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First Pitch Thread: Cubs vs. Giants, Saturday 7/12, 12:05 CT

Well, at least we HOPE the first pitch is about to be thrown.

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Go Rich and Go Cubs!

Lets destroy this team.

http://theitch.files.wordpress.com/2006/09/wallpaper_05_harden1024_url.jpg

I remember Jason Kendall had a similar picture like that

Northsider posted it. It said something like “KENDALL: HE’S A 3-TIME ALL-STAR!”

Dang, good memory.
4th

Yes!

but first in our esteem
Awww...you're too sweet..:)
Nice version of the National Anthem..
who was it?
Blackwell?
Patrick Blackwell
yeah

He’s good, hard to choose if I like him better than Messner

lets do this...

weather doesnt look too shabby

whole lot better than a few hours ago
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one-time use

most likely

that was in yesterday's thread

following Al’s recap if I remember correctly … someone called MLB tech support

don't need it..

just go to the menu and download the plugin…

NexDef plug-in
Heh

Linux user here…no shot at doing that. I had to find a script just to hunt through their crappy video system to get the physical link to the broadcasts, since sliverlight pretty much works only in windows machines

Let's do this Cubs!!!!
preacherman

sends some amens and halleluah’s to that

great to have you aboard!
Thanks Emelie. :-)
Due Up:

Velez / Castillo / Durham

I'm really excited for Harden.

Hope he does well and isn’t too excited.

Someone want to pass me an old style?

It of course isn’t on the shelves over here…

bottle or can?

:)

did you see the

video in fan shots of the 10 year old drinking beer?

Yesterday?

I saw a dad hand his son a glass of beer and the kid drank some. Why would they let their kid drink beer and especially in public?

and

the csn cameras just happened to be on him…crazy, i bet the director in the truck about crapped himself

First pitch STRIKE 92mph
2 pitches one out GO HARDEN
Velez grounds is to Theriot

ONE OUT

Valez grounds to theriot, 1 out
And we get the first out in Harden's Cub career
Let's play baseball today

The Cubs are on their way
On the rad-i-o
tune to 7-2-0-oh!
Everybody loves the cubs
Everybody loves the cubs
It’s baseball time again
Here on WGN
Chicago loves the Cubs (let’s go!) on w-g-n

God I miss this intro, I’m such a dork

All right, underway!!!!
Castillo K's
96 on the gun!
Nice!

I hope that’s the first of many.

castillo k's, 96 mph
K at 96mph

Very nice.

good start so far..
Harden looks soooo young
He does. Very handsome too.
Careful..

You’ll make Geo jealous….:)

Geo has nothing to fear,

I guarantee it. :P

doubt it... :-D
He's what..

26?

He looks jail bait to me :-}
Harden is a real fast worker, and I like it
Durham almost got extra bases there

But pulled foul

bull crap this game is blacked out!!!

I know

I have to watch GameDay

Come on Rich!

Really wish I could watch today!

2 out walk to durham
Four up, three down

Not bad!

Molina flys out, 3 down
Flyout to Edmonds

to end the inning.

Superb start...
Not too bad Rich!
He looks sooo young.
Good.

He can throw those strikes for a long time!

now lets..

tear up this giants pitcher!

That's what I'm talking about!

who is the Giants starter? Missed it

Theriot blasts a base hit!

Good start!

My kingdom for a 5-run lead next time we see Harden
Riot is a basehit machine!
How cute was his

little boy Huston singing TMOTTBG in the club house after the game?

Was that yesterday??
Yes
Gail Fisher was talking about that in the Pre-Game

That’s cool.

FAIR BALL ON THE BUNT!!!!

two men on!

Nice start, Riot!
woohoo

everone is safe.

YAY!!!!

Good job Dome!!!!

Fukudome bunt hit, weird play hit castillo in fair then went foul
No way he wanted to pop that up, but it works for us
Don't want to jinx it,

but this is starting to get really exciting!

What is Theriot doing?
Damn...

Thought that was out

Lee flies out
With the delay on MLB audio

I heard the crack of the bat & your post immediately came up. Took all the suspense out of it :)

Damn, that would of been awesome
*d'oh*

Alright, Rami time!

Damn - gotta get the runner over
It's ok from what I hear Rami is a pretty good hitter ;)
Do you have any evidence?
Sorry, no evidence

He’s sneaky.

Rare error for Pat Hughes..

Called that a hit…

Yep.

That was not fair. I got so excited. hmpf

Ramirez lines out to center
geo!

soto! clap clap clap clap clap!!

Ok every single ball has been hit hard, we just can't hit them at people
The two best pieces of hitting so far in this inning...

...have been the outs.

I suppose it depends on what you mean by "best pieces of hitting"
Um.

I mean, hitting the ball well.

Let's go Geo!

We CANNOT come out of this with no runs. Come on!

at least we're tied
crud

we just did.

:(

I hope that doesn’t come back to haunt us

was rami's line out

not the craziest line out u ever saw?

I am blacked out and my stupid MLB "free" TV wont work

What was so crazy about it?

K Nothing done
you ruined it

with the mlb.tv delay…

yeah,

when watching on MLBTV, with key at bats, sometimes I find it helpful to resist the urge of the game thread for a few seconds. :P

Lee's gotta get the runner to third there -- ugh
Theriot really should have tagged on lee's flyout
Theriot should have hit a homer too..
I'd settle for more than four doubles a month.
there you go again!

I love and appreciate sabermetrics, but how can Theriot’s recent production be wrong? Is there something on your blog about this?

Selective endpoints.

His recent production isn’t wrong, it’s just an incomplete picture of who he is as a hitter. I’ve written plenty about Theriot on multiple blogs, and there’s a request on Skribit for me to go back to that well.

I haven't compared the numbers...

but it seems he had a little more pop last year.

He did, but at the same time he had a below-average walk rate.

I’d expect his walk rate to decline a bit, and his power production to increase a bit. Of course, I’ve been expecting this for a while now, so maybe it’s never going to happen.

see iowa cub

anything theriot does good is an “incomplete picture.” anything he does poorly is “the real theriot.”

getting a solid lead off single? failure. 3 and 4 hitter failing to score the run? best piece of hitting in the inning.

make sense?

Ramirez hit a screaming line drive...

...that’s a hit nine times out of ten, and Lee’s hit had a good shot at being a double. That’s how you want those guys to hit the ball.

Theriot got the ball off the end of the bat – he would even probably tell you that he was trying to square the ball up a bit more and hit a line drive. It’s about process, not results.

isn't it about both?

but i agree with you on lee and aram. i just think it’s amusing how far people will go to avoid saying anything good about theriot…

I'm a sabermagician, not a scout...

...but when you’re scouting or coaching, you’re looking at how a player swings more than what happens when he swings. You want Lee and Ramirez to go out there and do what they did at the plate in the first inning – they did their jobs, and you just have to tip your caps to the other team and say they made some good plays in the field.

Theriot “missed” on that hit in the first inning, but missed in his favor. Heck, even Bob Brenly said as much, and if he could get his hands on a set of ovaries he’d have Theriot’s babies.

LOL

that’s gold!

agreed..

woulda, coulda, shoulda now.. lets shut them down this inning and get some runs next inning.

There's no guarantee he would've score though
poop..come on Jimmy
If Edmonds would stop being a hot dog and just run and catch the ball we would have an out
He was playing too shallow to get back there in time.
we couldn't get the runner over - hopefully they can't either
He always plays shallow

He just isn’t as fast as he was.

That's exactly right

Don’t really think there was much hot doggin’ it there. Just not as fast as he used to be. He’s 38.

Indeed-he needs to get more comfortable with that!
Yeah.

It’s not his fault that he’s lost a step, but he does need to adapt to it, and start cheating a bit further back in the outfield.

strikeout -nice
Man

I am watching the pitches on gameday and he is definitely painting the corners.

Is Harden wearing a dog collar?
That is a pretty thick chain.
He can wear whatever he wants

if he keeps striking people out like this.

i sorta like the style...

we’ve all gotta have our piece of flair.

K K K
these batters are turning themselves into pretzels

trying to hit those fast balls

I'm not complaining
Aurillia k's on a fastball, 2 down
Dick Butkus doing TMOTTBG today...
That's scary
Will it be Ditka-esque?
Inning over

Foulout to DeRosa. Nice job, Rich.

MAN

he knows how to use the corners

Vizquel flies out to end the inning, great job by harden to shut them down after the double
Alright now lets put up a crooked number!
Harden...

Lookin’ sharp… I like it.

2 ip...

and im starting a man-crush already…

Right there with you hah
Agreed..

My man crush started when we got him, but its growing every out currently

I man crushed on Marquis yesterday...

... not ashamed.

I had a man crush on Blanco
you must be a man-crush whore!
He eerily reminds me of the 03 Mark Prior

But unlike Prior, Harden is headstrong.

Hopefully...

Shoulder strong too.

While I agree with the comparison, it still scares the crap out of me when I hear that name
Yes

Please never mention that name again in the company of harden

Sorry, it's just somewhat of a similar pitching style

However, Harden mechanics are far better than Prior mechanics.

harden's

are a little odd, too. that weird little 87mph thing he throws has got some filthy movement on it. pitches aren’t supposed to move like that. hopefully that’s not gonna strain his shoulder…

harden almost seems really over the top with his arm, and falls off to the side a bit. probably not a big deal, but odd.

The only problem with Harden

Is tat he needs to rely more on the movement of the fastball rather than velocity. Sometimes he overdoes it with his 98 mph fastball. Just ask Big Z and he will tell that a 93 mph fastball is enough to get people out.

Harden mixes speeds on his fastball.

He starts off the game around 92 mph, and his velocity goes UP the more he pitches. Very odd. I suspect he dials up the speed when needs it, to save strain on his arm.

yep

good to see, too. shows that he’s learning to protect his shoulder. don’t have to throw it through the backstop every time.

I read that

He stopped throwing one of his pitches to also ease his arm. I feel like it was a cutter or something similar, but don’t remember…just remember being surprised that it wasn’t a slider or slurve or something that usually leads to arm trouble.

What I really like about Harden so far...

...is that when his defense lets him down like that, he just bears down and strands the guy on second. Utterly filthy strikeouts.

Edmonds strikesout
they just showed a cardinals fan

or maybe a Cubs fan with a Edmonds shirt…

edmonds slumping...
he's coming down to earth a little..

but thats baseball.. it’ll help having reed back full time now, i think playing all those games when Reed was on the DL has worn him out a bit..

Why do we strike out looking so much...
TRIPLE!!!!!!!!!!
Derosa with a triple
DERO!

triple!

Alright DeRosa!
WOOOOOO
I love the slide...
he was world class all the way
Lets get this run in now!!!
is there a fastball...

derosa can’t hit? fun to watch him square anybody up. not sure why he ever gets a fastball….

He is so underrated

IMO, one of the best 2nd baseman in the NL.

DeRo the stud!
Time for a sneaky single
hell..

i’d take a sac fly right now lol

YAY!!!!! GO DERO!!!!
I like him too a lot.
Lets get him home...
you would think

teams would realized not to throw a fastball to him

Come on Fonty

just put it in the air

HE ALREADY DID!
So damn sneaky...
Fontenot single, 1-0 cubs
1-0, thank you Fonty
1-0 Thank you Fonty!
is there an echo?
jinx
hey I said it (nanoseconds) first! :D

it’s a brilliant mind meld

Nice hit, Fontenot

Didn’t know he could reach that far! =)

Hey alright!

Let’s help Rich out some more!

Sneaky single!!!!!

Isn’t this around the same time that Fontenot came up and was white hot last year?

yes it is..

i was thinking about that when i was reading the write up about him on Cubs.com.

exactly what i was thinking...
What in the world was bochy thinking by not walking fontenot
he was thinking...

... what am i doing managing this bad team?

oh man...

... do I miss barry.

There we go!!!!
Harden, please don't swing. Just stay healthy!
Hah I agree for sure. An out is way better than injury haha.
damn i'm way ahead of y'all

and i’m all the way in england!

Ha...Santo..

“My man, little Babe Ruth”.

santo's on his game today
Agreed...

Him and Pat both seem amped today…

Why does gamecast have men on 1st and 3rd?
Gamecast has been drinking.
Wouldn't you be

If you were gameday?

lol...

... maybe you can drink a pint for gameday? you get cubs games at the pub?

of course not

But I have AFN and MLB.tv so I’m covered.

Then why haven't I? It is Saturday after all
how was that first pitch a strike?
Bunt is foul... K
YAY!!!!!

(Sorry for the delay, audio just cut out. I have got to fix this system. PxP for a bit, please?

Theriot draws a free pass

KOSUKE TIME

Mound visit....
Don't try to steal, Theriot
Mike Fontenot had you covered there.
Theriot walks

Dome’s up with runners at first and second with 2 out.

hey everybody!

how is everyone today?? i’m hung over!

so is gameday
HI, I"M FINE.

DO YOU HAVE A HEADACHE?

Nice to meet you, Fine!
not really

just really tired… that’s how it works for me

Eh, I was

trying to be a smart ass by yelling. Glad you don’t have a headache.

hahaha ok gotcha

still a little slow ;-)

Welcome!!!

Haven’t seen you in a gamethread forever!!! Sorry about the hangover, that sucks!

yeah i've been workin like crazy... i've hardly even had time to watch a game in over a week
I hear ya

I’ve been moving so half the time I’m packing while listening to the audio and can’t post. :P

Just keep drinking water... unless you were drinking wine last night!
no wine

heineken and tequila… ug, bad combo… water very good right now… need some coffee though, might have a starbucks run in my future

really?

why no water with wine? I’ve never heard that!

if i remember

it aggrivates the sulfates again… but i think that’s only red wine…?

intriguing.

That explains a couple really rough mornings…

It's more with red wine than with white

And it basically keeps you at that drunk/sick state.

If you shouldn't drink water what should you drink?
more wine, of course.
Dome bounces out to end the inning.
Chad Fox...

He’s still on the team? 60 day DL?

I think so, though I hope he doesn't pitch again for us this year
I just...

Always see him in the dugout and he hasn’t pitched in a while

Well thats nice of the Cubs to let him stick around and hang out in the dugout.
Kosuke has lost a little bit of that patience at the plate from earlier in the year
He's probably frustrated by the recent slump

I fully expect him to come out of it.

He may be worn out. The AS break should help.

Except hes playing in the all star game

he still gets Monday, Wednesday and Thursday off. . .

he's looking awkward at the plate, alas
He had an 0-47 slump

in Japan two years ago, and ended up winning the batting title

Good to know.
i think dome is just a little worn out w/ everything

he’s been through a lot lately, and there’s a lot of pressure with him making the all star game… it’s not making it easier by the league starting to adjust to him and pitch him further down

Bah

obviously, I made the wrong choice; it’s a BEAUTIFUL day, and I’m sitting at home. And my car didn’t even get fixed.

Oh, well. LET’S GO CUBS!

There will be others.

Nice to have yo here with us today. :-D

oh, I know.

I need 3 tickets for Aug 30, that’s my birfday.

My birthday is Sept. 1st.
well, heck!

we should make a party of it. My wife’s is Sept 11.

Sept 18
One month later and you get me. Right in the middle of the World Series fun.

So many disappointing birthdays….

I actually have the batter's eye box rented out for Aug 31!
for me?

really, you shouldn’t have… oh, ok!

Lucky you!!!!!
Mine's september 2nd :)
Wow, we just need

to have a huge party then.

this is what I'm saying!
Awwwww.

We’ll try to partially make up for it with good company.

aww drew

it was a really tough call… don’t be too hard on yourself :-)

no worries

it means more money to spend on mojitos tonight before we go to the movies.

what are you going to see?
Wall-E

I think. Late show, sans childrens.

Just saw it.... you'll like it a lot
why do they always have to zoom in on the guy...

... who thinks it’s okay to have his shirt off?

Can’t be good for the ratings.

Correia strikes out,1 down
Anybody know what pitches Harden features?

I’ve seen the 4 seamer and some sort of breaking ball… maybe a changeup?

Slider, split finger
Fastball and changeup

Harry Pav is everybody’s friend.

thanks!

awesome link

awesome link...

my favorite quote is talking about his slider:

Sure, I’m only looking at 171 of them, but the whiff rate over 47% is insane.

wow.

yeah

good stuff there.

i thought i read that harden had more or less given up the splitter to protect the shoulder…

What it looks like to me...

...is that he’s throwing a lot more changeups than in years past, throwing fewer sliders and vastly fewer splitters. Down from about 20% of his pitches down to 7%.

maybe new window links during game threads please?
+1

and a real rec. Best idea ever.

I'll see what I can do.

You can right-click on the link to bring up a menu and let you bring it up in a new tab, which I find preferable to a new window.

That also adds a couple steps to just *click*.
any cubs...

in the HR derby that we know if?

Nope, I would of liked to see Zambrano try, but no way in hell Lou lets him
ROFLMAO

I totally thought about that this morning…would so not be worth it if he got hurt though.

With that nice porch in right, whats saying he couldn't make a run at it?
i don't think so

but 14 year old evan longoria will be in it… gag

Eva...

...she’s attractive.

I hope so, though I haven't heard anything.

I need someone to champion in a bet with one of the other Ladies…

i wanna see

soto do it!!!

or rami
or dempster!
lilly could pitch it....

ok that was a horrible comment….sorry

it wouldn't matter

derosa would kill everyone… MLB actually made him promise never to be in it when he signed his contract… they don’t want anyone to see his true power… you’d go blind instantly

Infield hit for castillo
that was a REALLY good pick and throw by ARAM though
How is Harden's velocity

Listening on the radio, and they haven’t said anything.

He hit 96 a couple times, mostly in the low to mid 90s.
That's good to hear.

Thanks everyone for the update.

Fastball from 92-97
93-94 on the 4 seamer
he's around 92

with his fastball. a couple of 95s. one 97. mostly throwing the 92 and then a ton of change ups, whether they be little sliders or the more garden variety, all at about 87.

flyout 3 out

i’m noticing harden is a really good inning manager, that is SO GREAT to see

Molina flies out end of inning
what is that pitch

i guess that could be his splitter? some sort of slider? odd that it almost backs up while breaking down pretty sharply. his over the top delivery makes for some strange movement…

i THINK that's his slider... check out that link above, it talks about how nasty that pitch is
yeah, i saw that

but i thought his slider was the one he was throwing in the first inning. a lot tighter break, and went down and in to a lefty. that thing to molina was loopier and breaking the other way almost. maybe he just throws it a little different depending on the situation.

3 very nice innings from Harden so far
yep. excellent start
i can't wait for sportscenter...

you just KNOW they’re going to spend more time comparing CC to Rich than talking about the cubs playing well as a team

yeah, but more likely...

they’ll discuss what Brett Favre and Harden have in common. Ugh… enough with the Favre coverage!

OMG

I turned it off this morning because of that. How many different ways can you say “Farve wants to play, Packers not likely to say okay, Farve go somewhere else”

pitch count not awful either
what is it?
41
Impressive considering the number of strikeouts
gracias.

and yeah, not bad at all.

Let’s give him some run support now!!!

How many K's for Harden? 5?
dunno...

i missed the first inning… was still getting my ass outta bed

Let's get some runs!!!!
a Lee HR would be great here...
Wouldn't that be true anytime? :)
Ya it's been a while since he's hit one
it's been what...

since the series before STL?

What about Rowand's chain?

That thing is not cute.

it's the only way he can contain the passion and the fire though

with out that chain he would just explode… or implode… either way, it’d be nasty and take a while to clean up

At least it's not Josh Beckett's...

... hemp weave necklace thing. I smell the patchouli, ferrett droppings and bongwater from here.

C'mon Geo!

and Len gives a shoutout to Sanantone

I thought Len and Bob just gave me a special hello

Since I’m watching on AFN – But I’m in ENGLAND not Vicenza!

we're not good with geography here in the states ;-}
That's what I'm taking it as

Surely, he wasn’t giving some other troop a shoutout when he meant ME!

i went to a small school

we didnt even have geography class, lol

For real? I missed that?

You’re famous!

Geo with the walk

nice ab there

Geo walks
gotta love the geo batting eye...

he’s going to make tens of millions of dollars in his career.

JIMMY BALLGAME

big shot to right, knew it when he hit it

EDMONDS!!!!!!!!!!
Atta way Jimmy!!!!!
EDMONDS!

3-0 cubs!

Edmonds! 3=0

zz

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Jimmy!!!!!! 2 run HR!!!!!
Jimmy Baseball hit

a 2 run homer!!!

EDMONDS FAN CLUB...

IMPROMPTU MEETING BEGINS NOW!

i'll second that motion
What's on the agenda?
Closet Edmonds worship...

“Hi, my name’s Phil.”

and I secretly light candles for Edmonds in my closet...

...creepy, I know, but it feels so good to get it off my chest, you know.

Is this wrong?

Uhhhh

we have got to talk.

If he hits more HRs like that...

ain’t nuthin wrong with it.

I think...

you and IowaCubs need to hook up. Kind of freaky deaky!

yes

very wrong, call someone

free taco bell for everyone with a hang over!
Best. idea. ever.
Way to go, Jimmy!!
I'm not putting money on it...

but I bet Edmonds hits 25 this year if he stays healthy

He crushed the hell out of that ball.
Atta boy JIMMY!
who said

he was in a slump?

Well,

he sort of has been, but that’s a hell of a slump buster, and I’ll take it!

JIMMAY!!!!

WEEEEE!!!!

Soto deserves some credit there...

...clogging up the basepaths.

jim edmonds

can ride his bike with no handlebars

when jim edmonds does pushups...

he actually pushes the world down.

That song is awesome.
Someone in the pregame thread

predicted a homerun by Edmonds today but I can’t remember who it was.

i think it was me...i dont know if i said HR though
Gotta stay here

ESPN Gamecast way behind. :(

ESPN has the worst gamecast of them all
Like I said yesterday...

slower than Hank White and Daryle Ward.

On that note, I sure hope Hank starts tomorrow.

He is..Lou said

so before the game today.

I think...

We’ll see a Edmonds curtain call in Wrigley before the year is over.

What were the odds of that before the season started?

.0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001%

so you're saying there was a chance?

Gotta love Gary Gaetti.

Walks have really helped us out this inning

Getting to the pitchers spot is HUGE

Correia has thrown 30 pitches this inning.
Harden looks better than Lilly at the plate

So he has that going for him, which is nice

Gunga gunga...

gunga galunga.

surprised pink hat guy isn't at the game
He's at home

writing a check for the Cubs

analyzing the financials no doubt
Harden's not going to remind anyone of Zambrano at the plate, though.
Dude.

We have pinch hitters that don’t remind me of Z at the plate. He’s one of a kind. :)

Hello all

Nice to see Jimmy back on track!

This is so exciting isn't it guys?
above average excitement, yes.
Does anyone else here miss Matt Murton?

I feel like there’s this red headed void in my life.

no

but if you do, check this site out…

http://thundermatt.com/

one of my favorite blogs, i'll admit.

poor matt.

ted lilly fan club is pretty funny too
hey

he’s starting in Oakland. That’s got to feel good. He had a very good game last night.

Yes he did and

I’m happy for him.

Red Dog...

had two RBI last night. Glad he’s getting the chance. Met him at ‘07 Cubs Convention. Nice guy.

He's in a better place now.
Billy Beane Sabermetric Heaven?

Ahh… happy thoughts.

I have red hair.

You don’t know me, so it’s probably not filling any voids, but I thought I’d throw it out there.

My son is a redhead...

... and has a picture of murton on his wall. It’s nice to know you’re out there thinking of him. 8-p

Another redhead here

At least we still get Dempster, even if he’s not as radiantly red.

Mine's red

this month. :-P

mine too!

I knew we were soul sisters…

Hey sister, go sister...
Harden 34-2 with run support of 3 or more

wow

That stat.

Is ridiculous. Amazing.

let's make it

35.

I'm headed to Milwaukee to watch the game tonight

with about 10 other Brewer fans. The Cubs had better win this game. I want to leave tonight with a 6 game lead.

Go Reds Go

Go Reds Go…hey Cincy whaddya say, the Reds are gonna win tonight!

When is the last time we had a guy who we could hang the K signs for every start

Im thinking Z of two years ago

HE GONE
Please don't...

that’s blasphemous.

There you go Hawk, haha
K K K K K K K
stacking them up!
7 Ks

for Harden.

I posted that before you

But now, 8… as I already posted!

K K K K K K K K
the K string is coming back in a BIG way
98 MPH

OMFG i love this guy

Dude.

I know. I’m officially in love. OMG.

EIGHT Ks

98 mph!

98 MPH Go Harden!!
98!!!!!!!!! This guy is pretty good
AAHHH I LOVE HIM!
Haha...

Wow… that’s one hell of a #2 starter!

Don't tell Z, but I don't think we got a #2 starter.
8 Ks in 4 IP that's awesome!
I think i'm in love

with #40

Good pitch count

through 4 innings…51

Way to go, Rich!
harden...

is he the chosen one the prophesies have talked about?

As long as he's healthy
He doesn't LOOK like Sarah Michelle Gellar.
BlueMike was right after all!
stoppe clocks and all that.
PleasefortheloveofallthatisholystayhealthyRichHardenpleaseIbegyou
He. Completes. Us.
WOW!!!

I finally get to sit down to join the game thread, but been listening to the game, Harden is doing a great job! Wow!

Wow is right.....NASTY change up, the boy has....
I am almost speechless, this guy is putting on a show!
No offense to Geo, but

HARDEN IS A STUD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

::nods head in agreement::
I am at this level of euphoria, its weird I'm trying to just flow with it, haha
more runs please!
So,

do the Cubs has the best 1-2-3 and possibly 4 punch?

Dome is pissed at himself right now
Damn single hitters!
Sweet!!!!

Come on Dome, snap out of it!!!

Dome...

needs to skip the AS Game.

awriiiiiiiiiight
D-Leeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*ahem* ... hey you laggers ...
new…..thread…..
new thread up...

im moving out!

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