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First Pitch Thread: Cubs vs. Giants, Monday 6/30, 9:15 CT

NATIONAL League baseball. 'Bout time!

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Go Dome!

Hit Zito hard!!

Nice precision cutting :)
Hey guys...

I’m sitting on hold with Comcast right now… CSN+ not working in Peoria… again… I’m so mad… 20 min on hold so far

That sucks.

Good luck.

Funny, it's working in HD in Peoria

Channel 947

of course

not in sd though… channel 74 never works

Comcast blows
i'm telling them one more problem and they can switch it off and directv is going in
Where've you been

We could have used the Hough the last few nights

For comfort, if nothing else

i've been staying away on purpose

i got a little frustrated last time i was in here… went out and bought team fortress 2… much stress alleviated… better now

oh, that seriously sucks. :(

You haven’t missed much yet.

watching it

on CSN. Duane Kuiper and Mike Krukow with the call

I am not getting the HD feed on the West Coast either

but I’d still rather watch Len & Bob the old way than watch the Giants broadcasters in HD. I am loyal to my Cubs and the Cubs’ broadcast!

i hear you. but this is the MLB extra innings package
Agreed. But I'l watch +150 games in HD.

No prob.

But it does piss me off that DirecTV is not

picking up the CSN+ feed. They have picked up the HD feed from CSN+ in the past.

I hear ya

But even though it’s the West Coast feed, it’s there

I actually kind of like these guys.

I laughed when they crossed out the bald guy.

Me too and I feel dirty about it
much like west coast crowds...

it arrived late

Can anyone tell us hicks

Who live south of I-80 what is going on?

And how many CLTV games are left?

Looks like 3.
What gives?

I’m in Chicago and I’m getting the San Francisco call on the HD channel and Len and Bob on the SD channel. I’m watching the HD because I’ve become spoiled and the announcers are OK.
Anybody have any ideas?

DirecTV

BTW

No HD for CSN on DirecTV it appears tonight.

Same problem here in LA. I refuse to watch the SF broadcast.

feed the hamster in your hdtv more food and he'll spin the wheel faster
hamster driven TV
isn't that what it stands for?

that’s what the “product specialist” at best buy told me….

You've got Fontenot in your TV?
Which channel?

I’ve got the San Fran HD feed on DirecTV but I don’t see any SD channel with Len and Bob.

Jimmy walks, Murton flies out, Cedeno up, 1 out
Right throught the wickets!
Lil late there eh Al?
Wow

Maddog: Nine consecutive starts w/o win

Leaves behind 8-3

Still want him, Al?
I'm officially afraid of the Cards now

And I HATE that feeling

Be not afraid

It’s only halftime.

You know that scene in Fatal Attraction

When Glenn Close rises up out of the bathtub and Michael Douglas has to shoot her a few times to make sure she is dead?

That’s what it is going to take. I’m afraid this weekend’s series is going to be the bunny boiling for us.

Here we go ...

Get the ledges ready …

better get the nets ready too...

...the paper nets. ;-)

why? because they beat the mets?

I watched that game, the mets just aren’t good.

Still not sure they have the horses

They’re overperforming by soooo much right now

OT - Any Ideas

where I can get “Hey Hey Holy Mackeral” in mp3 for free? Wanna make it my ringtone ‘cuz I hate the new Cubs song

Try a google search -- I found something once, but I don't know what the site was anymore
I guess it would help if I'd been spelling Mackerel correctly
I'll try to remember to look when I have a chance.

Too much multi-tasking….

Seriously, your brain could fry if you don't cut back
not sure it could get worse than it already is
you can multi-task?
i'm shocked too.
I can feel da love in here...
i've missed you badger

gotta pick on you. :-)

with friends like these ;-)
Yep! price of being gone!

You were missed. ;)

does breathing count?
Anyone doing PxP

today?

b/c the blind one would appreciate it…

Can't help you...Be too slow and confused on XM...
2 on 2 out Dome up
sure... static on first, second and third

and apparently it’s snowing in san fran… didn’t know that was possible

It's global warming
no, just stupid comcast
We need a Dome-bomb right here
Dome is due.
Come on Dome!

Hit it here!

West Coast

is okay on nights like tonight. As soon as I put my boys to bed I’m here until the end.
Go CUBS!

2 out 2 on for Dome
Can Lilly take some lessons from Dempster

on the art of the sac bunt. Just watch in a mirror to get the lefty at bat.

tired of our pitchers not bunting well
If that's the worst that someone can say of our starters when the year is over, I'll be happy
i don't know

not doing simple baseball basics that can help the team win is a pretty big deal to me

Dome singles…Edmonds scores 1-0 cubs

thanks, bump!
YAY!!!

Go DOME!!!!

HEY HEY!

Game just came on to see Jimmy Baseball score!!!

TWSS?
Good timing! :D

Welcome to the video.

He did it!!!

He didn’t look for that curve ball, but adjusted for it

Help guys

The Internet isn’t working on my “good” computer, so no Gameday Audio. Stuck with Gameday on the ol’ fart. A little description would be appreciated.

zito can't find the zone

2 on, 2 out 3-2 on the riot

Look at Jimmy Baseball going balls out on a bum wheel!!!

Attaboy Jimmy!

time for 2 to get 23
I love your sig
ty

straight from a dusty broadcast on ESPN!

2-1 2 out to the riot
Now a good charm?

I did this right after Dome struck out in his first at bat…

not anymore

looks like it’s up the hough ;-)

lol!

I think so. Dome’s going to be awesome now. :P

Zito is Hill-esque

Anybody has a pitch count?

46

I was glad we got him

riot grounds back to zito

3 out

Theriot taps to Zito

3 out…Cubs 1 Giants 0

We should prolly have about 3 or 4 runs right now
Be happy with one

Take what you can get.

we should also be 15 games up on stl

and i should be married to kirsten dunst… but you can’t always get what you want…

lol!

+1

I’m happy with the lead, as long as we keep it. :)

Um, I'm married to Kirsten Dunst

you can have Julia Stiles

Can I have Jessica Alba?
If I get Denise Richards

as well.

if you haven't seen her new show on E! (i think...)

check it out… she’s hot

and

f’n nuts

You were expecting a Rhodes scholar?
Lips that touch Charlie Sheen's

Will never touch mine. That man is a walking petri dish

ha

no. but still, caa-ray-zee.

the nuttier the better for me

more fun that way, i hate predictable girls

you will have a long life then iswaidz

if you like drama queens

haha

yeah, but theres fun & random and then theres CRAZY. :-P

I need to watch this show if she's really this insane
yeah, I dated crazy

and not the fun kind

but SB I think we are about a decade older than him
young pup
arrrgh

I can’t believe I said that

I'm insane

She’s insane.
together we’ll be safe and insane together.

+1

But she is from Downers Grove.

Hey! How come you get two beautiful women?
I'm a dirty old man

I need some consolation.

don't one of you guys want the chick that did the 7th inning stetch last week

that you were drooling over

The Hough..

I’ll take her if no one else wants her..lol..

Julianne Hough
The Hough

I’d feel guilty claiming her all by myself…but it no one else wants her…

Pete and Repete..
I couldnt remember her name.

But I was home and my parents have cable so I got to actually watch the game. Mom sat down for a few minutes to watch the game it was during the 7th, she not a baseball fan.

She looks at me and says does that girl realize they are playing a game? They just got a hit and she kept talking.
I burst into laughter. and told her I ponder this fact often during home games

Dibs on Lara McAllen.
done and done
But if you try sometimes you might find

You get what you need

nice catch ;-)
What if you NEED Scarlett Johanssen?
then you get her, my friend...

you go out there and get her… restraining order be damned!

prolly my favorite Stones song
satisfaction...

one of the few i like… not the biggest stones fan, but they have a couple good ones

me either.

I love the lyrics. They are so true.

how's lilly looking tonight?
Not half bad.

But the strike zone seems strangely high tonight.

walked the first batter then got a DP and a strike out

He looks okay—that initial walk sort of sucked.

lilly seems to be decent tonight

Krukow says Zito and Lilly are of similar makeup. I don’t know if
that is a compliment or not

Sheesh. Yahoo is WAY behind.

I’ve still got a 3-1 count.

47 pitches for Zito

only 25 of them strikes.

anybody want to play NAME THAT MOLINA???
The good one. Bengie (SP)
Isn't there a Harpo Molina now?

Seriously, I’ve lost track. It is somewhat impressive, I guess.

my favorite is steve
Groucho Molina?
I hate them all
Molina

singles..

molina lines one to right

murton actually takes a good line on the ball, holds him to a single

or lines one to left...
Anyone explain this to me?

Just opened my mail, and this shirt was in it. My mother’s email is on it, so I’m assuming she ordered it for me…were these the old shirts that orders got all FUBARED late last year?!

no large pictures

during the game threads!

The new thread's supposed to post in 24 minutes, and we are only at 150 posts...chillax
just stopping you before you went nuts.

:-)

didn’t mean for it to come out so bitchy. sorry.

at first, I thought

you were referring to conversations about Jose Valverde

try and keep 'em under 300x300

like this…

She seems friendly.
i'd take her out for a nice seafood dinner...

and i would call her again

what if she ate crackers in bed?

just wonderin’

"giggles" but keeps my mouth shut
it's all good

as long as she makes my bed in the morning after i leave… she can eat ANYTHING she wants in it

Don't use it yet!!!
don't worry

that’s not the good luck picture… there are many like it, but this one is not it

Nothing like a woman that wears 3 lbs of make-up
Is it just me or is her smile a little...off

Like the surgeon’s knife slipped.

Crackers in bed? Nah.

But if she brought Doritos? Yeah, she’s gone. I HATE Doritos in bed.

Don't speak ill of the Hough!!! ;)
i don't think anything illegitament has ever touched that girl

no joke

Or anything illegitimate, either ... sorry, it was a layup
yeah yeah yeah
And if you wanna find me a resizer like XP Resizer, but for OS X, then I'll be happy to reduce my image size
Should be able to do it on flickr. Click the All Sizes magnifying glass that's to the left and above the photo.
This might work best...thanks
paint .net

search for it on download.com

I don't want a program...XP Resizer allows you to right click a picture and simply select an image size that's smaller...

...and it makes a copy for you. This is just another program…

Soooo no one knows if these were the shirts from last year? Or a rogue shirt??
GREAT fastball by lilly

K on the PASSION AND THE FIRE

That was such a pretty pitch.
Need we mention Theriot's D?
single up the middle

past a diving riot

I GET IT NOW!!!

THANK YOU!!

Pasta Diving Theriot
Pasta sounds good.

why am I always hungry during these threads?!

I don't know, but I just had some dark chocolate...
keep the chocolate give me ice cream!
mmm . . . dark chocolate

I could subsist on that and scotch for a week

nothing new

Aurillia always hits well against us

Let's get these next two guys

and lead off the next inning with Zito

Maybe we can keep the leadoff guy off base

fc to 3rd, dero slow on throw to 1st

2 out, 2 on

Come on, let's get of this

Do my ears deceive me, or are the Cubs fans louder than the Giants fans…was that a Let’s go Cubbies cheer?

pop up to lee almost in the stands

3 out

Paint that glove gold! D-Lee!!!
Gameday says Lilly's fastball is 88

thats… not good.

It's faster than Zito's...
yeah, but his good stuff is in the low 90s
Jamie Moyer would kill for that 88 mph fastball
Nope

People would actually be able to tell where that one’s going

Comcast

Chicago has clocked him at 91. SFO at 90

plus it seems to be moving alot

and his curve is around 70-78 mph so a 10 mph chang is pretty good

Zito will lead off ... we're still ahead ... I'm happy
Booo.

I love Santa Barbara, but no Bay Area sports channels here. : (

thats pretty

all i’ve got is corn fields

great everclear song
+1
even though it's santa monica ;-)
i don't care

i love that song

soto singled btw
thnx

i was wondering how he got on base… gameday crapped out on me

1 + 2
= 3
Using that NU degree, I see ;)
And not even a math major! All-around education, I tell ya. : )
northsider is a recent grad?

Congrats!

thank you!

Commencement Speaker Richard “Da Mare” Daley
Journalism Convocation Speaker Bill Emmott (Editor Emeritus, The Economist)

What was Daley's topic?

How to stuff a ballot box

lol

He started out well. “A lot of people tell you this country’s best days are behind it. Well don’t listen to them.” But then he went off the rails, talking about a couple citizens in Chicago who did great things but it didn’t have much to do with his original point. He talked a lot about himself and his accomplishments with the public schools. Then he just basically launched into a marketing schpiel as if he was asked, “Why should Chicago go after the Olympics?” instead of, “What is your advice to us graduates?” On top of that, the man confused subject-verb agreement the entire day – “Our children is the future” – and mispronounced words and got other facts wrong (“I’m happy to be here for the 105th Commencement” .... it was the 150th). A lot of us were pretty let down.

Emmott, however, was quite enjoyable. He’s British, so getting to hear that accent and humor is always a plus, and he had a lot of clever things to say, along with good optimism about the future of journalism.

Probably way too long of a response for your joke question....haha
Lol I enjoyed it
Did you graduate too?
Can't tell if this is a joke or not..

But yeah, this past winter

From NU? Congrats!!
No

Though I’m stunned that a politician would take about himself at a commencement…just stunned

NW grad!

Congrats!

Thank you! Do you have an NU connection?
My brother is an NU grad...
Lots

Even though I was accepted at Medill for a master’s in journalism, I chose a different school and lived to regret the decision every day—until I met my fiancee at the other school.
However, I’ve worked with NW in several capacities and admire and respect their administration. Hopefully, I can get a real, full-time job there soon.

I know a professor or two I could get you in touch with. No guarantees, but maybe it's worth a shot?
At South Carolina

we was tot it wuz for

2 on! 1 out!

Let’s make something happen here!!!

twss?
If you have to question it, it doesn't deserve to be
eh...doesnt' give me heartburn
nope

she did not say that

weak I vote for denied
you'd vote that no matter what it was!
I represent... err resent that remark
Foghorn Leghorn quotes

you my friend are odd. :-)

i've been told that before also
There it also

takes one to know one.

I say, I say, son . . .

have a feeling Edmonds is going deep tonite

This seems like it should be easy

but I’m only following on gameday.

J-Ed

lets go, buddy!

okay

what happened his AB. gameday skipped the end of that one too

struck out, bad swing
Jedmonds strikes out
For those of you who question the Hough

Please enjoy this (large image, opens in new window…)

What were we talking about again?
And who's this?
julianna hough

the good luck charm… you can really appreciate her stunningness there… those eyes… are… yeahhhhhhhhhhhhh

julianne even
Sure can

But why is she famous for?

won dancing w/ the stars on ABC

and she “sings”

really

i was gonna go w/ “she’s got boobs”

++11111111
HA HA HA

WORD!

the funny thing is

i don’t think she’s THAT attractive… just good luck…

More of a running joke than anything

I’d still think she’s kinda cute, though

Kelly Pickler was cuter...
But more annoying.
She didn't know the words though

‘Popcorn and Cracker Jacks’

Not like it matters…

Kelly Pickler never started a rally
you say that like there's something wrong with it....
No

i just didn’t know that she’d really done anythng.. i figured y’all were going on b/c of the boobs.

just teasing-- I actually haven't contributed to the Hough talk

other than the cracker joke

i know you were teasing.

:-)

Our love for the Hough is not shallow

At least not anymore shallow than y’all’s for Geo ;)

BS.

Geo scores runs and throws people out. Didn’t we win this argument last week?

I'm sure Hough scores and then throws them out, too!
if she's smart she does the later part lol
even if it's Geo?
No. Being men, we just let you guys think you'd won it
i love mark derosa

and lamp

My love for him is much deeper...

a catcher that can hit like that and have such an awesome fielding percentage… how could I NOT fall in love

interestingly enough

most girls have those… that was news to me… funny when you learn in life, huh? ;-)

She won DWTS's twice
I watch...

House and baseball on TV. Sorry for my lack of pop culture knowledge.

NP
And I was actually

replying to Iswaidz’s comment.

+1

for House

+ 5 (bottles of Vicodin)
+1

glass of scotch to wash it down

The Hough sang the stretch in a game where the Cubs were behind

rally, came up short

lswaidz posted a pic, rally, came up short again, but just barely

So The Hough is a good luck charm

or a rally killer...

either way she makes it interesting!

Doesn't do it for me...airbrush galore
Brunettes have more fun.
very true
+1
Yep. :)
Glad to get so much agreement on this. No offense blondes, but brunettes rule.
MATTY!!!!!!!

3-0

Base hit Murton!

What do you know?

2 run double for murton..

3-0

a little love for the red head!
Holy S---! Murton with an XBH. 2 runs score
It's almost as though a small sample of performance is misleading!
I love the sacrasm
OMFG

Murton with a DOUBLE….

2 RBI… play at plate… GREAT slide right under and around the tag

3-0 cubbies

Murton comes through!

It’s a miracle!

YAY MURTON!!!!!!!!

Go Ginger Go!

Great RBI Gapper!

Here’s the gap!

I love this more every time I see it
hmmmm

everytime you post that now dragon the cubs inning ends….

Good time for Murton have get that whole

n XBH thing over with! :-)

ha ha ha

I never thought I’d see Cedeno IBB.

Seems like the only way to get Cedeno to walk

is to do it intentionally.

he wanted to go after the 3rd pitch
MATT

take that all you Matt haters !!!

Cmon TR

Make ‘em pay

Make 'em pay

Lilly

Wow lillys swing is ugly
somedays his pitching is as well
And DeRosa

didn’t stop at 3rd. Again only the computer here but I’ve been complaining about baserunning so I have to give credit to DeRo for scoring from 1st.

Add on Lilly!!
I'm back...

I see my absence did the Cubs well. Hopefully might return won’t screw things up—and my Internet won’t go down again.

Lilly K's

bottom of 3rd. Cubs 3 Giants 0

Ted'
Ugh.

Ted’s bat has really cooled off.

Kid Ginger will pick him up
Don't worry, he will compete with RJ all the way till the end

Lily will not surrender!

Reed will be back soon to motivate him

he needs that extra kick in the ass

oh well

at least they scored 2. Haha, bout time…

so i'll be honest w/ all of you

this is the first game i’ve watched since game two of the baltimore series… i needed a break… i knew what was going on, didn’t tune in for the pitch of the sox games (mostly because of meetings… i have a job afterall) however it looks like we both needed a break from each other… it’s good to see them back in form again

Glad to have you back.
hi!
Lol at the Cubs fans cheering Zito
Zito rules!
Almost as awesome as Gorzelanny.
and as awesome as terio and fonteno
Did DeRo really score from first on a double?

We (or at least Lou) know that DeRo is too slow to bat near the top of the order.

What the hell happened to Zito??

What does he suck SOOOO MUCH now?

A's pitchers tend to be overrated

The only SP’s that are solid are Hudson and Haren. After that the rest pitiful/injured. Blanton is also overrated (and yes BlueMike, so it Harden).

B/c of the A's park

(the name of which i can’t remember) or just b/c they’re the A’s?

Network Associates, McAfee, Oakland-Alameda, whatever its name is this week
A's park

I went to the A’s vs Redsox in 2003. Man, Tejada from the A’s owned the Redsox pitching and haha, I really enjoyed booing Nomar :)

But yes, that park is freekin huge! I guess you can say it is as bad as PETCO Park.

thought thats where you were going

:-)

As much as I love Len & Bob

I switched to the HD feed on DirecTV. Krukow is a sour-puss, but he is easier to take as long as the Giants are losing.

This is exactly

what I am talking about. As a computer watcher I am crazy happy to see this happen.
Go Cubs!

I am talking about De Ro scoring from first on a double.
So is anyone actually talking about baseball here?
I wish Lincecum had signed w/the Cubs when they drafted him?
I was trying...

“What the hell happened to Zito?”

We'll get there ...

It’s only the EOT 3rd

CS 2-6

AWESOME throw by Geo

That was perfect throw

Great arm

""wishes she had cable to see that one" "pout*
it was really pretty.

I’m sure it will be on a highlight reel somewhere.

Soto!
He's awesome!
I love him
Not as much as I do. :P
Soto guns him down!
what a stud!!!
+1
In Japanese expression....

we use knife instead of gun to talk about throwing somebody out

What would that look like in English?
"knifes him out"?
Just like

prick him out

...or

shiv him out

Strike 3

3 out

Look at that throw. Geo nails the runner, Lilly gets another K, good inning
There goes Soto!!!

Proving our adoration isn’t shallow. ;)

Geo

just hope our adoration isn’t premature… we’ve already inaugurated him the All Star game starter just hope he can keep up that level of love!!!

I have lots of faith in geo!
Pitch counts

thru 3.0 innings: Zito 74; Lilly 40.

Looks good through three
oh really?
ack!!

I hate when I try and click on a reply and the page jumps. I end up posting under the wrong comment. Sorry

Looks like

The Greatest bullpen Joe Morgan ever seen had some problems tonight

3 runs in the 9th? lol

Good thing Morgan knows zip about stats or he'd throw Sample Size! in your face.
"My point is you can't compare things with statistics." --Joe Morgan
Again, those are NUMBERS!!!

Are you going to trust numbers, or the wisdom and experience of Joe Morgan???

He played for the BIG RED MACHINE!
True story

Some player told Joe Morgan he grew up watching the BRM, and Morgan said so on the broadcast

Baseball this Morning did the math … the kid would have barely been born at the end of the BRM days … he was blowing smoke and Morgan didn’t even know it

Just remember consistency is the key in the land of Joe Morgan
awww...

was that game ending? or did they just give it up to a tie or something?

"Statistics are just numbers in disguse, they're just history - they mean nothing today."

-Joe Morgan

Alright dome, let's get that AVG back to 300
not this time...
Im a little disappointed in Dome not being more patient that AB. This guy has no control
if you get a pitch in the middle of the plate

why does it matter if you’ve been patient that AB?

I have to say (slightly off topic)

as a pacific northwest guy these days, it’s funny to see Riggelman as manager of the Mariners. I remember him all too well in cubbie blue…

No odder

than seeing Henry Cotto, Phil Bradley or Cuffs playing for the M’s.

Dragon, maybe you can answer this...

is it bad luck, or dishonorable, or even against Japanese stereotypes for Kosuke to be wearing “Fukudome” on his jersey instead of the more standardized “Kosuke,” or is that just an American misconception?

That normal to wear family name

Ichiro is just the special and very unique case….
Americans and other foreign players in Japan sometimes wear his first name instaed of family name in NPB, just as Alex Ochoa wears “ALEX”

very interesting

thank you :-)

is just because

Ochos is very hard to say, and remind us some bad Japanese word…

Lee lofts one to the Passion

and the Cubs go down 1-2-3

Passion?
the passion and the fire

aaron rowand… every sox fan EVER who called into the score last year said they wanted Rowand back because he “had the passion and the fire” (in a THICK chicago accent, of course) and those were the only reasons they wanted him

new thread open for biz
And you didn't post a link?
Wow, the Brewers are losing to the D Backs

Hopefully the D Backs can hold onto the lead.

BCB Poll

Is ARAM watching this game ???

I doubt it.
Remember

DR is 2 hours ahead of Chic

Your point? If he actually had time to watch the game, I think he'd be in San Francisco.
I'd hope he's holding his wife's hand while she swears at him in spanish
He's got bigger things on his plate.
He's watching a cockfighting match

probably not

Woo Hoo

2 Run jack, DeRo!!

100 pitches

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