Bleed Cubbie Blue

wawaweewa

Is it problem

that Sox fan have smaller brain than Cub fan?

Almaty scientist prove this

CubsBullsBears - June 27, 2008 reply

Oh I do love Borat so!

What happened to the no large

pictures in game threads rule?

Just don’t do it

Well hopefully we win tonight

because it will add insult to injury watching hawk and dj on WGN, this is gonna be painful. And I try listening to Pat and Ron but its so far behind it gets difficult to tolerate

No Commie Cast?

not where I am at right now

I am in Bloomington, IN and only Direct TV carries comcast out here

and I am too broke to go out and watch the game

Mute it.

Hawk will probably talk about how he invented the batting glove. What a joke!

Fifth

It’s the new first!

Let's go Cubbies!!

Time to lay the smack down on the guys in black.

Hear you me my friend

The Cubs will win! You like that Jimmy Eat World reference

Whadya mean?

Contreras

Light him up!

(rest in peace, hammer…)

hammer ....met his maker?

I always assume the worst.

For those of you who care

I will be doing a Scoreboard Watch Game Thread tonight Royals vs Cardinals. tonight at 7pm

Great idea!

Go Royals!!

CHICAGO CUBS BASEBALL IS ON THE AIR!!

I am so happy I have CSN on the dish.

I can avoid the WGN feed today. Those Sux broadcasters are awful.

GO CUBS. Let’s make it 4 straight against the south-siders this year.

Basehit!

We are batting 1.000 today!

Garbage blowing around the field

not as much garbage thats in the stands though :)

OH SNAP!

Base hit Dome!

Pick to click?

Who’s everyone’s pick to click? I look for Dwaryle to have a a big game.

CubsBullsBears - June 27, 2008 reply

Soto Power

Dome single?

Yawn.

Base hit #1

Is he running well? Can’t see.

Contreras-AJ is an easy duo to run on

Gameday 3D

Has Dome batting right handed.. please tell me that isn’t the case.

No.

Gameday is wrong.

Hey... he's a lefty again!

LMAO!

some dark clouds starting to come through

Yeah, I can tell it'll come down soon downtown

where are you? I'm in West Loop

River North

just two blocks north of the river

we share the same micro climate

no thats the nastiness

that is the atmosphere of the cell

Contreras' fastball is straighter than a NRA Republican.

Tee off on it!

Senator,

please stop waving your hand at me under the stall. It ruins my concentration.

N Oakley - June 27, 2008 reply

+1

Surprising how loud the Cubs fans were

when Dome got his base hit. Niiice

halfblindcubbiegirl - June 27, 2008 reply

Wrigley Field South?

nah…..

It might be next year for a bit, or the year after

I forget when that was supposed to happen

Depends who buys the park

Ack. Awful swing by E=Patt results in a soft liner to 3B. 1 out.

but he is crappy and fast

Who cares if he strikes out with a runner on first and no outs

He didn't strike out.

He lined out, and he did knock in half the Cubs’ runs yesterday.

A line drive is the best thing you can do as a hitter...

...that doesn’t involve jacking the ball out of the yard. Srsly.

No DP please Mr. Lee....

let's hope DLee does not become DPee

should I?

N Oakley - June 27, 2008 reply

C'mon Derrek!

halfblindcubbiegirl - June 27, 2008 reply

Okay

lets not do that again, please?

halfblindcubbiegirl - June 27, 2008 reply

dammit

NOOOO

he is now DPee to me.

Oh man

this DP thing is getting really old

TWSS

WTF. Lee grounds into DP, 5-4-3. On to bottom of 1.

It's like an addiction....

Same old song and dance.

Do not want.

How many's that this season?

17, I believe

Thank you good sir.

That was his 18th....

which is his career high from 2001…

it's not his fault we have so many base cloggers on this team.

Wow

That needs to stop. Because now it is out of control, there is no defense for him doing this.

DP Lee at it again!!! Wow!!!

DLee is building a substanial lead

over Loney of the Dodgers in the GIDP category. Ugh.

Boy, Ihope he snaps out of it soon. It seems like he has hit into a ton of GIDPs this week.

Dammmit... DLee is pulling off the ball constantly...

I have a bad feeling about this series...

if we win only one—i’ll be ok with that.

cubfever7 - June 27, 2008 reply

Agreed

me too

I cant believe Im going to say this but.....

Lou should sit Lee a game or two after this series to get his groove back together

every time that's been brought up

Lee has had an excellent day the next day.

something is wrong with Lee there has to be

Yea he forgot there is a right field

At least he's on pace to have a record setting season

Wait.....

Did Epat actually make contact with the baseball??

Just like yesterday when he had 2 RBI

Grumble Grumble...

and another error

He is NOT an outfielder. Trust me I don’t dislike him. I just want him on the BENCH
for now most of the time.

That wasn't an error...

I meant YESTERDAY

It was a response to the post about his two RBI’s yesterday. That is two errors in his last
3 games.

what are you talking about?

Just expressing my distain for the second coming

Just not a fan is all.

it's one thing to not

be a fan. But it’s another thing to just start talking about something with no substance.

Mr Perry needs to work with Mr Lee

on his penchant to GIDP

Thats a mighty defensive OF

Hoooray for Injuries!

We are all negetive nellies today

its a bit early for that, eh?

halfblindcubbiegirl - June 27, 2008 reply

+1

that’s a POSITIVE 1

:breathes in the breath of fresh air:

They still gotta face Demp.

no kidding

Derrek Lee

looks at an awful alot of pitches. Alot of them that he looks at are hittable pitches. I hope he snaps out of it, because he is a potent bat and the leader of this team. If he doesn’t swing the bat well he makes our lineup look alot weaker.

Liner over Fontenot's head. one on, nobody out

DeRo would have had that..

Fontenot has Sneaky Shortness.

Well he's so short!

I " told " Demp to get grounders

Forgot to mention to keep them away from 2B

Uggghh....blooper over Fontenot (He's playing 2nd AGAIN????)

Bad feeling about today

please stop

we’re not even out of the first inning ferchrissakes

+1

+2

dog pile...

gross

AJ sporting a black eye?

kinda looks like it

Preemptive attack by the GM?

I dreamt I punched him

Maybe I have voodoo powers or Esp(n) or something

E-Pat

WTF?

Heads up play by Cabrera Tagging up. Strong throw by E-Patt, but not close to getting him.

EPatt...ummm...throw the ball after you catch it!!!!

Way to lolly gag it back into the inflield epat

halfblindcubbiegirl - June 27, 2008 reply

Didn't lollygag it, he just didn't expect Cabrera to be tagging up.

The throw was actually quite good.

it was a good throw

he just took his time making it.

halfblindcubbiegirl - June 27, 2008 reply

Cost a run

inexcusable…

I don't like this line up

and I can’t remember the last time DLee didn’t GIDP.

Anything else you'd

like to bitch about?

Lets look at it this way

Comapring the Records of both teams in this game. And thier prospective positions.

Id rather be the Cubs. 4 1/2 vs. 1/2 White Sox better be careful, because the Twins are right behind them in the division.

And the Twins are looking hella good

Hopefully they'll keep looking good this weekend

Tiger are the threat in that division. Twins will fall off

Why do I giggle whenver an announcer says, "Fisted foul!" ???

Maybe because your immature?

giggle :) j/k

Thanks church lady conscience.....

LOL

Nice…. that was a good one i like it

+1

Quentin having a good AB

Quentin singels to CF, Edmonds almost nails Cabrera at HP, but the thrwo is a bit late. 1-0 Sox

1-0

we got them were we want em!

I'd like a double play here

please.

halfblindcubbiegirl - June 27, 2008 reply

DLee isn't on the Sox

Ouch

ask and you shall receive

gwood - June 27, 2008 reply

good call!

And I already feel icky about this game.....injuries are making us put an inferior lineup

out there which is getting us into trouble….that run is on EPatt…NO MORE runs Demps!!!

Take it easy.

It’s not E-Patt’s fault, it was a heads up baserunning play.

He waited too long on the throw I think

A little of both..

don't forget who's pitching for the Sox... we'll be ok.

That run is on the other fielders.

Someone should have made him aware that Cabrera was running.

Or maybe we should stop using second and first basemen as outfielders.

+1

That is always an option Lou has...

I'll agree with that,

but we don’t have much of a choice right now.

two words...

Matt Murton.

Really?

We don’t have Matt Murton, Felix Pie and Josh Kroeger on the 40 man roster? I must be in the wrong team’s game thread. Excuse me while I go find the Cubs’ game thread.

Matt Murton

is the outfields version of Ryan Theriot. I’m suprised you like him.

Matt Murton, yes.

Pie, no. He’s injured. Kroeger isn’t even on the 40 man.

Just turned on Gameday

and it got an upgrade

gwood - June 27, 2008 reply

yes it did. yesterday. 3D Witchcraft

its kinda neat

gwood - June 27, 2008 reply

I hate that I'm watching

WGN now. It’s like their on drugs.

like?

lol

I pity you

can you sync the game to the radio feed?

yeah.

but i’m alittle lazy right now.

Is that possible?

I hope we brought our bats

Wow

CEDENO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you ONEDEC

Onedec

nice play

Nice recovery Cedeno

Cedeno save Fontenots awful, horrid throw and turns the double play anway. Inning over.

Reminds of the Milwaukee game where they set out to

Can lou call a mulligan and take Fontenot out and we get that run back?

ohhh..

the suspense is killing me….

set out to what?

it was another thought. I thought I deleted it.

I laughed out loud reading that summary.

Cause it was a horrid throw. lol.

Dye=Lee

DyeLee?

He will come ot of it

I'd take Dye over Lee

at the plate. Guarantee that is the last dp ball for Dye today, can’t say the same about DLee.

What is up with this popular

Onedec?

cedeno has turned it all around

halfblindcubbiegirl - June 27, 2008 reply

I know I understand that

but wow it caught on a lot more then I expected that to go, I had a buddy that told me it was because people want him to come “OnDeck” cause hes always on the bench, and I thought that was stupid

Hamster Boy falls on his face but we get the DP anyways....now I feel better...

but almost choked on my jelly beans when Fonty fell down!

did you bring enough jelly beans to share with everyone?

Sure...they are all blue and red...none of those darn black ones...they taste like Ozzie Guillen's armpits!

I'm sorry,

but Theriot would of NEVER made that play, I must say.

You mean at second

or at short?

There is no need

for hating on Theriot EVEN when hes on the bench. We know one thing is for sure, we are going to have less base runners today. So many negative neds today in here

out of all the negative post,

you choose the one I put. I’m as positive as they come. But I’m not “hating” on Theriot. I’m simply telling the truth.

Derrick Rose

Nice toss? Maybe 5th starter instead of Marquis?

What was he wearing?

Sox, or neutral Bulls gear?

Sox

barf

pity

And it was jersey #1

I thought it was Lance Johnson

"barf" in this instance.... ALLOWED!

Did someone say...

Not in here buster

It’s a Mercedes

looks like a pedophile to me

RIP John Candy

You know what pedophiles look like?

he's a chicago kid

i’d rather have him be a fan of the team he wants to be than a poser. no need to barf in my mind

halfblindcubbiegirl - June 27, 2008 reply

Sox

I call tie game rigt here...

frosted tips?

okay

he gone is irritating already. how do sox fans listen to this guy?!

halfblindcubbiegirl - June 27, 2008 reply

heavethehawk.com

remember they are Sux fans they love the mentality of the idiot

Even they don't like him.

meh some times i don't mind losing

but to have to listen to these dumbf*s justs drives you crazy…

Rammy K's on a filthy pitch. 1 out.

Contreras is dealing today.

he was last time too

until we hit the 4th.

halfblindcubbiegirl - June 27, 2008 reply

Don't feed DWard anymore cake!!!!

DWard singles into CF. One on, one out.

D. Ward was born to hit.

There we go Ward!

Edmonds hurt

plantir facitis doesn't heal

that fast. he’s been hurt.

halfblindcubbiegirl - June 27, 2008 reply

Oh GOD!!! Now Edmonds is hurt!!! Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzus!!!

Can we have one healthy player?

Edmonds grounds into FC, comes up limping. One on, two down.

Cub trainer out to look at Edmonds, looks like he twisted his ankle.

Can DeRosa play center?

No.

But Edmonds is staying in.

Patterson to CF, DeRo to LF?

shit....

Edmonds FC to 2B

out of box awkwardly but beats throw to 1b. Staying in game

did DJ really just say, "if we are lucky, edmonds is out"

jackass

That was my thought as well.

tigerhawk61 - June 27, 2008 reply

D-baggery is expected by that "broadcast team"

and they certainly deliver.

F him.

I'd expect nothing else from that Clown

Walker71421 - June 27, 2008 reply

Hawk

has won 5 emmy’s can you believe that?

His Emmys can GRAB SOME BENCH

Ron on the radio...

“now watch this replay”...lol..

LOL Classic

Damn way to celebrate your 38th Birthday!

It is to the point you have to believe we have some curse from the baseball gods...

when we get this many injuries…..laughable really if I could only stop worrying.

dude

everyone gets injuries. good teams overcome them. just be glad we’re getting them early in the year.

halfblindcubbiegirl - June 27, 2008 reply

He'll be alright.

Ed’s a tough cookie!

Edmodns is staying in.

Atta Boy Jimmy!

Meatball down the middle

Watched by Soto. K

Not a meatball. That was a sharp pitch.

Fine, then a spaghetti

Looked like a 77 mph hanger to me

I can't believe how much we

have come to depend on him. Thank God!

whowouldhavethunkit...

he tripped guys

Hell be fine

Flithy. Soto K's looking on nasty breaking pitch. On to the bottom of 2, Sox 1, Cubs 0

We need both Soto and Lee

to step up and be the forces they were in the first couple months.

Another slow start at the plate

Contreas is dealing.......long game ahead of us but this lineup we are sporting

is powerhouse so we can’t get behind by much or this one will be a real struggle…..

uhmmm...meant to say is NO powerhouse

last week he was pitching really well..

until we went off on him in the 4th.. A lot of pitchers look good the first time through.. We’ll be alright

This guy is leaving some pitches up there to hit, I think we get him second time around

That is if D-Lee avoids the DP ball

Edmonds' injury

just another sign we need to sign both Rich Harden and CC Sabathia

/joking of course

Don't forget Brian Roberts!!!

Everybody just relax

It’s only the second inning. And we haven’t gone through the order yet…

Gotta feel Contreras out a bit

We’ll get to him eventually, lets just hope no more balls are hit to Epat today! (I kid I kid!)

TWSS

Going to slow him down in center

Probably no more so than before.

ha ha my girlfriend just called me complaining about the sux announcers

They are terrible, I cant believe Im listenign to them right now

Play some music.

I just had a customer come in and ask if the game was on..

then he asked which announcers i was listening to.. I told him it was the Cubs guys and he said thank god, those other guys are horrible. I just loved the fact he was coming in for his shoes and he asked about the baseball game!!

Who is going to see Stevie Wonder

This weekend, for free at the taste? I am jealous, I won’t be there until next week

Going to see Josh Kelley

Sun night

that should be a good show

Even better after a Cubs series win!

Going to try and catch Smoking Popes at Belmont Arts Festival

Dang,

we’re already down one!

The season’s over we might as well forget it. The Cards and Brewers are breathing down out necks.

Woe! woe! woe! surely be to thee

I vote for shorter signature

by at least 5 lines. Find another way to honor Carlin. I bet you can do it in 7 words…

Lollza

It's a one week thing then it is gone.

twss

Eh...

Well a little penicillin will take care of it.

at least that’s what they told me.

+1

Only the 2nd inning and our announcers are already talking 'bout Dipping Dots!

who cares?

Current GalvaCast Radar

looks like India

no big pictures

during a game thread

halfblindcubbiegirl - June 27, 2008 reply

IF this is the same storm we had yesterday in Des Moines...

Then best of luck playing the rest of this game. Absolutely filthy rain.

check swing my ass

that was a swing

halfblindcubbiegirl - June 27, 2008 reply

TWSS

Dank you very much!

I thought the same thing,

and said it aloud in the office!

Thome just can't get to good fastballs anymore.

Thats because he is playing the Cubs

and he is a Cubs fan

Thome K's. 1 down.

CVrede grounds out to SS, 2 down

how would you take crede over ramirez, doesnt make sense

Crede is amazing on defense and is having a solid offensive years as well.

it’s close.

If the game doesn't go our way at least I can play "Count the Mullets" whenever they show fans in the stands.

Extra points for dirty t-shirts and missing teeth!!!

what about slovenly over weight ?

Only if they have food stains on their shirt

What about "moran" signage?

on on the field

on=or

Don't worry, guys.

Mike Fontenot is hitting in the bottom of the inning!

"He's got no strikezone!"

Dempster walks Swishser. One on, two out, Cub killer Juan Uribe to the plate.

OMG now they're giving 7th stretch away!

WTF is a duck snort?

halfblindcubbiegirl - June 27, 2008 reply

a bloop hit

an example of why you never listen to anything that spews out of hawks mouth

something a dummy says...

earlier this season he said "duck fart"

I loathe that man

He is filthy disgusting

Pandora Radio

Is doing a GREAT job drowning out hawk and dj

The Geico duck

likes his cocaine

Juan Uribe = the Cline Ave. Sniper...

LOL

What, no TWSS?

I can't think of a position player with a worse-lookig swing than Uribe

Eddie Gaedel?

You don't watch a lot of Mariners games, do you.

No.

TWSS

and I agreed

I would say Fukudome's

looks pretty bad, but is pretty effective

Do we really need to goof around with this guy?

Throw him a pitch to hit and let him pop it up

Good call...

Ed doesn’t look too worse for the wear.

Uribe does have some pop.

Better plan is just not throw strike. He’ll get impatient and get himself out.

The girl with the princess hat is the queen of the trailer park!

Would you expect anything less?

I mean this game is being played at White Trash Park

Uribe flies out to left-center. Inning over.

uribe was getting into his car last sunday night and i had my broom with me and i proceeded to sweep around his car

Let's get some runs!!!!!!

Thanks!

Finally an unsarcastic quip. Lots of jokers in this thread today.

jokers

is being overly kind

halfblindcubbiegirl - June 27, 2008 reply

This commerical with the slip and slides on the SF hills

looks like a lot of fun

halfblindcubbiegirl - June 27, 2008 reply

that would be hella sweet to do

hella sweet?

is that a NoCal thing?

See I thought I felt like I was

Sitting in some rich suburb with ditzy girls

So glad that Comcast Sports Net is broadcasting with Len and Bob.

I would be nearly driven to murder if I had to listen to the Hawk’s drivel

actually

listening to Hawk and DJ forces me to drink quicker, which helps with Happy Hour

Wonder Hamster at the plate.

Swing that bat, Wonder Hamster!

He's sneaky.

How's about we don't celebrate when our own guys do bad.

That’s someone else’s gimmick.

Who's celebrating?

Just the vibe I get

when Fontenot’s at the plate is that people want to be proved right that he shouldn’t be playing. Like Blue Mike with Soriano.

Not at all.

I’d love to see him succeeed.

Some people mistake gallows humor for celebration.

"Some people" are still here

and don’t need to be referenced like they aren’t.

so much use of the word "hella"

I feel like I am in the suburbs

in 2004

Fontenot flies out to RF, Dye with a nice running catch. 1 out.

Ha Ha Ha!!!! Pulled hammy for the idiot Sux coach!!!!!!

you are very snippy today

is everything okay?

halfblindcubbiegirl - June 27, 2008 reply

Just seeing White Sox on my screen gets me into a rage.

Just listen to the radio...

it will help you (and us) have a better gamet hread experience.

Sorry I bother you so much....I will try to be dry and analytical from here on out.

Nice overreaction.

or you know

not a jerk would be good. because you’re coming across to me as pretty jerky.

halfblindcubbiegirl - June 27, 2008 reply

Love you all!!! Kisses and hugs!!!

always knew don cooper was a moron, that clip just proved it

Cedeno 1b

Ronny lines a single into CF, one one, one out

+1

who are you plusing?

halfblindcubbiegirl - June 27, 2008 reply

America

ONEDEC'ED!

can we have Rose as our announcer the rest of the game?

It would be nice

He can compose himself better then those “EMMY AWARD WINNING” White Sox announcers…. I still dont get that

Dear Sox crew

theres a GAME going on, can we watch that please? I don’t care about Rose.

halfblindcubbiegirl - June 27, 2008 reply

If they picked Beasley this would be such a fun interview

He'd be drunk

and chasing an ump

But it would be entertaining

Let's get a RALLY started here Fuku!!!

Derrick Rose being interviewed in Sox Gear

Damn it Rose, not cool.

And can we actually see what’s GOING ON DURING THE BASEBALL GAME AT HAND?! GO STRAIGHT TO HELL SOX ANNOUNCERS!

thats what happens when your owner owns two teams

You are correct, sir!

Reinsdorf...

Worst owner ever!

Please don't get picked off or try to steal Ronny...

I would hate it if Ronny got stolen

well played

I really expected the Cubs to be more agressive on the basepaths with Contreras on the mound

I'm hoping Rose picks #5 to wear

so I can reuse my Jalen Rose jersey

Hahahahahahahahaha!

Very nice. Unfortunately, Chapu might have a problem with that

I got a chapu tshirt

on ebay last year. Named my fish chapu. Fiancee loves the Noc

Get your Ben Wallace T-shirts now!

They’re on sale for only 9.99! WHAT A BARGAIN!!

100 MPH? did anyone see that?

no

it was too fast.

BB Fuk

Walkudome!

ha ha

+1

Brilliant!

or I could be "racist" and say

Wokudome

Don't.

see because

I think Woks are Chinese. Just like those rice patty hats that those teenagers love to sport at Wrigley

Coolie hats...

So lame..

Robably not

Let’s go E-Pat

Dome walks, men on 1st and 2nd, one away

EPatt has to get the runners over somehow...

to keep us out of the DP…wink wink…

yeah with GIDPLee coming up..its a priority

I prefer

6-4-3 Lee

I prefer

DPee

Double steal time.

Come on EPatt.....oh oh, what do we do if DLee comes up with bases juiced???

hope he doesn't ground into a DP...

Man it would be a great time to get a big hit

have faith

in our all-star first-baseman that he’ll pull out of it.

TWSS

Epat C'mon

I’m cheering….

COME ON EPATT!!

For the love of God,

Keep the bat on your shoulder!

Come on Derrek...

bring them home.

DONT DO IT D-LEE

lol

holds breath

All your base are belong to Cubs!

Nice one

Someone set us up the slam

Bases Loaded

What?

And everyone has been telling me for months now that he’ll never be any good! How could THAT happen?

E=Patt walks. bases kacked, one out, Lee at the dish.

Redemption time!

Let’s go D make it happen Baby

YIKES!!!! I just bet my roomate that DLee will not .... you know....

alright....anything other than a DP Lee..plzzz

46 pitches already for Contreras

Someone set us up the slam

i love that

halfblindcubbiegirl - June 27, 2008 reply

Lets go DLee

all your base are clogged with cubs

halfblindcubbiegirl - June 27, 2008 reply

pinch hitter?

I keed, I keed

Positive thoughts...

Blue W - June 27, 2008 reply

C'mon Derrek! Show us your A game!

Lee's swing looks awful...

LETS GO CUBBIES !

Cub fans making lots of noise..

Love it!!

Keep the bat on your shoulder, D

he can’t find the strike zone!!!

Never seen Lee struggling this much at the plate

Me neither.

Maybe just a long fly out

keep it off the ground

it'll score a run..

that would be a productive out

Why is he swinging at this crap?

2-2

OF COURSE

What the hell

More Zero Wing references please

Dammit!!!!!

POOP!

halfblindcubbiegirl - June 27, 2008 reply

oh noooooo DPLee

wow

Fuck. Lee grounds into another 5-4-3 double play.

wow.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

New nickname: 5-4-3- LEE!

Can we move him outside of the 3 Hole

PLEASE!!!

if edmonds continues hitting like this..

we might be able to move him down a little bit and get away with it..

INCREDIBLE!!!! It is automatic!!!

Did he really????

unreal, thats all i have right now

Oh my God!

He's 2 for 2 in DP situations.

DAMN IT !

No way

Darn it is Lee shooting for the DP crown this year?

No, only one Cub has ever tempted with the "other" Triple Crown

GDP/SO/Outs… 1998 Sosa. 7th in GDP, 1st in SO, 5th in Outs.

Ironically enough, that was his MVP year.

Unreal

it wasn't even surprising

"Gee WHIZ!"

Ron Santo is a master of self-restraint.

ChipSet - June 27, 2008 reply

Sounds like he was ready to honor George Carlin...

He should just do it

In a 15 line signature

Saves time

if not space.

That's for sure

Wow, the hitting coach never thought he would have to work with LEE

What the hell is wrong with this dude right now

Chicago, we have a problem.

Lou needs to move him down

he is KILLLIG us in the 3 hole

he should have just struck out..

We may need to move him....this is not cool.....he is struggling mightily.....

may be to the 2 hole or to 5 hole

This is the same bullshit that happend in

Game 1 and 2 of the Orioles series

Nononononononononno

Why is it when we load the bases....

....we never FREAKING score!! i mean really, the max. we have scored is 1 run.

Base wer too clogged

MikeOxbyg - June 27, 2008 reply

Bases were too clogged

MikeOxbyg - June 27, 2008 reply

Looks like he's trying to pull everything

if he goes with that pitch, mayber a hit on the right side IMO.

BigJohnAZ - June 27, 2008 reply

he should have just struck out..

Blowing bases-loaded situations makes me more angry than alomst anything else. Piss-poor.

almost as much as swinging when i guy can't throw strikes

halfblindcubbiegirl - June 27, 2008 reply

Like he did on the first ptich of that at-bat

I can't believe

he is struggling like this.

Lee for Harden

Do it Jim Hendry.

/end sarcasm. Sort of.

jbau - June 27, 2008 reply

They had Contreras right where they wanted him

Now he’ll coast

Ok he gets the next two days off.

Lee's groundball percentage is up this season, but not by THAT much, I don't think.

I'll check.

Like I said. He is swing at pitches he shouldn’t of swung at.

I would put DeRo

in for DLee today. Inexcusable!

DP or not Lee is looking like Cedeno at the plate..even way worse

DLee at a career high for GIDP.....WOW!!!

Yeah, 83 more games to go the blow that career stat out of the water

BigJohnAZ - June 27, 2008 reply

Brutal

Lee belongs in the 5 hole. With the exception of his freakish 2005, he should have been a 5-hole hitter all along.

krummy12 - June 27, 2008 reply

You would think that he would learn to lay off those pitches

he’s not doing ANYTHING with them, might as well leave the bat on the shoulder.

BigJohnAZ - June 27, 2008 reply

i'm a huge dlee fan but this "slump"

is starting to get even harder to swollow with all these damn DPs !!!

SoTxCub - June 27, 2008 reply

Needs two weeks off

ErnieBanks - June 27, 2008 reply

Oh good grief

Fopntenot drops the throw from Patterson and Cabrera is safe. Throw would've gotten him.

Liability in LF....guess we should be used to that but MAN!!!

it was a good play

Fotenot dropped it

halfblindcubbiegirl - June 27, 2008 reply

Um....you realize that Fontenot is the one who messed up there right?

Shut up.

Patterson made a good throw and Fontenot dropped the damn thing.

that was def not

on E-Pat. FonteNOT pulled his glove back too early.

Lee...GIDP 6 times in the last 7 games.

Fontenot is not good.

No but he is scrappy and cajun

That is enough

you forgot

lefty bat too

halfblindcubbiegirl - June 27, 2008 reply

Here we go again...

...don’t let this run score!

http://sports.yahoo.com/golf/blog/golf_experts/post/Ten-kinds-of-awesome-Daly-hits-off-a-beer-can?urn=golf,90484

This will make you forget about GIDP

John Daly tees off from Kid Rock’s tallboy

(I know, twss)

Um, Mike Fontenot remembers how to play second, right? That's his third miscue of the game

You presume he ever knew how.

This inning is pivotal

after that momentum squasher

Ugh

Patterson. Dammit.

OmahaCub - June 27, 2008 reply

2-0

patterson is brutal

::face in hands::

Patterson is worse than Chris Duncan in LF

take him out

god darnit..what the heck is happening

GateCity, VA Cubs Fan - June 27, 2008 reply

CRAP

Cue ....Razzpunk

I think Patterson's play this inning speaks for itself actually

That is the first thing he's actually done wrong on defense today...

just sayin’

I think you've got problem with Patterson that precludes you

from seeing things as they are.

Not really a big fan of him or his bro.....but hey, Soriano would have made some mistakes out there too....

Patterson falls on his ass, AJ gets a triple.

DAmmit

halfblindcubbiegirl - June 27, 2008 reply

Soriano we need your bat, and your glove?

No...Fonzie would have hopped over it...

ok, I think it's appropriate for DeRosa to be in left next inning

I think it's appropriate

for Patterson never be used in outfield, ever again.

Why the hell wouldn’t you putt Murton right now? Just because Patterson’s a lefty—which doesn’t make up for his shit defense? Jesus H. Christ

because EPat is the lesser poison

Since when Murton got known for his defense?

Um.

Matt Murton is an above-average defensive left fielder. Srsly.

Is Murton

still on the big league team?

halfblindcubbiegirl - June 27, 2008 reply

Yeah.

Amazingly enough. He’s available right this second if Lou wants.

thats nifty

halfblindcubbiegirl - June 27, 2008 reply

J'YEAH!

Link

Well, since when has he been known to muck up?

He had 4 errors in all of 2006 when he was used as a regular in ‘06. His FP and RFg is good as well.

I don’t think you know what you’re talking about with Matt Murton as a “bad” outfielder.

Murton is average

of course he has little if any practice for about 10 days.
However HE IS THE ONLY LEFT FIELDER WE HAVE so might have been nice
if Lou had figured that out before the game started. You don’t like Murton and is his
.295 career than find ANOTHER left fielder but don’t let E-Pat out there

Bad news is that this was by far the most advantageous pitching match up the Cubs had for the
series

can't field..can't hit..and minus Z, and Demp can't pitch

I wonder

if the cubs lead mlb in LF errors

Wow

That DP is looking worse and worse

Gee, it would be nice if the Cubs had a guy...

...that hit for about the league average and played left field. Wonder where we could find a guy like that.

who would think

we’d miss soriano’s defense?

for real

I for one

Never thought I’d miss Soriano…

Matt Murton, perhaps?

Wow

Since when is Patterson this horrible of a fielder?? I remember him being able to catch and throw last week.

Soriano's back?

I didn’t know he returned from injury playing LF?

No, not yet

Sorry

that was sarcasm….as in something I figured Soriano would do in the field.

Never thought I would miss Soriano in the outfield

AND Hawk said that was impressive base running?? You mean impressive bad fielding, he better be on third on that play!

what is it

the second inning? third?

Give me a break, you guys…

LSA

a break?

Patterson has screwed up several times already. please give us a break

+1

So far this is two games he has cost us important runs for…

But to throw yourself on your own sword

in the second inning is a bit much.

several times?

twice. He’s a rookie, he’s going to make mistakes. This is the best team in the league, and they lead in come-from-behind wins. There’s plenty of time to get to Contreras. Step away from the ledge.

Dude,

just let them jump over, takes the misery away for all of us.

tony412 - June 27, 2008 reply

no lie

geez.

halfblindcubbiegirl - June 27, 2008 reply

+1,

The Sox have ALL the momentum now!

Epat is a mess

Patterson does not yet deserve a nickname.

Not even one with "E" in it?

Emphasis on the "E"

WartburgCub - June 27, 2008 reply

Lou was glaring out at LF by the way....

C'mon Demps

bail your defense out!

halfblindcubbiegirl - June 27, 2008 reply

Jessica predicted Patterson a problem in left and she was right

I tried to warn you guys

This is really not E-Pats fault. Lou continues to put him where he should not be and
act like Murton is not even on the team. He is ruining both of them at once.
Can’t watch the game but I expect the only reason Ward does not yet have an error is not
enough chances
DEFENSE MATTERS.

Lee is tired.

He might be need a day off, not two weeks.

yeah next time..Lou show him videos of all his GIDP's over and over

if he refuses a day off..darn it

white trash in the stands and on the field

Beautiful piece of hitting by Quentin up thr RF line, 3-0 Sox

3-0 Sux

EPatt

enjoy your last bus ride to Iowa you bum!

Eric Patterson isn't even the worst left-handed backup second baseman on this team right now.

Give it a rest.

LOL

Good one.

BlueSox - June 27, 2008 reply

Demp is keeping the ball down.

They’re hitting good pitches.

One-handed Soriano vs. two-handed Patterson. Discuss.

Not our day so far......we need to hold em at 3 with the lineup we have right now....

C'mon rain.....

.....let it pour

That was a really nice swing by Quentin there.

I miss Soriano and Reed Johnson :(

4-0 Sox

wow, he actually caught it. but again his pathetic arm comes to the rescue err failure

The way we're hitting

a 3 run lead could be a disaster

Starting to feel like yesterday a little.....getting killed with singles and doubles.....

alright...throw was real bad

relax....the sox can't bank on us

playing like ass for too long.

SoTxCub - June 27, 2008 reply

Are you f**** kidding me???

Eric Patterson makes Alfonso Soriano look like Willy Mays

white people like wayne brady because he makes denzel washington look like

malcom x

Oh come on

Ill give Epatt a few bad games, I mean DLee has played like shit lately and noone is calling for his ass to go to Iowa for leaving 5000000 men on base in the last month

can't agree more

I am!!

Lee go to Iowa

there

DLee = Proven

Epat = Corey Patterson redux

DLEe

has a history of not playing like a little leaguer

+1

I don't care about Lee's history

He’s KILLING us in the 3 hole-2005 was fluke-what’s it going to take to get Pinella to actually move him down? A ten game losing streak?

you're an idiot

i’m sorry, that is one of the dumbest things i’ve ever heard on here… why the hell would you send Lee to Iowa? while we’re at it we might as well send Zambrano to Peoria, Soto to the Arizona Fall League, and Lou can go manage Daytona… come on, use your head

let's not get into name calling

He didn't say that

Meanwhile, wuit the name calling.

no this is ridiculous

i might not be very vocal here often, but that is a just a ridiculously moronic comment… I understand a knee-jerk reaction, but still… you don’t go sending all-star players to AAA because they had a bad month…

Where exactly did he say send Lee to Iowa?

Keep going with the namecalling, dude.

Honestly, some people need to be heard that some of their opinions are straight up retarded. We’re all adults here—for the most part. If you can’t handle your opinion being ridiculed, then don’t post.

This isn’t the American school system: if you suck, you should be called out on this blog for sucking.

I think you're misreading.

The poster never said Lee should go to Iowa. He simply was asking for Patterson to get more of a chance.

And if personal attacks are in – then try learning to read.

You completely missing that point on my posts

, and thinking it’s personal attacks, is exactly what I’m talking about.

Nice picture, it’s not feminine at all.

I DONT WANT TO SEND LEE TO IOWA

I would never do that, but people were loving Epat about 3 days ago, LOVING him, he makes a couple bad plays and he will forever be on people shit list… Just like Theriot.

that makes much more sense

The Patterson Jr. experiment will be over soon, after this game he’ll probably be on the bus tonight

+1

Can we PLEASE throw someone out at home!?

Lieber up in the pen

Come on now....we don't need Lieber yet do we????

I knew I didn't like this line-up and I was right! Yuck!!!

so why is he in the outfield if he is a 2B?? Put him at 2B b/c Fontenot sucks and leave the OF’s out there

Agreed

GateCity, VA Cubs Fan - June 27, 2008 reply

I am usually an optimist, but I give up.

I was unaware that Eric PAtterson was the one elaving fastballs up in the zone for hitters to smack around

lol

and I was totally unaware that he was the one hitting into all those DP's

pay attention

he is the one missing the ball in front of him and tossing it away from the other guys on the field

Is thre still only one out?

sadly, yes

If Lieber comes into the game

We might as well start watching the Royals and Cardinals because this game is over.

CLOWN CAR TIME!

Double Play please!!!!

Jump, ledge-jumpers, jump!

God, I know now why I avoid game threads so much …. Pathetic.

They're not usually

quite this bad. It’s pronounced today. School’s out for summer.

Ah, that makes sense ...

People who just became Cubs fans in the last year or two. They’ll learn.

Still, perspective is a good thing.

Yeah it's

pretty annoying today.

So i guess it's the true fans that aren't bothered by

the Cubs having two brutal losses in a row, right?

Out of 162 games, no

It doesn’t bother me.

me either

it's not to be desired

but it’s not the end of the world, either.

Dempster

64 pitches through 2 1/3

Lou better get his ass thrown out

just exactly

what prospects do we have to get a SP now

Epat? no
PIe..NO
Hill.. NO

Yep, season's over ...

Pack it in and get ready to watch Derrick Rose this winter, I guess …

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dye stole 3rd?????????????????

Apeshit time!

GO LOU! IN PINIELLA WE TRUSTIELLA!

It's funny that everyone's smacking around DLee and PAtterson and even Soriano, but no

one has a word to say about Fotnenot or Dempster. Things that make you go HMMMMM…..

I guess you missed the comments about Fontenot earlier

He sucks

He's made most of the comments about Fontenot.

I made the comments about Fontenot, chief.

As did I chief

oh.you don't want me get started on that waste of a roster space - fontenot

Terrible call.

Ball beat him. Tag applied.

Dye WAS OUT!!!!!!!!

Sure was,

see above.

ARam, bad tag....tailspinning here but still get a DP and we are fine....

Clown Car Redux

ron describes a bad tag by rami

sounds like a general, collective cluster-F today

like yesterday???

yeah

No he wasnt

Hate to say it, but you're right. Not a good tag by Rammy.

yep..Dye was safe..bad tag by Rami

ron and pat agree - safe b/c of bad tag by rami

i dont have the video so i cant say

wonderful...now we cannot pitch..

i can't take this anymore...

i’m leaving my office and hopefully on my drive home we make something happen…..adios ya’ll

SoTxCub - June 27, 2008 reply

Dempster

isn’t really fooling anyone is he?

Everyone remember

Jose Contreras is pitching. Let’s get out of this inning down 4

no cuz we suck

signed,

most here on the board who apparently have not been watching all season

haha!

LOL

Down 8 I mean

crap

a bit tougher now

Things are trending badly for us.......don't like that we are going on the road with this product....

Demps you gotta shore it up pal!!!

This is the first time this year I'm actually getting frustrated with this team

it’s starting to remind me of the crap they trotted out in Dusty Year 3

They're not playing well,

but I certainly won’t go THAT far. I mean, dammm, they’re +4.5.

i'm usually the first to say that

however the last 10-12 games have been rough, even the wins… mental mistakes, bad ab’s… we’re going to be ok but this is a little disconcerting

We have guys

out with injuries right now too. That doesn’t help our situation.

DEAL FROM THE HAVE TO!

All of a sudden Dempster is allergic to strikes....

he is throwing strikes alright..but everyone and my cat can hit those pitches

I can hit piches?

71 pitches, 40 strikes. That's still quite a few balls...

That's 32 balls

to Hawk Harrelson

Grand slam

And off goes the TV

halfblindcubbiegirl - June 27, 2008 reply

+1

I’m actually going back to work now… how sad

Not ledge jumping

face it…..........we are banged up and have a slumping 1B…....AAA players at 2B and in LF

This series looks uglyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

and a AAA shortstop

It's bullpen time

and miller time… wow

Swisher with the slam. I'm outta here. the trols and crayfish will be around soon and I don't ahve the aptience.

agreed

i’m off too.

halfblindcubbiegirl - June 27, 2008 reply

Deja Vu all over again...

MikeOxbyg - June 27, 2008 reply

holy crap

god darn it..we have fallen way down into the gutter these past few days for sure

Down by 8 - right where we want 'em

Last Friday of the month = 8-run comeback day, right?

ChipSet - June 27, 2008 reply

Sure, why not

wotthehell... we've done it before!

Let me guess

That was Eric Pattersons fault right? While were at it we might as well blame Theriot on the bench?!

Wow.

Patterson now gives up a HR. Oopps.

Has

over 70 pitches and only the 3rd inning. Not good.

tucsoncubsfan - June 27, 2008 reply

Yikes. With apologies to Major League:

Dempster has walked the bases loaded.
Larry: Should I go get him?
Lou: No, let’s see how he responds.

Dempster has given up a grand slam to Nick Swisher. Sox lead 8-0.

Lou: You can go get him now…

LOL

At least you didn't go with the "Back up the truck" rant from ML2

ouch.

Please Rain

Please Rain Please Rain Please Rain Please Rain Please Rain Please Rain Please Rain Please Rain Please Rain Please Rain Please Rain Please Rain Please Rain Please Rain Please Rain Please Rain Please Rain Please Rain Please Rain Please Rain Please Rain Please Rain Please Rain Please Rain Please Rain Please Rain Please Rain Please Rain Please Rain Please Rain Please Rain Please Rain Please Rain Please Rain Please Rain Please Rain Please Rain Please Rain Please Rain Please Rain Please Rain Please Rain Please Rain Please Rain Please Rain Please Rain Please Rain Please Rain

I'm doing a rain dance

and my roof just started leaking. Crap

I guess Ken Harrelson doesn't know how to count

MAKE IT… NINE

4 + 4 = 8

4 + 4 = 9… to White Sox Announcers.

Dumbass

LMAO

If you were listening to his comments before

He was referencing to the 9th grand slam in the cub/sox series.

After saying that, he did say that STEVE Swisher hit the grand slam.

brewfan2 - June 27, 2008 reply

Good night....the dirty shirted White Sux fans can jeer and cheer today.....

cripes…...looks like back to back suck for the Cubbies…...unbelievable last two games….I blame most of the players out there for the last two games but heavily falls on pitching and general heads up our butts play…..ick

You are just

a fucking ray of sunshine.

Razzpunk...you've hit the jackpot...

Sue is cursing at you.

Good News!

The Cub pitchers only have to throw 8 innings today!

pathetic

play again today. Injuries are catching up. Poor fundamental play from the rooks. This could be a very long weekend.

Slakkr - June 27, 2008 reply

Just some crappy plays from the outfield and infield

Patterson and Fontenot with two simple mistakes, and while it doesn’t account for everything, it adds up. At least we can see what Lieber can do in a long-relief situation for once.

I am sorry this game is frustrating

If people can’t understand that, well too bad. Am I jumping off the ledge, no. But, I am concerned with our left fielder and our slumping no make that “slumped” first baseman. We are playing bad baseball and that makes me upset. I don’t have to bring out pom poms every time the Cubs play.

LSA! LSA!!!! LSA!!!!!

I DRIVE A DODGE STRATUS!

I’m sorry, BUT I’M UPSET!

Nobody's shaking pom-pons

But you do understand it’s a long season, and there will be highs and lows. At least I hope you understand it. This team is a bit banged-up right now. Another week or so and things will look better.

You're concerned about this game

when our starting LF and RF are injured to semi-injured, when the current players occupying their position have below-average arms?

Ballclubs go through slumps. The Cubs have been hotter than cow dung for the majority of this season: a 5-5 of last 10 isn’t even that bad of a slump. But, for those new trendy Cubs that are coming through the grape vines this year, then yeah, it’s catastrophic.

You don’t have to bring out pom poms every day, but people don’t have to scream bloody murder as well. Giving out criticism is great, especially if it’s constructive criticism. But there’s a fine line between that and moaning and groaning like a 12 year old—which does absolutely nothing for absolutely no one

There's no sense trying to reason with them

they run exclusively on emotions… life’s more exciting that way, doncha know

Well its still early though....

Chip away at the lead

Hey Look...

John Lieber will get to finish the inning…and after his effecent .2 innings of work… Lou will pull him and use Howry, Wertz, Marmol, and Wood to finish the game.

Werd

lol

Jon Lieber, but still. Maybe Marmol can go 2 innings today!

All I can say is Pinella better get this figured out fast

or this season has the potential to completely fall apart on us

Oh, shut up

I’m out of here. Too many asinine posters with no perspective and no grip on reality.

Have fun with your pity party, kids.

Why don't YOU shut up?

Some of us are actually BOTHERED by the Cubs losing-

who isn't bothered?

but it’s not a crippling blow to the season or anything.

Then please start

your own fanpost on the side so we don’t have to hear your bitching.

Sorry, I forgot

the “real’ Cub fans never complain about anything the Cubs do

Sure we complain

but just not nonstop.

nobody SAID that.

figured out???

Like a healthy Soriano
a healthy Kosuke
and a 1b not slumping

pretty easy to figure out dude

lol

...

wow. just wow.

Did DLee

take notes on the Swisher at bat? That’s what you do with the bases loaded.

tucsoncubsfan - June 27, 2008 reply

+1

-1

0

= -1

+2

Jon gets a pretty generous call there. Ump must feel bad for the Cubs.

Jon Lieber a starter?

Hmmmmm

Better

to play like shit now than in August and Sept

Obviously this wouldn't have happened if Eric Patterson wasn't such a bad pitcher.

You know who we need? RICH. FREAKING. HARDEN.

TWSS!

Ruling?

Access granted.

No Denial. See below

ba dum twssss

Hahahahahahahaha!!!!

We need Harden, Sabathia, and God playing short. At least.

This might cost the Cubs their whole farm system.

God is lefthanded...

he’s a natural corner outfielder.

Look at the bright side of all this...

expose the injuries and weaknesses NOW, before the trading deadline while the Cubs can still do something about it.

It is just one game. Lou knows that teams go through funks during a 162 game schedule.

But with injuries coming out now, they can hopefully make moves to adjust. Let’s stay calm. Marmol seems to be figuring things out. Hopefully D-GIDP-Lee will figure things out too!!

Go Cubs!!

Okay, that's the first encouraging thing I've heard

Thank you!

Friday afternoon down by 8

Crappy pitcher on the opposing mound… where have I heard this before?

Chubby Hugs - June 27, 2008 reply

:D

Exactly

Frustrating last two games (DUH) but at least the All-Star break is coming....

just hope we don’t let STL and MIL get closer by then…..looks like we are entering one of the first really bad stretches of play….let’s keep it a mini-slump instead of a collapse…..guess it is more frustrating because we saw most of this opening half of the season a much better team out there…..lots of dumb stuff happening to us right now…......my biggest problem right now is DLee’s crashing slump…..

I agree

Lee is my single biggest worry right now-maybe it’s going to take a six or seven game losing streak to force Pinella to put him in the 5 spot

the problem here is

high expectations. We expect to win. We expect them to win EVERY GAME.

It’s impossible.

And frankly, I’d rather get beaten by another first-place team than… Baltimore.

SA

Just like yesterday

I can’t believe we’re going through this two days in a row

Despite the favorable match-up

In hindsight, Dempster was more “due” than an expecting mother at 42 weeks.

Also, the best outfielder was playing DH and the best DH was playing outfield.

Man, is Cedeno auditioning today or what?

Our expectations are high but that is partly because we still have the best record in baseball....

so we got used to seeing the best of this team….but every baseball team also shows its ugly side during the long season….just hope to keep the slumpy times to a minimum….if we are still struggling like this by mid to late July then maybe we can start totally freaking out…..

Great catch.

GREAT PLAY BY CEDENO> THAT'S WHAT A ML SS LOOKS LIKE!!!!!!!!!

Freakin awesome

Now that type of play at SS could get Theriot more time on the bench.

Finally something to cheer about

Let’s get some runs!

Can we combine Cedeno's D with Theriot's offense?

Put them in a cement mixer

and you’ll get TheDeno or CeRiot. I like the latter. One hell of a ballplayer. :-)

I know this has been beaten to death

but I think DLee has been the ultimate problem the last few days. If he makes one out instead of two all the time we could have been in every one of those games. I’m frustrated because he has been one of my favorite players for years. Even today, if he puts the ball in play we score. Changes the tone of the game.

Right

That’s why, for his own good as well as the team’s, Pinella HAS TO move him down in the order-it certainly isn’t helping to run him out there everyday and watch his brutal hitting in clutch situations-I’m at the point whee I’m hoping he’ll “only” strike out when he comes up because then at least we have Ramirez up next.

you don't move

your All-Star first-baseman down in the order.

well the once all star is playing like a shit star for the past few games..

and he will come back.

This is the same “discussion” we had about Soriano, over and freakin’ over again.

Totally agree.

How do we not have any runs yet?

Good one

I guess I just have to whine to get it:)

Soto!

Hello Soto!

Blue W - June 27, 2008 reply

B2B JAX

Rooh, Rooh, Raggy!!

sneaky power

need back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back

homers

Or the skies to open up NOW

alright..bases empty for Lee..may be he will get one of out of the infield today

it would be funny if he still manages to hit into a DP