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First Pitch Thread: Cubs vs. Braves, Wednesday 8/13, 12:10 CT

No rain today, please!

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First?

I think so

Let's get some wins today!
Go Cubs!

Let’s play two!

Annnnnd win two as well =)

My Blunt

LIGHT IT UP!!!

Ahhh, baseball

Hello, old friend.

OMG we are gonna finally play some baseball!
BATS BATS BATS BATS BATS BATS BATS!!!!!
WE CAN'T STOP HERE! THIS IS BAT COUNTRY!
One toke? You poor fool! Wait till you see those goddamn bats.
Got my desk at work

cluttered to look real busy. Gameday is up and running. Let’s do it!!

Awesome - More "Fear & Loathing", please...
Get it started Fonzie!
Victory

I smell victory in the air. You know why? Charlie’ don’t surf!

Santo

I’m listening on the radio and Ron isn’t on today. Pat says that Ron is “at home resting” and emphasized there’s nothing wrong.

Also said Ron was back home listening to the broadcast in full uniform.

Hilarious.

dont forget in full uniform
which is a

disturbing thought… Ronny sitting on his couch, wearing his old uni…

I thought so also

hence why I shared it. Why should I be the only one disturbed when I could share it with the board. LOL

Check swings on inside pitches to Soriano will scare me for the rest of my life.
Drew - are you handling PxP today?

I am going to attempt to do some work and keep the radio off. We’ll see how long that lasts.

I can't.

I have meetings from 1-5 today, and I’m working through lunch right now. I’ll spot post, but that’s it.

Damn, K

We’re gonna lose. LOL

Sori K's swining on a heater up and in...1 out
anyone have DirecTV?

Where’s the game?

In Atlanta.
ugh. necessary?
It's on WGN channel 307

and tonight’s game is on CSN+ channel 666.

hey, that was way too easy

he had to do it

Dome up with nobody on and 1 out.
Seems a little light in here this morning....
shut up.
Seems a little hostile in here today....
two days of no baseball will do that
i love you man...go cubbies!
Seems a little late

:( lol

this board has become a joke. with losers like santoswoodenlegs thinking they 'run' things. later.
I didn't say you could post that! Take it back!
What?

I was joking with the guy….

nice name

very apt.

Fukudome flies out to CF...2 out.
Fukudome flys out to center
Breaking ball at Lee's ear...he ducks and then fouls off the next pitch...1-1
quick question

who has more attendees? the “sold out” beijing games (with noone in the stands) or turner field on a non-scheduled game?

it’s a tough one.

Sponsors

Depends on which sponsor you ask

Not the only lie coming out of those games

The Opening Ceremony had quite a few. Digitally enhanced fireworks and a lip syncing little girl.

Yup

But, as far as the little girl, we can’t argue about that too much, as we’re the ones who invented that sort of thing.

No way

Britney would never lip synch.

Thirteen and fourteen year

old women gymnasts.

You can't prove that! And it would be rude and insulting to suggest that China would do something like that!
I believe

they admitted it, and said the singer was not as cute as the syncher.

They haven't owned up to the gymnasts yet
I'm not talking

about the singer.

NBC showed the girl

granted she wasnt as cute as the girl who sang, besides her bad teeth she was cute I thought.

I thought she was cute too.
So call me rude and insulting then.
Yeah those girls are 10 years old max
That one short one had to be no older than 12

I kinda feel bad for them.

Me too.

They consider it their jobs.

Their communists! Their jobs are their LIFE.
No shit Sherlock.
I never knew synch diving was a sport

That just puts me in awe.

that's been in the olympics before

hasn’t it? I remember back when I cared, in the 80s, wasn’t it onna tv?

I had heard of swimming but never diving

truthfully Im not working this week, so due to all the sitting I have to do…. I’ve totally gotton into the Olympics.

Isn't that fun to watch?

I remember it from revious Olys. Heck I’ve watched everything. I love the Olympics.

Lee fouls back another and takes a pitch high for a ball 2-2

Lee singles through the left side…

Aramis grounds a 1-1 pitch up the middle...

the SS forces Lee @ 2nd…3 out.

19 pitches in the first inning for Morton

Could be worse

Yeah, was just gonna mention that. Probably Fukudome should have been a bit more patient.
Marquis facing Gregor Blanco...
When Marquis pitches

at least the games are interesting. You never know what your going to get with this guy.

Well usually you get a headache

And I actually don’t mind Marquis as much as most people do.

Marquis

While not as emotional as Big Z, he’s there to play and win.

I'm definitely on the fence

when it comes to Marquis. He’s not bad to have in the 5 spot, but he gives me an ulcer

I'd prefer

a nice boring blowout victory.

Jason goes to a full count on the first batter...
Get's him to ground to SS...1 out.
It was actually a good play by Theriot to get him.
Escobar takes one in the back...
Larry Jones falls behind 0-2
RIOT!!!!!

DO NOT DROP THE BALL!!!!!

DLee robs Chipper of an extra-base hit.

Ball went down the line. Lee gets it, throws to Theriot, but he drops the ball at 2nd. Now 2 out, man on second.

No he isn't the best defensive first baseman. no way
Let's get some runs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No, lets pace ourselves...

wait a few innings ;)

McCann grounds to 2nd...inning over.
This is a weak lineup for the Braves

Lets do this Cubbies!!

Always a good sign when Marquis has three ground ball outs in an inning
LOL...and he should of only had to get 2.
I miss Clubhouse Cancer.
fitting name
remember that time when he called you a tool?

good times, good times…

Anyone know how Marmol's ERA jumped down so low?

It wasn’t game by game – it look a dive all of a sudden, like they went back any gave someone an error in a previous game and that lead to more ‘unearned’ runs. Anyone know? It’s shows 2.95 somehow now.

that's precisely what happened

ironically, the error was his, wasn’t it?

Ok yeah you are right

It was the SF meltdown game.

They went back and fixed it

Assigned some random error I think.

'Technical Error'
Technical balk you mean
I think the scoring changed against the Giants

during that 5-run meltdown 9th inning. Made most of the runs unearned.

Edmonds walks
my feed is behind...obviously.
Jedmonds up to lead off the 2nd. 1-1 on Jimmay.
Hey everyone!

CUBS OFFENSE TEAR IT UP!

DeRosa falls behind 0-2
Dave Otto on the radio !!!!

Why? There is NOBODY else available.?

I didn't realize he was THAT bad.
He always takes over for Santo

I guess they could have asked Dan Plesac

Could you possibly bitch

any more about nothing?

don't worry

he’ll be gone once we’re winning. It’s like sunlight to vampires.

MDBNIU...stick around...I'd like you to at least.
That calendar date on the month....sigh
2-2 on DeRo now
Morton is no good

Cubs are going to score lots of runs

Morton with 30 pitches now. This is good. Good AB, Dero.

Count is 3-2 to DeRo.

After falling behind 0-2

DeRosa walks.

Light em up, Cubs!

I (pleasepleaseplease) hope we can – to paraphrase Ernie – win two today!

TWO ON! Nobody out!
Cubs fans are making some noise now. Can't hear any Braves fans :-)
Nice to hear that too.
Was Just gonna say, you can hear Let's go Cubbies over the radio
if this is a make up from last night

how many fans in the stadium to start with? Just curious – I’m on Gamecast.

I'll try to get a screenshot. No promises, though. I'm at work :-)
This is best scoring opportunity so far!
Morton

“missing by a wide margin”, Pat says.

Soto gets a base hit! 2 runs score! 2-0 cubbies!

YES SIR! ALRIGHT!
I would bet Santo still said that.
Geo at least a double!
Geo is such a stud

havent had much chance to say that of late.

+1
I think we are the only females today

havent seen Cubbiegirl in a while

nope, me too!
Didn't know that.

Good to know.

Hey Moe!

nyuk nyuk nyuk (goes to poke eyes)!

me too
wow....girl power today

good deal

I'm...

here too! Well… more lurking than working but you know…

I stand corrected

happy to see some girl power. :)

oh, a wise guy, hey?
woo hoo woo hoo woo hoo!
that's trouble
sweet-tasty trouble
mmmmmmm trouble....

said in a drooling Homer Simpson voice ;)

NL Rookie of the Year

Is there any doubt?

We will see his only competition tomorrow I think

Jurjjens or something like that

Alright

Cubs get a pair!

You have no.....marbles!
The walks come back to hurt Atlanta...
Stirring in the ATL bullpen
Will people PLEASE stop with the

Signs talking about “this is the year” and “world series – it’s gonna happen”???

Of all teams, we don’t need to be tempting any fate…

looks at

“it’s gonna happen.com” rubber bracelet

As opposed to a sig rooting on an unrelated team in an unrelated sport?
I don't see the relevance to the original discussion...

How does that tempt the baseball gods?

Let's go, Ryan

a single means another run

Riot walks

four batters—three walks.

Sac bunt attempt

coming…

Bad Tactic

Think about it, Horton cannot hit the strikezone so we’re going to GIVE UP a run. I hate this.

DeRosa was on

Spotd NIte last night and he said this team has such great chemistry. He said he invited the players over to his house for dinner Monday night and expected maybe 5-6 to show up but 22 showed up. He said 22/25 is pretty good. He said he was worried he wouldn’t have enough food and drink. I think that says a lot about this team.

especially if Ward showed up.
Hopefully it was Harden, Marquis that didn't go. So they could get their rest.
wow.

that’s fantastic. Maybe that would work for us! We could invite the team over for a cookout.

rumor is you burn cheerios.

Do we know who the three are that didn't show up?
He didn't say
ya i read that too, nice to hear
Marquis has been told to bunt. Strike one.
Can they also tell him to not immediately give any of these runs back in the bottom of the 2nd?
That is asking for too much
Marquis swings

at ba

Carlos Marmol:

Looks like the change came on July 12 – not sure how many ERs he was originally credited for, but now it’s down to 1 ER, so instead of his ERA jumping from 3.51 to 4.13, it only went from 3.51 to 3.61 – for anyone that cares – lol.

Gotta love teams fudging stats
doesn't the official scorerer

work for MLB?

I thought each team assigned their own

But I would be the opposite of an expert on the subject

I also lack expertise

but I do know that the official scorer is usually a reporter sitting in the press box. This is another one of those baseball traditions passed on for generations…..and it’s a little weird.

one ball, two strikes

I suspect Marquis is swinging away

Bad at bat

Two bunt attempts right off, then that? WTF?

Since the guess-hack hitter's return

the team is 16-5. “Everything falls into place with Soriano leading off ballgames.”

I had wondered what the stats were
Morton's made 47 pitches to get 4 outs....

let’s take some more

Sori swing and miss, 2 outs
6000-8000 fans Pat thinks are in the stands
Mr. Morton is the subject of my sentence...and what the predicate says, he does.
Look at all those empty seats

masquerading as fans

who is pitching? Mark Morton?

Ok you got me

no idea who he is

well Duh ! Mark Morton!
My roommate last year was obsessed with Lamb of God
Look at Dome working that count...
Yeah, but that second strike was a funny swing. Didn't look too good on that one.
And from Gamecast

that pitch he grounded out on appeared well off the outside corner….

out at first, inning over
Dome

grounds out. Inning over.

2-0 Cubs!

Dome grounds out. 3 out.
Okay, Marquis

don’t turn around and give any of that scoring back to Atlanta.

Hold 'em Jason!
Dome is starting to irritate me
No excuse batting Dome 2nd

None. Lou, come to your senses and bury him 8th. Batting him higher doesn’t instill confidence but simply adds to pressure. The guy hasn’t hit a ball hard in 6 weeks.

It was an okay idea for this game

Lets get Theriot back up there and bury Dome in the 8 spot unless Blanco is starting.

My kingdom to hold this lead
Morton has 56 pitches already after 2 innings of work.
Do you think the Braves will sacrifice him

And this game if we score a few more by leaving him in to save the pen?

definitely
I think we - Lou - would do the same thing.
Somewhat interesting stat

on the Braves’ feed: Kosuke is tied for the NL lead (with Aramis) in the category of 2-strike hits, with 58.

Lets see if this is

the typical Marquis, who likes to give up runs after getting a lead….. Hold em!

1 out

running catch by Soriano

running? not hopping?
I didn't notice the hop. Did anyone else see him hop? He didn't have time to hop.
Didn't see a hop.
No hop caught it on the run.
Nice catch by Sori
How sad seeing

all those empty seats.

Sadly, that's Braves baseball for you

At the end of their divion-winning streak, they wouldn’t even sell out the playoffs until a game or two into the NLCS.

A great park, a great town, a great team. The team deserves better (well, did)

The Dome numbers Len and Bob keep rolling out there are useless

Oh, well Dome is still batting .300 at home. Yay. How long are they going to whip that stat out? How about 6 RBIs in his last 27 games? That projects nicely to a sub-40 RBI season

How to get on Peachtree TV:

Be 8 years old. Scream annoyingly from a suite right below the broadcast booth. Get on tv :)

2 out

liner to Riot

Allright! He didn't drop it!
it's the little things...
Ahhhhh

My MLB.TV (Braves feed, muted) and Gameday Audio (WGN AM) feeds are perfectly synched up…..for the moment.

Nice work!

I’m just listening to the Braves announcers for now

Too subdued!!!

And I associate Chip Caray with losing…..

Three out

K! 1-2-3 inning from Marquis.

Things are looking up!

Could it be a new Marquis?
let's not get ahead of ourselves.

get through 7 holding them, and I’ll be willing to discuss it…

Marquis looks good today. I think he's gonna be solid in this game.
Unlike my stool after my spicy carnitas burrito!
I don't get it. Did you break it?
Dude, that's not right
Lemke looks to be fully recovered from the food poisioning last night.
they get that big mess

cleaned up in the dugout?

yeah...but it still smells like Mr. Clean and bile in the tunnel.
I thought that was

Bobby Cox’s aftershave.

pop quiz

Who is ‘beach’, honored with the left arm patch? (i can figure out ‘skip’ on the other arm)

long link (i cheated)

http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:Ie6q9XdABIQJ:mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp%3Fymd%3D20080330%26content_id%3D2467318%26vkey%3Dnews_atl%26fext%3D.jsp%26c_id%3Datl+braves+beach+patch&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a

Lee-roy flies out to Right. 1 out.
base hit up the middle for A-Ram
Ramirez is hands down....the best hitter on this team.
Home Run from our NEW BEST FRIEND
EDMONDS!

2-r HR! 4-0 CUBS!

JIMMY BASEBALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 4-0
I love it when you talk like that
That does it

I’m getting an Edmonds jersey

I've been looking....

they would LOVE to see a Cubs jersy with Edmunds on it down here in STL

If you get one.. you must post a picture on fanpost.
Must...buy...Edmonds jersey...
EDMONDS!!!!!!!

That Jim Edmonds homer paid by the Padres and Cardinals! We thank them for their support.

don't forget to tip their waitresses
WE LOVE YOU, JIMMY!!!
Already 40 RBI for Edmunds with the Cubs...
Who's ready for a lovely bit of muffin?
jimmy ballgame!

what’d he say when he was going back into the dugout? something about aramis?

__ rami!” is what i heard.

DeRosa

walks again!

you need to put

Sori’s face on one side and Dome’s face on the other for those two doods

You are too good at this!
put LBR and Riot on there below JED
Must admit

I didn’t think he had anything left but he sure proved me wrong.

Morton

gone. A new appetize—pitcher will come on for the braves.

Poor Atlanta. In a doubleheader, they need a relief pitcher in the 3rd inning.
bodes well for a sweep

if I can say that without ANY intent of a jinx.

Yes...bring on more fresh meat!

The slaughterhouse operator has the goofiest smile

he’s thinking about his private processing plant he has back home for hookers and lost dogs

mmmmm Soylent Green

When an official box score is changed like that 7/12 game with Marmol...

...is that tracked online somewhere? I see the updated box score, but no mention of the actual change or why it was made, who was charged with the error, etc.

Hey Buddy...

Buddy Carlisle new pitcher.

DeRosa steals

the throw goes into center! DeRosa to third!

he started that slide 12 feet before the base
Soto

flies out to shallow right.

DeRosa holds. 2 outs.

I have to keep running from the computer to the TV

Must get them in the same room

you need a laptop

my friend.

that is a must.
Gameday is way behind
Hey Carolina Cub

Where do you live? I’m in Greenville NC

cmon, Riot!

hit it to right field!

Riot!!

k’s….. hm

ugh.

no apostrophe necessary… ass.

Riot

Ks. DeRosa left at 3rd. Inning over.

Dissapointing.
But not devastating
That's why Dome should be batting 8th...
Maybe we'll see Fontenot

in tonight’s game

kosuke needs

a set spot in the lineup… he’s moving around too much to get comfortable… at least that’s what it seems like to me.

Shame after that steal
Johnson

grounds out to DeRosa. 1 out.

Braves Blog Update

The Braves “TalkingChop” SBNation blog has only about 20 posts—as you can see here. Most stupid quote:

somebody in Atlanta…..go to Turner Field and kill all the stupid Cubs fans…

I guess it bothers them they don’t have any fans in the stadium.

two outs

another grounder to DeRosa

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