Bleed Cubbie Blue

Maybe that's what I saw

Thanks, DeRo.

McRipper - July 9, 2008 reply

All you need is an account to watch the archived games...

that’s what I do sometimes. I don’t have a subscription…

I tried that

and I get an error saying they can’t verify my credit card. I have just a plain MLB.com account for fantasy baseball.

McRipper - July 9, 2008 reply

Mulder: Faces 3 hitters walks two of them

He Gone!

I was

wondering if anyone noticed that. Mulder’s injured again, three batters into the ESPN game…

Moose

moose97 - July 9, 2008 reply

Bruce K's 1 out

Jay Bruce K's....

Is that 5 in a row for him?

Unique - July 9, 2008 reply

Keppinger reaches on ramirez error

bad error or tough hop?

ehh, guess it hit the lip of the grass, went through his legs

He misread the ball,

it hit the lip and he thought it would come up higher, but it didn’t, and went through his legs

A little difficult

ball seemed to hit at the seam of the grass and dirt and didn’t bounce up very much. Perfect defensive form might have still allowed him to get it, but he was charging the ball.

cubzfan - July 9, 2008 reply

Nice start Z!

We call that play "tunnel"

...in Japanese baseball – so does US?

Usually it's "through the wicket",

a reference to croquet.

Also, you will sometimes hear “through the five-hole”, which is a term borrowed from ice hockey.

So that's another Japanese baseball English...

Yes, I've never heard the term "tunnel" for a ball between the legs.

Dragonsfanatic

Maybe a dumb question: But what is the reaction in Japan about Fukudome making the all-star game as a starter?

Mostly celebrating

Strike em out, throw em out..

inning over

Strike em out...Throw em out

Griffey strikes out, keppinger thrown out, inning over

Nice.

Now, let’s get some runs!!!!!

thank you sir

Since Fukudome was signed by the Cubs, I have been really interested in Japanese baseball…. Seems like Japanese Fans are diehards just like thier American counterparts.

That's an understatement

Goat Whisperer - July 9, 2008 reply

There are some diehards

as Dragons are having worst time right now in these 5 years….

Glendon Rusch is going to get the hell beat out of him in Milwaukee tonight

I like that guy

Just realized

That Zambrano has the highest batting average in our lineup today. By almost 50 points. Would have taken me a while to guess that.

dbaltman - July 9, 2008 reply

Ken Griffey Jr.

is the reason why Ichiro wears #51 since he became a pro, but now he wears #3…

Griffey wore #30 didn't he?

just got online

anyone see the rotation coming out of the break… per suntimes
lilly
z
dempster
harden
marquis

cubs2410 - July 9, 2008 reply

yep

Lou's pregame show

They want Harden to have extra time at the ASB. It’s not because they regard him as a #4. Lilly before Z and Demp because he isn’t going to the ASG.

Come on Dome!

Hit it here!

Terrible strike call there

Kosuke single

Dome on base.

Bring him home.

Hey Sue -

see where you think Harden is a cutie. I’m with you….looks like a young Maddux to me.

iluvryno - July 9, 2008 reply

Don't get me wrong, I love Maddux

But Harden is cuter. :P

What is it with Maddux?

My fiancee is madly in love with him and has been forever.

He's got that cute, professorial, smart, athlete thing going on.

I can’t explain it. He’s awesome. :P

Harden is DEFINITELY objectively cuter, though.

HOTTIE

It’s Greg Maddux “boy next door” look. He’s so cute.

iluvryno - July 9, 2008 reply

chicks dig the long ball

LT - July 9, 2008 reply

Just watching his

press conference he looked so adorable. And of course that little hint of accent too.

YES!

::sigh:: Accents are my weakness.

Great contact

nice single

You bring Dome luck. :)

Dome's starting to heat up again

nice line drive, dome!

full count on DLee

Looked like Lee Swung

Schizo - July 9, 2008 reply

Lee walks

Thank God.

Dome would have been out by a mile. :(

ugh!!!

Ramirez 6-4-3, inning over

Every pitch Cueto throws

means we’re closer to the Reds bullpen!

I love Rami...

but he didn’t seem to be hustling on that slow grounder.

I thought he looked okay on it,

He didn’t want to get fooled by a wicked bounce off the lip of the grass. That makes sense toe me.

No, the double play when he was batting...

Ah.

I missed that, stood up to get some water. Sorry. :P

Not Ramy's best inning this year.

There are 8 to go, and he’ll do some damage in one of them.

Phillips 1 pitch groundout

Over-Under on Cardinals

Looking to acquire Joe Blanton?

Mulder: Left Shoulder Discomfort

thanks

for the update. Wonder how bad it is

Speculation from ESPN broadcasters is pretty discouraging.

Damnit

dang HR Dunn

The Moose jacks one out to right center

ACK!!

Dunn homerun

DAMNIT!!!!!!!

:(

Well…looks like we have some catching up to do now. :(

just one run :-)

True.

I’m glad we’re good at the come from behind thing though. :D

That's what Dunn does...

Does Dunn?
Ok, whatever. I’m not making sense.

What's done

is Dunn…

Encarnacion groundout

Dunn's 7th off Z, 37th against the Cubs

Hits one every 12 AB, they say.....

he is gonna get them.

and strikes out the other 11

Get those bats

going guys.

what the hell, directv?

the game is supposed to be on channel 740 but is apparently blacked out—even though i live in michigan and the blackout shouldn’t apply. it’s coming in on channel 640, but when i try to DVR it, it says “your receiver is not authorized to record this program”.

this is ridiculous. anyone else with directv having this problem?

nathew - July 9, 2008 reply

You can't record?

I just hit the record, no problem here…..

It's posts like these

that make me never want to get direct TV. I always get blacked out on MLB.com on like Saturdays and sometimes on Sunday, but it’s not that bad. :( Sorry you can’t watch the game, that sucks!

He can watch it

he just can’t DVR it.

ah,

that’s bizarre.

yeah...

usually it’s no problem except for the saturday afternoon games, but every once and a while i’ll get screwed out of a game somehow. at least i can actually watch it, just not record it.

nathew - July 9, 2008 reply

Yeah, I wish WGN had the Saturday games...

if Comcast has it, even though the game will be over long before Fox starts, it is blacked out. I certainly hope that Harden pitches Friday, otherwise I will have only Cartoon Cubs…....

It's done that in the past indeed.

There’s no workaround. But 640 should be CSN with Len and Bob, so other than not being able to record it, it’s fine, right?

good thing i'm home tonight

nathew - July 9, 2008 reply

Soto double

Soto with the double!!

YAY SOTO!!!!

oh yeah

Edmonds K's on a questionable called strike

Edmonds K

Geo doubles. He's been so great this year.

DeRosa reaches on error, Soto scores....1-1

Keppinger error, soto scores

WooHoo 1-1

yee-haw!

1-1!!!

Good running, Geo!!!

Geo's the man!

Geo make a hole in the dirt for Derosa, Ron Santo says

Ronny's in rare form these days.....

How funny that

the person wearing the Bob Brenly fan club shirt has the name spelled wrong!

maybe the fanclub for somebody else ;-)

Too funny, especially a "fan club" member....

Here in New Mexico, when you cross the line from AZ in the south, there is a sign that says “Welcome to New Mexico. You drink, you drive, you LOOSE.” Too weird, eh?

Please get a picture of that for us next time!

northsider - July 10, 2008 reply

That was huge error

woohoo!

Nuts

Hall HR for Milwaukee

well they are facing

glendon rusch, so dont expect the brewers offense to be shut down tonight.

ballstitch - July 9, 2008 reply

Reed gives it a ride, but CF catches it. 2 down

Johnson flies out to track in center

I love GEO!!!

Sorry, delayed, had to get the door for the pizza dude. :P

Mmmmm, Geo...Mmmmm pizza

Exactly. :D

Heh. slc's comment got me to order pizza--but that's as far as I'll go.

Z grounds out, inning over

1-1

Zambrano groundout, inning over

hate to double post...

...PXP’s all yours, dude.

what's the wind doing?

for those of us online w/ nothing to see

Doesn't seem to be doing much, i dont think

thx

1-0 milwaukee after 2 phils and cards scoreless top 3

roster moves

did they announce a roster move? I dont recall seeing one mentioned.

ballstitch - July 9, 2008 reply

nope

going with 13 pitchers today

wow so

we have a really short bench.

ballstitch - July 9, 2008 reply

so we should probably get this thing on lock early.

They haven't said anything on the game, far as I know....

But I didn’t get the TV on until Griffey was batting…

they don't have to do anything until Harden pitches his first game,

is what I hear

Bako soft liner to 2nd, 1 out

Cueto strikeout, 2 down

It's raining in NY

hopefully, they’ll have a couple of rain delays and the Giants will be forced to use their entire bullpen.

and hopefully the mets lose as well!

The 2008 Mets remind me of the 2004 Cubs...

a team you really dislike.

is it just me

or are the ladies around Wrigley getting hotter?

kalamazoo_cubs_fan - July 9, 2008 reply

Either that or the cameramen are getting better taste......

good point

i love the fan cam segments

kalamazoo_cubs_fan - July 9, 2008 reply

unfortunately for the ladies....

the gentlemen aren’t as good looking as they are

depends on where your looking...

kalamazoo_cubs_fan - July 9, 2008 reply

sigh....

they’re all married

Bruce popout to short right, 3 out

I hope...

there aren’t any more Patterson brothers to have to dump…

lol

We can only hope....

Shlomo Patterson

is playing in an Independent League somewhere, hope we don’t take a chance on him. I’m sure he too has “all the tools” but “a low baseball IQ”...

OT: I hate the blackout

Georgey - July 9, 2008 reply

Sheets has 7 Strikeouts through 3

Theriot single

scrappy-do!

past ball theriot to 2nd

There must be an available SS with range who hits doubles too......

Or

one who already has 100 hits, and 30+ multi hit games

Georgey - July 9, 2008 reply

true that brother

Bako

has screwed the pooch a lot these last 11+ innings.

don't miss him!

Mendoza candidate w/ limited D

How many hits does TheRiot have for the season

102

thanks

102

101 answered my own question

Man, that was a horrible pitch!!!!

Fukudome

remains solidly on my shitlist.

Just got here everyone...

and i was reading through the post.. Did I see something about Mulder going down?

mkcubs21 - July 9, 2008 reply

Yep, Shoulder Discomfort.

after 10 pitches in the 1st

not sure on injury yet

after 16 pitches

Thanks for the info..

I was kinda curious how his start was going to go.

mkcubs21 - July 9, 2008 reply

This ump is pathetic

Pink hat guy please rip into him

way to

advance the runner :-(

twice this game we have blown moving the man over. ugh.

that’s the stuff that drives Lou crazy

Lee flyout

OT: Just heard

Juan Pablo Montoya will sing “TMOTTBG.” There’s an assclown if I ever met one.

Who's that?

isn't he some boxer or nascar driver?

Nascar driver..

used to be F-1 driver.

truely the most boring "sport"

Yeah, that's a sport I pay ZERO attention to.

Thanks.

same here

Same here...

F-1 is ok. Takes a little talent. Not all left turns like Nascar.

Seriously.

F1

could be the most interesting thing on the face of the earth, if properly explained. I love it.

Car driver

Won the Indy 500. Moved to F1 and ruined a whole team by giving them poor feedback. Fired and went to NASCAR where he is “not liked” for a number of reasons unbeknownst to me, as I don’t like that series.

Is this what you are talking about

thread clogger!

one picture

if you're gonna have 1 picture only

....I would have made a million different choices. LOL.

its a joke

take it easy

I was kidding

ok

Exactly.

oh, THAT's a keeper...

MBDNIU will return to form… oh, yes, he will…

10 for Harden at least would be good, needs 5 more to 10

Would you ever have guessed at the beginning of the year that

Soto would lead the team in home runs?

a ball below the knees that wasn't called a strike!!

Bring em home Geo!!!

Make em pay GEO!!!

51 pitches for Cueto already

pooh

poop

cubs ftw - July 9, 2008 reply

missed opportunity

Cueto isn’t going to be in there forever. Too bad we didn’t score.

bah. :(

You guys are making it extremely difficult to get any work done!

Take the week off, double pay....

just tell them I approved it….

stop

trying so hard! :D

Brian Campbell visual

I'm sick already

of the vote JD for the ASG ads.

Griffey flyout, 2 down

Sheets 9 K's through 4

MIl. winning 1-0 Mid 4th

wow. He's pretty pumped up by Sabathia, I guess.

They are gonna have a contest to see who gets the better contract.....

Rusch only one run thru 3 innings...impressive!

I would have expected him to put up a snowman (8) by now.

He does have 70 pitches through 4 though

that was pretty close.

out of the inning.

nice!

cubs ftw - July 9, 2008 reply

Z wants that 10th win

our run support for Z is often quite thin in the early going

...or so it seems.

We could have three 20 game winners this year....

knock on wood

PrincetonCubs - July 9, 2008 reply

No, he's the closer

knew someone would say it :)

PrincetonCubs - July 9, 2008 reply

Can't, it hurts my head....

lol

leothelip - July 9, 2008 reply

Edmonds flies to right, 1 down

DeRosa grounds out…2 down

Carmen, let’s talk trumpet playing

leothelip - July 9, 2008 reply

Johnson Ks

that’s it for the inning.

Cueto’s starting to settle in or something.

So is Z

K!

Z strikes out #4

Hello-o

Seems kinda quiet in here

yeah, too quiet...

few regulars missing the last couple of days

i've been regular

lots of grape nuts in the morning

fajita - July 9, 2008 reply

12 in row put down by Z

1 hitter thru 5

and only 60 pitches so far.

fajita - July 9, 2008 reply

alright

time to blow this game OPEN. Cueto has over 50 pitches. Z is locked in. Let’s GET SOME RUNS!

Mid 5th in MIL

1-1
Sheets has 10 K’s but is already at 87 pitches

wow.

that’s a metric ton. His bullpen isn’t going to be able to keep that locked down.

Let's hope

Sounds like the Z of old

leothelip - July 9, 2008 reply

let;s get some runs.......

I think a 9 run inning is in order here.....

I'm all for it

I'd take that.

how are the turd birds doing?

anyone know?

You heard about Mulder, right?

injured?

is that def?

They're saying shoulder ... out after 16 pitches

wow...

too bad…IIRC he’s a local. Dolton or South Holland I think…

South Holland, IL.

He went to my rival H.S…

yeah. was broadcast on ESPN.

0-0 top of the 5th, 2 out....

thx

I like Z's reaction.....

A scrappy hit

another multihit game

PrincetonCubs - July 9, 2008 reply

Theriot singles to left?

shocked… shocked I am…

Another run would sure be sweet.

Another run would be nice

Five or six more would be sweet ;)

+1

a bunch would be sweet too…

come on DLee... just a single would be good... a homer ever better

so Marshall is out of the rotation (for now) according to Ron and Pat??

Yeah

We’ve got to have a space in the rotation for Marquis. He pitches so well after the ASB, you know…

Didn't take Dusty long to ruin Harang, did it? ;)

darnit.

Atkins 2 run hr in milwaukee, 3-1 rockies

Excellent!

Go Rockies!!!!

against Sheets?

or the BP?