and spit on the otherand see which fills up first. Brenly’s not going to walk away from his cushy gig with WGN to referee that morass of a clubhouse over there.
For those of you who prefer not to subsidize the evil Eastern Empire, I'll excerpt the first, sixth, and eleventh paragraph, followed by the 13th.
Rich Harden…
Rich Harden…
Rich Harden…
Hello, Rich Harden. Beane is right—Harden is the most dominant pitcher in the American League right now. Nine starts; the last time he had more than that was 2005. Seven quality starts. 11.31 strikeouts per nine innings. 53.1 innings pitched, 40 hits allowed. Has started against Boston twice, the Angels, Detroit and Atlanta once. He has a career 35-18 record, but he’s had a career in which his starts have gone from 31 to 22 to nine to seven before 2008.
The Athletics began Sunday’s game with the Giants three games behind the Angels in the AL West and three games behind the Rays for the wild card. So if someone is willing to play the Harden Card, the price - remember, he will makes $11.5 million in 2008 and 2009 combined - will be extremely high. Harden could get Oakland deep into the playoffs. He could also get someone else deep into October. Or a string could pop.
ESPN has reported that Peter Gammons, writing under the pseudonym MDBNIU, has been having correspondence with Jim Hendry, GM of the Chicago Cubs. A high placed souse says that Rich Harden will come to the Cubs. In a three way trade with the Braves, the Cubs will get LHP Mike Hampton from the Braves, Rich Harden from the A’s. The Braves will get Carlos Marmol, Carlos Zambrano and a Carlos to be named later. The A’s will get Derrek Lee, Geovany Soto and Aramis Ramieriz.
Most useless thread ever!!
;)
Mordecai - June 16, 2008
seconded
El Borto - June 16, 2008
+0
Emelie - June 16, 2008
This can happen when you set up threads and things change before you can get to the computer.
puckishcubsfan - June 16, 2008
yep
I was in j/k mode ;-)
Emelie - June 16, 2008
Oh, I don't know.....
MDBNIU could put up a “WE REALLY NEED HARDEN” thread…..
crazymountain - June 16, 2008
2nd!!!
carmen_fanzone - June 16, 2008
Al, you can probably cancel the 2nd overflow thread
Mordecai - June 16, 2008
He probably can’t because I think he mentioned hes hitting the road after the game.
puckishcubsfan - June 16, 2008
No, I didn't mention that.
I have cancelled the 2nd overflow thread.
I’ll have a recap, such as it is, up shortly.
Al Yellon - June 16, 2008
Way to go Mordecia
ruined all the fun.
carmen_fanzone - June 16, 2008
oops sorry.
You should be proud. 525 posts about a cancelled HOF exhibition game.
puckishcubsfan - June 16, 2008
Well, Matlock WAS on.....
not too surprising. :)
carmen_fanzone - June 16, 2008
you should recap the maury/steve wilco show.
puckishcubsfan - June 16, 2008
The man's name is Steve Wilkos.
daver - June 16, 2008
Al's not here, man...
drewishdrewid - June 16, 2008
if that's a cheech reference...
you win today’s prize
ballhawk - June 16, 2008
yay! A prize!
what’s my prize, man?
drewishdrewid - June 16, 2008
Well, let's put it this way...
...I probably shouldn’t try sending it through the mail.
daver - June 16, 2008
Ganja!
gary varsho - June 16, 2008
I got the stuff and I think the cops followed me........
crazymountain - June 16, 2008
SHOOT THE MOON!!!
gary varsho - June 16, 2008
Who's Dave?
gary varsho - June 16, 2008
Um, Dave's not here man....
crazymountain - June 16, 2008
It's me!
D-A-V-E, Dave!
gary varsho - June 16, 2008
I'm scared, Dave
Shanghai Badger - June 16, 2008
Dave's not here, man
crazymountain - June 16, 2008
Open the door, man!
It’s me, Dave! I got the stuff!
gary varsho - June 16, 2008
Dave, my mind is going
I can feel it… I can feel it…
Emelie - June 16, 2008
Bud Selig...
Light him UP!
santoswoodenlegs - June 16, 2008
LOLOLOLOL!!!
eswan9 - June 16, 2008
Tiger down by 1
...with 3 to go….
carmen_fanzone - June 16, 2008
Go Rocco!
I always root for anyone when everyone is saying they’re toast and the concensus was Tiger would whip Roccos butt.
puckishcubsfan - June 16, 2008
Friggin' exciting match...
Shawon O Meter - June 16, 2008
Al is probably going to have himself quite a laugh that first thread got funny.
puckishcubsfan - June 16, 2008
Wow...
...nice putt Tiger….
carmen_fanzone - June 16, 2008
missed it by that much
Lou In Blue - June 16, 2008
TWSS
crazymountain - June 16, 2008
From the completely unsurprising news department,
The Mariners have fired Bill Bavasi.
gary varsho - June 16, 2008
The first in a season full of surprises, I'm sure.......
Say, how about that Joba kid!!! Man, is he the great one or not?
crazymountain - June 16, 2008
Joba?
Never heard of him.
gary varsho - June 16, 2008
Sure Hall of Famer.......
crazymountain - June 16, 2008
LOL
I’ve officially given up on ESPN. They pick their favs and then refuse to let them go.
gary varsho - June 16, 2008
Just wait til he makes it to the 6th inning.....
crazymountain - June 16, 2008
I wonder if Willie Randolph is next to go today
Shanghai Badger - June 16, 2008
Mets fan friend wants them to try and get Brenly. They aren’t dead in the playoff run.
puckishcubsfan - June 16, 2008
no, only 6.5 back, but they are a mess
Shanghai Badger - June 16, 2008
What about the wildcard?
I think the Cardinals have to be leading that race and I think the Cubs and Cardinals have the 1st and 2nd best records in the NL.
puckishcubsfan - June 16, 2008
no pitching . . . Delgado's just about finished
outfielders can’t stay healthy . . . yeah, they are a mess
Shanghai Badger - June 16, 2008
bet you are right on that.
Madison Cub Fan - June 16, 2008
Brenly likely wants no part of that mess.
gary varsho - June 16, 2008
Mets fans want him though.
puckishcubsfan - June 16, 2008
They can want in one hand
and spit on the otherand see which fills up first. Brenly’s not going to walk away from his cushy gig with WGN to referee that morass of a clubhouse over there.
gary varsho - June 16, 2008
I expect if he does take a job it would be in the offseason.
puckishcubsfan - June 16, 2008
If the Snakes go farther downhill
he might end up there….
crazymountain - June 16, 2008
I agree.....
who would?
crazymountain - June 16, 2008
Man, what a tough crowd.....
I say I’d gladly take all that excess water y’all have and now it’s HUMID here…..
crazymountain - June 16, 2008
Trust me, you wouldn't want that.
Al Yellon - June 16, 2008
I know, we have family in Mason City.....
crazymountain - June 16, 2008
I don't watch golf much....
does someone always yell “In the hole!” every time Tiger swings? Pretty annoying.
carmen_fanzone - June 16, 2008
Guess what arrived
at my home today? My GNOME!!! He’s so darn cute too.
sue369 - June 16, 2008
I love gnomes.
puckishcubsfan - June 16, 2008
Have you named him yet?
daver - June 16, 2008
I'm sure this will
shock you but his name is Geosoto. tee hee
sue369 - June 16, 2008
Now THAT should go in the season surprises column!!!!!
crazymountain - June 16, 2008
Nice!
daver - June 16, 2008
awwww
Emelie - June 16, 2008
I WIll be the first to say what everyone would call a short decorative creature.
RYAN THERIOT!
puckishcubsfan - June 16, 2008
On the HOF
Who on the current Cubs does anyone think has a shot?
puckishcubsfan - June 16, 2008
im waiting for al to post the recap because I will be first if it kills me.
Right now I have both my bichons sitting at my feet and my cat giving me the look.
puckishcubsfan - June 16, 2008
what's your cat's name?
Emelie - June 16, 2008
You were nowhere close to first....
LT - June 16, 2008
Yeah, there's always next thread, I guess.
daver - June 16, 2008
Cancelled?
http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080616&content_id=2941666&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc
jbertram - June 16, 2008
we’re here having silly fun.
puckishcubsfan - June 16, 2008
Where have you been?
That was about Matlock episode and a 1/2 ago.
carmen_fanzone - June 16, 2008
Ha, in MN...
and at work, god I miss college and afternoon Matlock…especially when Randy Travis cameos.
jbertram - June 16, 2008
Marmol made a cameo in today's episode
his arm is still fine.
carmen_fanzone - June 16, 2008
Am I the only one who thinks he looked like Sandberg back then?
puckishcubsfan - June 16, 2008
And they found the gun in the car....
crazymountain - June 16, 2008
Aww, man. I TIVO'd it!
daver - June 16, 2008
Rocco chokes
...on tee shot on 18th. Tiger nails it.
I’m seeing another tie here.
carmen_fanzone - June 16, 2008
Tiger Eagles Rocco Pars
This Game Is OVAH!
louslovechild - June 16, 2008
My guess
louslovechild - June 16, 2008
Tiger with 2nd shot 198 from front of the green
Rocco with 3rd shot, approximately same distance
carmen_fanzone - June 16, 2008
Tiger safely on the green
but a long putt
carmen_fanzone - June 16, 2008
3rd shot from Rocco
......good, much closer to the pin
carmen_fanzone - June 16, 2008
Rocco is about 50 yds closer.
If he sticks this, half the place goes nuts and half the crowd will be completely deflated
louslovechild - June 16, 2008
Keep the PBP up...
the live video feed from usopen.com is flaking out on me.
santoswoodenlegs - June 16, 2008
Well both have some work to do, but if they both need two putts SUDDEN DEATH is on
louslovechild - June 16, 2008
Rocco is 18 feet pin high, Tiger is 40 feet below the hole.
louslovechild - June 16, 2008
Here we go......
louslovechild - June 16, 2008
Tiger goes 4 feet past the hole
louslovechild - June 16, 2008
If Rocco makes this putt, it is over.
louslovechild - June 16, 2008
Tiger...
......not a good putt….but all the pressure’s on Rocco now
carmen_fanzone - June 16, 2008
Does Tiger know he is missing the X-Files?
crazymountain - June 16, 2008
It's OK...
he’s DVR’ing that AND Matlock!
santoswoodenlegs - June 16, 2008
Good.....I was worried about his state of mind.....
crazymountain - June 16, 2008
If they end up tied after this hole...
...they should relocate to the nearest miniature golf course and do a 18 hole putt-putt playoff…
ballhawk - June 16, 2008
Missed it
carmen_fanzone - June 16, 2008
santoswoodenlegs - June 16, 2008
lol
sue369 - June 16, 2008
Who?
daver - June 16, 2008
Rocco
carmen_fanzone - June 16, 2008
Rocco goes past by about the same amount
louslovechild - June 16, 2008
Not an easy putt for Tiger....
carmen_fanzone - June 16, 2008
4 ft. for birdeir
louslovechild - June 16, 2008
Gets it!!!!
carmen_fanzone - June 16, 2008
TIger birdies
louslovechild - June 16, 2008
Now Rocco has to hit this for the tie
carmen_fanzone - June 16, 2008
Tied
louslovechild - June 16, 2008
Tie!
Sudden death
carmen_fanzone - June 16, 2008
How anticlimactic.
gary varsho - June 16, 2008
I bet Tiger wishes sudden death would start on 18 again
carmen_fanzone - June 16, 2008
I guess they weren't fans of Sam Clemens.....
“Golf is a wonderful way to ruin a good walk”.......
crazymountain - June 16, 2008
My favorite Twain line:
“Those that respect the law and love sausage should watch neither being made.”
gary varsho - June 16, 2008
Nice.
And, of course, there’s, “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics.” I tell ya, he was the original MDBNIU.
daver - June 16, 2008
LOL
I think his “The War Prayer” might be my favorite short story ever.
gary varsho - June 16, 2008
Peter Gammons' article ($) is quite amusing.
It’s almost as if MDBNIU was hanging over his shoulder the whole time.
northsider - June 16, 2008
Can't read it...
I’m not an “insider”.
carmen_fanzone - June 16, 2008
For those of you who prefer not to subsidize the evil Eastern Empire, I'll excerpt the first, sixth, and eleventh paragraph, followed by the 13th.
northsider - June 16, 2008
northsider - June 16, 2008
Does he come with his own surgeon?
crazymountain - June 16, 2008
Oh, and
will makes [sic]
northsider - June 16, 2008
Take a look at Harden's
Home/away splits, GB/FB numbers, and LD %; he’s going to disappoint someone if he’s traded, either by getting hurt or by giving up crucial homeruns.
gary varsho - June 16, 2008
LSA
Al Yellon - June 16, 2008
Peter apparently he thinks he's gonna be awesome.
This is why I listen less and less to what Gammons has to say.
northsider - June 16, 2008
Well, he did have a stroke a while back....you have to wonder, eh? (umm...NOT sarcastic)
crazymountain - June 16, 2008
Gammons has really been off his game this season.
gary varsho - June 16, 2008
Wait, this just in!!!
ESPN has reported that Peter Gammons, writing under the pseudonym MDBNIU, has been having correspondence with Jim Hendry, GM of the Chicago Cubs. A high placed souse says that Rich Harden will come to the Cubs. In a three way trade with the Braves, the Cubs will get LHP Mike Hampton from the Braves, Rich Harden from the A’s. The Braves will get Carlos Marmol, Carlos Zambrano and a Carlos to be named later. The A’s will get Derrek Lee, Geovany Soto and Aramis Ramieriz.
crazymountain - June 16, 2008
And not only that in order to trade for the awesomeness that is Harden the Cubs will eat the salaries if Lee, Soto and Ramirez.
puckishcubsfan - June 16, 2008
With a nod to the White Sox "White Flag Trade", the Cubs front office is dubbing this "The Pennant Trade."
northsider - June 16, 2008
Tiger...
does his Carlos imitation, by drinking and eating to avoid dehyrdration
carmen_fanzone - June 16, 2008
Death cage match...
ready to go!
carmen_fanzone - June 16, 2008
Let's get it on!
daver - June 16, 2008
Death by Snoo-Snoo!
santoswoodenlegs - June 16, 2008
Great joke.
Not for mixed company, but a great joke.
gary varsho - June 16, 2008
When did this turn into a golf blog?
I kid, you know.
Al Yellon - June 16, 2008
When a game a lot of people didn't want to happen anyway got rained out! haha
northsider - June 16, 2008
Touché
Al Yellon - June 16, 2008
Beats the Matlock PBP
:)
carmen_fanzone - June 16, 2008
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
crazymountain - June 16, 2008
And you missed Matlock!!!!!
crazymountain - June 16, 2008
Rocco in the sand
Tiger on the green
carmen_fanzone - June 16, 2008
oops
fairway
carmen_fanzone - June 16, 2008
What have you done with your afternoon, AL?
carmen_fanzone - June 16, 2008
Rocco 183 yds from hole, in the bunker
carmen_fanzone - June 16, 2008
Hits the cart path and in the grandstand!
carmen_fanzone - June 16, 2008
in front of the grandstand
carmen_fanzone - June 16, 2008
Tiger 156 from the hole in the fairway
carmen_fanzone - June 16, 2008
on the front of the green
carmen_fanzone - June 16, 2008
Tiger from 153
louslovechild - June 16, 2008
153!!!!
louslovechild - June 16, 2008
I cant believe that they are tied after 18
Wow.
Madison Cub Fan - June 16, 2008
Tiger 15 feet below the hole
louslovechild - June 16, 2008
Rocco is gonna get a drop up against the grandstand I am guessing.
louslovechild - June 16, 2008
Ock.
gary varsho - June 16, 2008
Looks like HE's gonna drop.....
crazymountain - June 16, 2008
God. I accidentally got the day off today. What are the odds.
Rocco getting a drop. A REALLY nice drop actually. A lot closer to the hole than I thought it would be.
louslovechild - June 16, 2008
Rocco has tried to give this away all day long.
santoswoodenlegs - June 16, 2008
Rocco 20 feet left of the hole
louslovechild - June 16, 2008
Rocco
about 20 ft from the hole now
carmen_fanzone - June 16, 2008
Rocco sitting 3, Tiger sitting 2.
About the same length. Tiger putts first.
louslovechild - June 16, 2008
For the win.......
louslovechild - June 16, 2008
2 inches short.
louslovechild - June 16, 2008
Tiger with the putt
......a foot short of the hole. Damn.
carmen_fanzone - June 16, 2008
oh, not a foot. lol. 2 inches
carmen_fanzone - June 16, 2008
Ugh, she said, laughing.....
crazymountain - June 16, 2008
Rocco needs this to tie
louslovechild - June 16, 2008
Dude.
It’s like no one wants to win!
gary varsho - June 16, 2008
lol
louslovechild - June 16, 2008
No pressure Rocco
.....
carmen_fanzone - June 16, 2008
Tiger wins
carmen_fanzone - June 16, 2008
Its over
louslovechild - June 16, 2008
Rocco misses the putt
carmen_fanzone - June 16, 2008
GUESS HACK PUTTER!
drewishdrewid - June 16, 2008
last night was the first time i've ever watched golf and it more b/c I was bored
and i have to admit that i enjoyed the last 45 minutes. didnt think he had a bats chance in hell today. that he made it that close shocks me
Madison Cub Fan - June 16, 2008
ok, anyone got the lyrics to Go Tiger Go?
ballhawk - June 16, 2008
No, but....
carmen_fanzone - June 16, 2008
With that knee......
That was pretty cool. More fun than I usually have on a Cubs off-day
louslovechild - June 16, 2008
Wow, that was a great tournament
I don’t watch golf that much, although I find myself liking it a lot better since I got HD. It’s almost like being there….
LT - June 16, 2008
+1
carmen_fanzone - June 16, 2008
I'm out...
...see ya guys tomorrow night!
carmen_fanzone - June 16, 2008
last
daver - June 16, 2008
Not
LT - June 16, 2008
yes, last
daver - June 16, 2008
TIGER WINS!!! FLY 'EM!
northsider - June 16, 2008
Your image was...
daver - June 16, 2008
So was yours.
northsider - June 16, 2008
Seriously? It shows up on my computer.
daver - June 17, 2008
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