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Overflow Thread: Cubs vs. Pirates, Sunday 4/20, 1:20 CT

Let's go for the sweep!

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uh oh

sure its one out with DUke up

but I don’t want Nate McClouth up with the bases jammed

gameday

is all over the place this inning

Men-Kay-Vich ducksnort

scores 1

Smart cut off

by Rammy.

Bases still full w/ 1 out
Umm

can we walk McLouth? :(

Tying run up. Hope we don't regret all the LOB.
Marshall & Lieber pick up a ball in the pen
Soto

He has been busy behind the plate and is doing a great job.

Demps overthrowing
Big time.

Walks in run. wtf.

Good grief

Get’ im outta there. He’s done.

yikes

dempster falling apart

Walk to McLouth

5 – 2

can I get a K zone plz?

not a bad pitch

Frankly not the worst result

but still dont like how Demps is looking

Last year's Mets game in the 9th?

let’s hope it’s not that! He’s been so good this year.

Darn it! This is what happens when you clog the bases!

Oh,, that’s right, that’s GOOD if you are batting.

last batter for Demps
Sanchez grounds out slowly to ARam

5-3

Way to let'em back in it, Ryan.

What happened? Demp was cruising.

Looks like

I picked a bad time to join the game. Yikes!!

Yeah, me too.

Maybe I’ll duck out and grab a six-pack.

What does it take to get

a called strike?!

Maybe the ump has the over.

tell me about it

that pitch was golden

Soto saves a run

whew

unintentional intional walk here...
I think u r right

That Ball 2 was thrown right into where Soto had his mitt.

I'm ok with that walk too
yikes

Dempster’s imploding

Complete and total meltdown

by Dempster in this inning.

Defense

This is mostly due to bad D in the outfield.

Outfielders don't walk in runs.

I see your point, but Demp has been brutal, that is until D-Lee told him to throw strikes!

sticking with him

it better work

Can't. Throw. A. Strike. To. Save. His. Life.
I say leave him in

I think he can get laroche

C'mon Fans!

Rally him!

After a quick word w/ Lee

Dempster goes 1-2 on LaRoche

How big is Lee?

what a guy.

I'm dying to know

what he said…

Probably told him

it was the 9th inning of the World Series and a nuclear bomb would destroy the earth if he didnt get this guy out.

Or he bet him $50 he couldnt do it.

lee told demp

he would buy him a case of old style if he struck him out….

Come on Demp!

Get this guy!

His last hitter, either way.
YEAH!!!!!!!!!!

Nice comeback for Ryan!

thats a big K
weeeeeeeeeeee
demp's at 93 pitches

this’ll probably be it for him either way

Man he loves pressure
whew!

this ledge was getting uncomfortable

YES!

damage control complete!

It felt like the 9th inning, last year!
D-Lee

Shows who the leader on this team really is…way to step up there and get Demp’s head back in the game.

Demp is gone...

but in line for the win. gutsy call by Lou and it pays off. Whew I can finally breathe—i mean, we can finally breathe

smart pitching

by walking Bay….better D would have helped more..

Hardest text Q --

this season I think. How do you pick just one?

milwaukee up 2-1 in top 10

stl still getting blown out

On a freakin wild pitch!
bullpen sitting down?

wat

Demp might hit

just to sacrifice

Mancrush singles

Off Marte

Soto

is golden.

Demp looks pissed

big time

Demp withbatting helmet on.

If Ronny gets on, I think he’ll be taking it off.

Nice idea on that bunt
Wait

is this a sacrifice? Why? I thought he was trying to bunt for a hit

Hank White

in dugout calling bunt..

Nice bunting Ronny

signed,
Henry Blanco

sorry had to say it. lol

CEDENO!

couldn’t bunt it into the ocean from the beach

bunts are for suckers

weeeeeeee

But he is swinging away now...

glad we learn from our mistakes

Nice AB from Ronny so far
It really was.

Worked himself into a good situation from 0-2. Really well done.

Ronny crushes

Double! Soto Scores

onedec!!!!!!
Nice AB for Ronny!

Heads-up baserunning by Soto!

Great inning!

holy you-know-what!

maybe this IS our year!

Rony!

It’s a miracle!

Ronny Cedeno

has surprised me the last couple of days….nice job!

Do you realize how young he is?
RONNY!

Soto’s gonna need some oxygen

ONEDEC !!!

“Hopefully the light bulb has gone on for Ronny”—Brenly

My three legged

dog runs faster than Soto…

He's a catcher

running isnt in his contract

stonehands laroche

nice play derp

Its nice to see the Offense

pick up the Pitching staff. ERROR! another run!!

Nice glovework by Laroche!

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! 23 team errors for the Buccos.

LaRoche Pulls a buckner

Ronny Scores

There's tha Pirate D!
I guess K'ing with the bases loaded..

isn’t his only trick

Geovany Soto is Spanish for...

... “not fast”

LaRube

I was trying not to move my feet. Lean over, make a stab, you know.

LaRoche must feel like shit

bases loaded K and then run-allowing error in less than 5 min

Wow

when it rains it pours

Johnson pokes a ball past the 3b
Comedy of Errors.

Bucco D is brutal.

lovin the offense this year. . . everyone seems to be contributing and playing solid and SMART baseball

agreed

don’t miss the tons of boneheaded plays (Jacque, et. al).

spoke too soon

:-)

Some one needs to buy the Pirates

some new gloves.

Hey!

There I am!

I was just going to give you a yell.
whats even better?

No Outs lol

CINCY ties it in bottom of 10th!
back to back hrs off gagne
Encarnacion ...

and BAKO!!!

Bako!

Gagne is done.

Bako

Hr number 16… in his entire 10 year career.

Thank you Milwaukee Brewers. Keep trotting Gagne out there,

DmL

what a great investment

in washed up roid ragers

Gange out

Salomon Torres in against Corey

and Korey K's

what a shock

This guy "Reed Johnson" in lead off is making me

think that when Sori comes back he should be batting 8th.

Cue circus music.

Moises Alou approves of Fontenot’s baserunning.

At least

he made it third. Jacque would have found a way to get doubled off second….

Theriot baffles the Bucs

with a Bunt. But Fontenot runs past third and is tagged out.

Quade's hanging head...

Think he dropped an f-bomb or two?

Some Cedeno-esque base running there.

cincy has winning run on 1st, no out
D-Lee

has missed a couple of fat fastballs today. That’s going to lead to some pitcher making a serious mistake someday soon.

Lee's FC scores Johnson
Pathetic Defense!!
hahahaha

pirates d is BAD!!!

Holy crap

It’s an error festival.

another error by LaRoche!

and Dempster’s 3 runs are erased

Wow.

This defense is just awful. Laroche just very nonchalant.

sloppy fielding. . . we’ll take it!

is this even a major league team?
Bench LaRoche

for his own sanity.

laroche

really hurting his gold glove chances with his efforts today

aramis

yardwork

ramirez goes YARD!

Blasted!! ARAMIS!!
HOMERAM!!!!!!!!!!

And it was a blast!

and now its a blowout

and I will use Bill Murray today as well!

GET OUT!!!!

YEEEEEAAAHHH!!!!

Oh baby!!!

that’s indicative of how he rolls!

This offense

is soooo damn sexy!!

Murton

Bunt base hit

Swining bunt
Make up hit

for some of his hot shot outs

love infield hits

wow, insane mistake by Osoria
ginger!

really pounded that one, basehit!

MATT RIPS ONE!!!!!!!!!!!
That should be another error on the pitcher.
If only

you could give E’s for mental errors!

Hmmm...

Cedeno comes to mind.

Just awful, stupid

defensive play by the Bucs today.

lol southwest how far did it roll
The Southwest how far did it roll?

About 30 feet.

Hilarious!

damn beat me to it
Shouldn't that be 30 happy feet?

lol

Thank goodness it wasnt 35

Cause it coulda been foul then!

If the Pirates still have fans

they must absolutely hate the Cubs right now.

"southwest how far did it roll? about 30 ft" -Bob

LOL

The beauty of baseball

Murton rips the ball three times in is 0-fer. He sneezes, hits a ball about 20 feet and gets a knock.
I love baseball.

Murt

I knew he’d get untracked today. Nice boxscore, anyway—RBI’s, a hit.. lol. It would make this day perfect if he’d jack one

I wish he

would too.

DeRo mercifully

pops out to CF

D Lee

The key to this game so far was D Lee calling time and talking to Ryan Dempster last inning! It must have worked because he got out of the inning!

Give credit where credit is due..

LaRoche sleep walking over at first and at the plate lol but seriously, yea D Lee is showing how to lead

i’m really hoping this offense shows up against the Mets!

Yeah, cuz the Mets won't suck defensively.
MLB.tv fix

btw, I found a way to get dual feeds going in the same browser (for instance, if you want to listen to wgn radio audio while watching the video feed). If anyone’s interested it’s easy.

I was hoping that was possible

I have been wondering how to make that happen, I go to school at University of Georgia so I had to buy MLB.TV Premium which I have to use to watch all the non- WGN Games, and listening to the opposing teams broadcast team is torture. Listening to Don Sutton and his ignorant side kick tonight for the Nationals game was brutal, almost as brutal as Howry. But if you could please let me know how to get that setup I would greatly appreciate it I really miss Ron & Pat. I assume the audio feed is in sync with the video feed? Just send me an e-mail with instructions on how to set this up. Thanks a lot. mikey06@uga.edu

Man that camera shot just reminded me

that is whole lot of outfield!

Howry gets Nady

to K

Way to hustle, Xavier!
Nady gives up

I’m not making a million dollars to hustle or anything

come on griffey

win one!

Doumit

Homerun

Uh oh

how many will land in the field today??

reds win

brewers lose!

Do we...

use Marmol and/or Wood today? I think only if it gets really, really close…

We'll need them against the Mets.
My thoughts..

Exactly..

Couple of thoughts

1. I wonder how handling the pressure of being a closer helps Demp in the situations like the 5th?

2. I can’t wait for the special tonight. Both specials for that matter.

3. This season has the potential to be a heck of a lot of fun.

4. Cardinals being beaten like rented stepchildren. If we win and cardinals lose we’re in first baby!

Bring on the Mets!

We`ll whoop their ass!!

this strike zone is wide and high
Howry

great outing!!!

Love the

sail boat floating by in the back ground.

yep.....summertimes almost here

i miss chicago

The pirates are already

checkin their baggage at O’Hare I think

I think we'll see an appearance from

D Ward this inning—unless a lefty is pitchin

Marte (really this time)

walks soto

haha

2nd time’s the charm

Where does Soriano bat when he comes back?

Let me guess…. First?

good guess

but I don’t see how anyone with any kind of baseball sense would put Sori back in leadoff when Reed Johnson has been doing so well as a leadoff guy.

Agreed, but...

I think Lou will have a hard time getting Sori to hit elsewhere.

howry on deck

should get a rare ab

that should be interesting
and it is very interesting
another solid AB for Ronny

this soriano injury could be a blessing in disguise

yeah I'm really starting to love watching him bat
there are no easy outs in this lineup!

save the pitcher… but even marquis and Z had good hitting games the last couple

Gov Blago at the game

If anyone sees him, feel free to punch him in the head.

Ronny fights Marte

for a single

Solid game for Ronny

Hitting is contagious.

Reds Brewers

I’m not sure how to feel about this. The Brewers are going to be the Cubs biggest rivals, but the Reds are my new “most hated team ever”.

Be happy

You will get plenty of Reds losses to enjoy later.

I like Griffey

and I feel sorry for the Reds fanbase. They have to suffer through Dusty and CPat. That’s awfully lame.

Damn, Cedeno is dead

long live Onedec!

What a stupid post!
ONEDEC!

man, is he hot and waiting for the good pitches.

A win = First Place

Lets not let it go!

StL

Don’t get ahead of ourselves. . . Cards have a lot of offense and the last time I checked, Giants weren’t lights out!!

Howry bunts

like he’s never seen a bat before. 1 Out

actually, those were full swings
LOL rare AB for Howry?

that’s an under statement

lets hope its the last of the year
howry

should not have to worry about being called upon to pinch hit anytime soon

Lucky he knew which end of the bat was up!
They will put Ernie's statue out there

before they call on Howry lol

RE: howry

So goes the great Howry batting experiment.

Johnson lines softly to McLouth in CF
What does "eamus catuli" mean?

Does it mean “we are the cubs”?

Boy, my parents will give me S__t for not paying attention in high school Latin classes. Who’d have thought it?

loosley translated it means 'let's go cubs'
Thanks.

I assume you mean real loosely.

Theriot -- Having a career day.

Walks

NICE AB!

lovin the patience at the plate by everyone

gimme a d-lee slam

for my fantasy team pls one time

DLEE!!!

let’s see a fastball!!

oooooh

my fantasy opponent has D Lee - but I’d still like to see it -

Thank You Marte

for returning to Chicago.

that was the grand slam swing right there
that was the grand slam swing right there
U can say that again lol
2-run single

I’ll take it!

D-Lee singles

Scores 2

17 RBIs for Lee already so far

a 100 RBI year is looking possible…

DEEEE LEEEEEEEEE

What a hitter!

A-Ram singles to righ

with all his might.

i wonder what the over/under was
aramis shoots one through the right side

save some of these runs for the mets

Apparently everybody hits this inning.

I like it.

Murton g.o. to third
These guys

keep hitting like they are and this game won’t be over till 5 p.m.

This is one of those days

That I don’t complain about a long game…

Oh I'm

not complaining.

Time get Pie in the game.

He could see 2-3 AB’s the way this thing is going. Might want to give Geo a rest, too. Going to need him fresh for the Mets.

They heard you...

Hank is in..

One down,

one to go.

I think...

That Ronnie might have a chance with Bonnie.

Gomez singles to Right
McLouth gets a BS HBP
We want Meek pitching for the Bucs!
Sanchez earns a broken bat FC
Smart move by Theriot

to put that one in his pocket.

well Theriot's performance today with quiet the haters
there's a noticeable lack of haterade today
Not bloody likely.

If he keeps this up for a month, or so, maybe, but one solid game will not do the trick.

I would agree with you.

The one thing that Riot has going for him is a lot of intelligence…he might figure out how to improve his hitting enough (e.g., like DLee did a few years ago) to make himself into a good OBP SS. So far, he can only be called a really good backup.

Brains do not

cash out to homeruns, and 27 years old’s don’t discover untapped power. Theriot is what he is. Ride the hot streaks when you can, but the Cub are going to have to get themselves a real SS sometime soon.

You can't quiet The Riot

but he can quiet the haters.

I suppose all the Cedno haters will be equally quieted?
What was the kid wearing on his face?
looked like a cotton candy bag

bet he grows up to be a real winner

Bay

skies one to Theriot

Len

Not an infield fly rule situation.

Hey all, just got home, so I figured I'd add a quick

ONEDEC!!!!!!!!

The slick-fielding LaRoche

K’s

LaRoche

being LaRoche. what a joke

did she say diamonds and cracker jacks?
Yup. Which is why we need to END

The guest conductor program. Let Len and Santo trade off honors.

Has Len sung it before?

n/t

He usually takes the

14th inning stretch honors.

yep

and “go colts”

jeez louise….

Oh no she didn't.

Seriously? Go Colts?

I heard

‘go Cubs”. She’s from Chicago.

yes she did!
At least it was "diamonds" and NOT

“bling”

SHOOT HER!!!!!!!!!!!
Diamonds?

Just sing the song. God this is getting horrible. I hate the guest conductor program. Get rid of it.

What an Atrocity

signed,
Ozzy Osbourne

I would totally stick it to Bonnie Hunt

I don’t care if she is 20 yrs older than me

At least..

she didn’t say “let’s get some runs..

haha i guess the innuendo was misinterpreted
well she seems to be a die hard fan

but she thinks that diamonds are sold at games?

Len is...

making moves on her

Hank White draws

another BB

dusty must be loving this game...

a lot of base clogging.

Pistol. In. Mouth.

She needs to shut up and Len’s fawning is making me nauseous.

you know what i like about phil dumatrait?

he doesn’t like to throw strikes.

i like that.

Is she related to Helen Hunt?

The thinking man’s babe!

I think I'm in love with her
Did she say Len

Drunk dialed her and asked … “what are you wearing?” and hung up

She's making

shit up as she goes along. Just teasing him.

She's hilarious.

Geez people, lighten up and enjoy it a little, I dare you.

I'm loving

her on here. I think she’s funny.

not a bad singing voice to boot.
I figured you were - my comment was not meant to be aimed at you.
Cedeno!

Strikesout

more or less...

but nothing she has said has been serious

Hey lay off Bonnie

She’s a huge Cubs fan… remember the cameo that Harry Caray had in her short-lived sitcom, “The Building”?

She seems like she'd be fun to date

I think I’m falling in love

Yep... funny and a quick wit

She was hilarious a couple of years ago, MC’ing the Chicago Thanksgiving parade. “Oh, Mrs. Claus. She looks great. Actually, I hear she’s had some work done…”

LOL

That is funny.

BACK OFF SHE'S MINE!
good ol lefty lefty matchup

that’ll build confidence

as long as they don't do another cheaper by the dozen

then I am fine

Alright Felix

wait back on the breaking stuff.

Swing still

looks long and loopy .. kinda like LaRoche

yeah she sounds like a real fan

unlike half the people that go there during the 7th

Pie gets a PH K
terrible call BLue

he must have dinner reservations at 6

Felix doesn't get the love from the ump.

The ump is tired of the game and is trying to get the game over with. Hope he does that when the Bucs are batting.

Holy crap.

Felix got hosed. Ump must have reservations.

Dumatraitf induces a Johnson

Liner. Stabbed by Gomez at 1B

LaRoche would never have gotten that
"Farmer Wants a Wife"

Really? We’ve officially hit the bottom, I think.

OH - MY - GOD!
Can I say the commercials for yogurt

that aids the digestion make me feel crappy?

A most excellent pun.
Did you see the SNL skit?

Kristen Wiig doing Jaime Lee Curtis.

‘Twas hilarious.

That was funny,

if a bit too long…

=SNL in 2008

The only things I laugh at anymore involve Kristen Wiig and sometimes Fred Armisen.

They really do have

a brevity problem. Skits are too long and even good jokes get massacred.

Wuertz

seems to have lost a lot of the control he had last season.

we have a ...

Prior jersey spotting.

Change the "o" to a "c" and...

the “r” to a “k”.

LOL yea that Jersey is sooo

2003

Weurtz gets Nady to

pop out to DeRo in RF

Doumit goes yard again
That'll teach those people to leave early!
Doumit's the real deal

I enjoyed watching him in AAA here in Indy. He can rake.

No real defensive position though.
Eh.

We’re still up by 8.

anyone else notice some tough camera work

on some of these pop flies? i didn’t see that HR come down.

Wuertz is really

setting them on a platter. blah

Good lord, Mike.

Just put on a tee next time. Wuertz and Howry both having some location problems this season

Bautista walks on 4 pitches
Maybe he should underhand it?
Watta we doin here?

Trying to get Woody a save?

Bixler grounds to Weurts

He throws it to Reed Johnson. All safe

Like I said, Mike, UNDERHAND!!
Jeez

What’s with the error and lack of concentration?
signed,
Adam LaRoche

Gomez pops to Murton

2 Out

Murton catches flies in LF

and doesn’t hop, skip, and jump. What’s up with that?

Ron is asking rhetoric questions about psychics.

True story.

That's rhetorical by the way...
McLouth grounds to Ward
Theriot gets a BS K call
apparently

all of the umpires are having dinner together.

No kidding.

Really mailing it in the past couple innings.

awaiting the end
Ol' Ernie McCracken going to make an appearance?
Aramis hits a seeing-eye single

past the SS

Come on

Marshall. Make this short and sweet.

Yes, please, Sean.

End it. unfortunately, I think the Bucs have lot more of these games in store for them.

too bad murton didnt get another rbi, otherwise

the natural redhead pic was going up again

And it was

so well rec’d the first time. ha ha.

Murton seems to have

lost the ability to hit line drives. Everything on the ground today.

worm burners...

he just needs more AB’s maybe????

I feel like

Bill Murray may be on his way.

damn right he is

i’ve been WAITING to post it for a log time

what's log time? :-D
Did Bill Murray really show up?
He will shortly.

Sean Marshall is throwing a wrench in the works.

Oooooh, I see, that's good
Rockies just lost.

They were winning 4-3 going into the bottom of the 8th. That breaks their four game winning streak.

I’m a little nervous about this week for the Cubs. Two games at home against the Met, who aren’t the Pirates. And then, two games at Coors against the Rockies. After last year, I don’t want the Cubs playing the Rocks when they are hot.

Marshall

snags and throws out the nameless pIrate batter

C'mon, Marshall.

Strikes.

is this WGN...

or Cinemax after dark? lol

Anyone else

Anyone else really looking forward to the specials tonight on 9? esp. us old fuddy duddies.

Yeah, I'm watching.

I’ll bet I’ll see games I saw, either on TV or in person. I know they’ll show Opening Day in ‘69, which is still my biggest Cub highlight in person.

Pie and Theriot

Would like to know what happened to the strike zone.

Paulino lines a gapper to right

Bay scores

Nady bounces to theriot

2 outs

One more like that, Sean.
Love the Caray and Brickhouse sign
The mighty Doumit

cannot catch up to the the 87 MPH cheese.

LOL its good to have..

priorities

CUBS WIN!!!!
doumit K's!

Photobucket

Photobucket

(For DragonFantastic)
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CUSB WIN!

6-0 against the pirates

Nice.

Bring on the Mets.

Wave em High..

Bring on the METS baby!!!

We're in FIRST PLACE!!!!!!!!!!!!

SING IT FANS!!!!!!!!

Someone should hit the Riot

in the face with a cream pie

Let's hope the Brewers and Cardinals split 'em

Let’s get the Mets.

The Riot has a perfect day.

He goes 4-5, looks good in the field, and avoids the pie at the end of the game!

Hey Chicago whaddya say?

The Cubs are in FIRST PLACE today!

I like the Riot's comment..

on Rich Hill…. “that’s why he’s a pitcher and not a position player” haha Burn

So,

what’s Theriot’s excuse?

Captain

WHo is the current Captain of the Cubs?

Derrek Lee...

...without a doubt.

Dan

What's the deal with the Riot being the only one available for after game interviews?

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