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First Pitch Thread: Cubs vs. Cardinals, Sunday 8/10, 7:05 CT

Let's go Dempster!

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FIRST?
Yo Galvan!!
hey hey!!!

whats going on!

Same stuff, different day...

Just ready for a big Cubs win!!

First!!

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

Not on my screen :)
second on the page

first if your hearts

Yo my Iowa friend!
and you know this! what up?
Just ready for a big Cubs win!!
GAH!!!! Whats with the White Sox talk at the start of this game?
it's espn and they love the red sox
Let's do this!!!
oh boy...

does wrigley look beautiful or what?

Especially in HD
grrr...

i just have digital…mr bragadocious

indeed it does
jesus was a carpenter....

haha clever sign cards fan

but he isnt

a flippin cardinal fan…hes on our side…

I assume you have that on good authority....
What's the over/under on "Banks Boulevard" references from Joe Morgan?
2.5

Take the over…

Al said this game wasn't a "must win"

I say… Like hell it isnt!

Im sorry this game is now a must win.

Thanks alot Nats!

its not a must win...

but it would be very nice if we won this thing

'Evening, all! Roll call...

I’m posting from Northbrook, IL.

Florida is in the house
coming from the city of west des moines

shawn johnson is my neighbor (okay no she isn’t)

Florida here too!!!!!!
reporting in from the Left Coast

...let’s win!!

Posting from Atlanta...

But S.C. is my home state, and by no means am I a Georgian

nobody is from Atlanta
I've met a couple of locals

But they’re rare

Here

While at work.

I'm in Englewood, CO
Nashville, TN here
Tampa Florida representin....
Why is it

when I hear Morgan pay a compliment to the Cubs his expression screams “I don’t believe a word of what I just said”?

I'm still getting over

“I said all year the Cubs are the best team in the NL,” which is a blatant lie.

hola from elkhart IN
Teacher in the room...behave yourselves!
a preacher too
I'm an atheist...

...let’s derail the game thread with heated debates about religion.

Just kidding. (about the debate part! We’re all Cubs fans!)

is it time to cue 'jump'?

these screwy game times, i’m not sure

Wagoner, OK here
i live in broken arrow..

on the wagoner county line…

Don't know if it's been mentioned yet, but...

...the Brewers already won today. Cubs’ lead is 3.5 games. Let’s push it back to 4!

4 feels a lot safer than 3
P-push it real good
Doesn't Miller always seem to dress like an aged pimp?

I assume he looks in the mirror and thinks those outfits are great for TV

Hence the reason

for his success on KNBR radio…the clothing ensemble ;-)

yes, a wardrobe budget for radio...makes sense!
LSA

“aged pimp” is awesome…

Trust me, having seen him in "street"/radio work clothes

I wouldn’t wish the experience on anyone…

how long wil braun be iffy
hopefully

forever…

Miller just put Izturis back on the Cubs!

Made me look at the screen quick … “Lord, please tell me we didn’t trade for him”

unless it was for howry
Not sure that would even be worth it

Though they’d both clear waivers

ronny homers today

you heard it here first

yeah, you get the credit

if he does

did miller just call

cedeno izturiz?

what a dingleberry

Yes he did.....ugh....
I think that canary yellow shirt is a size 14 neck...it may be cutting off his circulation.

MEDIC!!!

Morgan..."I knew what you meant..."
demps slider lookin good
Dem comes out strong
Lookin good Dempster!!!!
Mather K's. Sit down son!!
strike even if he doesn't swing?

did he see the k zone?????

Dempster wants nothing to do with Pujols
That's ok, just go after Ludwick. He's gonna strike him out to end the inning.
hey sori

use your flipping glove!

Don't fall apart ... walking Pujols and a weak grounder

Still can get out of the inning

C'mon Demp. Throw strikes, get out of this!
Morgan showing his skill as a recycler

Same story about DeRo being a utility guy who can hit as he used in pre-game.

Tell me this pain won’t last much longer…..

I remember back in the Wild Card run in 1998

During the last few days, he took to saying how a game-winning hit for Sosa was an example of Sammy just taking what he could get, not swinging for the fences, etc. Sosa told him that wasn’t true, he was just trying to hit the ball the same way he always did. Morgan kept telling the story anyway.

no volume

no pain

Slider working well

But he’s got to keep using the fastball to make that effective

Good set up pitch for the slider away to end the inning.
pat says cards have #2 offense in the league (runs scored)

next to cubs, of course – but i find that surprising

Cards brought their 9-irons today
sit down troy!
Yes! 3 outs
Demp escapes!

Great inning

Down goes Glaus. Time for some runs!!
K's Glaus

nice pitch

Nice pitch!

Grab some pine!

Let's get some runs!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Is SWL here tonight?

I need to speak with him

Ok...that's not sketchy...
Nice fastball and K, Demp.

Let’s go get these birds.

should we be worried that morgan is sorkin our ballz?
sorkin our ballz

great name for a punk band

i will give u that one for free. next one gonna cost u
Now Demps hits his post-jitters groove

and sends away the next dozen or so

Good inning, though it took 19 pitches...
if sori reaches

bunt

Good start

hit by sori

Have I said it's great to have Sori back?
let's get Carpenter's pitch count moving up quickly....

pound away…

We need EMODUKUF! to show up tonight!
Atta boy, Alfonso!

Lead off single!

Nice start SORI!!!

lets go DOME!

Good start

Send him over, Fook

no bunt...

i want a HR…

Soriano should be running here...
He was bunting ... at least there
square and take

a ball

tres cool

If the Cubs take an early lead, that might shut up Morgan. Please.
Here for a bit... not long
but but but..why? lol
Thanks for dropping in, Em!

Woman power is good!

You're back in town right?
yep

back out on Friday, alas

soriano is LOCKED IN

again…and he’s not just hitting HR’s – he’s acting like a true leadoff hitter just getting on and stealing bases, i love it

Wow. Carpenter is really scared of Sori
contreras is out for the season....was he pitching well this year for the sox?
decently i think

like a #4

Shoot. Putting Dome in the second spot didn't work that time.
shoulda bunted, but

i think i said that already

too early in the game IMO
Damn

The bloom has come off the Fukudome rose a bit.

that was quick...thanks fuku
Well, if Fook hadn't DPed,

Lee sure would’ve

5 pitch inning.....UGH
Crap..

5 pitch inning…

5 pitch?

Fuck.

yeah...and he is on an 80 pitch limit....not good
5 pitches not counting all the throws to first

not a good start… Get em next inning

damn it

4 years 48 mil…he makes more than DLee he needs to be better

i think he's a smart player and will make the appropriate adjustments
i agree

hopefully in time for the postseason (if we can hold on and get there, which i am very confident we will)

Five pitches?!

Did Dusty Baker get hired as hitting coach? Hopefully it’ll improve, getting to that tasty Cardinal bullpen early would be nice.

small ball for one pitch :-(

...5 pitch inning. ugh.

not much executed well after the Sori single.

Blame Pinella, not Dome

He doesn’t bat himself second, Lou does and there is no excuse to bat a guy hitting barely .200 the past 1/4 of the season #2 in the lineup. None.

Maybe he is trying to get him some better pitches to hit?
I guess I can agree NOW (ex post facto), but maybe Lou wanted to shake Dome out of

his awful slump by putting him in the 2-hole?

Admittedly, it sure didn’t work that time!

At this rate

Carpenter can sit down after the 16th inning

we'll be fine

few ledge jumpers? we will get to him eventually

Doesn't take 'em long, does it?

One inning and it’s already starting. Yikes.

I am confident that one inning does not a trend make.
Hope you're correct

If the Cubs don’t score in the second, heaven forbid, the reactions here might get out of control.

C'mon Demp, hold 'em down!!
dempster shakes his glove?

when did this start espn???

heh smart guys
isnt this

Dempsters fourth straight ESPN start?

contact elias sports
probably beed discussed already, but i wasn't here most of the day

i am thinking it is time to bring Hoffpauir back up after his 4 bombs y-day

He'll be up in September.
No place for him until Sept. 1st.
but is he allowed to be part of the post season roster if he isn't on the active roster by

the end of august unless there is an injury?

There would have to be an injury for him to make the post season roster.
totally premature, but i would like to see him as DH if we make the series
Unless Ward gets hurt again, not gonna happen.
so noted :D

and… yeah

Too bad

Very tough play for DeRosa

Joe Morgan....

you can go away now. Your services are no longer needed.

we're in 3rd grade, doncha know
Joe Morgan is why baseball is so beautiful on the radio on Sundays!
They're debating the meaning of "few"

Shoot me now

Why is ESPN showing pictures of some old drunk in the Cards dugout?
No need to state the painfully obvious, Joe

Just the slightly obvious will do

Stating the painfully obvious...

Sort of like us complaining about him?

Yeah, but it's fun to make fun of him
Plus

we’re wittier ;-)

Both true statements
uh, check the runner?
Ah, why? If you just pitch, the catcher can get him, right? ;)
not in this case
I was being sarcastic...sorry if it didn't come through
come on demp
strike out here and the stolen base is meaningless
37 pitches...yikes
day off tomorrow

everyone’s gotta be ready

carpenter more fouloffs in his ab

than the cubs saw pitches in the first

I was thinking the same thing.
Izturis K's. Sit down Cesar!!
For about half an hour I was happy we got him in 2006

then I remembered that he sucked…

Wait! I thought he wason the Cubs tonight!

TWJMS

whoa!

this year’s first Enos Cabell reference…....duly noted.

Whew.

Be patient, Ramirez and Edmonds.

OK, now let's get some runs!!!

Score early and often.

+1

Sue commands it. It is written.

Time for some runs. How 'bout a nice crooked number!!
Didn't know

that Waveland Ave. was behind the right field bleachers. Must be if Jon Miller says so.

Okay, now Joe and John don't know the difference between Waveland and Sheffield...
we are surprised?
the guy who preps Miller for the game wrote

Waveland on his left hand and Sheffield on his right. It is clear he doesn’t know his left from his right…surprised?

He has his arms crossed
How would they?

It isn’t like they haven’t been to Wrigley before…

The amatuerish-ness (not really a word) of this crew astounds me.

never thought i would see that!
hustle double by aram
We all understand what Pinella is trying to do with Dome

The same thing Baker did with Corey, batting him 1st or 2nd weeks, maybe months past when he should have been dropped. But August pennant races are not really the type for psychological experiments. In fact, I think batting a struggling guy 2nd only increased the pressure on the player, bat him lower down, take the pressure off a bit and let him find his stroke. I’m not sure there is a good answer here – to be honest he should probably be benched more in favor of RJ.

rammy hustling?!?!?
Heads-up baserunning there
Way to hustle Rami!!!!!
Nice hustle double!!

Way to go Rami!!

I love that man
ramirez....what about

THAT hustle

I don't believe what I just saw. Need the replay.
whose the guy commenting with Joe?

He’s more idiotic or just as

Jon Miller ... much better with Giant games

His brain cells die each time he hears Morgan talk

No offense, but...

If you’re going to call someone idiotic, at least spell “who’s” right. :)

feh.... anal

c’mon

who cares?
I'm just saying. No offense intended.

I have this Tourette’s Syndrome like thing going. Just ignore me.

I think Em should be required to spell "who's" correctly...

When Miller shows enough intelligence to make us think he could spell it correctly

John Miller I think
work that count ballgame
wow...almost gone
Edmonds sure tagged that one.
Wow

That’s the hardest-hit fly ball I think I’ve ever seen

Ed just missed that one!
damn

yesterday, that would be two runs

I think Miller's drunk tonight

“Bummer, dude”????

Yesterday that would have hit the center field party area
Miller

Bummer dude?

all around hustle by aram!
Exactly

Talk about “manufacturing” a run.

That reminded me a bit of vintage Rickey Henderson: Get on first, steal second and third, sac fly home.

1-0

bummer dude!

1-0 CUBS!!!!
small ball

we haz it

Never thought I'd see Rammy getting a run through his running.
It's the healthiest his legs have been in about 10 years...
The slide into home was pretty impressive, too
rammy has to hustle on three straight at bats....he's gotta be gassed
Never thought I'd say it

But I wouldn’t mind having a #15 Cubs jersey

where are all the jumpers?

first blood but OH NOOO dempster has 41 pitches!

regardless of the lead

41 pitches through two innings is not good

granted

but this is common if you look at his starts – he is a bit out of sorts early on and then starts to cruise, just watch

fine but that doesn't mean i'm a jumper

i pride myself in being the exact opposite thank you

Cubs take the lead :)

I’ll be at the game on tuesday, just talked my dad into it. ill be in left centerfield

Where you from in AtL?

My nephew might come in too…He lives in Alpharetta…

Aah, i live in Douglasville

I cant wait, it’ll be my second cubs game, first when they’re having a winning season

I have an eye on NBC

and all these gymnasts look like they’re 13…

the chinese ones are...
I believe it

I looked up Deng Linlin and he age is nowhere to be found

Let's try that again

“her age is nowhere to be found”

They are!
yep and encourgaged to be anorexic alas
They really do look so

much thinner than our girls do.

I had a friend who was a College Champ.

I have never seen a women let alone a 5’1” 91lb woman eat so much food.

She would order a large pizza and ask us what we were going to eat, and meant it.

Yes they do.
Shawn Johnson coming up next.

Go Shawn!!!

Who are all you new people?
not sure
Yes?
whoa......

i was responding to his question….didn’t know someone’s name was not sure hahahaha

Joke...having some fun with you....
I think the conditioning work Ramy did last winter

is paying off big-time. He looks years younger, and he’s playing like it.

Agreed, but his bat does't look as fast as it used to be.
His bat hasn't lost anything.
Carp with only 17 pitches.

Dome and Lee really needed to have had more patience in the 1st inning.

in the past

we’re ok

look forward...

young patawon….lol JK bro

Dont fear

us newbies, its okay, we wont bite.

Newbies are AOK

until proved otherwise. Trust first :-}

Welcome

It is just kind of weird how so many newbies showed all at once.

Wow...

That analysis by Morgan about the warm-up pitches was actually insightful…I’m shocked.

if you give a monkey

a typewriter, he will type a word every once in awhile

Careful, don't go all Howard Cosell on us there....;-)
dont know what that means

but ill lol anyways

Cosell famously called an African American running back a "monkey"...

as in “look at that little monkey go…”. He stated that it was a term of endearment in his household growing up for children running around the house….but it was the beginning of the end for his ABC broadcasting career.

Now that I’ve explained it, probably a bit of a reach for quick-witted humor….

a broken clock is at least right twice a day
Useless stat of the night...

That was Dero’s 7th SF of the season. He’s tied for third in the NL.

Tim Kurkjiam @ ESPN would be proud!
tonight it's ( the sun ) setting off to the west?

huh?

Sun rises in the east, sets in the west...
As opposed to every other night, I guess.
joe morgan is the only person that gets a kick out of that damn hop
that hop scares the bejeezus out of me.
Joe Morgan

How in Gods name does he keep his job?

compromising photos of some ESPN exec, no doubt
He must have some interesting snapshots of his boss in compromising positions.
nice quick efficient inning demp
Every third

Sunday, the sun sets in the west, but only if viewed from Wrigley

Nice relaxing inning

Just what the doctor ordered.

And another thing I thought I'd never say

Hendry needs to be re-upped before he decides to look around!

Red sox, red sox, red sox,
ESPN: 100 years

100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years 100 years

Did you say a hundred years? Wow, has it been that long?
How long was Omar Vizquel playing when the Cubs last won the WS?
Didn't you know?

He was Tinker’s backup

Now I know what my Red Sox fan friend meant

when he said one of the best things about the Sox winning in 2004 was the end of “Babe Ruth 1918” talk.

When the media gets a theme they are like a rabid dog; they never let go.

yep. lazy, easy, convenient
i hate these stupid picture stories
wow gammons....it is as if u read that off a script or something
Good comment

About the Cubs’ new direction

Cuban! Cuban! Cuban!
F-it, i say lets keep Zell if he can get us a ring!
Not unless you want to start going to Wrigley Field at Sony Stadium, or some such crap

Give us someone else! Hooray that it’s not Canning!!!!

The name of Wrigley will never change.
the only reason he's spending money

is bc the contracts are backloaded and he will sell the team before having to pay the bulk of it

+1

And it’s a lot easier to sell a team that’s the winningest team in the NL as opposed to one that’s en route to a 66-96 season

6 friggin pitches
If they're strikes

You gotta swing at ‘em.

Not really

They could be working the count…but I will say that they have been hitting the ball hard. So I’m not worried…yet.

I was going to say the same thing.

As frustrated as I am by the short innings, it does seem that they are seeing the ball out of his hand. I do think we will get a big inning off Carpenter eventually. I will stop complaining.

Pound the Carpenter!!

Exactly

I’m not worried at all, and I don’t think I will be.

one more time! :-)
Zell

Zellular Field?

They are hitting the ball hard

Just at people.

Quick check from NBC...

Bob Costas is interviewing George W. Why is he there…?

why wouldn't he be there?
its not like he has any real work to do....or else he would have done something

over the last 7+ years

To cheer our team.

Other countries leaders are there too.

I will abstain from discussing politics ... I will abstain from discussing politics ...
OK...

I just didn’t associate W and Bob Costas. Odd to see them together.

I have too

Once Paris Hilton started.

that was scary
I thought that was going out.
The wind really blew it down...
C'mon Demp, shut 'em down!!
that was a great at bat in a key spot
come on demp....big pitches against someone that has like 2 ab in 2 years
Good Slider here should do it!
yikes!

great catch by Soto!

AND EDMUNDS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice catch Jimmy!!!!!!!!
give that guy another call!
Good job Demp. What a great catch by Ed!!
Edmonds...great diving catch
And Dempster with

the “f*^k yeah!”

WHAT A CATCH!!!!!

Thanks for playing shallow, Jimmy!

JIMMY BALLGAME
the man crush is growing!
And Jimmy ballgames sticks it to the cards again

lmao

would it be bad form

for jed to flip the ball to tlr?

Actually, he would have my undying respect
LOL!

Memo to all the Jim Edmonds haters:

I TOLD YOU SO!

Jimmmmaaaaayyyyyy!!!!!!
dempster says

“f*#ck yeah”

F**k YEAH

to quote Dempster

He seems to catch one like that about every other game....
if he doesn't play as shallow as he does

he doesn’t make that catch

That's part of what makes him such a great defensive CFer.
Thats why he

plays so shallow, alot more bloop hits than line drives to the center field wall.

If that was true, why doesn't everyone else play that way?
OT quick question

if i was to post a pic, would i use a html code or IMG code?

Is the new overflow up yet?

this one is getting slow. Or is it 8:15

Freakin LaRussa won't give Edmonds shit!!!!
Yeah, I noticed that. He is a nasty old drunk.
So arrogant...
TLR will not give Edmonds credit for the catch
When is the Jim Edmonds fan club meeting again?
pour some salt in that wound miller
That's what I was getting at...

Just being an ass, when asked about that catch.

Holy cowdung

Pat Hughes said Micah hit 4 hrs last night

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