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First Pitch Thread: Cubs vs. Pirates, Monday 8/25, 6:05 CT

"No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball." -- Connie Mack

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Time to make the Pirates

walk the plank.

3rd ?

closest I’ve been to first.

and that damn parrot too
Here for a bit....

at least until I get dinner started

What's for din din?
What are you cooking?
Rainbow trout

not sure about the rest of it

My husband

would love that.

Sounds delicious....

a few suggestions..

1. cole slaw
2. hush puppies
3. sliced red onion
4. fried green tomato’s
5. french fries
6. tater tots
7. tartar sauce
8. blackeyed peas
9. turnip greens
10. corn on the cobb
11. sliced tomato’s, onion, and cucumbers in italian dressing
12. bake potato

too lazy to do the cole slaw

today… that’s up tomorrow. But I love your suggestions! Prolly end up with squash and corn bread :-)

Hmmm..

love corn bread!

With honey

or honey butter!

honey

sweetie

make my cole slaw with maple syrup
interesting...

instead of sugar huh?

yep

sometimes honey but I really like the maple

Hey Em

do you use buttermilk in your cucumber soup? I found a recipe that calls for buttermilk but I don’t care for it.

you know I lost that recipe...

I do think it did call for buttermilk but you really couldn’t taste it as such… you could substitute sour cream…

OK, thanks
actually...

if you can find the recipe again I’d appreciate it. Dunno why I can’t find it.

OK, it's a

really old cook book so I don’t know if it is the same as yours but I’ll send it.

yer a peach, thanks
Over/under on walks for Geo tonight is 2.

I’m taking the over.

Let's do this!!!
Home Run Prediections?

Soriano for me

you know...

I can’t remember the last time he went yard in his first at bat. He’s sort of turning into a more “normal” lead-off hitter.

I see we're back on track

to at least tie the club walk record. I really hope we keep up the good plate discipline!

Geo, Onedec and Sori

in pregame rituals. Too funny.

nobody showing up for the game it seems
What a complete and utter shock!
yup, in chicago, we guess the attendance

in pittsburgh you have to identify them, too.

80% Cub fans
Well...

Lee should have probably hit into a Double Play there…

Dang...

I’ve got the Pirate announcers on EI.

should be able to get both feeds
Really?

I didn’t know I had the option. I just click the speed I want.
BTW: I talking video feed. Not just audio.

Indeed.

I am watching Cubs feed on EI

Not always an option, but it is tonight
prep H works wonders
I really need to use the reply button once in awhile.

that comment’s gonna look funny out of sequence.

talk about "the cream"
reply reply reply
and the clear, now that i think about it....

enough about rectal problems

bloop

single to leadoff for mclouth

That's OK teddy won't have to worry about a no-hitter

and can instead shoot for 27 K.

sun on set

gives me pitcher and batter… could be worse, I guess

Woo hoo!! First Cubs game in a week I can both listen to and chat on BCB!

Who’s all here??

good evening

everyone!

Here

but multitasking.

Here until I leave for the Padres/Snakes game in 45 minutes.
Cuil
How is Cuil?

the search engine…anyone here use it?

I was underwhelmed

but need to give it a second chance

I've heard mixed reviews...

but with time it should improve…

true... I'll go back

the first day… not so much

Here...

…but sleepy.

the BCB cook is on board for a bit
Does that mean you're cooking for everyone?
happily :D
Cool! I'll bring the wine.

Someone else get dessert

I'll bring the dessert.

I’ve been craving carrot cake… how does that sound?

yum-ee

as Rachel Ray says

yum-o
that's it... you are a pop culture hero, SWL
I dunno about that...

…when I think of SWL, I think of the Old School quote:

Jerry: What will you have to do with the university?
Beanie: Legally speaking there will be a loose affiliation. But, we will give nothing back to the academic community. As well as provide no public service of any kind. This much I promise you.

Com'on, no one?

A joke, but a good one, right?

I'd rather have a bobka myself...:)
Make that chocolate babka...
allergic to chocolate actually

Would prefer not to break out in hives.

LOVE carrot cake!!!
That'd be nice

I’m hungry.

It's pizza night here

TV-tray ready meals when the game is on the East coast

Way to go Rami!

Here!

but at work as always

greetings :)

Im here.

Here I am, baby
Signed, sealed, delivered?
I was thinking more Al Green

Come and Take Me

lurve me my Al Green

turn down the lights!

signed, sealed, delivered....

I’m yours!

I think there are more posters here

than fans at PNC tonight. wow. no fireworks=no people

Santo loves anybody if they wear a Cubs jersey
I am more likely to love people wearing Cubs jerseys

especially hot girls….they become a million times as hot

anybody not named Dusty?
No kidding. And third baseman. Scott, Orie . . .

He’d love me if he came to a softball game. Not only do I play 3rd, but I’m Italian . . . .

Lilly's Velocity

It seems pretty low. 88 MPH is the high it seems per Gameday.

Unusual for him?

Scoreless after 1
I'm not sure that at bat

for LaRoche was long enough.

The first strike on Edmonds...was a ball when Lily threw it to LaRoche.
JIMMY BASEBALL!

TRIPLE!

as Santo says he doesn't look like he is attacking the ball...haha
I hate NIU...

What kind of crap is this….

we don’t get Comcast Sportsnet even though NIU football games (that are usually about 200 yds away from me) are also broadcasted on it.

I wish more games were on WGN.

nice right turn,

ball

old fart was chuggin'!!
I'm an old fart and I chug big time lol!
big

jimmy gettin swoleeeee

Way to play the wall there Mr. Centerfielder.
Jimmy tore his pants. lol
You're just upset that he beat you to it!
Was that

a gapper or a fly ball….. was it close to going out?

took a wicked bounce off the wall
maybe four feet

short. Bounced off teh wall.

halfway up the 10ft fence according to Pat
Off the outfield wall...a little more than halfway up...towards the left field gap.
Hooray ESPN2 troubles!

Their normal game is having difficulties, so I get to see to see bonus coverage of the Cubs! Woot!

I’ll enjoy this for an inning, this is all I’ll get to see today. Boy Edmonds isn’t a fast runner by any stretch, but a good hit for the triple.

YESS!

I can see the game for about 2 minutes on TV tonight!!!

the sun needs to go down so I can see
No curtains?
yabbut ....
Now I'm intrigued

But what?

not too intriguing

they’re a butch to close

Wow. Didn't realize this was a typo right away

You have no idea what I was thinking.

wasn't a typo lol! Just trying to keep it safe for minors
Fair enough

But I thought you were telling me something about watching your neighbors. A bunch of questions went thru my head until it dawned on me.

Felix Pie

doesn’t care how you talk, you know.

GO DOME!!!

make it a new streak…

ill take a walk
nice sf dome
weeeee! go Dome!

sac fly!

Sac Fly!

Alrighty! Cubs lead!

Dome

sac fliy. 1-0 Cubs! That was a solid hit.

Flyout or not...

that was a nice swing.

Yes....a nice thing to see from him again.
Amen to that

Got the run home and looked good doing it.

that's two

hard hit balls in a row….nice to see

I'm considering emailing Lou and Gerald...

and tell them to put a bat in the batter’s box behind Dome’s feet so he’ll stop jumping out of the box.

all we need from him...make good contact, the hits will fall
YAY!

Cubs lead!

Not a surprise...

we’ve had the lead in 80 other games I can’t think of off the top of my head.

Yes, but

They lead again today. :-)

Hold 'em Teddy
And that...

is all of the game I’ll probably get to see, d’oh!

More WGN, less Comcast please.

Noooo!

Don’t show me Mets/Astros!

shakes fist at TV

hey everyone

first time i’m able to post in a while. . . comin at you from Athens!!!

And by the time the game is over, I’ll be on my way home for the first time in a month!!!

Safe journey
hiya noisy! great to have you here.
thx!

can’t wait til friday! first game at wrigley this year!!

wonderful! back in the U.S.A.!
Cool!

I’ll be there, too. Rich Harden!

sah-weeeet!!

that was what i was gonna ask next. ;)

I'm going to try to be there as well.....
I might make it too...

Getting my dentist’s season ticket….right by the visiting dugout…Can’t wait!

is it sad i don't live anywhere near Chicago, but i

know about Oil Express, Vinny’s Beverage Depot, and Old Style? Thanks WGN!

Nope, it makes you awesome
haha...thanks. I guess i do spend a lot of time up there now.

can’t wait to live there.

you are an honorary Midwestern
Thats ok

I listen to 720 AM, and feel the same way…. although Im only a couple hours from Chicago.

i can get 720 at night in DC
There is maybe one or two times a year I cant pull it in here in Madison
trivia question from Ron

What do Willie Mays, Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron, and Don Kessinger have in common?

I am sure it is more than one thing, but i will keep you informed.

nothing to do w/ hitting is clue #1
The all preferred albino prostitutes...true story!
don't we all?
Kinda pricey...

but worth every penny..

Ron Says you could put him in this category as well
They broke in with the same team..

they ended with…..srrry…same city.

but not the same team in that city
yeah, i guess so

started in same city as they finished, but with different teams

Theriot didn't drop it.
heh... and, yeah
nice play aram

why use glove?

What up?

Looks like so far so good?

5 game walk streak for fonzie
Ted trying to find

the jet stream blowing out to right…

he might need a space shuttle stream
category 4 winds
I'd like to see Sori heating up...
Attention Theriot...

now is the time to at least ground out to the right side…

With one out?

Now is ok, with Sori on third. But not on second.

especially now

though a fly ball to medium depth would be fine

or walk and set up the

double steal again they pulled with the Nats to keep DLee out of the GIDP!

Pittsburgh...

great ball park, lousy city

Wow.

Soriano turned that single into a triple! He steals third! Willie Mays Hays style!

love his late season stellarousness
Sori is running down a dream tonight.
he kinda

looked out.

which one?
I was talking about

Sori at third… of course he wasn’t

i love it when we get aggressive like this
lou, repeat after me

don’t go theriot

No whammies.. no whammies....
Gulp....

Derrek up with a man on 1st.

how about his 2nd steal of home in a week?
Soriano has been a LOT better this year (when he's been healthy)

Look at his line on the year….

YAY Derrek...2-0
LEE!

singles to center! 2-0 cubs, Riot to second!

nice rope by lee
in play run (s)
See

DLee doesn’t always hit into DP’s….. Cubs 2-0

Rami

another 3 run HR

Nicely done
Wow, you really called that one.
and against his ole team as well!
YOUR WISH IS ARAMIS' COMMAND
At the risk of being twss

Im bowing to you on that call

he is getting behind everyone
not that there's anything wrong with that.
i know, but i heard this guy pitches a bunch of srikes
Karstens seems to be having a bit of trouble with strike one

Patience should pay off

HR ARAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I LOVE ARAMIS RAMIREZ!

THREE RUN HOME RUN!

LIFTOFF!!!

3 RUN JACK!!!

ARAMIS HOMERUN 5-0
Aram!!!

5-0

we are HOT
Yes..

some good looking Cubs fans in here….

Ramirez

the Pirate KILLER!

Gotta be one to kill one. Argghhh!
nice. there introduction at the game is plain scary....if i was a parent, i wouldn't

want my kids to watch it. pretty violent.

when can we get mclouth

so he can talk with rami about getting out of pittsburgh?

This offense

can not hit with RISP

hee hee

obviously.

how about back to back jacks JEDMONDS?
Wow!!

I leave the room when it’s 1-0, come back and it’s 5-0!! Does that mean I must leave the room?

Yeah, but you can keep coming back.
You're all upsetting the Feng Shui
as much as possible.
i just got here for the first time tonight when it was 5-0

guess I am stuck here now for the balance lol. Such torture.

ARAM

just shy of 100 RBIs for the year!!!

I thought it was 94 now?
Well..I hope to see us up and winning by even more by the time I get to PETCO...

I’m off to see the Snakes kill the Padres.

in yer BCB shirt??
Hopefully they'll be 'dead'..

long before your game is over

wink wink
nudge nudge
say no more.

have a game jed

ring that bullpen phone

Wow, Jimmy Ballgame.....going for the cycle tonight?
Edmonds could get a cycle tonight

6 innings to get a homer and a single?

funny, but the single may be the hardest for him.

he loves extra base hits

D-RO

keep the streak alive

Nice to pay back Karstens for

that 6 inning shutout on August 1st

Cy Karstens

had his game against us last time, the Cubbies have definitely figured him out and patience is paying bid dividends..

let's go chubbs!!

make it 5 days in a row!!

Ok, Bob

we know. You like catchers.

you noticed

he was very subtle

hah

single to left center

finish him off

Pirate announcers seem even more low-key and down than usual.

Must be depressing watching the Pirates play every day….I feel sorry for them

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