Bleed Cubbie Blue

Oddly enough...

My UID is 921, and your’s is 1840 – almost half! We’re like brothers!

woah..

thats spooky!

thru 6, cain's at 81 pitches

that seems like a lot, is it?

halfblindcubbiegirl - July 1, 2008 reply

about 15/inning

Prolly means he gets the 7th, maybe the 8th if they want to stretch him and the Cubs don’t get to him

I am out of beer

Any of you live in Roland and wanna help a Cub Fan out?

Your name's PATRON...figure it out

+1

ha ha ha

Lot's of anger

I think.?.
But I don’t get it.

Patron=Tequilla

Thank you.

I dumb

Lemme help...

...do you have a brother named CUSTOMER?

rowland heights, ca?

Roland, ia

our boys are looking tired..no energy

Not Bruce Froemming - July 1, 2008 reply

Excellent starting pitching

will do that to a club. I don’t think they’re tired at all.

so excellent starting pitching would make a club look lethargic/tired/sleepy ...oh..thanks Yoda!

It is not "Excellent SP" ..Cain is pitching a "Good" game and our hitters are swinging at everything

that catches their eye. It’s so amazing how you certify the opposite team’s pitching as “Excellent” every time our offense struggles.

Not Bruce Froemming - July 1, 2008 reply

Not every time ...

But I’ve been watching this game. Have you?

And every time the offense struggles, you blame it on the team being tired and lacking energy. Maybe they should take some Geritol, just to make you happy.

Geritol?! Why that could lead to senate hearings!

OH, GAWD!!!!!!!!!

THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHY WILL NO ONE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!!!!!!

Yes I am watching this game Bruce..May be you need to take it easy on that koolaide.

Were you a male cheer leader during your HS days?

dude

chill

halfblindcubbiegirl - July 1, 2008 reply

same 2 you..

i'm fine

but i’m trying to warn you that fighting with not bruce is NOT the way you want to spend your evening.

halfblindcubbiegirl - July 1, 2008 reply

Guys fight nice otherwise Al will give you both a time out :)

Off base.

No need to get personal.

Platform time

Negative Nellies: Less filling

Holier-Than-Thou: Great taste

Immature Clowns: Who the h#ll cares? It’s beer!

hee hee

that one never gets old.

I was just thinking that same thing.

how can it not make you giggle

TWSS

to me.

They’re staging a Caine Mutiny (budda bing)

leothelip - July 1, 2008 reply

Yeah, it's like they woke up from that ugly first inning....

in order to take a nap. DLee has looked good. Dome and Ward have not.

mighgt take me a while

I thought they would be tired yesterday, with the night flight and all

but they do look lethargic tonight instead

Marquis suddenly is fooling no one

Marquis hasn't been fooling anyone.

Lot of deep fly outs this game.

Well he fooled

Hendry – OUT OF $21MM!!!

haha

+1

BradB311 - July 1, 2008 reply

not to defend him but hes pitched a lot better than I thought he was

seriously

2 runs through 7 is not bad at all. Only 3 hits. Cut the kid some slack, even the best pitchers need run support

Uh, we're not quite through six yet.

But I don’t disagree—Marquis almost has himself a quality start.

ah, sorry.

my bad twas a typo.

this is the worst lineup in the league in a pitchers park

those factors must be taken into account

So they've been shutout every ball game???

Look at the bright side—we’re 50% through that contract

leothelip - July 1, 2008 reply

has a ball been caught at the track?

Yes, in CF and in RF

BB spending too much time thinking about other men's facial hair

That taxi cab story was kinda funny, though.

Look, I'm not exactly a Marquis fan

but 2 runs isn’t exactly AWFUL

halfblindcubbiegirl - July 1, 2008 reply

+1

+1000

great minds think alike +1

Come on

unless he pitches a shut-out every time out he sucks. Don’t make excuses.

Agreed..

Quality start.

Bump Bailey - July 1, 2008 reply

agreed

+1

Hard to see where that pitch missed...

litte high

according to gameday

halfblindcubbiegirl - July 1, 2008 reply

However, looking back

the FA pitchers were: Zito, Schmidt, Padillo, MArquis, Meche, and Lilly. I did this from memory…Hendry picked two…

Nice company for Ted. He looks like a HOFer

leothelip - July 1, 2008 reply

I mean

“PADILLA”

let's call the whole thing off...

Harden is pitching tonight.

Wanna bet bluemike is watching that game instead of the cubs one lol

well he does have a "harden" for him

Still trying figure out how many GUESS HACK HITTERS

we’d have to give up to get him

“Would just Lee be enough, or should we throw in that worthless Ramirez as well?”

brew get one back 8-5

Marquis is losing it.

DeRosa also mentioned

on ESPN 1000 today, that missing the injured ones + A-Ram, really puts the team at a disadvantage. They are “superstars” for a reason.

yeah because thats news

no shit they miss the big guns

halfblindcubbiegirl - July 1, 2008 reply

so do the red sox

look how bad they have been since ortiz left

At least he acknowledged

that his 3 for 35 until last night stunk.

um.

yeah. why is this news? did you think he was happy to be playing so poorly?

halfblindcubbiegirl - July 1, 2008 reply

I'm goign to go out on limb and say

Larry didn’t tell Jason to throw a 60 foot splitter.

I think it's important to note the difference between process and results.

Marquis has been getting good results so far this game (subject to change as I write this). But that’s not the same as pitching well.

Agreed

Come on Marquis. one more.

Do we have anyone up? I’m getting nervous.

Yes sir

K!

I'm so glad that was John Bowker

and not a major league hitter.

ha

Batter bailed out Jason there.

Nothing filthy about Marquis’ pitch. The batter had just made up his mind to swing no matter what.

Does this team have bullpen worth talking about?

I know about Brian Wilson, but what else?

louslovechild - July 1, 2008 reply

the rest is merely

pet sounds

+1

I bet Wilson gets that a lot.

pshew

That was close.

Let’s go postal on Cain now and break this game wide open.

Edmonds time!

I actually feel bad

and respect Edmonds. His foot/leg is really bothering him.
.
.
.
.
I love watching D Ward run

at least make Cain throw some pitches here

At the risk of being redundant....

did you know Cain has a shutout going?

you mean, no runs?

no way!

halfblindcubbiegirl - July 1, 2008 reply

I'm looking forward

to Edmonds facing the Redbirds…

Dave Matthews band - apparently this year's tour has been pretty shitty

sucks because they are a really good band

They were.

Really haven’t liked them since after Busted Stuff.

Roger that

TheRiot Police - July 1, 2008 reply

busted stuff was a great album

but stand up…yuck

Most of their live shows have been good..

Bump Bailey - July 1, 2008 reply

Hey give em a break - LeRoi was in critical care yesterday after an ATV accident

true

atleast tim is along on the tour though

The new songs from the new album, that they have been showcasing for a year and a half are all GREAT

Sister
Shotgun?!
Corn Bread?!
Kill the King
Break Free

shotgun, cornbread, and break free are good

eh hee and idea of you are good tracks too

I haven't like them

since they shat all over Chicago.

lol

so much for them being environmentalists

DWARYLE!!!!!!!!!!!!

RUN WARD RUN!

double for D Ward

2B for Ward!!!

So, for Kosuke that a 3B, right?

Not to criticize Ward, but he’s not fleet of foot

I think only Soto and Ward don't make it 3 bases right there

That's maybe even a triple for Soto.

Good rip, Daryle.

But man, you are slow.

Lets go Soto

any other player would had three there

that's a triple for most everyone in the lineup 2night..

Courtesy runner, please...

Oh good

a runner on 2d. I leaving them out there

halfblindcubbiegirl - July 1, 2008 reply

woohoo!!!!!!

LEAD OFF DOUBLE!!! Go GEO!!!!!

That would have been

an inside the park for Dome! LOL

Soto time!!!

Soto time!!!

Was Soto taking a nap or what..

arse

as Bob said..unproductive out

Soto Ks, not sure what the hell he was lookng for there

looking for a pillow

Geo must have been guessing curve on that last pitch.

It sure was right down the pipe. Almost a mistake pitch.

Where's lswaidz?

We need the Hough

LOL

milk almost splattered acrossed my laptop on that one.

Not a good swing from Jim there...

you can say that again

stop swinging at the pitch Edmonds

Ward pissed Cain off.

I was thinkin' the same thing.

C'mon! Get one run at least!!!!

badger!

hi!

halfblindcubbiegirl - July 1, 2008 reply

greetings

Whew. Taht was a CLOSE pitch.

Part of me is starting to wonder who's third on the Cubs depth chart at short.

Part of me figures that if I don’t already know, the answer can’t be any good.

DeRosa

halfblindcubbiegirl - July 1, 2008 reply

I'm sure for a game or so that would work.

If Theriot ends up on the DL, though, I think the Cubs would either have to call SOMEONE up or start working Fontenot out at short.

...oh no.

thats the only answer i know of

:shrug: but i’m no expert

halfblindcubbiegirl - July 1, 2008 reply

with Fonty a distant fourth

I remember the Fonty at SS experiment lasted all of one game last year. Actually less than that – I think Lou yanked him after only a few innings.

didnt he move DeRo

over there in the middle of the inning?

BradB311 - July 1, 2008 reply

Yep

i think the only inning DeRo

played at short last year

BradB311 - July 1, 2008 reply

I think you're right.

dang..edmonds..almost..

Any other ballpark we have a tie ball game

Oracle of Cincinnati: Only at Wrigley, because there's Banks Boulevard there

holy crap what a great catch!

oh so close, just missed that

nice catch

damn it!!!!

Rowand is such a jackass.

He took a full extra step to hit the wall.

well

considering who hit the ball…

Ha!

Too true.

;)

thanks

Getting Ward to 3rd would have helped...

Frack, to the deepest part of the park.

And the only guy in MLB who doesn’t take third after the catch is Ward.

thats a run if Soto had his head out of ass tonight

What makes you think Ward could take third on a ground ball?

Another good point

true dat

Remember, it'd be Mr. Nimble there trying to go home on it

That...sucked.

DAMN IT !!!!!!!

alright..looks like another wasted lead off double

leadoff 2b

and no one even moves him over.

dammit

halfblindcubbiegirl - July 1, 2008 reply

That might have been another cheap homerun at Wrigley...

...Ernie Banks made a career that way don’t ya know

dang..that was ball four

MR. STOMACH FLU IS GETTING READY.

The miracle of Immodium.

I'm thinking it was just a case of the Irish Flu

Theriot looks available to PH, hope we need it

I can't wait for our players to be back so we can have that strong 7-8 combo again.

Soto-DeRosa>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Fontenot-Cedeno

What about Lilly?

diehardmark - July 1, 2008 reply

Well that is a given when he starts, we should just bat him leadoff.

a triple now in a triples park can tie this game

Surprise that wasnt a strike, ump needs to get his head out of his ass

Bringing the power off the bench

Time for Theriot to smack a double.

Kind of scary to learn that TheRiot is available to Pinch Hit

He HAS to stay in the game here.

double scary

God forbid his flu should return.

THEN what the hell are the Cubs going to do? I really don’t like this move.

"And now, playing SS, Carlos Marmol"

Ward in Left and TheRiot at Short..Wow..

Even scarier to think that he is going to

that was ball one

little high

that is a ball

no

that was high

Always stare at belt-high fastballs.

No one ever hits those.

First pitch to the Riot looked high.

it's a fine line between Scrappy and Crappy

wonder which one this will be…

+1

The latter.

Damnit

Really dude?

The guy is batting freaking .313. Give him a damn break. Christ.

Fukumania - July 1, 2008 reply

Man, I hope

Hendry can trade Cedeno for something useful…he is out of options.

I don't why the heck the giants are booing.that was like a foot off the plate

that was a strike

wasted oppertunity again..

I guess it's scrappy not to swing.

The ump did The Riot no favors on that ab.

true..but knowing that...that 3rd called strike was tooooo close to take..

great pitch

shoulda swung

that one was too close to take

too close to take

::bangs head against wall:: Damn it!!!

Dammit

Way to watch the called 3rd..TheRiot

actually TheRiot is kind of pissed that he won’t get a chance for Caught Stealing..

Guys generally don't swing as well off the bench.

Which is another reason I don’t like this. Even if you think Theriot is better than Cedeno, he’s ice cold, which negates much of the advantage.

that was not a strike

on gameday. damn

halfblindcubbiegirl - July 1, 2008 reply

Sadly, I think Gameday was wrong

it looked good to me

especially with 2 strikes

that was too close to take..unfortunately the home plate umpire doesn't look at gameday before calling

strikes

Everyone now please join me in a prayer for the health and safety...

...of Ryan Theriot’s stomach.

dear god

please make ryan’s tummy feel okay. we need him.

love,
me

halfblindcubbiegirl - July 1, 2008 reply

Amen.

I think it might work better if you capitalize God

we're cool like that

he gets me

halfblindcubbiegirl - July 1, 2008 reply

-1

You want to see a Fontenot/DeRosa/Patterson infield?

As in Stinkers to Nevers to Fat Chance???

+1

LOL

Well played, sir

Man this is almost making up for me missing church lately ;)

It's your fault the Cubs have been bit by the injury bug!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I kinda

am rooting for the flu.

Meh.

we all know what “stomach flu” is baseball code for….

aka

“farnsworth disease”?

You got it.

Firestarter?

I don't! Share!

hangover

halfblindcubbiegirl - July 1, 2008 reply

ah, thanks.

Much as I hate to admit it but I don't.

Unless PrincetonCubs is right.

It means Theriot was a bit in the cups last night.

Yeah, but its not the sort of thing that gets better when you run the bases.

I’m sure you’ve experienced that feeling during morning PT.

More than once. Not good. We called them "Whiskey Trots."

:(

That hurt.

I was wrong - it ended up being a fine line between Ump and Chump

too close to take but dang if it wasn’t in the same spot as the previous pitch.

Looked like a strike to me...

TXCub - July 1, 2008 reply

Cain's at 102 pitches.

2 more to go

we will get it done!

garbage pure garbage

ok

i take it back

Honest question

why PH for Cedeno? with the tying run on 1st and 2 outs, you need contact or god willing an XBH… can’t Cedeno do that?

halfblindcubbiegirl - July 1, 2008 reply

He's actually more likely to get the XBH than Theriot...

+1

Bump Bailey - July 1, 2008 reply

i know

thats why i’m confused

halfblindcubbiegirl - July 1, 2008 reply

One would think. It was an odd move.

Agreed...

If you’re subbing for a position player, that’s a bad sign. Especially if that position player bats from the same side of the plate.

It's really bad because we're short-handed right now.

It's very unlike Lou to do something crazy ;)

It's also the kind of thing you do when someone's about to be dealt.

Yep, I went there. I started some rampant, baseless speculation.

Oh no you di'int!

Bold move

But I bet Kaplan liked it!

argh

+1

It seems like..

...Onedec is dead. I barely even remember what he looked like. Maybe Lou knows the Onedec ride is over.

TXCub - July 1, 2008 reply

Okay, now I'm on the flu's side

only I want it for DeRo

Why, so we can see Eric Patterson play third?

Just a moment of anger ... is over now

Wow DeRo was trying to get it done unassisted or what?

I thought he was trying to run to 1st and tag out the runner

I'm going to bed, this isn't nearly as fun as last night's adventures...

night

night, dan.

night

night

halfblindcubbiegirl - July 1, 2008 reply

See ya friends

G'night.

let that dillhole stand out on base now

Well as frustrated Marquis has made me tonight...

...he’s kept the Cubs in the game

+1

Yeah, I don't think you can blame this on Marquis.

He’s actually pitched well, though against a mediocre lineup.

Which is more than the offense can say

6 outs to go..Just 2 runs needed to tie the ball game

LETS GET SOME F’N RUNS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

everybody on their feet!!!

Yeah..Lou might call one of us to Pinch Hit

okay, who pinch hits for Marquis here?

Big Z..Just kidding..

i wish

i miss the big fella.

halfblindcubbiegirl - July 1, 2008 reply

Friday he is back.

Thats right around the corner!

He's a better hitter than he is pitcher...

...and our bench is short. Let him hit for himself.

Blanco

I can't believe it's only 10 after 11

Tonight’s been so long and tense.

Rally caps!!!

Did you know the Giants have a shutout?

what's a shutout?

is that like when you are pitching so awesomely the other team isn’t able to score runs? wow, I bet those things NEVER get broken up!

PLEASE get some runs!!!!

might be best to let him hit

I would like to see a triple from EPat

Patt up

Or we could use our last infield reserve as a PHer.

Hopefully Patterson sold his decal for a hit

or soul

Nope

nope

EPat with the "stealth" batting helmet.

2-2 on EPat

moments like this

i really miss sori and z. :sigh: get healthy boys

halfblindcubbiegirl - July 1, 2008 reply

and reed. which should be back on thursday

...and FIRST! is still open for the taking…

Before I hit the sack...why doesn't everyone jump over to the new thread...hell, it's almost 1115 pm...

damn..that was not a strike..but the umpire never looks at game day ..damn

Cain pwning Cub hitters.

Okay, so who's interested in seeing Matt Murton play third base?

Me!

That would be fun bad.

oh goody please can we

I can tolerate Ward and Left..but Murton at 3rd would be stretching it..phewww

whiff

Bat on shoulder again!

Boy, that looks like a W I D E strike zone.

it is

very.

halfblindcubbiegirl - July 1, 2008 reply

forgive me

forgive me if someone else mentioned this already, but does it seem like we are now starting to feel the bullseye on our back? seems like the opposing fans know about are record and get extra pumped when we come to town….wonder how much this has to do with our road record

cubswynn - July 1, 2008 reply

Not sure what the Cubs hitters are waiting for

a pitch they can hit?

theyre in the zone

Way to go

Corey….............oops…..........I mean Eric

PhillyCub - July 1, 2008 reply

Dome is overmatched against Cain

Cain is filthy right now.

Looking like stooges!!

This is total pwnage.

ya gotta be kiddin me

**!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Let's move to

the new game thread

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a play! Derosa stung that ball and Castillo makes a great snag and a better throw. Just…wow.

man that was a lucky play

i hate matt cain

I do not want this

team going into St. Louis batting like this…sweepsville!!!

How many backwards K's tonight?

4

Perhaps aa little too patient at the plate.....

and that was'nt a strike?

Bravo Marquis

4 hits.

Brewers pulling ever closer.

HEAL CUBBIES HEAL. Sori. Reed. Z.

This is the kinda game that just pisses you off...

And Kouske needs to get a friggin hit.

ARAM FOR MVP - July 1, 2008 reply

needs to at least make contact

I isn't just Kouske....

I only see two hits up and down the box score…...(just started watching)

He hasn't hit at all lately..

ARAM FOR MVP - July 1, 2008 reply

Brewers will

be 4.5 games out after tonight…

-1

not over yet

It MAY take 95+

wins this year to win the Central! Who would’ve thought it?!

Looks like walks in the 1st...

cost Marquis a run….but other than that he settled down and threw a good start

YES!!!

there we go!!

LETS GO CUBBIES !!!!!!!!!!!!!

uncle ward needs some cracking to do!

shit

I know we all like home runs.....

but I like the pressure this triple puts on the defense….....follow it with a sdouble …andd then another double…..

OK 1/2 way there......

Wish he was on 2ns though…

1ST pitch for cripes sake

Dammit

good song

and now they have audio problems

yes!

Keep it going

half way there

LAcarl519 - July 1, 2008 reply

living on a prayer!

why no pinch runner for soto?

Tate491 - July 1, 2008 reply

no one is left..

good point

Tate491 - July 1, 2008 reply

short bench

LAcarl519 - July 1, 2008 reply

c’mon mikey

Scrappy?

Still alive

SAFE !

SCRAPPY!

As long as Lou doesn't use

BLANCO!

DAMN IT !

Whiff

Nighty night

John Q Freejazz - July 1, 2008 reply

What a hard position to be in.

Riot battled, man. Fought him off but in the end, power wins. Riot guessed breaking and 95 went past him.

Blame it on the piss poor hitting tonight, not Riot.

Fukumania - July 1, 2008 reply

Tough battle

we finished on the wrong side of this one.

See all of you tomorrow!

LAcarl519 - July 1, 2008 reply

He's usually dead meat

w/2 strikes. HE probably is really sick, too…

sigh

Brewers now 4.5out

Cards 2.5

Slip sliding away…

We didn't lose any ground tonight.

Don’t go slitting your wrists just yet.

Fukumania - July 1, 2008 reply

No kidding...

let’s delay the firesale until after the All-Star Break.

WartburgCub - July 1, 2008 reply

We did... to the brewers.

I am more concerned about the brew crew than about the dead birds

It's dead turds.....

Please don’t don then any undo disrespect

Absolute lack of clutch hitting over the last 5 games excluding yesterday.

ARAM FOR MVP - July 1, 2008 reply

Brewers gained a full

game.

Its a long season. This team HAS to learn how to win on the road more consistently.