Bleed Cubbie Blue

The Parrot would be the number one snack!

alright lets get some more runs

if we've learned anything it's that no lead is safe

GET THAT PARROT

OFF MY TV!!

Was that supposed to be a message

to Lou?

what happened

lemon20pie - April 10, 2008 reply

there was a pop-fly

in foul territory landing in the cubs dugout, close to where lou sits

should we move to new overflow thread

if it go over 500 comments?

Come of Dome!

this IS the overflow

i think you just move when they say so...

It was good contact

but not perfect

Good sign

These guys can win pretty and win ugly. Win with Lee hitting and win with Lee in a slump. Win with pitching and win with hitting. That adds up to a lot of wins.

Soto is just dialed in right now

I love this guy.

heat check

soto cant miss

Needed one more base....

n/t

BOOOOOOOOOO

Only a double! RUN FASTER SOTO

agreed

he is having a crappy night...

Dusty Baker just called me

he thinks Hank White should start tomorrow

HAHA!

he's been clogging the bases up too much tonight!

Soto with a great night!

for his career and for my fantasy team!

See that kid behind the plate

with a sign saying HI MOM. See thats class. No humping or distracting.

hahah

you really hate that damn bird don't you lol

I hate that parrot more than anything i can think of

What a wuss!

Can't leg it into a triple.

shoulda gone for 3!

:)

LOL

IBB for Theriot....how many times does that happen to him?

Soto is smokin

in so many ways. ;-)

I hope LIeber crushes one.

Still zero basehit for 3-5 hitters

but looks like no problem....

thats

an issue

DOme walked

But yeah they're hitless but still scored 7 runs. Not too shabby.

lemon20pie - April 10, 2008 reply

Quick finish..

Let's finish this quick so they can get off to Philly...

Save the big bats for the weekend...we will need it vs. a much tougher team!

I can get used to Soto

picking up the slack...

i don't care who does it as long as it gets done

everyone gets a turn to be the hero

That's it - time for a new lineup ;-)

Soriano
Theriot
DeRosa
Soto
Pie
Lee
ARam
Dome
pitcher

I'm glad I

bet the over AGAIN!

tough strike call

big zone tonight.

I always get a kick out of

when Len & Bob get late cues that they're back from break and on camera.

The two just staring into the camera for 4-5 seconds makes me laugh

MillsChC - April 10, 2008 reply

Since they're in Pittsburgh...

I wish they would've had Bill Cowher in the booth.

Since they're in Pittsburgh

I wish I had a Primanti sandwich.

mmm.... Primanti...

This one?

We have rice BBQ burger instead

Sorry

this is not for your dog....;-P

WOW

sooooooooooooo goood

whoever came up with the idea of throwing the fries IN the sandwich

is a culinary genius!

It was probably a drunk who was lazy. genius! haha

As drunk & lazy as this one.....

It's the McDonalds' pizza.

MillsChC - April 10, 2008 reply

I MUST HAVE this McDonalds pizza!!!

ohhhhhhhhhhhh yes!

Him and BB...

Just staring at eachother, "You're one good looking s.o.b."

Brewers Lost!

I'll drink to that!!!

lieber = dominant

he could go into the ninth

Sounds good!!

A couple more runs....maybe give Hart an inning.

damn

lost my satelite signal.....

ohhh no

raining..

cats and ...ummm..parrots here..

the pirate's uniform

what is that yellow patch on the front of their jerseys? it looks like a "hi my name is __________ " sticker on my crap tv

dr stabbingworth - April 10, 2008 reply

250 years of pittsburgh

the pens have one too

that was

my guess. i saw the 250 and could only think it was a city thing.

HAHA

Might be! I can only name 2 or 3 of them myself.

Pittsburgh 250

It's to commemorate the city's 250th anniversary.

A celebration...

...of the Pirates' 250 wins in the last ten seasons.

Cool Hand - April 11, 2008 reply

damn dish ..

better turn on pat and ron...

Big surprise guys....

Harden is on the DL.

The guy should build a house on the DL -- he spends most of his time there, anyway.

Hopefully, Jim Hendry won't overpay to trade for him.

Who is Harden?

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?playerId=5588

Rich Harden

the other rich

fantasy baseball

the description for harden when he went on the dl was "well, you knew what you were doing when you drafted him..."

dr stabbingworth - April 10, 2008 reply

Dempster will be sad

his buddy got kicked off american idol...

who was kicked off?

It's DeRo's buddy, I think

n/t

DeRo

oh ok...wasn't sure..

who was it?

Michael Johns

n/t

flachimesa - April 10, 2008 reply

mEEEEEEEEEEEEEk

Perfect time...

for a useless Soriano HR

Isnt it?!

or not...same dif.

I hope

Sori goes YARD on mEEEEk

I want to face evan meek every game

Michael Johns...

i think that's his name...

Awwww, damn

I liked Michael. It should have been Carly or Kristy Lee.

Michael Johns...

yeah, i thought he was one of the best....carly and the black girl were the other two in the bottome 3...

Carly?

She's the best singer in the competition.

I don't

think so but if you do that's fine.

I like Carly

too, but i like that Cook dude better.....hate that Archeleta kid...

Well well

our old friend Evan Meek

vtcub - April 10, 2008 reply

wow, I like this meek guy

Oh my god!

You hear that guy?

what guy? the guy in the crowd ?

Yeah...

Screaming "oh my god" like 20 times

When there are

only 12 fans in the stadium the mic picks up everything

I heard him

What a clown.

what guy?

Meek

I have been waiting all series for Meek to come into a game with runners on....but no...Meek wont inherit anything

HOW

did Soriano WIFF that meatball!

Sori missed a hanging curve.

rank?

where do the cubs rank so far this season in stolen bases?

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/stats/aggregate?sort=stolenBases&split=0&group=8&season=2008&seasonType=2&statType=batting&type=exp1

Before tonight...

Tied for first with 11 per WGN

tied for 3rd i think

and WGN is showinf a dang thing on tv right now about it haah

tv says...

tie for first in NL w/ Houston and San Fran.
We all have 11.

gx4 - April 10, 2008 reply

yea

i forgot to add tonights. should be in 1st

does Sori strike out in batting practice?

that might have been the equivelent...

Figures

Meeks walks everybody on the team except Soriano who K's

Wait and see

to get more walks

why thank you wgn

thanks bob

HAHAHA

right on que

The power of BCB...

now if only Bob will ask Len about his wife....

Here comes 3-5 hitters

get a basehit!

They've been quiet...

But Lee still has 2 RBI

Great play by Pittsburgh D.

He's swinging on 3-0

Guess not

Get fat D-Lee!

Single...

RBI

meek is PUMPED!

strike out

PirateDan - April 10, 2008 reply

should have swung on 3-0

meek with the fistpump

your team is still down 4 runs homey

That way out of zone

he want to get Primanti sandwich before move over

Someone warming up in the Pen?

howry and marshall

standing by

Here comes the hook.

Guess not.

Hope we don't regret that move.

lieber hasn't given me a reason to worry yet

Chat?

Do you guys ever chat on mlb's chat thingy.

we could get a BCB section going...how bout section 18, for soto?

Havent tried or seen it. I avoid mlb.com at all costs

yeah...

but, does anyone else think a chat would be better than a comment thread?

how would it be different? Faster? anything else?

idk

faster i guess...and easier to follow....

although replies would be confusing

exactly - it's hard enough to follow these threads some time

I shudder to think what this crowd could do in an amped up, unstructured environment

I kinda like this becuase if I'm not here then I can come read everything. Does the mlb chat save so I can read it later?

doubt it...

mabey BCB could create their own chat style system

Why Lou came to the mound?

Lieber right back to work

Lou's gonna get a memo

Uniform or jackets only for the managers

MillsChC - April 10, 2008 reply

no doubt

lose the pajamas.

It's the MLB performance fleece!

i just ordered that for my brother... but you might be right.

HAHAHAHAA

I was joking. But I'd like one of those myself

No idea

Lou is funny like that

Nice work! TO JON LIEBER!!!!

Brought to you by TRIPOD

nevermind then...

(it was the bill brasky guys)

Great work again Lieber

Proving to be a great signing.

Here he come again

and the pitching change

Player of the Game

Lieber or Soto?

Lieber

Soto

Only Marshall is the lefty in the Cubs pen?

You'll need another guy

Scott Eyre is injured

but Wuertz is pretty good against lefties too.

Thanks

for your explainations

They survived pretty much all of last year

with just Eyre

Hill...

Will be joining him soon if he keeps this up

No extra inning today

I have to go out afternoon.....

Man I sure hope theres no extra's!

Walker71421 - April 10, 2008 reply

Lieber

He put out the fire.

Fontenot to Theriot to Lee!

Hey hey Double Play!

Nice DP!

Beutiful

double play

why do the dragons have a koala mascot?

and not a dragon?

another chance for Soto...

Not to mention Fukudome.

only chance will be....

...funny kick on the right field fence....

one more inning

this could get chippy!

no pain for Ramirez

Come on Dome!

They're messing with Fontenot's hair!

What's that about?

How could you not? It's so...

fluffy.

OH SNAP!

MEEKS GUNNIN FOR REDEMPTION!

Hey guys

just got out of class was listening on the radio on the way home.

Can i get a recap of who is hot and what not right now?

Soto is 4-5

2 doubles and a 2R HR

Very nice

he been the main man today or anyone else playing well?

I saw Lieber was Solid like he always is.

Lieber went 4 1/3 scoreless innings

Rich hill didn't look so good... only lasted 3 innings

1 man.

Jon Lieber : solid

Lee has 2 RBI

without a hit... and Fontenot went yard too.

Soto 4-5 and Lieber pitched 5 innings of relief

Soto's 4-5

with a home run. Lieber came in for Hill and pitched 5 solid innings of shutout ball. hE just got lifted for Howry.

Thx guys

Appreciate that litte effort you put in. Always good to have u guys around :p

Hot- Soto, Lieber, Fontenot
Not- Matt Morris, Soriano, Lee, ARam, The Parrot

HankWhite23 - April 10, 2008 reply

The parrot

get on tv again?

Not so much tonight

But i'm still pissed about last night...

HankWhite23 - April 10, 2008 reply

Re:

Hot- Soto, Lieber, Fontenot
Not- Matt Morris, Soriano, Lee, ARam,
Destined for a special spot in Hell--The Parrot

fixed.

Excellent edit

HankWhite23 - April 10, 2008 reply

Its alittle exciting

Cause you know Aram and Soriano will come around.

With these other guys doing so much itll be quite a team, Oh how much our cubbies have grown up.

Well Rich Hill stunk up the joint to begin with...

...Lieber came in and bailed him out.
Lee had the first two RBIs.
Fontenot went yard.
Soto also went deep, plus a couple doubles and a single.
Somebody found the parrot back behind the bullpen with a knife sticking out of its back. No suspects yet, but Keystone has this sneaky smirk going...

hahhahahah

good dp there

Bad day for Dome

but good day for Cubs

Not that bad...

A walk and a couple hard hit balls right at people.

he still reached base

like he always does...

Meek has the control of Ricky Vaughn...

From now on, when i kvetch about

Theriot or Fontenot, someone remind that the Cubs don't have Bautista and Bixel. Those two are terrible.

Looks like...

The Cubs just want to get this one over with, I don't blame them.

ok lets make it an unintersting ninth

A boring ninth would be really nice.

Then I can watch the frozen four on espn.

Hockey!

n/t

sorry, hockey night was last night.

I was like...

is that what they call the Master's now??

last night?

n/t

The pens beat ottawa 4-0 in the first game of the playoffs!

GO RED WINGS!

GO AVS!

DenverCub - April 10, 2008 reply

the avs

are probably who I'm pulling for as well

I almost puked

when Carolina played their way out. I know a guy on Carolina so I was pulling for them even though I've been a Red Wing fans forever. So GO WINGS!

well,

being a hawks fan, I just want some exciting hockey! I don't really care, as long as NY and NJ are gone as soon as possible.

A hawks fan?

I assure you I was pulling for the hawks. My coworker claims to be the buggest season ticket holder fan of all time. And he might be becuase I've sat with him and Pat Kane's parents use 2 of his seats becuase they hate the ones the hawks gave them.
I was pulling for the hawks for the simple fact they'd be playingthe wings 1st round and I could go see the wings play here becuase no way i'm driving to detroit. haha

haha

I made the drive to Detroit 2 weeks ago...not fun. Hopefully the Hawks and Wings will play many times in the playoffs in the next few years!

they might

toews and kane are the real deal.

or teows or however you spell it

and once at Wrigley Field

I will

for damn sure be at that game. i cant wait

I'm still confused as to why

they arent playing at soldier field.

I'm still confused

why Bettman hasn't made something official yet. I would love a triple-header at Wrigley: Wolves-Admirals, Badgers-Irish, and Hawks-Wings. That would be amazing!

That would be insane. I dont think anything is official becuase I dont think any of the venues have agreed. thats just a guess.

Nothing is official

I'm just wondering why Bettman keeps dodging the question when he's asked. I think if they do it once a year, that would be cool. Heck, move the all-star game outside if teams don't want to play a game outside, with the same AHL and College game before that.

I'd

love to see an outdoor game once a year. I thought they were saying not next season but the season after it would be Detroit vs Chicago. If I was commisioner I'd move the benches to opposite sides again and play some more outdoor games long as the outdoor game is safe for the players. (we all know moving the benches back to opposite sides isnt safe, more fights fights fights!)

yeah,

the one thing about more outdoor games is that each outdoor game makes it less special.
Another thing I really would like to see is a Beanpot-esq tournament at the UC. Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Michigan St, Notre Dame, and Ohio State. I know, that's 6 teams, but which two would you leave out? I think something like that would be huge!

.

I know the pens just played outside, but you have agree;
Pittsburgh vs. Philadelphia at penn state would be awesome.

yeah,

that would be cool. the Pen's didn't get the full deal since they didn't host. I'd do that in a few years, after all the Original Six teams have their shot

stadiumguru - April 11, 2008 reply

right...

college hockey is tonight though. NHL works too though!

you should be up here in Edmonton...

you can watch all the hockey and curling you would ever want to see. :-)

give em the heater

light em up wood

come on wood

let's end this!

Everybody want Wood as the starter?

If he is 100%

too risky...

he gets injured when he does that.

No...

I don't think his body could hold up. Relieving is the only way to prolong his career IMHO.

I don't like this move

I'd rather let Howry finish and have Woody available tomorrow.

Kerry! Kerry!

let's get this one over with Woody!

there is a steak and a martini with my name on it down the street and I am getting hungry.

1 down

2 more outs

nice pick

by font there.

Two to go.

mistersite - April 10, 2008 reply

on your feet!

not in chicago

has anyone heard farmer and stone for the sox yet this year? hows that going?

Two know-it-alls in the booth together...

No 'in booth' fireworks yet and I must admit I always enjoy Stone's analysis even if he is getting a bigger head every day!

I heard a clip on The Score...

Stone still calling pitches, "Slider low and away..... told ya."

one more out

to go to Phill.

one to go

Do this Kerry!!!

Hate so see that long fly....

with a one run lead, less than two outs, and a man on third!

c'mon baby

one more strike till the broom!

Woody staying in the low 90's

but has real good location

Get out the

SWEE

P

Win!!

Yes!

LT - April 10, 2008 reply

I assume that this means "win"?

respected your W flag

and made it a Japanese version

Cool!

vtcub - April 10, 2008 reply

Yeah baby!!

CUBS WIN!! CUBS WIN!!

FLY IT? OR SHOOT IT!!

PRICELESS, AGAIN

LMAO!

Looks like that Parrot is 'Bleeding Cubbie Blue!!"

damn straight!

Al...

Great pic to summarize the series....

SHOOT IT!

Parrot voodoo doll in the making...

Parrot Steak at Pittsburgh restaurant in Okinawa Japan

for my dinner tonight

disgusting!

OUTSTANDING!

this cracked me up!!

Hmm.

Beautiful plumage.

Cool Hand - April 11, 2008 reply

W!!

Fly it!

NICE

STREAK!

SWEEP!

love it!!!

n/t

wtf!!!!

is THAT! hahaha

haha I don't know!

It's the greatest!! I might steal it

go ahead!

sweet i've started a trend!

i wish

he was swatting that damn parrot

LOL!!!!

Oh Come On Keystone

It's Big Ern McCracken!!! This is one of the funniest images I've seen. Well played.

McRipper - April 11, 2008 reply

I know WHO it is

....I just didnt know WHAT it was. I was blinded by it's beauty!

Keystone80435 - April 11, 2008 reply

solid

HAHAAHAAHAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!

Classic!

That's pretty cool.

google images works miracles

right SWL?

FLY IT, it's a SWEEP!

no more beard?

blown save = shave some hair

PirateDan - April 10, 2008 reply

Get it out!

6-3 FEELS GOOD

Swept the 3-game series

Great win for

the Cubs!!! Hope this winning streak continues.

I'm flying it

sweeeeeep!

6 and 3

Feels really good!

DenverCub - April 10, 2008 reply

a broom and the W flag.

let's hope this becomes a habit this year. very sweet.

Oh, and another nice figure

2:30.

Only 9 Innings???

I was just settling in! I didn't know they only played nine???

On to Philly!!!

Tater01 - April 10, 2008 reply

sweet, I didn't miss too much of Scrubs!

It seems so odd for a game to be done in under three hours...

Good game

even no basehit for Dome, only a run
But great 5 wins in a row

Good night everyone

have a good afternoon!

W! YES! What did Soto's hits look like?

Last week he was TAGGIN the ball, but he wasn't always rewarded with hits.

SackMan - April 10, 2008 reply

No cheap ones...

Looked great

WOW....

I just looked at the clock...so early!

What am I going to do with the rest of my night!?

I cant wait

for Al to yell at us for posting soo many pics on a game thread.

I remember there being a limit on pictures...

...unless it was the "W" flag ...I think we will all be good!!

mrtobby - April 10, 2008 reply

or the dead parrot....or the bill murry haha

haha the bill murray

is the popular choice now!

Its by FAR my favorite

I loved the Bill Muwry too!!! Wow talk about randomly fantastic!

mrtobby - April 10, 2008 reply

haha

well hopefully i can post that more often!

OR

any type of parrot prepared as a sandwich or fried or stuffed on a plate in Japan.

So you're saying if the file is bigger than allowed it wont post? Nooo problem then.

Al yelling at us

If Al yells at us - could that go on our permanent record?

Cub Fan Mike - April 10, 2008 reply

It might. I dont really know him but I met him once and I wouldnt want to be on his list. I think he knows people...

It'd be kinda odd to be yelled at for the Cubs winning

5 game win streak and we get yelled at?

I mean, I haven't had to change my signature in almost a week (knock on wood).

But this

would be the perfect time to yell at us because we're too happy to take it personal

lol, your psychological abilities are astounding

Just don't yell at me.... I'm fragile

Tied with the Brewers in the standings = ONEDEC!!!!

Crap.. I just updated mine.

Maybe I should've waited :)

SackMan - April 10, 2008 reply

lol, luckily, I only have to update mine as a loss

I consider it me doing work to try and improve the team

Happy birthday

to me. Go Cubs!

rambler19 - April 10, 2008 reply

The win is

a great gift. We all enjoyed it. :-)

great series

only a game out of first place, and with two cardinal losses and 1 cub win, you get the idea..

Now

my sat signal comes back on...geez.......at least family guy is on...lol....damn dish...

A Cubs win and now The Good The Bad and The Ugly on Galavision

A spanish-dubbed spaghetti western - does it get any better than this?

Ohhhhhh one of my top 10 favs!

mine too

wasn't it filmed in Spain?...maybe italy....i forgot..

i think italia

hence the spaghetti

duh...

that does make sense....retart here..

I think...

I know they used part of the Spanish Army for filming so maybe it was filmed in Spain, or parts of it anyway.

Filmed mostly in Spain, but some scenes shot in Italy

"Il Buono, il brutto, il cattivo" is the original title.

Shot in Spain but made by Italians

bluekoolaide - April 10, 2008 reply

Well if ya wanna get technical....BWAHAHAHAH

Almería, Andalucía, Spain
(town scenes)

Andalucía, Spain

Arlanza River, Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain
(civil war battle)

Burgos, Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain

Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain
(civil war battle)

Cabo de Gata, Almería, Andalucía, Spain
(monastery/long desert walk scene)

Carazo, Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain
(cemetery finale)

Cortijo de los Frailes, Cabo de Gata, Almería, Andalucía, Spain
(monastery)

Covarrubias, Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain
(civil war battle)

Granada, Andalucía, Spain

La Calahorra, Granada, Andalucía, Spain

Monasterio de San Pedro de Arlanza, Covarrubias, Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain
(military hospital)

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Tabernas, Almería, Andalucía, Spain

so i'm to understand

the spaghetti comes from the film makers, not the location. Italian filmmakers exploiting the greed of Americans and their addiction to 'westerns'. Well done.

STICK IT

On channel 521 Directv Starz West WOOHOO

Dave in the basement - April 10, 2008 reply

A weird one, but a W is a W (deep, huh?)

Man, what a weird game that was. Lots of unexpected offense, while the three-five spots didn't do much at the plate.

Hill sure was erratic, but Leiber looked very solid in long-relief. I am glad he earned the victory. I missed the bottom of the 8th and the 9th, so I guess I'll have to read about those later. Since the Pirates didn't score, I am guessing Howry didn't get in the game. :-P

Great job on the sweep, Cubs! Hopefully there is a game tomorrow.

Dave

Howry

pitched the 8th...wood the 9th...

back by popular demand!

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Notre Dame Cubbie - April 10, 2008 reply

I hope i see this one about every 3 or 4 days

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeep is sweet!

Cub Fan Mike - April 10, 2008 reply

I apologize in advance..

Great game! It is sweet. Not to get off topic, but where can I locate the post several months ago about where to stay near Wrigley?

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2008/3/3/231512/5382