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First Pitch Thread: Cubs vs. Giants, Friday 7/11, 1:20 CT

Let's go Cubs!

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Go Cubs!
woo hoo fist frist!
TWSS!

as did the entire Democratic Party!

I was waiting patiently for that
all three minutes

eh?

She said that, too.

Hope we do well, but don’t have high hopes for Jason today.

Mesmer with the Anthem

He should be out there every day. Can’t get any better!

I love the way he trills "bra-ave"

does he still mess up the last four notes?

not mess up

although he’s holding the second to last too long, and has no support for the last note.

SWl

HOW in the world do you get all these aha

All these? There is only one my friend...

1000 comments today haha
Who's on the PxP for us work folks?
not me today

I did it yesterday, and sucked, and I have actual work to do today.

Yay! UNIFORM COLORS! Thank you Pat. I never know from game to game, you know… :P

I got it
Congratulations on finding the "reply" button!
No worries

Anyone else?

I'm on GDA. 30 second delay.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I wanna watch me some baseball.

where is northsider when he is needed?
Broadcasting the Santa Barbara Foresters games...
I've been meaning to listen to one of his online

maybe this weekend

Our next game is tonight at 7 CT!
Hi! My name is DeRoMyHero

and I am not first.

where is northsider?

and jimmyeatworld

Jimmy

had something to go do. Dunno what.

Are you implying something?
I'll do PXP for awhile...
First pitch strike
Take him out!
Mcclelland behind the plate today...gulp
Small zone, but at least he's consistent.

Jason will have to adjust, but only once.

Hey, that's cork!
Thanks to any and all on the PxP!!!
Fred Lewis...

...the man with the most boring name in baseball.

Giants have 3 runs over their last 3 games???

That would make them midgets, eh?

Gentle Giants

very gentle…

Careful

I think the correct term is “dwarfs”.

vertically challenge
Late call
That's Mcclelland's specialty
all this umps calls are late...

...he’s on a permanent 10 second delay

wow. that was unexpected.
throwin strikes early
Here's a good stat

we haven’t lost back to back home games since the first two games of the season.

Im liking what I see

Then again its been 1.5 batters

I'm going to TRY to get some work done today,

but you guys are not making it easy!

good luck..
SWL

You are part of the problem!!!!

(I’m always looking for your next pic…)

what kind of work?
Financial analysis
ooo, that sounds like loads of fun...
Could you balance my checkbook for me?
CFA?
Self-employed. FA is just part of it.
Apparently I am .5 batters behind.

So i am outta here, at least for a while.

Yea good luck with that
psst ... reply button
You were doing so well!
so close yet so far
Jason is challenging the hitters so far...
Durham bounces to Theriot

OUT at first

Hmmm...Theriot

Never mind.

ground out to riot
hey, that's my job today!

though I never told anyone

Alright you got it
Soto: "You realize this start is for your roster spot, doncha? "

Marquis: “I know, I know”

Wind Conditions?
straight in.....
Sigh...go ahead somebody...
Sometimes it's worth the wait...
TWSS
Thank you. Now I can sleep at night.
Yathink Jason is feeling just a BIT of pressure with Harden here?
yes, he's got to think of his family

at least that’s what he said in ST

pete's sake.

I’d blocked that memory of his whining out. Thanks for bringing it back up. :P

glad I could help!
Yeah, now THAT was a comment for the ages.......
It's way too early in the game for me to be agreeing w/ you lol
tired?
kinda plus the weather is beautiful
Ah, just pretend it is the 8th and yer whiskey is about gone!
I hate it when my whiskey is gone
Really sucks, don't it?
I hate it when my whiskey's gone...

...my woman runs off…and my pickup runs outta gas.

And the dog dies......
Marquis

keeps working deep into the count

Winn takes a full count...

... and BB’s.

alright you got it full time now
Winn

walks

A Molina Bro at the plate.
Sounds like something Kraemer and Frank Costanza would sell
A customized model!
One of 12 currently in the majors....
Any of em not play catcher?
all catch
what's teh point of forcing your wife to give birth to a baseball team

if you don’t get a PITCHER.

That's right, cause

PITCHING IS KING!

bwahahahahaa...
Where is the big man himself
BlueMike?

he never posts in game threads when we’re not losing.

Haveb't heard from him in ages
we're not losing
I so want to make a Harden joke here.
And it so exasperates the Queen.....
Molina grounds out to Fontenot

1-4-3 END OF INNING

Sounded like a wild play.
off Marquis' glove

Fonty charged, grabbed it barehanded, and threw it on the fly to Lee.

Fonty bails out Marquis
Fonty's

going for Cedeno’s job. Wow. He’s been playing way over his head.

Which is pretty average...

considering

a) how bad his regular defense is…
b) how short he is

but it's SCRAPPY.
but which one?????
reply is your friend . . . reply is your friend . . .
ok i gotcha
you keep saying that...lol
Its a bad habit. of forgetting
coughreplybuttoncough
Way to go

Jace, the Ace Face

I heard the were giving out new iPhone out to first 10,000 people today
And I heard that the first 10,000 people were wearing onions on their belts

I believe it was the style at the time

That would cause a riot

Not seen in Chicago since the DNC.

Time for the Cajun Connection!
It's the Cajun Foundation...

thank you very much!

gotta get

Gaudin in there somehow.

Awesome!

Little Mikey Fizzle takes a walk

Theriot K's
couldn't he have just hit a single through the right side and then got caught stealing?
that would have been a selfish

stat-enhancing move.

well, we made it until the bottom of the inning....that's an improvement.
OK I'm dumb

And back

Back in Black?
I hit the sack!!!
Flannel

and a brown tee-shirt

For those about to rock, we salute you
Fontenot BB's
LBR in da house!!!
Fonty walks
Lil Babe Ruth as Ronnie says
Go Big Red!

Nice buddy icon there!

Thank you

the more Husker fans the better

Lee K's
nasty slider/sinker that froze Lee
On a BS strike call...
looked like a strike on the replay
argh

delayed call… suxx0rz…

Ramirez GETS HIT

OUCH!!!!

back of left elbow
Thats it

I want blood.
This is ridiculous.
I want Cain hit first.

Please rephrase that as a Haiku!

ridiculous blood
Cains first hit
his comence up.

ARAM hit by pitch?
A bean-ball war you can have
if Soto hit too

hahah

if soto hit too

it's awful

yoda-ish…

Haha

yes. yes it is

Awfully Yoda-ish, it is
No no no no no

Why do people think every HBP is intentional? Start a beanball war and Lee gets drilled. Or Soto.

No. Play the game.

um

Do you remember last weeked?
The Riot got drilled. Soto got hit.
2 pitches went ver Lee’s head.
One was right at Edmonds knee’s.
And I am forgetting some.
This has been started and needs stopping

Would this have to be a sonnet?
I prefere Free Verse
You've seen our roster

do you really want a few players suspended after the break?

No. Absolutely not. No.

And if you still think so, exhibit A.

What does this prove? Do you really think the Giants are trying to hit the Cubs? How would they benefit from this?

Ramirez plunked

left elbow area… ouch!

I hope ARam is ok

worried(*

Yikes

owowowowow

That hurt bad
that SOUNDED bad
on the elbow....we DO NOT need that

I hope Jason plunks Cain…

Did it look intentional?
Like that would hurt
no don't start that.

we dont need any injuries if they decide to do it

and suspensions....last thing we need.
Hows he look?
he shook it off

we won’t know until they come back out I guess

Still holding his arm out on first base
Yowza.

I hope that wasn’t as bad as it seemed.

Did santo just call it the "crazy bone"
brenly did lol
LOL...I love Ron Santo
Revenge will be a 3 run HR...
That is the BETTER response
CORRECT, too :)
maybe in the 2nd.
OT 1925 is when WGN radio broacasted their first game

it was against the Pirates

How about...

...a little chin music first pitch

no.
what good would hitting someone do?
Maybe stop them

From drilling our guys.

Well, it would start a bb fight

We’d lose players to injuries and/or suspensions—but it would mean the Cubs have bigger testicles!!!!!!

That’s sarcasm, by the way . . . it was not intentional. There was no motivation, no one on the Cubs reacted like it was intentional.

I'd argue

We are already in a BB fight.
Only we haven’t thrown any yet.

ps not every hit batter deserves retaliAtion, but some do.
And I would argue this one does.

Interesting that you're convinced of this

Yet there was NO reaction from the Cubs.

yet...
No reaction when it happened

When someone is pissed in the heat of the moment, they generally react. Ramirez didn’t even look at Cain.

I'm an

interesting (If smelly) fella.

we can agree to disagree then
The Most Interesting Man In the World on chin music:

No.

Woah woah woah

I’m sure he’s all for it… Does he answer questions

Only about volleyball
And rollerblading.
S***

Yer right. I took a guess.

No warning have been issued.

I know they’d still throw him out, but
Its just Marquis.

what's the point?

create suspensions after the all-star break?

Suspend Marquis?

Hmmm…..........................

BRILLIANT!
ok, that's a valid argument
not a good idea

just go out there and play the game. Nothing gained from a bench clearing brawl

Breaking ball working for Jason today...

...so far.

Cain on pace to smash the strikeout record today.
He will K for all 27 outs, and hopefully still lose
Wouldn't that be something?
27 outs and a loss would mean they win in the 10th
or they win on walks and errors
27 outs = 9 innings

no matter what else happens

Yeah nevermind, kinda forget that would mean no bottom of the 9th
He could get 27 strikeouts with a dropped 3rd strike somewhere then lose on a walk off homer

and now we are getting ridiculous.

wow

that would be some bad throws

but it's fun...
yes it is

and I would love to hear Ron’s call

He would most likely pass out
Fine with me, as long as the Cubs win
On a walk-off homer by...wait for it...

LBR

cmon jason don't walk him
Rowand grounds out to Fontenot
Bowker pulled it to D-Lee

Two down

Bowker is a strange name

I bet kids were pretty brutal

just thought i'd throw that out there
Aurilia grounds out to Theriot

3 OUT!

Marquis

Getting alot of ground balls today lookin good

Due up:

Ward / DeRosa / Johnson

just so more people see it

last weekend many cubs batsmen were hit
The Riot, Soto both, and Lee just missed
At Edmonds knee it makes me want to spit
And other balls at cubs, it makes me pissed

A beanball war devoutly not is wished
To play the game is what all teams should do
But chin music is not like being kissed
Tho some would rather that from Tony L’Ru

Stop throwing at our cubs, so we don’t see
the color of their bruises green and black
It’s bad enough for losses to Cincy
That make me sad and want to hit the sack

The series we are bound for, Chicago
As long as at our heads they never throw

THAT’s a sonnett.

I hereby nominate you...

...as BCB’s poet laureate.

oh

and you’d have to talk to Al about that.

He doesn’t read all these game threads. :D

Sorry, stepped out for lunch (had to, in-laws!)

I’m impressed.

DID anyone else jsut

see that kid drinking a beer im on mlb.tv at work i swear a kid was drinking a beer and they showed it

That's my boy!
Am I seeing things on CSN?

Anyone watching CSN pay attention during the crowd shot and did they perhaps see what I think I saw in seeing a little kid with a cubs jersey on reach and grab and drink a beer? or am I insane??

that’s what it takes to calm your nerves with marquis pitching

No kidding

We should all follow his lead

OMG!

I rewound the DVR and sure enough, that kid takes a pretty good swig of
tasty tasty beer

LOL, totally busted.
Ward flies out to Rowand
YES

Thank god I am not seeing things

Can we plase stop the cry for a beanball war?

Getting hit by a pitch happens. These are grown men. We as fans better accept this…grow a sack and get over it. If a guy gets hit after a HR or something, rest assured it will be dealt with.

where is sackman
not asking for a beanball...

...simply throwing up and in serves a purpose. establishes the fact that if a batter is up there humping the plate, that i’m still going to throw inside. it also shows your team that you are paying attention to what is going on.

and proves that you'd rather be playing HS baseball...

that HBP didn’t mean anything…so get over it.

I saw it

I’m at work as well watching on MLB.TV (no sound).

ya it sux dont it
Reed Johnson

I remember him

I hate that strike call

silent yet deadly

In that situation

the non-reply post button would have been preferred

(just yanking your chain)

wind blowing in will be difficult to hit one out to right or right center per pat
Helps Marquis then
I'd be happy with some baserunners at this point.
Oh, wait. There is one. Nevermind.
pay attention to my pbp!
Aye aye, cap'n!

I’ll do…

...just that!!!
YAR!

Revenge?

god

I loved that game.

Hey drew.

Thanks for taking over on the Roster talk. Just got back from lunch in time to see a base hit for Theriot. Go Cubs!

dunno if I did any good

but we did decide to nickname Wuertz as “I don’t think he’s that Much Worse” Wuertz.

You did great.

I like the nicknames. Also thanks for going over to Croweaters and trying to talk a little sense into numbers boy…

Hm, not quite as catchy as "Easy Gas."
true dat

but there’s time; he’s not with the bigs at the moment.

Awesome!

I think I remember that.

I Love Sept 19

http://www.talklikeapirateday.com/translate/

On that day...

...every post on this site should make use of the Dread Pirate Graybar feature.

Arrr, go cubbies A pence for an old man o'de sea
I was just going to say that!

without the pirate accent, tho

good thing this team doesn't live and die witht the HR then huh?
Johnson flies out to Lewis
good ab though
I love good abs

heheheh

Pitch count on Cain anyone?
30+
il check up on it
42
that's Marquis' PC

Cain is at 31.

marquis already @ 42
err nevermind

Yahoo is REALLY slow

marquis 32, cain 42
Not nearly enough. I know that much.
Marquis flies out to Vasquel

End

Due up:

Vizquel / Cain / Lewis

aka, Murderer's Row
Lewis would be a fine acquisition for us...

... I’d love to see that guy in blue.

What's his story anyway?

Is he a product of the Giants farm system?

Yes, drafted in 2002

in the 2nd round

Double no-hitter

Hey – after two innings we’re on pace to see a double no-hitter – the second in Wrigley history. All they have to do is retire a combined 42 more batters without allowing a hit!

BE QUIET

you are banished.

Vizquel flies out to Ward
ward is a great OF see
Cain out

I didn’t see how

Hughes and Santo score that as: WL

“wasn’t looking”

K
ahh forgot the reply ahaha
Lewis flies out to Johnson
that was a quick 3 up 3 down

Marquis is pitching pretty well today..

Yep, he is....

I missed an inning and a half, apparently didn’t miss much. Guy just brought in a Twin Reverb that looks like it has been in a shipwreck! So, folks, see y’all later…..work and Cubs….it just don’t get any better than that!!! See y’all later!

bye crazy have a great day
Due up:

Theriot / Fontenot / Lee

Nice catch by Johnson

in left field. He basically told DWaryle to get out of the way.

yes he did lol
Theriot gets a hit!
Durham missed the catch in right
He drops the ball

Theriot on

Error?
yup
base hit len said
Error

Came later

E-4

Just announced

errr wait

no hometown scoring, it was a hit

just changed it to basehit
that shoukd be a hit
Durham bobbles a basket catch

Theriot on first

Yea... dropped ball Riot on
way to go Riot....
Time for some sneaky power!
just don't try to steal
you had to go and jinx him...
offering sage advice
Why doesn't he listen to you?!
Theriot out at second
I love that man.
oh don't we all..
Riot thrown out stealing

AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN

my poor fantasy team...
only that time

it was a bad call

LBR must swing at that!

Dumb cajuns!

He looked safe
Damn

Theriot dead @ 2nd, looked safe

DAMN YOU THERIOT
Bad call

He was in

Fontenot to Cain

two gone

Fontenot has to swing there
Ron Santo is convinced he was safe.
He was absolutly safe
Replays shows that Ron was right.
I'm at work and can't see the game.

Can someone describe the play?

Theriot steals on a 3-1

his foot gets in behind the tag but out of view of the ump

He caught the call in front of the bag when Riot was 2 feet away

and he made a sweeping tag that obscured the ump’s view. Riot just got in. It was bang bang.

He was

Ronny’s eyes have never fooled him. His hairpiece, that’s another story.

Lee flies to Rowand

Three gone

Ron says Riot was absolutely safe... too bad he's not the ump...
Due up:

Durham / Winn / Molina

Winn left the game
alright than Winn's spot

and boo on yahoo

I don't like this Matt Cain fellow.
we should give him

a severe thrashing!

Yes, the Cubs can't just let him pitch all willy-nilly out there.
I think

he’s a haberdasher anyway!

I think the umps see Riot

try to steal and out of sheer habit call him out… Don’t try to steal Theriot!!!!

That must be it

Actually, it was a bang bang play and probably really hard to call if you’re not watching from the ideal angle.

the ump had a perfect angle....
Not for the whole play

the defender was between him and the base. I thought the sweeping tag might have blocked his view.

unless I’m misremembering

either way

he blew the call.

LOL, they don't even bother to watch.
Durham flies to DeRosa

one gone

wind is knocking everything down
Eva Longoria

Goes to the All-tramp game

we have a lot of tramps then
LOL, did you make that up or get it from The Onion?
Me or MrSanantonecub?

Cause I quote things I steal.

I steal things I quote
I meant you, though santanaone is welcome to answer as well.
I'm honored
Ground ball and out

two gone

that guy can fly
Good Aflac trivia question today

Name the Cubs pitcher that gave up Ryno’s only hit (when he was with
the Phillies)

That would be Rick Rueschel.
Very good

to the person that said Krukow

too bad there's no cash involved....

Ryno was always my faviorite, so I’m sure I’d read that a few times

Good job Marquis
If Marquis was pitching yesterday...

...he’d probably be out of the game by now.

Madduxesque
Ooooh, bold words! (Or, uh, word, that is.)
For all you radio people out there...

Theriot didn’t just look safe- He was safe. Tag was on his thigh after the foot got in. Bad call!

this game is FLYING

it’s been all of an hour, and we’re almost half-way through!

Compared to yesterdays

which seemed to take forever

Molina grounds out to 2nd

END

another good pitch by marquis..... now that is phrase on doesnt hear often
unless you're not being sarcastic...you hear it quite a bit.
Due up:

DeRosa / Soto / Ward

Ooh, three hotties!
hello from Glasgow!!

just checkin in. . .

hello!

on business?

yeah

amsterdam tomorrow, belgrade the next, and ibiza to wrap it up!! (i live in chi-town)

how do I get

YOUR job???

anyone who thinks business travel is glamorous

has never done business travel!

Ayup
+1

i always say that i LOVE my job, but my commute is a B*$#H

What do you do?

Or would you have to kill us if you told?

i am a tour manager for bands and DJs

7 years on the road. . . so far.

sounds like a lot of work

while your clients party!

i sneak some fun in

from time to time. . . ;)

+++1 especially Int'l travel. It ain't a vacation, folks
Indeed, it ain't

Thank God for the direct Chicago to Shanghai flights—makes it a 14 hour trip insted of 22 . . .

On the other hand

He does get to go to Ibiza at the end of it….

I just like travelling.
me, too

but on a trip like noiseboy’s, there will be NO time for sightseeing

the only really good part

is the food… usually.

Cubs fans are EVERYWHERE..
erin go bragh!
wrong country

but i think you might know that

Greetings from Thrapston

Just north of London

Greetings from Des Moines...

...Just north of Indianola.

they changed theriot's bloop to a hit, eh?
indeed they did
the OS clearly sees Cain dealing
AFLAC ans: Mike Krukow

Winner!

that was ramirez
i misheard my fault
Same difference.
Follow up AFLAC question: What was Ryno's number on the Phillies?
ooh... good one. 19?
867-5309
i thought that was Jenny's number LOL
oh you sick..
KOW's cell number?
I got it on speed dial.
According to Baseball Almanac...

....37

oh, I was way off...
I was close!
Rainbow to center

end of inning

Foul ball Kid

yesterday—his name is Dominic, yesterday was his first game.

No status, from what I heard.

He got hit?
he's the one hit

by Lilly’s check-swing foul.

a scary moment... went into crowd above dugout
where'd you hear?
they said it today pregame
Ron and Pat just said

last inning.

gettin ready for the next thread
something just happened
Bye Bye No-Hitter...

on another bad call.

Gameday says injury delay.

Is it Marquis?

Yes

Took a liner off his foot.

That sounds unpleasant.
Listening to radio

so did not see it.

Yeah, Corey Provus was late to the mic...

...so all I heard was the crowd noise. Interesting experience.

Hard smash off Marquis's leg

he’s OK

They're even trying to hit our players when they're batting!

PUT ONE IN HIS EAR!

Nice DP

with the runner going

Gone in the DP, 6-4-3

you know, I never realized that phrase rhymes

My Internet took a dive.

I missed half an inning—bottom of 4th. What did I miss?

refreshing game after yesterday
This is why I Love/Hate this stupid game.
Wow....

Marquis’s pitching like he wants to stay with this team or something…

This team is going places

He doesn’t want to be left out (again)

He's got mouths to feed.
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