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First Pitch Thread: Cubs vs. Orioles, Wednesday 6/25, 7:05 CT

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Chicago Cub baseball is on the air
All I'm asking for is a win..

Is that too much?

Not at all….what else would you ask for that’s less?

whose doing 7th inning stetch?
Golic and Greenburg

from ESPN

they also threw out the first pitch....
Where is everybody?
Echo....echo...echo....
they may not realize there's a new thread now
I like the game thread!

great change!!

Seconded!

This is perfect. :)

Wind is blowing out...

time for Pesky, Hamster, Scrappy Power!

Roberts flies to DeRo, one out
Ted looks relaxed.
looking good so far
good job, 1-2-3
Replied to you in the old thread.
weiss beer?
Yeah.
I love Imperial stouts! Brooklyn has one that is a double chocolate....

10.6% alchohol.. LOL Is good though….

That's a great beer, but

it is a bit strong. You into the Belgian beers? Chimay, Duvel, etc.

never had a belgian.... I hear a lot of good things about them over on BA
They can be really, really good.

But you’ve got to like hoppy styles and most have a bit of coriander, as well. Try Duvel for the lighter style and Chimay Cinq Cents for the darker style. Both are great beers.

doesn't chimay produce

a dark smoky barley wine?

I believe so, but it'd be hard to come by in the states.
if they did,

I’ve sampled a bottle. One of our local tavern’s special ordered a case. Worst hangover I ever had. Was a nice smoky flavor though.

I've had a couple nice smoked porters recently.....
As a scotch lover,

I am bullish on smoky beers

ah, nothing like a good scotch!!!!
'Tis true!
O'Fallon Smoked Porter
Thanks! I'll try and find it.

there’s a wine store we got to that stocks a few select beers that may have it.

arcadia scotch ale

is aged in old scotch barrels… give it a try

OMG.

That sounds awesome.

If you’re into IPA’s, try the Lagunitas. Outstanding.

it was awesome.....

I’ll give that a try also…..

if you want a great sweet stout

with a meal, try Mackeson’s

Oh, Lord.

My beer budget is growing by the moment.

LOL..... so much beer

so little time

Sad, but true.
yeah.... dogfish head

also has a chicory stout

my god...

that sounds absolutely wondermous

it was pretty good
I will drink anything

Dogfish Head brews. Their stuff is incredible.

darkhorse too cream stout is great,

their tres blueberry stout is unique, I usually don;t like such beers, but that one was good

The Dogfish Head

Raison D’Etre is wonderful.

you keep throwing us

Z punchers off. lol. :-)

+1

you too huh?

whoops sorry, will stop
could always make an OT thread.
you're fine

its no biggie. :-)

yep every time
I've heard a lot of good things about

that one… adds it to my growing list

Chimay is always a rough hangover.

it’s a completely unfiltered ale, so it can be rough the next day!

yes it was.

Looking at Chimay’s website, it was a bottle of Chimay’s Grande Reserve

Yeah, that's the "low end" of their ales.

And it’s still pretty damn good. Try the Cinq Cents.

thanks! I always appreciate any good beer info....

Founder’s has a darn good brew called Dirty Bastard, nice scotch ale

Dirty Bastard is AWESOME beer.
never had it...

but arrogant bastard… meh not so much

Rogue beers are overrated.
Haven't followed all of your comments..

but do you guys like Three Floyds? I’m always been partial to Robert The Bruce.

Three Floyds is solid.

Good stuff. I really like the Alpha King

DeRo again, 3 down, 9 pitches
Nice inning for Theodore
Looks like Dome and Sori need our votes...

I been busy voting…

Any update on Dome?

Is it a one game thing, or might it last longer?

tight calf muscle

1 game thing

Pat just said he could pinch hit
Theriot with the double...

scrappy!!!!

Standing double Scrappy

Light him up you Cubbies!

Those boards don't work on water,

unless you’ve got POWER.

Back to the Future II
Mora could have had that

a couple years ago

Holy crap. Take a pitcure.

Ryan Theriot has gotten an XBH.

woo hoo lee safe at 1rst, theriot at third!!!!
DLee swings on 3-0, DLee with the infield single
that's a huge surprise

D-Lee normally does not swing at 3-0.

Only the second time this season, according to Len
Interesting...
infield hit 1st and 3rd
DLee legging one out.

Time for a 3-run Homeram.

alright Aramis, lets knock them in
Come on Aramis
Full count...
Rami base hit....1-0
1-0 cubs... 1rst and 2nd
WooHoo!!!! 1-0
Rammy!!!!!!!!!!!

RBI machine.

That makes two

past Mora. Hit them all that way.

Happy B-Day A-Ram...
come on Jimmy!
Wait to be patient fellas
Nice start!

Love the early lead…come on Jimmy Ballgame!

Edmonds walks, bases jacked
like the patience at the plate so far after the awful 9th last night
Soto Slammer time
Haha...funny

Some people panicked yesterday after the loss that this team may be reverting to their impatient ways, lol.

New pitcher already....hahahaha
omg really?
injury...
oh

thats not cool. don’t like to see anyone hurt

doh, pitching change
problem with O's pitcher
Alright Soto

earn your all star spot right here

Anyone listen to mlb radio on their mobile phone?

I just noticed that they charge you $4.99 per month even if you have a subscription on your pc? Seems like a ripoff…..

Well

Most of that money they probably have to give to your mobile provider, who has to carry the extra traffic. With the Internet to your PC, MLB doesn’t have to share the revenue with anyone since it uses the public internet.

Albers is out

1/3 inning. This bodes well for us

Holy crap.

Is Albers hurt?

yeah
That's not good.
Any idea what the problem is?
watchign MASN, orioles local channel on Comcast, they havent said anything yet
Tough break.

Never good to see a guy get hurt.

I got a question about catcher stats
yes?
I was looking @ Geo's stats. He is 2nd in NL

but I don’t understand what fielding percentage is exactly. he’s @ .996

It's depending on passed balls I believe

Passed balls is what cost the fielding percentage of the pitcher to decline.

Sorry, I mean catcher.
catcher stats...

have nothing to do with passed balls. Fielding percentage is putouts and assists divided by total chances (putouts, assists and errors)

ok... looking @ geo's stats

I see how then he is 2nd.

thanks

Wow

The SP and the spot starter both injured in the same game…

Sign #365 you're having a bad season.
In the case of the Orioles

They are having actually a surprisingly good season. Much better than anyone would have anticipated.

True,

bu that’s a relative statement.

Sign #1

Your owner is named “Peter Angelos”.

Pretty crazy

Hope baltimore’s pen was prepared for 8 2/3

Lance Cormier new O's pitcher
Just checking in.

Beautiful summer night in upstate NY—even better if Cubs can win one.

beautiful night here in Madison

Humid this afternoon, but perfect evening tonight.

it's still 80 and humid on the Westside

of Madison. Maybe cooler by the lake?

possibly? I kinda near downtown.
Used to live in Madison

Went to grad school there from ‘67-72. Give my regards to Langdon street.

My office is on Langdon

I’m a UW prof

Which department?
telecommunications is the subject

dept is officially “professional development & applied studies”

I was in History Dept.

Dave Cronon, who later became dean of Letters & Science was my Ph.D. advisor. His son, Bill Cronon, is currently a member of History Dept. John Cooper, who is still with the Dept., was another prof. I worked closely with.

Im in a complex right next to South side post office.

so Im not far from lake monona

I haven'
I have only been down near campus once so far this summer.
Lance Cormier

is the guy that served up DeRo’s grand slam last year.

Cmon, Geo

Use those stolen signs to hit a granny

basehit.... 2 runs in!!! 3-0
Basehit, 2 score!!!!
Geo's such a stud!!!
agreed

:-)

where is sue to make a trio???
YES YES YES
TWSS
That what sue says when she is thinking about geo????
mmmm, maybe.... :D
Base hit

Two runs score!

2 RUNS IN........base hit!
GEO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Soto!

that may shake his slump!!!!

3-0 GO CUBS!!!
2nd and 3rd, one out, DeRo up
That little blue dot on gameday makes me nervous

i’m so glad for the game threads… the delay would kill me otherwise

come on De Ro... get us some more
lets get DeRo out of shis slump too
base knock to right field, 4-0
DeRo slump buster!
DERO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Keep the line moving, lads!

Theres sill only 1 out, right?
Yep
Is there an echo in here?
awesome

thanks!

Pat: The Cubs are trying to start a new home winning streak, it would appear :)
I'd be totally down with going 14-1 for every 15 games at home for the rest of the year.
Fonty got

his hair cut.

ooh good

i was hoping he would soon

It looks much better
Fonty K's

called strike

strike zone

is getting a little low. . .

every pitcher's goal...

A first inning at bat.

someone said the goal was to go 0-5

every game. thought that was pretty cool

Yeah, that was Cedeno
lol

i meant as a pitcher to go 0-5, b/c it meant you pitched deep into a game and your offense did enough to get the 9 spot up 5 times

I know - but I couldn't resist. :)
i figured you did

but figured i’d type it out anyway in case anyone else was confused

I think Z wants to

hit for the cycle every game…and draw a walk in the fifth at bat. ;-)

Ted hitting .217
come on lilly add to the lead
Hello all

Looks like a good start, just turned on Pat and Ron

You know how to transmogrify?
i love that sig
mine?

Well thank you

Great Inning Cubbies!!!

Lilly K’s

Nice inning. Way to give Uncle Ted a cushion!
Good start.

Go Cubs!

Elvis is in the house!

Bradley’s new baseball coach.

Detroit leads 5-4
who are they playing?
tied at 5-5 now
It will be interesting to see

if Lilly can keep the ball out of the seats tonight

No, no he can't
I like ground ball Ted better than strikeout Ted.
I like anything better than HR ted

he’s a little frightening

RJ

I know he’s on the DL, but how bad is the injury? more or less to make room for Ward coming back for Interleague or deserving of the DL?
sorry if this was covered earlier, been a long week working and couldnt find any good updates

they're saying just muscle spasms

but since he has a history of back issues they DL’d him to not rush it and give the roster spot back

His back is just stiff

but the stupidity that led him to bunt with 2 outs in the ninth and subsequently, and unnecessarily run into the fist baseman will never heal.

So is this our new thing for good now? 'First Pitch Thread'?

If so, COOL.

yea, i think thats what Al is planning on doing from now on
It's a great idea.
Detroit 5, Dirty Birds 4
whoops didn't see it was posted above.. my apologies
It's now 5-5

and AnKILL just jacked one.

wait, ankiel homers 5-5
damn ankiel
thats his 2nd of the game i believe
yeah, he hit one in the first inning
he must have got a fresh shipment from the clinic

in FLA…today

BB, Throw strikes Ted.
I'd like a double play here please
Fly ball to EPat, 2 down
that works too

:-)

Wow - EPat CAUGHT it???

Sorry. I’ll be quiet.

-1
LOL - I agree

-2

You and I might be the only one's here who have placed ourselves in the penalty box!
Payton jacks a homer...damn it
Ted, you're only supposed to do that with the bases empty...
Fast ball donw the middle of the plate

Man. Dang it Ted.

NO MORE WALKS, please
+1, stick with it lilly, hopefully thats all the early inning runs gives up
exactly.

HRs will happen (ask Maddux). It is the walks that will kill Ted. I hope he can keep the walks down tonight. Hopefully we will keep scoring runs tonight!!

Nice catch DeRo...inning over
TBat is whipping Fla 11-0... whoa!!
Now it's 13-0...
Lets get those 2 back!
my apologies to the z punchers.....

didn’t realize….

nah, you're fine

:-)

Come on Theriot.... lets get a base hit......
base hit theriot
4 runs isnt going to win this game I don't think
Riot with a patented base hit to right....
30th multi-hit game this year
carmen like you tag line so true
gotta love the riot

always getting on base

What are the flags doing?

Wind in, out, sideways?

out I heard earlier
thanks
theriot to 2nd on wp
gets to 2nd on wild pitch!
Stop walking guys and giving up two-run homers!
Dude. Chill. The wind is blowing out, as long as we have more of those than they do

We’re fine. Enjoy the lead. :)

Hey all...looks like I missed some fun (stupid traffic!)

Nice shot by Riot there to start the 2nd though. :)

Hi!

welcome to the party.

Thanks. :)

Would have liked to have been here to fourth that “Geo is a stud” line earlier though. :P

next time :)
Hopefully his next at bat.
Riot to 2nd....

wild pitch

come on aramis
DLee with the walk
So far we have had 12 guys come to the plate

and EPat has made 50% of the outs.

EPat continues to have an impact on the games he appears in.

Corey, Jr? I hope not.

Jeez....how 'bout focusing on some positives?
look if that keeps up

he will bat 13 -14 times and we will score 35-40 runs.

How is that for being positive. Look at the glass as half full!!

much better
I just thought that was an amazing stat.

Obviously we have a lot of guys on base so far.

whooo

love workin from home. . . cubs in HD and ARam up with two on. . . and the wind blowing out. . .

TB put up TEN RUNS in the 5th against FLA

14-0

yea they are pretty good
basehit... bases juiced
WHOO-HOO!

Let’s get ‘em back!

never thought i'd be excited to see JEdmonds

hit.

Rami base hit, bases jacked for Edmonds
come on Jimmy!!!!!
Curious...

But does it seem like we’re walking more lately anyone got the stats for say the last 4 weeks on that?

Been that way all year.
Seems like we stopped taking them that much for a stint there though

at least based on the pace counter to the side.

geo has the 3rd most walks on the team w/35

(I noticed it as I was looking up his stats a little while ago)

2nd inning in a row with bases jacked and no outs
one out. mea culpa.
one out

btw ;)

lets do it edmonds
Fresno St leads 6-0

for those interested in the College World Series. Top 6.

awesome, go Fresno
ground out, but one run, force at 2nd
Fielder's choice, 1 run in
It kills me just listening to the game

Pat makes it so intense with every call

Pat is calm compared to Ronnie normally.
Idunno man

I can’t imagine anyone else doing a better job on GN.

I love listening to them
I love em too but...

Pat does get a little too excited sometimes on long flyballs and foul balls. But I love his HR calls. No one does it better IMO.

RBI

we’ll take it

make that 6-2, way to go Soto
Soto is a stud!
Yes, yes he is.
I mean as a baseball player

is that what you girls mean??

He's my favorite cub

MOSTLY for his athletic ability. but a rookie catcher w/ those kinda of stats on both offense and defense…. he could prolly look like a gorilla and like him

Yep.

He’s something special. I love it.

I second that
Thirded. :D
actually you're 4th.

i already thirded. lol

Fourth is fine.

My comp is postong slowly again. :P I just wanted in on the affirmation of the awesomeness of Geo. :P

I third that

gotta love him!

and that insurance run

is brought to you by Geico

4 run lead is better than 2 run lead
come on De Ro
Geo just keeps hitting.
Out of his slump

I hope.

He's going to be such a star.

I know it.

totally

did you read that article on him last sunday

I did. Did

you get to see him in Sports Ill.?

The Reader was

the one I saw.

No!!!! Which paper?
The Reader had a good article on him too.
Gah!

Links please!!! :P

that was a really good one

http://www.chicagoreader.com/features/stories/soto/

Excellent! Thanks for the links. :)
the reader article was awesome. I had a buddy of mine print it for me

giggle

Sports Illustrated??? no wasnt aware when?

Maybe last

week or the week before.

ugh I didnt know that
Will check after the game. Thanks!
DeRo due to go yard

hasn’t it been a while?

since the Dodgers, i'd say thats due, maybe
Got those 2 runs back....cool
once again

cubs score 6 at home. . . crazy

I guess the scoreboard guys are telling the batters to take more pitches

and get walks…

come on Fontenot... bases juiced
Come on Hamster!!!!
Cromier's average outing is 1.5 innings

he might be gassed already

shoot.. inning over
come on Fontenot.... bases juiced.

and one of my best friends is there at Wrigley on a birthday suprise trip…. first time there for her and i bet it won’t be the last…....

Hope she gets to see a win.
Wonder Hamster not interested in hitting.
Fonty, Fonty, Fonty....
Fote - NOT...oh well, 4 run lead is back thanks to Geo!

Danged Directv and the whole rain interfering with the signal…come on guys, this is the 21st century!!!

what are the chances

of any moves being made, or since Dome is day-to-day, Johnson out, etc the bench will all stay??

Slim, IMO.

Patterson and Ward were the moves.

Uh....what happened to Fuku???
tightness

in legs

GREAT!!!! WTF!!! Why is the injury bug biting us so hard suddenly???
it had to happen

this is the test of a great team, keeping it together. . .

tightness in calf , day to day i think
calf tightness

according to Bruce Miles

tightness in leg
Tight hammy, I believe

Avail to pitch-hit maybe

Just a little tightness in the calf.
hopefully no pinch hit if this scoring keeps up, rest him as much as possible! should be back by weekend
Fonty. what happened

with his AB?

weak groundout to short
thanks

gameday and firefox both froze on me.

Blech happened.
Yesterday's game

I think we’ll benefit tonight, and tomorrow as well, by the O’s having had to go to their pen last night when it at first looked like blowout.

+1

Exactly. They’ll be forced to enjoy the taste of bullpen stew as we’ve been forced to on many occasions this year.

raining in detroit
look likes i've missed a pretty good game

lilly gives up another hr but not bad so far

we've hit the ball well, been patient at the plate...
I hate Brian Roberts.
he is getting to be a pain in the @##$
he showed some pretty impressive

range on DLee’s single. The guy does have game.

But I will be happy to see him leave town.

LOL

what was everyone calling him when trade rumors were flying??

I hate him too.

But I wouldn’t mind having him on my team.

yeah, if he was hittin like that for the cubs I'd be cheering him on
It may be time to buzz him

He’s way too comfortable

Ted doesn't play that game.
just ask

renteria

and every time he's even thought about he's gotten tossed

by a mind reading umpire

Did you see the ump last night...

bump into Jerry Manuel? What a tool.

Rungie

is a jerk

That was disgraceful. MLB should suspend Runge.
+1

Manuel and Beltran both seem like laid back type. Runge totally baited them.

+1 again

That was totally ridiculous. Abuse of power, and the game isn’t about him. It was crap.

full count.. come on Lilly get him
get the Dp......
Another walk, 2 on, 1 out
Attention Mr. Lilly...stop messing around here and get BULLDOGGY!!!!
still 6-0 Fresno

Top 7, 2 outs

Wow. cool.

Although I disagree with the radio dude this morning who was saying if they won it would be the “biggest upset in sports history”

well it would be a huge upset in terms of seeding

because they’re teh equivelant of a 15 seed in the March Basketball Tourney making it to the final game. But since they’ll have won a best of 3 series I don’t buy an “upset” in that way.

Sure. I agree with that.

I also don’t know enough about how diverse talent/resources are in college ball to know for sure…but like bigger than the Miracle on Ice or something? No way.

Lowest seed in NCAA history to win a championship

in any sport. Some women’s softball team was a low seed too, but they were years ago.

Course theirs still a lot of game left

only Bot 7

True,

IIRC, Georgia came back in the bottom of the 8th game one (a friend of mine relayed it to me)

44 pitches already for Lillly
This is a tough ump for Lilly

He can’t get the high strike and he can’t get the inside corner on the lefties.

his zone is odd....
the only thing consistent

about it is the inconsistency. But Lilly is not getting anything high. He seems to like to throw high strikes. Too bad. He (Ted) is a big boy, he will adjust.

None of the three "strikes"

he called on Fontenot’s 1st AB were strikes, according to Gameday.

Am I the only one

who is wondering why Markasis is batting 2nd instead of 3rd and Mora is in the middle of the order?

pop fly to fontenot 2 out
This thread is becoming uselessly slow.

When does the overflow post?

soon. 8:15 i think
Gotta be careful with Huff
Good job, Fonty!

Let’s get that last one without them scoring.

O's SP

Does anyone know why he got taken out?

fly to Epat.. inning over
inning over cubbies 6 orioles 2
EPat caught that like a wide reciever.....

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