now...
It is AUGUST, and we're STILL IN IT! YES!

by TheEman on Aug 15, 2007 11:36 PM CDT reply actions  

Yep
At this rate we'll finish 1.5 games behind the Brewers and 5 games behind the Cards ;)
Did we really put Jose Macias on the field? Really???

by ksreed on Aug 15, 2007 11:40 PM CDT up reply actions  

The *ballistic missles*.
Are in place ... and ready to be fired.....

CHOKASAURUS PINELLA  

Baker didn't lose games like these late in in the race....

The best defense is a good offense

by kcjones on Aug 16, 2007 12:59 AM CDT up reply actions  

It was over...
...at the close of the Phils/Mets homestand... Go Bears. :(

by 60613 on Aug 15, 2007 11:38 PM CDT reply actions  

lol...
bandwagon my ass... reality sets in sooner for some.

by 60613 on Aug 15, 2007 11:42 PM CDT up reply actions  

You can always
follow the Cardinals. I suggest you do so.

by Not Bruce Froemming on Aug 15, 2007 11:43 PM CDT up reply actions  

oh puh-lease...
Now why would I want to even think about that?  Just facing reality with a clear head.

by 60613 on Aug 15, 2007 11:46 PM CDT up reply actions  

Reality?
Look at the standings in the paper tomorrow. That's reality.

If you were this easy to give up when you played sports, I would have hated to have you as a teammate.

by Not Bruce Froemming on Aug 16, 2007 12:09 AM CDT up reply actions  

Just opened my morning paper...
...yep, still says that the Cubs are only 2 for their last 10.  Let me know which paper you're reading, Froeming. Maybe the market isn't tanking and the war in Iraq is over too.

by 60613 on Aug 16, 2007 8:13 AM CDT up reply actions  

3 outs to go
and the bottom of the order in the 9th....things are not looking good.

by JakeH on Aug 15, 2007 11:39 PM CDT reply actions  

Why?
The heartbreak...

I'm starting to miss the days of being 20 games under .500, talking crap about DUSTBAG, and longing for a future of winning.

by Rogue 52 on Aug 15, 2007 11:40 PM CDT reply actions  

Yeah
Being in a playoff race sucks.  I rather not be close at all /sarcasm

by GoCubbies34 on Aug 15, 2007 11:42 PM CDT up reply actions  

I don't consider a team losing 13 of their last 16
in a playoff race.  I don't care what the standings say.

by Rogue 52 on Aug 15, 2007 11:43 PM CDT up reply actions  

That's strange
considering that's exactly what the standings say.
For your information, the Supreme Court has roundly rejected prior restraint.

by HoffPowahhh on Aug 15, 2007 11:44 PM CDT up reply actions  

Apparently...
You missed my comment:  I don't care what the standings say.

by Rogue 52 on Aug 15, 2007 11:45 PM CDT up reply actions  

That is
exactly how I feel. I know we aren't far out of first, but it feels like we are because we are playing so poorly. A pennant race is supposed to be fun. It isn't when you are losing all of the time.

by qccub on Aug 15, 2007 11:46 PM CDT up reply actions  

You call this a race?
It is starting to look like a race in say the Special Olympics...

by razzpunk on Aug 15, 2007 11:43 PM CDT up reply actions  

I don't even know the names of half the Reds
bullpen pitchers but suddenly they are on fire! Well I will try to not make some of you angry with "woe is me" talk so....at least we tried hard and scored runs...and lots of fans in the bleachers got a chance to catch a ball...and everyone had a chance to boo Michael Wuertz and Bob Howry....and we are making the NL Central race exciting....

by razzpunk on Aug 15, 2007 11:41 PM CDT reply actions  

LOL
You forgot to mention that our uniforms stayed pretty clean.
Did we really put Jose Macias on the field? Really???

by ksreed on Aug 15, 2007 11:42 PM CDT up reply actions  

wasnt around for 1969...........
but from what we read.........seeing a lot of similarities

by LuisSalazar on Aug 15, 2007 11:42 PM CDT reply actions  

Kerry's
Bringing it, at least.

phat

by phatass on Aug 15, 2007 11:45 PM CDT up reply actions  

that was
supposed to be a general comment, not a reply.

phat

by phatass on Aug 15, 2007 11:46 PM CDT up reply actions  

Wood
looks like he weighs around 150.
Did we really put Jose Macias on the field? Really???

by ksreed on Aug 15, 2007 11:43 PM CDT reply actions  

Fire Lou Pinella NOW...
Choking under the heat of his 1st pennant race....
The best defense is a good offense

by kcjones on Aug 15, 2007 11:43 PM CDT reply actions  

could'nt hurt....
when was the he drove in someone other than himself?
The best defense is a good offense

by kcjones on Aug 16, 2007 2:01 AM CDT up reply actions  

Cedeno Like
Cedeno would NEVER have taken 3 balls
Ryne Sandberg Game, June 23, 1984, he was 5 for 6, 7 RBI's

by mweil on Aug 15, 2007 11:46 PM CDT up reply actions  

Here;s a question
there are fair-weather fans and band wagon fans, whats it called when more people follow your team when its losing?

by INWes44 on Aug 15, 2007 11:44 PM CDT reply actions  

I think he's drunk
For your information, the Supreme Court has roundly rejected prior restraint.

by HoffPowahhh on Aug 15, 2007 11:45 PM CDT up reply actions  

Kendall has 3 RBIs
Show some respect.

Our guys don't play drunk. We're not Cardinals.

by lancaster99 on Aug 15, 2007 11:47 PM CDT up reply actions  

If the seat belt fits
You should try to remember to put it on.

by lancaster99 on Aug 15, 2007 11:50 PM CDT up reply actions  

I HATE THE FREAKING CARDINALS!
I was out tonight, and I had to listen to all of those pieces of whale filth brag.

You do NOT play nice with a Cardinals fan. You do not turn your back on one. They will gouge your eyes out from behind if you let your guard down.

They are not friends. They are not friendly adversaries.

They are the enemy. And once again, we will have to listen to their taunts because of the choking dogs that are the 2007 Cubs.

by lancaster99 on Aug 15, 2007 11:44 PM CDT reply actions  

I wonder
this guy seems serious.

But it's hard to tell.

Either way, he's got some issues.

If he really hates the Cards this much, he needs help. If he doesn't but wants to play-act like he does, he's got issues.

Again, either way...

phat

by phatass on Aug 15, 2007 11:48 PM CDT up reply actions  

NO
No, I'm sick and tired of them. And I'm sick and tired of Cubs fans taking pride in how "friendly" the rivalry is.

I live closer to St. Louis than I do Chicago. Down here, Cardinals fans LAUGH at your notion of friendliness. They make fun of you for being so pathetic.

I for one am tired of it.

by lancaster99 on Aug 15, 2007 11:49 PM CDT up reply actions  

Two words
Who cares?

phat

by phatass on Aug 15, 2007 11:51 PM CDT up reply actions  

uhhhh....
It's exactly why I'm about to go BALLISTIC...

Tony the FUCKIN^ drunk gets a * FREE PASS * , the whole drunken culture that surrounds that team GETS A FREE PASS and nobody is safe on any highway, by-way or surburban street in the USA.....

FU%$ The turds and anyone who follows them.....come on pathageron DUDES show us how BAD the deadturds really are....how many games under .500 "should they be".........

well WAKE THE FUC& UP.........FOCUS on what is really happening......

The best defense is a good offense

by kcjones on Aug 16, 2007 2:12 AM CDT up reply actions  

The majority of people here think the
Cardinals and their drunk club house are friendly advesaries...

by Rogue 52 on Aug 15, 2007 11:48 PM CDT up reply actions  

.......agree completely....
Al Queda....Please Nuke St. Louis.  
The best defense is a good offense

by kcjones on Aug 16, 2007 1:18 AM CDT up reply actions  

Anyone who
would wish ill will or even death on another human being is mentally unstable. Do you even think before you post? How old are you, 10?
I love this team!!!!!

by sue369 on Aug 16, 2007 12:52 PM CDT up reply actions  

Sue...
Relax....these are words (codes...1's and 0's) flying around on wires........

Bad stab at humor...sorry if I offended you.

The best defense is a good offense

by kcjones on Aug 17, 2007 12:01 AM CDT up reply actions  

At least Tom Dressen sang pretty.....
and Josh Vitters got to thank everyone on the planet...and ARam got a homer on his bobblehead night....

by razzpunk on Aug 15, 2007 11:45 PM CDT reply actions  

Just staying positive pal...
wouldn't want you to get your panties in a bunch...

by razzpunk on Aug 15, 2007 11:48 PM CDT up reply actions  

At least we are still above .500...
for a day or two at least...at least Kerry Wood pitched a good inning...at least we are making Alfonso Soriano feel like he is the "key" to the team...

by razzpunk on Aug 15, 2007 11:47 PM CDT reply actions  

Seriously there is at least half an inning left
And there are douchebags here and in Wrigley that are bailing.  Yeah its late but come on, at least wait until the game is over to give up.  I'm sure none of you who are giving up ever played on a sports team before.  I sure hope not at least.

by GoCubbies34 on Aug 15, 2007 11:48 PM CDT reply actions  

Josh Vitters
What was with all the Thanks You's. I'm just in a bad mood. How could the Cubs not score on the last 2 reds Pitchers who BOTH had ERA's of over 13!!
Ryne Sandberg Game, June 23, 1984, he was 5 for 6, 7 RBI's

by mweil on Aug 15, 2007 11:48 PM CDT reply actions  

Murton
take a pitch we need base runners!
Ryne Sandberg Game, June 23, 1984, he was 5 for 6, 7 RBI's

by mweil on Aug 15, 2007 11:48 PM CDT reply actions  

Because guys are...
supposed to get on base every single time up, right?  I guess a double driven to deep CF and 2 BB isn't enough for some people.

by SouthernCub on Aug 15, 2007 11:52 PM CDT up reply actions  

No, but a dribbler to 3rd is great?
I just want someone to produce with the game on the line.  This isn't April.

by Itchy on Aug 16, 2007 12:03 AM CDT up reply actions  

Your mentality
is astounding. Really.
I love this team!!!!!

by sue369 on Aug 15, 2007 11:56 PM CDT up reply actions  

I stay up LATE for this?
Where did the Cubs bats go?
Ryne Sandberg Game, June 23, 1984, he was 5 for 6, 7 RBI's

by mweil on Aug 15, 2007 11:50 PM CDT reply actions  

If Cedeno GIDP
I'm not coming back for a week

by INWes44 on Aug 15, 2007 11:50 PM CDT reply actions  

that was close
he wanted the GIDP but even he could make it down that baseline

by INWes44 on Aug 15, 2007 11:52 PM CDT up reply actions  

We always play our best against the Cards
at Wrigley. I think they are going to provide us the spark we badly need. I predict a sweep of the Cards.

by cubsnlinux on Aug 15, 2007 11:50 PM CDT reply actions  

Well...
We are going to have to just to hold second place!

by IllinoisCubs on Aug 15, 2007 11:52 PM CDT up reply actions  

Trade JJ
After we win the World Series
Ryne Sandberg Game, June 23, 1984, he was 5 for 6, 7 RBI's

by mweil on Aug 15, 2007 11:52 PM CDT up reply actions  

Holy Crap!
tie this sucker up!
fly your W flag Cubs fans!

by love the ivy on Aug 15, 2007 11:51 PM CDT reply actions  

So is this as low of a point as the start of June
I mean it feels as bad but we are still in second and only 1 1/2 out so anytime now if we could catch some luck....but man it seems like out opportunity already knocked and we weren't home....

by razzpunk on Aug 15, 2007 11:52 PM CDT reply actions  

Now you're talking
I can't relate to the "woe is me" BS, but I hear you on this.

Lotta squandered opportunities. But the Brewers are probably thinking they've squandered a lot of opportunities, too.

There's a reason they play 162 games. I'm hoping the next six weeks are better than the last 2-plus.

Piniella himself said not to get too giddy when they went into first place two weeks ago. Looks like we should take our cues from him.

by Not Bruce Froemming on Aug 16, 2007 12:03 AM CDT up reply actions  

This is not the year.
But for the first time in a long time I feel we have some talent.  Get me A-Rod at short.  Spend Spend Spend.  I don't care, buy me a championship.  After 100 years, I like the Yankees model.

by garyscottrules on Aug 15, 2007 11:54 PM CDT reply actions  

The reds suck and we lose!!!!
Ryne Sandberg Game, June 23, 1984, he was 5 for 6, 7 RBI's

by mweil on Aug 15, 2007 11:54 PM CDT reply actions  

If there's somebody
I want up there it's theriot.

phat

by phatass on Aug 15, 2007 11:54 PM CDT reply actions  

Ladies and gentlemen
Your third place, no second place, no first place Cardinals.  Unfricking watchable

by IllinoisCubs on Aug 15, 2007 11:54 PM CDT reply actions  

Standings say STL is in third
I'll bet anybody here $100 ficticious dollars the Cardinals will NOT win the division.

by Not Bruce Froemming on Aug 16, 2007 12:04 AM CDT up reply actions  

Ok I've seen
enough of the Ronny Cedeno experiment.

Another sick note

David "Freaking" Weathers has 2 saves in this series

"We have the rabbit's foot now" -Z

by TheRamZamDLEE on Aug 15, 2007 11:55 PM CDT reply actions  

Agreed
Ugly ass Cedeno needs to get the hell outta there

by GoCubbies34 on Aug 15, 2007 11:56 PM CDT up reply actions  

Breweres are Out
It is a race between the Cubs and Cards. We have the lead.

brewers are dead.

Ryne Sandberg Game, June 23, 1984, he was 5 for 6, 7 RBI's

by mweil on Aug 15, 2007 11:55 PM CDT reply actions  

Not to Throw A Lemon On Your Happy Party
but what makes you think the Cubs are any better than the Brewers.  Can't be the record, the Brewers seem to have a better one.

by garyscottrules on Aug 15, 2007 11:56 PM CDT up reply actions  

Nope
The central race between the Cards and the Astros should be fairly exciting this year. Welcome to 2004 and 2005 and 2006. Why move forward when you can relive the past?

by park on Aug 15, 2007 11:58 PM CDT up reply actions  

Why
do you need to look at the play while running to first on that. Why? Why, why? Running hard to first is the only task at hand. Looking to your left is not necessary when running straight to a base and then past it. Is there a reason for this? Serious question. I played baseball as a kid and know my share about the game but recognize I could be missing something on this one. Any help? Anyone?

by park on Aug 15, 2007 11:56 PM CDT reply actions  

Once again, a visiting team can
enjoy the Chicago nightlife, kick our ass, and have a laugh all at our expense.  Welcome to Wrigley Field, we promise to not beat you!!

by Itchy on Aug 15, 2007 11:56 PM CDT reply actions  

For the person who thinks we can get A-ROD...
Keep dreaming...

Hendry's back loaded contracts will keep this team from spending much more money for the next 8 years UNLESS an owner wants to join the Yankees in the salary tax bracket.

by Rogue 52 on Aug 15, 2007 11:56 PM CDT reply actions  

cedeno
my god, get this little turd on a grehound bus and back to iowa. . .

by CZ38 on Aug 15, 2007 11:57 PM CDT reply actions  

11 Runs!!
how did we give up 11 runs with Lilly pitching?
Ryne Sandberg Game, June 23, 1984, he was 5 for 6, 7 RBI's

by mweil on Aug 15, 2007 11:57 PM CDT reply actions  

well we gotta win tomorrow
salvage one game of the set, unfortunately the lineup will probably be without ARAM, and furthermore Marquis is pitching, whatever happened to riding out the Pie MOJO i think we need to go back there until our record is .500 with him in the game, put JJ in right now that he's hitting with DeRO backing him up, and platoon left with Floyd and Murton, until Soriano Gets back

by INWes44 on Aug 15, 2007 11:57 PM CDT reply actions  

Pie
We need to change up things - Pie at something and hopefully he starts hitting.
Ryne Sandberg Game, June 23, 1984, he was 5 for 6, 7 RBI's

by mweil on Aug 15, 2007 11:59 PM CDT up reply actions  

ohh soriano
do we miss you . . .

by CZ38 on Aug 15, 2007 11:58 PM CDT reply actions  

Ohhh, noooooooooooo...
We don't miss Soriano!! So many people here were just fine missing the guy. ("Oh, he's not a lead-off hitter!!")  I don't care where he bats.
A weapon like that, even when he's not at the top of his game is sorely needed in this line-up.

BS. He's an important cog in this line-up. When he's not here, this whole line-up presses.

Hard to believe they actually put 9 up tonight.

by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Aug 16, 2007 12:03 AM CDT up reply actions  

See, that's an excuse
Every team has injuries to key people. Have the Mets dried up and blown away without Beltran? How about the Phillies without Utley?

All this does is provide a convenient excuse for poor play.

I said it when Soriano got hurt: If the Cubs tank now, they weren't that good to begin with.

The jury's still out, but it isn't looking good.

by Not Bruce Froemming on Aug 16, 2007 12:07 AM CDT up reply actions  

Score 14 runs in 2 games with your
1 and 2 pitchers on the mound and what do you get? Inexplicably 2 losses....it has to be something supernatural!

by razzpunk on Aug 15, 2007 11:58 PM CDT reply actions  

I've held my tongue this week
But I'm about to go all Offerman on inanimate objects.

The happiest guy in the park was Vitters. And after that "gee can I thank somebody" speech in which he thanked everybody from his agent to somebody he played catch with in 1st grade....

...he'd better freaking produce in 5 years.
He went from a freakin' teenager to a egomanical MLBer-to-be in 30 seconds. Remarkable.

by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Aug 15, 2007 11:59 PM CDT reply actions  

Get a cell phone
and thank them yourselves. Do I need to watch the Reds go ahead with a big HR and hear mention everyone in his phone book.
Ryne Sandberg Game, June 23, 1984, he was 5 for 6, 7 RBI's

by mweil on Aug 16, 2007 12:01 AM CDT up reply actions  

Vitters
Leave the kid Vitters alone. He's 17 years old and I've never heard anyone more nervous on TV.

by park on Aug 16, 2007 12:07 AM CDT up reply actions  

I can't believe
I stayed up until midnight to watch this shit. Didn't score a run in the last four innings. This team is crashing to the ground in spectacular fashion. Cards are now only two behind us. There is no way any reasonable person couldn't be concerned about this team right now.

by qccub on Aug 16, 2007 12:00 AM CDT reply actions  

Concerned?
I am way beyond concerned and well into fatalistic. I will continue to watch every game and hope, but as far as I'm concerned (as a fan, not a player, who should never think like a fan) this is not a playoff year. If I am pleasantly surprised, then that will be just extraordinarily super duper.

by park on Aug 16, 2007 12:05 AM CDT up reply actions  

hendry
needed to make few moves before the deadline . . . this crap team isnt going anywhere

by CZ38 on Aug 16, 2007 12:02 AM CDT reply actions  

Which moves, specifically?
Who did he need to get? And who would you have traded to get him?

by Not Bruce Froemming on Aug 16, 2007 12:05 AM CDT up reply actions  

Not throwing in the towel
on this team just yet. They have a crazy mix of skill and luck and have beat a lot of odds.
All teams hit skids. The Cards hit theirs early on and are making a huge come back. The Brewers are still in the midst of theirs. And now it is our unfortunate turn, but there will be an upswing again. I am sure of it.
fly your W flag Cubs fans!

by love the ivy on Aug 16, 2007 12:02 AM CDT reply actions  

Perhaps it is time to enjoy the horror of it all..
like watching a comedy....it is almost like a script has been written...an improbable script that only happens in Hollywood...but we have all been here many times before....time to laugh at this season...

by razzpunk on Aug 16, 2007 12:02 AM CDT reply actions  

NotBruceFroemming... DON'T READ THIS
Folks, we've seen a summation of the history of the Chicago Cubs franchise over the last couple of weeks. Team plays inspired ball to pull to within 1/2 game of first, even holding first by % points for a day. Fans are excited, players can't wait to get to the ballpark. Then, "stud" player gets hurt and team goes into a 2-7 tailspin.

Why is it other teams see injuries as something that happens, and overcomes them, while it ALWAYS seems like the slightest bit of adversity sends our boys scampering for the nearest bomb shelter needing a change of underwear ?

For once, just ONCE, is it too much to ask that this franchise suck it up, play through it, and beat the DAMN TEAMS THEY SHOULD BE BEATING ?

by scotteboy on Aug 16, 2007 12:05 AM CDT reply actions  

In a word, yes.
I completely share your frustration, but stepping back, this team is probably just finding its level.  This squad is a .500 team.  We hae pretty good defense, but a sub-par offense, a sub-par bullpen and an average rotation.  They played lights out for a month, but that was kind of like Fontenot hitting .400 when he first came up.  No way it could last.  

This team needs much more than it has to contend, even in this division.

Sorry, Not Bruce.  Hope this didn't send you into apoplexy.

Did we really put Jose Macias on the field? Really???

by ksreed on Aug 16, 2007 12:09 AM CDT up reply actions  

Apoplexy? Hardly
I actually agree with most of your points.

I just can't stand the "wah-wah," woe-is-me, game is over before it's over crap.

by Not Bruce Froemming on Aug 16, 2007 12:12 AM CDT up reply actions  

I said this before the last
Reds series -- I'll say it again. This team (the Reds) is not as bad as their record looks. They've played well over .500 ball since they canned their manager.

Obviously, the damage is done -- they are  about 15-16 games below .500. However, their low point was 20 below. (when Narron was fired) This point was missed by many here.

So, even though the Reds are buried -- they've improved their record, by 5 to 6 games -- because they have played so well since the managerial change.

Hate to say this, but it's the Cubs, Dodgers, and Brewers are the NL teams -- that others are feasting on.

(Rockies won again, beating the Padres in SD. The Padres are close to becoming another NL team that's falling apart. They are playing .500 ball.)

by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Aug 16, 2007 12:13 AM CDT up reply actions  

The Reds are no pushover
Their biggest problem all season has been their bullpen. And what, the Cubs scored four off it tonight? Normally, that should be enough.

The pitching hasn't been there the last two nights. When the pitching and hitting aren't in sync, it can be awfully frustrating.

by Not Bruce Froemming on Aug 16, 2007 12:17 AM CDT up reply actions  

"Hollywood" scripts have
happy endings, unless you are into slasher flicks.

by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Aug 16, 2007 12:05 AM CDT reply actions  

I just figured it out!!!
Lou is on high doses of prozak - NOTHING pisses him off as of late.

Maybe our players arent' fired up because HE'S not fired up...?
They DO need him to blow up....

I mean...he's CHUCKLING during the post game...

(huh?)

"Welcome to Lou's BLUE Crew....Cubbies in '07"

by Bluelou on Aug 16, 2007 12:08 AM CDT reply actions  

Try all out laughing...
I'm really puzzled.  Just thrown in the "We'll get them tomorrow..."

by Rogue 52 on Aug 16, 2007 12:13 AM CDT up reply actions  

But even though all of this is happening...
if we just turn things around we can take control...I mean I just can't believe that this team will play this poorly the rest of the way....

by razzpunk on Aug 16, 2007 12:08 AM CDT reply actions  

They won't
play poorly the rest of the way. They'll come back.
I love this team!!!!!

by sue369 on Aug 16, 2007 12:13 AM CDT up reply actions  

I've been fighting
to keep my hopes up this year. I think we are a better team than either Milwaukee or the Cards, but I have come to the conclusion that this isn't going to be our year either. Makes me sad.

by qccub on Aug 16, 2007 12:09 AM CDT reply actions  

Thanks
for the input Troll.

by qccub on Aug 16, 2007 12:12 AM CDT up reply actions  

Is he an uninformed, idiot douchebag too?
or were you just venting, perhaps?
Did we really put Jose Macias on the field? Really???

by ksreed on Aug 16, 2007 12:12 AM CDT up reply actions  

I'm venting
about uniformed, idiot douchebags, yes. :)

by Not Bruce Froemming on Aug 16, 2007 12:14 AM CDT up reply actions  

I'm on you.
Everytime I see you attacking, I'll be there calling you on it and watching you fling juvenile insults in response.  This will be fun.
Did we really put Jose Macias on the field? Really???

by ksreed on Aug 16, 2007 12:16 AM CDT up reply actions  

Good one
I was just voicing an opinion, which I believe is allowed on this board, right? I won't stoop to the level of name calling notbruce does. I don't think it is much of a reach to say that the Cubs are probably in reality a .500 team. They're only one game over right now. It is starting to look to me like that is just what they are, an average team.  

by qccub on Aug 16, 2007 12:16 AM CDT up reply actions  

Yep
It was fun to watch in July, but this is the inevitable come-down.  You can't win when your outfield doesn't have one legitimate offensive threat; when your bullpen consistently implodes; when you have only two reliable starters.  Very disappointing, but totally forseeable.  And saying so doesn't make you a disloyal fan; it makes you a realist.  It also makes you not Not Bruce, which is a good thing.
Did we really put Jose Macias on the field? Really???

by ksreed on Aug 16, 2007 12:19 AM CDT up reply actions  

*Sigh*
There's a difference between saying this is an "average" team and saying this is "not our year."

This year, "average" might just be good enough.

And it appears, ksreed, you're doing a bit more mudslinging than I am.

by Not Bruce Froemming on Aug 16, 2007 12:33 AM CDT up reply actions  

I havent posted in a while because....
I didnt have anything to say that was worth while. I  stayed up till midnight and I have to be up in 5 hours. I want someone, literally anyone, to help me understand how we are still in this.

Tonight looked like April. Meaningless home runs, nothing put up on the board after the fifth. I am aware that we are in this race if you look at the standing tomorrow, but nothing about this team appears to be playoff caliber. We have thrown at them our best two pitchers, and the have teed off both nights.

Our bullpen is back to old form. No two out hits. Our 3 hitter is hitting like a 6 hitter, and our outfield tonight has 8HR. FOR THE SEASON!!!!

Someone tell me what about this team reaks of October. Please someone give me hope.

by louslovechild on Aug 16, 2007 12:10 AM CDT reply actions  

Sorry
I can't help you. I don't think they're as bad as they are playing right now, but I am starting to believe they aren't a playoff team either.

by qccub on Aug 16, 2007 12:12 AM CDT up reply actions  

Not Bruce Froemming
Is the signature message board "Passive Agressive Voice of Reason" around here...

by Rogue 52 on Aug 16, 2007 12:15 AM CDT up reply actions  

I'm not a sheep
I was devastated in 2003. I'm not sure I'll ever get over it, at least until the Cubs win it all (and they will, someday).

But just because I don't pull out the crying towel every two minutes doesn't mean I'm some sort of Pollyanna.

I want the Cubs to win as much as anybody. But baseball also isn't a seven-game season. And I am NOT going to let what this franchise has done in the past influence how I think it will do today.

I love the Cubs almost as much as I love anyone or anything else. But I also realize that, even if this team doesn't win the division, it's heading in the right direction after two abysmal seasons.

And remember, at the end of the day, it still is only a game.

by Not Bruce Froemming on Aug 16, 2007 12:25 AM CDT up reply actions  

I am with
you on this comment. This is a fair and accurate description of how I feel as a Cubs fan too. And it is still only a game, but one that I really really, with all my heart, truly want to win :-)
fly your W flag Cubs fans!

by love the ivy on Aug 16, 2007 12:30 AM CDT up reply actions  

I guess we need to keep a sense of humor and
ride out this slump....I mean at least we are having this happen at a time when the Brewers haven't taken advantage...and we can deal with the Cards by playing them....and our offense scored 14 runs the last two games....6 weeks, who knows...I am starting to believe that if we get all pissed and and ready for the collapse then in some weird way it sends the bad vibes right out there to the team and they play up to our expectations...

by razzpunk on Aug 16, 2007 12:13 AM CDT reply actions  

Precisely
If Cubs culture ever is going to change, it has to change completely, in every facet of the game.

I think Lou is well on his way to doing that. I think fans should give it a try, too, and not expect the ceiling to fall in at every hiccup.

This has been a bad stretch, but the last time I checked, this team still is 1.5 games out with 45-50 games to go.

As bad as the Cubs have been playing, it's still far too early to hoist the white flag.

by Not Bruce Froemming on Aug 16, 2007 12:19 AM CDT up reply actions  

I am coming around to your side....
the game tonight and last night showed that the team can score runs at least.....but when Cubsdom starts panic mode I think in some weird way the players catch that vibe and it totally affects them...so just as we shouldn't get so giggly during July we shouldn't jump off a bridge in August....this can be turned around...although I would be delighted if someone threw Michael Wuertz off a bridge...

by razzpunk on Aug 16, 2007 12:23 AM CDT up reply actions  

"White Flag"
You know, that usually means "surrender."

For the Cubs, it means -- "W."

I've always thought this has been backward -- forever.

Why isn't a BLUE flag, with a WHITE "W" the standard-bearer? Just because some guy thought of this idea in 1935, to tell L-riders and people who passed by the park if the Cubs won that day -- it doesn't mean the friggin' concept can't change?

After all, with today's modern media, this quaint tradition is -- well, dated??

Why must the Cubs raise a flag symbolic of the 'universal signal of surrender" -- after -- WINNING????

by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Aug 16, 2007 12:25 AM CDT up reply actions  

I've always wondered
about that, too.

Maybe we should e-mail McDonough. :)

by Not Bruce Froemming on Aug 16, 2007 12:27 AM CDT up reply actions  

I'm only half-kidding about this.
Even as a teenager, I wondered about this.
Why not change this 'tradition?' Who would it hurt?

After all, there would be a rush to buy "blue" flags.......

by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Aug 16, 2007 12:41 AM CDT up reply actions  

And another thing..
an "L" doesn't go up after a loss...right?
I don't remember. I hope that doesn't happen.

Having an "L" hanging over the park is bad karma.

And, I'm only half-kidding.

by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Aug 16, 2007 12:43 AM CDT up reply actions  

The only thing
that the Comedy Central is proving -- is that the team who stumbles THE LEAST will win -- and might win with...83 victories, as improbable as that might seem. Well, I guess it's not that improbable, taking a look at the '06 Cardinals.

It's also a possibility that this division's winner will be at .500 or below.

by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Aug 16, 2007 12:17 AM CDT reply actions  

Not that I remember off hand
but I believe the '73 Mets won at 83-79, and the 05 Padres may have been 84-78. The NL West, if anybody remembers, was dubbed the NL Worst that year.

I remember Padres fans were complaining that it didn't even seem as if the team actually won the division, with that record. The team, (again, from memory) hovered at .500 into the second week of September but put a streak together at the right time to win the division -- and was then quickly dispatched by the Cardinals in the Divisional series.

I don't believe  ANY division has been won at .500 or worse -- but I heard this posibility discussed on ESPN radio today, and it was speculated that this was distinctly possible in the Central this season.

Of course, all 3 individuals that were discussing the topic thought the Cardinals would be the eventual winner. Nobody gave the Brewers a chance -- they gave the Cubs only a "slight" chance.

All of that Cardinal love from the east coast.

by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Aug 16, 2007 12:34 AM CDT up reply actions  

I don't get this Cardinals fascination
Their pitching sucks. Their pitching sucks. Oh, and their pitching sucks.

They were 1-5 two weeks ago against two bad teams, the Nats and the Pirates. They went 5-2 last week against two fading teams, the Padres and Dodgers.

This Cardinals team is not the Cardinals team of 2006. I suspect they're going to cool off soon -- like this weekend, perhaps.

by Not Bruce Froemming on Aug 16, 2007 12:40 AM CDT up reply actions  

ESPN is busy -- as we know
concentrating on the Bosox and Yankees. They do remember hearing "The Cardinals Usually Win."

Therefore, it's a safe call. Doesn't mean you've actually thought about it.

by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Aug 16, 2007 12:47 AM CDT up reply actions  

There is not
a single team I would classify as good in the entire division. That is the frustrating thing, it has been there for the taking the last two weeks and the Cubs just keep losing games.

by qccub on Aug 16, 2007 12:20 AM CDT up reply actions  

At the same time
virtually every other team in the division probably is thinking they've wasted tons of opportunities, too.

I do think the Cubs are going to be in this thing until the end. Will they win it? I have no idea. But I fully intend to find out.

by Not Bruce Froemming on Aug 16, 2007 12:26 AM CDT up reply actions  

Ugh.
This game had flashes of promise. But so much for that. A few things:
1)Our bullpen sucks. Again.
2)Offense still needs some work.
3)We can't keep doing this. The Brewers aren't going to keep losing forever. This is the time to get serious, if we want to see October.
4)I have a beer buzz, I'm tired, and I'm going to bed. Let's get a W tomorrow. Go Cubs.
Your results may vary.

by riggs on Aug 16, 2007 12:22 AM CDT reply actions  

Problems
Agreed on all points but I have no beer buzz. Yes, the bullpen is struggling, but the starting pitching is the much bigger problem. At this writing we have ZERO starting pitchers one could classify as reliable, including Big Z. A great pen can do but so much when they are coming in behind already. That's where the problem with the offense comes in. We still have a good group of hitters, but they are slowly forgetting to work counts and trying to hit homeruns with every swing. That, and with Soriano out and Pie not an every day player we suddenly have NO speed on the basepads. If we can get back to 2-3 reliable starters, get Marmol going, maybe Wood and one other throwing with confidence, and if the big bats can stop trying to break the homerun record all at once, we might just turn this thing around. Man, had Fontenot hit that thing out last night, that would have been huge.

by park on Aug 16, 2007 12:34 AM CDT up reply actions  

15 Games Below .500
How do we continue to lose to this lousy team?
We scored 5 against their best pitcher and arguably one of the best in the NL -- yet we lost.
Tonight we score 9 against two of the worst pitchers on this arguably one of the worst teams in the NL -- yet we lost.
Why -- our pitching staff once again did not get the job done when it counted.
Yeah -- I know -- Lilly has been pretty consistent all year and our ace Z had a pretty good run but why in the hell can't these guys do the job against this lousy team?
Then we trot in Wuertz who does his right handed impersonation of Ohman and then Howry decides to revert to his early season form and lose another game -- how many is that now for him -- 7 and counting. And don't run through the stats over the past month when he was fairly consistent. When we needed him tonight, he failed -- Wuertz failed -- Lilly failed.
On other days or nights, it is the failure of Eyre, or Dempster, or Hill, or whoever decides to take the night off when we need just one, two, or three outs.
We will win when this bunch can collectively put together a streak of well pitched innnings -- not when they take turns in the crapper.
And please -- get rid of Cedeno who has absolutely no clue what the strike zone is. And get rid of Koy Hill. We can use an extra bat off the bench and a guy who could catch a couple of games a week. If Lou is going to play Kendall at least 5 games a week, what in the hell do we need a non-productive benchwarming catcher for?
Finally -- please tell me what is wrong with D.Lee? I love the guy -- but for the past two weeks he has looked absolutely sick at the plate. Sure he has had a few hits but his entire approach has him looking like JJ during the first 3 months of the season. Does he have some unexplained problem that is being kept a secret? He looks awful -- he is passive or I should say lacks the agressive approach that we all came to love. I just do not understand what is wrong.

Th

by ceegeewow on Aug 16, 2007 12:28 AM CDT reply actions  

Please go back a few posts
so you can see why the Reds havn't been a 'lousy' team since they fired Jerry Narron.
I will say it AGAIN -- they have played ABOVE .500 since his dismissal. They have gained 5 games in the standings. (And, Aaron Harung is a definite Cy Young candidate.)

by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Aug 16, 2007 12:38 AM CDT up reply actions  

Just heard Lou on the postgame
He doesn't sound ready to slash his wrists.

I think we should take our cues from a guy who's been through one or two pennant races, and been successful in them.

I'm not saying there isn't going to be angst. But let's give it a shot.

by Not Bruce Froemming on Aug 16, 2007 12:29 AM CDT reply actions  

Basically, he said the Reds
aren't as bad as some people think or as their record indicates. They have a lot of guys who can bash the ball, and that's exactly what they're doing right now.

He sounded encouraged about the offense. Unfortunately, the pitching wasn't there the last two nights.

The key tonight was Wuertz not holding the lead in the sixth. He absolutely needed to do that. But he's been pretty decent most of the year.

by Not Bruce Froemming on Aug 16, 2007 12:37 AM CDT up reply actions  

Basic denial....
...MY PRETTY GOOD PITCHING ...OH WELL DIDN'T GET IT DONE...

MY PI$$ POOR CRAP PFFENSE DID IT'S USUAL THING...BUT oh THOSE BOYS TRY SO HARD...

HENDRY....give someone some major leagurers out there to work with....

even as much as I dream....I don't expect anyone to win with the AAA Iowa roster...and none of YOUR LOSERS are stepping up to make any impact at this juncture of the season...

The best defense is a good offense

by kcjones on Aug 16, 2007 2:25 AM CDT up reply actions  

...uhh...soo...
he is gonna take sedatives till the important stretch is over and then figure he can yell and scream and get results?

Wake up and smell the coffee.....this is gonna be a very very bitter end of season....

The best defense is a good offense

by kcjones on Aug 16, 2007 2:19 AM CDT up reply actions  

I'm sure Lou would
gladly step down and let you take his place, since you seem to know exactly what buttons to push.

Plus, since you know exactly what kind of an end to the season it's going to be, you might be able to make some extra cash off that future-seeing ability.

by Not Bruce Froemming on Aug 16, 2007 2:27 AM CDT up reply actions  

...uhhh...
As much as it pains me and I hate to say it....I'll bet you $100 real dollars he DOESN'T figure it out....
The best defense is a good offense

by kcjones on Aug 16, 2007 2:51 AM CDT up reply actions  

See ya
No need for you to watch the rest of this season, then.

See you next year, unless they lose Opening Day, in which case I'm sure you'll be off the bandwagon.

by Not Bruce Froemming on Aug 16, 2007 2:54 AM CDT up reply actions  

Lets face it...
this team isn't that good. Plain and simple. I didn't think Soriano would hurt that much being out but really, this team is not that good. Fortunately for us, no one in the division is. However the Cubs aren't that good, and they're a dumb baseball team. Seriously Kendall/Howry, how many up in the zone 1-2 fastballs are you going to try and throw by Hamilton before you realize THEY ARE WAY TOO GOOD OF A PITCH TO THROW 1-2, ESPCECIALLY 3 STRAIGHT TIMES! Its incredible! Hamilton just misses one fouling it back, and "What do you say Bob, you think we should go back to the well one more time?" "Sure Jason, lets not throw some offspeed which we just setup by the two high hard ones..." Oh and good job Murton. I know he's been a good stick lately, but THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A TWO RUN HR leading off the bottom of the 9th, much less any inning. How about some fundamentals. I know people are going to say "Well, he almost got one out yesterday and he's been hot lately." Big deal, being hot doesn't excuse swinging at that pitch leading off the ninth. So he hits it 6,145 feet. Great, you're still losing. Well done. Someone needs to grow a God damn pair and step up.
JKuhle "I'd walk through hell in a gasonline suit to play baseball."

by TCobb1911 on Aug 16, 2007 12:37 AM CDT reply actions  

I can't disagree with much of what you wrote
Maybe this team isn't very good. But it's better than last year's team, better than 2005, and it's got a better shot at winning the division.

May we live in interesting times.

by Not Bruce Froemming on Aug 16, 2007 12:43 AM CDT up reply actions  

Absolutely.
First off, my apologies if my spelling resembles a three year old's. i'm just so damn frustrated, like all of you are. I agree its a better team than we've seen in previous years. And I'm not saying we're completley out of the race, but nothing screws a team more than poor fundamentals and stupid play.  I'm not going to sit here and say seasons over and all that because there is plenty of game left, and they are only 1.5 out with a huge series this weekend that I know we can take 3 out of. But (as I'm sure it does all of you) it chaps my rear end when you see dumb baseball. I really think instead of shopping around JJ next time, shop Cedeno. He is repulsive. You would have to throw a baseball to the crust of the Earth for him to think its out of the strike zone. He seriously is a clown. I would rather have Hector Villanueva playing second and hitting bare ass with Gary Scott on his shoulders than see Cedeno in Wrigley with anything but a peg full of cotton candy walking the aisles in his hand.
JKuhle "I'd walk through hell in a gasonline suit to play baseball."

by TCobb1911 on Aug 16, 2007 12:53 AM CDT up reply actions  

thank you
this shit is hilarious. Please, more. I'm all for shopping Cedeno, but who's buying? Maybe he could lay off some more pitches with that cotton candy peg in his hand.

by park on Aug 16, 2007 1:09 AM CDT up reply actions  

I almost crapped
when Ronny stepped to the plate. The stat line under his name said it all - .122 BA, 4 HR, .155 OBP

Like you said - who's buying (let alone needing or wanting) that?

"I got mad hits like I was Rod Carew!"

by lostinthevines on Aug 16, 2007 8:38 AM CDT up reply actions  

Right on
This post is spot on. When you have a bunch of capable hitters who are suffering from lack of a brain, is that good news because they can presumably grow the brain back? Or would you rather have a bunch of less established and slightly less talented guys with brains? Hmm, seems the D-Backs series is more symbolic than we could have imagined.

by park on Aug 16, 2007 12:54 AM CDT up reply actions  

I can't tolerate dumb baseball, either
Bad baseball is at least understandable if you have bad players.

Play entertaining, smart ball, and let the chips fall where they may.

This season, the Cubs have done that about half the time, unfortunately.

by Not Bruce Froemming on Aug 16, 2007 1:05 AM CDT up reply actions  

At least the culture has changed/is changing
with Lou Piniella at the helm.

Barrett, Ohlman -- whiners, posers, bad clubhouse guys are gone. Players have to produce -- or sit.
Theriot never had a chance under Dusty, says Bruce Miles.

No more does the manager say 'just bad luck.' after losing. There is responsibility for the losses. Players are held to different standards -- no more pampering.

Even if nothing happens this year, the scene is set for a different future.

by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Aug 16, 2007 12:52 AM CDT reply actions  

Lou gives me hope
that this is the start of a major realignment.

I thought that was going to be the case with Dusty, but I was sorely disappointed, as was (I think) every Cubs fan.

Even if this team doesn't win the division, finishing above .500 would be a big improvement. (But if the division's there for the taking, might as well take it, right?)

by Not Bruce Froemming on Aug 16, 2007 1:03 AM CDT up reply actions  

What change?
Lou has become a Lou-Ser.....
The best defense is a good offense

by kcjones on Aug 16, 2007 2:54 AM CDT up reply actions  

I'm with you guys
and agree that the team is improved under Lou. He will make more changes last year.

But a "Veteran/Championship caliber" team to just tank so poorly in the most crucial time does not bode well.

The teams with true talent have managed to do it in the NL - Phils and Mets.

Last night was my "Bartman" game redux in that I'm feeling like that was "it". God, I hope I'm wrong. But now I am feeling like this is a 3rd place team at season's end. The Cubs frankly now should be about 4 or 5 games in the lead.

It is hard for an obsessive Cub fan as myself who is not as "rainbows and roses" as some of you - due to having my hopes dashed so many times. As I said, I hope I am wrong - but right now its looking like a 2-5 home stand...to go on top of the crap road trip they just had...in a pennant race.

It is AUGUST, and we're STILL IN IT! YES!

by TheEman on Aug 16, 2007 8:26 AM CDT up reply actions  

Bring back dusty now....
a manager that can handle playoff pressure....
The best defense is a good offense

by kcjones on Aug 16, 2007 1:46 AM CDT reply actions  

College of Coaches
Why don't we just bring back the College of Coaches? Ones who can handle playoff pressure.  I vote for a faculty of Dusty Baker, Grady Little, John McNamara, Don Zimmer and Lee Elia. Tommy Lasorda can be the pitching coach.  
Wrigley Field...AKA The Pit of Despair

by TMOX on Aug 16, 2007 3:33 AM CDT up reply actions  

I cast
my vote for Herman Franks.

by qccub on Aug 16, 2007 7:43 AM CDT up reply actions  

Are you serious?
If so, what exactly did Dusty do to "handle the playoff pressure?"  Spark a fat one?

by DrCrawdad on Aug 16, 2007 7:38 AM CDT up reply actions  

That's what I did
"I got mad hits like I was Rod Carew!"

by lostinthevines on Aug 16, 2007 8:38 AM CDT up reply actions  

While I have enjoyed Lou here
I can't hep bu think that the last few losses have been because he has decided to stick with struggling arms.  

Big Z needed to come out an inning earlier and maybe that 1 run loss is a tie in the 9th

Wuertz needed to be hooked right after hi single after the HR.  I know it is fast but he has to manage like these games are do or die and he I thought his philosophy was don't produce, hit the pine.  

MMMMM...Hebrew National

by Kinky Reggae on Aug 16, 2007 7:53 AM CDT reply actions  

My son
(he's 12) was pulling his hair out when they came back from commercial and Wuertz was on the mound. I encourage patience and a wait-and-see attitude with him, but ut's getting harder and harder to do that when watching our bullpen.

That said, Wood looked good, no?

"I got mad hits like I was Rod Carew!"

by lostinthevines on Aug 16, 2007 8:41 AM CDT up reply actions  

Peter Cetera...touring with....symphonies???
What a waste of rock n roll talent...
He really blew it when he left Chicago (the band)

IMHO

"Welcome to Lou's BLUE Crew....Cubbies in '07"

by Bluelou on Aug 16, 2007 3:28 PM CDT reply actions  

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