Bleed Cubbie Blue

Oh dear

Its my ringtone :)

Stan Cox - August 21, 2008 reply

More bad news: I've got you on speeddial.

Eek

Stan Cox - August 21, 2008 reply

I'm listening to

Back in Black (ACDC) and watching this dude. He’s a snap behind.

iluvryno - August 21, 2008 reply

so far

z and fogg have the same strategy.

Scrappy single

1st & 3rd

Nice!

Blaze22 - August 21, 2008 reply

Nice hit and run...

1st and 3rd nobody out

Let me guess - right field

middle

up the middle

Damnit, why doesn't Soriano hustle?

He could have made it to third on that play!

yeah, what a dumbass

wooo! 1st and toid, baby!

So the two no-talent hacks

have created a first-and-third situation? what a bunch of losers

cut them all.

maybe pull them

between innings to let them know that their table-setting is not appreciated.

I have the solution!

We all know that Sori doesn’t usually get a good jump on short pop-flies.

We all know that Riot isn’t all that strong on popups.

We all know that Dome is a great RF.

We all know that DeRo is great at tracking popups (all the OF experience helps).

So…

Switch DeRo and Riot. DeRo can play SS as well as Riot (he’s a better pivotman and he has a better arm), and can cover more ground in short LF. Riot is better at 2B, and doesn’t need to help Dome on popups.

Problem solved!

D.Lee is going to hit a double here

WTF!

If you mean double play, you're correct

Gurbal - August 21, 2008 reply

you meant double play right?

double

play

play.....yes, you are correct

Lee DP

Run scores

OUCH

DP Lee strikes again

Ron, "GEE WHIZZ!"

Who would have gueessed that

Should change that 25 on the back to a 6-4-3

Man, that's frustrating.

Well, at least he got the run in, I guess.

Lunch break here

17 pitches, only 6 strikes? WTF, Z?

Yeah, he

was yelling at himself out there. Hopefully he settles down now.

Rami pops out

END 1ST

Cubs 1 Reds 0

is anyone else having problems with the reply button? every time i try to reply to someone, i bounce to the top of the page instead.

Ryno72 - August 21, 2008 reply

Mine seems functional.

it's periodic bug

it usually resolves itself after a while

No, but it depends

on your browser, if you are at work, etc.

Well we got one run.

DLee probably leads the league in DPRBIs

you know,

if you got an RBI when grounding into a DP

that is why i invented DPRBI

i like it

and yes, i think he is leading the league.

I don't think he gets an RBI on a DP

At least on Gameday it does not give him one.

tucsoncubsfan - August 21, 2008 reply

1-0 after 1....

Opportunities, boys, they’re all over the place….

I can't believe DLee couldn't beat that out.

That's the way to take that rally by the neck and

strangle the hell out of it.

D Lee's speed

Is it just me or does D Lee look MUCH slower this year than he did even last year? I always remembered D Lee as a relatively “fast” big man. I can’t believe they turned that.

So how many

DPs is Lee on pace for now? Sigh… at least we got the run

just got in

How’s Z looking this afternoon?

not good

We have a strong enough...

Pitching staff that even if Z is in a funk it’s okay, but I hope he gets out of it before October

he hasn't walked anyone yet

that’s a good thing.

he walked the lead off guy in the first

I thought.

Thought he walked the first batter?

cubsonWGN4ever - August 21, 2008 reply

clearly I have to read the stats before I post

only

the first batter of the game

waiting for him to settle down

If you listen to some of the folks here, he sucks

as do Soriano, Theriot, Lee and Fukudome.

It’s a wonder how the Cubs are in 1st place with the best record in the NL with these “bums.”

And we’re leading today 1-0.

flachimesa - August 21, 2008 reply

Votto singles

On the bright side...

The Cubs lead 1-0 after one inning.

If Sori would have jacked one, then Riot, DLee, and Ramy each grounded out, we would be in exactly the same situation, except that we wouldn’t be bitching about it.

Location, location, location

I'm sure we'd still find a way...hahaha

Just realized DeRosa is hitting better than DLee....that is good

in that DeRo is doing well….but still DLee at 290/358/467? Not too good.

Well, that's a .825 OPS...

…which isn’t bad. But his slugging is pretty anemic.

.825 is a bit weak for a 1B...

and .828 is a bit higher than you might expect from a 2B not named Utley.

K

1 out

Speaking of pace, Theriot has 144 hits, is batting .313 and

his slugging pct is less than his OBP, has that ever happened before?

oh yeah, it happens a bunch-

if you don’t hit HR it’s pretty easy to do if you have decent plate disclipline, as walking more than doubling will essentially do the trick.

oh man... so close, DLee!

Pat Hughes psych on that one.

Does anyone else have ESPN gamecast on?

Because I’m noticing that the yellow dot for the baserunner keeps throbbing and it’s kind of freaking me out

Mr. .195 batting average is up

Don't walk him, Z!

Just looked it up

He has a massive 11 walks this season

Stan Cox - August 21, 2008 reply

Stolen base

c-pat is hitting .195??

wow. i didn’t realize that!

AND he starts for Dusty Baker's Reds

Pattersuck flies out

2 down

always count on patterson

to swing at an unhittable ball

wow patterson is horrible

remember the half-season in which he was good?

wow, that seems so long ago…

He was my favorite player the first half of '03

until he got hurt

but you could make the argument

that his injury paved the way for A-Ram, which isn’t bad. Because if he’s not hurt, maybe the Cubs don’t look for Kenny Lofton and get A-Ram gift-wrapped for them.

Great point.

It just gave me high hopes for his future as a Cub

He's a defensive replacement/pinch runner, at this point.

Nothing more.

fastball above the shoulders...

and c-pat swings at it. gee i miss him..

Inning OVER

wow gameday is slow for us Cube Rats today

TheRiot Police - August 21, 2008 reply

haha yes, it was smoking fast last night

i got spoiled.

Let's get some runs!!!

+1

Bako 3ua...inning over

Love me some Bako!

30 pitches, 15 strikes for Z total

13 pitches, 9 strikes last inning…much better

I'm beginning to understand why my freinds who are Red fans

seem to like to complain about Dusty, CPatt, and Bako.

zevkalman - August 21, 2008 reply

What took so long?

kind of like

your friends who are cubs fans complaining with cpatt was in chicago?

Hi evareebodee!

I’m here now. How did we score, she said?

Via DP

yep

DPLee RBI

really?

lol…

nah, too easy ;-)

DLee GIDP with runners on first and third.

C'mon, offense

Let’s make this a laugher early

If we keep up the early average of 1 run per inning

we should have roughly 8 by the top of the 9th. I think.

I was told

there’d be no math…

Its been a while

Since we’ve seen a Cubs player trot around the bases…. That needs to end soon

let the trotting commence!

though not

until they see it over the wall

was that soon enough? Hahah

there's your trot......

MOCubsfan - August 21, 2008 reply

Well at least we know...

they’re listening to you… How about commanding Lee to not hit into anymore DPs?

Well if they are listening to me

Then I have a better command then stop GIDP…

Has to do with some “100 year thing”

CPatt has a .571 OPS. Wow. And Bako is only slightly over 600.

JEdmonds up - how bout a dinger, Jimmy??

okay, then - how bout a K looking??

Edmonds K's

Jimmy Ballgame K's

…he needs to snap out of that slump…

DEROSA!

home run!

DEROSA HOMERUN!!!!!!

2-0

DERO!!!!

DERO!!!!!!

DeRosa homer 2-0

CALLED IT!!

DERO!!!!!!!!!!

you did! you did!

More predictions of good stuff please

Trotting commenced?

trot trot trot!

must have admired that one

because he stayed in the batters box on gameday.

tucsoncubsfan - August 21, 2008 reply

I didn't see him trot

but that’s because I’m on the radio.

DERO!

dero!!!!

trottin it out!

I was close - asked for a Edmonds HR, DeRo jacked one instead

DeRo, my hero

How wonderful you arrrrre!

NEW THREAD

JUMP ON OVER

Isn't that from Jurassic Park?

Correct you are

Just having some fun :)

I'm a little disturbed that I remember that.

As am I that I found the site...

what the hell.

not cool.

not cool

flachimesa - August 21, 2008 reply

C'mon

Thats a little funny…. :D

I thought it was funny

Well played sir

LOL

CyberCyclist - August 21, 2008 reply

grrrr....

How many

technical balks is that, Drew?

considering it locked up my browser for twenty seconds

I’m calling four technical balks on that.

+1

Ouch

My dork!

Gotta give control back to the umpires...

that screwed me up big time :(

Should have opened in a new window

no prob, lesson learned

Thank you, DeRo.

Let’s hope that lights a fire under the offense’s collective ass.

Wow. You guys are WAY ahead of MIB.com

Dero is really on his game now. He is the best player

on the team right now.

He's showing some SOLID power this year.

Nice crotch shot

from the girl in the skirt who tried to catch the ball. LOL.

salparadise23 - August 21, 2008 reply

hay, is the wind blowing in or out today? I'm guessing out....

I think they said right to left

that's what Gameday is showing

Does anyone know what dates...

…the World Series is scheduled to be played this season?

I DONT KNOW WHAT YOURE TALKING ABOUT

WHAT IS A WORLD SERIES?

Gotta know when to plan my vacation

october

cubsonWGN4ever - August 21, 2008 reply

I don't know

does anyone know when my funeral is? Geez…Come on, guy…

this afternoon...

Postseason schedule

hasn’t been released yet.

OK! Thanks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_World_Series

World Series dates have been out for a while

jlpcubsfan - August 21, 2008 reply

Lemme just check the forecast for hell...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_World_Series

jlpcubsfan - August 21, 2008 reply

That does help.

Thanks again jlp!

Dragon Slayer on the mound

Gurbal - August 21, 2008 reply

Kosuke spinning popout

Blanco flies out

END 2ND

Cubs 2
Reds 0

Maybe the offensice game plan

for the day calls for us to score one run in every inning.

offensice = offensive

I cant types gud

I can live with that

i'd be happy

with 9 runs today.

8

ya we should be good

as long as that guess hack soriano doesnt cost us 10

Just as long as we scored at least five of them

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_World_Series

world series 2008

jlpcubsfan - August 21, 2008 reply

i love wikipedia

stop it

Fogg K's

9 batters faced

but only 6 first pitch strikes.

Fogg Ks on 7 pitches.

so

how is Z pitching?

With his right arm

hah-hah

very funny

Lots of balls

Running the count full, etc.

Z looks a bit erratic

throwing a lot of pitches/balls

Something about seeing Dusty in a Reds uniform

gives me a feeling that all is well with the universe.

zevkalman - August 21, 2008 reply

Dusty Toothpick Tracker:

117

And Corey playing for CIN - also a 'warm feeling'.

1 out walk

Walk Dickerson

Dickerson cracked his bat

taking a pitch…….

MOCubsfan - August 21, 2008 reply

man, I really dislike Keppinger.

He's pesky

but not there

Does he qualify as scrappy, though?

Rich Man Scrappy

Take away the "s"

but I can learn to love him when he GIDPs

GIDP 6-4-3

INNING OVER!

Good DP!

Too easy

643 inning over

DP!

DP ARE YOU WITH ME!!!

nice

DP

Is Z still dropping down?

leothelip - August 21, 2008 reply

COOL

And it wasn't hit by D Lee!

(sorry)

Let zambrano go about 5 or 6 today, and let the bullpen pitch

Just one of those days where he has little command and mentally looks like he can implode at any second

Sahweeet

In Game Question:

Who is the best pitcher in Chicago right now?

Either Team, starter, reliever or closer

Rich Harden

or Bob Howry

rofl! it's funny but it hurts

Marmol or Harden

leothelip - August 21, 2008 reply

+1

Harden

Bob Howry

Stud...

Rich Harden

Harden..

mkcubs21 - August 21, 2008 reply

Mark Pawelek

The Deputy Mayor of Rush Street - August 21, 2008 reply

Only in America...

Haha

glad you caught that :)

WhiteCarlos McNasty

45-22 on Z so far

15-7 this inning…he may have to work to get past 7 innings

I'd be happy with six.

Big Z: 45 Pitches thru 3

Wow - nice timing - lol

ZAMBRANO HOMERUN!!!!!!

3-0

HOME RUN

BIG Z!!!!!!

Guy is pretty amazing at the dish.

maybe that will help him

settle down.

I hope so

But it usually doesn’t

Shanghai Badger - August 21, 2008 reply

I hope so...

To get a win without his good stuff could go a long way.

Big Z!!!!!!

Z!!!

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!!!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

salparadise23 - August 21, 2008 reply

Z homer 3-0

ZAMBRANO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gone!

BIG Z with a JACK!!

All together now...

“Z helping his own cause!”

LOL - Z may have to win this game with his bat...

1 run an inning...

and they’re trotting. nice.

wow.

we’ve called quite the game here guys

Z's a happy man.... now bring it out to the mound

that's what I was thinking too

Nothing like a nice quick jog

to clear those cobwebs out of the ol’ attic

I was just thinking before he hit that

please don’t K and break the bat over your knee. Is that bad of me?

YES, SIR!!!!

Sori flyout

That one run an inning thing

may come to fruition

Yeah, get a quality start from Z...

…and then let the bullpen shut them down. That would work for me.

Scrappy popout

CARLOS YOU ROCK!!!

DLEE K's, 3-0

LEE grounds into a triple play

I mean – he K’s

END 3RD

CUBS 3
REDS 0

All right Reds batters...

before being deflowered?

wow

i don't know how to respond to that...

nobody

deflowers Baby in the corner!

Oh, baby, just you shut your mouth.

lol

leothelip - August 21, 2008 reply

2 pitch out.

i like

Bruce 4-3 groundout

Mow 'em down, z