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Overflow Thread 2: Cubs vs. Giants, Wednesday 7/2, 9:15 CT

Kerry Wood's last save was a week ago. Long past time for one!

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how are the giants a young team already

i thought they were the oldest team in the bigs last year?

Ray Durham lied about his age

He’s really 25

Vizquel gives his age

in dog years

Is he older than Madonna?
Do you mean the bible lady or the singer?
I'm not touching that one.
Learn fast, huh?
or slow

depends on how you’re looking at it

Is he dating Madonna?
Getting rid of the Horse Muscles knocked the avg down by about nine years
true

but that was fast.

Average age of the team is 30.
CSN Bay Area

talking heads are horrible. Thank you Cox Cable for not carrying Len and Bob.

eh, they're not so bad
The color man

plays with the telestrater way too much.

Giants announcers

I don’t really hate these guys. Much worse out there.

The fascination they had with the kid gorging himself to death with fries earlier was pretty decent stuff.

Power Eater

That kid could put away some fries.

LETS. GET. SOME. RUNS.

Demp deserves a road W

Going to the bottom of the 9th in StL

Pujols leading off.

....watch it!

Pujols

fouled out

You missed the ESPN memo

Pujols must always be referred to as THE GREAT ALBERT PUJOLS

Rich Hill in 5 yrs

Up to bat for the Cards….

maybe Rich Hill

is destined to play CF for us. Is he our Rick Ankiel?

Am I making a mountain out of a Rich Hill?

is theriot okay? Cable out and cant get radio in this room for some odd reason and have to monitor something online,

He's still in. If that means something.
fine

thanks. gameday still has him in but they did have soriano in when he was removed.

he's fine.

He’s on second, K with both runners advancing. 2 out for Geo

just did a dbl steal

he’s fine

Lee K on a pitch right down the middle runners steal second and third

Pujols up at the plate for STL, pops out on first pitch.

DLee really got fooled there.
Yes, yes he did.

Did you see him smirk after “ball” 3?

riot is the grittiest gritter ever

Scrappy

Gallagher might or might not be “Gritty”

Gallagher

Gritty or not…the guy needs to demand a picture retake for the official one they use on MLB/Gameday Olan Mills wouldn’t have let that shit fly.

Let's go Geo!!!!!!!!!
Favorite Opposition Announcers

Mine have to be the Padres radio announcers. Those guys are good.

Ucker & Vin Scully
I kind of like Scully

Mostly because he reminds me of the Gibson walk off

Scully

on a Dodgers broadcast is great. Brings back the “old” days.

Okay

I should have said…. opposition announcers that aren’t legendary.

Enjoy the Phils
They're good, too
What, no Marty Brennemans???
how many outs?

2?

Soto RBI single
and he keeps it alive for EDMONDS!
5 weeks ago

what are the chances thats a good line?

And again...

I’m glad I was wrong. Go Jimmay!

Soto base hit two runs in 5-3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ankiel flew out to the wall in center in STL.

Funny

I thought it was Rowand who loves to fly, out to the wall

yeah theres 2 outs
thanks
Geo

has a great piece of hitting. 2 runs score.

Geovany Soto: ALL STAR
Soto is such a STUD!

Ronnie “your an all star”

DITTO!!!

I was just wondering where that was. :)

you're an all star big boy

haha. i love ronnie!

SOTO COMES THROUGH
Geo....Geo....Geo!!!! 5-2
I like it.

It’s like a conga line chant.

madison

needs that shirt

Dude, We ALL need that shirt!!!!!!!!
Lucky for you, they're available

;) ↓

why are they in navy blue as opposed to cubbie blue?
unfortunately, that color isn't provided in women's shirts...
thats too bad

for $24 plus s&H I’d want it to be Cubbie blue.

but good idea… bet there are a lots of girls that don’t care about that

that was my EXACT thought
me too :D
women of bcb shirt :)
That's an awesome idea.
Do that, and I'll have to get lswaidz to make one with the Hough on it

Where is he, btw?

i dunno

was wondering that myself, but i couldn’t remember how to spell his name

lol re: name

and I don’t know. I was wondering where he was too.

I'll bet you he eloped with the Hough when I wasn't looking

We could get tshirts that say Als Harem or something like that,

I doubt Al would

go for that.

um.

no

i like al. but i’m no one harem

there are tshirts that I have seen that say Hardy's hotties
yeah, I object to the word "harem" too.
That folks..

Is why Geo is going to the All-Star game

Voting

When will the final tallies be announced on the vote for ASG

Sunday

They’ll have a show on TBS

you're right

but I’m sure it’s on ESPN 18 seconds after

Yeah, but I think Cubs vs. Cards is on TBS right after that
Just checked...you're right..

chip caray and what’shisname..

Sunday night on ESPN
Edmonds didn't like that call.

Neither did I. Weird strike zone.

Nice two-out hit

by Soto. Where would this team be without him?

D-Bags gift wrapping it

Error to start Milwaukee’s 9th… bunted to 2d…. RISP 1 out

sheesh -- just like their series at Miller Park
Geovany Soto

Isn’t it nice to have a position player not only meet expectations but so far exceed them>

F! Stl wins on walkoff
Glaus walk-off homer
BS

That was the baseball equivalent of playing “slop” billiards.

Glaus walkoff
Chavez...missed it by inches...
baseball is a game of yards
Edmonds walk

Cards win on walk off by Glaus

Marmol's still in the pen warming up.

Lou’s apparently trying to burn his arm out without actually having to use him in game situations.

I thought that was Eyre?
Seriously?
No no.

Sorry, I was referring to the “trying to burn his arm out without actually having to use him in game situations” part.

Jimbo draws the walk.
Cards win.
at least the mets lost
Dang it. Mets get FIFTEEN hits and can't win.
They are so not good.
don't know if you've noticed

but they aren’t very good

We win our own ballgame and it doesn't matter.
+11
It does

It does matter we have to hold our own until we are at full strength in about 2 weeks with return of Zambrano, Soriano and Johnson.

Lets hope our bullpen holds up a little better than NY and AZ
the upshot is

the Brewer bullpen still has to pitch one more inning

now you know

Why they canned their coaching staff. Seems to be paying off in spades already with the new crew.

Meet the Mets....Beat the Mets....
With 2 outs 2 strikes
MIL takes the lead
Glaus had two in that game
Glaus

Dr Lewis Yokum still gets some $ from everything Glaus does.

DeRosa K inning over
I'm making the trip down to PNC next weekend

to root on the Pirates against the Cards

Cheer loudly!!
Most likely I'll be the loudest fan there.
or the only fan there

do they have fans?

yeah,

when it is a bobble head or fireworks night

Take a picture

Take a picture of where the legendary Daryl Ward bomb landed.

can you

Break that McClouth guys legs?

I'm going to PNC

not the Cell

Beautiful ballpark
Well,

let’s hold our lead here. It just got a lot more important.

what inning are we in?

going into 8?

What do you say when everyone in the USA sneezes?
God Bless the USA?
close
God Bless America?

We’re gonna need a lot of tissue.

Lots of Cubbies

cheers during the stretch

We're everywhere
there were a few giants fans

but lots of “root root for the cubbies”

Marmol in to pitch
Marmol

looking good early. 3 pitches and an out.

How many did my man Demp throw?

91
Well, that home run aside...

...it was a nice comeback outing for Demp.

hmm taking it light on him today, anyways solid job
So at one of the cafeterias I eat at

They’ve introduced a small hamburger called the Slider

You get one guess about why I thought that was a good omen when I saw it today

Would that cafeteria be

White Castles?

Correct answer ... but, no, standard issue cafeteria
HE's BACKKKK!!!!!!
He's a bad, bad man.
Marmol gets the K on Alfonzo
Vizquel went and that is another K Two out
marmol sounds like he's on

and dealing

'splain this

Dempster bats for himself, but doesn’t start the next inning.

Yesterday, Lou PH for a RHB position player with a RHB position player and batted for a better hitting pitcher with the same short bench.

Yo no entiendo.

Most likely

I think dempster hit for himself to not waste a pinch hitter.

Thank you for reading half of that sentence.
Yeah, I was sure Demp was coming back too
thin bench

it was either him or EPat :-)

It's just sad watching Vizquel hit anymore.
i know

bet this is his last year. how old is he now?

87
prolly close
over 6

in dog years

Marmol has more electric sliders

than a cheezy DJ wedding

not bad, not bad
Marmol looks GOOD tonight.
Strike out the side baby!
Upton robs Dillon of a 2-run homer to end the Brewer 9th

4-3 Mil

Giants

Denker
Bowker

Yep those are names that will live on in Giants folk lore forever beside Bonds, Mays, and McCovey.

McCovey Cove?

Bowker Bullpen?
Denker Dugout?

Marmol has some problems finding the zone walks the pinch hitter Two out
Replay on Dble Steal

If anybody covers, either runner is out. Sometimes a break is needed.

Orlando Hudson leads off the AZ 9th

with a single

All Star

Have the Cubs ever had a pitcher make the All Star team once as a starter and once as a reliever? If Kerry makes the team he’d obviously be it. How many besides Smoltz have been as both?

Lewis single Two out First and Second
one more out, carlos

just one more

Connnor Jackson flies out deep to left in AZ

and Hudson takes second

NOOOOOOO tie game
F! Tie game on a homerun by Durham
Lame

That blew

CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP
No Fracking Way.
So much

for marmol looking good.

:(

seriously. 2 Ks and that. :(

Dear God no way
:: speechless ::
unprintable
I think I just heard

the brown noise

There goes Dempster's W
With 2 outs

Again!

This is 100% in his head, damn fan gave him that homer anyway
Please tell me someone is up in the pen.
This team is imploding
Oh, calm down

Or quit watching.

St Louis and Milwaukee already have victories tonight

and seemingly do not lose anymore

we're in first

they are chasing us. calm the hell down.

Milwaukee game just ended

but wasn’t over when you posted. calm down

Dude. We're in first still.

Calm down. This is the cubs without RJ, Sori, Z, Rami…get a grip.

I don't see how that qualifies as an overreaction to calm down

Simply stating the facts. Plus wood is starting to become the only one in the pen taht can be trusted.

That the Brewers and Cardinals never lose? Not a fact.

The Brewers hadn’t even won when you said that they had. And—Webb pitches against them tomorrow.

Agree with you generally

But don’t forget we face Lincecum…

not tonight we don't.

btw, HR hamster

Again, agree with not saying the world is ending

Just saying, both teams face tough pitchers tomorrow

sure, not denying that

but I was refuting the Cards & Brewers never lose bit. in fact, I started my reply to him as AZ had two on and one out. (yeah, it pissed me off that the DP happened while I was typing).

and, Lincecum isn’t invulnerable. let’s get this one first, then worry about tomorrow.

Def agree on worrying about this one first
no need to panic; that's basically my point

granted, I’ll be pissed if the Cubs lose, but I won’t panic.

I give up

If you want to crap your pants, go right ahead.

I'll just add this

We are going to need a frontline starter, and a top of the line bullpen arm if we want to win a championship

sharting

is the preferred verb

Well, follow them, then

And quit watching the Cubs.

You mean the same Cardinals who gained 1 game when we went 4-8?

Bit premature there
You overreact

all the time.

"jesus"' "boy oh boy" - R.Santo
We need instant replay

wait, no we don’t.

Lou, throw the red flag!

one more out

we’re still in this…

I hate that short porch shit

I know it’s the same for both teams, but still

Is marmol taking lessons from Rich Hill?
Okay

Vote who is overreacting more eswan or bball>

I still agree with putting Marmol in Ground out to end the inning
fan interference anyone?
Absolute heartbreak

2-out walk

'boy oh boy' 'jesus' - R.Santo
FWIW, That fan did reach over the wall and catch it.
Well,

looks like we’ve got some work to do in the 8th.

well, those runs from geo look even bigger now

lets go get some more, boys

This game is still very winnable,

but it sucks that Dempster loses his W.

Very good point
Exactly.

You’d think from some of these posts that we just gave up 10 runs that inning.

Drama queens...that's all they are
We're fine as long as our starters go eight innings
This has to be the worst comercial ever...

...the Belvedere vodka commercial. Sad; it’s a nice vodka.

Disaster

Blues Clues just won on a DP

Tie game

The world has not ended.

Giants also can’t win without scoring again.

Please help me

I feel the spirit of BlueMike entering me…

The power of ______ compels you!
That worked!
This sucks
Ray Durham

All-time Cub Killer team

with Carlos Lee in left
neifi perez at second
Everyone calm down and enjoy a Belvedeire Vodka

and put on your flannel shirts

c'mon matty
And I look up and see a Valtrex commercial

Sucky 10 minutes

Belvediere Vodka

Is the cause of 24% of Valtrex’ users

I just love the people looking earnestly into the camera

And saying, “I have genital herpes” like they’re saying “I have a VCR”

why do you love that?

I love deep dish pizza

I find it creepily amusing ... I guess using "love" kind of makes me look kinky, huh?
You're post just went full circle
I am not a post
Huh?

Forget it. Cubs are winning.

You're = You are

but you corrected it and that’s the last we need to mention it

Well, I have HERPES, do you????

just kidding, but I think the commercials for Valtrex and the VIagra shit JUST SUCK…..........what is this country coming to? Isn’t anyone else offended?

Murton ground out 5-3
Another productive at bat from murton
I'm officially at the point where I cringe when I see Marmol warming up
really?

b/c i’m still okay with it.

he’s only gonna get it back by going out and finding it.

I'm with you.

this isn’t Rich Hill

He was so perfect for so long

That regressing to the mean was unavoidable.

Agreed.

Let him slump in June, find it mid July and rock through the rest of the year.

works for me
+1

He is human afterall…

let's score some more runs...

bail out Marmol!

I feel awful for Dempster. Another road win for him blown by the bullpen.

Let’s make sure the team still gets the W.

Sneaky power to right center.

wow!

you called it!

I didn’t really call it, I’m just drunk, and when I’m drunk and I always remember Bob saying that he had sneaky power and me and my buddy laughing forever about it. I’ll take the run though.

Bob just called him that.
Win or lose

I am more worried about Marmol. He is a critical cog to this team…

HOMERUN!!!1
Fontenot HR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SNEAKY POWER!!!
FONTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 6-5
THAT SNEAKY BASTID!!!!
SNEAKY POWER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
'lil Mikey delivers!
Towering homerun says pat

awesome, little guy.

serious? Espn sucks. How can I call a shot and then be the last to know about it?

WONDER HAMSTER!!!

TO SAVE THE DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Patterson popout in foul ground, he will be back in AAA
Rightfullyl so
Bruce Miles seemed to indicate that this was the idea anyways.
Pattersons

I swear to god there better not be any more of those clowns floating around the minors…..

lol

If there are, I’m sure we’ll find them.

Im scared to look

But im headed to Wikipedia now with my fingers crossed that their father got a vasectomy shortly after Eric’s birth.

Mike woo...Fontenot woo

go woo cubs woo

Violation!!!
Ronnie Woo Woo

Is everything I hate about bleacher Trixies and Chads and everything I have about cosmetic dentistry

have = hate

self pwnage

I guess it happens to the best of us, huh?
Al's going to be upset

you even typed that name.

I give you a pass.

You’re prob not from Chicago? East Coast, right? Something tells me you’re not fully aware of the evil that is…..well ya know, him.

Marmol

I am worried a bit about Marmol but think its wa too early to panic,

Who pitches the 8th?

Howry?

Font....

Was totally due! How many “just misses” has he had recently.

Woooo Hoooo

Pretty amazing there have been 4 homeruns in this park tonight

Mostly by non homerun hitters

'Ain't baseball grand?
It really is awesome.
its pretty great
thats what pat and ron are discussing right now
How is Ronny handling this game?
he's okay

lots of “man oh man”s happening

Good......

I worry about him when he stops talking, that’s when he’s REALLY upset!

What now, Howry in the 8th?
Dome grounds out to SS Inning over, but the CUBS TAKE THE LEAD
Exhibit #859 why the "Win" statistic is overrated
Meanwhile on the south side

Sox won another dramatic win, This is going to be a fun summer in Chicago!

It already IS

fun, I’d say – and it is summer…

Can anyone tell me...

why “MAtchup” Lou did not put a LH pitcher in for a struggling Marmol?! WTF?

do we even have a lefty in the pen?
Cotts?
YEP.

He couldn’t have done much worse…

The question still stands then!
Cotts...
Oy vey.

Yeah, that would have worked out better.

Durham is a switch hitter...is he not..
NO.

LH hitter

Nope. Switch hitter.
I'll bet

it’s because we were up 3, Marmol is young and needs to work through this. It was a good opportunity.

Bc he no problem shut down the first two batters in that inning
exactly.

on great pitches, btw

I CAN HAS GO AHEAD HOME RUN?

fontenot

funny

How even the most annoying things in the world can be acceptable when you slap a Cubs hat on it.

replying to myself

“How even the most annoying things in the world can be acceptable when you slap a Cubs hat on it”

Kind of like Jim Edmonds?.

Awesome.

I love it.

aww. how twoot.

My cable just got up again probably going to go watch the game,

fontetouille

OH god

Someone make this…

Tomorrow's Pitching Match up

We face Lincecum
Brew face Webb
St Lou faces Pelfrey?

Find the one that doesnt fit

hopefully Lincecum doesnt fit
Lincecum

other pitchers are over 5’ 9”

Fill in the blank

That’s why they __ the games

schedule?
Sorry. The correct answer is

televise.

What is Light Urple?
LMAO

Well played, sir, well played

wow I must REALLY be tired if SB is making valid points LOL
wow. 2 credits from you in one game
this one is prolly b/c Im almost alseep. hehee
It doesn't matter who st louis faces

Those hacks score runs effortlessly despite having a triple AAA calibre lineup. Aaron Miles hitting .325, you have to be kidding me

Have you ever considered shutting the hell up?
Brian Barton

Looks like he just left the set of a Red Stripe Beer commercial or a Bob Marley tribute concert.

Hooray, beer!
Someone should

Give Brian Barton and Lil Ceasar a sitcom on FOX. I would be brilliant.

That would be Guiness, not Red Stripe
It will matter

On Friday

Were head over heels better than the cardinals talent wise

We should be able to take 2 of 3 from them at the minimum. They are just overacheiving like no other

calming down, I see

good!

I've been calm this whole time

Just don’t like to see our lights out setup man givin up a homerun to dinosaur durham after gettin 2 outs no one on, very frustrating

well yeah

obviously no one was HAPPY about it. but no one else talked about implosion.

Depends on your definition of an implosion

For that one inning it was an implosion you could say

my sources say no....

do you expect the Cubs to win every individual inning?

Ever heard of the saying

When you find yourself in a hole, quit digging

Lincecum

I think we will put some facial hair on that child tomorrow. We will age him.

You can count on the SI jinx kicking in…

You know, this team is really imploding

; )

total implosion.

we should just sell the high priced players and start over.

I know but what

can you do…over react maybe? :D

One of my favorites

My favorite game thread was a poster claiming Wood was the worst closer of all time because the bases were loaded and we were going to lose the game and the Cubs would lose 10 in a row.

If I remember correctly Wood got out of the 9th and has been on fire ever since,

Game is not over yet sir

Just saying we better finish this game tonight because Lincecum is an extremely tough matchup tomorrow. And our lineup isn’t exactly intimidating lately

pssst.

Rami is back tomorrow. ;)

i love rami

:sigh:

find him dreamy, do you?

Thankfully this imploding team is leading the NL.

8th inning

is the save tonight.

Crash pop up to Fontenot One out
Dear Mr. Howry,

Please don’t crap the bed.

Yours Truely,
Santoswoodenlegs

+1
SWL

Still bitter about the Tshirt?

thank you for not making a pic of that!
Wood

Im a little concerned about Wood because he hasn’t pitched since dinosaurs roamed the earth,

didn't he pitch

the day before yesterday?

I just saw a T-Rex down the street on Monday
did he say something about having

a big head and little arms?

T Rex

The only well known Rex in Chicago has no head and a good but inaccurate arm.

also can't see over his O-linemen
Worst is

The worst thing is he’s the best QB weve had since at least Kramer. Of course that’s being the tallest midget.

Yes, he did.
and the game before last doesn't count because?
Last time he pitched

Omar Vizquel was in LL

I hear he used to get Little Foot w/ the high heat all the time
Clarification

I should have been clearer., He hasn’t pitched in a save situation in years,

Years.

This word, I don’t think that word means what you think it means

INCONCEIVABLE
UNPOSSIBLE!
This picture was taken in my backyard...just the past weekend!

lmao
OMGZ!

I think I used to have some of those toys… what was it called?

I remember the ones you're talking about

Had the T Rex and the pterodactyl, at least

But I don’t remember the name at all

I googled Dino Warriors

because I used to play with them.

Instead I got Dino’s (Golden State) Warriors Suck page.

I hope you washed your hands when you were done.
Kerry's Other Life?
Hee hee

I am the butt of the joke and I laughed.

Jack Bauer K's or whatever his name is
bowker

the poor man’s bauer.

I will always picture the big boss from the original Mario with that name
You mean like...

the only reason I’m alive right now is because John Bowker doesn’t feel like carrying me?

That SOB who hit the HR earlier strikes out Two down
He pitched Tuesday
I misspoke

Meant to say in a save situation,.

Dome gets the final out, Inning over
bedtime for me
night madison!
night

Remember to brush your teeth

can't make it one more inning, eh?

good night

nighty night
I'm going to bed

and I better wake up to good news tomorrow, Woody!!

g'nite
you made it through 8

whats one more?

Sleep

I work at 5am….these west coast trips kill me because I never go to bed until the games are over.

i only work at 9am

I am g2g

What the worst part is that I actually watch OTHER games that are on with the game day package on cable. I even stuck out this bad boy a while back…. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=280417125

Insurance, CAN I HAS SOME?
This is a disclaimer to my impression earlier

He annoys me. I am not from Chicago but it dosen’t matter. I was joking.

AGAIN: DISCLAIMER TO THE IMPRESSION EARLIER.

Rafael Furcal

Back surgery, out 2 months.

Remember when we wanted him way back when?

Remember when he was hitting like .580 or something at the beginning of the season?

I wanted Zito

That’s why the Cubs don’t pay me.

Remember the outcry when the Cubs signed Derosa?
and lily

and fonzi.

and Marquis

oh, yeah…

You can't win em all

Thought about that one when he cranked his granny the other day…

He cranked his granny...oh my!

;-)

Yeah that one doesn’t sound so good does it?

Cranked his granny?

is that like Crank that Soulja Boy

i liked the derosa signing when it happened

wasnt so sure on soriano. Mainly because the length of the contract

Zito

Looks like Cy Young compared to Brett Myers

Brett Myers

ineligible for Cy Young due to AAAcitis

That guy belongs in the Penal Leagues somewhere…. what a total assbag.

this injury

is killing my fantasy team. Ive got theriot starting….

Contract year

Maybe that drives his price down, and Jim Hendry can gamble a bit?

Don't do it!

You’ve lasted this long!

Go Woo! Theriot! Woo!
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?
NO. WOO!
lol
Not funny.

Really. NO WOO.

a no woo zone

thats what this is

Riot flies out to right One down
Panic time

IThis is going to be weird but bear with me, One of the biggest reasons I think we will hold on in this division and go places doesn’t play coach or manage, We have the best GM in our division,

Hopefully he will make a significant move or two very shortly
no

randy wolf or bronson arroyo please

no point, they aren't any better than the guys we have
eh

i would take either over marquis. regardless if he pitched well as of late

Randy Wolf

Pluses: Brother is an umpire
possibilities of a bleacher bum wolfpack

Minuses: possibilities of a bleacher bum wolfpack

Brother is a jerk of an ump

He’s the one that made a show out of running Lilly in ATL last year

First inning right?
Bruce Wold, IIRC.
Wolf*
he reads minds, don't ya know?
"I've been waiting for that all night"

yeah, all night. was the 1st. more likely, was practicing in front of the mirror

I remember hoping for a punchout from Lily. He’s been very calm since leaving TOR.

Haha how awful would either of those be
I think he will

I predict one major and 2 medium and 1 small move.

I think you get a free 2 liter with that deal
and how are you related to Jim?

:-)

History

2003 got Aram and Lofton

2004 while it didn’t pan out got Nomar.

I'm teasing

I like our GM.

I think he will deliver some help this year

Is that because he lives in your neighborhood?
Look at the competition

I’d be worried about Jocketty but hes not there anymore,.

or b/c your a "former employee"
you're*

i’m off tonight

Quotage

“It was the trade deadline, the last real chance contending teams had to acquire vital ingredients for their World Series brews. Jim Hendry lived for days like this one. His cell phone unsheathed, the GM was working frantically to make Cubdom’s dreams come true.”—Wrigley Blues, by William J. Wagner

I'm looking for the rest of your comment. The comma tells me there is more, and yet, I cannot find it. Woe to you, deceptive comma.

DLee make me happy.

Almost had his head taken off....
Turtle Turtle
Ah, the reason for all of those double plays....
Am I not "trurtley" enough...

for the turtle club?

Lee gets a pitch at his head, then he strikes out swinging. Two down
Soto gets hit by the pitch
good thing mcf went to bed
Things could get a bit interesting next week when SF comes to town...
I hope not because of that

focus on winning the games

Hopefully not, the Giants are going nowhere and the Cubs are headed for October!
Goodness, this guy would make me nervous if I were the hitter!

He doesn’t seem to know where it’s going.

Dude this guy pitches way in a lot.

Didn’t Dragon say something about that the other day?!

now that you mention, he did warn us about this guy
that's right, he did..
He it riot's shirt the other day.

Now this, and the pitch at DLee’s head. This dude is a menace.

More Rib Music
juuuuuust a bit inside. luckily soto is ok after the HBP.
If he had hurt soto there would be serious problems.
yes. serious problems
but we've got the Orange Guy as the emergency catcher...
That's the second player he's hit this series.

Cripes.

Okay, this inside pitching is starting to piss me off
Forgot to vote for fukudome

although I kind of want him to stay home during the break

Bet he wouldn't mind staying home with the wife and baby

Anyone with one of those old, big, talk to aliens, satellites? I remember my uncle had one and I could see almost any sporting event I wanted without having to hear horrible announcers. This ESPN, gameday isn’t cutting it.

Last week Giants vs Royals

It was the pitching matchup of Yabu vs. Yabuta.

Going on a limb to say that’s the first time 2 pitchers have faced each other with the first 4 letters of their name being “Yabu”

lets go cubbies chant

is loud on the radio

Is on TV too.
It's cool that you can hear the crowd

in b/w innings

yeah

their PA announcer is not very good

Giants Broadcast Attendance Game

Babies 7, Armed Forces 575

The babies should have seen this one coming with the 4th of July just around the corner.

Transvestites 2,357

You forgot the one that we had go deep for us tonight.

TWSS
I gotta say, I'm with fuk on this one.
ty

its a bit complex to figure out

I was gonna TWSS Barrett getting hit in the face

but figured I’d be denied x 100

not cool
Kayakers

27.5

People missing Barry Bonds

O

I will never miss that dude.

I hope he never plays again.

who's the .5?
Centaur
that centaur thing in the harry potter books..

What’s left of Eric Byrnes dog.

Love to see the half-fan
go to cincy

lots of 1/2 fans

And a stadium that doubles as a tug boat. WHoooo Whoooo!

Anyone see Barrett get his in the face todaY?

Looked bad. I hope he’s ok.

http://sandiego.padres.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080702&content_id=3053800&vkey=news_sd&fext=.jsp&c_id=sd

You hope...I'll sort of not care.
OUCH

that guy hasnt had much for luck since going to san diego

Really bad

But still probably better than his “groin” injury with the Cubs.

wow. that's nasty.

Helton’s reaction is classic.

ouch.

Looked like he stood up and stuff, painful though.

Yeah, hate to see that.

Hope he’ll be ok.

Edmonds strike out Inning over. Woody Time!!!!!!!!!
Hanging curve... TWSS
Let's hold em guys!!
Kid K

let’s lock this one down!!!!

Lets go Kerry.
Let's go Kerry, take us to the promised land baby!
Alfonzo ground out 5-3 One Down!!!!
DeRo takes matters into his own hands.
and taps the glove...a-la Theriot...before thowing to 1st.
Name that Molina in for Vizquel
bengie
Moe?

Moe Molina?

This league does not need mo' Molinas

We have enough

tapped out at 3, huh?
did you just call him a mo mo?
Benji coming up
Dorn to Vaughan: Strike this GUY out

censored for TBS

love that edit

hilarious

2nd worst edit ever

1st is Die Hard 2. Up in air tower

it's so bad it's good, though
DeRosa

Did I just see a quadruple clutch before the throw to 1st?

off topic tension breaker

I like the all-blue hats with the road unis. I wish they’d dump the red billed hats.

i hate the red bill

i can’t wear red.

Me neither

takes something away from my baby blue eyes ;)

That's reason enough to change it, right ;)
for me it is

:-)

I can -- on autumn Saturdays, you Boiler!
I think it should be a garnet bill, then
co-signed
will you cosing the bill bill?
cosign
ill cosign

the bill to get rid of the red bill. never liked those

Then they'd have to cancel

the red billed hat society meetings

You don’t know how many Bloods and Crips the Cubs alienate by having conflicting hat colors.

definitely agree

for some reason the red billed caps always looked liked children’s caps to me, IDK why, just do.

Will Vizquel last the season as a MLB player?
hope so

I like the guy

Let's go Woody!

I can’t hang for extra innings.

Molina craps himself trying to hit a fastball TWO DOWN!!!
Hats

Yeah those are kinda nice. Wonder what it would look like with a white C instead of the stars and stripes.

The red bill needs to go away for a while.

forever you mean

hate red

bullseye on our back

we gotta respond like the best team in the majors…this is what happens on the road

Throwing WOO the WOO heat WOO
stop it with the damn woo
that was the last

im nervous now

NO more Woo!
why do you do that?
Castillo triple and we need to bear down for this last out
Benji has a TRIPLE???????
Oh, it's Castillo!
Fred Lewis scares the crap out of me right here
Stupid fracking triple!

We need a strike out/pop out here.

well that blows
what is it with

our bullpen giving up a lot of two out hits?

I don't believe this
Castillo was chuggin
one more strike

Let er rip Woody

99 mile per hour strike one
Get him, Kerry.
2 outs

one more kerry, honey. you can do this!

We ARE playing the Giants, right? RIGHT?
CUBS WINNNN!!1
Kerry

Derek Bell this guy.

Yes!!!

Photobucket

there he is!
LOVE HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!
:: sniff ::

He’s beautiful

CUBS WIN!!!!!!!!!!
DONE!!!!!!!!!
CUBS WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lewis strikes out and the Cubs Win
Whew

But a win’s a win

indeed
See you guys

Tomorrow night…. gotta get up in 3 hours for work.

night
Ouch!

Thanks for sticking it out!! Night

3? Can you drink at work?

Hmmm…. sounds like a good idea.

my head hurts

GO CUBS GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

BEAUTIFUL Slider
OH YES!

I think Ronny lost his voice yelling on that one!

FLY IT!

somebody? since northsider’s not here

gah!

I don’t have it! Anyone?

Best I can do. Sorry, no song.

I bet Fontenot won't have to hand out towels tonight

EAMUS CATULI

Or As The Wife Says

“Eat More Katsui!”

Does Marmol get the win?
yes, but no style points
YUP

funny how that works.

I love baseball
I believe that is considered a vulcher win....
Yes

Hold for Howry.
Save for Woody.

yup

although he doesn’t deserve it

Poor Demp

But I’ll take this over the alternative of a marmol loss.

scorer could have given it to Howry

but that’s rarely done

that game was much needed

.500 ball is fine with me until we get back to full strength

early start tomorrow

see you all then…

see ya!

night

YESSSSS

Makes me SO happy!!!!
i miss sori
i dont miss his

defense

He'll be back. :)

Very soon!!! YAY!

Ok Happy to do the play by play tonight. Great win and I will talk to you all in the morning
Thanks!

See ya!

where is the W

yeah

fly it!!!

Night all

Must blog, then sleep

way to have your priorities set

night.

Notes

• Edmonds with another great night – 2 walks, a single, and an HR. I admit being wrong about him and thinking he was done. Will he get Player of the Month?

• Marmol needs to stop shaking off his catcher and he also needs to quit walking people. Not sure if he’s trying to be a little too clever out there or if it’s the jitters or what. Just bear down, stay focused, and throw quality strikes!

• Nice at-bat by Soto, settling for the line drive up the middle and knocking in the 4th and 5th runs. Even Mike Murphy is on the Geo bandwagon – today he predicted that Soto would be the greatest Cubs catcher ever.

• Another round goes to Mike Fontenot. Every time I criticize his shortcomings (no pun intended) he goes and hits an HR.

• Cardinals and Brewers won. So be it. I bring up the past seasons of futility as much as anyone here, but now is not the time to develop a mental block about 1969, Bartman, Durham’s glove, etc.. You study the advance scouting reports the best you can and then you go out and hand the competition a loss.

• Can’t wait to get ARam, Johnson, and Zambrano back. Nice to hear Soriano is on track to come back earlier than expected. Another 9-game winning streak would sure help!

Good summary!

And agreed with all of it, so +6 :)

where you at?

in cali?

La-La-Land

About 3 mi from LAX.

my hood?

1 year ago i called playa del rey my hood

North or South of LAX?
A Little South

Hawthorne – home of the Beach Boys

very nice.

I’m a few blocks from where OJ did his slashing in Brentwood. We don’t miss him.

haha

its all good, loved my time in LA but haven’t looked back since…..dodgers cubs series out there last year was brutal, never been hit with so many dodger dogs in my life

Same Here

I won’t go to Chavez Ravine anymore after putting up with morons for three hours.

no doubt

the all you can eat section is just a bunch of high school groups that shouldn’t be there…..i liked the stadium, the crowd on the other hand was garbage!

I was once told to quiet down by an usher

because we were too loud. so I never went back except for a game when my secretary sang the national anthem. I hate the place.

Absolutely True

It’s only OK if you yell and scream for the Dodgers. I swear it was like being at a HS basketball game, the way they forcefully mandate rooting for the home team.

terrible

i asked lapd to watch a fan video taping me, during the game, and they didn’t do anything about him….seriously, who lets a camcorder in the stadium?

That Would Be Scary

Then again, LAPD isn’t always the most efficient law enforcement agency out there.

exactly

with that said, my favorite sports bar in LA was barneys beanery….home of the LA i-club and home to a bunch of midwester boys that love the hawkeyes

where is Barney's Beanery?
Franklin and LaCienega

in Hollywood.

santa monica

santa monica promenade…....or at least the twin sister….the original up in hollywood (i think) was the last place janis joplin was seen alive and the favorite watering hole of jim morrison

3rd St Promenade in SaMo

has a Michigan Wolverines bar I used to frequent. It might still be there.

I knew I had seen it!

it looks like a great spot for games.

good times.....

night u left coasters….how bout them cubbies (or hawkeyes)?!

wolverines?

do the hawks need to go to the big house and dominate some more?

Ouch

Hopefully Rich Rodriguez can do something about that!

haha

i can’t talk…...my boy kirk needs to get us back to the national spotlight, we were so close for 3 year there…..that’s all you gotta say to us

Now I just watch every game on DirecTV with

my dogs (my wife will some times watch). Much better than ever going to games. I manage to see 95% of Cub games on TV or computer. Can’t complain.

Good night!!

Me Too

Cubs on TV with the wife and the dogs. Have a good evening!

just north

first “town” you hit if you were to go north of lax…....although little playa is getting taken over by lax…....where you at? el segundo?

what about you?

where are you? one year ago i was watching fireworks off of torrence

Fuentes..

I hope that Marmol gets his stuff back together….but Hendry needs to beat the Cardinals, Brewers, Rays to this guy just in case….

Pen Fortification Would Be Nice

as would a couple more solid bats off the bench. Do your stuff, Jim!

agreed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Where is our Carlos? You would think, with a mid 90’s fastball, he would just go and dominate….PLEASE, Mr. Marmol, put that slider in yer pocket…..dominate with the fast ball, leave the slider for a secondary pitch….....

fuentes is nasty

he’s gonna be tough to get.

Probably so

But I don’t think that we can count Cotts and Eyre to be our left handed guys. Plus he can be bridge to woody if Marmol continues to struggle.

Need to at least kick the tires a little….

Flipping Dish went out right before lewis....
plate full of crow

i said woody shouldn’t be the closer, lieber should be in the rotation over dempster and pie should be on the roster over than fonte….shut my effin mouth, it feels good to say that

yah

shut your mouth!!!!!!!!!!!

Game not on TV here in Denver.

I’m sitting in my computer room holding my portable radio at just the right angle so that WGN Radio is fading in and out, listening to them call the game, watching MLB Gameday. Faded just on Strike three, but I could hear their voices raised in happiness over strike three. Thank God, my arm was getting tired.

We needed this one.

You know, I haven’t done stuff like this to follow the Cubs since I was a senior in high school in 1969. I’m too old for this, but I can’t help myself.

Go Cubs.

So much for studying

Ehh, law school can wait. B/c This is the year, right? Right?

haha

i’ve had that same conversation w/ myself.

There it is!!!!!! Eamus Catuli

fontenot & wood

players of the game

Totally perfect.

Soto had a great day too, though. :)

he sure did
he did indeed

that 2 run single was huge

and the double, when edmonds drove him in!
Just got my SI in the mail today.....

was reading the story about Tim Lincecum. Made me think of Mike Fontenot when he hit the home run.

MightyHamster, as SWL says....
HBC, you're 1-0 w/ GA

Keep the streak alive!

will do, jay!

thanks again, buddy.

Good game, all!

See you tomorrow, and let’s light up Lincecum! Even the best pitchers have off days!!!

night!
Sweet Cubbie dreams all...

see you all at 6:05 CDT tonight.

night everyone

yay for a normal game time tomorrow!

Ok time to study. For reall this time. Night all.
and a normal Marmol too!
Fun with highlights

WGN played Fontenot’s HR at the same time that ESPN showed it. Pefectly in synch.

Question for anyone still awake

Ramirez is back tomorrow, and Z on Friday, but when is Reed back? Edmonds is a gamer and a half, but he needs to rest.

Reed is eligible to be back tomorrow
Send EPat down

and activate Reed.

Agreed...and, I want to know

why Patterson is our LH pinch hitter when Hoff is available

Keep it going tomorrow!!

Let’s knock Linecum out of the box!!

Came back to add this fun game not:e

The game was broadcast around the world to 176 countries and more than 200 U.S. Navy ships as part of “Salute to the Military Night” by the Giants and Comcast SportsNet Bay Area. (here)

Very cool of MLB to do that.

Come home soon & safe!

Can't say it better....

EVERY game should be broadcast to our kids….after all, they are the ones who make it possible to have our spoiled lifestyle….

And, I might add....

SF should lose ALL federal funding…...

The 3 Last Communist Strongholds

China, Cuba, and the Bay Area! LOL

You forgot Venezuela.....
True

and I guess North Korea, too.

This is one of the 6 times in modern history...

that MLB did something right.

Congratulations MLB….

Name the other 5?
+ alot! Very cool indeed.

(and I came back because I couldn’t sleep yet…) :P

Very nice indeed.

My cousin got to come home last month after a year in Iraq. I hope he gets to stay home now.

whou woulda thought

a game against the giants could feel so big? time to get rj, z and sori back…..so we can get back to our winning ways, whaddya say cubs nation?

Well, tomorrow we get Rami and RJ back....

that is a great start, eh?

4-3 Road Trip

would sure be nice, although 3-4 is probably more likely.

blues brothers

lets get the band back together

Jesus H. Tapdancing Christ

THE BAND!

Great, I volunteer to be a guitarist.....

but who replaces Belushi?

lou

you know that guy can throw um back like john

Blue Lou!

Wailing on the sax

I was gonna say Harry....

however, Lou would be great, considering!!!

Nah, we can hit Lincecum (sp?).....

but, can our bullpen hold up?

i think

just like we have the bullseye on us, the cubs lineup will be amped to hit lincecum…..they’ll get up for this one

I agree....

especially since the Cards refuse to play to their talent level…..

Does StL Play Tomorrow?

One more vs. the Mets?

They have to play someone.....

the St.Lou announcers last night said they had no day off until the end of the homestand

Gotcha, Thanks

Whatever happens, if the Cubs can come home still in 1st then they’ll still be in good shape.

Not Positive About Tomorrow

and I think we only win 1 in StL. Hopefully the Cubs will make like Fontenot and prove me dead wrong!

cubs

this team finds a way…....aram will be back in a big way

ps....minor league report

pie had an amazing throw tonight that reminded all of dsm why he has major league skill…...didn’t see it but i had plentey of people tell me tonight it was like the rick ankiel throw from right to third on the fly

I am just wondering WHY.....

we didn’t have one pitcher come in for ONE pitch…..to plunk one of the Giants…...

Get Marquis To

do it tomorrow.

I do NOT believe it was just random wildness tonight.....
Al

love this blog…....what do you think about the Cubs for the first time if as far as I can remember, having to play with the bullseye on their back? Every team gets “up” for us when we come to town…..as well as the crowd…..love to hear your opinion on it

'Night All

Will be back tomorrow before the game.

To: Jim Edmonds

From: crazymountain

I am sorry that I thought so bad of you when Hendry signed you. You took Perry’s advice and have become a Cub to be dealt with by our opposition. I am sorry that I doubted you. I hate crow, it tastes like shit…....

Phew…was reading and not contributing tonight.
Glad to have the W under our belt.

See ya tomorrow

I gotta go too....

cyotes out back, gotta get the .357….see y’all next time!!!

Good Night!

Thursday morning questions

Missed most of the game, except for when my dog woke me up and I watched Soto’s RBI single and then went back to bed.

Question 1: What’s with those hats the Cubs were wearing? New last night? Looked good….

Question 2: Has ballhawk ever ballhawked on the road? Bay Area kayak style?

Question 3: Can the Cardinals series get here quicker please?

answers

1) hats for “support the troops” night.

2) I don’t know, but kayaking is fun.

3) Almost here. One more game with Giants than BEDLAM!

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