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First Pitch Thread: Cubs vs. Braves, Thursday 8/14, 6:10 CT

Let's go Lilly!

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WHO'S ALL HERE TONIGHT?!

I'm around here somewhere...
forgot to DVR

so i will make a rare appearance here

And now...man who needs no Introduction!
Thanks SWL

I really appreciate it

Here...

till I’m not.

Here

for a few innings

You have a hot date or something?
Yeah.

She can speak in whole sentences, too…

Wow

the things they can do with plastic and rubber now a days is amazing!

Yeah, I already e-mailed you the website
in and out all night according to Olympics
Is that a UW Band logo?
giggled yep he's one of us
I CAN SPOT EM FROM MILES!!

ON WISCONSIN!!

THAT’S NO LESS THAN 4 BADGERS HERE!

I think he is the baby of the bunch... still an undergrad correct?
yep!

dtpollitt, you made my day by recognizing the logo!
Yes, I am an undergrad…a sophomore specifically, so I guess I am the baby of the bunch.
When did the others graduate?
On Wisconsin!

we've talked about this, I think

1995. I’m the oldster.

thanks,

sorry, I must have missed it…I usually don’t make the game threads, so I miss a lot of this.

Well it's nice to see you here and meet you!
it was a while back

I had a couple of OT posts about WI Cub fans

thanks, and likewise to dtpollitt,

and I remember seeing those posts a while back, I must have forgotten what everyone said-oops

no problem

it happens as you age…

my baby sister is a year older than you....

I feel old. Atleast Im not as old as Shanghai Badger. lol

haha,

when did you graduate Madison? Sorry, I don’t want to go back and find that fanpost

Actually I graduated from Oshkosh in 98

I’ve been down here since summer of 99.

2001

Frosh – Sellery 8A
Soph – SAE fraternity
Junior – La Ciel Penthouse 6
Senior – La Ciel Penthouse 6

Education major

for a bit as usual
Sorry I'm a bit late to the dance tonight.

I’ll be in and out.

here and cheering on the cubbies
deja vu for glavine?
Cue: Intro to Van Halen's Jump

CHICAGO CUBS BASEBALL IS ON THE AIR!!!!!

Good Evening everyone!!

Is Ron on the radio tonight? I don't MIND Dave...but it's not the same
nope he's home for the whole road trip resting up
out for the whole trip
Things I would like to see tonight:

Dome with at least 2 solid hits
Lilly going 7 IP and saving our bullpen for tomorrow and Marshall, if necessary
Riot pulled early to get a breather
Ward with a PH-hit

and us up by

4.5 games

Home Run Predictions?

We had it in the other thread

Re-Post yours

D. Lee for me

i will say geo and aram
I'm gonna go scraptabalous tonight

RIOT HOMER
WONDER HAMPSTER HOMER

Sori, Aram...

…and Jones :(

Radio says

Cubs have never swept a season series against the Braves

They used to play a lot more than 6X
derosa will hit 2

n/t

Completely OT: I can't stop watching this for some reason. Help me.

It’s driving me crazy.

I'm going to regret watching this, whatever it is...
wow. and... thanks!

this is great stuff

Emelie...forgot to ask yesterday...

are you in San Diego for vacation or business this weekend?

Business

one of those badge wearing convention thingies

Ah...enjoy the weather here!
Will Do

bummer is my presentation is the last day, last session slot. Sigh.

Tell me when and where...

I’ll sit in the back and applaud at every powerpoint slide!

Heh

I hate but use PP…at least it’s image rather than bullet point-driven. I’ve actually got something to say but they’ll be nodding off anyway so all applause gratefully accepted.

And so it goes.

Guys like women

who wear badges. ;-)

If they have night-sticks and are wearing fishnet.
What if they have fishsticks and are wearing night net?
Is there malt vinegar for the fishsticks?
and men's dress shirts...
what has gotton into you guys tonight????
I've always liked that

Not just tonight

you said that backwards.
jus the shirts right?
allllllright cub fansss

let me hear ya! A………1……….A………2…….A……..sweep…….I mean a 3…

here's what i can't stop watching

cool video (youtube)

here

I was half expecting On Wisconsin

:|

And you also deserve a slap for this
No worse than Rick Astley!
I want to flag you for this
Let's do this!!!!!!!!!
Sori down on Strikes

FUKUDOME BASE HIT!!

formatting guide test

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DOUBLE for D. Lee

runners 2nd and 3rd

Atta Boy D. lEE

lee doubles, 2nd and 3rd 1 out for Aram
IBB To Aramis
awesome

keep walking Aram in the 1st inning!

Aaawww!

RJ is gonna make you pay!

Geeze, I didnt realize RJ was hitting .300!
Make it hurt Reed
There's a TWSS in here somewhere...
ARam batting .480 lifetime against Glavine
didnt reed already it a GS this year?
Yes.

But a single works for me!

2-0, reed looking for a fastball in his wheelhouse
Glavine only @ 18 pitches so far
and the cubbies already have a run....
He's efficiently giving up Cub RBIs
Geo swings from the heels on the first pitch

Trying to hit one for Maddie

I think that is first time you've ever said something nice to me
Not really

You put unnecessary pressure on him

Can anyone think of a worse ump in MLB than C.B. Bucknor?
Darrel Cousins?

Joe West?

Joe West.

But Bucknor is right up there.

Angel Guzman?
You meant Angel Hernandez, I think.
Soto, OTOH...

… has never hit a grand slam.

Al's slummin it tonite!!

welcome

Thanks!

Will hang here for a little while.

Well isn't this a rarity!
3-1

green light for soto?

Ball four.

Walked in a run.

runs from walks. hey, i'll take 'em....
Is it me or is bucknors outside corner a foot off the plate
and glavine still can't hit it?
TWSS
fail
if Al fails you....

I think thats a double fail hehehee

THAT...WAS...AWESOME
Nope...

… he’s actually calling those outside pitches balls, unlike what Glavine got ten years ago.

Glavine needs to understand that

Its not 1998 Anymore, Theres no one swinging at that outside part of the plate tonight

Drat.

DeRo should have taken that pitch.

Come on DeRo

that probably was ball 4

Well, it is a game 3...
Oh, man. That's cold.
sorry. couldn't help it.
Let's get the result of THIS game 3 to be different!
Rewound and watched again

It was a strike

Gameday says strike.

Inside of the first strike anyways

But 3-1 you still take one that close
3-1 is a hitter's count

Too close to take.

The only time "too close to take" count is with 2 strikes.

In hitter’s counts you can afford to be picky.

That pitch was too close to take

Hindsight is wonderful, isn’t it?

Defensive much?
Only when confronted

by a very odd statement.

Glavin @ 28 balls thrown from 66 feet away
At this pace he'll be out of the game in the fourth inning.

Pitch count for Glavine likely to be limited to 85, said Len

Well, this is his first game since early June, right?

I don’t even know if he’s gonna last that long…

Like the 2 runs

but we should have gotten more.

lets see, if we get 2 runs per inning then we'll be at 18 at the end. works for me...
Remember earlier

in the season when we would fall behind early and have to play catch up? Sure feels good to be scoring early now.

If anyone should be dotted it's Escobar
flyout to rf, one out
strikeout swinging, two out
one more out and Lilly's ahead of his last start in Atlanta last year!
Al

Its good to see you in the game threads.

Give me a chance to pick your brain a little heh

Will try to hang in here for a while.
did we forget our deoderant?
At least that

annoying boy is not ther tonight.

fly to CF, inning over

7 pitches.

Let's get some more runs!!!!!!!!!!!
7 pitches for Lilly

Nice job.

When was ATL this bad? Early 80's ?
late 80's...

… just before they started winning in ’91. Remember? They were the original “worst to first” team.

Most of the 1980's, I think
They made the playoffs in 1982.
right on the cusp

of when I started paying attention…

are you a

walking baseball encyclopedia?? i love the game…but you take it to another level, lol

LOL

If you think I am, you should talk to Mike. I ask HIM whenever I don’t know something.

Late 80's...

…but a lot of that is due to injury.

Anybody got a site to find out "blown leads"?

I’m having a difficult time

You mean blown division leads?

Let’s not go there.

+1
I'm being serious...

…not being sarcastic. No reason to +1 a comment I’m asking for help?

OK...

… understood. I just wasn’t sure what you were looking for.

Im sorry

I took it not as a question but just as a comment…..

Sorry sir

Yeah, no worries

I guess I thought this stat existed…not just blown saves, but as a gauge of bullpen quality. Because a bullpen can lose a lead, or have it become tied, and still get the win. Does this make sense?

Dan

Just blown games

Like when a team has a lead and fails to keep it.

Oh.

I don’t know of any site that has that. You might try baseball-references Play Index tools.

Glavine walked Theriot
Glavine cracks me up

He’s so used to having a 21" wide plate, that he thinks he’s being squeezed when an outside pitch is actually called a ball.

Homeplate umpire headset has earplugs

Bobby he can’t hear you

Lilly bunts through strike three.

one out.

Uncle Teddy's never gonna move into the 8 hole if he cant even bunt!
This is like throwback time for me

THESE are the Braves I remember from the 60s’ 70s and till about 1980. Not very good. Let’s see how the fans react over the next few years in Dixix.

Who didn't see that coming?
Fonzie should have made it to 2nd on that fly ball! Lazy bum.
Wait till you see what Theriot just did.
what's the deal with that??
Theriot picked off.

Bad baserunning play. He should never do that again.

There, gary varsho. Satisfied?

You forgot to throw an "or else" on there
Maybe I'll do that in the recap.

Think he’ll be satisfied then?

I think he'll laugh

He should, right?

No, I wouldn't.

It was silly to say it about Soriano, and it’s silly to say it about Theriot.

No sense of humor, then?

I guess I"m not surprised.

I laugh

at things that are funny.

Like arguing semantics

in a baseball blog?

Then why didnt you laugh at that comment?

Because It was funny :)!

No, Al, that's not right -- you weren't paying attention

He BETTER never do that again

I think you mean, "He had better never do that again"
Just wait for tomorrow morning's recap!!!
I wait with baited breath
oooooh you're such a tough guy

with that pusillanimous retort

/ gary

Damn, we need a sarcasm font here.

But 1000 BCB points for using “pusillanimous”, and another 1000 for spelling it right.

seriously

this is what keeps me here

sweet

looking for the BCB points store . . .

EXACTLY!!

I want to spend my points!!

I think you can redeem them for sweepstakes entries
Hmmm.

Can I get some of those?

Sorry, Al

You’re not eligible to win.

Sez who?
It would be as rigged as that guitar giveaway...
Which wasn't rigged!!!
Yeah

You can’t be related to any BCB administrators

Hey!

Who’s setting these rules, anyway?

Me...I sorta "run" things around here.
Yeah

This is true. It’s the rules, you can’t change ’em.

Hmmm.

I better check into this.

sorry Al

“Employees of SBN, BCB, and its properties, sponsors and their immediate families are not eligible to win points”

That's four confirmations

This is definitely a rule of the BCB Points & Sweepstakes Eligibility Requirements, as defined in Section 184 Code B Subsection Q.

and it's in bullet-point seven
Sheesh.

I better go change the rules while I still can!

What are you implying here?
Be nice to Theriot...he didn't mean to get picked off...again...for the second game in a row.
I have a feeling if this was Soriano...

…the masses would be up in arms about his lack of focus/drive/etc

Rammy used to get that too.

But since he is a god among men, that crap has stopped.

Soriano watches long fly out.

Theriot picked of/CS. Just another day in the life….

Theriot will make up for it with his glove and arm in the bottom of this inning.
Seriously. What happened to Theriot? He once had a great SB/CS ratio. Now he sucks
It's all the weight he's put on to increase his power....
You're not saying ...
Are all the blooper singles to right going to his head?
Hell, they barely go to the outfield
Or maybe he's upset

at his failed attempt at a porn-stache.

Glavin @ 38...better inning for him
That still won't get him past the 4th.
They've been doing a nice job

of waiting him out. And Bucknor isn’t giving Glavine the outside corner.

While we were yakking about other stuff..

… the first two Braves in the 2nd were retired.

Francoeur singles with two out.
Al

Of all the games at Wrigley you’ve been too….

What was the worst and best promo item you got?

The best was that guitar I won last year...

… the worst… hmm. Has to be all the keychains. I really don’t need any more keychains.

how'd you win a guitar and do you play?
galvan u r so creative

that would be a decent topic for a fanpost

Yes, it would.
I will post one after the game

Thanks

Yes, it would.
oh.
How did that one post twice?

Weird.

welcome to SBN land
there goes the perfect game

AND the no-hitter

I really like Francoeur...and he's just bombed this year
Crap.

Kotsay triples, Francoeur scores, 2-1.

Kotsay triple

2-1

there goes the shutout
Mark Kotsay was awake long enough to hit the ball and run all the way to 3rd without stopping?
Kotsay runs like he doesn't want to spill hot coffee
Lilly should plunk him in his next AB.
Someone on the Braves will wear one tonight
A hot coffee-stained jersey?
Settle him down Geo
dang and... yep
throw

glavine a strike please

Tell me your not going to walk the pitcher Ted...please....
THE OLE WALK THE PITCHER TO GET TO THE LEADOFF HITTER TRICK!!

I HAVEN’T SEEN THIS FOREVER!!

Sorry about that, Chief
works pretty good sometimes!!
It worked!

Escobar struck out, inning over.

Escobar

Major hack….. noun

come on Ted
thank you

get some runs!!!!!

Lilly getting squeezed while Glavine gets a foot off the corners?

Is that happening?

Nah...

… I think Lilly was just a little wild.

looks to me like this umps strike zone is not consistent

both ways

I think Glavine's actually upset

he’s not getting his usual foot-off-the-corner call tonight.

let's call that a turning point!
I call it 3 bullets dodged.
a glass half full...
Ted Lilly says to Escobar...

YOU’LL GET NOTHING AND YOU’LL LIKE IT!

Now lets rough up Glavine for a few more runs

before they take him out…

Glavine @ 38, Theodore @ 33
AAAAAAHHHH...creepy albino-man TV commercial AGAIN!
Clay Aiken promo?
zekalman

that is not you, I hope.

FUKU!!!
Can't call him Dome?

He prefers that

-1 on "FUKU!!!" - damn - rough crowd.

Alrighty then…

it has

been discussed thoroughly here

I call him that at home

but not here or else you really get called on it.

Just saw D-Lee's slide from last night for the first time

Awesome.

Dome single...

he’s trying to win back his starting spot.

D'oh May! D'oh May! D'oh May!
he's not single....

he’s married :P

Someone please describe to me the circumstances behind Theriot's CS.

Been required to do work for the past hour or so.

Picked off
So you're telling me the Braves can read Theriot's scouting report...

…and Ryan Theriot can’t?

He IS from Louisiana.
Oooh, low blow
They're from Georgia.
What the hell

13 SB 2 CS in a 1/4 season of ABs
28 SB 4 CS
18 SB 11 CS <—————————What is gong on here? Is he injured?

I think he's lost a step

playing everyday. That could just be me though.

He played every day last year though!
Really?

I thought he was the full-time starter beginning this year. Then I have no idea.

Theriot started 127 games last season...

…and played in 148. A little low for a full-time starter, but it’s not like he’s getting worse at stealing bags as the season has worn on. He sucked eggs at stealing bases in April.

Maybe he switched cleats.

Contacts?

Jocks?

Yes.

In his head.

Funny.

But I still dont get it. Pitchers pickoff moves are their pickoff moves. I mean did tey invent a new kind of move in the last year that Ryan hasnt seen?

Seriously, though.

The other quick-and-dirty indicator of speed that I use (triples as a percentage of non-home run extra base hits) has actually gone up a tick this year. Doubles as a percentage of hits has gone way down, though. Ellifiknow.

Lee single...

trying to win back his #3 hitter status.

he's also not single....
One big can of expired ATL bullpen coming up
WOOOHOOO 5-1
Aramis!!

5-1 Cubs

3 run HR for Rami!

5-1!!

I LOVE ARAMIS

Well, not in that way but wow! This guy is money.

I love his money
"I aint saying she's a gold digger"
YO SOY ARAMIS!!!!
That's what you get for not walking him again.Yesss!!
A-RAM! All day, every day!
Is this fun, or is this fun?!!!!!
damn right
what a season! [so far]
i called a aram HR

btw…
also geo…keep watching

well, not everyone

has the connections you do ;-P

For the record

I called the ARam HR in the pregame thread

So did I!

And I’m calling for another!

I got my wish I guess...

way to go Rammy

Gotta give credit

that was a nice throw by Chipper

It was

I thought for sure he’d be safe

Did Rammy watch it? Or did he run?
I think he ran
Hop-skotched.

Kind of funny actually.

Double handspring layout

with a twist. Stuck the landing too!

Finally...somebody

stuck a landing.

Now, not falling off a pommel horse

thats tough!

Ouch

I like it

It seems like the Cubs have the ability to win every single game.
I can't believe you just typed that.

(KNOCKING ON OWN HEAD)

50 quick arm motions from the middle of the infield for the old guy on the raised hill to the guy squatting behind the white diamond-shaped dirt covered thingy
50 quick arm motions from the middle of the infield for the old guy on the raised hill to the guy squatting behind the white diamond-shaped dirt covered thingy
You can say that again
Please put up a goose egg here for us Ted...
Uh oh - come on, Ted.
Anyone here from 0 Canada

How is that medal count going?

THIS IS NOT GOOD
Worse than bases loaded?
Put the gun down
not as good as 10-2

but pretty good at this point

LEDGE JUMPER ALERT!!!
LOL - fu

(kidding)

No, no

You’re alright malice. I’m just pretty sure you’re never sober.

Doesn't matter, its not like we are stopping at 5 runs
When did Lilly and Marquis trade bodies?
Annnnnnnnnnnnddd..... OUCH

(and I agree)

More runs please!!!
OT: NOOOOOOOOOOOOO HARRY POTTER MOVIE MOVED FROM NOVEMBER 2008 TIL JULY 2009

THIS IS HORRIBLE!!

I grieve all night.

http://www.cinematical.com/2008/08/14/breaking-harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-moved-to-next/

Dan

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