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First Pitch Thread: Cubs vs. Diamondbacks, Monday 7/21, 8:40 CT

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RICH HARDEN!!!!
Light em up!!!

oops…

No, no, no...Johnson

LIGHT EM UP!

thx for the heads up sue!
Hey, crown the central,

isn’t there a hurricane coming towards Hawaii?

Yeah there's one SE of the Big Island
Be safe...

you don’t want to miss seeing the Cubs win the World Series!

stay safe!
Be careful!
Let's Go Cubbies!!
OH BOY!!!! blacked out...SO, Cartoon Cubs for me!!!! See ya!
Chicago Cubs Baseball Is On The Air!
A's fan here

following Richie. You guys seem to appreciate him – thank you for that. I hope the Cubbies go real far this year and make our boy proud.

GO CUBS!!!

We're happy Murton might actually get a shot to play everyday

and take care of gallagher for us. i really liked him. :-)

Thanks - I was at the A's @ Yanks game yesterday

and boy was Murton’s hair RED!

goes so nice with the green of the unis, no?

very Xmassy.

Aha, didn't think of that - good point!
lou called him the

“adorable red head” last year. :-)

We hope so too. And we hope you enjoy Matt Murton's luscious thighs.
I did notice those...
Yeah, thank you for letting us have him.

Hope he leads us to the promise land…..and I hope Gallagher and Murton do well for you.

I hope he leads you to the promised land, too
here we go...

Randy Johnson, prepare to be defeated.

no kidding that 12-0

graphic they keep showing against teh cubs is getting irritating.

i think they're trying to jinx the unit
White Castle Commercial!

Does this mean we’ll see Marmol in the closing roll tonight?

Here we go.... sorry about that.

http://mlbplayers.mlb.com/pa/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080711&content_id=3113019&vkey=mlbpa_news&fext=.jsp

nice article about our boy
I've still never heard him talk
twcgs

“giggling”

Great Q & A.

He’s one of the most humble people out there.

Hopefully I'll get lots of pics.
Yeah...

lets feed AZ some nasty sliders in the 9th…

CUBBIES!

TEAR IT UP!

This is pretty obvious, but Johnson is really really tall
always surprising huh?
who's taller DLee or Johnson?
Johnson's like 6'10"

Derrek’s listed at 6’5”

johnson

he is 6’ 10”

So wait a minute

We’ve been talking about Rich Hill’s back giving him problems. Someone mentioned that it might have been because he’s tall and lanky so due to “physics” when something goes out of whack, it really goes out of whack. Has Johnson had similar problems?

back problems?

randy johnson’s back is a mess. serious back surgeries, etc.

but i don’t know if they’ve ever manifested themself in the inablity to throw strikes.

Yeah but Johnson throws HEAT

Hill throws more breaking stuff, that curve of his, etc….

Interesting concept to think about.

major problems with his back...
DAMNIT

another Harden game I can’t see because its not on WGN!

do you have comcast?

they’re offering a free EI preview this week.

sweet!!

thank you!

let me know if that works

i know that was the offer in the indianapolis area this week

its working for all games except the Cubs one

really, its annoying

nevermind

yes!

so it is working?
yeah

thank you thank you

not a problem

i would have felt bad if it didn’t work for you.

gotta love comcast.

i was really looking forward to seeing the game when i got home.

you gotta be kidding me...

they aren’t showing the cubs game, grrr

wow

Reed’s mustache is ridiculous

porn stache for reed.
Reed!

Welcome back Mistah Kottah!!!!

PORN STACHE!

So I just noticed that Harden picked the blue tops. very nice
Agreed, I like them better than the greys.
Guess he wants to be like Z
OK with me
I like the blue tops too.
thats the jersey I have so Im bias
Quick note

Guys I got a clean bill of health today after my health issues. I want to send a brief thanks to all who have sent me notes when I’ve made mention of them.

excellent

be well. that’s always good.

Thanks

It’s been a tough few months. Heart procedure, cataracts surgery and cellulitis.

On a real positive note I have reached another milestone in my weight loss. I am now less than half the woman I used to be :).

And

And one of the side effects is only 11 games for me this season. Will see a lot more in the second hallf.

glad to hear things are getting better

take care!

Thank you!

Thank you. It’s been rough but it’s over and I am much healthier than I was.

OT:

I love the alternate blue jerseys.

in the minority i think...

...but me too.

halfblind

i like that sig

thanks

one of the few lines from an AP article i’ve ever liked. :-)

I love it too

I love it too especially from someone who has a really creative one like mine :).

I'm partial to the classic road grays...
Not my fave...

too softballish…

Halfblindcubbiegirl:

Are you, by any chance, Derrek Lee’s daughter?

no
dude..

do us all a favor and find somewhere else to hang.. you’ve been just trying to start stuff all night.

WTF?
my thoughts exactly.
mine too

thank god i took a deep breathe before I posted.

Al won’t have liked my post AT ALL

flagged as inappropriate
thank you..
Baiting arguements about players is one thing.

That last thing is quite another.

agreed..

just trying to start stuff.

Same here.
I just did also as inappriate
he is on Als shitlist already
good.

*@)($#$% is what he is

you serve no purpose on this board..go away
And leave Princes fat
I do as well. What
What's not to love After all we are Bleed Cubbie BLUE, not GRAY...
at least we're hitting the ball hard against rj
Yep

Now we just have to hit them where they are not standing.

Bats

They are putting good wood on the ball

At least we worked a count there. Still hitting the ball hard right at people.
Tough luck inning, hit the ball hard
pitch count? really.....hmmmm
ot: new facebook

is anyone here on facebook, if so do you just HATE this new layout they have. It’s extremely confusing and the wall and minifeed are now one!

i miss the new mail envelope

its very weird.

As an 'over 35-er'

I think I’m too old for facebook. My god, I’ve become my mother.

I don't see anything different

Is the makeover being phased in or something?

How many K's can he get tonight against this lineup?
hopefully over 10
The D-Backs...

are a strike-out pitchers’s dream!

Who's doing play by play tonight? No TV in Memphis....
Len and Bob..who else would?
i think he meant on the game thread

and i can’t really help you. :-(

my gameday audio falls behind.

LOL he meant in thread..
i was confused too..
I think he meant

who in here is doing pbp.

haha. ok my bad. i'm new here
No problem :) Made a good joke
Yea, sorry. BCB pbp. My bad!
If you are Comcast

Free EI, channel 486 in Memphis

Yes Sir! great start!
Nice 1-2-3 for rich
Nice wheels Reed!
Yeah he really does have nice ones.

He’s made some great catches.

you can say that again!
9 pitches I like it
I would love that every inning
Whos doing the PBP tonight? :) Im in NC

....I promise not to take my shirt off and spin it above my head like a helicopter

well whoever does, please remember...

...4 out of 5 BCBers surveyed prefer play by play, not pitch by pitch.

Lol who was it that did Pitch by Pitch and wouldn't read our responses to stop

Because he was too busy going 0-1… 1-1… 1-2…

who the hell is that one outta five?????????
I dunno, but I bet he played college ball...
giggling out loud at that
Was it Galvan?
Yeah that's right!
wait a second - I played college ball!!! Ack! I've become... me!!!!
Oh come on....

give us girls a thrill.

at that rate he's good for a CG, shutout. Keep it up...
Damn D-backs

I’m blacked out on MLB.TV

i live in indy

and its an away game, I was hoping all day I could watch on the free mlb but damnit!

try comcast if you have it

they’re offering a free preview of Extra Innings this week.

I live in Utah

I’m blacked out when we play Arizona or Colorado. Two teams that nobody in Utah gives two shits about

ESPN says Sori is due off the DL

on Wed or Thurs.

i thought i heard LOU say he was gonna play tomorrow?
Wood

I looked for it was Wood put on the DL today?

not yet..
Thanks

I figured it would be in a diary or Als pregame thread. When it wasn’t there I figured not yet but still did a goodle news search.

Lot of rumor

But not yet if at all

No.....per Wittenmyer
Wood avoids DL. Saw hand specailist, will use new ointment on finger blister for 2 days, then try to throw again Wednesday.

about 1 hour ago from txt

When I read that in the other thread I read "saw" as a tool.

I was like wtf is a Saw hand

saw a hand specialist today

will use some new ointment and throw again in a few days.

Thank you

Thank you both. I want to see him pitch this coming weekend.

After 123 innings by both Johnson and Harden

Aramis is up first and swinging for the fences. Strikeout.

good thing about that

is that Rami is a .300 hitter, and it all evens out, hopefully he hits .350 the rest of the season

Ramirez now 0-14 on road trip
WOW

Didnt know RJ was 12-0 against the Cubs. That should end today.

Yeah Rj completely owns us

but whatever, i know rich harden will keep us in the game tonight

he hasn't pitched against the cubs since 2004 though
So---Harden went 1, 2, 3?
In the first inning yes. 1 Strikeout so far.
Yeah K, and 2 pop outs to Ron Jeremy
As Kramer would say

Gidthiga

Milwaukee up 3-2

2 outs, top of 9th

What do we root for?

I think a split and we win all 4 would be the best would go into friday 4 up on the Cards and 5 on the Brews.

Of course if one sweeps the series and we win all 4.

No matter what we win someone loses games on us.

I think we root for the Cards

The Brewers are the ones we need to keep our eyes on….

Cubs batters are hackalicious again tonight

I think it all starts with Fukudome. When he’s patient, everyone’s patient. When he’s striking out a lot, everyone’s striking out.

I miss the patient take a lot of walks Cubs.
If Johnson is throwing strikes

It’s stupid to sit there and watch them go by.

Nice at bat by DeRo
Bottom of deadbirds lineup due up
Derosa strikes out
My bad.

I just posted in the pregame thread that he had only Ked twice in 10 trips against Johnson.

Kiss of death….

I’m so sorry DeRo!

meh that K call was way too high, IMO
I think we will hit Johnson hard the second time thru the order.
I doubt it
Whatever

Don’t bother even watching.

twss!!!
No, no she didn't.
accepted

b/c you beat to it

Really?? Judges?
they made good contact for the most part

in the first ABs.

His stuff doesnt look that good, we should be able to tee off on him
he still has that back foot slider though
also known as back door slider?

or has he adopted an El Tiante pitching windup these days…

no the backfoot slider

throws it towards the right hander hitters back foot

huh... never heard that before, but I like the description.

especially since I bat left-handed… ;-)

I didnt make it up, but have heard it often, especially with Randy
I didnt think you made it up
is that the same as back door?
First batter pops out to Fukudome

1 down

Dome looks a lot like DeRo these days
neat trick since he isnt playing tonight
whoops

saw right fielder, thought fukudome

I thought DOME was sitting?

I must have thought wrong

you're right, I'm wrong

sorry guys

no, he is

DeRo is in right.

OT

Didn’t know Jerome Holtzman passed away.

One of the all-time greats

“No Cheering in the Press Box” is a classic.

Yeah, that is a classic..

And wrote many great columns….

love when pat goes into descriptions of the uniforms.

brick red lettering. love fun info like that.

Harden

I’m so happy he will be here all of next year as well…

is that hardens fastball topping out at around 87-88?
Straight change I do believe
pitch f/x is putting him around 90-93
Strikeout Reynolds

2 down

I love this guy. Good stuff
He's really got good stuff. Awesome pitcher.
haha thats awesome
My wish for the Cards-Brewers Game

I want the Cards to tie it up in the bottom of the 9th now, and then to lose in 16 innings.

Lead off double for Molina in bottom of 9th
Cards loss and Cubs win TONIGHT----is best case
how sad is it that jason marquis is getting paid about $2 mil more than rich
You get paid to play

Rich doesnt always play—-Jason does

good point but if we started that game.....

we’;d be here a while. look at zito.

I'll take the difference.

No, really. I insist.

OT; We wuz robbed!!!

Watching 9:00 news here… Citibank on Clark & Grace (just north of Wrigley) was robbed today. Insert bad umpire call joke here.

Nobody hurt.

Shit-----thats my girlfriends BANK!!!!

Glad she was at work.

i'm going to have to make these things way smaller
Can you get one face and just the K's after it?
That would work
good idea, will try that
yeah

but its still awesome

Flagged as inappropriate
[kidding]
lol

wow. i’m slow today. it took me a few to figure out WHY that’d be flagg-able.

lead off groundrule double

for molina

He is looking great!
Strikeout Chris Young

3rd strikeout

My least favorite D-Bag of all time
Brewers are about to get their blown save on

K! K! K!!

molina leadoff double, bot 9 no outs
Tie it up

St. Louis!

is gagne pitching?
torres
Torres plus Sosa equals a broken helmet
if gagne was pitching

the cards would probably hit a 5 run HR

They have to get the bats going. They can not waste another gem by Harden
OT God I hate Jake the neighbor guy
Hopefully...

Cardinals/Brewers goes 15 innings

Let's go over to the evil

BCB and heckle

ludwick K's, 1 out
Runners on the corners, 1 out
Edmunds of the .238 average

singles!

well he is hitting about .280 for the Cubs

shows that he REALLY sucked as a Padre

base hit Edmonds!
Edmonds! nice to know we can hit this punk
Jimmy Baseball!
for some reason

I really love watching edmonds bat

its the NON stride, I like it.
bagwell had it too.
My buddy had it in highschool, his Dad taught him

He didnt play past highschool. Ha.

+1....he doesnt get cheated up there..
something beautiful about an oppo homerun
Weeks with a terrible defensive play. Wow
should have ate it.
Why is TLR batting Izturis with a guy on 2nd and one out in the bottom of the 9th?
I guess he pinch hitted for him after all.
FFFFFFFFFFFF
jimmy ballgame
Aww man!!!

That would have been gone at wrigley!

Hmm Just rad something that Cubs were fined

For draft violations. Nothing on ESPN. Anyone know anything about it?

Check the fanposts
there's a fanpost about it - Faux Pas in the title
i think there is a fan post about it

I havent read it yet

Thats gone in a lot of ballparks
Cedeno LONG flyball out to center 1 down
I wish it

could have gone out.

I love Cedeno's patience
Cardinals tie it!
Tie game in STL
Cards just tied it

What a TERRIBLE throw by Braun!!

Cardinals tie it up and Izzy grabbed someones nuts
Braun lol
Hey now, he's an all-star
Weeks with another error
doing his best dan uggla impression
+1
OT

Game is on Comcast 486 in Memphis

Weeks doesnt have an error this inning yet
Rickey says "Rickey don't care if Durham's here. Rickey's gonna play, every day."
Nice bunt Rich
watching this game live...

...on Satellite TV but Dome’s no show…

He will come in late for a game winning homer
perfect sacrifice!

Come on Theriot!

Not bad for an AL pitcher on an 0-2 count
Sac bunt Harden man on second two outs
Pujols up two on two out.
we might get the extra innings
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
Okay. I'm off

b/c gameday audio hates when i have more than one window open

y'all come back now, hear?
Gameday audio gets jealous easily, huh

We are more fun… Goodnight!

check back later
who here still wants PBP?
I want a PBJ
that sounds yummy

””ponders getting up and making myself a pbj sandwich”“

Theriot does his best imitation of Cedeno

LONG fly to center 3 outs no score

DAMNIT

that would have been TWO gone at wrigley

New rule, dont hit the ball to center field
Is Johnson wearing a hair net?
Bring on the 10th
Dude, Richie is FAST
Extras in St Louis
LOL at the Cardinal fans. They went nuts for a routine flyout
Extras in st louis
WOW I thought pujols hammered it
no but larussa did
Busch stadium did too
good extras

hopefully it goes 20

I was hoping for 30..

but 20 would do just fine lol.

Will Selig stop it?
i hope all 4 games of that series goes 15 innings
Cards are on TWO channels here

but no Cubbies. =(

At least those teams are good

I get Pirates – Astros on two channels…

you are in hell?
Comcast 486

if you have it

Battle of the bullpens in St. Louis

Should be fun to watch :D

I find both of these pitchers names very interesting tonight

they could be porn stars out here in the San Fernando Valley. Though Harden may have to change his name slightly.

BTW, are these deep flies to CF similar to what happen in the first game in Houston? I had to listen to that game (no TV).

The first game in Houston

I dont think they really did much of anything. Not near the way they are hitting the ball tonight. They hot a lot of popups but nothing that really traveled very far.

good prospects there on the fan cam ;)
Love that fan cam!
Chattiest crowd we've had her for awhile...

I like it!...might need another overflow thread…

btw tomorrow im going to library
gonna get the catchers book?
yep I found a few that I am going to look for.

I’ve learned some by reading stuff online. I never realized all that was involved. I have a ton more respect for catchers.

speaking of books have you read comeback or when you cant comeback.?

about Dave Dravecky?
6 Innings 9 strikeouts for Samardzija!
that's awesome

would be nice to see rich do that tonight

Wow he sounds like he just keeps getting better!!
are we going to see any backward K's?

for looking punch-outs? at any rate, this graphic is the balls

oh shoot, I forgot to make a backwards graphic

Will do… we did have those over on Athletics Nation. Were any of the K’s looking, so far?

K K K K
Was that a strikeout or a Groundout?

All I saw was a throw to lee

Dropped third
Snyder Groundout

1 down

Cards bullpen gives up a quick HR
Hall just went yard..

4-3 Mil.

Bill Hall with a homer
now Ankiel can match him
Keep it going
do they have kids announcing players??

ok….

Joe Morgan's working a side job - needs the money...
well played

good work..

Popout to Short

2 down

Both bullpens are horrid
Brewers will give it right back
I love watching Randy Johnson bat

it’s like watching a praying mantis try to go fishing.

hahhahahahahhahahhahahahhahahaha
Who's this new pitcher?

He seems pretty good!

It sounds like a

kid doing the announcing when the players come up to bat..

Yeah I heard that...

Guest PA?

whats the score of the A's game

did I miss it?

wha wha wi wha
a little chin music

and then ANOTHER K!

Johnson Strikes out!

3 down

This guy is sick, now he just needs to get into the 7th
Don't ask for too much from him...

He’s a strikeout pitcher. His stuff is pretty unhittable, so his pitch counts run high. 6 innings will be pretty typical from Rich.

I KNOW that kid announcer thing is so odd?
I'm still waiting for the airplanes to land..
Game Summary

Rich Harden has 5 strikeouts

Johnson is TALL

I watched RJ

Pitch for the yanks a few years back in Seattle. He looks even taller when you see him standing on the mound with “normal” size people around him.

Five more K's and I'm gonna feel like going out for a run

[ definitely kidding on that one…]

Yost lets his closer bat for himself with a runner on second
I love Ned Yost
knowing Yost...he is probably out of postion players
Let's get some runs
did you see aram's blue spikes

he’s a fancy boooooooy

Keep it up Rich

I was at his first game and out of town for this one and yet to watch on TV--except the sped up version on my DVR. Good stuff-

single for RJ
Infield hit!
Reed Johnson

Bunt single! There’s those wheels!

i am going all out for the perfect evening trifecta in my book

rich harden, sushi, and three floyd’s brews

+1

for three floyds!

it's amazing- i have recently gotten really into the pride and joy

got a dark lord waiting for the perfect opportunity…maybe around nov 1 would work?

Dark Lord is awsome!!

that would be perfect timing…

"scrappy" reed johnson??

i thought there was someone else who was scrappy..

Not sure how I feel about

having so many “scrappy” players on the team.

Reed

is scrappier.

Wheels coming off in STL

S

and it isn't in East St Louis either!
well played..
5-3 brewers
6-3.....fight at the bat rack in St Louis...
One of the best stops by Aaron Miles I have ever seen

but a bad throw….WOW

terrible throw. He had 0 chance
right---stop=good

throw =not good

that was an amazing stop.

but a HORRIBLE throw.

Aaron Miles pulls a Theriot

Makes a great diving stop and throws it wildly into the dugout to give up a run

Theriot would have never made that play

That was awesome

Johnson keeping an eye on Johnson

someone had to say it.

This gun must be slow

Randy and Rich throwing slower than usual.

Lee is struggling mightily

Popout to Rigt

6-3 Brewers
Another ugly at bat by lee
Watching ESPN....they do an "in game" highlight of the Cubs/DBacks and

the announcer (who shall remain nameless) says ‘you can’t say Harden without saying ‘if he stays healthy’‘

Dan Shulman actually really likes the Cubs
I think it goes without saying by now... my goodness

They love to beat a dead horse

It's ESPN... what do you expect

I can’t believe I used to watch that garbage.

Ugh quit going for the bleachers Aramis
Derek Lee

Is it just me, or is DLee having one of the least productive .300 seasons ever.

It's not just you

I miss DLee circa 2005

Last year was much the same
The Cubs need a better first baseman

Should have traded him when they had the chance …

I wasn't knocking him, I said last year was the same numbers
One guy says 'least productive .300 seasons'

and you say last year was much of the same. Sounds like a knock to me.

For saying the guy had the same year last season? Thats just pointing out a truth
You said you weren't knocking him

But I guess you were. Which is it?

He was the same player last year take that however you want
He is who we thought he was!
and thats the way we took the damn field!
That isn't knocking him

Stop acting like everyone is out on the ledge geez…

refresh my memory...

when did they have a chance
who were they going to trade him for
and who’d be playing first instead?

Sorry

The sarcasm font wasn’t on. If you listen to some of the experts here, he’s awful.

no worries...

just got a pop up window saying my sarcasm filter wasn’t working. my bad…

He's looking more and more like the guy who played against us in the Florida playoff series. Odious.
Hasn't homered in a month

Might as well be theriot hittng in the 3 hole, the guy only singles or doubles

He is one of the most streaky hitters I have seen.
Um...

You should see our opening day right fielder.

*left fielder

duh.

actually, you may have been right the first time...
You are kidding right?
God I hope so
Aramis looks just awful
0-15 now on trip
also batting .276
Aramis strikes out
i can hear it now

“geez laweez come on ramirez..” – ronnie

Seen this movie before...

Why do I have the feeling I’m going to be reading “Rich Harden: Tough Luck Loser” stories tomorrow morning. We might get shut out by Randy Johnson’s corpse.

Then shut it off ...

Not worth upsetting yourself about …

I bet Johnson's arm gets tired before Harden's.
we'll

get to him.

please sit ramirez
roll over!

stay…. stay…..

gracey knows there are a lot of cubs fans watching him right now
good hacks

but not good enough….man I miss soriano..

St louis lost Pujols but their offense didnt miss a beat

If this team, which is head over heels more talented than st louis offensively cant handle the loss of soriano then who knows what to expect

Did the Cubs score nine yesterday?

The paper might have made a mistake, I can’t remember.

Ya I guess one game means everything, sorry for posting
Oh come on...

We scored 9 but looked week doing it… 5 of which came in the last, and 2 in the first. Inbetween there was not much offense.

Weak***
Hey, two idiots for the price of one!

Posting without a license should be a felony.

I sip as much cubbie kool-aide as the next guy

But damn man, put the glass down. Why can’t someone be critical of the team?

Because any idiot who complains

about a 9-0 victory is pathetic. I don’t care how it’s done. Style points do not count.

It was one game

I was talking about the past few weeks where the offense has been sputtering and inconsistent

I wasn't complaining.

Show me where I was complaining. You used the game yesterday to show that we could handle the loss of Soriano, but if you watched the game you would see that not all 9 of the runs were scored in typical cubbie fashion (scored throughout the game, scored in the 7th, etc)

Who gives a damn how they were scored?

You expect every game to be played in “typical Cubbie fashion” (whatever that is)? There are 162 games in a season. There will be highs and lows. Get used to it.

I don't care how they are scored

A win is a win is a win. A run is a run. But I wouldn’t use yesterdays game as an arguement to show that our offense is “A-okay”

I would use its body of work

from the entire season, not a week or two of it.

Why dont you look in the mirror

Didn’t even take into account what my comment was just dismissed it since it wasn’t a part of cubbie optimism, sorry everything about this team isn’t heavenly

Last time I checked

the Cubs were among the MLB leaders in offense. That’s not Cubbie optimism, that’s fact.

fight nice guys...

otherwise Al is going to put both of you in time out.

LOL

Damn! you sunk my battleship!
Its not worth arguing with you, this team is outstanding

and a championship is a foregone conclusion

I never said that

But the sky is not falling, and this team is one of the very best in baseball. Sorry if you can’t handle that.

We can agree to disagree then

But i for one am worried if this team is fortunate enough to get to the world series and face the tough al pitching staffs, seeing how cold our offense looked against the al this year

You worry too much

The Cardinals looked like absolute crap down the stretch in 2006, and look what they did. And the Mariners won 116 games and got bounced right away.

Enjoy the season. Don’t obsess over everything so much.

Perhaps but then again I am a cub fan

Its hard not too worry

true

however we need a power hitter who consistantly hits home runs…

hopefully he will be back in LF on Wednesday...
barf at this offense
have you noticed the generous strike zone for both pitchers?

that is not going to make it easier on either offense tonight. it is going to make all the batters look bad. you can’t be patient when you know the strike zone is bigger than normal. it sucks, but accept it.

Soto pops out to right

3 down, headed to the bottom of the 4th

This looks to be an old-fashioned pitchers duel. Hopefully we catch a break somewhere.
Going to make dinner now

someone do PBP

I could go for a PBR...
none in the frigde?
nope. just one Old Style.

and that’s behind glass for emergencies. ;-)

lots of wine though in the chiller. but wine and baseball just don’t go together.

except for a nice big Bordeaux towards the end of October, along with a fine Macanudo(?) cigar…

Tie it up STL!
agreed. let em play all night
4 22-inning games

heheheheh

I can't root for the dead birds
SO MANY HOT GIRLS ON TV!
The BOB has always brought out the best talent
I love AZ...

Too hot for lots of clothes…

Why do we always seem to struggle against lefties

We have so many right handed hitters

Hasn't it been the opposite this year?
Maybe it just seems like that to me....
Don't know about all lefties

but this one is Randy Johnson

I wonder if Bob bitched about the stadium when he was managing...

LOL.

brewers win
+ a Cubs win is the best case scenario
+1

the rest is irrelevant.

would rather have st louis win
Errrrr....Id rather them both be 3 out instead of 2 and 4
I would agree if Sabathia and Sheets werent going wed and thurs

which will probably be brewer wins

K K K K K K
double racist..
forgot my !!! to be PC
let's get CoJack, I hate this guy
Yeah. Me too.
you'd think seeing him on the Eric Byrnes Show all the time would reveal his good personality or something

but it just revealed that he’s pretty douchey

rich harden's an ANIMAL!!!

long live (stay healthy) king rich!!!

geez thats nasty!
K K K K K K K
Boom!!!!!!!!

outa here

down 3-0 comes back for 7th K
ESPN is idiotic

How many times are they going to incorrectly run the Wood to the DL bullshit

They struggle getting facts right when its not about an east coast team
Hmmmmm.....

why would they let a little thing like the facts get in the way?

nice, but boy does that slow down my computer in this thread...
Doesn't mine.
OK, will make the graphic smaller from now on
no biggie...

...it’s just when the threads get deeper it happens.

But it’s a great graphic/idea!

it's ok - i'll be nice for more K's to fit all on one line
"Harden in the head of the Arizona Diamondbacks"
Wow just wow
Great outing so far. SCORE!
woooo

this guy can THROW.

Harden is FILTHY!!
this guy is pretty good i guess
finish it off with a quick out...nicw work Rich!
honestly guys

our deal for harden appears to have been a STEAL

Right now it does

We traded for the “now” the A’s traded for the tomorrow. But I live in the Now, so I’m good.

I've been saying that all along

Murton – will never be better than mediocre
Patterson – no arm, looks funny
Gallagher – Future workhorse but his stuff is far from spectacular
Donaldson – we already have a catcher

exactly

we are set at ALL of those positions for a couple years minimum anyways! brilliant

Matt Murton has played pretty well for the As so far. Granted , it’s limited time.

yeah you're right

he’s WAAAAY better than the fonz…really he’s hitting like .215

I didn't say that.

but he’s played pretty well for the As.

haha i know i was just kidding

loved matty – but if these are the fruits of that trade, so be it

now lets get some gosh darn run support
52 pitches through 4

pretty good

He looks perfectly healthy. Great job by Hendry getting him
bottom of the order starts to shake things up

Let’s Go, Cubs!

I didn't realize this guy was THAT good...

man, this is impressive

you took the words right outta my mouth errr.. hands
He is... but you would never hear about him, with him being in OAK

it’s like a black hole out there

that would have been THREE gone at wrigley..
Derosa LONG pop fly to center

I said it was going to be a good thing to acquire Rich Harden. He is dominant.

I don't think anyone's ever questioned his talent,

it’s just a little detail about keeping him on the field!

You also said Theriot would be out of the lineup by June 1

Youre opinion is therefore ZEROED out

pwned
ALSO----

Rich Harden sure is a good two pitch pitcher

You've been sufficiently neutered
takling about yourself

in the second person is awful weird, Francis.

Just repeating you.

So you must have been neutered too then?

PS-—You can reinstall your nuts by answering me above? You told us so? Theriot is still in the lineup—you told us nothing.

Back on the ignore list? Go to bed.

Harden, Edmonds, Pie....

Yawn.

See---go to bed youre tired

YAWN

you've proven nothing

about Pie. And Edmonds is still very up and down. He was all of one game from being benched.

and he is hitting .240 or so

STUD

that a dollar for borrowing my favorite word LOL
you did? I missed those posts....
This is really starting to bother me. We are killing the ball
Another Wrigley homer
so you know we arent at Wrigley

please let it go. If the Cubs played in Fenway Dome would probably have 10+ homers——it doesnt mean anything

Man,

Chris Young can run down balls!

FOUR GONE at wrigley!

jesus tapdancing christ!

Maybe

this is why the Cubs don’t win much in this park.

4 hit to warning track! come on guys
Just missing....damn
why is he on a pitch count?
bc his shoulder and arm

is made of glue and paperclips

Richie? Yeah, his arm might fall off if you let him over 99
Make him work guys
randy johnson @ 52 pitches
Solid inning
Random, and probably too big for the thread, but it's almost time to jump...

in 20 minutes we switch...jeez

it’s slow enough as it is…

All we need is 2-3 runs and we get the win tonight
This guy is one of the best pitchers of all time and yet he is better than that against us
He's been lucky tonight...

If a few of our balls hit the gaps we’d have a few runs by now….but that’s baseball.

Pitches-strikes - R Harden 52-33; Ra Johnson 53-40.
We're Hitting Too Many Fly Balls

C’mon, guys, start hitting some line drive singles and doubles!

The radar gun had to be wrong there right? it said 99
It did?! YAY!

KING RICH IS BACK!!!

That one topped out at 99!!!!
99 mph?

Did I see that right?

Harden is an ace

He can throw his fastball or the breaking stuff with precision. And when he is on he is unhittable.

and Theriot will be out of the lineup 7 weeks ago

Wait—-that was 7 weeks ago. RYAN THERIOT FEVER, CATCH IT !!!!!!!!!!

I don't doubt it
Where was that?
That was strike 3
it happens
What? Shit?
Sometimes
HAHAHA

Nice!!!!
I was wondering if somebody was going to catch that.

Wow where did that miss
99 wow

and man that last pitch looked good

We're making Randy Johnson look like

Wandy Rodriguez!

Dbacks announcers admit that might have been easily called a strike.
Darrin Sutton is a poodle
I went to his first game at wrigley....

and he got up to 98 mph!

Strike 'em out,

throw ‘em out!

K K K K K K K K

thanks Schmifty!

that looks good!

welcome! it took some working out, but we'll get there....
Pitching Is King!
Calm down the pickoff throw Rich
I've never seen Richie so sunburned

Where’d you go on the ASB, bb?

ugh
just making him think..
That one got away a bit
speaking of the ASB vacation, anybody else notice DLee must

have gone somewhere in the sun cause he got way darker it seemed.

wow that was WILD.

Believe he went home to California

(The overflow can’t post quick enough. Boy is this thread getting SLOOOOOW!)

I think he hit the bull on that one..
Just a tad bit high?
oops, I think you guys just got your first glimpse of the Richie Smirk

Richie Smirking = Richie Screwed Up

I will be watching for that, but hopefully I will never have to see it again
it's a tiny thing to take comfort in when he does screw up

“ha ha, at least we get to see the smirk!”

I thought I saw a smirk there. Interesting.

BTW, you’re always welcome around here, schmifty.

Hey, thanks! :) Very nice in here.
yeah.

do not want

Get out of this Rich
Nicely done! at 73 pitches
Our boy has WHEELS
o yeah - he was always a CF up through, what, high school?
Is Dontrell Willis teaching the Boys and Girls club how to steal

money from the Tigers?

Its a nice gig if you can get it
updating my resume NOW

—Cant throw strikes
—Drinks and drives (oh wait I wouldnt do that)

Not hired

He's into them for 25+ mil

If I remember correctly

good inning

LET’S GET SOME RUNS!!!

Very nice

Get some runs!!!

Runs offense
Nice play to end the inning
we need some offense to go with the good defense.....
We should be able to get another..

2 innings out of him hopefully..

That would be really nice
I'm betting 1

hopefully, he’ll get through the 6th. I don’t expect to see him for the 7th, that’d be gravy.

even Rich likes gravy

yeah yeah TWSS

i think that's very realistic

they rarely let Richie go over 95 pitches

D-Lee always

brings the leather.

I Want My Patient Cubs to Show Up

I miss them.

I have accepted that they need to swing at the strikes, now just don't hit them to dead center field
you better not be a doctor...
how is randy johnson still capable of pitching this well?

granted he’s been up and down this year, but he’s soooo old and he’s a power pitcher i mean sheesh let’s get some runs!!!!!!!

Now we know why he has never lost to the Cubs
He's not...

It’s us…

hmm

we need to give Rich some run support. He’s lookin’ a bit peaked.

Now would be

a fantastic time to get some runs.

my prediction

cubs win 1-0 on a rich harden solo shot

Not a good sign...

He’s fallng behind a lot…let’s get im some runs quick.

Take some pitches Cubs
This is officially getting VERY interesting.....
nah, pitch count won't allow it IMO
iluvryno

Game is on Comcast in Memphis, 486

Thanks....

but with two little kids….no digital cable for us!

Big Unit showing he can still pitch
LOL

with two pitches, fastball/slider

Where's Rich Hill right now?

Thanks for playing our game.

what game are you talking about?

you can win as a two pitch pitcher-FACT

Rich Hill?

Hmmm. I think he’s toiling in Daytona. Thanks for playing our game.

Theriot will be out of the lineup by June 1

Edmonds is a sub .250 hitter.
You were not All-Mac
Thanks for playing our game.

if you were a real cubs fan

you would want Rich Hill to do well.

Well,

he is going to the hall of fame!

2nd most dominant pitcher I ever saw, next to Steve Carlton

290 wins, 4700 Ks, 5 Cy Youngs, 2 No-Hitters (to include a perfect game at age 41), World Series Champ….I’d say he’s going to the Hall

Most Dominant I Ever Saw

was Mike Scott in the 1986 NLCS. And, no, he was NOT scuffing the ball.

and co-world series MVP with the second biggest idiot i can think of
Harden is a damn fine pitcher

But, he shouldn’t put hitting on his resume.

Him and Lilly need to take a ton of BP
who cares?

as long as he doesn’t get hurt at the plate/on the bases, i dont mind if he strikes out every time up

I agree with that

Much better served being a damn fine pitcher.

Running the bases

is the LAST place I want Harden.

Cubs coaches said they are not allowing Richie to take full swings for a few weeks or so

Too many pitchers new to the NL end up pulling an oblique, etc (and he’s had a pulled oblique before)

He has a good little swing in him, showed it off against ATL this year. Wait for it.

ok Riot, lets get a hit here and get yourself on base......
god damn chris young
I hate Chris Young.
This is getting out of hand
freaking Chris Young with another great catch....
We've hit it solid all night....

....not getting any breaks. Damn.

We can't buy a hit tonight
bought 2 more than them
Then Let's Steal Some!
Riot robbed twice
QUIT HITTING FLY BALLS
Pie is a better defender

he’d look good in that park too

yeah but Young only has one K in two ABs
just saying or what?

what does it matter he’s down in dsm

A WALK!!!!!!!!
Cubs hitters, take not of reed's at bat
Lets make them pay
wheels coming off for randy?
they are stilts

not wheels

We need an overflow thread
just a few more minutes..... suppose to pop up @ 10
It's been a month since lees last homer so hes due
Let's hope Pat is right...

And one of the big hitters rips one!

You know the offense is struggling

when a WALK draws excitement.

Overflow is up finally!!!
man.

Riot was robbed.

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