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First Pitch Thread: Cubs vs. Orioles, Thursday 6/26, 1:20 CT

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first -- pitch!!!
I just got a "W" shirt...

it is SWEET!

DOOOOOOOOOOOOOD 1st!!!!!!!
Screw this.
LOL

The only time I was first Al came on and put his comment above mine saying “no your not” or something like that..

The Messman gets it done!
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Let's Go Cubbies!
thanks for the link, drewish

makes our lives free and easy

actually, there's a .5 cents fee.

but that’s ok, I’ll get it out of your bank account on my own…

um.... thanks?!
Marquis has a confient look on his face

Lets hope Brian Knight (Home plate umpire) is friendly to him

Here we go!

LIZ! LIGHT ‘EM UP!

I think Hammer's dead...
No, he is the Walrus.
Goo goo g'joob
But...

I buried Hammer.

I have come to praise Hammer

not to bury him.

Maybe I just heard

“cranberry sauce” then.

If Marquis can continue to come througgh

I’ll stop saying mean things about him. :D

A closer look shows the true culprit...

I knew it!
I've never figured out how a thief is associated with cheeseburgers...
Think you meant a "Burgerlar"
HAMBURGERLAR
Darn it! I couldn't remember his full name for the life of me.

Senior moment….

hahaha

I never thought about thinking about how a thief is associated with cheeseburgers, but now that I am, your right, that is weird

He stole my lunch too!

I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER?
more cat pictures

robblerobblerobble!!!!
ooooh

3-d goodness.

Roberts grounds out

Cintron Ks.

two outs, nobody on.

The sinker...

is sinking.

This is good.

well that was a nice quick 1 2 3
Markakis

pops up to Theriot. three up, three down.

Currahee! 3 miles up...3 miles down...hi ho silver!
Lovely inning, Mr. Marquis
If Marquie keeps this up (no hit ball) the rest of the year...

He’s the League MVP

Definitely.

Now let’s get Liz.

9 hits thru 5 innings.. but 0-0
Liz is pitching

Man, what a name :)

RODIMUS PRIME!
kind of erratic,

but he also has a rocket-launcher.

Im embarrassed that I got the reference even before I saw the picture

hides my head in shame

Don't deny the

AllSpark!

Alright!

Let’s steal some signs!

you know what to do cwyers ;)

After all, you are the stat guy for Lou Pinella.

Hah!

I can imagine how that conversation would go:

CW: Um, Lou, about Ryan Theriot.
Lou: WHAT, SON.
CW: He’s not a very good defensive shortstop.
Lou: DO YOU WANT TO LIVE?
CW: Um… yes.
Lou: THEN MAYBE YOU SHOULD SHUT UP.

these "Voice of Chicago"

commercials crack me the hell up. Ron Santo: “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!”

“The voice of Chicago.”

I know...

...I love when he screams, “THIS IS THE YEAR!!!”

My verdict is in

The 3D view is worthless because it doesn’t show the plate straight-on (to judge balls and strikes). 2007 is better for that.

Of course, the real asset would be showing the strike zone, but I’m not holding my breath.

You can move the view whereever you like.
I can't get it to do a straight on view

It’s off, about the same as the CF camera. That’s as close as I can get.

you can move itr around to do that.

I’m watching balls and strikes from the underside. of the ground.

That guy in the stands behind HP

looks like Weird Al… or his hair does anyway

Is it still weird for anyone else to hear "Leading off for the Cubs....Patterson"?
I immediately look for toothpicks in the dugout.
Yes

/owner of a #20 jersey

Maybe Eric will change his number...
Theriot

pulls the ball!

single. one out.

Isn't that what the trainers had to do to Pie in Spring Training?
you had to go there.
I try to quit...I really do...

but you keep pulling me back in!

Crap! He's setting DLee up for a DP... jerk
The "worst player in the world"

Just got a hit…. Keep it up Theriot, for all these naysayers!

I didn't think the Mariners were playing yet.

How did Willie Bloomquist get a hit?

what is your favorite place to get stats from

I use baseball-reference.com, but it seems to me you come up with stats really quickly, and odd ones at that

Baseball-Reference.com is the usual one.

If you’re looking for splits, there’s dropdowns right above the batting stats. There’s also the gamelogs – if you’ve never played around with the gamelogs, you should.

nobody said he was mediocre

He is above average, but could be better if he improves his defense.

as with Edmonds

I’d be happy to be proved wrong about Theriot. Of course, his biggest issues are on the field, not in the batter’s box.

There goes the no-no
Yeah, but he know the pitch was coming.
Lee flies out to Jones

2 outs 1 on.

48 years ago that Ron Santo broke into the Major leagues
Aram flies out to center

three outs. 0-0.

Meh...

they just got a little under those pitches…they squared them up….so look for some hits the next time through the order.

Yeah, but shouldn't we expect more from them...

...now that we know they know about the pitch ahead of time?

gotta pretend they don't tho

for a little while. to lull them into a sense of security.

Read somewhere

Liz’s flyball to groundball ratio is OBSURD! (Obsurd in a good way, the guy has more flys than a Motley Crue tour bus!)

meh...this game will probably progress faster than yesterday

Considering they barely had any sleep.

Millard

grounds out to third. 1 out

Mallard duck, what?
Fukudome

I’ve been a little out of the loop is there something wrong with Fukudome? He missed last night and is off today.

stiff calf

I think

"tight calf"

Santos I don’t want to see a picture… LOL!

Is it a Kobe beef calf?
He decided to go back to Japan for a high school reunion get together.

He’ll be back next week.

Correction

Reunion Tour. He’s getting the band back together…

just precautionary move by the Cubs

tight calf.

in addition to being a pro baseball player

Bukaroo Fukudome is also a highly regarded Veterinarian and Zoo-keeper.

Zookeeper

Only problem with being a zookeeper wouldn’t that be more of a fit on the Cardinals or White Sox?

Or a veterinarian for the distaff side of the Sox fandom?

distaff side?
Distaff

Distaff is another word for female members of a group. For example sue, myself and halfblindcubbiegirl for starters would be the distaff side of the bcb regulars.

that's a pretty

archaic definition…

Are you trying to impress us?
I always thought that the distaff side was

the left hand side.

Thank you all

Thank you to all the responders here.

The Subject Line

I see you’ve met.

First time here

Guess who? GO CUBBIES

Anyone else wondering

why Lou keeps putting DeRo in the OF rather than telling Fontenot and Cedeno to buy an OFs glove and work on playing the OF an hour before BP every day?

I’m not a fan of playing musical chairs in the MI, and I’m not a fan of wearing out the Swiss Army Knife unnecessarily.

GO CUBS

Just a warm up before we sweep the Sox again!

We have to take care of these guys first
Huff

fouls off a lot of pitches, and then doubles to the wall.

Other news in baseball

Pujols is back and it is 0-0 top of the 6th in the Tigers-deadbirds matchup

He Huffs and Puffs and hits a double.
Aubrey

Wasn’t it a couple of years ago a lot of Cub fans had a jonesing for this guy to get him?

he had a good season with the D Rays

But his defense blows. I never liked him that much, but he had some potential.

twss??
lol yeah, possibly. I would give it a 6/10

I should have said his defense stinks, lol.

Walk Payton and set up the DP!

...yeah its early

Payton

flies out to Edmonds. two outs, one still on.

Brewers head to play the Twins next

who are the hottest team in baseball winner of the last 7

maybe change to put a lil space between cubbies and brewers

Len: Chacon grabbed GM by neck and threw him to the ground

Wow. Didn’t realize he literally strangled the guy

that's some anger right there...
Nine starts without a decision will do that to a guy.

(It was nine, right?)

Did you see Chacon's comments?

paraphrasing “My only regret is that he didn’t leave me alone in the first place.” Wow, your ONLY regret from the situations. Really? Can’t think of anything else to add?

The asinine part of this mess is...

the MLBPA will help him fight whatever fines and suspensions he gets.

it's like when the ACLU supports Nazi parades

rules gotta apply the same to everyone…

Couldn't agree with you more.

They’ll be an investigation if no one signs him or makes a trade for him.

LOL - Anger issues much?
Lattrell Spreewell says...

what’s the big deal?

Jones

bounces out to Marquis. three outs.

Anyone like NIN? Think I'm gonna go see em in August in St. Louis...and I none of my friends want to see em!
I like your friends already.
May I please say

Eat
A
D*ck

Damnit, SWL

i agree w/ you swl
WTF FROM A FELLOW BADGER?!

LOL

I agree w/ him. I don't like their music at all sorry
That's fine, you don't have to

But 5 years from now, when music is readily available for free and on BitTorrent, Wikipedia will be referencing Trent Reznor as one of the leaders on the digital front. The man 100% cares about his fans, and 100% cares about the music. The rest is just bullshit to him. And that’s why his fans are so loyal.

And I didn’t used to like their stuff, either. The newer stuff is much less hard-core-metal-I-hate-the-world than it is a mash-up of a lot of stuff…

Dan

I don't like hard core metal AT ALL.

but this is a Cubs board… not a music board so it’s all god :)

NIN was never metal.
How do you figure?

Industrial is a subgenre of metal.

Yeah, I would say Industrial is a good way to classify their old stuff...

...but I don’t know what to call their last few albums. cwyers, thoughts?

Dan

I wouldn't call

Industrial/Techno as a subgenre of Metal.

There was really nothing techno at all...

...about Pretty Hate Machine or Broken. Go back and listen to their first few albums and they started off as an industrial metal band. As for what they are now, I have no idea.

Industrial is only "metal"

in the sense of labeling. Metal is the closest genre that Industrial (now a genre in its own right) could originally be affixed to. People love to label things.

While thrash, progressive, sludge, etc. are all branches of the same metal tree, I would place Industrial as a tree of its own.

For sure.

These are labels and genres that couldn’t be summed up here. Just saying that industrial is closest to metal as far as genres go.

BTW I HATE music labels. I listen to shoegazetechnobubblegummetrosolomusic. what are you into? WTF!

Al Jourgensen would like a word with you...
I was going to go with

Blixa Bargeld

Nice

Love the work he did with Nick Cave.

Do you mean 5 years ago?

Uh….music is basically free. Just ask Kid Rock:

No, I mean five years from now.

More and more artists are coming around – sure, like dipshit Kid Rock – and in a few more years – NIN’s The Slip is much more likely to become commonplace – get the music free, try it out, buy the whole thing or go see em live. It makes a lot more sense, doesn’t it? And music isn’t free, unless you’re referring to downloading it illegally. Only a few major-label artists have put stuff out free – Niggy Tardust, Radiohead (sort of), NIN, who else am I forgetting?

Dan

Even Metallica is starting to realize this.

That’s saying something.

First Fall Out Boy, now Nine Inch Nails...

...it’s like it’s “bash cwyers’ music week.”

Fall Out Boy!

twss

it's alright, man

I’m right there with you.

Im not a huge fan

But from people who are, I heard they put on a hell of a show

Were it 1994...

...I would answer in the affirmative.

I've seen them twice

wasn’t really blown away either time. I used to be a big fan of their music, but now I’m old and loud stuff bugs me.

It's a great show.

The With Teeth tour was great. That said, I didn’t really care for The Slip, and I don’t know that the setlist looks like for this tour.

The Slip

I think they’re playing mostly stuff from The Slip. Reznor has been talking that record up a lot.

Oh.

Maybe I should give it another chance, I dunno. Didn’t really impress me.

Check out this rehersal video...it is BADASS...better than most music videos out there now

http://www.pitchfork.tv/special-presentation/nine-inch-nails-live-from-rehearsals/1000000

Seen that myself. Great video.

Made me check out The Slip.

Only heard a couple of tracks.

Haven’t been too impressed with the last three or four records. They do put on a great show from what I hear though.

BTW we you defending FOB? Just asking…

Yeah, I like Fall Out Boy.

Really the whole Fueled By Ramen stable. Their earlier albums were closer to punk; their newer stuff is a lot of slick production values and not as edgy, but whatever.

I see.

No arguement. I’m not really a fan, but can’t hate on them. I will never bash what someone else likes as long as they are supporters of music.

FYI if you like NIN and FOB, check out a band balled Torche. Heavier, but with great melodies…

I'll keep that in mind.
This Just In

Your own preference in music dictates what’s good or bad. Although I think we can all agree Soulja Boy has resurrected Hip Hop.

Hey I'm not saying NIN is the endall, was just bringing up the concert...no biggie
Shaq has resurrected Hip-Hop

with that video of him rippin up kobe

Cannot believe ESPN ran that as a story.
NO WAY
Yup.

One of the Mike’s (the one who hosts that crappy Duel show) ran the story. They aired about two minutes of the rap. It was ridiculous.

This is why I don't miss cable television
No kidding.

If WGN stopped running the Cubs I’d probably give up altogether. I only caught this cos I had a half day and NOTHING is on at 2 in the afternoon.

although it was well worth it
How can you resurrect something that Vanilla has kept alive?

JK, that’s the end of music for me…

I wanna be a celebrity bat kid

Think they allow 22 year olds? haha

Edmonds walks

on six pitches.

My man Jimbo.

He either walks or homers. What’s not to like?

that is vintage Edmonds
Jim Edmonds = New Fukudome?
good eye by Edmonds
Fukudome = New Edmonds
Soto flies out

foul ball to Millar. one out, one on.

he's still a stud
Speaking of which, where's Sue?
you just had to say the magic word ;-)
indeed :D
There you are!

Just making sure…

Had to make a trip

out of town this morning and just got back.

that's what sue said
Just knew that any mention of Geo would get Sue out.

“GEO” is like the Batlight!

Light up the GEO!

It’s BAT-Sue!

This?

looks like handcuffs for eyes
that's his

secret power.

handcuffs comments there has to be a twss comment in there somewhere right?
close.

it needs Geo’s number on it, and be blue and red.

so cute!!!!
My husband is all about the Geo lately...

should I be worried?

Dear Cubs Club-house Letters

I never thought this would happen to me…

I better look at his hard drive for illicit Cubs pictures.
"I heard strange sounds coming from the TV room..."
naw..it's all good
cranny catch

hee hee

DeRosa

HBP. Two on, one out.

Takes one for the team. G
Liz is starting to get wild.
Yeah, I don't like her new boyfriend at all.

Oh, you mean the Orioles pitcher…sorry…

bases juiced!

here comes Marquis.

Fontenot hits a line drive

Edmonds held at 3rd. Ron plaintively calls, “WHY, WHY???”

LOL, totally.

“WHY? WHY?”

“Be more constructive with your feedback.”

Good AB by Font
OOOOO Ron did NOT like holding up Edmonds!
Bases full of the bottom of the lineup!
Let's steal some signs!
I LOVE CHEATING!!
that's what she YELLED, apparently
You win this round, sir
Marquis

hits into a force-out at home. still bases loaded, two outs.

I hate when that happens.
and again

Bases full of the bottom of the order, for the top of the order… Thats a good thing

Yeah

When you have Soriano there… or Dome for that matter.

Has anyone else tried watching the game Underground with Gameday?

trippy man

Damn hippies!
Here comes Eric "swing and a miss" Patterson
lol! he just did!
Come on EPat
To bad thats not Sori right now

But I have confidence in EP

Looks like Detroit is about to score on St.Lou...
yup

bases juiced, 1 out.

Detroit bases juiced bottom of 6th
This week's "The Pop Culture Grid" according to Ryan Theriot (From S.I.)...

Q1 – Coldplay, Rihanna or Lil’ Wayne: Lil Wayne, of course
Q2 – ——- has the coolest name in sports: Kosuke Fukudome
Q3 – Least favorite animal: Cat
Q4 – Last movie that you went to see twice: Lord of the Rings
Q5 – People would be surprised to hear I… : Listen to gangsta rap on my iPod

Riot doesn’t really strike me as a big gangsta rap kinda guy…

Dan

Really?

I can see it.

That's because you are in the BatCave, stealing peeks at Theriot's iPod from the scoreboard
boo: least favorite animal

::grumble::

Yeah, I was thinkin' the same thing.

Y’know I can live with the nonexistent slugging and the poor range and arm at shortstop. But he doesn’t like cats?! That tears it.

lol! too true.
Here's a cat...for no particular reason

I love cats.
yeah, but it's on his iPod.
Anyone else visualizing the opening

scene from Office Space?

HAHA what page is that on
Page 19, but that page is not numbered, oddly...
is it the issue with Tiger on the cover
Mailbox today - KG and Bill with the trophy on cover
Ok, seriously, I have to ask.

The choices are Lil’ Wyane, Rihanna and Coldplay.

That’s:

A) Not a lot of diversity – how many people listen to Rihanna and not Lil’ Wayne?

B) Coldplay? Seriously?

Coldplay >>>>> Fall Out Boy

sorry

Couldn't Theriot just plead the 5th?
I'm not saying that Coldplay is bad or anything.

Just… what?

He was given really weird options

I’ll give you that

Lil Wayne

is from Louisiana and a lot of people that live here like him. Not including me

LSA

And if you like Coldplay, Travis is even better.

I'm also a fan of Keene...

....well, at least “Bed Shaped.”

Yeah, Keane's good, too.

Travis is my band, though.

Remind me

to not let Theriot DJ any of my parties. Yuck.

patterson

flies out to Huff in foul territory. no runs score.

still...

41 pitches from their starter after 2 innings = not so bad.

and their bullpen is depleted
True.

But the LOB problem rears its ugly head again.

at least it was...

the bottom of the order (mostly) LOBing…

if it was 3-4-5, that would be way worse.

See? I’m being the new, improved, glass-half-full Cubs fan! :)

Could Edmonds score on the Font Hit?

Sometimes Ron over exaggerates.

both Pat and Ron thought he could.

Eric Patterson sucks.

nice to see you to
Aw, look, it's our little ray of sunshine.
How original...

think of that all on your own?

home-slice!

We’ve missed your knee-jerk inane commentary around here… glad you’re back for more abuse!

"home-slice" HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
That made me laugh too!!!
A gold star has been awarded to you
Can you please add that to

the list and give it a number? It’ll save us all some time.

Yeah, yeah, whatever.

We still need you to weigh in on whether or not Nine Inch Nails can be considered metal.

Trent Reznor is a guess-sampling hack!!
I'm going to ignore this
Am I on your ignore list, too?
Didn't I just say that?! I'm so confused....
Yeah, he'll get on a hot streak every now and again...

...but he’ll never be able to carry a band musically. All he cares about are his personal melodies, not his contribution to the team.

WTF CWYERS?! You turncoat!
He's only

putting those mp3s out for free to pad his stats.

It's a riff off of BlueMike's constant ragging on Soriano.

If you think that he’s wrong about Soriano, well, then it’s tongue-in-cheek. Try it!

“Reznor’s voodoo eyeblack.”

See? Comedy!

I'm all alone here, the last Gladiator standing...
I need to get a giant neon sign to indicate sarcasm.
I need to be more receptive to your needs...
And this forum has taken an unexpected turn
LOL!

That was kind of creepy in hindsight. Sorry, cwyers….

CWYERS I was ready to defend NIN to the death with you...

(heads his head in shame)

This will bother you and I for weeks
guess hack

deaf musicolologist!

Where have you been all day?

I was just thinking that I would feel so much better with you in my life.

Just got here

How has Marquis looked? Aggressive hopefully?

Walking the leadoff hitter
Oooh, ouch. Bad timing.
That's me

The anti-rabbit’s foot.

Marquis walks

Quiroz. (#8 hitter)

Liz

strikes out attempting to bunt. 1 out, 1 on.

Thats me!
Uh, where?
They were talking about

SouthSideCubs fans

by they I mean Len and Bob
also shot of t-shirt in stands

said “Southside Cubs Fan” on front

your doppleganger
This new Gameday is slow...

Not that the old Gameday was fast, but…

Roberts

doubles. no one covering second. Runners at 2nd and 3rd. One out.

Was Theriot listening to Lil Wayne during the pitch?
Fonty come on..
Roberts is playing OUT OF HIS ASS
nah, he's just a all star 2b proving why he whould be on the Cubs.
I HATE BRIAN ROBERTS
Lemme guess

ZOMG HE deServes to be shot in the face!Eleventy!

how can you hate Brian Roberts
easy

He’s not wearing the right uniform.

OOOHH!! I KNOW I KNOW!!

What is: because he’s not on our team?

TPTSNBN

Doubles

Lackadaiscal centerfielding by Edmonds....
Actually it was pretty standard...

Both Quiroz & Roberts went after those bases & earned them. Fonty should have been at second.

Cintron

grounds out. Two outs.

Quoth Ron Santo,

“I would think Theriot would have been on that base.”

WOW - now THAT was a good break. Groundout to pitcher - 2 OUTS!
intentional walk...
Smart move... I hope.
Bets here? Will this AB end with the score 0-0 or 2-0?
I bet 0-0

since it is an intl walk

but you never know
Markakis

“Funny name, serious Game!”

The Greek God of Walks
isn't that a certain

player in Boston?

calm down Marquis
the next two weren't though
Alice Cooper

up to bat

You're a teacher right...

Is school out for the summer?

School is blown to pieces!
got that right. need attention much?
Marquis

The plate is the white thing by the batters feet!!!

ball 3????? this ump sucks..
no, that was a ball :(
3-1...come on Marquis.....GRRRRRR
Stop nibbling Marquis!
sigh.... 3-1 count... come on
Get him, Jason!
Lets go marquis

can’t walk him in

Marquis walks in

the run.

1-0 baltimore. bases still loaded, still two outs.

WALKED A RUN IN
Cue MDBNIU....5...4...3...
I don't love you any more Jason...it's over
Ah, summer love.
Is this the blog for

“as the world turns?”

he is pitiful

he tries to be perfect on his pitches, but this guy has decent stuff to become a number three pitcher, He is a headcase on the mound,

Wow, you can't even do it face to face?
So much for that INTENTIONAL walk

Lovely

these walked RBIs hurt the most
Well... the other thing, that hurts the most.
I caught that... sigh
GRRRRRRRRRRR....Marquis is a buzzkill
Huff up - sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit
Clay Davis reference?
Can't walk guys in, make them earn it marquis
Marquis struggling
Stopping the first hitter

Now Huff. Great

Stop walking. Sorry
Quoth Ron Santo,

“Man, what’s he doin’?”

long walk to the mound, Lou
Huff

drives in two runs. Huff doubles. 3-0 Baltimore, runners at 2nd and 3rd, still two outs.

Not a great momentum shift....top of the inning we leave the bases packed....

now this! This sucks bad, very bad….folks attention this is the Orioles for cripes sakes!!! Those damned LOB are haunting us now….

Momentum

no such thing. Just like clutch hitting

Looks like the real jason marquis stole his jersey back from that half decent pitcher
stinkin payton 5-0
Marquis sucking

Jim Hendry, for the love of God PLEASE get a primetime starting pitcher in here.

THERE you are.

like clockwork.

What a refreshing suggestion.
Who would you suggest we get in here? Anyone you have in mind, perhaps?
It's as if thousands of people are seeing Jason Marquis for the first time.
He got my hopes

up for a few games but I won’t make that mistake again.

not that I'm a Marquis supporter

at all, but it is only the 3rd inning…

Yeah.

Still plenty of time for him to give up more runs.

heh.

I can hope.

That's the thing.

Jason Marquis has almost an entire decade of suck on his resume. Sometimes he’ll show a little something that makes you think that maybe he’s not so bad, maybe he’s changed, maybe it’ll be alright.

And then he goes right back to hurting you, and hurting you, and hurting you. It’s his nature.

That's why I'm done with him.
Payton

lines to left cetner. both runners score. Payton doubles. 5-0 baltimore. Still two outs.

Two out runs again
looks like we have to mount a comeback

AGAIN

Louuuuuuu.... where are you?
shit shit shit!

and to make it worse those overachieving deadbirds are tied

Marquis sucks, what can you expect
Marquis you are not clutch my friend....5-0.....ick, just plain ick
Ron Santo is spittin' mad at Marquis...

“High fastball again…..GOD!!”

Lou is going to Chacon someone
How long have you been waiting to use that one? :)
I'll pay to see that! LOL
Error Patterson allows one to score!
Jesus Christ

Get him out of the game

Get Rich Harden !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
whose that?
who's

grammar police

who are the grammar police?
Grammar police

They are currently in the Wrigley scoreboard looking for the Hamburglar

Rich Harden on the DL

won’t let in NEARLY as many runs as Jason Marquis.

There. You said it. Now don't say it again.
I love his injuries...
How convenient

to come around as we start to lose. Appears to be your MO.

Number 8!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Your commitment to these numbers and its list is unwavering, I appreciate your efforts, friendo
You are fantastic!
Jones bounces back

to Marquis. Three outs.

finally.... okay lets get some back guys!
NOT to excuse Marquis

BUT, I don’t think bases loaded full count is the right time for the home crowd to stand up on their feet and start cheering (unless the home team is at bat). Puts even MORE pressure on the pitcher, IMO.

Let's get those "QUIET" signs

from the PGA

It's his job to at least throw a strike

It’s kevin millar for gods sake he is awful as well, you have to make them earn their runs and that right there probably cost us the series unless our B lineup gets 7-8 runs

Fine

don’t make the job harder than it already is.

by cheering for

their team?

It works on offense

And it works with a closer or dominant reliever on the mound.

Bases loaded full count with a struggling pitcher on the mound? Guy who has been described as a head case? I’d try not to distract him at that time.

The fans pay their money to see a ballgame, cheer and have fun.

If you can’t handle it, then you don’t deserve to be in baseball. Simple as that.

There are some times when things do get out of hand or are inappropriate – racist comments, throwing batteries, etc. Cheering is not one of them.

But he is in baseball

And sure, the fans shouldn’t have to make adjustments.

Hopefully the Cubs can today, like in his last start, by scoring twice the average number of runs.

time to turn on the RBI machine
Granted, Marquis isn't doing anyone any favors...

...but if the Cubs can’t get some runs against Radhames Liz, then they don’t deserve to win.

your right

last inning we didnt capitalize

Is it "tip the cap" time yet?
Well, I did ask would it end up 0-0 or 2-0.

I never thought of 5-0

(crying)

Marquis....why do you lose your senses when there is pressure?

Threw some meatballs in there when the going got tough.

These damn Oriolies are pesky

They don’t seem to make a lot of mistakes, Now get some runs!

Just glad...

there’s no “Marquis = QUEER” post. Thankful for that…

Marquis blows...so much for being the innings eater

I just don’t get this guy,he is completely inconsistent in almost every game.

Get A.J. Burnett

Call up JP Riccardi….offer Ronny Cedeno, Donald Veal and Sean Marshall.

burnett?

that made me throw up a little in my mouth..

why would Riccardi do that?

Cedeno and Marshall both suck, according to this guy I know who used to play baseball at NIU.

come on Lee hit one
Theriot grounds out

to Roberts. 1 out.

Don't go quietly, Don't go quietly, Don't go quietly,
Take Marquis out!

Even Marshall being just recalled from AAA got the job done for 3 solid innings. Come ON!!!

$21 million over three years for a nappy headed gas can....

Ugh. GET Rich Harden. I’ll settle for AJ Burnett.

Not sure if this is entirely appropriate...
Echo....

Echo…Echo…....

for a WHAT?

You’re treading dangerous waters, Blue Mike. Watch it.

Okay

Don Imus.

he's being sarcastic..
he is?
don imus that is...apparently..
I don't think so
He's trying to be clever...

But comes off just like Imus, insincere.

exactly
Huh, me?

or MDBNIU?

Some guy named Rhadames Liz is shutting us out!!!!! And Marquis is a headcase!!!

But it is early….....COME ON CUBBIES….this guy is wild, be patient and hope Meltdown Marquis is done sucking today!

BlueMike for GM?! He would GET THINGS DONE. They might not be good things, but you know as soon as a potential trouble spot opens up he will attempt to address it within the hour.

With a simple phone call.
To whom?

Jimmy the Greek?

This will take a miracle
According to the fancy new 3D Gamday

the first 2 pitches to Lee hit him directly in the head… haha

Len just said my town's name

Oh boy.

What state is "Oh boy" in?
the state of confusion
Is that like a

glass case of EMOTION?

It's next to

LeRoy by Champaign, obviously

Lee

Ks swinging.

Cripes....Liz K's DLee....our team looks out of it......man oh man!
third inning

give it a few…

This just in....

IT’S ONLY THE 3rd INNING!

this just in...Marquis is still pitching for us!!!
Forget Sabathia or Burnett. . .

Apparently we should pick this Liz kid up!

Cardinals tied it. 1-1
Plenty of time left...
Aramis bb.. come on Jimmy
c'mon jimmy baseball
We just gotta chip away and hope the bullpen shuts them down
If B Roberts

was held at First….Could marquis have turned two on the chopper back to the mound?

Could have...
that is what I thought you would say

Damn fundamentals..

Pitching is KING

When you repeatedly have 3/5’s of your starting rotation go 5 and 6 innings, then it creates a crapload of strain. MUST, MUST, MUST get a primetime starting pitcher in here and soon. St. Louis and Milwaukee are not going to hand over this division to us without a fight.

What if

we asked nicely?

Will someone give Polly a cracker?

WE GET IT, WE AGREE. GET A PITCHER. IT’S F-ING JUNE 26. PRIME TIME PITCHERS ARE OFTEN NOT AVAILABLE YET.

Seriously MDBNIU

Even if no one on this board had a problem with you, you’re simply saying the same thing OVER AND OVER AND OVER. I understand your desire to get another arm in the rotation, and I agree with you. But no one on this board is arguing their point every six or eighteen minutes.

Dan

and you are the BCB jester....

get Harden…lather rinse repeat

pitching is King…lather rinse repeat

yadda
yadda
yadda

Patterson sucks...

blah blah blah…

move Lee out of the 3 hole...
You should be a GM, man...

I love your ideas. They’re all original and RIGHT ON.

The Cubs need a pitcher, okay, okay, we get it. I’m sure Hendry is sitting on his hands just waiting for Rich Hill to develop.

If it’s one thing I’ve learned about Hendry over the past two years or so is that he gets what he wants. I have full confidence that he’ll pull off some sort of trade.

Happy 56th

Celine and Walter Timchuck

Edmonds has a full count
Edmonds pops out to Peyton

in foul territory. Three outs.

Ugh

how many foul popups today?

and they go quietly

That should have been the Cubs scoring 5 in that inning at home

well, probably.

but it’s only the top of the 4th.

Ending another inning with a pop fly foull out......ehhhhh......nap time!
Damn Cardinals won't go away
DAMNIT
Do you think Interleague Play is good for baseball?
HUH

That requires me to think. I don’t feel like doing that right now, sorry.

Overflow Thread 1

Up and running. Sorry, someone already said “FirsT”

I didnt mean that as a reply
Quiroz

singles. no outs.

overflow thread up
Come on Jason Marquis.....try holding them to under 10.....

attention bullpen…..we need someone to come in and shave the ugly off Marquis’ face and sweep the suck off the mound.

Get him out before we're out of it!

5 hits to none

F Marquis AND Brian Roberts

Sheesh!!!

Roberts hitting .299 now, btw.
Good News

Cards lost – that helps a little

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