Bleed Cubbie Blue

Let's do this!

chitownhawkeye - August 1, 2008 reply

Let's Go, Cubs!`

Light up Karstens!

Go Cubbies Go..

MinnesotaFan - August 1, 2008 reply

Shut them down Marquis

mkcubs21 - August 1, 2008 reply

Not first, but thirsty!

Virtual beers for everyone!

Let’s get er done!

flachimesa - August 1, 2008 reply

It's time to get down for our crown!!

Ha!

(In nasally voice): We have Dennis now, who can rebound…

Goodie1969 - August 1, 2008 reply

I posted that in honor of you brougham!

Let's make 'em walk the plank!

Arrgh!

Get it right... ;-)

that’s

Arrgh!

ballhawk - August 1, 2008 reply

We should

all talk

via the Pirate Grey Bar in honor of the Pirates today

Heh...

Avast!!!

I'm ashamed to ask this late in the joke, but...

how do you do that?

start your text off with a single space

ballhawk - August 1, 2008 reply

Let's give it

a try.

Barnacle

woot

agh agh agh agh… I yam what I yam…

Type a subject

then type in the first line

hit enter twice and then the space bar twice, then continue typing

Right you are, me hearty!

Now grab a mop…

...and swab the poop deck!!!

Like this?

This?

Arrr....

hmmm

hmmm…

agh agh agh... I yam what I yam...

I just...

...start the line with a greater-than symbol (>), and keep typing…

Pittsburgh's favorite...

...fast-food restaurant?

Aaarrrbys.

Big clouds and mostly overcast skies in Downers Grove at the moment...

Looks good from here to get some innings in…

ah the old hunting grounds...

memories.

eswan9 - August 1, 2008 reply

I duno about hunting...

...but the Chipotle out here made for a good lunch…

indeed

traffic lis light on I-88 too, Shawon!

Wondering if that 88/294 construction...

...is ever going to be knocked off.

YEAH

Chicago Cubs Baseball is on the Air!!

I love when Wayne sings

Me too.

ROLL CALL!

ready to go!!

Present!

and I would like another Cubs win as a present!

Do, Ray, Egon!

Doe^

here

Hi, Sue!

yes, hi sue & drew...

Jimmay!

Doctor...Doctor...Doctor...

hi sue, drew and Jimmy...

Bump-ump-a-dump!

:D

Hi Bump, Drew and Jimmy

hoping for another win today!!!

Hey Bump, Hey drew, Hey sue!

You took my job

dtpollitt - August 1, 2008 reply

Haha

I’ll let you take care of it from here on out. :) Jumped the gun!

I'm here :)

Representing the old country...

HERE

Yelloooo!!!

GO CUS GO!! GO CUBS GO!! GO CUBS GO!!

First class, gunner's mate, Major A-hole.

here

MinnesotaFan - August 1, 2008 reply

here

MOCubsfan - August 1, 2008 reply

here

JCD - August 1, 2008 reply

Ayo!

Giddyup

Go to the whip!

Slacking off again from research.

Here.

I'm bad and I'm nationwide!

standing bye

yo!

yar!

yo!

ma!

heh

Yo!

Ma!
>Ma!

D'oh!

pwned

Here

But not for long today. An old school friend has just flown in from Taiwan.

Good to go.

BMoney79 - August 1, 2008 reply

here

yar

Here

Just a bit tardy..

but I’m here!

Here, a little late, but still!

BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness - August 1, 2008 reply

Here

Marquis sucks!

Itchy - August 1, 2008 reply

It's just another manic monday

here

BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness - August 1, 2008 reply

Here.....

....late!

Do I have to walk the plank matey?

iluvryno - August 1, 2008 reply

CHUNK!

here, but at work, so I'm here and there

still offering up virtual beers for everyone!

trying to keep the virtual tradition going

flachimesa - August 1, 2008 reply

here

eswan9 - August 1, 2008 reply

reply ;)

consider this a reply then.

eswan9 - August 1, 2008 reply

Here's hoping Marquis has a great game today!

Blue W - August 1, 2008 reply

im so thankful

for a job that allows me to make my own hours…i stockpiled hours this week to take off today to watch the game!!

me too but...

I really really should be working right now

Me too

Overrated.

I work from

home so I set my own hours…and I don’t work that many hours either.

i still worked like 60 hours...

monday through thursday…and didnt miss a pitch of the brewers series

You sir are

a good man.

saintly, even :D

I like your style Sue!

I'm off to get lunch

be back after the 1st. 3-0 cubbies after 1!

two day games on

my two days off means I have had a very unproductive weekend…from the point of view that the cleanliness of my house has suffered.

Alright Fellow Drinkers...

Time to check in with the drink of choice right now.

I’m thanking the Brew Crew for their performance this week and drinking a Miller Lite

a nice tawny with a victory cigar

JCD - August 1, 2008 reply

Bonus points

To anyone who checks in drinking Y’ling… after all, we are playing a pennsylvania team.

Iron City, anyone?

That beer is yummy

Big pop.

It’s…

Fountain Friday at my local gas station.  God bless rural Indiana.

i used to live...

in a cornfield in indiana too

+1

New Belgium Skinny Dip

better than

Fat Tire, IMO

Fat Tire might be one of the most overrated brews around

agreed.

That is blasphemy.

Fat Tire is my favorite beer.

Sticking with the Coors Light

[Shudder]

looks beautiful there today!

hot as hades though

WTF? XM has the pirates stupid broadcasters

It is supposed to be the home team….i am pissed….looks like gameday i guess, but that is like 1 min behind!

That is a crime punishable by death.

Maybe they have both?

Because…

It's one of the few day games today?  They do that sometimes...

good point, i will check. thanks

I'm only finding the P-burg announcers

thy probably miked the wrong broadcast booth -blame SIRIUS

sdurst - August 1, 2008 reply

MUCH ANGER!

My XM display

is also showing all kinds of info BESIDES the teams / scores for the game

sdurst - August 1, 2008 reply

PAT and RON

are now on XM

sdurst - August 1, 2008 reply

nope, gameday audio it is....but our network engineers will know i have been straming audio

again….oh well!

i got game cast on my phone...

it is faster than cable for nbs games by like 10 seconds…pretty amazing

ok maybe 5 seconds

At the risk of

sounding like a gameday audio saleswoman, you can’t beat getting it. Cubs version always available and you can switch over for fun to see what the other guys are saying.

Here for a bit anyways...

Dave Matthews concert tonight at Slugger Field and I’m heading out early.

Jettero2112 - August 1, 2008 reply

following cubs at work...

...then radiohead tonite in grand park. hooray!

err...

*grant park

Same here working (cough, cough) very hard.

Willie Nelson and Dave matthews. Should be a good show except it’s already 96 deg and sunny here….lot’s of cold beer and gatorades.

Jettero2112 - August 1, 2008 reply

you'll have a blast!

[JEALOUS]

First batter.... Full Count

There goes the no-hitter and perfect game

Not sure I was expecting one.

Marquis and all.

someone

called it.

Someone

was wrong.

Any luck the Bucs

are wearing their horrid

Red Jerseys?

Nope, those are home uniforms only I think

Sunday garb

Okay.

Too many to keep track of: home, away, home alternate, away alternate, Sunday jersey, Sunday cap, third Sunday on the road when it’s cloudy.

The Mickey D's jersey as I call it

pulled the colors straight from the franchise!

No kidding.

Would you like extra bases with that?

you forgot get your ass kicked by the cubs jersey....oh wait, those are still up in

Milwaukee!

No

They are wearing Grey

ok the grey bar showed up in preview

honest it did

Itr always does in preview.

So you're saying

they’re wearing

Grey?

Show off

Yeah thats what i was trying to do :)

Gad, those ARE awful...

There goes the no hitter

so does anyone else hate comcast?

friday afternoon game has always been wgn and cubbie ball now i barely get to see any games

bizzle4 - August 1, 2008 reply

Comcast makes Sprint look good...

ballhawk - August 1, 2008 reply

I don't hate it...

...because I have it.

Hate isn't a strong enough word.

If this network had been in existence in the 50’s & 60’s, it never would of made it with the name Comcast. Considering the red scare of the time.

I have RCN but I wish I could have Comcast back

I despise RCN with the heat of 1000 suns

Yeah most painful of all

Is that Ryne Sandberg is in all those RCN commercials.

I love Comcast

I hate it mainly because I don't have it...

I love

DirectTV, used to have Comcast

I have DirecTV

that has CSN. I’m glad I do get CSN. I watch it all the time.

are we talking cable provider or the station?

I have no problem with the station on Dish Netwrok. Seems I have heard a lot of compls about the cable end though

waiting for WGN HD on Directv

same here

PurpleLineToWrigley - August 1, 2008 reply

Rats

DOUBLE PLAY!

2 outs!

nice, i will rely on you guys today since i have to listen online

SWEEEEEEEEEET!!!

Great DP!

DOUBLE PLAY!!!!

3-6-1

3-6-1 Twin Kiling

beauty

the winning ticket

Ivy Walls - August 1, 2008 reply

3 gone!

Let's get some runs!!!!

+5

that should be enough

to start at least

sounds good to me

McLouth

has he cooled off yet?

Ok. answering my own question:

OPS by month
Mar/Apr: 1.045
May: .920
June: .621
July: .931

Looks like he had a bad month, but is back.

FO8

warning track and that’s your half inning

That sounded scary on the audio.

PurpleLineToWrigley - August 1, 2008 reply

Hmm....

....deja vu anyone?

My kingdom

For a lead-off HR.

Your kingdom is safe...for now.

wind blowing in today?

bizzle4 - August 1, 2008 reply

yea...i think they said hard too

Ed makes that catch look so easy.

What a show-off!!!

Had me scared

But I frighten easily

sneaking up behind Stan....

.......and…... BOO!!!

Could someone explain

why someone would get dressed up in full White Sox gear to attend a Cubs-Pirates game? I don’t get it. I’d say the same thing if there was somebody in full gear for any team that wasn’t Cubs or Bucs. What’s the logic?

The same reason I would go to a Astros/Cards game

Wearing full Cubs gear?

Yeah, I mean why?

Is it just a statment that I like baseball and this is my team – I don’t care if I’m watching them right now?

pretty much...

if i were going to see the cards and ‘stros, i’m not really rooting for either… just going to enjoy the game…

at MOST ballpark, you get some interesting conversations out of it at least…

The conversations is a main reason

And also just to remind the Cards fans that we’re better than they are :)

When Al went to Yankee, he wore a Cubs jacket and hat as I recall… and got good baseball chat out of it

yep...

generally any ML game i go to, i go in at least my Cubs hat, regardless of who’s playing

no idea

seems to me I saw a guy in a Cubs jersey in the stands at the StL/Atl game last night, in ATL. Go figure.

Lets see if the bats are still hot!

Hats for bats!

For people with XM Radio

What was with putting the Pirates’ announcers on for the top of the 1st?

yeah, i turned on Gameday audio...i couldn't stand it

it's back with WGN now

really, nice. i will have to check it out. thanks

where in VA do you live? i in Fairfax, work n Falls Church.

5 miles from the VA/TN line.

In Southwest VA.

nice....like near Bristol?

about 30 minutes west

word...i guess TN is a big state, but do u get out to watch AA?

yeah, about once or twice a month.

Not as much because of gas prices though. Going to Atlanta in mid August to see the Cubs.

nice....Pittsburgh is much closer for me. i am going to try to see them

in NYC too….depends on work though.

I hate that everyone in my area are Braves fans.

Just because TBS had them on T.V. People think I am crazy for liking Chicago.

haha. I grew up in WV....it was either the Cubs, Pirates or Reds..

looks like i made the right choice

Definitely

To make you

really appreciate

Pat and Ron.

Indeed.

This…is…

...THE YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I cant stand those PITT announcers

on radio or TV. Blech.

you mean you can't stand lame references like "jolly roger"

Sure.

Bob Walk is a pretty dry color guy on TV. I hated EI last year when I only got the home team telecasts and had to actually listen to these guys.

Hey guys! hows everyone doing?

Today will determine if marquis deserves a head on our monster. what do you guys think?

I'd say it's already determined...

NO.

Dome Walks

meh. I’m having that same old issue with the thread not updating…

Mmm...patience.

d lee

needs to smash one right here

cubsluver22 - August 1, 2008 reply

just get a hit.

good eye

come on, Cubs

Looks like this Karstens guy will walk you if you look at pitches. Make him throw a strike!

aw, heck.

hit&run doesn’t work.

double play

errr

cubsluver22 - August 1, 2008 reply

sheet

Groan.

Dome gets doubled off

end of inning

Doubled off Kosuke - tough one there

nil-nil end one

FO 9

rats

@ least he didn't hit a weak grounder double play...

DpLee can't catch a break

even flyballs turning into two outs.

Ha, Lee hit that ball well, and in the air, but still got a DP. Sometimes, no luck.

Funny, cos the Cubs doubled up Milwaukee

the same way yesterday in the first.

true...Lee made a hell of a play on that one though

is that #22 for him

Ivy Walls - August 1, 2008 reply

The acronym is GIDP not FIDP

Wreckard - August 1, 2008 reply

Unless a hitter...

...FOULS into a double play, I guess.

I doubt kosuke ran as badly as weeks did.

If he even tried a little to get back to first

he did better than Weeks.

Lets back off Lee today

lets back off everyone today!!

well. except maybe howry, lol

Thank you

Not good, Marquis

Marquis not backing off doumit

HBP – one on

In Jason's defense...

...I have a hard time backing off donuts, too.

in my best homer voice

hmmm doughnuts…

halfblindcubbiegirl - August 1, 2008 reply

no he's not

Base hit up the middle

tough play there as it looked like a steal might have been on and Cedeno lost his angle going to cover the bag.

Marquis will hold them down...

Say.. how about we record an out

this inning?

Like… NOW?

halfblindcubbiegirl - August 1, 2008 reply

1 down

now. 2 more!

halfblindcubbiegirl - August 1, 2008 reply

hi everybody!

hey

hey anyone hear manny got traded???

HAHA JK

p.s. sorry

whose manny ramirez?

There's also this cool Onion article

About CC and Prince…

it's um...here...

Don't forget

about

Brian Roberts.

Arrrrg!

halfblindcubbiegirl - August 1, 2008 reply

no, no, more in the back of your throat.

TWHS

halfblindcubbiegirl - August 1, 2008 reply

well played, my friend...

Haha...

good one!

I was thinkin' about posting that...

...but was afraid it was too blue.

yeah... after last night's debauchery... heh

i wondered if it would be

but hey. its friday. we’re in first place. whats a girl to do?

halfblindcubbiegirl - August 1, 2008 reply

waiting...

O RLY?

Also, anyone read that onion article—something about Fielder and CC?

no but I've got a great sabathia-fielder joke for you

Wow. I guess we were all ready to jump on that cliche

it's the bcb mind meld phenomenon

Manny Parra was traded?!?

Talk about an overreaction! :-)

Goodie1969 - August 1, 2008 reply

huh?

oh i get it, lol

you see what he did there?

yea...

K - one down, nasty splitter

K

Was that just a shoutout to AFN

Or some other international network?

He shouted out to both of us

AFN and NASN

Ahh, great!

I guess I didn’t realize NASN also was an intl network, lolol.

I think NASN is available all over europe

come on, ground ball

Anyone else think we're gonna get killed today?

Not being negative, I’m being SERIOUS. Pirates just traded their best guy, rookie pitcher – all signs point to Cub win, which is when you reallly need to watch out.

i was worrying about the

“emotional letdown” game.

but i think we’ll be okay.

halfblindcubbiegirl - August 1, 2008 reply

My thoughts exactly.

I’m a little worried about the letdown.

OK, now I’m worried Marquis is going to give up about 20 hits.

I worried about

that too and now that the score is 2-0 I hope we come back and score soon.

Pirates strike first

1-0

uuuuuugggghhh

another single

1-3 one out.

Crap

not really fooling many people except his own fielders

The Bucs can score 10 today and won't win

God, Marqis is a horrible pitcher

pretty much a typical innings eater, i say start warming up Marshall.

let's hope sooner rather than later

These are the times Jack Wilson turns into Hack Wilson.

Or Marquis turns into a hack

another horrible start by marquis

cubbie1029 - August 1, 2008 reply

So what? We are at home.

I'm so glad Marquis didn't start against the Brewers

I really think it is time to bring Marshall into the rotation..

C'mon Jason

just a groundball… hopefully aimed at someone in the IF.

halfblindcubbiegirl - August 1, 2008 reply

you want him

to roll the ball to Ondec?

Well, that would result in fewer hits…

if it records an out

i don’t care how it happens.

halfblindcubbiegirl - August 1, 2008 reply

4H 1 HBP 1.2 innings 2ER

silver lining, no BB's

I'm in a real happy mood even though Marquis has given up a 2-spot

I wonder how long it will last?

true.....i feel like we will easily come back from this

Same here...

the offense is gonna have to win this one today, and with the way things have been going, should have a great chance against this kid.

What's the wind at Wrigley doing today, gang?

BLOWING.

The Miller Billboard is in Japanese

anyone know what it says?

light the dragon beacon!

halfblindcubbiegirl - August 1, 2008 reply

What's happenin' HBCG?

It says

If you can read this, you’re name is probably Kosuke

(not really)

Good one!

No way whatever it really says is that clever.

Speaking of which

haven’t seen dragonsfanatic lately.

probably

obscenities about the brewers

We know it tastes like horse piss, but buy it anyway?

LOL.

if i catch sight of it I'll try to translate

But my Japanese is very basic

thanks!

Lightyears ahead of any of us, though.

;)

What's the wind doing today?

blowing

twss..

lol

Fonty can

FLY!

Fontenot!

LBR!

FO 4

Hamster Leap Kills the Threat.

Just got home from work

Time for the offense to help Marquis out

All right, now let's score some runs.

FINALLY - 3 outs

GOD I hate Marquis.

C'mon now, he's still in line for a quality start.

He Sucks!

Itchy - August 1, 2008 reply

hate crime alert

is that all Marquis’s

Ivy Walls - August 1, 2008 reply

All he has to do...

is…

Give us 5 more innings, only 2-3 more ER and I'll be very happy.  5th starter.

Then in

comes

Marshall.

MARQUIS!

grumble….

+1000

Alright Kids, I have to go do some real work away from the computer,

Thank god XM is back to the Cubs….Can you guys get me some runs by the time i get back?

We'll try

The only weak link

I agree Marquis should be dumped from the rotation, and Marshall given a shot.

ARAM

goes Foul.

Stop it, Pat.

does anyone else...

get sick to their stomach when marquis is on the mound…. he’s definitely my least favorite cub.

ThisIsResolute - August 1, 2008 reply

Me

what makes me sick to my stomach

is the thought that – apparently – this guy is the best we can get ….

Well, we got him for last season...

..that’s the problem.

oh yes

what a problem that guy is… “hmm which of these cabable guys should we round out our rotation w/?”

halfblindcubbiegirl - August 1, 2008 reply

Yah, too bad...

...that Cubs management hasn’t gone out and made a deal for quality pitching, or anything…

Damn, how foul was that?

10 feet and hooking

like I said, damn

not very

looks like the wind may have pushed it foul

MOCubsfan - August 1, 2008 reply

Pat Hughes...

Just got me out of my seat for nothing… “Deep drive… it’s got a chaaaance!!! Foul”

CubsBullsBears - August 1, 2008 reply

Me too.

LOL

somewhere

Hammer is cursing.

Yep, pulling his hair out.

And I'm singing, 'can't touch this' in my head...

He might be working out...

getting ready for his street fight with blue mike tomorrow.

rofl!

I'm so tempted to try and get tickets for tomorrow's game...

and casually walk by Mike’s seats….

ooooooooooooh

sneaky. I like!

He's going to be there?

not only that

but he’s the red corner card on the welterweight fight scheduled for before the game.

huh? I'm confused....

I must have missed something.

he challenged Hammer

to a fight. “We’ll go across the street and work out our differences”.

Because, you know, he can’t back up his statements, so he’ll use his fists.

hahaha,

I’d pay to see that. :D

He's so full of shit...

Like he’s really going to leave his wife and daughter and leave the park to walk across the street to rumble…yeah, right…

would he be able to get back in?

some tickets don’t allow you to leave and return.

That would be funny.

Tell me you're joking.

nope.

I don’t know why a guy who dislikes the Cubs so much would go to a game, tho. Maybe Harden is pitching, and he wants to ask Harden to autograph his butt.

Was talking to Sue...

I hadn't read

that yet but I will after the game.

Yep...

he posted where he’s sitting and challenged Hammer to a duel…

Pistols at 10 paces?

Sabres? Spitballs?

double-entendres?

can he manage

a single entendre?

zing!

Check out the Manny Ramirez fanpost.

Lots of fun BlueMike action.

About halfway down...

Here.

Oh ok, thanks

I’ll check it out later. Good reading huh?

A sample:

“(I’m) a 45 year-old internet dork who would send you to the hospital with one punch.”

Now I'm looking forward

to reading it after the game. He is just one big bag of ick.

It's unbelievable.

I wish Al would just ban his ass and get it over with.

That makes two of us

Yeah, he's in a meat freezer somewhere...

...punching huge slabs of beef.

Sweep the leg,

Dave-san.

You're the best! Around!

COBRA KAI!!!

Mercy is for the weak!

GET IM A BODY BAAAAG!

YEAAAHHHHHH!!!!

The words of the great

Sensai John Kreese.

Danny Larusso's gonna fight!!

This is amazing!

Come on Edmonds

Karstens

is throwing a lot of strikes so far.

And they're helping him out

by swinging at crap out of the zone as well.

Such a butthead.

butt head...

a forgotten name to call people that should make a comeback

bring back the Schlitz freeze cam

Anyone know if Karstens is on a pitch count?

wasn’t he a bullpen guy?

halfblindcubbiegirl - August 1, 2008 reply

He probably is.

only 24 pitches through 2 innings

3 OUTS - shit

I exepect the second time through the order...

to go much better for the Cubs. That’s my fearless prediction.

Slim1256 - August 1, 2008 reply

Put Eyre out there - lol

good thing you laughed out loud

we all wondered out loud

i guess

there was a really possibility of letdown here. hopefully, cubs shake it off quickly. karstens is hittable

The whole series in Milwaukee

the Cubs were never down by as much as 2 runs. This feels like a letdown already!

Let’s light this guy up.

ChipSet - August 1, 2008 reply

Oh lordy, lets go Cubbies...

2nd inning boys and girls...

let’s…

Relax! Don't do it!

Wow - 0-1 - lol

This kid has never pitched against us..beginner's luck

a couple more innings till we come back and score 20

Second time thru the order we will prolly kill this punk

karstens

yankees dumped him

Perspective:

Down 1, at home, not even through the order once.

Go Cubs.

Screw this

I’m watching full house!

Come on man it's not THAT bad.

We need a sarcasm text color

Those Olsen Twins...

...are hot.

like a bundle of twigs

on a bonfire.

Down 2, right?

Is it?

At work, I’m relying on you guys!

2-0.

Shiver me timbers…

Arrr....

Correction: down two and they have got through the whole order

but otherwise, +1

So I essentially I got +1 for "Perspective: at home."

Game Over!

agreed, might as well just cash in on the rest of the season

two runs is too much!

Wait till next century.

SOW THE INFIELD WITH SALT!

Roger Bossart would be SO pissed...

Flagged!

psyche

I've got to go get some work done

LET’S WIN THIS, CUBS!

And, Lou? When in doubt, pull Marquis.

1 Out

Ever notice that rain delays always show Fresh Prince of Bel Air?

sorry that was random.

or Funniest Home Videos

my kids think that show is still on in today’s happy world

iluvryno - August 1, 2008 reply

And day games always end with

Reba. Ugh.

last year

Karsten was playing low A pitch back

its only been two innings

relax..

2 outs

Congrats to Michael Brenly

for his two awards this week.

Dad was sure

proud wasn’t he?

aww.

yay for the baby brenly!

halfblindcubbiegirl - August 1, 2008 reply

What Dad wouldn't be?

exactly

I love hearing Bob talk about his son.

OK, bounced back from that damn 3-1 count - Cool

Marquis getting hit hard.

As usual.

I'd like to hit him hard

+1

TWSS

LOL :-)

Marquis

not exactly the Colossus of Rhodes here…

Funny, I thought we coulda used Arthur Rhodes.

Too bad he’s a Marlin now.

Doumit Singles to center

2 out

3 Outs

Pat made it sound like a real nice play by Cedeno

Yeah, was that as good as it sounded?

Yeah it was. No disrespect to Theriot, but Scrappy wouldn't have made that play.

Oh no you di'in't!!!

Very tough play

grounder between SS and 3B, Ronny cut it off, A-Ram was pointing to second as the only play but it was the wrong choice. Ronny looked at second, saw he couldn’t do it, so threw late to first but because of his rocket arm he just beat the runner.

Laser, rocket arm?

or just rocket arm?

Well, he one hopped it

but it was on target otherwise.

I need a beer....

+1 (and a shot)

I need to not be here at work!

I done had too many shots already!

i need a sprite!!

Nice play Ronny

I think Marquis has two parking tickets

can we put the Boot on em?

Let's get it started Fontenot

Andy "Don't Call me Adam" LaRoche

isn't there a major league limit

on how many laroches you can have on one roster?

halfblindcubbiegirl - August 1, 2008 reply

are you making a Roche Limit

joke?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roche_limit

is there a roche limit?

halfblindcubbiegirl - August 1, 2008 reply

The Roche limit (pronounced /ˈroʊʃ/), sometimes referred to as the Roche radius, is the distance within which a celestial body, held together only by its own gravity, will disintegrate due to a second celestial body’s tidal forces exceeding the first body’s gravitational self-attraction.[

Drew with the extra smartypants bonus!

it’s cause I’m a sci-fi geek.

Nothin wrong with that.

whew.

that’s good, because if it’s wrong, I don’t wanna be right! :P

:high five:

:geeky-high five back... that misses:

stargate?

this sounds like something carter would say.

halfblindcubbiegirl - August 1, 2008 reply

Carter, sure.

But I’m reading a Peter Hamilton book right now, and it’s a topic of conversation…

There's an interesting mid-game discussion:

What’s everybody reading now?

I’m split between Watchmen (hence the avatar) and Stephen King’s It.

Split as well...

Norman Mailer’s “The Gospel According to the Son” and Milan Kundera: “The Unbearable Lightness of Being”

Hmm.

Slightly denser than my current selections.

:D

George RR Martin's "A Song of Ice & FIre" series

Currently on #2. “The Clash of Kings”

halfblindcubbiegirl - August 1, 2008 reply

Just watched

Continuum last night, lots of fun

can't wait to get it

looks good.

halfblindcubbiegirl - August 1, 2008 reply

Look at the brains on Drew...

You know what they call a Whopper in France?

Whuh-peur?

Think you mean Big Mac.

Look at the brains on never!

Haha.

Of course, I do.  No DVDs/TVs on this pirate ship.

Ha!

That is a tasty burger!

A Royale with cheese.

Ding ding!!

That's a Quarter Pounder!!!

C'mon Wonder Hamster!

Sneaky single!

Single

way to go fonte-yes!

Hamster

starting the inning off right

PhillyCub - August 1, 2008 reply

Fontenot

can Run.

Deja Vu...

Hit and Run?

That didn't work out so well last time.

we should have

There goes the no-hitter. :)

Fontenot singles

GAME OVER!

Send the Hamster!

No need for a replay...

...of a Fontenot steal….you just have to follow the woodchips to see where he came from.

ugh

DP

Karsten has a shutout going!

halfblindcubbiegirl - August 1, 2008 reply

shhhhhhhhhhhhh!!

not for

long. (i hope)

hey did yall hear that Karstens has a SHUTOUT going?

I heard he just got a dp

bah

dp

Stupid DP's

F

Marquis owes himself a homer right here

He owes more than just himself!

Or an easy comebacker to the pitcher.

I hate marquis

We still prolly win this game, but I wish Marquis would just go away

34 pitches through 3.

ugh

Weird Gameday is faster than Ron and Pat today.. Usually for me it's the

other way around..

MinnesotaFan - August 1, 2008 reply

There are a lot of things faster than Pat and Ron.....

TWSS?

thats a marginal one,

but I’ll give it to ya!

TWSS

Pat and Ron always take their time.

at work for me

P&R are about 10 secs slower than gameday.It sucks but it also prepares you to hear Ron’s heart break in a billion pieces if something bad happens

I'll take Marquis any day over...

Josh Fogg (Reds #5)
Joel Pineiro (Cards #5)
Yoslan Herrera (Pirates #5)

and most days over
Randy Wolf (Astros #5)

but probably not over
Jeff Suppan (Brewers #5)

This is not a PlayStation team. It’s not an All-Star team. Let Marquis eat innings, go 7, get 3-5 ER and let’s take our chances. As I noted in a fan post, we’re 11-8 when Marquis starts. Not bad for your 5th starter.

Sure, he’s overpaid for a 5th starter. Sure, we thought he’d be better than a 5th starter when we got him. But, we’ve accounted for it, and brought in starting talent and shoved him to the back of the rotation.

Hmm.

I’d have to disagree on Pineiro and Suppan.

Problem is I think we have a better starting pitcher than Marquis right now

I think Marshall would do a better job, plus it would be nicer to have another LHP in the rotation as well

I agree

MOCubsfan - August 1, 2008 reply

I bet Samardja (sp) is better

Remember:

Samard + zija

Thanks!

He is.

No diggity, no doubt. But, again, he’s SO valuable in our bullpen right now that it makes sense to know what we’re getting in a guy like Marquis. We’re going to have to score 5 runs to win a Marquis pitched ball game. We know that. But he doesn’t blow up and give up 8 ER like some guys. He’s stable, consistent, and always just under mediocre.

He's kind of this year's

Shawn Estes

Spellcheck.

But we don't really have a LOOGY.

Marshall’s value in the ‘pen is elevated when Eyre is a figment of our imaginations and Cotts performs better vs. righties than lefties.

Call me crazy and greedy

It just really bothers me when we watch those other 4 pitchers go out there, and then we have a massive dropoff to Marquis

CRAZY AND GREEDY!

Donald Trump, what?

Oh no!!

The Cubs are doomed!! There is no way they will ever score off this guy!! He’s the next Cy Young!! (sarcasm)

PhillyCub - August 1, 2008 reply

Our offense is making him look like Cy Young

He's not the next Cy Young.....he IS Cy Young!

Braaaaaaaaainssss

and strikeouts!

There's plenty of...

...no-name, brand new pitchers that the Cubs don’t fare so well against…

Ones that look like Butthead, however…

Geo schooling Marquis

"Don't suck."

on how to pitch?

BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness - August 1, 2008 reply

throw strikes!!

halfblindcubbiegirl - August 1, 2008 reply

NEVER WALK THE LEADOFF BATTER!

He's setting up a DP!

Shhhhhhh!

Blue W - August 1, 2008 reply

Or a 2-run home run

stay inside chicken little

theres a sky out here.

halfblindcubbiegirl - August 1, 2008 reply

lol

Marquis walks Moss