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Overflow Thread: Cubs vs. Pirates, Friday 5/16, 1:20 CT

Another win, please.

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First post?
i do not get...

the “First Post” thing.

It's just a dumb little tradition...

some of us do it, other’s complain about it. Choose a side.

thanks

I choose to complain. :)

Good...I like a guy that will make a decision and stick to it...

I’m gunna hang out on this post until around 7pm tonight and then post “last”.

I plan to

post at 7:01. :P

What is this, The Price Is Right?
I'm on the west coast...I'll be here long after you clowns go to bed.
My Starbuck's gift card says differently.
It's Friday

night and I stay up late….....really late. ;-)

stop it!

Being “Last” is my thing. It’s very important to me.

I'll just post in the morning then...

boo-yah!

I just like

being a brat.

You dress in those awful street walker clothes and wear bad eye makeup?
Oh...brat...not Bratz
God, I

hate those Bratz dolls.

Its the little things

in life.

is Gallagher

gonna have a chance to stay in the rotation??

With a start like this, I would hope so
He hasn't pitched that well man.

Honestly.

not watching

kinda listening, kinda working

still better than Marquis

Ok I take that back.

But it was nothing that would warrent another definite start.

Thank the Maker.

that thread was ridiculously slow.

Didn't Gallagher

fall apart after 5 last outing? Hope he can last a little while longer this time.

It's happening.

Meh. :(

McClouth steps in.
Kinda like to see Gallagher not walk the leadoff guy AGAIN!
McClouth doubbles to lead of the 6th
Well, it's not a walk
Gapper for McClouth

Leadoff Double

Well...

that wasn’t a walk.

Might want to get someone up with the youngster on the hill...
You guys needs to shop for a better computer.
I like to eat.
computers?

lol

What tha dude are you talking about?
I think

the Cubs will obviously win today…(knock on wood) and should win tomorrow…

I think we have a chance to sweep them again if Marquis can actually pitch halfway decent Sunday.

uh oh

keep it together Sean

Time to get the bullpen

up and working..I would like to see Wuertz again…he looked strong last time out.

I think a six-run lead calls for some Chad Fox time.
Walk. Men on 1st and 2nd, no outs.
Damnit
Maybe I'm wrong but

I thought it was spelled d-a-m-m-i-t

Just a passing thought.

Damitt?
Da Mitt.

it’s like… Da Bears!

Point to ponder
Just get him out of there - its the 6th - WTF
Gallagher is getting gassed.

but man. a three-hitter for the kid through five. Can’t expect much more.

Laroche has decided to swing, but not really try to hit it fair.
Another K for Gallagher!

That’s three!

Laroche K's on a pretty good pitch from Sean.
Come on now - DP!!!
TWSS
what is this TWSS you speak of?
"That's what she said."

I actually didn’t know this one until recently either.

I pop these mystery terms into google

hasn’t let me down yet

DP!!

She gets what she wants.

LOL, the mind reels.
just setting up the DP
big Z on the mound tomorrow

any one has any tickets to sell?

Anyone up in the pen? Anyone know?
Howry, I thought

I heard Pat say.

Couple guys are up, but it's a secret
and the shutout

is over. McClouth comes in on Nady’s single.

Nady singles to RF. McClouth scorres. 1st and 2nd, 1 out. 6-1 Cubs.
There goes the shutout

6-1

We only need

one more run than the other guy. But it would be nice to hold a lead and not make this one interesting inteh final few innings!

Lieber could use a couple innings work.

he’s not pitched since, when Cincinati?

That was a good pitch.

Tough break.

Howry up in the Cub's 'pen.
Funny

Gallagher’s ERA jumped from 3.95 to 4.61 on that one hit.

Marquis pitching Sunday?

Mark THAT down as a loss.

with the way the offense is playing

it’s entirely possible that even Marquis can get a win. or a N/D.

I enjoy your optimism

For reals.

Bet you

a dollar you can’t say anything positive for the rest of this game.

OK...(imitates maliedooms voice)

(I’m positive you can mark that down as a loss)

I bet I can make you gamble by the end of the game.
Osoria up in the Pirate 'pen
DOUBLE PLAY!

got’em!

great

escape

4-6-3 DP!!!!!!!!! On to the bottom of 6, 6-1 Cubs. Nice job working out of jam by Sean.
sweetness!
I think you gotta send Howry out for the 7th. Gallagher looks gassed.
If you have Chad Fox on your roster...

...then Chad Fox needs to pitch when you have a five run lead.

I think we have one of those still dont we?
true.

Even then, I’d be nervous.

That's why you and I wouldn't have him on the roster.

But this is the sort of time when you pitch Chad Fox. You just keep him on a leash.

6 innings of one-run ball.

A nice confidence-booster for Gallagher. I presume he’s done for the day?

I say given him 1 more
depends on the line-up

if he gets up to bat with runners on… P H

Not really...

Getting into the bullpen in the 7th is fine, and no need to risk it at this point. Let’s make it 10 in a row v. the Pirates!

I hope so.

Let’s stretch this kid out little by little, not all at once.

Gotta be...

his spot in the lineup is due soon.

Coach Sal Martinella says:

“You gave me six great innings! I’m saving you for the playoffs.”

Cedeno up

Let’s see how he follows a nice play in the field with a nice hit

Cedeno pops out to SS. 1 away.
Bud Light Cleavage Cam on the prowl...
gotta love those

...until you see your girl with three other guys in the bleachers

Is it wrong and greedy to want some more runs this inning?
'Tis neither wrong nor greedy.
not at all...be greedy i say
no and yes respectively
no

and it’s also precognitive.

I'm gonna say this counts as calling DeRo's home run.

What the hell. I’m in a generous mood today.

HR DEROSA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 7-1 Cubs!!!!!!!!!!!
DeRo GO GO GO GO
DERO HO-HO!

Home Run DeRosa!

WOW

And yeah, 91 pitches for Gallagher.

D-ro

goes deep

DeRo!!! Solo!!! and Awaaaaaay we Go!!!
woo hoo..... these Cubs are HOT
EXCELLENT!!!!!

And here I thought the wind might only be blowing out to Left. ;)

Johnson flies out to RF. 2 away.
and gorzelanny is still in?
Z in to pinch hit

for Gally. Good on the kid!

I call HR for Z
seconded
It was only 365 feet short of leaving the yard.
maybe the wind knocked it down
It was totally the wind.

Zambrano only hits home runs—but sometimes mother nature thwarts them.

Z pitches on Sat

thats 4 abs. Doesnt want to give anything away. 4 hrs >1 hr

Zambrano PH for Gallagher.
OMGLOLRZ
I couldn't have said it better myself
BIG hack by Z!
Wait.

Did we just pinch it Zambrano?

91 pitches for Gallagher.

94 for Gorzelanny.

I've really warmed up to Z

season’s not over yet but he does seem to have matured a bit

ripped!

to the pitcher.

Carlos taps back to Gorzelanny. 3 outs. On to the top of 7, 7-1 Cubs.
That was dumb.
you don't put in a pinch hitter

for what you know they’ll do, but for what you think they’ll do. Z is a proven hitter. But even DWarle doesn’t get on base every at bat. Although it sometimes seems like it.

If Ward is unable to PH

why are they waiting to put him on the DL

one theory is

that Hoffpauer wouldn’t pinch against these left-handed pirates anyway, so give him a few more days of playing down in AAA to get over his own injury.

Why use your best hitter

With a 5-run lead and the bases empty?

Howry coming in from the 'pen.
Come on, Bobby. You've been good lately.

I know. Jinx.

Howry ERA at the moment: 5.79
You need a hug.
And it's about to go low...low...low...lowlowlow.
Howry Cow!!!!!
I can't wait for the shirt to come man!
should be any day

it appears Howry is obliging by finally not giving up runs

good catch by the riot
Theriot with a nice diving (of course) stab of Paulino's liner!!!!
Scrappy catch..
Bixler grounds to 3B. 2 outs. Bixler really gets down the line quickly.
He can..

really pick em up and put em down..:)

is that a Hawkism? if so, I apologize in advance..

From the Buc's Dugout game thread:
Good job Bixler Wouldn’t want to wait for your pitch or anything…
.500 or bust…
by phillybucco on May 16, 2008 2:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Bixler is wretched at the plate.
by Hitman Easler on May 16, 2008 2:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

No joke… His D has improved, but his batting is abysmal
.500 or bust…
by phillybucco on May 16, 2008 2:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

those are posts

six seven and eight, right?

They've made it to double-digits: 64.
Any of them asking about an overflow thread?
Not yet. Maybe we should send malicedoom over there to post a few 3 GB images.
HAHA!

Maybe they’d keep him too.

they'd be shocked

that you can actually post images, i’m sure

Ooops, I meant to post this below, in response to philadelphiacub's comment about Bixler swinging at the first pitch.
haha thats fine, saw it anyway
Wow - 2 quick outs.
now that's positive
Is it just me or does bixler like to hack at the first pitch?
Today he has, at least.
Howry hammering the strike zone today.
I bet you wish he was...

varshoing the K zone instead huh? Hammer? Care to comment? Is he here today or at the game?

I like it when

the Cubs badger the opposition

Apparently, you never saw Gary bat...

Varshoing the strike zone is not a pretty sight…

Gomez PH for Gorzelanny.
Gomez singles past a diving Cedeno into RF
Pasta diving Cedeno!

Hey, I’m equal opportunity.

Pasta diving? Is that like dumpster diving?
but he's not italian

is he?

Ryan Pastadivin

I thought that was trademarked to Theriot.

Man on 1st, 2 outs for Sanchez
7 runs on 7 hits....

yikes!

Makes sense

when you consider every RBI was on a homerun…

Sanchez is not in a hurry.
Littering annnnnd? Littering annnnnnnnnnd????
The snozzberries taste like snozzberries.
Yeah, ya had me then ya lost me.
Gallagher most definately earns another start
agreed.
yup, which is really nice...
Sanchez fouls out to Soto. 3 outs. Lance Briggs on for TMOTTBG.
Is he getting booed?
why would Briggs get booed?
"I will never play another down in Chicago."

could be why

Just wondering.
No, but

after that woeful singing performance, he should. Yikes.

crw89 knows, I'll bet...
oh nooooo

my EARS…. AGAIN!!

Och.

This is pretty bad.

Let’s just hope he gets out the booth without impregnating anyone...
wouldn't THAT

just make Ron Santo’s day!

Its a microphone

it does the yelling for you!

Good thing

Lance plays good football. OMG he’s awful.

note to cubs management

do NOT invite footballers to sing TMOTTBG

Aww, I really

like Robbie Gould so he can sing it anytime.

That's ok

He isnt a football player.

Guess we disagree.
I give him big props though

for donating $1K for every HR to whatever that worthy charity was

Note to Cubs management:

Do not invite anybody to sing TMOTTBG! Play a recording of Harry and let us enjoy the bottom of the seventh inning without having to mute the tv to avoid hearing Phil Donahue blather on!

give it to Ron Santo.

He can do it.

Or that

I’d be absolutely fine with that option, as well. Just am absolutely sick to friggin’ death of this whole celebrity guest conductor thing. I can’t imagine what Bob and Len think about it. Havin’ to throw questions at these goofballs 81 times a year. Poor bastards.

did you notice yesterday
Havin’ to throw questions at these goofballs 81 times a year. Poor bastards.

Bob cut his interview with the soccer guy short before the inning was even over. He had absolutely nothing to say to the guy. Nor the guy to him. Platitude-city.

Oh gods...

Bring Tony Romo back…

I think Briggs was just really excited and nervous up there

Romo seemed like he didn’t care

That's because

Romo is an arrogant douchenozzle

well I was just trying to be nice :-0
LOL

Briggs is shouting!! awesome

What is it with football players

being terrible at take me out to the ballgame. First Romo, now this

Sweet singing #55!!
Howry ERA down to 5.49
0.00 ERA in the Month of May
I guess it was better than romo's...
bad singing but....

at least he didn’t say “let’s get some runs” instead he said, let’s win a championship….

Meh, I dunno, I'll give Briggs points for enthusiasm.
If we wanted a yelled version of TMOTTBG...

we would bring Gilbert Gottfried in.

Soriano up.
he ks.

On the other hand, if his 2-4 games include two going yards, I think we can live with that… :P

Briggs, wow

didn’t think he was like that

WOW - up to FIVE pitches - lol
How about the 2 homeruns?

Was that “lol”? God, grow up, and learn baseball.

I'm assuming

malice was being sarcastic?

Sori K's looking. 1 out.
Loser. He's killing us.
Soriano is amazing. Dude now has 47 game starting homers. That's legit.

Too bad he strikes out a lot of the rest of the time. I’ll live.

Theriot grounds to SS. Nice play by Bixler behind 2B, but Ryan looked safe.
So who pitches the 8th? Howry still?
Chaaaad Foooox, clap...clap...clapclapclap
Ryan was safe. Nevertheless, two outs.
Come on DEEEE LEEEE
DLee grounds to 3B. 3 outs. On to the 8th, 7-1 Cubs.
Santo's saying Lou would like to bring Hill back....
Probably because he'd like to give

Jason Marquis the boot.

Along with the rest of

Cubdom

Hill's not coming back for a while...

despite his sub 2.00 ERA and 13 K’s in 10 AAA IPs.

keep workin on that control Rich Boy!

Hunter Hillenmeyer will sing TMOTTBG tomorrow.

This is not a joke.

aka

the LB that plays in the shadows of Urlacher and Briggs

HH Personal life

Personal life
Hillenmeyer is currently pursuing a Part-Time MBA program at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. In announcing the defensive starters for a 2006 Monday Night Football game against the St. Louis Rams, Bears teammate Alex Brown nicknamed the linebacker “Triple H” Hunter Hillenmeyer. An interview with Fox News Chicago revealed that Hillenmeyer is engaged to the daughter of Tim Floyd, the coach of the University of Southern California’s basketball team. His father is also a chef and restaurant owner in Tennessee.

another 0 for

for Derrek. Seems like he’s the only guy who hasnt been swinging it well lately.

You're aware he had 2 hits and 2 RBI last night, right?
yaa...but before that he was

something like 4 for his last 26.

he’s not hitting the ball well right now.

Yeah, a day off is probably in order.

Where the hell is Hoffpauier?

He got a couple hits yesterday, I believe.
Yes he did good yesterdAY

but overall this month hes seemed cold.

Good thing we have quite a good team this year and dont need one more to carry the team.

An update from the Buc's Dugout game thread:
We are the Cubs huckleberry.
by Hitman Easler on May 16, 2008 3:15 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
tombstone reference?

n/t

now that's a great post!
They're also

our Daisy Do.

I must confess, I didn't get the reference. Where is that from?
Same movie.

When Doc kills Johnny Ringo.

why Jim Edmonds...

you’re not wearing a bustle. How lewd.

No, the Pirates are no Daisy at all...
Horrid movie, but a helluva performance by Kilmer.
WHAT?

You crazy. Great movie. Shooo.

Great movie. Although all the good lines were Val's.
Course I thought Young Guns was a great movie too
Did you guys see the size of that chicken?
acutally Kilmer is so good, its really worth watching...
Disagree - Great movie

“Your probably seeing double.” “Well I have two guns, one for each of ya!”

definitely agree
can we play the Pirates everygame?
:)

I’m sure there’s a law against that somewhere…

I'll put in a call to Bud Selig.
Another foul out to Soto. 1 out.
Jason Bay puts one in the seats in RF. 7-2 Cubs.
Obligatory solo home run. No biggie. I figured it would be McClouth, to be honest.
I hoped it would be McClouth.

I’m heavily invested in the lad, fantasy-wise.

By is a legit HR threat...unless it's the HR derby...

no shame is giving one up to him…

Laroche grounds out. 2 away.
Maybe a day off tommorow?

For Fukudome and D.LEE?
With big Z on the mound i think we would be JUST FINE.

Dome had the day off today.
Dome

is off today. If Dome is off tomorrow, DeRosa plays RF… take out Lee and play who?

Not for Dome...

he’s not a guy you need to sit against every LHP.

Dome had his day off today.

But Lee sounds good to me.

Sorry guys

been at work for most of the game and just sat down, didnt notice.

Thx for pointing it out.

So who pitches in the 9th for da Cubbies?
*raises hand*

Ooo, ooo

not Woody.
now woody
yeah, maybe.

I’d hate to see Gallagher lose his W.

probably Fox
Cha-ad, Fo-ox, clap...clap...clapclapclap
man....

its going to be hard as hell to get playoff tickets this year. Even if they got to the World Series, it would be impossible to get tickets..

this is why

I have cable. Although if it looks like they’re going to win anything big at home, I’m going to Wrigleyville to drink the game through.

I'll try to get up there if they will. If they win it on the road, it would be easier (unless it is Fenway!)
my family are all big Red Sox fans

and I would LOVE a Cubs-Sox matchup.

yeah me too

however you think getting tickets at Wrigley would be bad, Fenway is about 2/3 the size of our park. Plus you have tons of season ticket holders.

yep

but I’d stand outside both fields just to be near the action

true true

I’d love to be in Wrigleyville the day they win, but it might get rowdy. It was pretty intense when they won the division last year. IMAGINE how it will be if the Cubs win.

little scary

for sure. big riot danger but Daley would have 6 billion cops on the scene

Do they instill cover charges during the playoffs?
No

But every bar will be mega packed. Last year all of Wrigleyville it seemed like there was doubled the amount of people than in the ballpark.

meh

Joe Buck calling the Cubs winning out….that would be awkward..

I just plan on buying a airplane ticket from San Diego to Chicago and hang out on Waveland for a couple games.

Anyone want to put up a fellow BCB’er for a night in October?

I believe Hammer lives near Wrigley.
My brother is a mile west

But I don’t know that it would be safe to be anywhere near the park! :)

I can't put you up but I'll join you.
I may take you up on that...

but I kinda holding out for Sarah…(crickets)

Ah, the Closer.
I'm staying with my sis...

in Bucktown

i would defn be joining you

although i will pay an arm and a leg to go to at least 1 WS game

Waveland is the best way to go

Unless you get lucky to get tickets.
There were a couple tv set up outside you can it on a three second delay but you can hear all the crowd reation before you see it. Semi-annoying. But its better than a crowded bar. I live a mile north, easy five min bus ride. You’re welcomed hear if you dont mind a small studio apt and an air matress.

Just as long as you don't snore louder than me.
No snoring

Cant say the same for farting.

Nah...I bet I can fart louder than you....
How do you think I got my name?
We can all celebrate

in here together.

Come on, Bobby...
Seriously?

Marmol? C’mon.

Well, on the other hand

Bobby’s pitched us into a save situation.

M----------- hits a 2 run homer. 7-4 Cubs. Howry is blowing up.
Nah...

he just wants to give Kerry another SV opp.

Howry

making things a little scary. Maybe, uh, not so much “little”.

I absolutely hate the fact...

that Marmol has to get up.

Argh

Howry’s killin the Howry Cow shirts

LOL

thats too funny

crud

Cubs need Howry to get straightened out

F

let’s shut them down and be done with this

:(

Dude. Not cool. Get Wood up too, we’re in save territory now. :(

Howry ERA: 6.64
LETS GET SOME RUNS!!!!!!!

INSURANCE~!!!!

We got out of it.
Pop out to Ronny. 3 outs. Fricking Howry. Bottom of 8, 7-4 Cubs.
get a few runs here and we can have Fox pitch the 9th....
Paulino out. Top of inning over.
Wood gets save opp I asumme
Marmol's the only one up right now.
Wood's pitched two days in a row...

one of which was nearly 30 pitches. he’s out for today.

I would not put Fox out there with only a 3-run lead

But maybe that’s just me.

Which is exactly why Crazy Uncle Lou will do it.
Which suggests that he should not be on an MLB roster...
We're both of those HR's Howry gave up...

opposite field shots?

Yeah.

The ball is flying out to RF today.

I'd like to give Howry...

...an opposite field SHOT.

Da bitch…

Simmer down, now....
Easy, Tex.
what is your problem?
dood.

it’s a 7-4 ball game. Cmon.

Seriously...

we’re winning this game pretty handily right now…calm down.

yeah sure go ahead

but please take notes about about the LAST guy who did it

AHHHHHAAAHHHAAAHH!
What is it about Howry

that he loves to give up the big leads when the Cubs hand them to him…

I wanna see Edmonds bat

haven’t yet this season..

Marmol has sat down, Kerry is getting up.
Wait, wouldn't that be three games in a row for Kerry?
Yeah, but

It takes 4 to earn a “Yostie”

Yeah...and ML closers have to do that sometimes....

like in October.

teams don't play three days in a row in October
games...not days.
we're talking about days here though

this would be three straight DAYS

at least we SHOULD be talking about days here...
who said days?...daver said games.
I actually meant days, though. That's what worries me.
See my correction...

bringing Wood in here isn’t the best idea in the world.

And as daver said, days is the more relevant thing here.

I just thought Lou wasn't going to do that for a while.
Lou isn't known for sticking to a plan
yes.

he needs to be able to do this, tho.

I hope his command is on today.

good, marmol needs to sit for a couple
bad, Wood also needs to sit for a couple
yep, him too
Wood warming up
Uggh...

that is a bad idea…

Rammy grounds to 2B. 1 out.
One more run would be nice
If we need that big of a cushion to feel comfortable

with our closer coming in for the ninth we have bigger problems than I thought….

Soto with a frozen rope single to LF. 1 on, 1 out.
They'll give the ROY award to an East Coast team player ....I'm calling it now.
offhand

I can’t think of a viable candidate from an east coast team

me neither...

they gave it to braun last year

That would be

so unfair.

Dome in the on-deck circle
Dome! C'mon you can do it
Dome in to hit for Ronny.
Great day for Soto
Word, that dude is money
We need a double from Ronny right now
Hard for him to do

from the bench. Dome is hitting for him.

foo-koo-dough-may

A new fan favorite!

Whoops - OK, how aboutt from Fukudome
Osoria staying away from Dome
I presume

if Dome’s going in, he’ll play RF and DeRosa will move to second.

I wonder… is it harder to move from the outfield to the infield in a single game, or vice versa?

Dome grounds into FC. Soto out at 2nd. 2 outs.
maybe he'll

steal.

I hate pinch hitting for position players...

...especially ones with an OPS above, say, .700. When you take into account the PH penalty it’s so not worth it.

Not to mention, this means

Fontenot comes in as a defensive replacement.

maybe DeRo moves

from RF to second?

nope

slide Dero to 2b and Dome in RF

true.

Good catch.

Has a single run been scored that was not a homerun/RBI?
Yep -- RBI groundout by Rami
McClouth scored on a single by Nady
Cool, thanks

Sorry, harder to see form work on gamecast than when watching it for reals. ;)

Derosa flies out to Nady. 3 outs. Kerry on for the save. Fricking Howry.
ok, here we go!

Time to win this thing.

Lets go Woody!

Close em down!

It'd be nice...

To see Kerry go 3 up 3 down.

or 4 up, 4 down
Hopefully Wood doesn't hurt himself...

pitching him three days in a row isn’t the best idea in the world.

Let’s have this be a quick inning (please)!

come on Woody!
Dome in right, Derosa now at 2B.
hah

called it! :D

Rivas PH for Osoria.
for bixler, right
If a 3 day stretch of pitching is going to hurt Wood...

he shouldn’t’ be our closer. He should be rehabbing.

Debatable...

It’s rare that you ever need your closer to go three days in a row. For example, we haven’t actually NEEDED our closer to go to three days in a row this week.

I guess. It's just that...well...he's still Kerry Wood.

If he gets through this unscathed, it’ll be a big step forward, though.

DONT HIT ANYONE!!!!

PLEASE!

he didn't hit the first guy

we’re ok.

ARivas flies out to RF. 1 down.
Michaels pops to Rammy in foul ground, 2 away.
Twice out the pirates are.
you mean they ARRRRGH
Excellent

Think we can close this out in under 10 pitches?

Kerry's only thrown 8 pitches.
97 MPH!

one ball, two strikes!

at least it's going quickly!
We're making TOAST our of this Pirates team!

Pirates are...

Down to their last strike.

1-1 on Sanchez
...gets out pitch pipe...

hey hey whaddaya say….!!! Go Cubs!

Isringhousen

Anyone else see that Izzy’s on the DL for punching a tv – ha!

THREE!

CUBS WIN! CUBS WIN! CUBS WIN!!!!

CLICK IT!!!

W: Gallagher
L: Gorzelanny
S: Wood

Liner caught by Rammy ! Save for Kerry! Win for Gallagher!
ballgame!
Edmonds? where??
CUBS WIN!!!!!
Isringhausen

sorry

whew!

Now get that arm some rest, Kerry!

Yep, assuming no harm was done, good to see him do that.
Cubs Win!!!!!!!
WINNER

10 games over .500!!!

Yessss!!!!

Photobucket

This is fast becoming my favorite

Cubs victory photo. lol

LOL. He is the Cubs Everyman.
Haha..

Looks like one of the Super Fans..

I like it too.
yeah, it's great that he is looking directly at the camera

from a distance, and everyone else is oblivious

I just like the picture for the hottie in the foreground...
A 10 pitch save

Awesome.

EIGHT strikes.

w00t! Gallagher’s first win, ten games over .500, and we get to play the Pirates five more times in the next three weeks!

Good for Gallagher to get a W

and really nice to see Soriano back in full force.

11 pitch save for Kerry. Nice.

Gallagher pitched well without his best stuff. Howry needs to unf—k himself. Sori was awesome. All in all a good win.

Wood could even pitch tomorrow.
I will fly into town and punch Piniella in the face if he does this
but if he did

it would be his TENTH save! :D

Lou can still fight . . .
I'm quicker...

but he does have the weight advantage

(here's hoping we win by 10 tomorrow!)

Plane tickets are expensive, and I don’t need to spend a night in jail.

wood is our chuck norris

There is no chin behind Kerry Wood’s gotee. There is only another fist.

cubs are unbeatable with Edmonds!!!11
2-0

see I said he was our savior!

why do we sing "cubs are going to win today" when they ALREADY DID WIN TODAY
your logic is powerless
Yet another reason to hate that stupid song.
Blasphemer!
I remain unrepentant.

If am am alone in my convictions, so be it, but that is a terrible song.

well,

there’s lots of bad songs; I could go years without hearing “Cheeseburger in Paradise” ever again… but it’s a tradition, my friend…

We need to have a BCB get-together. For a game, but not a critical one, so that we can, you know, post on the game-threads without distraction… :P

first Goodman, now Buffett?

yikes!

while I'm baring my... musical preferences

I despise the Eagles, too.

I hate the f'ing Eagles man!....
Get outa my Cab!!

n/t

and into my car

woooooo-ooo-ooooo!

lol oh lord.....

:) Obviously your not a golfer….

no, I'm not

I’d do better throwing the golf-ball around the course.

I even suck at video golf.

could take or leave 'em
I agree about Buffet and the Eagles...

...but I give Steve Goodman a pass because he’s part of Cubs history.

that's pretty much how I feel.

and I like to sing in the shower; when the Cubs win and I’m at the game, it’s just like that, except that I’m not naked.

Except in my dreams…

Agreed,

but Boston remains a guilty pleasure.

It's More than a Feeling!
Just listened to that on the bus today!
I listen to ELO when the Cubs win....

Straaaaaaaaaaaaane Maaaagic…....gota….Strange….MaaaAAaaagic.

WHAT????? ;-)
Defame Goodman?!

Have you listened to any of his stuff? Lincoln Park Pirates? A Dying Cubs Fan’s Last Request? For shame!

The City of New Orleans . . .

You Never Even Called Me By My Name

Strawman Alert!

I never said word one about Steve Goodman. I just said “Go Cubs Go” is a bad song.

Oh... in that case

...channeling emily litella… never mind!

because

it’s shortly after we sing “take me out to the ballgame” at the ballgame

Don't ask, just sing
The song used to be part of the WGN pregame show.

That’s what it was composed for, anyway.

Who are you, Andy Rooney?
Brilliant!!!
YEAH!!!

This picture is too small.
LMMAO
What's the extra M for?
Manly?

Muscular?

Now I need three M's
A dirty, dirty word.
rhymes with a female body part

Mulva???

muthaflippin'
That's the clean version, yes.
that should be LMMFAO
i consider it one word
This made me think of FOTC

“I’m tha muthaflippin’ rhymenocoerous, my lyrics are bottomless…..”

Yup, that's where I got it.

Have you picked up their album yet? Most of their best stuff is on there.

I have it and all of Season one on DVD
FOTC?
Flight of the Conchords!
Flight of the Conchords
Google it. Love it. Live it.
They're the fourth best folk/parody band in New Zealand.
I'll check it out

You guys ever watch the Trailer Park boys?

And it's not animated. C'mon, add about 70 MB and we'll be talkin'.
wait...

this is a CUBS game? I’d no idea! :P

One final update from the Buc's Dugout game thread:
Game. Yet again, the team gets within 1 game of .500 and then fails to win.

The Utah Jazz
A disillusioned Pirates fan in Utah…

by UtesFan89 on May 16, 2008 3:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

And sucks arse in doing so. So frustrating.
by Hitman Easler on May 16, 2008 3:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Lou says its pretty simple... You pitch well, you get the ball.
Gallagher is pitching against Houston

next time around

Cubs 10 over .500

First time since Sept. 24, 2007. Nice work boys.

That long ago?
In spite of Soriano too!
he's such

a non-clutch hitter. Only cares about himself. What a hack.

He contributes nothing. Except, y'know, the home runs and stuff.
I was especially upset with the way he selfishly padded his own stats today.
that's selfish hitting

that is.

But I will

say he’s getting pretty good at guessing. :D

that would imply he has a skill

he’s just lucky to be that good at guessing.

Hoping this is the last post?

Third reply to last post!

Last!

I did it. I did it!

nope

beat you

that's not too hard to foil...
Congrats!!!

Oh wait…

Last?
wrong again
jinx..i win.
damnit...........................
Yanks, Tigers, Mariners, Nats, Reds, Padres
funny

4 of those teams were predicted to go to the playoffs too

well, it is only May

remember where we were last May?

Just sayin’.

Lou says

Gally hit a FOINE game. A FOINE game, indeed, he’s a FOINE lad…

Damit..Dammit...Damnit...DaMitt...

It WIN!

Last post . . . TMOTTBG . . . Pictures . . . Buffett

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argh, curse you, fire wall
you meant second to last post.

(DigitalBenjamin silently waits…)

for what?
DigitalBenjamin doesn't talk.

He just silently waits.

He is waiting to digitize our asses.
SWLGS audibly waits...

la la la la la! audibly

i can hear you, you know
This is getting worse than the pee thread.
nope I've had the last post
Is that anything

like having the last beer?

Al's

gonna hate us when he gets home.

I dunno

those pee posts up above were pretty humorous.

last post

screw this I’m out. peace!

Ok...game's over...

nothing to see here…move along people…

I agree . . . I yield the floor to SWL
Aw... forget it.

I’m just going to into the BCB archives and post “last” on every thread I can find. That’ll show ‘em!

We'll be right

behind ya Ben.

Last Post...

Last Supper.

Wanna know a good story about that painting?
The guy in the center is Jim Edmonds? :-)
It's apocryphal, so take it FWIW.

Da Vinci used live models to paint each apostle and Jesus. He had nearly finished the painting, but had not found a suitable Judas. So, he goes to a local jail. He looks around and sees a face he likes. He gets the guy out of jail and take him to paint Judas. The guy eventually looks at Da Vinci and says “Don’t you recognize me?” Da Vinci says no. The guy replies, “You should, you used me for Jesus a while ago.” So, the story goes, in this painting, Judas and Jesus are the same person.

Not Johnny Damon?
All of you are attention whores
Is that better or worse than a stat whore?
Damn, good question.
This post is irony in action.
Because you've always seen me

comment “First post,” or striving for acceptance, right?

Well,

there are your hilarious Soriano AB posts….

Yeah, because that's striving for attention

not about the posters here who jump the shark

TGIF
Oh my God! Basman won!!

Aw, crap…I just ruined it.

I hope I don't win....

(DigitalBenjamin quietly waits)

If you are last

and nobody is around to see it, are you really last?

Dude, you just blew my mind.
Nice... LOL

Only Al has the true power to declare that someone is “last”

The last shall be first...

and the first shall be last!

The correct answer

is no answer.

No comment
Last post?
Looks like it

not

No

I’m the last post!

You're close

(DigitalBenjamin quietly waits)

I think Emelie

was last cuz she had the last post before Al’s recap.
As the winner, you get nothing. Enjoy.

So I get nothing

wasn’t looking for something.

Last..

Suckers! I now declare this thread closed…lol..

Oh Ben,

you still around?

I think it's just you and me sue...

wink wink.

looks like it

Is it game time yet? :D It’s an early one tomorrow.

last

i’m nothing if not tenacious…

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