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Open Thread: Cubs vs. Reds, Friday 9/28, 6:10 CT

Alyellontoppscard_tiny by Al Yellon on in Game Threads

We're gonna rock this town, rock it inside out
We're gonna rock this town, make 'm scream and shout
Let's rock, rock, rock man rock, rock
We're gonna rock till we pop, We're gonna roll till we drop
We're gonna rock this town, rock it inside out -- Stray Cats
UPDATE [2007-9-28 15:39:40 by Al]: Have arrived at my hotel in Cincinnati. Off to the GABP soon. GO CUBS!!!

Feel better now? Feel better after the Brewers looked just about as bad as the Cubs last night, losing 9-5? And wouldn't it be sweet if one of our all-time favorite Cubs, Greg Maddux, pitched his own team closer to the postseason -- and did the same for the Cubs, all on the same night?

We are going to rock Cincinnati this weekend -- tens of thousands of Cub fans, myself included, are headed toward the Queen City, with the hope, at last, of deliverance and redemption. That's why I'm opening the game thread early today -- heading out on the road shortly.

This lame attempt at humor by Chicago Tribune columnist Mary Schmich this morning has so much wrong with it I don't even know where to begin.

Meanwhile, Bruce Miles gives credit where credit's due -- to both Jim Hendry and Lou Piniella.

Just win, baby.

 Today's Starting Pitchers
Carlos Zambrano
 C. Zambrano
Cubs		 vs. Bronson Arroyo
 B. Arroyo
Reds
17-13 W-L 9-14
4.08 ERA 4.22
173 SO 155
100 BB 62
23 HR 26
vs. Cin -- vs. Cubs
Dear Z: Nice game last Sunday. Do it again.

Z has righted the ship: 3-1, 2.13 in his last four starts. He's 11-4, 3.16 on the road this year. And he won't have to face either Adam Dunn or Ken Griffey Jr., both out for the rest of the season.

The Cubs have defeated Bronson Arroyo twice already this year, and beat him up pretty good at Wrigley Field eleven days ago, even though they had to come from behind that day to win in dramatic walkoff fashion. Mark DeRosa (6-for-11, a HR), Cliff Floyd (6-for-18, 2 HR) and Aramis Ramirez (7-for-25, a HR) are the Cubs who hit him best.

Today's game is cable-only in the Chicago and Cincinnati markets. Here is today's Mediacenter link.

MLB.com Gameday (2007 version)

MLB.com Gameday (2006 version)

MLB.com Gameday for the Brewers/Padres game (7:05 CT start)

Discuss amongst yourselves.

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I'm glad to see everyone's quick to forget....
...yesterdays debacle and start fresh.  I would love to beat the guitar-playing hippie loser Arroyo.

Dan

Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.

by dtpollitt on Sep 28, 2007 9:18 AM CDT reply actions  

Magic Number down to 2
If our Northside heroes win today and those Bastards from Milwaukee lose tonight.

We can all rest easy this weekend :)

Wearing my Derrek Lee jersey to work today!

GO CUBS GO!

GO CUBS GO! Hey Chicago whatdya say the Cubs are going to win today!

by Galvan316 on Sep 28, 2007 9:19 AM CDT reply actions  

Bastards from Milwauke, huh?
At least Milwaukee has a World Series championship to its credit in the last 50 years. Choke on that, perennial loser!

by davewillie on Sep 28, 2007 11:46 AM CDT up reply actions  

Not the Brewers, Pal
C'mon, give it a break, that was the Braves, who for more than 40 years have been in Atlanta.  Yes, the Brewers get credit for their lone pennant in '82.  But go choke yourself on the 10 NL pennants the Cubs have won.  Enjoy watching the Cubs make their 14th playoff appearance next week .....

by wrigley1 on Sep 28, 2007 12:27 PM CDT up reply actions  

World Series Triva
Of all of the teams that have ever been in the World Series (thus, for example, the "New" Washington Senators/Texas Rangers does not count), what teams have gone the longest since their last appearance.   The longest is, sadly, pretty darn easy.  Its the Cubs.  1945.  But who has the next longest streak?    (It used to be 1959 and the White Sox.) See if you can figure it out without looking at a reference book.   Its really quite depressing.  I'll post the answer later if no one gets it.

by frustratedfan on Sep 28, 2007 12:39 PM CDT up reply actions  

Good question
I'll guess:

The Pirates (last appearance, 1979)

Others that have gone a long time since their last WS appearance:

Brewers (1982)
Orioles (1983)
Royals (1985)

"Have Keith Moreland drop a routine fly. Give everybody two bags of peanuts and a frosty malt, And I'll be ready to die." -Steve Goodman

by danimal15 on Sep 28, 2007 2:03 PM CDT up reply actions  

i'm sure it's the cubs, again.
"If you play more than two chords, you're showing off."--Woody Guthrie

by buckmulligan on Sep 28, 2007 3:33 PM CDT up reply actions  

i wasn't aware
that you were allowed to claim championships won by other franchises as your own.

To think we've been wasting our time hoping for a championship when we really won it 2 years ago.

Honestly, I have no problems with a little bit of trash talk back and forth, but know your story if you plan on giving a history lesson.

AC 00 00 00 - BELIEVE

by mike @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Sep 28, 2007 12:45 PM CDT up reply actions  

Ouch, even I felt that burn
"We are going to light up the SB Nation server farm like a Christmas tree." - cwyers

by NittanyCub on Sep 28, 2007 1:41 PM CDT up reply actions  

By his logic.....
The city of Chicago last had a WS champ in 2005. Thanks for playing...
n/t

by LT on Sep 28, 2007 2:37 PM CDT up reply actions  

Dear Dave-willie:
Who is willie? The farm animal you sleep with?  OK, I will stop with the Wisconsin jokes and get back to the question at hand...

Why would you call Cubs/Cub fans "perennial losers" when the Brewers have had many more losing seasons and a worse record than the Cubs over whatever time period you want to look at.

The fact that you want to cling to the performance of a franchise that fled your town for greener pastures is somewhat pathetic.  Why don't we all enjoy this fight to te finish and not get into asking one another to choke on things?  Both of our teams seem to be doing enough choking/gagging, but someone will end up on top by Sunday.

Prince Fielder...he is neither.

by LAcarl519 on Sep 28, 2007 4:31 PM CDT up reply actions  

Hopefully,
Prince Fielder won't end up on top.
Linus: Life is rarely all one way, Charlie Brown. You win some, you lose some. Charlie Brown: Really? Gee, that'd be neat.

by CyberCyclist on Sep 28, 2007 4:33 PM CDT up reply actions  

That's what she said.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 28, 2007 5:07 PM CDT up reply actions  

You gotta
picture to back that up?
Linus: Life is rarely all one way, Charlie Brown. You win some, you lose some. Charlie Brown: Really? Gee, that'd be neat.

by CyberCyclist on Sep 28, 2007 5:14 PM CDT up reply actions  

Not really...
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 28, 2007 5:26 PM CDT up reply actions  

Prince Fielder will end up on top
In the Johnsonville Brat eating contest!!

Joey Chestnut & Kobayashi don't have a chance.

Prince Fielder...he is neither.

by LAcarl519 on Sep 28, 2007 5:28 PM CDT up reply actions  

Logic
Using your same logic, Chicago won a World Series two years ago.  Just because the Seattle Pilots played in County Stadium for all those years doesn't give them the right to that 1957 World Series banner.  

Didn't you sniff the post-season back in 1982? Enjoy the aroma again, as you sit like a poor kid outside a restaurant window with your face pressed up to the glass.  Choke on that, Selig boy!

Wrigley Field...AKA The Pit of Despair

by TMOX on Sep 28, 2007 4:42 PM CDT up reply actions  

singing along . . .
to the Stray Cats in my head did make me feel better.

Go Cubs!

by Mr Snrub on Sep 28, 2007 9:20 AM CDT reply actions  

Think about the way this sets up...
...the Cubs, essentially, have Carlos Zambrano and Greg Maddux going to the mound for them tonight. That's pure baseball poetry.

I think this season is going to end pretty much how it's played out -- when the Cubs win, the Brewers win. And when the Cubs lose, the Brewers lose. But, when all is said and done, the Cubs win just a little bit more than the Brewers. And that will make the difference.

Don't tase me, bro!

by daver on Sep 28, 2007 9:20 AM CDT reply actions  

Quite possibly the best observation all day..
Isn't that just an amazing, alluring, astonishing confluence of baseball legend?

The top hurlers of the tragic Cubs 04 staff are united as one - one for  his team, but yet for ours.

As George McFly once saith:

" .. it is our density .. "

Go get em Z.

Rip em a new one, Maddog.

GO CUBS!

Well, Next Year is here .. and Jack's century's gotta end some time .. GO CUBBIES!

by cubnational on Sep 28, 2007 11:46 AM CDT up reply actions  

re: Quite possibly the best observation all day..
Hey, thanks for the props. It feels weird to say this after watching the Cubs get swept, but I'm feeling pretty confident about tonight.
"The Cubs aren't feeling too good about themselves, where we feel pretty good about ourselves ..." ~ Brewers bench coach Dale Sveum, 9/27/07

by daver on Sep 28, 2007 11:51 AM CDT up reply actions  

Mary Schmich
Yeah, that was weak.  Non-sportswriting female journalists always get saddled with lame assignments like that.

"Don't ask your boyfriend if the Cubs just scored a touchdown...it will make him a grumpy-puss."

and so forth.

I don't think I've ever been as big a Greg Maddux fan as I am today.

by DoubleYouFlag on Sep 28, 2007 9:22 AM CDT reply actions  

tonight, we celebrate!
zambrano will throw a gem and our ol' pal, maddux, will stifle the brewers!
"If you'da been thinkin you wouldn't 'a thought that." ~~ "Squints" Palledorous

by rm463 on Sep 28, 2007 9:25 AM CDT reply actions  

Stray Cats
That put a smile on my face. Thanks, AL!

Get one today guys!
I've also broken dress code and have on a Cubbie t-shirt...

GO CUBS GO!!

by Tangled Up In Blue on Sep 28, 2007 9:26 AM CDT reply actions  

Also have my jersey on at work
Hopefully it'll serve me well in the 5k to cure rabies.

by jbowling13 on Sep 28, 2007 9:28 AM CDT reply actions  

i am wearing my cubs tie!
on another note, i work in an office with several met fans and it aint pretty!

holy-spewage-of-anger!

"If you'da been thinkin you wouldn't 'a thought that." ~~ "Squints" Palledorous

by rm463 on Sep 28, 2007 9:31 AM CDT up reply actions  

"5k to cure Rabies"
"I may have puked my guys out....but I didn't puke out my heart. I'm proud of that."

by Tangled Up In Blue on Sep 28, 2007 9:34 AM CDT up reply actions  

Thank you Creed...
"I have a lot of experience with cults, both as a leader and as a follower.  Being a follower is more fun, but you make more money as a leader."

by Chadnudj on Sep 28, 2007 9:40 AM CDT up reply actions  

We are cursed
If the Cubs don't win, I'm finding a cat and throwing it in the nearest freezer

by TC Cubby on Sep 28, 2007 9:38 AM CDT up reply actions  

as long as
you do it respectfully and make sure to sing the cat's favorite song.
AC 00 00 00 - BELIEVE

by mike @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Sep 28, 2007 11:08 AM CDT up reply actions  

Don't forget...
...to feed the cat plenty of antihistamines.

by Chadnudj on Sep 28, 2007 1:55 PM CDT up reply actions  

thanks
I knew I was forgetting something.

I just did what you city folk are incapable of.

AC 00 00 00 - BELIEVE

by mike @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Sep 28, 2007 5:08 PM CDT up reply actions  

I'm wearing my Theriot jersey to class
I usually see at least one other Cubs fan on the way, and we usually share a knowing, somewhat pained look.
------ TheRiot Squad ------

by RightFieldSucks on Sep 28, 2007 10:52 AM CDT up reply actions  

I feel dumber...
...after reading that Mary Schmich column. I'm gonna go read the Bruce Miles piece in hopes it will serve as a countermeasure.
Don't tase me, bro!

by daver on Sep 28, 2007 9:30 AM CDT reply actions  

agreed
it sounds like a story written by someone with no baseball knowledge, who was given a baseball assignment and 'researched' something for 3 minutes and tried to write something for the paper deadline.  

All that something said absolutely nothing!!!

"I never said most of the things I said" ~ Yogi Berra

by BigZ 4 Cy on Sep 28, 2007 9:37 AM CDT up reply actions  

missing the point
I think everyone's missing the point of that article.  It's for fairweather fans that haven't been paying attention since the last time they were in the playoffs.  Obviously, everyone here is obsessed with the Cubs and it doesn't apply.  To us, it's pure fluff.  To Johnny come lately, it's a nice Cliff's notes version of the season to date.

Argue all you want about the value/reputation those types of fans bring to us, the diehards.  But the sad fact is they make up probably half of the "October fan base."

by MikeJ on Sep 28, 2007 12:51 PM CDT up reply actions  

I do agree with one point she made.....
....DeRosa is the 'hunkiest'!  Who uses that word anyway?
Cardinals?? Stick a fork in em - they are DONE.

by iluvryno on Sep 28, 2007 12:52 PM CDT up reply actions  

i cant say this loud enough
I AM SO PUMPED bout this weekend,  we could clinch tonite (not a prediction, just a hopefully, optimistic, option) or tomorrow (maybe most realistic) or sunday (would be most nervous if this is the case) or monday (I die of heart attack in fourth inning).

This is what being a cubs fan is all about: stressful games, guarded excitement, and the undying love of our team.

I am really tired of the folks that talk about us 'backing' in the division crown.  BS!! You play 162 like every other team, you win more than the teams in your division, you get rewarded by getting to play in october.  If the cubs won 32 games and won the division, Ill take it. we have won how many divsion in the last 60 years - ahh .. 3. Heck yea I will take #4 anyway i can get it (sunny side up, over easy, or burnt)

Should be a gr8 weekend to party!  Lets celebrate a division win and hopefully (please note guarded excitment here) throughout October!!

lets route for Big Z to make my user name valid!

"I never said most of the things I said" ~ Yogi Berra

by BigZ 4 Cy on Sep 28, 2007 9:31 AM CDT reply actions  

Last week
the Cubs all said Z was a big game picture.  Time to find out if thats true.  Arroyo is very beatable.  Gotta win tonight!

by Orval Overall on Sep 28, 2007 9:35 AM CDT reply actions  

Get it done
Tonight so I enjoy the weekend.  P.S. I would like to watch the Bears game so get it done before then.

GO CUBS, lets eliminate my stress and hairloss

Hey.....Cubs win!!!

by Hammer on Sep 28, 2007 9:40 AM CDT reply actions  

Huh?
"The Cubs aren't feeling too good about themselves, where we feel pretty good about ourselves ..." ~ Brewers bench coach Dale Sveum, 9/27/07

by daver on Sep 28, 2007 9:50 AM CDT up reply actions  

Agreed
And after the way soriano is playing this week, he should be DFA'd.

Is what I would say, if I was a moron.

One of Us!One Of Us!

by HerrProf on Sep 28, 2007 11:45 AM CDT up reply actions  

in center?
"If you play more than two chords, you're showing off."--Woody Guthrie

by buckmulligan on Sep 28, 2007 3:35 PM CDT up reply actions  

I get to come home on my...
..."lunch" break, even if it is at dinner time. So, we sat down as a family to watch the ballgame for once.

My stepdaughter hadn't really seen much baseball before (normally she'll be off playing in her playroom or watching the Disney Channel during ballgames). So her first question was "Why are they all running so much?"

She got bored with it pretty quick - she wanted to know when the Bears were playing next so she could watch that instead. (She goes around saying "Da Cubs" because she enjoyed "Da Bears" so much. A budding football fan -- I'm sure baseball will catch up to her.)

FREE CARMEN PIGNATIELLO!

by cwyers on Sep 28, 2007 9:42 AM CDT reply actions  

Little girls and sports
So funny.

My two year old daughter thinks all sports are the Cubs.  It can be an NBA game and she'll point to the TV and say "CUBS!"  She is learning though - she carries around a vacuum cleaner attachment like a baseball bat and yells "I Baseball!"

She is starting to understand the difference between football and baseball too.  All football is now "Cago Bears!"  

by SuperContext on Sep 28, 2007 12:09 PM CDT up reply actions  

re: Little girls and sports
My daughter is four now, but she used to do the same thing. Anything involving a ball and players in uniform was baseball.

Right now, she's crazy about the song "Go Cubs Go!" I've got it on my iPod and she's constantly asking me to play it.

"The Cubs aren't feeling too good about themselves, where we feel pretty good about ourselves ..." ~ Brewers bench coach Dale Sveum, 9/27/07

by daver on Sep 28, 2007 12:13 PM CDT up reply actions  

My daughter
Is more fond of "Bear Down".  I guess it is a little bit more catchy.  Too bad it seems she won't be hearing it as much this year as last year....

by SuperContext on Sep 28, 2007 1:04 PM CDT up reply actions  

Cago Bears need all the help they can get
tell your little girl to yell "Go GREASY"
Well, Next Year is here .. and Jack's century's gotta end some time .. GO CUBBIES!

by cubnational on Sep 28, 2007 1:01 PM CDT up reply actions  

LMAO!!
That made me burst out laughing....

Especially since my Cub hating co-workers already think im nuts.

GO CUBS GO! Hey Chicago whatdya say the Cubs are going to win today!

by Galvan316 on Sep 28, 2007 2:53 PM CDT up reply actions  

Arroyo
Time to show him what Chicago does to hippies.

by DoubleYouFlag on Sep 28, 2007 9:43 AM CDT reply actions  

YEAH
1968 all over again!  Wooo!  Lets crack some doper skulls!  Get a haircut you dirty hippie!
------ TheRiot Squad ------

by RightFieldSucks on Sep 28, 2007 10:52 AM CDT up reply actions  

OK, knock it off.
I have a graying goatee, a graying ponytail, I lived there in 1968, and you, sir, are a jerk.

And yes, I play guitar, have for over 30 years, have no intention to stop now, and I'm more than willing to say any and all of this to your cowardly face.

Knock it off.  Now.  Hate Cincinnati if you like, defeat them, to be sure, but knock off the rest of it.

Schmuck...

by MN exile on Sep 28, 2007 11:41 AM CDT up reply actions  

HIPPIE!!!!!!!!!
EVERYONE GET HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MMMMM...Fernandos fajitas and margaraitas

by Kinky Reggae on Sep 28, 2007 11:47 AM CDT up reply actions  

Photographer, actually.
And the nicest guy in the world unless I have a camera in my hands (or on my shoulder).  Then, don't cross me.  Don't even get in my way.  You won't like me...

by MN exile on Sep 28, 2007 11:54 AM CDT up reply actions  

Actually
I cut my hair off a few years back and used to follow the Dead, and continue to enjoy that scene.  

I just thought I'd throw you under the hippie bashing bus whilest i made my escape.  

Can't say I am a hippie though as I am only 32.  I have always recognized that true hippies experienced it...I have always just chased what I wished I was a part of...had a lot of fun doing so though!

MMMMM...Fernandos fajitas and margaraitas

by Kinky Reggae on Sep 28, 2007 11:58 AM CDT up reply actions  

re: Photographer, actually.
Are you implying that you'll beat someone up with your camera or that you'll just take a really, really unflattering picture of them?
"The Cubs aren't feeling too good about themselves, where we feel pretty good about ourselves ..." ~ Brewers bench coach Dale Sveum, 9/27/07

by daver on Sep 28, 2007 12:02 PM CDT up reply actions  

How badly do you want to know?
I'd never hit someone with a camera - well, at least not one of mine!

Although I was sorely tempted to let a real jerk feel an Anton Bauer brick in the kneecap once - I was shooting some HS hockey for a local (pre-FSN) sports outfit, standing at the top level, working handheld*, and the pinhead was shoving me, not realizing that I'd be gone in a few minutes and he'd soon have that part of it it all to himself.  He lipped off as I left, thinking better of it, not feeling like having to explain my actions to a judge.  So instead, I gave a very accurate description of the jerk to the local cop on duty at the arena.

* I had a full size broadcast Betacam.  Roughly 25-30 pounds fully loaded, and it would likely have cracked his kneecap.  (Even a bruised kneecap hurts like hell - for days.)

by MN exile on Sep 28, 2007 12:43 PM CDT up reply actions  

I thought Hippies were all love and peace...
or is that dream dead too?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 28, 2007 12:47 PM CDT up reply actions  

Peace and love.
In an ideal world, yes.  In this one, well, maybe it's a good thing to be ready to respond to untoward things.  And mistaken illusions, about that, or many other things, can bite you, badly, if you're unwise.

I am not advocating anything here, with the possible exception of taking this back to baseball now.

Go Cubs!

by MN exile on Sep 28, 2007 1:52 PM CDT up reply actions  

re: How badly do you want to know?
Gotcha. For some reason, your story reminded me of that time Dennis Rodman kicked that photographer during a Bulls game. I felt really bad for that guy. (The photographer, I mean.)
"The Cubs aren't feeling too good about themselves, where we feel pretty good about ourselves ..." ~ Brewers bench coach Dale Sveum, 9/27/07

by daver on Sep 28, 2007 12:57 PM CDT up reply actions  

I knew the guy.
If you take a look, he could have gotten himself an Emmy for that one.  

No excusing Rodmans' actions, though.  Or Rodman, for that matter.  If you ever want to know what not getting enough attention as a child looks like, he's your answer.

by MN exile on Sep 28, 2007 1:49 PM CDT up reply actions  

I think you're light
on the Betacam SP...

More like 40lbs?

Like a mini-battering ram!

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

by TheEman on Sep 28, 2007 2:10 PM CDT up reply actions  

Maybe the really old ones.
By the time they got to chip cameras, even with a brick on the back, maybe 30.  Still, carry one around on your shoulder all day in 90+ degree heat and I predict you will be sore the next day.

That, of course, is not counting the hip pack with a couple wireless lav bodypacks, a stick mic, an extra reel of tape or two, and a spare Anton brick.  That gets your load up to 40-45 lbs. or so, easy.

And I don't have back problems.  Really over-aged knees from too much playground hoops in my misspent youth, yes, but my back's OK.

Now if you want to talk heavy, my smaller light kit weighs in at about 80 lbs.  

by MN exile on Sep 28, 2007 3:05 PM CDT up reply actions  

Wow
A bit of an over-reation, no?  He's not the first person to ever make a joke of the 1968 riots.  This was hardly that extreme.

by NO100 on Sep 28, 2007 5:18 PM CDT up reply actions  

Over-reaction?
Don't think so.  

I do kind of make a personal point of never letting such mindless drivel go unchallenged.  And he came along at the wrong time.

If you've ever seen a beating victim loaded into the back of an ambulance for a trip to the emergency room, you'll know that violence isn't a laughing/joking matter.  If you haven't, explaining it might not suffice.

by MN exile on Sep 28, 2007 5:59 PM CDT up reply actions  

Wha?
"The Cubs aren't feeling too good about themselves, where we feel pretty good about ourselves ..." ~ Brewers bench coach Dale Sveum, 9/27/07

by daver on Sep 28, 2007 9:50 AM CDT up reply actions  

go pads.
"If you play more than two chords, you're showing off."--Woody Guthrie

by buckmulligan on Sep 28, 2007 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions  

Big Z
Big Z has GOT to step up tonight.  He is the ace of our staff and tonight he really needs to prove that.  Another thing, he needs to show that he is deserving of that rich contract extension that he just got.  Go get 'em Z and go get 'em Maddux!

by revcubfan on Sep 28, 2007 9:44 AM CDT reply actions  

FWIW department
Cubs are playing tight, 3/20 RISP against Florida, but a change in venue, the realization that their pursuers are in worse shape.

This should relax the team. I suspect that the coaches are encouraging the 'chemistry' players to come forward and loosen up the team.  I did not like to hear Trachsel get negative before yesterday's game.

The umps also were so bad that they distracted the team with strikes and balls so inconsistent that it appeared to be a AAA game. The line drive by Cabrerra appeared to be on the other side of the line and then Soriano's call at 1B, et cetera.

Be glad we are not in NY's or AZ's circle. CO who is tremendously hot could sweep into the playoffs propelling SD into a division tie if they lose one game or win out if they sweep the Brewers.
In reality I just can't see the Brewers winning more than one game, SD is hot and know that one loss could also send them into horrible situation. Today Capuano pitches versus Maddux, Mad-dog I think will tease the Brewers into frustration.

Piniella and company knows they have to get a great performance from Zambrano and pop that balloon offensively.

 

Club stats since June'07; 61-46 TIED BEST in NL, against LHP starters; 14-14, and 21-10 in one run games, best in MLB, IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN!

by Ivy Walls on Sep 28, 2007 9:46 AM CDT reply actions  

It will help that Great American
ballpark is a hitters park and Dunn and Griffey are out.  I'd like to see several back-to-back jacks fro the Cubs tonight.
"Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?"

by Jettero2112 on Sep 28, 2007 11:35 AM CDT up reply actions  

This is part
of the fun of it.

But none of us knows what they "feel like", or how they'll do tonight, or if there is more or less pressure than AZ, BREW, CO, yadda yadda.

One would figure that a Reds team without Dunn and Griffey should, SHOULD be beatable by a team with a lineup featuring DLEE, Soriano,A-Ram, and company.

But it just didn't pan out like that in Florida.

Our pitchers have to just bring it BIG TIME, and it will give the offense a chance.

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

by TheEman on Sep 28, 2007 2:14 PM CDT up reply actions  

Florida and Joe Girardi
Frankly I am puzzled as to how the Florida team finished so poorly in the standings.   They looked like they should be even better this year then last year.  They didn't really lose anyone and the young guys were a year older.  I think it speaks volumes for Girardi's ability as a manager and the "disaster" which resulted from firing him.  The Marlins appear to only play well this year when motivated.  And they were clearly motivated against the Cubs.

by frustratedfan on Sep 28, 2007 2:28 PM CDT up reply actions  

Sorry but Joe burned out
3 of his top starters, Sanchez, Nolasco and Johnson.  All on the DL for most of this year.
Joe sucked handling pitchers, that's why he got fired.

by cubswin on Sep 28, 2007 8:03 PM CDT up reply actions  

Wowie zowie
That Schmich article was ridiculous. I thought you guys were embellishing a little but but wow. That's just awful. Did they actually print that?

by montanacubby on Sep 28, 2007 9:46 AM CDT reply actions  

I hope it just made the online edition
Imagine, she got paid WELL to write that too.  Man, what a life!

by IllinoisCubs on Sep 28, 2007 11:40 AM CDT up reply actions  

Saywha?
"The Cubs aren't feeling too good about themselves, where we feel pretty good about ourselves ..." ~ Brewers bench coach Dale Sveum, 9/27/07

by daver on Sep 28, 2007 9:51 AM CDT up reply actions  

go pads.
"If you play more than two chords, you're showing off."--Woody Guthrie

by buckmulligan on Sep 28, 2007 3:41 PM CDT up reply actions  

the key tonight
is Z's control in the early innings. If Z limits the free passes, we should be in good shape.

See you in Cincy!

by elgato on Sep 28, 2007 9:47 AM CDT reply actions  

FWIW department
Cubs are playing tight, 3/20 RISP against Florida, but a change in venue, the realization that their pursuers are in worse shape. YEt a win tonight regardless of what Milwaukee does clinches a playoff on Monday and any loss by Milwaukee assures the same.

This should relax the team. I suspect that the coaches are encouraging the 'chemistry' players to come forward and loosen up the team.  I did not like to hear Trachsel get negative before yesterday's game.

The umps also were so bad that they distracted the team with strikes and balls so inconsistent that it appeared to be a AAA game. The line drive by Cabrerra appeared to be on the other side of the line and then Soriano's call at 1B, et cetera.

Be glad we are not in NY's or AZ's circle. CO who is tremendously hot could sweep into the playoffs propelling SD into a division tie if they lose one game or win out if they sweep the Brewers.
In reality I just can't see the Brewers winning more than one game, SD is hot and know that one loss could also send them into horrible situation. Today Capuano pitches versus Maddux, Mad-dog I think will tease the Brewers into frustration.

Piniella and company knows they have to get a great performance from Zambrano and pop that balloon offensively.

 

Club stats since June'07; 61-46 TIED BEST in NL, against LHP starters; 14-14, and 21-10 in one run games, best in MLB, IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN!

by Ivy Walls on Sep 28, 2007 9:48 AM CDT reply actions  

STOP!!!
"The Cubs aren't feeling too good about themselves, where we feel pretty good about ourselves ..." ~ Brewers bench coach Dale Sveum, 9/27/07

by daver on Sep 28, 2007 9:51 AM CDT up reply actions  

No, they should....
...Let Same Fuld pitch
------ TheRiot Squad ------

by RightFieldSucks on Sep 28, 2007 10:54 AM CDT up reply actions  

Meet the new Fuld, same as the old Fuld
"The Cubs aren't feeling too good about themselves, where we feel pretty good about ourselves ..." ~ Brewers bench coach Dale Sveum, 9/27/07

by daver on Sep 28, 2007 10:57 AM CDT up reply actions  

Silent E strikes again!
...but my friend Sam stayed just the same.
Before each game, please remember to feed the bats.

by Cool Hand on Sep 28, 2007 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions  

I too am
in my cubs gear today.  Sat down in my office and turned on my computer, turned my speakers up and played Go Cubs Go.  I work in a real estate office.... Great way to start anyones day!
Bulls 402 ta zip... but Micheal Jordan will be held to under 200 points. - Todd O'Connor

by Lou In Blue on Sep 28, 2007 9:50 AM CDT reply actions  

We could do it...
TONIGHT!  Z on the hill for us, power hitters streaking and taking aim in the Great American Smallpark, Maddux going against the Brewers who'll roll out Capuano (the Brewers have lost his last ten starts!)

Go Cubs Go!

"It's a pier 9 brawl!..."

by rrobinson on Sep 28, 2007 9:53 AM CDT reply actions  

jerry
I love hear stupidity early in the morning. THanks to you and Schmich!
"I never said most of the things I said" ~ Yogi Berra

by BigZ 4 Cy on Sep 28, 2007 9:53 AM CDT reply actions  

see you in Cincy
Screw the fish.  The Reds are MUCH worse than the Marlins.  No Griffey.  No Dunn.  No problem.  Z is going to step up tonight.  He's going to carry the team on his back and pitch 9 innings.  Soriano is going to hit 2 HRs.  I predict a big hit from my man  Clifford Floyd as well.  I'm wearing my Zambrano jersey tonight.  Go CUBS!!!!!!
"Chuck Norris counted to infinity - twice."

by bringbackthebrownieelf on Sep 28, 2007 9:56 AM CDT reply actions  

Out of FLA
The Cubs are going to get a spark just by leaving the Miami Morgue.

Z pitches well on the road.

Dunn and Griffey are in street clothes.

Lee is hot.

Wood is hot.

Cubs fans will be roaring in the Queen City.

Cubs can win 2 of 3.

"These are terrible times, and I shouldn't joke about them." --Warren Zevon

by ExNorthsider on Sep 28, 2007 9:58 AM CDT reply actions  

So what particular beverage...
...did you order at Starbuck's this morning?
"The Cubs aren't feeling too good about themselves, where we feel pretty good about ourselves ..." ~ Brewers bench coach Dale Sveum, 9/27/07

by daver on Sep 28, 2007 10:00 AM CDT up reply actions  

LMAO
That's rich daver!!
Missing Da Cubbies from NYC!

by dacubsfan76 on Sep 28, 2007 10:12 AM CDT up reply actions  

They obviously forgot ...
To add the coffee to it ...
"Want it spicy? Make it *snappy*! Want it spicier? Make it *snappy, snappy*!

by Littlerock Rynofan on Sep 28, 2007 10:39 AM CDT up reply actions  

Marlins Announcers
I suffered through the first two games on MLB.TV, but for the third I just couldn't stand them, and left work early to see the game on WGN.

I have heard almost every announcing team in the country, and most of them are quite professional.  

However, when it comes to the Marlins announcers, I don't remember ever having to suffer through a more disrespectful, nasty, unprofessional, and pathetic bunch of low-life sports announcers.  I don't mind play-by-play announcers that are partial to their ballclubs, and cheer them on.  But the constant bad-mouthing of the Cubs, their fans, their history, all done with malice, was totally out-of-bounds.  It really made watching the game unbearable.  

Announcers should respect the game of baseball, and respect every team's players and history.

by zevkalman on Sep 28, 2007 10:00 AM CDT reply actions  

Man you hit that a mile!
COULD NOT AGREE MORE!!  i not only hate the marlins B club, i am beginning to really hate all things marlins.  Announcers, bat boys, cheerleaders (who has cheerleaders at a BB game, freaking cheesy), colors, stupid football stadium.
"I never said most of the things I said" ~ Yogi Berra

by BigZ 4 Cy on Sep 28, 2007 10:13 AM CDT up reply actions  

Hating all things marlin?
Mesquite-grilled marlin steaks with mango salsa are spectacular.  I'll hate the team, not the dinner...

by MN exile on Sep 28, 2007 11:44 AM CDT up reply actions  

OKAY I
consede, I totally forgot about the nutrition value of such a bony (insert own four letter word) piece of fried/grilled/anything-as-long-as-its-dead marlin.

DANG MARLINS!

oh well wnough about the past, its time to get reasy for the REDS! (Somewhere Mark DeRosa smiled)

"I never said most of the things I said" ~ Yogi Berra

by BigZ 4 Cy on Sep 28, 2007 1:22 PM CDT up reply actions  

the hawk is a marlin
andre dawson is a coach with the marlins. you surely can't hate him too?!??

by carolinacubbie on Sep 28, 2007 1:22 PM CDT up reply actions  

He chose to be a marlin
NOT me, he probably doesnt fall into the hate category though,

all ex-cubs (excpet N.P. aka dusty's boy) are exempt from said hatred.

"I never said most of the things I said" ~ Yogi Berra

by BigZ 4 Cy on Sep 28, 2007 1:39 PM CDT up reply actions  

i met the hawk
in 2003, and he was cheering for the cubs to go all the way.
then he started to talk about shawon dunston and got all nostalgic. dawson is a cubbie for life.

by carolinacubbie on Sep 28, 2007 1:50 PM CDT up reply actions  

There were probably more
Brewers fans watching the game on Extra Innings than actual Marlins fans watching in Miami, so -- therefore -- Waltz & Hutton knew their audience...

However, I wouldn't diss the cheerleaders. Those women are damned hot.....

by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Sep 28, 2007 7:36 PM CDT up reply actions  

Really?
Are they worse than Hawk Harrelson and his HE GONE!?  
I guess it would be hard to tell from this weekend, but do they stop announcing completely when their team is losing?
"Trapled moss on your souls; changes all you're a part; seen it all, not at all; can't defend a (Cubs fan)"- pearl jam

by section229beer on Sep 28, 2007 1:16 PM CDT up reply actions  

re: Marlins announcers
They were just terrible. Wasn't it great how in the late innings they kept saying, "Are you watchin' this Milwaukeeeee???!!!!!"

I'm sure they were, you bag. It's not like the Brewers weren't playing at the exact same time or anything.

by montanacubby on Sep 28, 2007 4:42 PM CDT up reply actions  

Montana, how come you have to listen
to the Marlin broadcasters?  Did you pay for the radio telecast at MLB?  I have seen this posted several times by other posters as well.
What am I going to do when the season ends???

by Saratoga on Sep 28, 2007 6:05 PM CDT up reply actions  

Right?
He is so freakin scared of the walls.  Ivy or no ivy to be truthful.  He seemed awfully scared of the padded wall in Fla. too.

On a side note...not sure if it has been mentioned but I am very disappointed that if the Cubbies win tonight, we will not see any celebration as the Brewers will probably still be playing.

Right?  Sucks!

MMMMM...Fernandos fajitas and margaraitas

by Kinky Reggae on Sep 28, 2007 10:01 AM CDT reply actions  

No. Doesn't suck.
Save celebrations for NL Championships/WS wins. We've had a few division celebrations. Where did those celebrations get us? Nowhere.

Wait until it really means something.

by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Sep 28, 2007 7:39 PM CDT up reply actions  

Bruce Miles on Lou.
I agree with him 100% on Piniella's strenghths. Another one of Hendry's excellent moves this off-season. He has some weaknesses, though, that lower his grade to a B, IMHO.

Lou has made some questionable decisions with substitutions and sometimes bring pitchers like Dempster and Mármol when he doesn't need them. Save them for close games. (Dempster for saves if he is going to remain being a closer, which is another move questioned by others. Save Mármol to get out of holes. Don't bring him in to start the 4th, 5th  or 6th inning.)

His hotheaded moves with the batting order, his unwillingness to move Soriano down in the order when it could and should have been done (now it's too late this season), his inability to make the hitters take pitches, all make me give Lou a B instead of an A. But compared to the manager the Cubs had before and to a lot of managers in baseball (think of Ned Yost), that's a tremendous improvement. Lou or Clint Hurdle (Rockies) may be the Manager of the Year.

by Fraggin Judge on Sep 28, 2007 10:03 AM CDT reply actions  

let me cut up the self-appointed judge here
Let me first say how can you judge any grade below an A that takes a team from last to first? The objective is first, that is the priority now I can say possibly an A- since the Cubs don't have the best record in the NL but they do have the second best since June 1st by 1 game to surging Phillies. Turnaround a team culture and atmosphere takes more than a day....you criteria is flawed....

Now every human has strengths and weaknesses so the weakness statement is assumed and thus immaterial.

OKAY his mistakes which all managers have over the course of 162 game schedule, the slam about pitching Marmol and Dempster to save them is ignorant to real life baseball, there is no saving players, players need to play to stay sharp in intervals that must be balanced. But making this criticism without specifics simply makes it an unsubstantiated innuendo and basic ignorant rant.

But the idea of some 'hotheaded' move in batting order shows me that it is you who is 'hotheaded' for Piniella has shown to be quite cool and balanced in his year here. His moves in batting order has had many reasons, either moving Theriot to the 8th spot to take pressure off him or moving Floyd and Ramirez and around to fine tune how a pitcher approaches or Floyd, DeRosa or now Kendall as the 8th hitter trying to work a pitcher before the 9th spot. There is no emotional move here only your rant.

AS FOR SORIANO you obviously have little understanding of athlete psychology. The Cubs placed him out of his comfort zone in the beginning of the year on top of being on a new team, on top of the pressure of performing with a big contract....that make him uncomfortable at the plate. Moving him to LF brought him back in the comfort zone, lead off hitting is his comfort and the few times he was not in that spot he 0-4er'd. So in the end that has turned out to be the best decision since Soriano has finally hit hitting groove....

Club stats since June'07; 61-46 TIED BEST in NL, against LHP starters; 14-14, and 21-10 in one run games, best in MLB, IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN!

by Ivy Walls on Sep 28, 2007 10:26 AM CDT up reply actions  

the cubs were projected to win
83-87 games by Baseball Prospectus PECOTA Projected Standings

that's exactly how many they're going to win

the projections are made irregardless of manager in place

the Cubs have under-performed their Pythagorean Record by 2 games

by DartmouthCubsFan on Sep 28, 2007 11:17 AM CDT up reply actions  

So much for
a Dartmouth education!

:)

MMMMM...Fernandos fajitas and margaraitas

by Kinky Reggae on Sep 28, 2007 1:32 PM CDT up reply actions  

irregardless
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This irregardless

adverb
regardless; a combination of irrespective and regardless sometimes used humorously  

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.

by DartmouthCubsFan on Sep 28, 2007 1:37 PM CDT up reply actions  

So,
you were using it humorously?
Linus: Life is rarely all one way, Charlie Brown. You win some, you lose some. Charlie Brown: Really? Gee, that'd be neat.

by CyberCyclist on Sep 28, 2007 1:40 PM CDT up reply actions  

wow
you really enjoy this?

do you need a definition for the word "sometimes"

as in "sometimes used humorously"

yes its considered improper grammar, but it is also used somewhat commonly

by DartmouthCubsFan on Sep 28, 2007 1:49 PM CDT up reply actions  

Actually,
I was simply amazed by the fact that a person with a Dartmouth education would quote a definition from a Princeton dictionary.
Linus: Life is rarely all one way, Charlie Brown. You win some, you lose some. Charlie Brown: Really? Gee, that'd be neat.

by CyberCyclist on Sep 28, 2007 2:04 PM CDT up reply actions  

i don't believe
in rivalries

just in general... i believe in rooting for things i enjoy, not to root specifically against others

Princeton is a great school, not somewhere I was interested in attending because it wasn't the kind of social life i was looking for, but it is a great school. The Princeton brand is also pretty good with the Princeton review educational tools and what not.

So no, I don't hold a grudge towards using their products as any type of source.

by DartmouthCubsFan on Sep 28, 2007 2:18 PM CDT up reply actions  

If everybody else were
jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge, would you do it too?
MMMMM...Fernandos fajitas and margaraitas

by Kinky Reggae on Sep 28, 2007 2:15 PM CDT up reply actions  

I have no idea whatyou are talking about
didn;t they teach you how to spell at Dartmouth?
MMMMM...Fernandos fajitas and margaritas

by Kinky Reggae on Sep 28, 2007 2:31 PM CDT up reply actions  

nicely done
if Fernando is a person there would be an apostrophe there since it is being used in the "possessive" context

by DartmouthCubsFan on Sep 28, 2007 2:43 PM CDT up reply actions  

Good huh?
Fernandos is a restaurant and it is actually "Fernandos".  Am I still wrong?  Truly not sure.
MMMMM...Fernandos fajitas and margaritas

by Kinky Reggae on Sep 28, 2007 2:45 PM CDT up reply actions  

nope
you'd be right then.

I'm glad we were able to sit here and kill an hour before the game going over this.

very important

now back to your originally scheduled programming:

"No Magic Number!"

"YES YES MAGIC NUMBER"

"No! Call it M.N."

by DartmouthCubsFan on Sep 28, 2007 2:48 PM CDT up reply actions  

still possessive, yes?
"If you play more than two chords, you're showing off."--Woody Guthrie

by buckmulligan on Sep 28, 2007 3:45 PM CDT up reply actions  

You forgot
to mention Keables Guide in your Google search which defines irregardless as an erroneous redundancy for regardless.
Linus: Life is rarely all one way, Charlie Brown. You win some, you lose some. Charlie Brown: Really? Gee, that'd be neat.

by CyberCyclist on Sep 28, 2007 1:42 PM CDT up reply actions  

Cool,
let's get the grammar lessons started.  Under-performed is not a word either.  It should be underperformed.
Linus: Life is rarely all one way, Charlie Brown. You win some, you lose some. Charlie Brown: Really? Gee, that'd be neat.

by CyberCyclist on Sep 28, 2007 1:38 PM CDT up reply actions  

Wait a minute.
Before we canonize Saint Lou, may I remind readers that I wrote he may be the NL Manager of the Year? I was only pointing out Lou is not perfect. Nobody is.

You do not have to agree but -to name one instance- it was Lou who made a botched double switch attempt recently. I'm not questioning his lineups as much as the substitutions. It's legitimate, for instance, to question why Soto was taken out to bring Floyd Thursday when everyone in the ballpark knew that a lefty was coming to pitch. I understand the move but recognize it was debatable. Moves like that one were made all season long. Check out my prior posts (and posts by others, too) for instances when Lou has made moves that cost the team a game.

Of course, in the interest of brevity I won't cite specifics from a long season to criticize Lou just as I can't to praise him for his right moves. As to the first, of course pitchers have to stay sharp, but why was Dempster pitching again on Thursday in a non save situation? He does not need to be sharp by pitching every day. And why was Mármol warming up in the fourth inning? What are the callups for?

And about Soriano not being able to lead off, sorry but I understand athletes' "psychology" and the guy can hit down in the order without affecting his psyche. Check out his numbers when he mainly hit 3rd and 5th with Texas in 2004 and 2005, and also ask Frank Robinson why, when he moved Soriano to # 3 in the lineup late last season (to increase his RBI's), he said Soriano is not a lead off hitter. It's not the same leading off in the AL than in the NL. In the AL, especially with the Yankees, Soriano had good hitters getting on base for him in the 8th and 9th spots. In the NL the 9th is usually an out (the pitcher). In the end, the most important factor, to me, is what is best for the team and not what Soriano's or any other player's "comfort zone" may be. That's why this is something to address for next year (because Lou decided not to handle it this year). It's too late this season.

Again, Lou is a great manager. I gave him a B. You gave him an A-. We were not too far off from each other. This reminds me of the kid who was reprimanded because he didn't get an A but came home with a very respectable B. I may be a low grader. Thus, I'll reserve the A's for managers like LaRussa and Bobby Cox. (And the B for Lou includes the achievement of taking the team from last to first in the division in one season. However, not all the credit is the manager's because the players are not the same. That is why that does not entitle Lou to an A, IMHO.)

However, I do not like your tone towards me. This is a board to discuss the Cubs. It's expected we will read things with which we disagree. I do not go out calling another person's opinion an "ignorant rant" just because I do not agree with their position. Your opinion is as valid as mine. Furthermore, I know I am not the only one thinking this way because I just repeated criticisms I have read here before by people who know what they are writing about. I believe I know enough baseball to be able to write about strategy. If you have a different view, fine. Write it. It's not an "innuendo", a "rant" or a "slam", and my opinion isn't either. It's just a different point of view.

This will be one of my last posts of the year. I stayed away from the game threads on purpose because of the hostile atmosphere. It is spreading to every thread now when the post is not a cheerful glorification of the team. Inevitably, someone will call it a "rant" or worse. Therefore, I will stay away from all threads to avoid the nastiness. I'll keep reading, though, to learn from others in the free marketplace of ideas and opinions.

by Fraggin Judge on Sep 29, 2007 4:05 AM CDT up reply actions  

re: Bruce Miles on Lou.
I think Ivy Walls has done a good job of challenging your post. The only thing I'd add is a question: How exactly can Lou "make the hitters take pitches"? Throw "take" signs at them all game? Gimme a break.
"The Cubs aren't feeling too good about themselves, where we feel pretty good about ourselves ..." ~ Brewers bench coach Dale Sveum, 9/27/07

by daver on Sep 28, 2007 10:31 AM CDT up reply actions  

can we please
end the soriano moving in the order talk.  go look at the splits, go look at the situational stats.

leading off soriano clearly eclipses his stats at all other places in the order.  this is well known.

but also, look at the situational stats, for his career soriano is MUCH better with no runners on than he is with runners on base, hes more comforatable leading off, and plays better with no one on base.  these are unavoidable facts.  end this talk for once!

Kevin Hart Watch: IP: 10.2 K: 12 ERA: 0.84 WHIP: 0.94 K/BB: 3.00 a productive farm system is a wonderful thing.

by kylejo on Sep 28, 2007 10:33 AM CDT up reply actions  

If Soriano won't move in the order...
let the order move to Soriano.

If we want to increase Soriano's productivity, while at the same time leave him in the leadoff spot where he's most comfortable, I say we steal a page from LaGenius' play book and bat the pitcher 6th.  That way Soriano can be a leadoff cleanup hitter!!!

Thank you, thank you.  I'll be here all week...  ;-)

Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on Sep 28, 2007 11:06 AM CDT up reply actions  

lol!
that's an awesome idea! hahaha.

by anormal on Sep 28, 2007 3:02 PM CDT up reply actions  

Mumphrey decided to be...
today's comic relief in this board. Give him a break! :-)

by Fraggin Judge on Sep 28, 2007 10:05 AM CDT reply actions  

I am not sure if there are trolls here or not
BUT...anyone expressing significant change in the roster or coaching or DFA'ing this person or that because you have some kind blame idea is purely ignorant.

For one all the Cubs need is a good starting pitching game and defensive execusion. Against Tuesday the Cubs defense let Lilly down and he gave up 4 runs in one inning. Wednesday Marquis had his second poor outing in a row and the Cubs got down 5 runs by the 5th inning. In that game again there was a significant defensive miscue and the Marlins won. Yesterday for the third game in a row Trachsel gave up 5 runs to the 5th inning and the Cubs could not overcome it.

The umpires sucked and the balance fell against the Cubs, but all in all the Cubs also should have scored with all the opportunities.

What they need is a solid starting pitching performance...AKA stopper, and a few hits with RISP. Simply a win will put them over the top and all this crap of human nature will go into the sewer and be recycled.

To the Cubs advantage is that the odds are that there will be at least one play-in to the playoffs, possibly two.

Club stats since June'07; 61-46 TIED BEST in NL, against LHP starters; 14-14, and 21-10 in one run games, best in MLB, IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN!

by Ivy Walls on Sep 28, 2007 10:09 AM CDT reply actions  

No, Really
Sam Fuld should pitch
------ TheRiot Squad ------

by RightFieldSucks on Sep 28, 2007 10:56 AM CDT up reply actions  

and Pinky Stairs should be hired as bench coach
looking for comic relief DWS....we need a master
Piniella: "Just go out, have some fun and enjoy this".

by Ivy Walls on Sep 28, 2007 11:18 AM CDT up reply actions  

Not sure
If anybody else caught this.  But over at MLBTR, the idea was brought up about Bonds to the Cubs next year.

Pros: he's got a huge lefty bat that we could use, and his need for off days still gives plenty of playing time for Murton.
Cons: Big money, big a**hole that we probably don't need around.

I surely don't want him around...how does everybody else feel?

In the middle of difficulty, lies opportunity - Einstein

by cubbieblue86 on Sep 28, 2007 10:09 AM CDT reply actions  

"Huge crowd to Wrigley"???
Wrigley was already 98% sold out for the 81 games this year.  So how will the human bobble-head add to revenues?

I assume you were joking with this comment.  Mr HGH will end up in the American League as a DH (as many other posters have said).  In the NL, as a 44 year old, he will be good for 120 games, max.

Prince Fielder...he is neither.

by LAcarl519 on Sep 28, 2007 4:54 PM CDT up reply actions  

Ugly rumors
There's ugly rumors afoot here in the northland...

by MN exile on Sep 28, 2007 6:08 PM CDT up reply actions  

really?
I thought Bonds said he wouldn't play the outfield anymore, and if he does, a natural fit for him is still left, so, you'd move Soriano to center or right on days Bonds plays?  Aside from that, the guy's a jerk.  He even bailed out of the clubhouse early after his last game in SF, shunning his teammates and the fans...just an exclamation point on the guy being a colossal pr***k....
"It's a pier 9 brawl!..."

by rrobinson on Sep 28, 2007 10:12 AM CDT up reply actions  

This will never happen. Never.
Bonds will go to an American league team and play DH. That's about all he can do now with all of his joints falling apart from the steroids. The Cubs have no use for him...plus his salary isn't cheap and he's a clubhouse cancer. Other than that he'd be great.

by bergs55 on Sep 28, 2007 10:14 AM CDT up reply actions  

Yeah,
My initial reaction was that he wouldn't ever play the outfield again either.  I was surprised to see it there as well, but it is actually from this article on USA Today.

Nonetheless, I think it's a bunch of crap, and yeah, the first thing that came to my head was "clubhouse cancer".  And selling out crowds at wrigley is not really something the cubs needs to worry about I don't think.

In the middle of difficulty, lies opportunity - Einstein

by cubbieblue86 on Sep 28, 2007 10:17 AM CDT up reply actions  

re: This will never happen. Never.
Agree 100%. He'll be a DH, period. And the mere thought of Bonds in a Cubs uniform makes me very nauseous.
"The Cubs aren't feeling too good about themselves, where we feel pretty good about ourselves ..." ~ Brewers bench coach Dale Sveum, 9/27/07

by daver on Sep 28, 2007 10:25 AM CDT up reply actions  

ditto
------ TheRiot Squad ------

by RightFieldSucks on Sep 28, 2007 10:57 AM CDT up reply actions  

Yes...
saw it yesterday and uh, NO! They need a big bat in the OF, but not that bad.
You ARE freaking out MAN!

by crw89 on Sep 28, 2007 10:15 AM CDT up reply actions  

This is all assuming...
... that Bonds will even play next year.  He just may be wrapped up in the courts...

by initram on Sep 28, 2007 10:36 AM CDT up reply actions  

WHAT?????????!!!!!!!!!!
Hell no!  Take your steroid bloated head elsewhere, we have enough drama here.  Here's to BB not getting any offers from ANYONE!
MMMMM...Fernandos fajitas and margaraitas

by Kinky Reggae on Sep 28, 2007 10:39 AM CDT up reply actions  

Things to not care about...
...with a magic number of two and three games left, #978.
FREE CARMEN PIGNATIELLO!

by cwyers on Sep 28, 2007 10:43 AM CDT up reply actions  

eeewww
just thinking about this made me throw up a little in my mouth.

by anormal on Sep 28, 2007 3:03 PM CDT up reply actions  

angry about Brewers late slide
I think the Brewers should sign Bonds, heck in Milwaukee last night only 34,000 showed up for the biggest game of the year....
Club stats since June'07; 61-46 TIED BEST in NL, against LHP starters; 14-14, and 21-10 in one run games, best in MLB, IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN!

by Ivy Walls on Sep 28, 2007 10:29 AM CDT up reply actions  

Jerry
excellent - sounds just like the kids on NSBB!!
Good stuff.

by cubswin on Sep 28, 2007 11:42 AM CDT up reply actions  

If you're tired of worrying about the Cubs...
...making the playoffs, check out this article from ESPN's Jayson Stark outlining the 4-way playoff possibilities for the NL West and NL East.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3038686

Unfortunately, Colorado winning last night eliminated the possibility of a 5-way tie.  Damn...

Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on Sep 28, 2007 10:29 AM CDT reply actions  

and for those of you keeping score at home
from the same article, here's the latest playoff scenario coin flip results

ONE-GAME PLAYOFFS
Potential tiebreaker matchups based on coin flips:

NL WILD CARD
Philadelphia at San Diego
San Diego at Colorado
Chicago at San Diego
Philadelphia at Colorado
Chicago at Philadelphia
Colorado at Chicago
Arizona at New York
Arizona at San Diego
Arizona at Colorado
Arizona at Philadelphia
San Diego at New York
New York at Colorado

NL EAST
NY Mets at Philadelphia

NL CENTRAL
Milwaukee at Chicago

NL WEST
San Diego at Arizona
Colorado at Arizona
Colorado at San Diego

Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on Sep 28, 2007 10:31 AM CDT up reply actions  

My eyes ...
Have officially glazed over.  I also need an Imitrex ...
"Want it spicy? Make it *snappy*! Want it spicier? Make it *snappy, snappy*!

by Littlerock Rynofan on Sep 28, 2007 10:43 AM CDT up reply actions  

Did you say Initech?
I also work at Initech and I am not a pussy.
MMMMM...Fernandos fajitas and margaraitas

by Kinky Reggae on Sep 28, 2007 10:45 AM CDT reply actions  

Hello
I use to be addidded to crack...now I am clean and trying to stay sober  :)
Bulls 402 ta zip... but Micheal Jordan will be held to under 200 points. - Todd O'Connor

by Lou In Blue on Sep 28, 2007 10:49 AM CDT up reply actions  

Hey...
Can you help me with some money laundering?

by AndHart120 on Sep 28, 2007 11:15 AM CDT up reply actions  

That was my best
Samir Naga...Naga...well, Nagunnah work here anymore.
MMMMM...Fernandos fajitas and margaraitas

by Kinky Reggae on Sep 28, 2007 10:46 AM CDT reply actions  

Hey Peter,
Watch our for your cornhole bub.

by N Oakley on Sep 28, 2007 11:29 AM CDT up reply actions  

I heard you've been missing work lately
I wouldn't exactly say I've been missing it Bob.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA!

MMMMM...Fernandos fajitas and margaraitas

by Kinky Reggae on Sep 28, 2007 11:49 AM CDT up reply actions  

ratio of cake
has to be the winner here boys.  lol good stuff
Bulls 402 ta zip... but Micheal Jordan will be held to under 200 points. - Todd O'Connor

by Lou In Blue on Sep 28, 2007 1:41 PM CDT up reply actions  

Words to Live By
No, not "Gunga, la-gunga", but something a bit more profound...

"There is no time for being cautiously optimistic," he said. "That's for losers. I don't buy that. I'm very, very optimistic. This is Game 159? Why would I be cautious now? Look at how I'm dressed. Do I look cautious?"

Go Cubs.

Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. -- Lee Constantine Elia, 1983.

by krummy12 on Sep 28, 2007 10:50 AM CDT reply actions  

A man of wisdom
And he says, "Oh, uh, there won't be any money, but when you lose, the Brew Crew will lose as well." So I got that goin' for me, which is nice.

by SouthsideCub on Sep 28, 2007 12:21 PM CDT up reply actions  

So sayeth Carl the Assistant Groundskeeper:
When asked if he'd be following the Cubs to Cincinatti for the weekend, Murray said: "I've never been to Cincy.  I'd like to keep that record going."

by Chadnudj on Sep 28, 2007 1:59 PM CDT up reply actions  

Magic
I don't see a great big 2 anywhere this morning.

by chr15 on Sep 28, 2007 10:53 AM CDT reply actions  

re: Magic
See Al's recap of yesterday's game. He's decided to take the magic number down. And, FWIW, I applaud his decision to do so -- any little thing to ease our angst right now is welcomed.
"The Cubs aren't feeling too good about themselves, where we feel pretty good about ourselves ..." ~ Brewers bench coach Dale Sveum, 9/27/07

by daver on Sep 28, 2007 10:56 AM CDT up reply actions  

and what's wrong with alcohol?
It's gotta be 5:00 somewhere...
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on Sep 28, 2007 11:08 AM CDT up reply actions  

It's always 5:00 somewhere in the world
Party on, my friend, party on!
Missing Da Cubbies from NYC!

by dacubsfan76 on Sep 28, 2007 11:10 AM CDT up reply actions  

re: Magic
As I touched on yesterday(?)(pardon me, I'm retired, the days run together), the roller coaster doesn't stop just because it comes to a low point on the track. Nobody gets off 'til it stops. Enjoy the whole ride. Just hope nobody has to throw up. Go Cubs!

by chr15 on Sep 28, 2007 11:13 AM CDT up reply actions  

For many of those who took part in
last night's game thread... go find a different site.  I read over some of it and it's as if people think the Cubbies aren't trying, or just trying to throw away the division.  Well I guarantee the guys in the clubhouse wanna win more then anyone here (except for maybe me).  Have any of you ever played baseball?  You can't go out there and force the issue like in other sports, controlled agression I suppose.  Now I was just as frustrated as the next guy about (mediocre at best) Trachsel, but bitching and whining isn't going to help, in fact, it may hurt more then anything.  

Now for those who actually understand what's going on, here's to a HUGE weekend and coming one step closer to the promised land.

by lilkimmer77 on Sep 28, 2007 10:56 AM CDT reply actions  

Ehh,
I liked your passion and you head is in the right place, but you failed to cite your sources and use of rhetorical questions only takes away from your argument.  I'm sorry but I can't give your post anything higher than a B-
------ TheRiot Squad ------

by RightFieldSucks on Sep 28, 2007 11:00 AM CDT up reply actions  

you mean like
when people had given up on the game in the 5th inning?  or how someone named 10 people that should be in besides monroe (who is only going to help the team by getting AB's)?  or how somebody said the series against the pirates was a fluke and they have no heart?  or how people were saying trachsel should have been lifted in the first (cause that's a brilliant idea going into the last weekend with a taxed bullpen)?  should i keep going?

by lilkimmer77 on Sep 28, 2007 11:11 AM CDT up reply actions  

Oh come on I'm just kidding
I agree with you about the negativity, naturally.  I'm just trying to lighten the mood.  I crack me up.
------ TheRiot Squad ------

by RightFieldSucks on Sep 28, 2007 11:13 AM CDT up reply actions  

oops sorry
i'm the dumbest person i know

by lilkimmer77 on Sep 28, 2007 11:19 AM CDT up reply actions  

obviously you don't know me,
Ned Yost, Marc Ecko, or anyone on the Mets...  ;-)
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on Sep 28, 2007 11:40 AM CDT up reply actions  

ha
i was calling for trax to get pulled in the first while i was driving home.  throw hart for two, gallagher for three, those fish have never seen these guys and i garauntee better results than trax.

gosh i hate trax.

Kevin Hart Watch: IP: 10.2 K: 12 ERA: 0.84 WHIP: 0.94 K/BB: 3.00 a productive farm system is a wonderful thing.

by kylejo on Sep 28, 2007 11:46 AM CDT up reply actions  

Couldn't see the Schmich article
but from what it sounds like, I'm not missing much and I could prolly use it as potty training paper for a puppy.
Missing Da Cubbies from NYC!

by dacubsfan76 on Sep 28, 2007 10:57 AM CDT reply actions  

Ticket Exchange Thread
Hey Al can you make the Cincinatti Ticket Exchange Thread a recommended diary?  I'm not sure if many people know you created it at the end of the one game recap post.

Maybe I should contact Bill Murray's agent and offer him a free ticket! ;)

by McCarron on Sep 28, 2007 11:01 AM CDT reply actions  

re: Ticket Exchange Thread
Actually, anyone other than the diary's author can make it a recommend diary. Just click the button that says "Recommend this Diary" on the right side of the page.
"The Cubs aren't feeling too good about themselves, where we feel pretty good about ourselves ..." ~ Brewers bench coach Dale Sveum, 9/27/07

by daver on Sep 28, 2007 11:05 AM CDT up reply actions  

Tickets
Presume all heading to Cincy have tickets in hand, but I have a friend who has SIX Club Level seats he needs to sell for the game this evening.  

Tickets are located in Section 307 and are $50 each.

Contact me (steve_nothdurft@hotmail.com) if interested and my pal will meet you at GABP.  Cash for tickets only, please.

by tville on Sep 28, 2007 11:04 AM CDT reply actions  

recommend s/b recommended
"The Cubs aren't feeling too good about themselves, where we feel pretty good about ourselves ..." ~ Brewers bench coach Dale Sveum, 9/27/07

by daver on Sep 28, 2007 11:06 AM CDT reply actions  

If there's anything good about a losing streak,
it's the feeling that all it takes is winning just one frickin baseball game to turn things around. Just one game, please. Just win one baseball game. With Z on the mound and the team finally away from Florida, this could be the night. But even if it's not, we got Maddux helping and we still have tomorrow night with the worst case scenario being one game up with two to play. C'mon, please please please. . .

by park on Sep 28, 2007 11:06 AM CDT reply actions  

Report from Miller lastnight
Made the drive "up Nort" to see the game with my buddy, SD native and huge Pads fan.

Don't mean to play Cap'n Obvious here, but, long story short: Brewers fans are NOT happy. Been to a few games at Miller, always that their fans were among the most friendly and chill, but that wasn't the case lastnight. Plenty of Cubbie Blue in the stands, witnessed a handful of near-fights, was almost in one myself (with a guy wearing a Turnbow jersey... are you kidding me??). They are frustrated as hell, and rightly so.

Point being: A pennant race will get even the blood of the calmer set boiling, but this season may have planted the seeds for a real-live actual Cubs/Brewers rivalry. Who knows what will happen to the Blew Crew once Yost is out (the cooler heads among Brewer fans I chatted with agreed that it's an inevitability and are happy about it), but a couple more seasons of the two teams going 1-2, which seems very possible, could push this up near Cubs/Cards calibre, dontcha think?

(Side note: Had to chuckle at the Brewer fans heckling Barrett in the bullpen: "You messed up dude! They're in first! Way to go!")

by mrsmiff on Sep 28, 2007 11:16 AM CDT reply actions  

forgot to mention attendance...
Ivy ref'd to it above, but not only was attendance surprisingly thin from the start, fans started filing out in droves at the 7th. Crowd appeared to be near-halved by the 8th.

by mrsmiff on Sep 28, 2007 11:21 AM CDT up reply actions  

I don't think a rivalry will be as huge...
as the one we have with the Cards, but it has potential to be provided that the Crew and Cubbies are competitive. If you go to the Brew Crew blog site, all they do is whine about BCB. F*** em' is what I say.
You ARE freaking out MAN!

by crw89 on Sep 28, 2007 11:23 AM CDT up reply actions  

it'd be cool if a rivalry developed over time
but I don't want it to be like the Cubs - White Sox. I want intensity, but I don't want the all out hatred you see at Cubs - White Sox games and the violence in the stands is a little ridiculous.
AC 00 00 00 - BELIEVE

by mike @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Sep 28, 2007 11:28 AM CDT up reply actions  

True Cubs fans............
.........do not see the sux as rivals.

The Brewers, an opponent for 15-18 games annually, have the makings of a rival.

When we start facing the sux in the WS every year, THEN they will be our rivals.

by tville on Sep 28, 2007 11:43 AM CDT up reply actions  

I worked in Milwaukee for a year
back in the late 80s and went to many games at County Stadium - great place to watch a game, btw.  Back then, Milwaukee was in AL and going to a Brewers/White Sox game was an absolute hoot!  Tons of abuse being hurled everywhere, beer (and brats) flowing freely, lots of fights in and outside the park.  I kept my distance though and just watched in amusement.

Now, I give Cubs fans a little more credit than Sox fans, plus Miller Park has this depressing effect on atmosphere, so I don't envision a rivalry quite like that, but there's certainly potential (and history) to take it up a notch or two.

Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on Sep 28, 2007 11:47 AM CDT up reply actions  

Having worked and lived in Racine Co for years
And going to both the old County Stadium and then the new Miller Park with the hordes of Cub fans who filled the park I can tell you that over time the rivalry will mirror the one between the Bears and Packers.

Wisconsin residents have an inferiority complex towards everything Illinois (and Minnesota up north and west) because Wisconsin is subjected to more money, industry and tourist influx from those greater metropolitan and State economic zones. They look at their identities far more emotionally than Chicago. In fact one of my favorite bar restaurants is close to Miller that still has Milwaukee Braves memories throughout its decore.

But a rivalry means that both sides have disappointments. My fear is Tony LaRussa ends up in Milwaukee with a better GM and he rides them like a pony express rider.

Piniella: "Just go out, have some fun and enjoy this".

by Ivy Walls on Sep 28, 2007 12:06 PM CDT up reply actions  

Ever been stuck in traffic...
...on the 94, behind the legions of weekend warriors and families coming back from the Dells on a Sunday afternoon? Makes one feel some of the Cheeseheads' pain.

by mrsmiff on Sep 28, 2007 12:25 PM CDT up reply actions  

until
you realize how thats driving much of their economy, and then you dont feel sorry any more.
Kevin Hart Watch: IP: 10.2 K: 12 ERA: 0.84 WHIP: 0.94 K/BB: 3.00 a productive farm system is a wonderful thing.

by kylejo on Sep 28, 2007 2:26 PM CDT up reply actions  

I have been in traffic in Illinois, WI, CO, CA, AZ
NY, IN, MI, OH, FL, TX even MO

Wisconsin relies on the money influx from Chicago and Minneapolis whether it is weekend or 2nd home or what not. They love the money, 2nd homes on lakes pour money into the school system at rates far above permanent residents, but what gets me is the attitude of the residents, they take the money but detest those who are giving it away.

Of course those who usually have the money have an attitude of superiority or lack of accountability due to being an anonymous visitor but Wisconsin loathes out of staters.

Piniella: "Just go out, have some fun and enjoy this".

by Ivy Walls on Sep 28, 2007 2:40 PM CDT up reply actions  

re: Report from Miller lastnight
Thanks for the report! About those near-fights, would you say they were mostly spurred by Brewers fans randomly picking fights with Cubs fans or were the Cubs fans provoking the natives? Just curious.
"The Cubs aren't feeling too good about themselves, where we feel pretty good about ourselves ..." ~ Brewers bench coach Dale Sveum, 9/27/07

by daver on Sep 28, 2007 11:24 AM CDT up reply actions  

Little of both
Big group of guys in Cubbie jerseys were having a good time with every Braun error and Fattie flub. But a lot of the Blew Crew was trying to start stuff with the usual set of really tired, but nonetheless asinine jabs. Yuppies, $300 mil, 98 years, etc.

Look, having the obnoxious fan of the opposing team in your park sucks. Sure. If you want to be that guy, you're not going to the game to watch baseball, you're going to get a black eye, hope to land a couple punches, and get 5 innings in before you get tossed out of the park. (Check out the well-blogged history of this phenomenon as it exists between the Phillies and Mets. Pretty ridiculous.)

With that in mind, my buddy and I weren't about to start anything, but people knew who we were rooting for. When people around us talked some friendly smack, we were game to give it back. Had a few laughs with some Brewers fans, good time had by all.

But one of the arguments we got in, with the Turnbow Fan Club, got unfriendly in a hurry. After I picked apart his points one by one (no joke, one of his points was to defend Dusty... saying we unfairly "ran him out"... you can guess what he thought about Yost) the guy was actually yelling and tried to take it into "FIB" territory, which got the attention of the ushers.

What's kept this from being a true rivalry, in my mind, is the one-sidedness of it (Brewers fans hating Chicagoans in general way more than the other way around). There isn't enough history of the two teams being competitive with each other yet to be on par with Cubs/Cards, but with the added statehood allegiances I think it could get up there with a couple more close pennant races. All I'm saying is that lastnight it was pretty damn intense and I could see it staying that way.

by mrsmiff on Sep 28, 2007 11:57 AM CDT up reply actions  

That behavior bothers me
I feel like it's one thing to show up and root for the Padres and remain anonymous, but to show up in Cubs gear and hoot AGAINST the Brewers, to me, is low class.

By all means people should go, enjoy themselves and root for the Pads, but putting on Cubbie gear is just sad.

Some bozo wore Brewers gear to a cubs/dodgers game I went to and I said the same thing to him.

by SouthsideCub on Sep 28, 2007 12:16 PM CDT up reply actions  

re: That behavior bothers me
I respectfully disagree with you, to a certain extent at least. I don't think there's anything wrong with going to Miller Park to root against the Brewers -- especially at this point in the season.

Whether doing so is "low class" depends on how you do it. If you paint your face blue and white and cover yourself head and toe in Cubs gear and bring an obnoxious sign and spend the whole game yelling, "Brewers suck!!!" and "Prince Fielder is a fat idiot!!!", well, yeah, that's low class.

But if you doff your Cubs hat and sit respectfully in your seat and cheer when the Padres score (as they shall often tonight) and groan when the Brewers hit their usual two to three solo home runs, well, there's nothing low class about it. You're baseball fan. You're supporting your team -- respectfully. That's kinda what the whole sport is about.

"The Cubs aren't feeling too good about themselves, where we feel pretty good about ourselves ..." ~ Brewers bench coach Dale Sveum, 9/27/07

by daver on Sep 28, 2007 12:34 PM CDT up reply actions  

doff s/b don
"The Cubs aren't feeling too good about themselves, where we feel pretty good about ourselves ..." ~ Brewers bench coach Dale Sveum, 9/27/07

by daver on Sep 28, 2007 12:36 PM CDT up reply actions  

re: I don't understand what that means
The word "doff" in my previous post should be "don." Sorry, I'm an editor by trade and I just can't help myself...
"The Cubs aren't feeling too good about themselves, where we feel pretty good about ourselves ..." ~ Brewers bench coach Dale Sveum, 9/27/07

by daver on Sep 28, 2007 1:26 PM CDT up reply actions  

No it isn't
I run across this all the time out here in LA. Whenever the Cubs are in town to play the Dodgers, the local Cardinals, Reds, Brewers fans inevitably show up - not to support the Dodgers but to root against the Cubs. Some of my most bizarre moments at Dodgers stadium have come from interacting with those idiots.

I see no reason why Cubs fans can't go to Miller park and root against the Brewers, especially when the playoffs are concerned. If the Brewers fans don't like it, tough tittie.

by JFCubFan on Sep 28, 2007 1:54 PM CDT up reply actions  

what?
the ballpark is a public place, you paid for a ticket, you can root for whoever the hell you want, are you kidding?  and if you happen to be wearing a cubs hat while you do it, low class?  goodness.
Kevin Hart Watch: IP: 10.2 K: 12 ERA: 0.84 WHIP: 0.94 K/BB: 3.00 a productive farm system is a wonderful thing.

by kylejo on Sep 28, 2007 2:27 PM CDT up reply actions  

love it
anything that gets fans fired up and passionate about their team is great.  new rivalry? bring it on!  

i will most definitely try to get as many tickets to wrigley north as possible next year.

Kevin Hart Watch: IP: 10.2 K: 12 ERA: 0.84 WHIP: 0.94 K/BB: 3.00 a productive farm system is a wonderful thing.

by kylejo on Sep 28, 2007 11:48 AM CDT up reply actions  

2 kinds of rivals
To me there are really two types of rivals.  Those based on straight competition, and those based on history/overlapping fan bases.

The Cubs and Brewers will have an excellent rivalry as long as both are near the top of the division, just as we perceived a Cub Astros rivalry a few years ago.  I doubt it will last beyond that though.  

The Cubs Cards rivalry is really based in central ILL, where towns are evenly split between the two teams.  

I for one like the Brewers, and I am really wishing that they could have been in this kind of a race a year ago when I could have cheered for them.

Eamus Ursuli!

by WGNstatic on Sep 28, 2007 12:53 PM CDT up reply actions  

I grew up
just outside of champaign.  Our town is very into two sports, baseball and Illini basketball.  During the summer it seems like you drive down the street and there is one house with a cards flag out front and next door is a cubs flag.  You trash talk your neighbors every morning.  You trash talk the cashier at the store.  You trash talk everybody who is wearing the other team, has the other team's logo on their car, house, clothes, anything.  It is vicious all the time.  And that won't ever happen with the brewers.  I think the games can be fun, but it won't ever be part of the culture, at least around here.
In the middle of difficulty, lies opportunity - Einstein

by cubbieblue86 on Sep 28, 2007 1:24 PM CDT up reply actions  

Oh it was
a few years ago in Boston that one Bronson Arroyo was on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. He had his nails done, his hair all mucked up, and feet rubbed down. Now is the time to make him pay for that crucial error in jugement. No ballplayer should be such a sissy. LETS HAMMER HIM!!!!

WAIT A SECOND...that means I watched it...OH NO!

I would not fight Jason Kendall.

by TCobb1911 on Sep 28, 2007 11:18 AM CDT reply actions  

not that it matters
but didn't a few of the guys from that Red Sox team end up on that show? I could have sworn that Johnny Damon and Trot Nixon did too, as well as a few others.
AC 00 00 00 - BELIEVE

by mike @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Sep 28, 2007 11:25 AM CDT up reply actions  

As did their back-up catcher.
Manly men, all ... there's nothing wrong with a makeover!
"Want it spicy? Make it *snappy*! Want it spicier? Make it *snappy, snappy*!

by Littlerock Rynofan on Sep 28, 2007 11:36 AM CDT up reply actions  

IIRC
this all happened after they won the World Series. You win one of those and you get a free pass to do whatever the hell you want for awhile.
AC 00 00 00 - BELIEVE

by mike @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Sep 28, 2007 12:07 PM CDT up reply actions  

Bonds playing LF in Wrigley...
would be hard to watch.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 28, 2007 11:21 AM CDT reply actions  

Man, that dog has great seats!
"The Cubs aren't feeling too good about themselves, where we feel pretty good about ourselves ..." ~ Brewers bench coach Dale Sveum, 9/27/07

by daver on Sep 28, 2007 11:25 AM CDT up reply actions  

Of course - he's a season ticket holder!
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on Sep 28, 2007 11:50 AM CDT up reply actions  

LOSERS
I had seats 6 rows in back of home plate for all
Marlins games... Outplayed Outpitched for 3 games by a bunch of KIDS... from where I sat Theroit is never going to make the play at 2nd even if DeRosa's throw is on the Money .. Roit was a good couple of feet beyond the bag.
I came home after yesterdays game and watched the tape on the Florida station.... Tommy Hutton
said the Cubs Do Not have a top notch closer like
most of the other teams ... Dempsters is just OK.
I have watched the Marlins a lot but I am still amazed at the hitting ability of Caberra & Hendry
Ramirez the Cubs have nobody close.....

by FlaCub on Sep 28, 2007 11:27 AM CDT reply actions  

Hendry Ramirez, LOL
"The Cubs aren't feeling too good about themselves, where we feel pretty good about ourselves ..." ~ Brewers bench coach Dale Sveum, 9/27/07

by daver on Sep 28, 2007 11:33 AM CDT up reply actions  

Yum
Then you probably like Cabrera's eating ability too.  If he keeps it up, he'll be larger than Bob Wickman, Ray King and Prince Fielder all rolled into one.  Remind us how old he is again and next remind us how lazy he is.
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. -- Lee Constantine Elia, 1983.

by krummy12 on Sep 28, 2007 11:44 AM CDT up reply actions  

Just got this mental image...
...of a set of those Russian stacking dolls.

cabrera -> kinG -> wickMAN -> FIELDER!

Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on Sep 28, 2007 11:53 AM CDT up reply actions  

Who's Theroit?
Before you decide to lower everyone's thoughts on Marlins fans by going on another site to flame, know what you're actually saying.

Try to be less of an idiot.

"We are going to light up the SB Nation server farm like a Christmas tree." - cwyers

by NittanyCub on Sep 28, 2007 1:43 PM CDT up reply actions  

is it just me,
or does anyone else feel like a knowledgeable, intelligent message board is being overtaken by morons. i'm rooting for the cubbies all the way and reading al's posts daily (thanx al! yer site rules and i hope you have a great time in cincy.), but reading through the comments is getting to be a real bummer.....

by anormal on Sep 28, 2007 11:42 AM CDT reply actions  

It's over tonight.
Z wins #18, and Maddux shuts down the Brewers.
SORIANO! YESSSSSSSS! JIMBO!!!

by CubFaninCA on Sep 28, 2007 12:44 PM CDT reply actions  

Exactly!
I put that up in last nights' thread even stating it'll come at 10:10pm.

Someone was too superstitous and didn't want me to say it, but we have to be positive.

I for one am sick and tired of the history of losing. Let's see our Cubbies start winning, starting tonight.

Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 1:33 PM CDT up reply actions  

Z
Quite possibly the biggest start of Z's career.  In 2003 he was clearly behind Prior and Wood in terms of leadership.  Tonight, he must step up.  Frankly, if he can't handle the pressure and pitch well today, I am going to start getting real nervouse about the the $$$ we gave him.
Eamus Ursuli!

by WGNstatic on Sep 28, 2007 12:57 PM CDT reply actions  

AL!!!!
I can't believe you gave into those ridiculously superstitious requests to remove the "magic number" from the front of YOUR page.

Some cubs fans need to get a grip and realize that whatever we are wearing at home or in our offices or what we eat today or what we post on line has nothing to do with the anemic offense the Cubs have had lately.

Thanks.

You gotta practice on the ugly ones to get good with the good-lookin' ones

by rustydevil on Sep 28, 2007 12:57 PM CDT reply actions  

Wait...
What I'm wearing in my office doesn't matter?!?!?

I need to put some clothes on.

by N Oakley on Sep 28, 2007 1:21 PM CDT up reply actions  

lol you to!!!!
"I never said most of the things I said" ~ Yogi Berra

by BigZ 4 Cy on Sep 28, 2007 1:23 PM CDT up reply actions  

Me too!!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 28, 2007 1:27 PM CDT up reply actions  

these
never get old
Kevin Hart Watch: IP: 10.2 K: 12 ERA: 0.84 WHIP: 0.94 K/BB: 3.00 a productive farm system is a wonderful thing.

by kylejo on Sep 28, 2007 2:29 PM CDT up reply actions  

Do you really need a sign posted to count ...
... backwards from 2?  

We all know the magic number, so let's not tempt fate unnecessarily.  

by Orval Overall on Sep 28, 2007 1:31 PM CDT up reply actions  

Hey now...
I'm not superstitious....just a little stitious.

by hawkeyenation on Sep 28, 2007 1:32 PM CDT up reply actions  

A few suggestions...
  • Theriot needs a few days off. Right now he's tired. He's getting his bat under the ball and hitting lots of pop-ups. He's not of much use right now and resting him for a few extra days may see him return back to form for the playoffs. I hate to say this, but Cedeno should start tonight and, if the Cubs clinch, the rest of the regular season games, giving Theriot several days off to get himself back in order.
  • I like the idea of starting one or two lefties against a lefty starter. If it's Jacque, fine. Even Floyd... but I'd prefer that the lefty be in the middle of the order, not down at #8. Break up things a bit, especially early on, so the lefty starter can't just pound away at one side of the strike zone.
  • Soto has clearly been scouted and his weakness is low and away. I'd still rather have him in the line-up to combat the Reds running game (Norris Hopper).
DmL

by dmlichte on Sep 28, 2007 1:10 PM CDT reply actions  

Hopper -
I still can't believe that guy can run like he does.  He wears his trousers so long they drag on the field behind and under his spikes.

by N Oakley on Sep 28, 2007 1:26 PM CDT up reply actions  

actually DML Soto's hot zone says
His weakness is inside middle and low....

The Nine quadrants:

Inside High .667
Inside middle .167
Inside low .000

Middle high .400
Middle middle .333
Middle low 1.000

Outside high .750
Outside middle .386
Outside low .667

As for Theriot, I think he has worn down since early September, his bat is slow, his back is sore, I think play Cedeno tonight and clinch, and then give Fontenot the remainder at SS and give him some experience.

Piniella: "Just go out, have some fun and enjoy this".

by Ivy Walls on Sep 28, 2007 2:20 PM CDT up reply actions  

"Good Carlos" or "Bad Carlos?
I am thinking good Carlos will show up tonight

I am hoping our biggest problem will be worrying that we win tonight before SD_MIL goes final, and the celebration is anticlimactic!

- CF

by nervousCUBlover on Sep 28, 2007 1:13 PM CDT reply actions  

To quote a great movie...
"Hold onto your butts".  That is my feeling right now.  Nervously excited.

Here is a hint as to what movie that is from.  Two bad sequels spawned from it, and a third sequel may be coming in May of 2008.

by cubfanwill on Sep 28, 2007 1:20 PM CDT reply actions  

taking a stab..
Jurassic Park???
It's hard to be humble when you're number one.

by JF8 on Sep 28, 2007 1:37 PM CDT up reply actions  

Geez,
I thought it was either Debbie Does Dallas or The Creature from the Black Lagoon.
Linus: Life is rarely all one way, Charlie Brown. You win some, you lose some. Charlie Brown: Really? Gee, that'd be neat.

by CyberCyclist on Sep 28, 2007 1:44 PM CDT up reply actions  

Brewers news
ESPN is reporting that Ben Sheets will not pitch again tonight, and that Chris Capuano will go instead.  

They also report that Seth McClung has been suspended three games over the Pujols beaning incident, with his appeal to be heard today.  If it stands it will put the Brewers down a man in the bullpen.  

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3039778

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3039761

by SuperContext on Sep 28, 2007 1:33 PM CDT reply actions  

I ate lunch
today but there is no way I will be eating dinner tonight. My nerves won't let me eat anymore today.

Please Z continue to bring it tonight. I have faith in you. Just do it Cubs!!

Four and a half hours til game time. I hate waiting.

GO CUBS!!!

Shawn Johnson, Des Moines, IA, worlds greatest gymnast. 2007 All Around World Champ. GO SHAWN!!!!

by sue369 on Sep 28, 2007 1:41 PM CDT reply actions  

good ole Iowa beef goes down
even on a nervous stomach!
"I never said most of the things I said" ~ Yogi Berra

by BigZ 4 Cy on Sep 28, 2007 1:43 PM CDT up reply actions  

I took
rib eyes out of the freezer this monring but there is no way I can eat one now. I'll save them for tomorrow.
Shawn Johnson, Des Moines, IA, worlds greatest gymnast. 2007 All Around World Champ. GO SHAWN!!!!

by sue369 on Sep 28, 2007 1:49 PM CDT up reply actions  

Smart
save them for a stress free day, when hopefully fuld, cedeno, pie, fontenoto (cant spell), blanco, and hart are in the lineup!

GO CUBS!!

"I never said most of the things I said" ~ Yogi Berra

by BigZ 4 Cy on Sep 28, 2007 1:56 PM CDT up reply actions  

Deliverance and Redemption?
What sort of redemption can be earned this weekend in Cincinnati?

If the Cubs manage to sweep, they end the regular season with 86 wins (and it's not like they've beat up on the Reds this year).

The Cubs have a losing record this year against every potential NL playoff team (except Colorado, which is a different team of late).

Have Cubs fans reduced themselves to looking at an 86-win, division title* as redemption?

Your standards are low. Even for Cubs fans.

(* Not that I'm counting on 86-wins or a division title happening.)

My Hero the Goat

by mike42 on Sep 28, 2007 1:42 PM CDT reply actions  

re: Deliverance and Redemption?
Is there any better sign that the Cubs are going to win the division than the fact that lame-ass haters like this are popping up on BCB?
"The Cubs aren't feeling too good about themselves, where we feel pretty good about ourselves ..." ~ Brewers bench coach Dale Sveum, 9/27/07

by daver on Sep 28, 2007 1:49 PM CDT up reply actions  

So what?
That's the only real response to all that.

If they make the playoffs, anything can happen.  St. Louis backed in last year, but I doubt any Cardinals fans see it as discounted somehow.

Buy the ticket, take the ride.  Right now we're just holding onto our seats hoping the Cubs can grab the ticket.

by SuperContext on Sep 28, 2007 1:52 PM CDT up reply actions  

As a Cards fan...
I can assure you, we don't see it as discounted.

by bdub78 on Sep 28, 2007 2:01 PM CDT up reply actions  

Oh - thanks
I get it now.

You're aspiring to be like the Cardinals.

That's cute.

My Hero the Goat

by mike42 on Sep 28, 2007 2:04 PM CDT up reply actions  

We should probably stop feeding the troll.
"The Cubs aren't feeling too good about themselves, where we feel pretty good about ourselves ..." ~ Brewers bench coach Dale Sveum, 9/27/07

by daver on Sep 28, 2007 2:05 PM CDT up reply actions  

Seriously though Daver
I enjoy this visit because it is fun watching him act out his shame and anger.  It is making the end of this season SO very much better for me.  

It's like poking the angry rodent behind the stove.

MMMMM...Fernandos fajitas and margaraitas

by Kinky Reggae on Sep 28, 2007 2:14 PM CDT up reply actions  

re: Seriously though Daver
Too true. Like I said, there's no better sign that the Cubs are headed for greatness this season than when numbnuts like this guy come out of the woodwork.
"The Cubs aren't feeling too good about themselves, where we feel pretty good about ourselves ..." ~ Brewers bench coach Dale Sveum, 9/27/07

by daver on Sep 28, 2007 2:34 PM CDT up reply actions  

"angry rodent behind the stove"
priceless
Kevin Hart Watch: IP: 10.2 K: 12 ERA: 0.84 WHIP: 0.94 K/BB: 3.00 a productive farm system is a wonderful thing.

by kylejo on Sep 28, 2007 2:37 PM CDT up reply actions  

nope
We're aspiring to win the Division, and then hopefully a whole lot more.

Baseball teams don't get redemption.  They get wins and losses.  More wins than losses means you do better than teams with more losses than wins.

That's -it-.  Do you honestly think we won't be proud and happy if the Cubs make it deep into the post season, no matter how they got there?

Stop being silly and pompous.  Makes you look like a Brewer.

by drewishdrewid on Sep 28, 2007 2:11 PM CDT up reply actions  

Ohhhh
that's sad.  
MMMMM...Fernandos fajitas and margaraitas

by Kinky Reggae on Sep 28, 2007 2:11 PM CDT up reply actions  

Dont think Im going
out on a limb here in asking:

Why do you post on a cubs site if you are not a cub fan????

"I never said most of the things I said" ~ Yogi Berra

by BigZ 4 Cy on Sep 28, 2007 1:52 PM CDT up reply actions  

re: Dont think Im going
I'm guessing it has something to do with a pathetic, bitter need to piss in other people's Cheerios.
"The Cubs aren't feeling too good about themselves, where we feel pretty good about ourselves ..." ~ Brewers bench coach Dale Sveum, 9/27/07

by daver on Sep 28, 2007 1:54 PM CDT up reply actions  

DANG
UR RIGHT, i thought my cheeries tasted funny this morning.
"I never said most of the things I said" ~ Yogi Berra

by BigZ 4 Cy on Sep 28, 2007 1:59 PM CDT up reply actions  

You guys are entertaining.
And I want to get my bearings before the meltdown.

And I don't have any idea who the scape "goat" is going to be this year. I figured maybe you guys would know before it happens.

My Hero the Goat

by mike42 on Sep 28, 2007 1:57 PM CDT up reply actions  

Lemme handle this one fellas...
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 28, 2007 2:01 PM CDT up reply actions  

And you friend
are making this all the more enjoyable!

It is nice actually that we don't even have to venture over the that other blog to observe your pathetic nature.  You have spelled it out for us right here.  You are a small person, thanks for visiting.  Have a nice winter!  

MMMMM...Fernandos fajitas and margaraitas

by Kinky Reggae on Sep 28, 2007 2:09 PM CDT up reply actions  

Actually,
we've been watching it happen to the Brewers since the end of May.
Linus: Life is rarely all one way, Charlie Brown. You win some, you lose some. Charlie Brown: Really? Gee, that'd be neat.

by CyberCyclist on Sep 28, 2007 2:16 PM CDT up reply actions  

I'll take a stab
LaRussa?
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. -- Lee Constantine Elia, 1983.

by krummy12 on Sep 28, 2007 2:48 PM CDT up reply actions  

Scapegoat for this years failures
Who do you think we can blame this years collapse on?

Ned Yost
Ryan Braun's fielding
Prince Fielder's Family Issues
Capuano's turn around
The traveling secretary

We're talking about the Brewers right?

"There are no curses here...Games are won and lost on the baseball field" - Lou Piniella

by El Borto on Sep 28, 2007 2:55 PM CDT up reply actions  

its called insecurity and bordem
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 Sep 28, 2007 2:00 PM CDT up reply actions  

haha
100% exactly right.  what a tool bag.
Kevin Hart Watch: IP: 10.2 K: 12 ERA: 0.84 WHIP: 0.94 K/BB: 3.00 a productive farm system is a wonderful thing.

by kylejo on Sep 28, 2007 2:35 PM CDT up reply actions  

don't comment on his page
he just moderates it all and turns it around to try and make you look like a fool.

he's got some balls, no contact info on his page or any identifiable material.

You gotta practice on the ugly ones to get good with the good-lookin' ones

by rustydevil on Sep 28, 2007 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions  

would call them goat balls!?!?!?
"I never said most of the things I said" ~ Yogi Berra

by BigZ 4 Cy on Sep 28, 2007 3:26 PM CDT up reply actions  

Hi email is
mike42@gmail.com

This is public info - he's listed as the owner of the website - you can look this up yourself and get his full name and address. Lives in Miami - strange place for a Brewers fan. Maybe he's really a Marlins fan who was thoroughly steamed by all the Cubs fans there this week?  Only created the site two days ago, according to the record at domaintools.com

Why does everybody stand up and sing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" when they're already there? ~Larry Anderson

by JohnM on Sep 28, 2007 8:37 PM CDT up reply actions  

Can anyone here
imagine being as consumed with anger and bitterness as this guy? Instead of confronting him, I say we get some cardboard, some glue and build an effigy of his daddy so he can finally direct that energy where it's meant to go.

by SouthsideCub on Sep 28, 2007 2:31 PM CDT up reply actions  

who gives a shit?
the cubs are just behind the phils for best NL record the past 4 months of the season.  that gives me plenty of confidence, no division title would ever feel discounted, it must suck though for the brewers, not to have one in over twenty years, and to be oh so close...and not get it.
Kevin Hart Watch: IP: 10.2 K: 12 ERA: 0.84 WHIP: 0.94 K/BB: 3.00 a productive farm system is a wonderful thing.

by kylejo on Sep 28, 2007 2:33 PM CDT up reply actions  

I continue to chuckle
at the comments from these posters who think the Cubs are involved in gymnastics or figure skating.  For those of you into the style of winning, I suggest you stick to these sports, where perfection is the criteria for winning.  Baseball is a game of failure/imperfection.  The best hitters make outs 67-70% of the time.

Let's be clear:  The Cubs do not have to impress the Russian and French judges to get the highest scores for showmanship.  All the Cubs have to do is get to the post-season.  It is pretty simple.  No style points.  Just win.

Go Z!  Go Cubs!!

Prince Fielder...he is neither.

by LAcarl519 on Sep 28, 2007 5:22 PM CDT up reply actions  

I dont know about you guys....
But this is the most confident I have felt all week!  I was real nervous before we went to Florida, and throughtout the week. Lets hope my feelings hold true for tonight! New Day. New Game. New City. New Magic Number.

Go Cubs!  Ill be in Cinci tomorrow and Sunday but i am TOTALLY fine with a clinch tonight!

by AndHart120 on Sep 28, 2007 1:51 PM CDT reply actions  

That's what youn said
yesterday. And the day before that. And the day before that, too!

Don't BS us.

;->

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

by TheEman on Sep 28, 2007 2:30 PM CDT up reply actions  

LOL!
Would I do that??? :-)

by AndHart120 on Sep 28, 2007 2:42 PM CDT up reply actions  

HAHAHA!
Maybe I'm confusing you with my buddy, "Not Bruce" Froemming!

Well, then again...

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

by TheEman on Sep 28, 2007 3:11 PM CDT up reply actions  

Ideal situation
 Cubs win and Brewers lose tonight. Rest Lilly tomorrow and start him in game 1 Tuesday the 3rd, Zambrano Wednesday the 4th and Hill Friday the 6th.

 For game 4 if necessary, skip Marquis copletely and go with Lilly on 3 days rest and if a game 5 is necessary on the 9th, you can go with Zambrano on 4 day's rest.

 Marquis doesn't even need to be on the 1st series playoff roster.

 That is the ideal situation.

by lemon20pie on Sep 28, 2007 1:51 PM CDT reply actions  

Hmmm
I like where your heads at.  Lets just start with getting a win in the last 4 games!  :)
Bulls 402 ta zip... but Micheal Jordan will be held to under 200 points. - Todd O'Connor

by Lou In Blue on Sep 28, 2007 1:58 PM CDT up reply actions  

neither
neither lilly nor zambrano seem to be all that hot on short rest.  I think you have to either start Marquis or Marhshal, and hope the bullpen is up for it.

by drewishdrewid on Sep 28, 2007 2:09 PM CDT up reply actions  

Lilly pitched well on 3 days rest....
....last week.

4 days off for Zambrano is no big deal.

 The Cardinals didn't pitch Marquis at all last PS and it worked out Ok for them.

 Marquis' has been brutal lately and there's no need for him 5 game series, 7 maybe but not 5 if the "ideal" scenario of the Cubs clinching tonight turns into reality.

by lemon20pie on Sep 28, 2007 2:42 PM CDT up reply actions  

Uh.. your facts are mixed up
Big Z didn't do well on 3 days rest. Lilly did very well on 3 days rest. He went like 7 innings or so (if not 8) and only gave up like 2-3 runs. It's Big Z I'd be worried about pitching on 3 days rest if I were you.
Missing Da Cubbies from NYC!

by dacubsfan76 on Sep 28, 2007 2:57 PM CDT up reply actions  

uh...your reading comprehension sucks.
 I never mentioned Zambrano on 3 days rest. If he pitched game 5, he'd have 4 days rest.

Regardless, I'd rather have Zambrano on 3 days rest than Marquis, ever.

by lemon20pie on Sep 28, 2007 3:02 PM CDT up reply actions  

I think
he was talking to me.  And while Lilly did pull it out, I remember him looking shaky.  I'd be perfectly happy to be wrong.

by drewishdrewid on Sep 28, 2007 3:32 PM CDT up reply actions  

lemon...that post wasn't for you...
if you'd check again, you'd see that it was a reply to the irishdewd...not a direct reply to you.   it just so happened we replied to same thing and posted roughly the same time, which made it appear the way it did.  i didn't even see what you wrote until just now.
Missing Da Cubbies from NYC!

by dacubsfan76 on Sep 28, 2007 3:34 PM CDT up reply actions  

LMAO
n/t
Missing Da Cubbies from NYC!

by dacubsfan76 on Sep 28, 2007 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions  

My facts on the days are wrong, however.
NLDS lays out like this:

 Wednesday Oct. 3rd: Lilly

 Thursday Oct. 4th: Zambrano

 Saturday Oct 6th: Hill

 Sunday Oct 7th: Lilly (3 days rest)

 Tuesday Oct 9th: Zambrano (4 days rest)

If they do miraculously clinch tonight, I guarantee you that that will be the rotation and Marquis will not be on DS roster.

by lemon20pie on Sep 28, 2007 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions  

It is sort of funny
That even with all the drama and histrionics going on in this town over the Cubs performance this week, they can still clinch tonight.  

Lets hope it happens.

by SuperContext on Sep 28, 2007 1:53 PM CDT reply actions  

Another movie quote....
"You can do it!  Hang on!!"  said by an old man grabbing onto a towel that is tied somewhere outside the bathtub he is sitting while watching TV. Anyone know what it is??

by AndHart120 on Sep 28, 2007 1:54 PM CDT reply actions  

Great Movie!
n/t
"Harlem Furniture......You'll like our style!"

by Imtrejo on Sep 28, 2007 2:03 PM CDT up reply actions  

Meh...
I'd say 'Fine' or 'OK' movie, not great.

For me, the best part is noticing Peter Krause in that film.

by WittyUserName on Sep 28, 2007 3:31 PM CDT up reply actions  

Courtesy of Mark Newman
" Cubs and Brewers fans, carry us away: You are chugging Pepto Bismol. You are throwing things at the television, and you snuck a glimpse of the new "Grey's Anatomy" just to clear your head. Your Cubs haven't won since 1908. Your Brewers have never won it all.

Both teams lost on Thursday, which means Chicago still has a two-game lead over Milwaukee in the NL Central and three precious games to go. And in the back of your head, you know that it doesn't matter how you go into a postseason in this decade, because it is proven every year that you only have to get there."

Bulls 402 ta zip... but Micheal Jordan will be held to under 200 points. - Todd O'Connor

by Lou In Blue on Sep 28, 2007 2:02 PM CDT reply actions  

just heard that the Red organization
expecting 25,000 Cubs fans tonight...

That should be sureal to see...

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 Sep 28, 2007 2:02 PM CDT reply actions  

Wish I were there.
"Have Keith Moreland drop a routine fly. Give everybody two bags of peanuts and a frosty malt, And I'll be ready to die." -Steve Goodman

by danimal15 on Sep 28, 2007 2:04 PM CDT up reply actions  

You know...
Im sure they actually love that down there (the owners/ owners in the city). If the Cubs werent in town they would have had a ton more empty seats. Now that it is the Cubs down there, they are getting a ton more business, hotels are full, and a lot of money is to be made.

by AndHart120 on Sep 28, 2007 2:09 PM CDT up reply actions  

Awesome!!
Shawn Johnson, Des Moines, IA, worlds greatest gymnast. 2007 All Around World Champ. GO SHAWN!!!!

by sue369 on Sep 28, 2007 2:09 PM CDT up reply actions  

Lets clinch and move on.
Get to the playoffs and it's anyones game. In the more recent history it has happened more then not that a lower seed wins it all. The Cubs are the type of team that if it get hot it could roll right through the playoffs and win it all.

Unlike 2003 were the Cubs had no reasonable bull pen help. The 2007 version does have some good pen help. It has a decent 1, 2 in Lilly and Z. The offense, if it's hot, is top shelf.

But lets take care and end the drama that is the central.

Win today, win tomorrow.

6-01-2007 the Cubs begin to rise. They will never look back.

by Scott G F on Sep 28, 2007 2:19 PM CDT reply actions  

Note to Frustrated Fan
Hey there,

I posted an answer to your trivia question that you posted way up high on this chain. My answer was the Pirates (last WS appearance, 1979). Am I right? If I am right, what do I win? :)

"Have Keith Moreland drop a routine fly. Give everybody two bags of peanuts and a frosty malt, And I'll be ready to die." -Steve Goodman

by danimal15 on Sep 28, 2007 2:19 PM CDT reply actions  

You get to Decide Who Wins the following
6 games:

Today:
Chicago v. Cinncy
Milwaukee v. SD
Tomorrow
Chicago v. Cinncy
Milwaukee v. SD
Sunday
Chicago v. Cinncy
Milwaukee v. SD

I think that the most relaxing would be the Cubs winning today and Milwaukee losing.  The most exciting would be the Cubs losing Friday and Saturday and Milwaukee winning Friday and Saturday.  

by frustratedfan on Sep 28, 2007 2:37 PM CDT up reply actions  

Uh.... exciting?
Is that what they are calling it these days?

by IllinoisCubs on Sep 28, 2007 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions  

mike42
Ah.  You are a White Sox fan.  And you've learned your alphabet and EVERYTHING!  :D

That's quite a website you've got there.  I wonder what you could do if you turned yourself to positive work...

by drewishdrewid on Sep 28, 2007 2:29 PM CDT reply actions  

My Hero The Goat
Yeah, I left a quick comment on there.

His website reminds me of when I was a kid and my Dad took me to Brookfield Zoo and I asked why the monkeys were tossing their poop at the wall and he said, "I guess they can't think of anything better to do."

by DonGerard on Sep 28, 2007 2:37 PM CDT up reply actions  

No this is truly priceless
this guy has this absolutely absurd website, where he bashes everything Cubs (fans, players, the city of Chicago itself).  He takes personal shots at my mother, and then you read through...AND HE IS THE ONLY JACKASS POSTING ON THE SITE!

Dude, taking a shot at my mother was clearly cowardly and of course we all know you wouldn't do it to my face but have you really fooled yourself into thinking that people in this world, Cub fans or not, have any interest in what a lonely tool, with a 4th grade sense of humor has to say about anything?

Oh and for the record, the "small person" comment was made only AFTER talking with your fiance last night so better talk to her...pretty dissatisfied!

MMMMM...Fernandos fajitas and margaritas

by Kinky Reggae on Sep 28, 2007 2:40 PM CDT up reply actions  

re: No this is truly priceless
Wow. Not that it's surprising, but, WOW. What a frickin' moron. The best he can come up with is a mom joke? And the way he twists around my Cheerios comment...that's a pretty staggering piece of stupidity right there.
"The Cubs aren't feeling too good about themselves, where we feel pretty good about ourselves ..." ~ Brewers bench coach Dale Sveum, 9/27/07

by daver on Sep 28, 2007 2:48 PM CDT up reply actions  

i cant wait
to check that site in two weeks, and see that it has died a quick, and eventless death.
Kevin Hart Watch: IP: 10.2 K: 12 ERA: 0.84 WHIP: 0.94 K/BB: 3.00 a productive farm system is a wonderful thing.

by kylejo on Sep 28, 2007 2:49 PM CDT up reply actions  

re: i cant wait
Further hilarity: Click on the link that says "Read The Goat's Manifesto." It opens a blank page!
"The Cubs aren't feeling too good about themselves, where we feel pretty good about ourselves ..." ~ Brewers bench coach Dale Sveum, 9/27/07

by daver on Sep 28, 2007 2:55 PM CDT up reply actions  

You know...

...if there were even a modicum of something remotely funny or interesting I would not have even bothered commenting.

I was not so offended by the anti-Cub fan stance (yeah, whatever, I started rooting for 'em in 1970...I get it) as I was offended by its lack of humor, originality, etc.

I mean, did the guy just set it up hoping to garner a couple of bucks off of the Google ads for Harry Caray ringtones?

by DonGerard on Sep 28, 2007 2:55 PM CDT up reply actions  

It has all Cubs
advertising too!  It must just be a joke right?

See who he can piss off and then come out and say that he is really a Cub fan and that he was doing it to break the curse or some stupid ass ___ like that?

But yes, now that you mention it...his mother joke aimed at my mother, was most offensive because it is not funny.

Kinda feel dirty and ashamed that I even went there.  Need...cold...shower.

MMMMM...Fernandos fajitas and margaritas

by Kinky Reggae on Sep 28, 2007 3:00 PM CDT up reply actions  

who can blame the kid?
you've got to do something when you're 22 games out of the wild card race!

by carolinacubbie on Sep 28, 2007 3:29 PM CDT up reply actions  

The Cubs are out of that depressing
Dolphins stadium. Now, they'll brighten up and hit the long ball out instead of off the sign 412 feet out.

by teacher tom on Sep 28, 2007 2:38 PM CDT reply actions  

One Cubs win, and one Brewers loss...
And the division is won. We're still alright.

by GoCubsGo11 on Sep 28, 2007 3:05 PM CDT reply actions  

holy crap!
game doesn't start for atleast three hours and its almost 300 posts!! this is gonna be a long thread!
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Sep 28, 2007 3:10 PM CDT reply actions  

Thats not all that cool
once they get over 1200 its really hard to read the threads.  

but there is hope, i think sue mentioned something about starting a diary for the level headed!! I wont be by a computer, but i will be here in spirit.

go cubs and lets make Ronny go crazy tonite.

"I never said most of the things I said" ~ Yogi Berra

by BigZ 4 Cy on Sep 28, 2007 3:13 PM CDT up reply actions  

eh..I won't be here either
gotta go to football games!!!

and who knows..maybe tonight will be magical..

Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Sep 28, 2007 3:15 PM CDT up reply actions  

When it hits 1200......
we can all go over to PG sue369's diary.  You ready for that Sue?

by becauseicare on Sep 28, 2007 3:33 PM CDT up reply actions  

re: When it hits 1200......
So her diary is kinda like the afterparty?
"The Cubs aren't feeling too good about themselves, where we feel pretty good about ourselves ..." ~ Brewers bench coach Dale Sveum, 9/27/07

by daver on Sep 28, 2007 3:35 PM CDT up reply actions  

More like...
sloppy seconds.

</joke>

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 28, 2007 3:36 PM CDT up reply actions  

Expect some "poop" for this.
"The Cubs aren't feeling too good about themselves, where we feel pretty good about ourselves ..." ~ Brewers bench coach Dale Sveum, 9/27/07

by daver on Sep 28, 2007 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions  

GASP!!! You cad!!! :P
Shawn Johnson, Des Moines, IA, worlds greatest gymnast. 2007 All Around World Champ. GO SHAWN!!!!

by sue369 on Sep 28, 2007 5:12 PM CDT up reply actions  

If something goes wrong tonight...
I'm blaming it on "Bad Rex."  Love a good 'ol Chicago scapegoat...
Brian McRae's 5 O'Clock Shadow

by PurpleLineToWrigley on Sep 28, 2007 3:18 PM CDT reply actions  

Lineup....
ESPN Radio 1000 just reported this....

Soriano LF
Kendall C
Lee 1B
Floyd RF
Ramirez 3B
Derosa 2B
Jones CF
Theriot SS
Zambrano P

by AndHart120 on Sep 28, 2007 3:31 PM CDT reply actions  

SOUNDS LIKE A WINNER TO ME
"I never said most of the things I said" ~ Yogi Berra

by BigZ 4 Cy on Sep 28, 2007 3:34 PM CDT up reply actions  

Yeah...
I was kind of surprised after Z's good outing with Soto catching on Sunday.

by AndHart120 on Sep 28, 2007 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions  

Kendall 2nd, Theriot 8th
Yeah, that's good...DeRosa shouldn't bat 2nd until he gets out of his little slump.  Same with Theriot.

by zevkalman on Sep 28, 2007 3:39 PM CDT up reply actions  

slump?
.368 over the last 10 games....

by DartmouthCubsFan on Sep 28, 2007 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions  

I like Kendall at the 2 spot
Lets see some hit-and-run
------ TheRiot Squad ------

by RightFieldSucks on Sep 28, 2007 6:00 PM CDT up reply actions  

...and the piss in our Cheerios, as well.
"The Cubs aren't feeling too good about themselves, where we feel pretty good about ourselves ..." ~ Brewers bench coach Dale Sveum, 9/27/07

by daver on Sep 28, 2007 3:36 PM CDT up reply actions  

Somewhere out there mike is crying
about losing his 'newly aquired friends'.

The thought made me smile and i wondered what that must be like/look like??

My best quess: http://www.fotosearch.com/IST182/v3046039/

"I never said most of the things I said" ~ Yogi Berra

by BigZ 4 Cy on Sep 28, 2007 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions  

TV Coverage question
I just read this on yahoo sports:

"...TBS will have exclusive coverage of all four division series, then move on to broadcast the NL championship series. Next season, the network will launch a "Game of the Week" on Sunday afternoons in addition to its playoff coverage...."

Does this really mean that there is NO free TV for the division series this year? What about mlbtv.com? I know that a lot of Americans have cable tv, but my recollection (from reading some statistics a while back) is that cable isn't even in 50% of American homes (it's not in mine, I know).

Over the years, it seems that MLB (owners and players) has become less interested in building a young, middle class fan base and more interested in skyboxes, exclusive cable/satelite TV packages, high salaries (and expensive seats), and scheduling playoff games at 9 p.m. eastern time.

Sorry to sound like a curmudgeon-- I'm only 34 years old-- but this seems like bad business in the longview.

"These are terrible times, and I shouldn't joke about them." --Warren Zevon

by ExNorthsider on Sep 28, 2007 3:52 PM CDT reply actions  

Ummm....
"but this seems like bad business in the longview."

Welcome to the MLB marketing strategy, where there are no goals short term other than money and no goals long term other than, well, nothing.

by hawkeyenation on Sep 28, 2007 4:14 PM CDT up reply actions  

60%
Actually... cable penetration is at about 58.8% of homes and about 90% of all homes in t he US are able to get cable TV. There are still some parts of the US that can't even get cable TV. ... BUT yes, I agree that if I were someone who did not have cable I would be annoyed too that I couldn't watch my dear Cubbies.

Why don't you call the cable company and get cable for a month and then shut it off again? :)

by Willgly on Sep 28, 2007 4:30 PM CDT up reply actions  

Cable penetration
pervert
Linus: Life is rarely all one way, Charlie Brown. You win some, you lose some. Charlie Brown: Really? Gee, that'd be neat.

by CyberCyclist on Sep 28, 2007 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions  

TV is a business
And quite a profitable one, I might add.

Your average station easily runs double-digit profit margins.  And we're not talking 11%, either.

As for no free TV, the Turner folks (and their parent, TimeWarner) don't care.  They clearly see the potential viewership they already have on cable and satellite as sufficient - even to the point of diminishing return.  

Sad but true.

by MN exile on Sep 28, 2007 6:19 PM CDT up reply actions  

Player of the game
Any predictions on the player of the game in this possible NL Central clinching game?  Who comes through with a timely hit?  Who's the hero?  All speculatory, but it's fun!  :)
Bulls 402 ta zip... but Micheal Jordan will be held to under 200 points. - Todd O'Connor

by Lou In Blue on Sep 28, 2007 3:53 PM CDT reply actions  

Big Z...
... for the no-hitter into the 8th.

by initram on Sep 28, 2007 3:58 PM CDT up reply actions  

I will go with
Al Yellon, for a fan interference call on a long drive by Phillips in the bottom half of the 8th with Hatteberg standing on first leaving him on third only to have Eyre come in and strike out pinch hitter Valentin to retire the side!
Bulls 402 ta zip... but Micheal Jordan will be held to under 200 points. - Todd O'Connor

by Lou In Blue on Sep 28, 2007 4:07 PM CDT up reply actions  

Go Cubs Go!
go cubs go!

hey chicago what did you SAY!!!

Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Sep 28, 2007 3:56 PM CDT reply actions  

the cubs are going to win today
"I never said most of the things I said" ~ Yogi Berra

by BigZ 4 Cy on Sep 28, 2007 4:13 PM CDT up reply actions  

No excuses tonight
the Reds stink, lost five in a row, and don't have Griffey and Dunn.  Let's get it done!!

by Itchy on Sep 28, 2007 4:01 PM CDT reply actions  

and...
... Big Z is not facing Harang, although there are still rumblings that Harang may miss his start tomorrow.

by initram on Sep 28, 2007 4:31 PM CDT up reply actions  

Why
What happened to him?

by MasterofUnlocking on Sep 28, 2007 4:33 PM CDT up reply actions  

Don't tease me..
is that true about Harang?  Where are you hearing this?
Trachsel was McPhail's last laugh!!!

by Hugest Canadian Cubs Fan on Sep 28, 2007 4:37 PM CDT up reply actions  

I feel good about this one.
Great American Ballpark is about to be overtaken by some diehard Cub fans...Big Z is going to have a great start. The Reds' offense will struggle without Griffey and Dunn, and Arroyo will get shelled. Meanwhile, Maddux will shut down the Brewers while Capuano gets hit hard.

Also, I will win the lottery tonight.*

*(Will not actually happen. Everything else is right, though.) GO CUBS!

Your results may vary. reverendriggs.blogspot.com

by riggs on Sep 28, 2007 4:35 PM CDT reply actions  

I bet it's going to be nice
to play in a park that actually has some people in it...

And fences that aren't skyscrapers...

by drewishdrewid on Sep 28, 2007 4:43 PM CDT reply actions  

the other BCB
the best they can do is say "well, hopefully the mets will lose out too, so that no one remembers us"?

they've given up.

GO CUBS GO!

by drewishdrewid on Sep 28, 2007 4:54 PM CDT reply actions  

DC to Cincy
If the unimaginable happens and the Cubs to not clinch tonight, my wife and I will be driving from DC to Cincy tomorrow to lend the boys our support in person.  GO CUBS!

by capitol cub on Sep 28, 2007 4:59 PM CDT reply actions  

Maybe Bill Murray finally made it to Cincy
If so, he's "on a gravy train with biscuit wheels."

by N Oakley on Sep 28, 2007 5:08 PM CDT reply actions  

This is going to be our night...
Dr. Z will bring out some of his mysterious potions and put the Reds to sleep, while the offense will get in a little pre-playoff batting practice against Arroyo.

Mad Dog will put the whammy on the Brewers tonight, then let the celebration begin!

I feel so good, I think I am going to guara......hey, let go, what the, mmmmmmfffff.

I loved it when Harry cried, "Cubs Win, Cubs Win!"

by Ken Hubbs on Sep 28, 2007 5:41 PM CDT reply actions  

LOL!!
Shawn Johnson, Des Moines, IA, worlds greatest gymnast. 2007 All Around World Champ. GO SHAWN!!!!

by sue369 on Sep 28, 2007 5:44 PM CDT up reply actions  

wow, just got through reading the thread
and there sure are a lot of douche bags posting on here today.
"Prince Fielder Dies Of Inside-The-Park Homerun" - The Onion

by DTJchris on Sep 28, 2007 5:59 PM CDT reply actions  

Hey..lay off...this is America!!!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 28, 2007 6:06 PM CDT up reply actions  

I am impressed
I can't believe you found a picture that corresponded to my comment almost perfectly
"Prince Fielder Dies Of Inside-The-Park Homerun" - The Onion

by DTJchris on Sep 28, 2007 6:07 PM CDT up reply actions  

Actually..
it's called using Google Image Search, and it's a real picture, not photoshop.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 28, 2007 6:23 PM CDT up reply actions  

My wish
Maddux handles the Brewers while the Cubs win in 16 innings, thus ending this race tonight with the corresponding on-field celebration.
im so excited.

by UptownFreeRadio on Sep 28, 2007 6:00 PM CDT reply actions  

I'll take 9 innings
and let them party at the hotel a la Major League.

by Orval Overall on Sep 28, 2007 6:22 PM CDT up reply actions  

yeah
i was thinking, tomorrow, if things go right, the cubs could celebrate winning the division after losing its 5th straight game
Dinosaurs? "Didn't exist. You can't say there were dinosaurs when you never saw them." -Carl Everett

by NDcubsfan on Sep 28, 2007 6:25 PM CDT up reply actions  

let's win a game.
"If you play more than two chords, you're showing off."--Woody Guthrie

by buckmulligan on Sep 28, 2007 6:10 PM CDT reply actions  

S***
Oh great, theyre already going for the long ball...

by rrtycoon2 on Sep 28, 2007 6:13 PM CDT reply actions  

AND
HE GETS IT!!!!

LEADOFF HOMERUN SORIANO!!!!

by rrtycoon2 on Sep 28, 2007 6:14 PM CDT up reply actions  

Good Start, now lets keep it going!
What am I going to do when the season ends???

by Saratoga on Sep 28, 2007 6:14 PM CDT reply actions  

Did NOT see that coming.
He was looking helpless against Arroyo.
2007 Badger Football - 1-0

by Schwa on Sep 28, 2007 6:15 PM CDT reply actions  

Doesn't Kendall always look tired?
He just doesn't seem as energetic as he once did.
What am I going to do when the season ends???

by Saratoga on Sep 28, 2007 6:16 PM CDT reply actions  

tension breaker.....had to be done!
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 Sep 28, 2007 6:16 PM CDT reply actions  

the still-legged hippie
isn't looking so great tonight.

by JakeH on Sep 28, 2007 6:18 PM CDT reply actions  

about 10 of them
in the last 2 weeks
Dinosaurs? "Didn't exist. You can't say there were dinosaurs when you never saw them." -Carl Everett

by NDcubsfan on Sep 28, 2007 6:24 PM CDT up reply actions  

13 homeruns
in Sept. Tied Ernie Banks for another Cubs record.

phat

by phatass on Sep 28, 2007 6:26 PM CDT up reply actions  

Doh!!!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 28, 2007 6:27 PM CDT reply actions  

Uh oh
Looks like Zambrano's panicking.

by rrtycoon2 on Sep 28, 2007 6:28 PM CDT reply actions  

No
No it doesn't.

phat

by phatass on Sep 28, 2007 6:29 PM CDT up reply actions  

WTG Votto
 fly out on 3-0 count.

So nice not to have to deal with Griffey or Dunn.

by lemon20pie on Sep 28, 2007 6:29 PM CDT reply actions  

The Reds announcers are saying
Big Z's arm looks flat tonight.

Lets prove them wrong!!!

by jac on Sep 28, 2007 6:31 PM CDT reply actions  

What was his velocity like?
 Took him about what, 13 pitches to get out of Inning?

by lemon20pie on Sep 28, 2007 6:33 PM CDT up reply actions  

so far
88-90 is what I've read/heard

by drewishdrewid on Sep 28, 2007 6:36 PM CDT up reply actions  

i hate the NL east
it an annoying division
Dinosaurs? "Didn't exist. You can't say there were dinosaurs when you never saw them." -Carl Everett

by NDcubsfan on Sep 28, 2007 6:35 PM CDT up reply actions  

1st and 2nd nobody out
 Nice. Let's get atleast 1 more here.

by lemon20pie on Sep 28, 2007 6:34 PM CDT reply actions  

Someone should start a diary for those....
....following the game on gamecast or in my case yahoo sports.

by lemon20pie on Sep 28, 2007 6:35 PM CDT reply actions  

why?
not being a dick, just wondering
Dinosaurs? "Didn't exist. You can't say there were dinosaurs when you never saw them." -Carl Everett

by NDcubsfan on Sep 28, 2007 6:36 PM CDT up reply actions  

To synche it up.
 By the time I see what happened on gamecast, it's 2 minutes behind someone watching live, and by the time I post, it's already old news.

 

by lemon20pie on Sep 28, 2007 6:39 PM CDT up reply actions  

yeah
i know how ya feel, im watching on gameday
Dinosaurs? "Didn't exist. You can't say there were dinosaurs when you never saw them." -Carl Everett

by NDcubsfan on Sep 28, 2007 6:45 PM CDT up reply actions  

RIOT!!!
Dinosaurs? "Didn't exist. You can't say there were dinosaurs when you never saw them." -Carl Everett

by NDcubsfan on Sep 28, 2007 6:36 PM CDT reply actions  

I would take 9 TheRiots's.....
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 Sep 28, 2007 6:37 PM CDT reply actions  

Damn
I thought The Riot's hit landed on the ground first...

by rrtycoon2 on Sep 28, 2007 6:39 PM CDT reply actions  

nothing flat and tired there....
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 Sep 28, 2007 6:42 PM CDT reply actions  

I prefer home games...
....just for the home mlb.tv announcers.  This yokel keeps calling him Zambraaaaano
------ TheRiot Squad ------

by RightFieldSucks on Sep 28, 2007 6:43 PM CDT reply actions  

After a whole season of listening
to yokels, I can't take it anymore. I've got MLB.TV and radio running at the same time. WHen they get out of sync, I restart the video.  A total hassle, but it beats putting up with the various Elmers and Gomers working for all the small market teams.
Why does everybody stand up and sing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" when they're already there? ~Larry Anderson

by JohnM on Sep 28, 2007 6:48 PM CDT up reply actions  

seems to me
that Z's arm angle is looking much better this inning.  Up a little higher w/ a bit more velocity.

by JakeH on Sep 28, 2007 6:43 PM CDT reply actions  

1,2,3
two innings in a row!

Nice to see.  

by drewishdrewid on Sep 28, 2007 6:44 PM CDT reply actions  

yep
 Nice quick innings...keep it rolling Zambrano.

by lemon20pie on Sep 28, 2007 6:47 PM CDT up reply actions  

Not quite
There was that odd Single in the First that forced DeRosa to show us some of his ballet moves.

by rrtycoon2 on Sep 28, 2007 6:50 PM CDT up reply actions  

In the house
Lets   Go     Cubs!!!!!!!!!!!
6-01-2007 the Cubs begin to rise. They will never look back.

by Scott G F on Sep 28, 2007 6:45 PM CDT reply actions  

your signature
did you make that on june 1st? if you did, good call
Dinosaurs? "Didn't exist. You can't say there were dinosaurs when you never saw them." -Carl Everett

by NDcubsfan on Sep 28, 2007 6:46 PM CDT up reply actions  

I made it May 31st
all sorts of stuff happened after that.
6-01-2007 the Cubs begin to rise. They will never look back.

by Scott G F on Sep 28, 2007 6:49 PM CDT up reply actions  

well
good call
Dinosaurs? "Didn't exist. You can't say there were dinosaurs when you never saw them." -Carl Everett

by NDcubsfan on Sep 28, 2007 6:49 PM CDT up reply actions  

Good things tonight people
good things!!!!!
6-01-2007 the Cubs begin to rise. They will never look back.

by Scott G F on Sep 28, 2007 6:45 PM CDT reply actions  

I'm thinking
that if we clinch tonight, we should all go visit that Mike guy's site and leave a friendly calling card.

by drewishdrewid on Sep 28, 2007 6:46 PM CDT reply actions  

hell yeah
Dinosaurs? "Didn't exist. You can't say there were dinosaurs when you never saw them." -Carl Everett

by NDcubsfan on Sep 28, 2007 6:47 PM CDT up reply actions  

let's tack on
and make the Brewer's scoreboard watch a miserable pregame experience!

by cubrandy on Sep 28, 2007 6:47 PM CDT reply actions  

Grah!
Those bastard-flavored bastards who run our local radio station aren't airing the game.  Stupid high school football--don't they understand there's a pennant race going on?
Before each game, please remember to feed the bats.

by Cool Hand on Sep 28, 2007 6:47 PM CDT reply actions  

Oh, it is.
Especially if you smother it in bastard sauce.
Before each game, please remember to feed the bats.

by Cool Hand on Sep 28, 2007 7:35 PM CDT up reply actions  

Get on D Lee
walk! Clogg the bases!!!!
6-01-2007 the Cubs begin to rise. They will never look back.

by Scott G F on Sep 28, 2007 6:50 PM CDT reply actions  

Hit the ball a little guys
Gte use to getting on

Am Ram is hot

6-01-2007 the Cubs begin to rise. They will never look back.

by Scott G F on Sep 28, 2007 6:51 PM CDT reply actions  

Dear FSN,
I don't care what some hick lady's family is doing.  Show me some baseball
------ TheRiot Squad ------

by RightFieldSucks on Sep 28, 2007 6:53 PM CDT reply actions  

Just saw one of Santo's pictures
Who is Mike42 and why is he the piss in Santo's pants?

2-0 at the end of 2.5. Let's go Cubbies!

Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 6:53 PM CDT reply actions  

Just read his posts...
but don't bother checking out his blog.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 28, 2007 6:54 PM CDT up reply actions  

He's a sox fan
who has spent his life, apparently, hating the cubs.

It's sad.

by drewishdrewid on Sep 28, 2007 6:55 PM CDT up reply actions  

Keep runners on base...
cause I can't stand Bronson's stupid leg kick.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 28, 2007 6:53 PM CDT reply actions  

Arroyo at 54 pitches after 3
 That Red Bullpen is less than stellar, earlier we get to it the better.

 Looking good so far tonight.

by lemon20pie on Sep 28, 2007 6:54 PM CDT reply actions  

Anyone know what happened to Corey Patterson?
Haven't seen him in a box score for several weeks.
What am I going to do when the season ends???

by Saratoga on Sep 28, 2007 6:55 PM CDT reply actions  

According to ESPN
he is on bereavement leave.

by JakeH on Sep 28, 2007 6:56 PM CDT up reply actions  

my bad...
that was back in April.  so i don't know.

by JakeH on Sep 28, 2007 6:58 PM CDT up reply actions  

Just saw one of Santo's pictures
Who is Mike42 and why is he the piss in Santo's pants?

2-0 at the end of 2.5. Let's go Cubbies!

Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 6:55 PM CDT reply actions  

didn't you just ask that?
Dinosaurs? "Didn't exist. You can't say there were dinosaurs when you never saw them." -Carl Everett

by NDcubsfan on Sep 28, 2007 6:59 PM CDT up reply actions  

Yes, and I had server issues just now.
I had to reconnect through my home connection instead of a work connection; server problems there sometimes.
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 7:01 PM CDT up reply actions  

my bad
kinda sounded like a dick. my b
Dinosaurs? "Didn't exist. You can't say there were dinosaurs when you never saw them." -Carl Everett

by NDcubsfan on Sep 28, 2007 7:02 PM CDT up reply actions  

Okay Z
Keep'um down!!

Brewers start in 5 minutes.

I bet it's painful see the Cubs up!!

The pressure must be incredible.

6-01-2007 the Cubs begin to rise. They will never look back.

by Scott G F on Sep 28, 2007 6:55 PM CDT reply actions  

Got server problems...
getting double posts again. Sorry about that.
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 6:56 PM CDT reply actions  

Z is getting some movement on the pitches
and they're hitting weak grounders. Looks good so far.
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 6:57 PM CDT reply actions  

Reds worst ERA in NL
according to Len just now. Didn't knwo it was that bad.

First time through the order and only 1 base runner; nice, very nice.

Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 6:58 PM CDT reply actions  

USF is on
Go Bulls
6-01-2007 the Cubs begin to rise. They will never look back.

by Scott G F on Sep 28, 2007 6:59 PM CDT reply actions  

GO IRISH
tomorrow we get own first win. get ready purdue
Dinosaurs? "Didn't exist. You can't say there were dinosaurs when you never saw them." -Carl Everett

by NDcubsfan on Sep 28, 2007 7:00 PM CDT up reply actions  

With every out we get....
I get more giddy....I can't help it.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 28, 2007 6:59 PM CDT reply actions  

how bout a pic for that?
Dinosaurs? "Didn't exist. You can't say there were dinosaurs when you never saw them." -Carl Everett

by NDcubsfan on Sep 28, 2007 7:00 PM CDT up reply actions  

As Giddy as a schoolgirl!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 28, 2007 7:04 PM CDT up reply actions  

hilarious!
Dinosaurs? "Didn't exist. You can't say there were dinosaurs when you never saw them." -Carl Everett

by NDcubsfan on Sep 28, 2007 7:04 PM CDT up reply actions  

Haha AEpi in the stands
That's the jewish frat by the way.  And he's an accounting major.  He said it, not me.
------ TheRiot Squad ------

by RightFieldSucks on Sep 28, 2007 6:59 PM CDT reply actions  

First pitch out by Hopper
2-0 end 3. Z looks pretty sharp. And one of my favourite Cubs of all time - Maddog - goes tonight in Milw.

Maybe I should start getting the firecrackers out for later this evening.

Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 7:00 PM CDT reply actions  

If he keep that up
He might go the distance in less then 100 pitches.
6-01-2007 the Cubs begin to rise. They will never look back.

by Scott G F on Sep 28, 2007 7:01 PM CDT up reply actions  

ok this guy talking to fans in the stands....
....is starting to get old.
------ TheRiot Squad ------

by RightFieldSucks on Sep 28, 2007 7:03 PM CDT reply actions  

Arroyo settling down?
Come on guys don't let him settle in. 54 pitches though 3 and only a total of 8 in the 4th.
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 7:03 PM CDT reply actions  

how bout the game ends now
both teams just agree to end it. the reds dont care anymore anyway.
Dinosaurs? "Didn't exist. You can't say there were dinosaurs when you never saw them." -Carl Everett

by NDcubsfan on Sep 28, 2007 7:03 PM CDT reply actions  

quick inning
8 pitches.  we cant be getting comfortable
------ TheRiot Squad ------

by RightFieldSucks on Sep 28, 2007 7:05 PM CDT reply actions  

Ok, if the Cubs do clinch tonight...
....Who'll get the start Sunday? Hart? Marshall?

by lemon20pie on Sep 28, 2007 7:05 PM CDT reply actions  

glendon rusch?
Dinosaurs? "Didn't exist. You can't say there were dinosaurs when you never saw them." -Carl Everett

by NDcubsfan on Sep 28, 2007 7:06 PM CDT up reply actions  

is it because Arroyo going tonight?
Dinosaurs? "Didn't exist. You can't say there were dinosaurs when you never saw them." -Carl Everett

by NDcubsfan on Sep 28, 2007 7:11 PM CDT up reply actions  

Ron Santo
6-01-2007 the Cubs begin to rise. They will never look back.

by Scott G F on Sep 28, 2007 7:08 PM CDT up reply actions  

Come on Z
6-4-3...
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 7:09 PM CDT reply actions  

Zambrano
In his first jam of the night.

by rrtycoon2 on Sep 28, 2007 7:09 PM CDT reply actions  

Okay z
Go to work
6-01-2007 the Cubs begin to rise. They will never look back.

by Scott G F on Sep 28, 2007 7:09 PM CDT reply actions  

Arglebargle
Drives me crazy that Gameday is two pitches ahead of the MLB radio feed.

by bintie on Sep 28, 2007 7:10 PM CDT reply actions  

Arglebargle?
is that a word?
Dinosaurs? "Didn't exist. You can't say there were dinosaurs when you never saw them." -Carl Everett

by NDcubsfan on Sep 28, 2007 7:12 PM CDT up reply actions  

Take a little off of it
and let him roll over the top of it...
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 7:11 PM CDT reply actions  

Okay Z
Second time around they have adjusted Z needs to adjust!
6-01-2007 the Cubs begin to rise. They will never look back.

by Scott G F on Sep 28, 2007 7:11 PM CDT reply actions  

Another outfield assist
for Fonzie, 7-2 on the base hit to left.

2 outs

Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 7:11 PM CDT reply actions  

This wasn't as blatant as the Hopper
play at Wrigley last week. At least this guy was around the bag when Fonzie got to the ball.

Still, as Rosenbloom would say, "opposing team's choice (and death is not an option), running on Soriano or kicking to Hester?"

Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 7:15 PM CDT up reply actions  

Fonzie tied with Francour (sp?)
with 19 outfielder assists.

Come on Z.  That a boy!

Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 7:13 PM CDT reply actions  

i think an e is in there somewhere
Dinosaurs? "Didn't exist. You can't say there were dinosaurs when you never saw them." -Carl Everett

by NDcubsfan on Sep 28, 2007 7:13 PM CDT up reply actions  

yes!
out of the inning, with no runs!

RAWK!

by drewishdrewid on Sep 28, 2007 7:13 PM CDT reply actions  

SORIANO!!!!
WITH THE BAIL OUT LEAP!!!

by rrtycoon2 on Sep 28, 2007 7:13 PM CDT reply actions  

Sori saved our bacon! Good job!
What am I going to do when the season ends???

by Saratoga on Sep 28, 2007 7:13 PM CDT reply actions  

2 down
Come on Z you have the team behind you!!!

Get'um!!

6-01-2007 the Cubs begin to rise. They will never look back.

by Scott G F on Sep 28, 2007 7:13 PM CDT reply actions  

Fonzi
19 assists is most since Billy Williams, Pat says... wow

by bintie on Sep 28, 2007 7:13 PM CDT reply actions  

Phew!
What am I going to do when the season ends???

by Saratoga on Sep 28, 2007 7:13 PM CDT reply actions  

Do these teams not even care...
that Soriano led the league in outfield assists last year?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 28, 2007 7:14 PM CDT reply actions  

Hey, let them test the arm all they want.
As long as Sori keeps getting A's.
Before each game, please remember to feed the bats.

by Cool Hand on Sep 28, 2007 7:16 PM CDT up reply actions  

And guess who's...
batting second this inning... is it too easy to predict another bomb from him?
2007 Badger Football - 1-0

by Schwa on Sep 28, 2007 7:14 PM CDT reply actions  

Capuano looked....
.....really good in the first. Struck out 2 and looks like he finally found his change up.

 Let's go mad dog

by lemon20pie on Sep 28, 2007 7:14 PM CDT reply actions  

First, has he faced the Pads this year yet?
second, isn't it second/third time through the order that teams pound him?

All I know is the Brewers have lost 21 consecutive games inwhich he's pitched, including a relief effort on 30aug here at Wrigley. Now is not the time for that streak to stop.

Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 7:18 PM CDT up reply actions  

Not start the hit parade
Get it done today!!!
6-01-2007 the Cubs begin to rise. They will never look back.

by Scott G F on Sep 28, 2007 7:14 PM CDT reply actions  

Way to get out of it!
Nice job by Fonzie on D there.
Before each game, please remember to feed the bats.

by Cool Hand on Sep 28, 2007 7:14 PM CDT reply actions  

BB
On the Z ground out just now, he said Arroyo must have felt like hanging out next to the train tracks with Z coming down the 1st base line.

Classic!

Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 7:16 PM CDT reply actions  

there's a fan running around
miller parks infield right now. pretty funny
Dinosaurs? "Didn't exist. You can't say there were dinosaurs when you never saw them." -Carl Everett

by NDcubsfan on Sep 28, 2007 7:17 PM CDT reply actions  

Random
19 assists is the Cubs record for assists, set by Hank Sauer in 1951.  Let's see Fonzie break it!

by bintie on Sep 28, 2007 7:17 PM CDT reply actions  

I'd prefer
that another Red DOESN'T make it to 3rd, actually...

by drewishdrewid on Sep 28, 2007 7:19 PM CDT up reply actions  

He can
break it after we clinch tonight.

by bintie on Sep 28, 2007 7:20 PM CDT up reply actions  

Don't teams look at scouting reports?
They continue to run against Sori in the same situation.

by zevkalman on Sep 28, 2007 7:18 PM CDT reply actions  

Buck Coats...
...comes through for the Cubs! Nice to see that kind of loyalty.
FREE CARMEN PIGNATIELLO!

by cwyers on Sep 28, 2007 7:18 PM CDT reply actions  

mets
are self-destructing

Bases loaded, and the pitcher hits a guy.

So he essentially walks in a run, and the bases are still loaded... and he hits a guy.

Wow.

by drewishdrewid on Sep 28, 2007 7:18 PM CDT reply actions  

You're kidding me!
Oh wow that's awesome.
FREE CARMEN PIGNATIELLO!

by cwyers on Sep 28, 2007 7:19 PM CDT up reply actions  

Just was on WGN
AND LEE HITS A HOME RUN!!!!

4-0!!!!

by drewishdrewid on Sep 28, 2007 7:20 PM CDT up reply actions  

Ron's
understatement of the year:  "I'm not a Mets fan."

by bintie on Sep 28, 2007 7:19 PM CDT reply actions  

Come on Jason
Get that third run in...
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 7:19 PM CDT reply actions  

D-Lee 2 run shot
4-0
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 7:20 PM CDT reply actions  

What a shot!!
Way to go DLee!  Woo Hoo!

by Itchy on Sep 28, 2007 7:21 PM CDT up reply actions  

nice contact
anyone else hits that, i'm thinking it going out.  kendall doesnt have the juice in his old bones anymore to get it out.
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by RightFieldSucks on Sep 28, 2007 7:20 PM CDT reply actions  

Damn
I seriously called that.  Too bad no one heard me except the empty beer cans.  Oh well still counts as two.

by Villeslgr on Sep 28, 2007 7:20 PM CDT reply actions  

It's time for...
...two scoops of candy-coated kaboom!

Nice shot, Big Guy!

Before each game, please remember to feed the bats.

by Cool Hand on Sep 28, 2007 7:21 PM CDT reply actions  

DEREK LEE!!!!!!!
TWO RUN HOME RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!

by rrtycoon2 on Sep 28, 2007 7:21 PM CDT reply actions  

ESPN 2 just had the score alert
on showing Cubs 4-0!!!
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 7:21 PM CDT reply actions  

Well...
now I'm supposed to stop watching this game to "eat dinner" with my "family". Why can't wives get their priorities straight? I can only check the score on my phone while we're out eating...go cubs! I expect to come home to see SportsCenter leading with the Cubs clinching the division.  Weep for me. At least I got to see Lee's bomb just now...he tattooed that one!

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 28, 2007 7:22 PM CDT reply actions  

you always find
different ways to surprise me
Dinosaurs? "Didn't exist. You can't say there were dinosaurs when you never saw them." -Carl Everett

by NDcubsfan on Sep 28, 2007 7:23 PM CDT up reply actions  

He should have
colored his teeth, too.  Or eaten some blueberries.

by bintie on Sep 28, 2007 7:27 PM CDT up reply actions  

4-0
through 4.5
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 7:23 PM CDT reply actions  

where
did all the ledge jumpers go?

by tizzle on Sep 28, 2007 7:23 PM CDT reply actions  

Maddog in a bind in the 1st
1st and 3rd nobody out.
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 7:24 PM CDT reply actions  

Braun sac fly
1 out, 1 in, 1 on, Fielder up.
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 7:26 PM CDT up reply actions  

Maddog just whiffed Fielder
2 out, 1 in, 1 on...B1
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 7:27 PM CDT up reply actions  

D Lee the big hit!!!!
6-01-2007 the Cubs begin to rise. They will never look back.

by Scott G F on Sep 28, 2007 7:25 PM CDT reply actions  

I think....
....by now I can repeat the trailer for 'The Final Season' word for word.
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by RightFieldSucks on Sep 28, 2007 7:25 PM CDT reply actions  

Arroyo 79 pitches through 5
Not bad, but I'd really like to see him get pounded in the 6th and get to that pen.

4-0 is just an OK lead in that band box.

Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 7:26 PM CDT reply actions  

they'll find a way to lose
Dinosaurs? "Didn't exist. You can't say there were dinosaurs when you never saw them." -Carl Everett

by NDcubsfan on Sep 28, 2007 7:27 PM CDT up reply actions  

Just like in Atl last weekend
When I saw that 4-1 lead in the 6th, I told my friends the Braves had them where they wanted them.

How nervous will the entire team be if they're up 2 or 3 runs with Capuano on the bump.

Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 7:29 PM CDT up reply actions  

Anyone notice
how Zambrano is shaking his right hand after every pitch?

by rrtycoon2 on Sep 28, 2007 7:28 PM CDT reply actions  

cramping?
maybe he's keeping loose...

by drewishdrewid on Sep 28, 2007 7:30 PM CDT up reply actions  

Maybe it'll make him more economical with
his pitches. Only 69 through 5. That is good for him. On a better pace than the 101 through 8 a couple starts ago.
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 7:32 PM CDT up reply actions  

2-0 suds
their hitting Mad dog.

Damn!!!

by jac on Sep 28, 2007 7:29 PM CDT reply actions  

If the Pads lose tonight,
Peavy may be pretty likely on Sunday, since Colorado and the Mets are a game back in the wildcard...  One of those teams is probably neck-to-neck w/ SD come Sunday.

Going to be tough for Milwaukee to beat both Young and Peavy.

SORIANO! YESSSSSSSS! JIMBO!!!

by CubFaninCA on Sep 28, 2007 7:33 PM CDT up reply actions  

The Cubs just look relaxed.
They play so much better like this.  Keep it going and worry about Milwaukee later.
2007 Badger Football - 1-0

by Schwa on Sep 28, 2007 7:30 PM CDT reply actions  

Agree
Get some hits and worry about us not them!!!
6-01-2007 the Cubs begin to rise. They will never look back.

by Scott G F on Sep 28, 2007 7:32 PM CDT up reply actions  

Get tired Bronson
6-01-2007 the Cubs begin to rise. They will never look back.

by Scott G F on Sep 28, 2007 7:31 PM CDT reply actions  

Z !!!
At end end of 5 with 69 pitches.

And Len just said the "S" word...

Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 7:31 PM CDT reply actions  

Breaking my rule to comment
That's why last night's Padres win -- which I did not expect -- was HUGE. Old Man Maddux is fading, fast.

by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Sep 28, 2007 7:31 PM CDT reply actions  

2 runs on 2 hits
He could settle down yet.
Why does everybody stand up and sing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" when they're already there? ~Larry Anderson

by JohnM on Sep 28, 2007 7:34 PM CDT up reply actions  

Unexpected really
Saved me a bottle of Pepto
6-01-2007 the Cubs begin to rise. They will never look back.

by Scott G F on Sep 28, 2007 7:34 PM CDT up reply actions  

Yeah, huge win w/ Sam Cassell pitching..
I'm betting Peavy's out there on Sunday.
SORIANO! YESSSSSSSS! JIMBO!!!

by CubFaninCA on Sep 28, 2007 7:35 PM CDT up reply actions  

Arroyo
What is is batting average against us?  It seems like he always has 1 or 2 hits every game against us.
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. -- George Santayana (1863-1952)

by cubfred on Sep 28, 2007 7:31 PM CDT reply actions  

Arroyo's helmet has two ear flaps
Never seen that on a major leaguer before.
Why does everybody stand up and sing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" when they're already there? ~Larry Anderson

by JohnM on Sep 28, 2007 7:32 PM CDT reply actions  

I think the Cards FSN team...
did a interview with Bronson and he mentioned the two ear flaps.  From what I recall he did that because the one flap makes his head feel un-balanced .  I can't imagine why with that mullet of his.

by JakeH on Sep 28, 2007 7:37 PM CDT up reply actions  

Statheads??
What's the Cubs record when Soriano leads off w/ a homer?
SORIANO! YESSSSSSSS! JIMBO!!!

by CubFaninCA on Sep 28, 2007 7:34 PM CDT reply actions  

ok!
lets get some more runs and put this thing out of reach
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by RightFieldSucks on Sep 28, 2007 7:34 PM CDT reply actions  

Looking good w/
Marmol and Howry rested, and Z at 69 pitches through 5...  
SORIANO! YESSSSSSSS! JIMBO!!!

by CubFaninCA on Sep 28, 2007 7:37 PM CDT reply actions  

mlb.tv is even more behind than usual
usually it's like 10-15 seconds, tonight it's almost 30
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by RightFieldSucks on Sep 28, 2007 7:38 PM CDT reply actions  

I know this ain't a lot
but even if the Cubs don't score this inning, if TheRiot can just reach base, Z comes to bat and it's likely Fonzie leads off the 7th.
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 7:38 PM CDT reply actions  

Ooof
Phils up 3-0
Mets down 6-3
6-01-2007 the Cubs begin to rise. They will never look back.

by Scott G F on Sep 28, 2007 7:39 PM CDT reply actions  

Now that is a choke...
...going on in Flushing/Queens...
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 7:40 PM CDT up reply actions  

Some how I bet some cubs fans
from 1969 are smiling
6-01-2007 the Cubs begin to rise. They will never look back.

by Scott G F on Sep 28, 2007 7:42 PM CDT up reply actions  

Yes, that is very true...
I know I am.

Go Phils, Go Fish.

Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 7:45 PM CDT up reply actions  

Arroyo 95 pitches through 6
Cubs 4-0 through 5.5.....
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 7:39 PM CDT reply actions  

that may be it for arroyo.
he's at 95 pitches in a meaningless game for the reds.  theres no real reason for them to push him past 100.
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by RightFieldSucks on Sep 28, 2007 7:40 PM CDT reply actions  

Come on Z...
Don't screw around dude. Get through the heart of their order efficiently again.
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 7:43 PM CDT reply actions  

Z
Throwin that weak 2 seamer that doesnt move much at 91.  Hope he stays on top of his pitches.

by californiachicagoan on Sep 28, 2007 7:45 PM CDT reply actions  

come on z. bear down.
let's get some outs.
"If you play more than two chords, you're showing off."--Woody Guthrie

by buckmulligan on Sep 28, 2007 7:45 PM CDT reply actions  

Z is not getting his killer pitch going...
Swinging bunt for the first out...man on 2nd.
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 7:46 PM CDT reply actions  

Nice to see Kendall
make a good throw to D-Lee. None of that lollypop stuff.
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 7:47 PM CDT reply actions  

As I recall...
...that's a line from "Alice In Wonderland."

Can't rag on the guy for making a literary reference.

Before each game, please remember to feed the bats.

by Cool Hand on Sep 28, 2007 8:06 PM CDT up reply actions  

This may be Z's last inning
Especially if he gets out of it and the pitch count crosses 90.  He's a 84 now.
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 7:48 PM CDT reply actions  

Ha ha!
Reds fans "getting out of dodge" because there are too many Cubs fans there tonight.

Way to go Cubs fans!!!  Nice work.

by EliasTirade on Sep 28, 2007 7:48 PM CDT reply actions  

Too early
Man Jason set up way too early on that 2-2 pitch with a runner at second

by californiachicagoan on Sep 28, 2007 7:49 PM CDT reply actions  

anyone in the bullpen
warming up? 86 pitches so far, and he's not out of the inning yet...

by drewishdrewid on Sep 28, 2007 7:49 PM CDT reply actions  

'nother full count
Rothschild should visit if he loses this guy.

OK, maybe not, 4-3 putout, 2 out, man on 3rd. 87 pitches for Z.

Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 7:49 PM CDT reply actions  

Come on Z
don't lose this guy. 2-2...
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 7:51 PM CDT reply actions  

Nice!
After those nasty sliders, that high heat is too tough!

by californiachicagoan on Sep 28, 2007 7:51 PM CDT reply actions  

Z is stepping up tonight.
"If you play more than two chords, you're showing off."--Woody Guthrie

by buckmulligan on Sep 28, 2007 7:52 PM CDT reply actions  

Sesame Street has been brought to you today...
by the letters K and Z, and the number 2.
Before each game, please remember to feed the bats.

by Cool Hand on Sep 28, 2007 7:52 PM CDT reply actions  

Best post ever +1
6-01-2007 the Cubs begin to rise. They will never look back.

by Scott G F on Sep 28, 2007 7:53 PM CDT up reply actions  

Yes KKKKKKKKKKK
Big Strike out Z!!!
6-01-2007 the Cubs begin to rise. They will never look back.

by Scott G F on Sep 28, 2007 7:52 PM CDT reply actions  

High inside heat for the K
4-0 end 6. Z leads off the 7th...Let's see what sweet Lou does. Probably will let him bat and if they tee off on Arroyo, Z may be pulled. Otherwise, it's 50-50 he goes out for the 7th.
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 7:52 PM CDT reply actions  

92 pitches?
That's a walk in the park for Z.  When he hits 110, I'll worry.
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. -- George Santayana (1863-1952)

by cubfred on Sep 28, 2007 7:52 PM CDT reply actions  

zambrano's probably done
especially with the pitcher spot leading off next inning
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by RightFieldSucks on Sep 28, 2007 7:53 PM CDT reply actions  

hopefully Z can give us one more solid inning,
maybe two if he's efficient.
"If you play more than two chords, you're showing off."--Woody Guthrie

by buckmulligan on Sep 28, 2007 7:53 PM CDT reply actions  

More good news
 DBacks up on the surging Rockies who are scary, 3-0.

 I'm personally rooting for DBacks,Cubs,Mets and Padres make the playoffs.

 THen Cubs would play the DBacks and I could go to the games when there here in Phoenix and the Phillies and Rockies are scary hot right now.

 Cubs would have a better chance of  making it to the World Series if those 4 teams make it in to the playoffs.

by lemon20pie on Sep 28, 2007 7:53 PM CDT reply actions  

OMG
Greg Naddux picked off first to end the inning in Milwaukee

by californiachicagoan on Sep 28, 2007 7:53 PM CDT reply actions  

Even Maddux did too
6-01-2007 the Cubs begin to rise. They will never look back.

by Scott G F on Sep 28, 2007 7:54 PM CDT up reply actions  

Maddux gets a hit
Would be great if he could get things started for San Diego
If the Cubs were an international soccer team they'd be called Scotland.

by mrtobby on Sep 28, 2007 7:53 PM CDT reply actions  

nevermind he's picked off
my bad I won't post anything else for a while
If the Cubs were an international soccer team they'd be called Scotland.

by mrtobby on Sep 28, 2007 7:54 PM CDT up reply actions  

poor maddog
singles, but gets picked off first
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by RightFieldSucks on Sep 28, 2007 7:54 PM CDT reply actions  

Coffey in for the Reds
Z leading off, with a Soriano type first pitch swing.
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 7:54 PM CDT reply actions  

I like the decsion
to keep Z in...
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 Sep 28, 2007 7:54 PM CDT reply actions  

Why do these Reds announcers
seem so bitter to me?  

Is it just me or are they acting like they (the Reds) are the team in the play-off hunt and the Cubs are just a high payroll team lucky to be where they are?

They seem to be so bitter about all the Cub fans who have filled their ballpark this weekend, instead of complementing the loyalty of the fans for making the trip to their lousy city.  I just don't get it.

Oh well... Go Cubs!!  Let's add on!!

Prince Fielder...he is neither.

by LAcarl519 on Sep 28, 2007 7:55 PM CDT reply actions  

The uni's may be red
but they're green with envy...
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 7:56 PM CDT up reply actions  

The reds are bitter....
my folks live near there, and my dad said the reds did this big push a couple of weeks ago so that the cubs fans wouldn't come in and take this place over.....looks like it works....haha

by zakhariah1 on Sep 28, 2007 8:25 PM CDT up reply actions  

Zambrano hitting.
I guess he'll stick around for the 7th.

Now I'm a little nervous.

by rrtycoon2 on Sep 28, 2007 7:55 PM CDT reply actions  

kind of relieved
to see Z get back to the bench early here.

by EliasTirade on Sep 28, 2007 7:56 PM CDT reply actions  

Legendary Reds broadcaster
Their version of Brickhouse or Caray.
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 7:58 PM CDT up reply actions  

this guy in the stands....
....who keeps profiling fans needs to get cut off.  You're from cinncinati, you suck, we get it.  show me the game.
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by RightFieldSucks on Sep 28, 2007 7:58 PM CDT reply actions  

Valentine looks like Turtle from Entourage
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 Sep 28, 2007 7:59 PM CDT reply actions  

Damn.
Reds pitchers are killing Valentin.

by rrtycoon2 on Sep 28, 2007 7:59 PM CDT reply actions  

Reds announcers
Keep calling Soriano's throw, perfect?  Umm?  Are they not watching the game?  It was way offline, it just beat the runner there by an hour.

by californiachicagoan on Sep 28, 2007 7:59 PM CDT reply actions  

Just being nice?
Good enough for the out though.
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 8:01 PM CDT up reply actions  

Fonzie approaching ten pitches
Yes.....
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 8:00 PM CDT reply actions  

OK, 9
but how many times does he run the count that high? Patience at the plate will be very, very important come playoff time.
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 8:05 PM CDT up reply actions  

another announcer gem
they're praising coffey for two strikeouts.  ok guys relax, one was the pitcher.  don't pull a muscle patting yourself on the back.
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by RightFieldSucks on Sep 28, 2007 8:01 PM CDT reply actions  

KKKKendall
don't see that a lot
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by RightFieldSucks on Sep 28, 2007 8:02 PM CDT reply actions  

To early
Please that reminds me to much of 2003.

bad times bad times!!

6-01-2007 the Cubs begin to rise. They will never look back.

by Scott G F on Sep 28, 2007 8:04 PM CDT up reply actions  

2-0 Brewers after 3
Pads got 'em right where they want 'em.
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 8:03 PM CDT reply actions  

let's go Z
one or two more good innings, you can do it!

by PrincetonCubs on Sep 28, 2007 8:05 PM CDT reply actions  

Pad's have something going
2 on 1 out.
6-01-2007 the Cubs begin to rise. They will never look back.

by Scott G F on Sep 28, 2007 8:05 PM CDT reply actions  

2 on w/ 1 out for
SanDiego in the top of the 4th.

by JakeH on Sep 28, 2007 8:05 PM CDT reply actions  

Valentin lead off walk
98 pitches on gameday, 100 on Comcast.
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 8:07 PM CDT reply actions  

Harry imitation
I know the Cincy announcers are annoying, but that was pretty entertaining....

by chucolo on Sep 28, 2007 8:07 PM CDT reply actions  

Okay who's up in the pen?
Marmol, Howry? time
6-01-2007 the Cubs begin to rise. They will never look back.

by Scott G F on Sep 28, 2007 8:07 PM CDT reply actions  

83 mph 2 seamer?
Are these changeups?  Why aren't they moving down more?

by californiachicagoan on Sep 28, 2007 8:07 PM CDT reply actions  

Throwing it too hard,
doesn't have a chance to break.
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 8:09 PM CDT up reply actions  

SD working Capuano
Sutcliffe talking how's he slowing the game down and really pressing.

Bases loaded with 1 out.

Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 8:08 PM CDT reply actions  

K by Z
Ground ball and a GIDP would be nice.
6-01-2007 the Cubs begin to rise. They will never look back.

by Scott G F on Sep 28, 2007 8:09 PM CDT reply actions  

here's where Capuano
COLLAPSES!

Come on Z!

by EliasTirade on Sep 28, 2007 8:09 PM CDT reply actions  

Bases loaded
for SD in Milwaukee with 1 out.

by rrtycoon2 on Sep 28, 2007 8:09 PM CDT reply actions  

Z is being left in too long
After the cramping Sunday and the playoffs coming, I'd like to see him go out on an upbeat note.
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 8:10 PM CDT reply actions  

Pads score
2-1 Brewers. Bases still loaded 1 out!!

by lemon20pie on Sep 28, 2007 8:11 PM CDT reply actions  

SD scores
station to station on an RBI single. 2-1...
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 8:11 PM CDT reply actions  

2-1 SD
Still loaded with 1 out!

by rrtycoon2 on Sep 28, 2007 8:11 PM CDT reply actions  

Who are you talking about?
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 8:12 PM CDT up reply actions  

Z did everything you could ask of an Ace tonight.
Hats off!
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 Sep 28, 2007 8:12 PM CDT reply actions  

2-2 on a sac fly by Blum
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 8:12 PM CDT reply actions  

pads tie it!!!!!!!!
"If you play more than two chords, you're showing off."--Woody Guthrie

by buckmulligan on Sep 28, 2007 8:12 PM CDT reply actions  

Padres score
Why does everybody stand up and sing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" when they're already there? ~Larry Anderson

by JohnM on Sep 28, 2007 8:12 PM CDT reply actions  

In play, run(s)!
dunno what
------ TheRiot Squad ------

by RightFieldSucks on Sep 28, 2007 8:12 PM CDT reply actions  

Guys the game is on ESPN.
Just flip the channel back and forth.

by MiniAndretti on Sep 28, 2007 8:13 PM CDT up reply actions  

Not in central Illinois
because of the stupid White Sox.  Since they are on Comcast Plus, stupid Insight decided not to broadcast either game!

by JakeH on Sep 28, 2007 8:14 PM CDT up reply actions  

Thanks
I was watching the non-HD version on the mlb package.

by californiachicagoan on Sep 28, 2007 8:16 PM CDT up reply actions  

new game
in beer-town!

by EliasTirade on Sep 28, 2007 8:12 PM CDT reply actions  

Mark Bellhorn?
Well, he got out, so I can't complain.

Great start by Z, I'd say.  Now let's have the bullpen nail it down.

Before each game, please remember to feed the bats.

by Cool Hand on Sep 28, 2007 8:13 PM CDT reply actions  

let's get
a couple more here!!!

by EliasTirade on Sep 28, 2007 8:14 PM CDT reply actions  

Pads lead 3 2
Yes!!!
6-01-2007 the Cubs begin to rise. They will never look back.

by Scott G F on Sep 28, 2007 8:15 PM CDT reply actions  

3-2 Pads
on a single by ex-Brewer Brady Clark. Throw to the plate got by Miller, could have got the runner, if accurate.
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 8:15 PM CDT reply actions  

in play more runs
3-2 SD
If the Cubs were an international soccer team they'd be called Scotland.

by mrtobby on Sep 28, 2007 8:16 PM CDT reply actions  

Think of
how different the Cubs season would have gone had Chris Capuano not completely forgotten how to throw a baseball

by morgane on Sep 28, 2007 8:16 PM CDT reply actions  

I'd rather not but since you mentioned it
Milw would have clinched this past Monday.
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 8:18 PM CDT up reply actions  

Come on Uncle Cliff!
Make dad proud.
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 8:17 PM CDT reply actions  

what a scumbag
hitting on the blond girl
------ TheRiot Squad ------

by RightFieldSucks on Sep 28, 2007 8:18 PM CDT reply actions  

Len's calling it 17-20k Cubs fans there tonite
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 8:19 PM CDT reply actions  

Maddog 39 pitches through 3
Gets Fielder out Fielder 4-3 and Cory Hart homers to tie it.
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 8:22 PM CDT reply actions  

1 out double.
brewers with man at 2nd and 1 out.

by lemon20pie on Sep 28, 2007 8:22 PM CDT reply actions  

Maddux
Is throwing meatballs.  The pitches are breaking back over the middle of the plate.  He'll keep battling.  Let's go Mad Dog!!!
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. -- George Santayana (1863-1952)

by cubfred on Sep 28, 2007 8:24 PM CDT reply actions  

Looks like it could be 'pen vs 'pen in Milw
I like those odds...Just hope Maddog doesn't give up too much. Capuano ain't going long and their 'pen bites.
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 8:24 PM CDT reply actions  

2 on 2 out for the Cubs
after back to back singles to center and left for A-Ram and De-Ro, respectively.
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 8:25 PM CDT reply actions  

Plus its a guy that knows his shit
He's better than many on the tube. Enjoy the insight he brings to the game.
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 8:27 PM CDT up reply actions  

only when
he finally falls off the bar stool.

JJ!!!

by EliasTirade on Sep 28, 2007 8:26 PM CDT up reply actions  

JJ
Double, 2 in, 6-0
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 8:25 PM CDT reply actions  

JJ!
Kendall and Theriot arent getting it done right now.  Bat JJ 2nd

by californiachicagoan on Sep 28, 2007 8:26 PM CDT reply actions  

3-3 end 4 in Milw
Went to break just now, so ESPN will come back with the Cubs touchdown lead...yes!
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 8:26 PM CDT reply actions  

GOOOOOOO JJ!
2 more runs!

B-E-A-UTIFUL!

Sadly, Theriot's single is ruined by said hero.

by rrtycoon2 on Sep 28, 2007 8:27 PM CDT reply actions  

this is lining up rather nicely
hopefully the padres can get some more runs up there for mad dog.
AC 00 00 00 - BELIEVE

by mike @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Sep 28, 2007 8:28 PM CDT reply actions  

6-0
 Take that Brewers. The silence at Miller park when the score is shown, will be a wonderous thing.

by lemon20pie on Sep 28, 2007 8:28 PM CDT reply actions  

More good news
 Capuano inexplicably still out there for the Brewers.

by lemon20pie on Sep 28, 2007 8:29 PM CDT reply actions  

Showing the Cubs score update...
on ESPN. Waiting for the announcers to mention it.
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 8:29 PM CDT reply actions  

nice. shut them down bobby.
"If you play more than two chords, you're showing off."--Woody Guthrie

by buckmulligan on Sep 28, 2007 8:29 PM CDT reply actions  

On the biggest sporting day on the Aussie Calender
Im on here way more concerned with the Cubs score.
Go boys, bring it home!!

Ultra good start to the day if we win this now.

"Drink,Drugs and shagging models...the rest I wasted." George Best on where his millions went

by Aussie Cub on Sep 28, 2007 8:29 PM CDT reply actions  

No, Aussie Rules Grand Final Day!
Huge day
"Drink,Drugs and shagging models...the rest I wasted." George Best on where his millions went

by Aussie Cub on Sep 28, 2007 8:36 PM CDT up reply actions  

how gtreat would it be
to START your day with this???!!!

by EliasTirade on Sep 28, 2007 8:32 PM CDT up reply actions  

GO PADS
Bulls 402 ta zip... but Micheal Jordan will be held to under 200 points. - Todd O'Connor

by Lou In Blue on Sep 28, 2007 8:30 PM CDT reply actions  

I'm thinking
Wuertz or Ohman
6-01-2007 the Cubs begin to rise. They will never look back.

by Scott G F on Sep 28, 2007 8:32 PM CDT up reply actions  

Howry again....
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 8:37 PM CDT up reply actions  

Now that I think about this again
Woody? Closing out the potential clincher?
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 8:38 PM CDT up reply actions  

Capuano doing well in the 5th
2 outs.....no one on.
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 8:31 PM CDT reply actions  

instilling false confidence
that he can come back out and get outs in the 6th!!!

by EliasTirade on Sep 28, 2007 8:33 PM CDT up reply actions  

Reds announcers
"Carlos Marmol has been brilliant AT TIMES" ?!??!

by californiachicagoan on Sep 28, 2007 8:32 PM CDT reply actions  

Well
He did give up that one home run, not to mention...
...ummm...
...gimmie a sec here...
...nope, I got nothin'.

by rrtycoon2 on Sep 28, 2007 8:36 PM CDT up reply actions  

I cant help it
Every time I see his name, I think Joey Vottafuocco

by californiachicagoan on Sep 28, 2007 8:35 PM CDT reply actions  

ladies and gentleman
your every day center fielder for 2008!!!

by EliasTirade on Sep 28, 2007 8:35 PM CDT reply actions  

If he hits.....
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 8:36 PM CDT up reply actions  

Open the flood gates...
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 8:36 PM CDT up reply actions  

3 to go!
getting close to M.N. 1!
------ TheRiot Squad ------

by RightFieldSucks on Sep 28, 2007 8:36 PM CDT reply actions  

are they really playing beat it
by michael jackson in the background on mlb radio?

by zakhariah1 on Sep 28, 2007 8:37 PM CDT reply actions  

Extremely
Great.

Beers for breakfast great...

"Drink,Drugs and shagging models...the rest I wasted." George Best on where his millions went

by Aussie Cub on Sep 28, 2007 8:38 PM CDT reply actions  

Z's Big Game
I know he makes you crazy sometimes, but how do you not love Z? He stepped up big time, at a time when he absolutely had to do it! I'm so proud of the kid today, and I love that a passionate, nutty unique character is leading us into the post-season.  I am forced to watch a lot of Dodgers games out here, and the contrast between Big Z and Jeff Kent is why we should be so happy to have him and the rest of this team to root for this year.  I want to see the Cubs win a ring, but if I have the choice, I want them to win it passionately, not like they're carrying a briefcase out to the plate.  I get enough of that in my daily life.

Take us home bullpen!

Wrigley Field...AKA The Pit of Despair

by TMOX on Sep 28, 2007 8:38 PM CDT reply actions  

Weeks single 1 on 1 out.
 Weeks with a Stolen Base in about 25 seconds.

by lemon20pie on Sep 28, 2007 8:38 PM CDT reply actions  

Hey, Weeks got on base
and he didn't even get hit by the pitch first.  :D

by drewishdrewid on Sep 28, 2007 8:39 PM CDT reply actions  

Man on 1st, 1 out B5 in Milw
vs Maddog. 66 pitches thus far.
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 8:40 PM CDT reply actions  

I hate it when
the announcers read the credits so damn early.

Always feels as though they're going to jinx it.

by rrtycoon2 on Sep 28, 2007 8:40 PM CDT reply actions  

Make up call
 From last weeks blown calls in Atlanta. Blatant. Up yours Bud Selig!!!

by lemon20pie on Sep 28, 2007 8:41 PM CDT reply actions  

wow, possibly the worst
call i've ever seen made by bruce froemming in milwaukee. what the hell? hardy was out by a mile.
"If you play more than two chords, you're showing off."--Woody Guthrie

by buckmulligan on Sep 28, 2007 8:42 PM CDT reply actions  

hello Don Denkinger....WOW
Retire already!!!
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 Sep 28, 2007 8:44 PM CDT up reply actions  

Bruce Froemming ...
... not the way to go out.

Hey, what do you think of having an ump who is from Milwaukee umping his last season closing his regular season by working the Brewers game while they are in a pennant race?

Great decision MLB!

by californiachicagoan on Sep 28, 2007 8:42 PM CDT reply actions  

Asterisk
When Bruce Froemming goes to the Hall of Fame, I want an ASTERISK next to his cap.

by californiachicagoan on Sep 28, 2007 8:44 PM CDT up reply actions  

BB just said
Froemming made a bad call in the SD/Milw game tonight. 5-3 groundout was called safe for a Milw batter.
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 8:42 PM CDT reply actions  

To be fair
he looked like he knew he made the wrong call

by MasterofUnlocking on Sep 28, 2007 8:58 PM CDT up reply actions  

Bruce F does it again....
Any chance to screw the Cubs, he will take it.

He was out by a long shot.

by martyblue on Sep 28, 2007 8:43 PM CDT reply actions  

6-4-3
 OUt of inning. WHew!!

by lemon20pie on Sep 28, 2007 8:43 PM CDT reply actions  

justice served in Milw
6-4-3...
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 8:43 PM CDT reply actions  

Vargas on for Milw
5.1ERA, .285 Opp BA, more hits given up than innings pitched and less than a 2:1 K/BB ratio.

I like that...!   GO Pads!

Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 8:47 PM CDT reply actions  

Why Demp with a touchdown lead
Exorcise the demons of a non-save situation?
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 8:49 PM CDT reply actions  

C'mon Dempster
Let's have a 1-2-3, or at least no runs.

by park on Sep 28, 2007 8:49 PM CDT reply actions  

Just not his style
Two hard hit balls in 2 ABs.  He will throw meatballs until it gets closer.

by californiachicagoan on Sep 28, 2007 8:52 PM CDT up reply actions  

a gonz
great ab

by zakhariah1 on Sep 28, 2007 8:50 PM CDT reply actions  

pads lead
4-3
6-01-2007 the Cubs begin to rise. They will never look back.

by Scott G F on Sep 28, 2007 8:52 PM CDT reply actions  

i love how the mil updates
get quicker and quicker from pat and ron.  they are really feeling it now.  

by zakhariah1 on Sep 28, 2007 8:53 PM CDT reply actions  

Like Pavlov's dog
Opponents salivate at the sight of a Brewer reliever.
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 8:53 PM CDT reply actions  

i am near giddy.....
4-3 Padres!!
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 Sep 28, 2007 8:54 PM CDT reply actions  

Fly it, Chicago National League Ball Club!
You're playing 163+!!!!!

There is no place like Nebraska - Go Huskers!

by sanantonecub on Sep 28, 2007 8:54 PM CDT reply actions  

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dormie!!!!!!!!!
"If you play more than two chords, you're showing off."--Woody Guthrie

by buckmulligan on Sep 28, 2007 8:55 PM CDT reply actions  

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH
Fookin' Beauty!!!!
"Drink,Drugs and shagging models...the rest I wasted." George Best on where his millions went

by Aussie Cub on Sep 28, 2007 8:55 PM CDT reply actions  

Sing it!
2007 Badger Football - 1-0

by Schwa on Sep 28, 2007 8:55 PM CDT reply actions  

come on Blum, how bout a HR
since i calle the dp

by zakhariah1 on Sep 28, 2007 8:56 PM CDT reply actions  

1!

------ TheRiot Squad ------

by RightFieldSucks on Sep 28, 2007 8:56 PM CDT reply actions  

Gary Bettman
Hey, that's Gary Bettman!
We're Cub fans. May God have mercy on our souls.

by monkey knife fight on Sep 28, 2007 9:39 PM CDT up reply actions  

Yes!
Come on Padres!

Lets get this overwith!

phat

by phatass on Sep 28, 2007 8:56 PM CDT reply actions  

Almost time to party
in Wrigleyville South.

Man, look how pumped the guys are.

by californiachicagoan on Sep 28, 2007 8:56 PM CDT reply actions  

FLY IT!!!
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 Sep 28, 2007 8:56 PM CDT reply actions  

GO CUBS GO!!!
FLY THAT FLAG!!!!!!!!!!!!
GO CUBS GO! Hey Chicago whatdya say the Cubs are going to win today!

by Galvan316 on Sep 28, 2007 8:57 PM CDT reply actions  

W!
------ TheRiot Squad ------

by RightFieldSucks on Sep 28, 2007 8:58 PM CDT reply actions  

OK, last night before Milw lost I called a 10:10pm
Cubs time to clinch tonight. Let's see what happens.
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 9:00 PM CDT reply actions  

how about Ron giving
the Chevy player of the game to the thousands and thousands of cubs fans that made the trek to Cincy?

by zakhariah1 on Sep 28, 2007 9:01 PM CDT reply actions  

let's all go visit
Our good friend Mike.

http://myherothegoat.com/

Show him how much we value his opinion!!!

by drewishdrewid on Sep 28, 2007 9:02 PM CDT reply actions  

Why bother
When that dickhead comes back here, pile on him like you did before.
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 9:05 PM CDT up reply actions  

That is awesome!
you can hear the ESPN game in the background of the Cubs broadcast on MLB radio

by zakhariah1 on Sep 28, 2007 9:04 PM CDT reply actions  

come on Rockies,
beat the diamondbacks and make this thing real interesting.  we might be the only team to be off monday and tuesday in the NL!

by zakhariah1 on Sep 28, 2007 9:06 PM CDT reply actions  

"The Cubs are Coming! Tra La, Tra La!"
I love it!
"Hey Hey, Holy Mackerel, No Doubt About It!"

by scottsdalecubs on Sep 28, 2007 9:06 PM CDT reply actions  

Not Bruce!
Your EVIL TWIN at it again in Milw.

Damn! This idiot cannot retire soon enough!

DO YOU THINK he would possibly work the Post Season???

< SHUDDER >

GO CUBS!!!

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

by TheEman on Sep 28, 2007 9:07 PM CDT reply actions  

I think he's got one series in the postseason
and that's it. Froemming lives in Milwaukee, so I'm sure having him work in this series was baseball's way of tipping its cap to him. Maybe that call at first was a make-good!

Bruce Froemming: Screwing over Chicago baseball teams for 37 years. I cannot believe that a guy I saw umpiring a game on TV in 1972 still is working. Not for long, thankfully.

When he retires, do I have to change my user name?

by Not Bruce Froemming on Sep 28, 2007 9:20 PM CDT up reply actions  

Nice one!
Feels great to get a win again...I was pretty rattled through the Marlins series.  Great defense, clutch hitting, and a relatively stress-free 9th from Dempster.  Plenty of reason to celebrate--and hopefully the Padres can give us more!
Before each game, please remember to feed the bats.

by Cool Hand on Sep 28, 2007 9:07 PM CDT reply actions  

Who would win in a keg stand race between
Bernie the Brewer
Corey the Caveman Hart
and
Prince beer belly Fielder?

by zakhariah1 on Sep 28, 2007 9:09 PM CDT reply actions  

Good thing that hit him
Would've been wild pitch and tied the game.

by lemon20pie on Sep 28, 2007 9:09 PM CDT reply actions  

CONGRATS TO THE CUBS!!!
Now let's play for a GIDP in Milwaukee.
"The Cubs aren't feeling too good about themselves, where we feel pretty good about ourselves ..." ~ Brewers bench coach Dale Sveum, 9/27/07

by daver on Sep 28, 2007 9:11 PM CDT reply actions  

I mean, pray for
"The Cubs aren't feeling too good about themselves, where we feel pretty good about ourselves ..." ~ Brewers bench coach Dale Sveum, 9/27/07

by daver on Sep 28, 2007 9:11 PM CDT reply actions  

DP
YES!!!
Wrigley Field...AKA The Pit of Despair

by TMOX on Sep 28, 2007 9:14 PM CDT reply actions  

Taylor made 4-6-3 DP
 HAHA yess!!!!

Inning over pads leading 4-3 still

by lemon20pie on Sep 28, 2007 9:14 PM CDT reply actions  

OUR PRAYERS ARE ANSWERED!!!
"The Cubs aren't feeling too good about themselves, where we feel pretty good about ourselves ..." ~ Brewers bench coach Dale Sveum, 9/27/07

by daver on Sep 28, 2007 9:14 PM CDT reply actions  

Holy. . .
I may get to celebrate tonight. . .

by MasterofUnlocking on Sep 28, 2007 9:14 PM CDT reply actions  

Counsell
4-6-3 after 2 on no out. What great Karma...!
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 9:14 PM CDT reply actions  

No way!
I'm typing on two threads!

phat

by phatass on Sep 28, 2007 9:14 PM CDT reply actions  

2 threads
You harassing Brewers fans?
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 9:17 PM CDT up reply actions  

Other game thread?
Why would there be more than one?
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 9:21 PM CDT up reply actions  

Long story
turned out to be completely unneeded.

phat

by phatass on Sep 28, 2007 9:24 PM CDT up reply actions  

Is this the negativity thing?
If so, people gotta learn to roll with punches on this site. It's the Cubs we are talking about. Some folks are bound to be negative; it's part of the territory.
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 9:26 PM CDT up reply actions  

I don't mind getting upset at bad plays
But some people seem to take it to another level.

Oddly enough, they don't seem to have posted on this board at all tonight.

phat

by phatass on Sep 28, 2007 9:27 PM CDT up reply actions  

Wow, I must filter it out subconsciously
I'm so used to the "oh my the sky is falling" for the past 3.5 decades, it doesn't phase me as much any more. Thanks for the clarification.
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 9:30 PM CDT up reply actions  

Give that man a root beer float!
Nice job by Meredith and the Dad's D to get out of that mess.
Before each game, please remember to feed the bats.

by Cool Hand on Sep 28, 2007 9:15 PM CDT reply actions  

DP
Sweeeeeet!
"Drink,Drugs and shagging models...the rest I wasted." George Best on where his millions went

by Aussie Cub on Sep 28, 2007 9:15 PM CDT reply actions  

how many assists does Soriano have
when he leads the game off with a HR?

by zakhariah1 on Sep 28, 2007 9:16 PM CDT reply actions  

I don't think I can take 3 more innings!
I'm really jacked up right now.

phat

by phatass on Sep 28, 2007 9:16 PM CDT reply actions  

I am eagerly waiting for later tonight when I can
start hating the Padres again.

by MasterofUnlocking on Sep 28, 2007 9:17 PM CDT reply actions  

FYI
MLB gameday is ahead of ESPN GameCast. And this blog is probably ahead of both.

by park on Sep 28, 2007 9:17 PM CDT reply actions  

4-2 DBacks
 Top 8 man on 3rd 1 out.

by lemon20pie on Sep 28, 2007 9:18 PM CDT reply actions  

HUH?
Even if the Cubs did clinch on Friday, Rich Hill and Ted Lilly would make their starts on Saturday and Sunday in the last regular-season games...according to Cubs.com

by zakhariah1 on Sep 28, 2007 9:18 PM CDT reply actions  

Hill almost certainly would start but Lilly
may not according to BB the past couple days.
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 9:20 PM CDT up reply actions  

can't imagine
that they're focussed on updating that right now, if Lou has even made a decision...

by drewishdrewid on Sep 28, 2007 9:21 PM CDT up reply actions  

Lilly will not start Sunday
 if they clinch tonight or tomorrow. THat's obvious.

by lemon20pie on Sep 28, 2007 9:23 PM CDT up reply actions  

i mean i would think it would be a slam dunk
but that was from their website

by zakhariah1 on Sep 28, 2007 9:27 PM CDT up reply actions  

THREE MORE INNINGS!!!
I wonder if the Cubs are watching the game in the Cinci clubhouse..
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Sep 28, 2007 9:19 PM CDT reply actions  

I bet they are.....
Where would one celebrate in that "city"?
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 Sep 28, 2007 9:21 PM CDT up reply actions  

you can go across the river to Kentucky
there are some hot girls there if you can pry them away from their kin.  

by zakhariah1 on Sep 28, 2007 9:23 PM CDT up reply actions  

I thought they marry them
off to their cousins there. =)
It is SEPTEMBER, and we're STILL IN IT! YES!

by TheEman on Sep 28, 2007 9:28 PM CDT up reply actions  

got the champagne on ice here in rhode island
put the bottle of korbel in the fridge around 4. i hope to break it open tonight. i love listening to this jerkoffs on espn, at least it is in hd as opposed to listening to the rejects on fsn wisconsin. things are looking great and Z pitched a phenomonal game! hats off to z and our offense coming alive! this season has been the longest roller coaster in the us since lou came on board last year. pads up 4-3 bottome 7

by mossey12 on Sep 28, 2007 9:20 PM CDT reply actions  

i would love 4 the cubs to play the phils or mets
in round 1, since i live in DC, they aren't that far away and i can't get cubs tickets for under $200

by zakhariah1 on Sep 28, 2007 9:22 PM CDT reply actions  

The Mets are imploding
Losing to our favorites, the Marlins.

by drewishdrewid on Sep 28, 2007 9:23 PM CDT up reply actions  

yeah
i guess the mets and phils would have to make it to the playoffs for me to see them there in the 1st round

by zakhariah1 on Sep 28, 2007 9:25 PM CDT up reply actions  

I think
The Marlins are far better than their record shows

by MasterofUnlocking on Sep 28, 2007 9:25 PM CDT up reply actions  

And the Diamondbacks...
are worse than theirs.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 28, 2007 9:27 PM CDT up reply actions  

yeah
but i am most scared of the diamondbacks.  it is the unestablished players that f- the cubs up.  

by zakhariah1 on Sep 28, 2007 9:28 PM CDT up reply actions  

I'm in DC too
But theres something about playoffs at Wrigley.  Besides, tickets for Phillies, and especially the Mets won't be too much cheaper than they will be in Chicago.

by blueapple on Sep 28, 2007 9:25 PM CDT up reply actions  

I'm in DC also
and I will definitely try to buy tickets.

by zevkalman on Sep 28, 2007 9:29 PM CDT up reply actions  

plus the cubs are 7-0
when i am at their games this year (sadly i was out of town when they played @ RFK) so i feel like i must make a playoff game.  

by zakhariah1 on Sep 28, 2007 9:31 PM CDT up reply actions  

true
got any good bars to watch the cubs? i actually live in Fairfax, VA

by zakhariah1 on Sep 28, 2007 9:29 PM CDT up reply actions  

I live in Bethesda
there's a couple of sports bars in downtown Bethesda, but none catering to Chicago Sports like I've seen in other parts of the country.  I saw Bartman's 2003 debacle in one of them.

by zevkalman on Sep 28, 2007 9:47 PM CDT up reply actions  

Nix PH first pitch swinging for the Brewers
ground out to 1st....
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 9:22 PM CDT reply actions  

If Z can pitch like that
we may be looking at a fairly dominant 1-2 punch in a short series.

by MasterofUnlocking on Sep 28, 2007 9:23 PM CDT reply actions  

THEY'RE SINGING GO CUBS GO
GO CUBS GO!!

HEY CHICAGO WHAT DID YOU SAY!!

THE CUBS ARE GONNA CLINCH TODAY!

Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Sep 28, 2007 9:23 PM CDT reply actions  

that dude is huge
the pads relief pitcher warming up....Bell?  21

by zakhariah1 on Sep 28, 2007 9:24 PM CDT reply actions  

Cla?
Is that his whole first name?  Cla?  Not Cla...y?  Or Cla...rence?  Or Cla...pon?

by drewishdrewid on Sep 28, 2007 9:24 PM CDT reply actions  

Rockies with a man on 2nd and 1 out...
....and Helton up to the plate.

 Come on DBacks!

by lemon20pie on Sep 28, 2007 9:25 PM CDT reply actions  

Nice
First pitch Helton checks his swing and taps out to Lyon.

 man on 2nd 2 out 4-2 DBacks.

by lemon20pie on Sep 28, 2007 9:26 PM CDT up reply actions  

1-2-3
Brewers down to 6 outs.

by rrtycoon2 on Sep 28, 2007 9:26 PM CDT reply actions  

Just got back from dinner...
Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes!

and also yes. Nice performance by Z! Great win!

Now I'm itching for a padres win!

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 28, 2007 9:26 PM CDT reply actions  

that...
would suck...horrendously..
Now that he is back, play Matt Murton!!

by Chanman25 on Sep 28, 2007 9:27 PM CDT up reply actions  

66 Wins for the team, 2006
Nearly a 20-game improvement from last year.

This is what $105MM for 2007 can buy, plus a manager like Lou, to turn the culture of losing around.

Only five teams, in the last 25 years or so, have gone from worst to first in a year. The 2007 are not a juggernaut, but at least they will be tasting post-season!

GO CUBS!

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

by TheEman on Sep 28, 2007 9:26 PM CDT reply actions  

You know
you can spent that kindof money and not get good players.

Hendry did a good job getting talent that other people didn't see.

DeRosa? Lot's of people were questioning that call.

phat

by phatass on Sep 28, 2007 9:29 PM CDT up reply actions  

How 'bout Lilly
and the jokes that came about from so many sports guys when they found where Hendry was when he made the agreement with Lilly's agent?
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 9:32 PM CDT up reply actions  

Yep
And even Marquis.

phat

by phatass on Sep 28, 2007 9:34 PM CDT up reply actions  

What a perfect ending to Milw's season
Linebrink coming in to pitch against his old team...
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 9:28 PM CDT reply actions  

6 outs to go kids!
Oh Fathers please don't suck!

by whatiswrongwithlarussa on Sep 28, 2007 9:28 PM CDT reply actions  

ESPN ticker
shows the McClurg 3-game suspension was revoked, if I can read correctly w/o my glasses.
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 9:28 PM CDT reply actions  

Really?
I can't even remember the last time MLB cancelled a suspension.
Before each game, please remember to feed the bats.

by Cool Hand on Sep 28, 2007 9:35 PM CDT up reply actions  

GASSSS
 Lyons K's Atkins with 95 MPH fastball at the eyes.

ENd of 8 4-2 DBacks.

by lemon20pie on Sep 28, 2007 9:29 PM CDT reply actions  

LET'S.... GO.... PAD-RES....
<clap> <clap> <clapclapclap>

by eamuscatuli1881 on Sep 28, 2007 9:31 PM CDT reply actions  

How many people here can say
they really believed this team would be here on May 30th?

I will admit, I didn't.

by whatiswrongwithlarussa on Sep 28, 2007 9:32 PM CDT reply actions  

No way in hell
 I didn't think the Brewers would let them. Wrong about that.

by lemon20pie on Sep 28, 2007 9:35 PM CDT up reply actions  

You didn't think they'd be here 10 days ago
"There are no curses here...Games are won and lost on the baseball field" - Lou Piniella

by El Borto on Sep 28, 2007 9:39 PM CDT up reply actions  

Who is the ESPN play by play clown
A Padres batter just walked and he said the Brewers got the tying run on base. Butthead.
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 9:33 PM CDT reply actions  

They're doing the "let's go Cubbis"
...... CHant in colorado, except I think they're saying the Rockies. Sounds a lot like Cubbies though.

by lemon20pie on Sep 28, 2007 9:33 PM CDT reply actions  

J. Jones
is hitting .282 this year...that has been a great turn around.....

by cozmotaylor on Sep 28, 2007 9:33 PM CDT reply actions  

OH MY GOD!
YES!!!!

by MasterofUnlocking on Sep 28, 2007 9:34 PM CDT reply actions  

BEAUTIFUL!!!
There is no place like Nebraska - Go Huskers!

by sanantonecub on Sep 28, 2007 9:34 PM CDT reply actions  

Greene 2 run shot
6-3 Pads. Oddity? Greene was originally drafted by the Cubs...
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 9:34 PM CDT reply actions  

Green...2run HR!!!
6-3 Padres!!!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 28, 2007 9:34 PM CDT reply actions  

F*#% Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh Crap it could happen!

by whatiswrongwithlarussa on Sep 28, 2007 9:35 PM CDT reply actions  

Question
So if the Padres win tonight, do we root for the Brewers tomorrow and Sunday?  I really don't want to play the Padres if we can avoid it.  

by eamuscatuli1881 on Sep 28, 2007 9:35 PM CDT reply actions  

Then I think we want the Snakes to win the West
Help folks, am I correct?
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 9:36 PM CDT up reply actions  

I'd like to play Arizona too...
They're good, but they're inexperienced.  

by eamuscatuli1881 on Sep 28, 2007 9:38 PM CDT up reply actions  

Haven't you seen what inexperiened teams...
have done to us this year?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 28, 2007 9:40 PM CDT up reply actions  

I would take the Pads...
over the Snakes. Peavey is dangerous, but Young has been hurt and their offense is pedestrian at best.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 28, 2007 9:38 PM CDT up reply actions  

which ever division has 2 teams make it,
we will play the division winner.  2 teams from the same division won't play eachother in the 1st round.  we won't play the pads until the 2nd round (unless they win the division and the snakes are wild card)

by zakhariah1 on Sep 28, 2007 9:39 PM CDT up reply actions  

I personally want the Padres to win Wild Card
 Then the Cubs will open up in AZ and I can go tot the games in AZ.

 

by lemon20pie on Sep 28, 2007 9:37 PM CDT up reply actions  

We need to root for the DBacks and Padres
So those of us who got tickets to see the Cubs play in Arizona can use them!

We want Arizona to win the division and the Padres to win the Wild Card.

The call of the Cub fan, c. 1893: "one long, ravaged, derisive yell...a cyclonic whoop!"

by cubzfan on Sep 28, 2007 9:38 PM CDT up reply actions  

Yes we do Zambranofan
 I'll be there too. 1 down in Colorado in the bottom of the 9th.

4-2 DBacks.

by lemon20pie on Sep 28, 2007 9:41 PM CDT up reply actions  

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Greene
SORIANO! YESSSSSSSS! JIMBO!!!

by CubFaninCA on Sep 28, 2007 9:36 PM CDT reply actions  

Former Cubs Draft Pick
Khalil Greene.  OK maybe I will forgive Jim Hendry for not signing him after his Jr. year at Clemson (2nd rd pick)
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. -- George Santayana (1863-1952)

by cubfred on Sep 28, 2007 9:36 PM CDT reply actions  

Jimbo wasn't the GM then, was he?
Greene was originally drafted in '99 or '00 I thought. Jimbo took over the GM spot in spring '02.
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 9:37 PM CDT up reply actions  

K.Greene...my hero...for tonight.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 28, 2007 9:37 PM CDT reply actions  

YES!
Kspellcheck Greene for president!!*

* - of San Diego

We're Cub fans. May God have mercy on our souls.

by monkey knife fight on Sep 28, 2007 9:41 PM CDT up reply actions  

The Brewers??? Those guy are fags!!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 28, 2007 9:42 PM CDT up reply actions  

Just remember...
Dusty took the Cubs to the playoffs in his first year too. ^_^

by baglesshound on Sep 28, 2007 9:37 PM CDT reply actions  

man, i can feel it.
"If you play more than two chords, you're showing off."--Woody Guthrie

by buckmulligan on Sep 28, 2007 9:37 PM CDT reply actions  

thank you mr greene
this is going to be an unforgetable tonight, for the tough times we had in april and may and the blood and tears we went through in june and july, the agony we went through in august and the doubts and fears we went through in september is turning to be the glass is 1/2 empty but all the way full. Congrats fans, it has been a sick ride and it is only going to get better baby! I wish I was at the cubby bear now instead of my basement in rhode island. i love chitown!

by mossey12 on Sep 28, 2007 9:39 PM CDT reply actions  

You ain't kiddin'.
I'm in lonely, far-away Vermillion, South Dakota...but my heart is in Chicago right now, and I'd love to be there with it.
Before each game, please remember to feed the bats.

by Cool Hand on Sep 28, 2007 9:46 PM CDT up reply actions  

Yeesh!
I still flinch whenever I hear somebody say that.
We're Cub fans. May God have mercy on our souls.

by monkey knife fight on Sep 28, 2007 9:42 PM CDT up reply actions  

Soriano playing 2nd...
next year? Anyone else hear that from Marty Brennaman (evidently he talked with Lou before the game)
"You know what? You want a job? Go out and earn one." Sweet Lou

by Kyle Turney on Sep 28, 2007 9:41 PM CDT reply actions  

Just heard that
on WGN.  I find it hard to believe, but if he's fast enough...

by drewishdrewid on Sep 28, 2007 9:41 PM CDT up reply actions  

Time to prep the fireworks....
Gotta belt of 10,000 crackers and silver salutes.
Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 9:41 PM CDT reply actions  

The Brewers have to score this inning
with the heart of the order and Hoffman in warming up.

No runs means this game is over.

by whatiswrongwithlarussa on Sep 28, 2007 9:41 PM CDT reply actions  

What the Hell are you talking about?!
"Prince Fielder Dies Of Inside-The-Park Homerun" - The Onion

by DTJchris on Sep 28, 2007 9:47 PM CDT up reply actions  

hope the boys in the clubhouse are
enjoying this!!!!  Man I wish I was in Chitown

by DC Cubbie on Sep 28, 2007 9:41 PM CDT reply actions  

This is a huge inning.
Braun and Fielder in the 8th... bottom of the Brewers order against Hoffman in the 9th.  

by eamuscatuli1881 on Sep 28, 2007 9:41 PM CDT reply actions  

Fielder walks
But with one out already, this sets the Pads up for a nice double play.
We're Cub fans. May God have mercy on our souls.

by monkey knife fight on Sep 28, 2007 9:43 PM CDT up reply actions  

the mets are toast
what a slide...they deserve it

by zakhariah1 on Sep 28, 2007 9:41 PM CDT reply actions  

No, THAT is a hilarious story.
Ya think Ronnie and the rest of the '69 Cubs are enjoying that one as well?

by eamuscatuli1881 on Sep 28, 2007 9:43 PM CDT up reply actions  

if the brewers lose
i think ron will be a little less stressed.  

by zakhariah1 on Sep 28, 2007 9:50 PM CDT up reply actions  

What irony for the Brewers
The guy they traded for to help the 'pen gave up the 2 run shot to his old team to make a 1 run game a 3 run game...

Fireworks a coming out now...

Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 9:42 PM CDT reply actions  

Not to mention
they overpaid for him.  Those bad moves are polarized even more when you don't make that many moves.

by eamuscatuli1881 on Sep 28, 2007 9:44 PM CDT up reply actions  

I'm not watching this
But Bell seems to have, on gameday, some crazy kind of curve.

What is that?

phat

by phatass on Sep 28, 2007 9:43 PM CDT reply actions  

he's thrown a few good uns
bell has thrown some wicked curves... big arc, I wish more pitchers still threw the big curve.. it's fun to watch.

by garret on Sep 28, 2007 9:45 PM CDT up reply actions  

Trailer Trash
hit by pitch.  Fatty to second.  How about a GIDP???? PLEASE!

by JakeH on Sep 28, 2007 9:45 PM CDT reply actions  

I call a
5-4-3 double play to end the inning.

by eamuscatuli1881 on Sep 28, 2007 9:45 PM CDT reply actions  

San Diego
In a jam...

need another DP

by rrtycoon2 on Sep 28, 2007 9:45 PM CDT reply actions  

Bell hits Heart...
1st & 2nd one out.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 28, 2007 9:45 PM CDT reply actions  

Bell is scary.
He scares me.

phat

by phatass on Sep 28, 2007 9:46 PM CDT reply actions  

SOB BELL
MutherF***er strikes the Cubs out 1-2-3 everytime we face them yet he's throwing the ball all over the place.

by whatiswrongwithlarussa on Sep 28, 2007 9:46 PM CDT reply actions  

I wish the White Sox game would end...
so ESPN News will switch over to the Padres/Brewers game.

by JakeH on Sep 28, 2007 9:47 PM CDT reply actions  

anyone else in Lakeview...
...hear the helicopters hovering overhead?

by 60613 on Sep 28, 2007 9:48 PM CDT reply actions  

1st and 2nd 1 out bottom 9 in Colorado
Valverde walked 2 straight.

 Feeling the pressure.

by lemon20pie on Sep 28, 2007 9:48 PM CDT reply actions  

Holy crap...
hold on folks.  I think we're having an earthquake in Northeast Wisconsin... oh wait, no, ol' deep fried lard ass Prince was thundering his way to 3rd.

by eamuscatuli1881 on Sep 28, 2007 9:49 PM CDT reply actions  

I don't see
how he can even run carrying all that weight.
Shawn Johnson, Des Moines, IA, worlds greatest gymnast. 2007 All Around World Champ. GO SHAWN!!!!

by sue369 on Sep 28, 2007 9:51 PM CDT up reply actions  

He just gets his blubber layer heading
in one direction and inertia takes care of the rest.

by eamuscatuli1881 on Sep 28, 2007 9:52 PM CDT up reply actions  

LOL!
Shawn Johnson, Des Moines, IA, worlds greatest gymnast. 2007 All Around World Champ. GO SHAWN!!!!

by sue369 on Sep 28, 2007 9:53 PM CDT up reply actions  

By the way
Uecker calls a very good game.

phat

by phatass on Sep 28, 2007 9:49 PM CDT reply actions  

euke
I was 12 when I moved from milwaukee... became a pirates fan, then later a cubs fan...  I'm officially over the brewers now, but I still wish success on the pirates some day, they need it.

I listened to bob eukeur on the radio every night when I was a kid... the man's a broadcast giant.

Him and Vin Skully.. maybe the best of the old guard still around...

by garret on Sep 28, 2007 9:53 PM CDT up reply actions  

I want nothing to do with the Padre bullpen
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 Sep 28, 2007 9:50 PM CDT reply actions  

DONE IN THE 8TH!
three outs left for the Brewers...

by drewishdrewid on Sep 28, 2007 9:50 PM CDT reply actions  

Bell
throws some smoke!

by manny k on Sep 28, 2007 9:51 PM CDT reply actions  

STRIKEOUT!!!
Nicely done, Bell.

Definitely rivals Dempster in the induced heart attack category.

by rrtycoon2 on Sep 28, 2007 9:51 PM CDT reply actions  

Dum Dum Dum Dum
Dum Dum Dum Dum

Dum Dum Dum Dum

Dum Dum Dum Dum Dum Dum

Enter Sandman!

by whatiswrongwithlarussa on Sep 28, 2007 9:52 PM CDT reply actions  

DBacks clinch NL West.
 Cubs still looking like they're heading to AZ.

by lemon20pie on Sep 28, 2007 9:53 PM CDT reply actions  

Rockies lose...
sigh...
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 28, 2007 9:53 PM CDT reply actions  

i can't wait to hear hells bells
oh wait damn they are in Milwaukee

by zakhariah1 on Sep 28, 2007 9:54 PM CDT reply actions  

Go Cubs Go...Go Cubs Go...Go Cubs Go
Looks like all our prayers are going to get answered tonight...

by cubsnlinux on Sep 28, 2007 9:54 PM CDT reply actions  

*sunday
"Things are startin to go our way."

by Bricks and Ivy on Sep 28, 2007 9:55 PM CDT up reply actions  

If the Brewers lose Lilly won't pitch.
He might throw on the side.

by MiniAndretti on Sep 28, 2007 9:57 PM CDT up reply actions  

doubt it
give him an extra day and the rotation is set for games 1-2-3 z-lill-hill. i like it.

by morgane on Sep 28, 2007 9:57 PM CDT up reply actions  

Only if the Sandman
pitches the same way he did in the 2006 all-star game.

by whatiswrongwithlarussa on Sep 28, 2007 9:58 PM CDT up reply actions  

do you mean sunday?
that is what the website says, but who knows, they may pitch him for a couple innings sat or sunday as a tune up, but i don't invision him playing that much.  pitch hart tomorrow, and use sunday as a spring training tune up game...hill for 2 innings, lilly for 2 innings, wood for an inning, howry for an inning, eyre for an inning, marmel for an inning, and demp for an inning.

by zakhariah1 on Sep 28, 2007 9:57 PM CDT up reply actions  

OKAY CUBS FANS....
WE ARE 3 OUTS AWAY!!!
GO CUBS GO! Hey Chicago whatdya say the Cubs are going to win today!

by Galvan316 on Sep 28, 2007 9:57 PM CDT reply actions  

Fasten your seatbelts...
3 outs to the moment we've all been waiting for...

by JakeH on Sep 28, 2007 9:57 PM CDT reply actions  

alright.
let's do this. give them the slow stuff.
"If you play more than two chords, you're showing off."--Woody Guthrie

by buckmulligan on Sep 28, 2007 9:57 PM CDT reply actions  

this is really fun....really really fun...
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 Sep 28, 2007 9:58 PM CDT reply actions  

The promised land
is the World Series. I've seen them in the playoffs four times. It's never been pretty.
"Have Keith Moreland drop a routine fly. Give everybody two bags of peanuts and a frosty malt, And I'll be ready to die." -Steve Goodman

by danimal15 on Sep 28, 2007 10:01 PM CDT up reply actions  

Yankees lose
after walking the bases full in the bottom of the 10th.

by drewishdrewid on Sep 28, 2007 9:59 PM CDT reply actions  

Bernie looks so sad
if you can look sad in a big mask

by zakhariah1 on Sep 28, 2007 9:59 PM CDT reply actions  

here we go padres
here we go.

Anyone else fight those damn towels super annoying and gimmicky??!!  They arent even standing really.

by chuccck on Sep 28, 2007 9:59 PM CDT reply actions  

Trevor Time!
Just back to the hotel from the ballpark. So nice of Z to show up.  So nice to make it in time for this!
¡BLANCO!

by 08Cubs on Sep 28, 2007 10:00 PM CDT reply actions  

right now
nothing looks better than Hells Bells....Trevor

Next week, maybe not..

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 Sep 28, 2007 10:00 PM CDT reply actions  

I have never been a bigger fan of Hoffman
more than I am right now!

Dum Dum Dum Dum

by whatiswrongwithlarussa on Sep 28, 2007 10:01 PM CDT reply actions  

But he's no Dan Quisenberry
"They found a delivery in my flaw."

- Dan Quisenberry

"Have Keith Moreland drop a routine fly. Give everybody two bags of peanuts and a frosty malt, And I'll be ready to die." -Steve Goodman

by danimal15 on Sep 28, 2007 10:02 PM CDT up reply actions  

1
"If you play more than two chords, you're showing off."--Woody Guthrie

by buckmulligan on Sep 28, 2007 10:01 PM CDT reply actions  

rally towels
look really lame when half the crowd is gone.

I hope the cubs pr people don't go with towels in 2 more outs.  

by grooveska on Sep 28, 2007 10:03 PM CDT reply actions  

2
"If you play more than two chords, you're showing off."--Woody Guthrie

by buckmulligan on Sep 28, 2007 10:03 PM CDT reply actions  

Two quick outs!
"Have Keith Moreland drop a routine fly. Give everybody two bags of peanuts and a frosty malt, And I'll be ready to die." -Steve Goodman

by danimal15 on Sep 28, 2007 10:03 PM CDT reply actions  

here we
go one more out lets go cubs heys chicago whada say

by Les Lancaster on Sep 28, 2007 10:03 PM CDT reply actions  

2 down
damn, i hope we don't have to face that slider and changeup

by zakhariah1 on Sep 28, 2007 10:03 PM CDT reply actions  

Central Division Champions !!!!!
YES !!!!!!

This team really deserves it - Thank you Cubs !!!

by coral on Sep 28, 2007 10:05 PM CDT reply actions  

Go Cubs Go...Go Cubs Go...Go Cubs Go
ITS ALL OVER IN MIL...

CUBS PREVAIL....GO CUBS GO...

by cubsnlinux on Sep 28, 2007 10:05 PM CDT reply actions  

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Central Division Champs. Beautiful.
"If you play more than two chords, you're showing off."--Woody Guthrie

by buckmulligan on Sep 28, 2007 10:05 PM CDT reply actions  

*CENTRAL
I guess I was typing too fast and got ahead of myself ;)

by blueapple on Sep 28, 2007 10:06 PM CDT up reply actions  

Holy Shit!!! Holy Shit!!!
Cubs are going to the playoffs!!!!!!!!   NL Champion Chicago Cubs!!!!!  Unbelievable!!!!
"Prince Fielder Dies Of Inside-The-Park Homerun" - The Onion

by DTJchris on Sep 28, 2007 10:05 PM CDT reply actions  

Oops...so excited
NL CENTRAL CHAMPS
"Prince Fielder Dies Of Inside-The-Park Homerun" - The Onion

by DTJchris on Sep 28, 2007 10:06 PM CDT up reply actions  

We did it!!
Cubs clinch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Relief...

Aug 15 - Ted Lilly walked by the lineup card and said to nobody in particular "I can't believe I'm batting 9th again".

by mweil on Sep 28, 2007 10:05 PM CDT reply actions  

how bout a
ricky weak grounder

by zakhariah1 on Sep 28, 2007 10:05 PM CDT reply actions  

AND THE CUBS
ARE IN THE POST SEASON!!!

NL CENTRAL CAMPIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by rrtycoon2 on Sep 28, 2007 10:05 PM CDT reply actions  

Cubs are champs!
"Have Keith Moreland drop a routine fly. Give everybody two bags of peanuts and a frosty malt, And I'll be ready to die." -Steve Goodman

by danimal15 on Sep 28, 2007 10:05 PM CDT reply actions  

Yes!
That's it!

phat

by phatass on Sep 28, 2007 10:05 PM CDT reply actions  

On to October!!
...and no more ESPN!
Prince Fielder...he is neither.

by LAcarl519 on Sep 28, 2007 10:05 PM CDT reply actions  

Let the party begin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Shawn Johnson, Des Moines, IA, worlds greatest gymnast. 2007 All Around World Champ. GO SHAWN!!!!

by sue369 on Sep 28, 2007 10:05 PM CDT reply actions  

YES!! YES!!
And there was Great Rejoicing!

by grooveska on Sep 28, 2007 10:05 PM CDT reply actions  

i'm crying
i love this team so much

by cubs ftw on Sep 28, 2007 10:05 PM CDT reply actions  

WE FREAKING DID IT
CHAMPAGNE IS OUT!!!! GO CUBBIES

by mossey12 on Sep 28, 2007 10:06 PM CDT reply actions  

YES YES YES
HOW ABOUT THAT!!!?
"These are terrible times, and I shouldn't joke about them." --Warren Zevon

by ExNorthsider on Sep 28, 2007 10:06 PM CDT reply actions  

CUBS ARE THE (NLC) CHAMPIONS!
And the crowd goes wild!!!!  Fireworks are going off all over Lakeview!!!

http://www.cubworld.com/category/a_cubworld_cam

by 60613 on Sep 28, 2007 10:06 PM CDT reply actions  

Ahem
CHICAGO CUBS 2007 NATIONAL LEAGUE CENTRAL CHAMPS!!!!

YESYESYESYES

"I don't know what I'm talking about, and I'm pretty sure you don't either." -David Letterman to Bill O'Reilly

by hipster17 on Sep 28, 2007 10:06 PM CDT reply actions  

Chicago Cubs...
National League Central Champions 2007!!!

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 28, 2007 10:06 PM CDT reply actions  

2007 Central Divison Champs!!!!
Headed to wrigleyville!!!
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 Sep 28, 2007 10:07 PM CDT reply actions  

GO CUBS GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NLC CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GO CUBS GO! Hey Chicago whatdya say the Cubs are going to win today!

by Galvan316 on Sep 28, 2007 10:07 PM CDT reply actions  

UNREAL!
What a regular season.  What a freakin ride!

by martyblue on Sep 28, 2007 10:08 PM CDT reply actions  

CENTRAL DIVISION CHAMPIONS
2007 CHICAGO CUBS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by cubsnlinux on Sep 28, 2007 10:08 PM CDT reply actions  

comcast chicago
clubhouse footage now!

by garret on Sep 28, 2007 10:08 PM CDT reply actions  

hey hey
its about time  I love you guys lets enjoys tonight im gonna play harry

by Les Lancaster on Sep 28, 2007 10:08 PM CDT reply actions  

comcast chicago
clubhouse footage now!

by garret on Sep 28, 2007 10:08 PM CDT reply actions  

From worst to first!
Still,

I'm going to keep myself calm for now. I've seen too many playoff meltdowns over the years (1984, 1989, 1998, 2003) to get excited about the playoffs. We're two series wins away.

"Have Keith Moreland drop a routine fly. Give everybody two bags of peanuts and a frosty malt, And I'll be ready to die." -Steve Goodman

by danimal15 on Sep 28, 2007 10:09 PM CDT reply actions  

Amen,
Brother. There's a way to go. This is great -- worst to first, but there are 11 wins still to capture.

As I stated on the "non-neg" thread, in April and May -- WGN kept playing that "Lou" promo -- with clips from his press conference -- "We're Gonna Win Here." said Lou..

But the team kept losing, losing, losing. I said, yeah, yeah, yeah.

I could not imagine tonight's clubhouse scene back then. In Mesa, I thought it was possible. But things went bad. But you cannot deny the team has the best record in the NL since June.

The promo was right -- Lou didn't lie. The promo was just a few months early.

Boy, there's work to be done. The young'uns should enjoy -- but this is ONE step. An means to a bigger end.

I don't want a "Central Division Champion" T-Shirt. I want a "World Series Champion" shirt. That's the only one I will buy. Everything else -- isn't enough.

Bring out the rosary beads....

by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Sep 28, 2007 11:11 PM CDT up reply actions  

No Other Words But...
YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES!
Proudly waving the Cubbie Blue in the middle of redbird inbreds!

by Tater01 on Sep 28, 2007 10:09 PM CDT reply actions  

Look at these guys !!!
Never thought I'd see them so happy !!!

Lou is soaked !!!!

by coral on Sep 28, 2007 10:09 PM CDT reply actions  

Cubs clinch at 10:08 pm
Someone yesterday predicted it would happen at 10:10 pm.  Good for you, whoever you are....

by zevkalman on Sep 28, 2007 10:10 PM CDT reply actions  

That would be me
Just got through talking with half the village's cops since I woke up the entire neighborhood with thousands of firecrackers and some silver salutes.

Cops just said, "save some for the playoff victories". Cool, very cool...

Leading off and playing short, TheRiot; batting 2nd and catching, Mr.OBP, Jason Kendall.....Do it Lou!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 28, 2007 10:31 PM CDT up reply actions  

As I said earlier
today's the day!
SORIANO! YESSSSSSSS! JIMBO!!!

by CubFaninCA on Sep 28, 2007 10:10 PM CDT reply actions  

Unbelievable
Way to go Cubbies, and thank you.

by qccub on Sep 28, 2007 10:10 PM CDT reply actions  

holy cow
harry is looking down on us love you all this is amazing but its not over

by Les Lancaster on Sep 28, 2007 10:10 PM CDT reply actions  

whew.....
......congrats Cubbies! Now let's make some noise in the playoffs!
"I've come to the conclusion that the two most important things in life are good friends and a good bullpen." ~Bob Lemon, 1981

by carmenfanzone on Sep 28, 2007 10:10 PM CDT reply actions  

awesome
simply awesome.
One of Us!One Of Us!

by HerrProf on Sep 28, 2007 10:10 PM CDT reply actions  

Wood
Nice to see Wood celebrating. So glad he could be part of this, playing a big role over the last two months. This is the third time he'll be going to the playoffs with the Cubs. Who was the last Cub to go to three postseasons with the team?
"Have Keith Moreland drop a routine fly. Give everybody two bags of peanuts and a frosty malt, And I'll be ready to die." -Steve Goodman

by danimal15 on Sep 28, 2007 10:11 PM CDT reply actions  

Another shot!
Danimal15-- the Cubbies have been giving us some hope since the mid 80s, huh?

GO CUBBIES

"These are terrible times, and I shouldn't joke about them." --Warren Zevon

by ExNorthsider on Sep 28, 2007 10:16 PM CDT up reply actions  

Exactly
And you and I have watched a lot of the bad times together, too.
"Have Keith Moreland drop a routine fly. Give everybody two bags of peanuts and a frosty malt, And I'll be ready to die." -Steve Goodman

by danimal15 on Sep 28, 2007 10:33 PM CDT up reply actions  

Awesome!!!
Good things did happen tonight.

Just great.

Enjoy this Cubs fans enjoy this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

6-01-2007 the Cubs begin to rise. They will never look back.

by Scott G F on Sep 28, 2007 10:11 PM CDT reply actions  

WOOOO!
The Cubs flag is flying and Steve Goodman is singing in Redlands, CA!!!!!
Posting since May 4, 2005

by Ross on Sep 28, 2007 10:11 PM CDT reply actions  

Allow me to indulge myself
My fellow MOTs:

Barukh atah Adonai, Eloheinu melech ha-olam, Sheheheyanu vekiyemanu vehigi'anu lazman ha-zeh!

"I've never complained about it. I'm thankful to have a jersey." Mark DeRosa, 22 Aug 2007

by DeRoMyHero on Sep 28, 2007 10:12 PM CDT reply actions  

Amen!
I am sure Marquis would join me in that.
Prince Fielder...he is neither.

by LAcarl519 on Sep 28, 2007 10:13 PM CDT up reply actions  

Fuld too!
"I've never complained about it. I'm thankful to have a jersey." Mark DeRosa, 22 Aug 2007

by DeRoMyHero on Sep 28, 2007 10:17 PM CDT up reply actions  

Seeing Santo makes me want
to cry.  I hope they keep it going for him...
Prince Fielder...he is neither.

by LAcarl519 on Sep 28, 2007 10:12 PM CDT reply actions