Bleed Cubbie Blue

Deja vu all over again ;)

Zeke - August 27, 2008 reply

well in that case...

Geo struck out 8 straight times over 4/25-26. However, Zambrano and the bullpen combined on a shutout on the 26th, prompting Geo to remark that he could care less about striking out 5 times in a game since the pitchers threw well and the team won.

That’s when they turned the corner, IMHO.

on espn, they were talking about kuroda from la

“….and geovany soto may get some votes”

Edison Volquez?

not a rookie

"May get some vote"?

WTF?

my sediments exactly

Last night on BB tonight

They said there’s your NL ROY (re: Soto)

Guess Hack Catcher

I must admit

It took me about 3 minutes of staring at your avatar last night until I figured it out.

Subtle, yet gets the job done...

I feel like I've read that before... :D

Yeah, he’s got it locked I would assume. SC guys this morning even said it after recapping his night.

MY KINGDOM

To have 83 wins in 3 hours.

Let me call my people

Then they will call your people

Given last night

I’d take 2.5 hours.

Last night

was brutal

They're gonna have to play fast...

to rack up that many wins in just three hours (wakka wakka wakka!)

Slim1256 - August 27, 2008 reply

where does the line to hit Zach Duke start?

Look for a fight at the bat rack.

now boys...

you can’t all hit at once. make an orderly, single-file line…

Time to put the Sweeper

on that Parrot mascot and send these boys home for the winter..

Let's sweep this series :)

DUKE!

LIGHT ’IM UP!!!!

Ump's already jobbing us

Called strike 1 on Soriano? That’s not possible!

channeling hammer???

Sori

doubles off the wall! Just missed a HR to right.

Hack.

if clemente had 3 less letters in his name, it's 1-0

bunt not needed

Double for Sori

I presume he didn't pose?

nope

Hee- hee

well played sir.

Woot

Nice start. Let’s score a couple early

He should have been on third....lazy prima donna.

doubles hitting hack

CyberCyclist - August 27, 2008 reply

No TV with Cubs in Vegas today

Listening to Pat & Ron on internet radio

I'm surprised Cubs aren't blacked out in Vegas

Every other team seems to be.

ryan89 - August 27, 2008 reply

Riot

grounds out to the right side. Sori to third.

fundamental scrapiness, right there.

LOL - great minds think alike.

Scrappily fundamental.

thats creepy

well put.

PhD in Scrapinomics.

Scrapavating

Scrapamental.

Sori on fire finally!

Ready for the September push to the Series…

Haha...Santo:

This has not been a good offense, because they got RID of most of the offense…in trades…

sarge matthews special

dlee

6-3 for rbi

HOLY CRAP! Riot hits a roller to the right side!!

Never seen him do that before.

10 people in attendance

7 are scouts

1 a parrot

But they're good people.

More people in this thread than the yard

+1

OUCH!

Some really good seats

are empty

Barkman - August 27, 2008 reply

All chanting LET'S GO CUBBIES!

where you been hiding?

we needed your comments on Soto last night

LAcarl519 - August 27, 2008 reply

night games

I never last long… cut out to do the dinner thang :(

so you missed our boy having such an amazing game :(

I did, I'm sorry to say ...bummer

You're lucky

you missed the threads last ngiht. They were pretty cranky.

imagine they were all over the place

given the roller coaster ride…

Ooooh, Sue cranky

I like

lol

Make me lemon bars today?

Did you mean you missed just the game thread or the game?

I was in the thread for the first hour

then caught the game up until bedtime which is early for me

I watched the last few innings over at a friends place

so I actually saw 4 of the 7 rbi’s, happy I wasnt listening to it on radio. Ronnie must have been dying w/ the up and down of the game last night

anyone having issues

with the comments not auto-refreshing?

I'm not

No but it hurts when I...

…nevermind.

Mine seems OK.

Check your settings.

It’s something you can turn on and off.

just checked

they were set right.

still not auto-generating them. bah.

it was working

in the pre-game thread too.

Close browser - reopen

Come back to the site.

Profit?

did that too.

SOL my friend.

:(

Leave work

Try from home

I like your opinions

and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

It seems to have started working again, at random.

Try refreshing the whole thread

if not the whole site. Sometimes my acts wonky and that fixes it.

Pirates play the infield in?

One run will NOT win this game…….

No...but my reply button is not working.

heh...

Pat sez-

Duke has been hit hard and lost his last 10 decisions

there was talk

he would be coming to Indianapolis at the beginning of the month, he’d been so bad.

OK, Jason: Redemption Time

So...

did Sori not score?

nope

What did Lee do?

GO to short.

Nope.

was the Pirates infield in?

their radio guys are attrocious – they made it sound like a routine grounder…

Yeah, I believe it was in.

twss

interesting.

John Russell is challenging the Pirates, it seems

wasted leadoff double

boooooooo – with the weather forecast, get on the board early and see how it shaes out

Does anybody need the play by play today or should I not clog up the bases...err.. thread

PBP would be awesome

Thanks.

No, please do.

Though, my last name’s Baker so my view might be skewed.

What happened?

3 straight GO’s after the double?

I think so, yeah.

I got distracted during Aramis’s AB.

Well, he is rather dreamy.

What with his receding hair line and all.

The stress of the 2006 season.

I'm a clutz...

turned on my gas stove to start to boil some water/tomato juice for zatarain’s jambalaya…

And forgot to press the ‘ignite’ button. So gas got to leak out for about a minute. yay!

Free advice: don't light a match.

You see, that's the type of thing

That makes me want to light a match!

do it.

but seriously...dont.

Playing with fire.

Literally.

:-) yay fire!

K

1 down

Error for Soriano again.

bah.

Roberto Duran

1B 7

E – 7

on 2nd

Maybe

we should DFA his glove

Sori should have gone

on contact and force the issue, either way he is either out or scores, DLee is much slower and Sori get’s the secondary lead and is halfway home before the ball gets to JWilson.

fonzie misplays single

didn’t lose it in the fans

He should stop hopping on ground-balls...

ricochet off of parrot poop?

nice

Like cucumbers and Indian food...

…PNC Park doesn’t agree with him.

Maybe's he left-handed

and just doesn’t know it.

FO 9

advance to 3rd

2 down

Let's get some runs!!!

Inning over?

GO to Lee. He gone! 3 out.

over

3UA

yup g3-1

Ground Out: 3 - 1

GO 3

end 1

Anyone listening to MLB Radio

and hear the showtune-ish version of “Wonderwall” in the background?

Yep - swingin' baby!

sounds like Michael Buble?

Maybe. Or Tom Jones?

Stray Cats?

Definitely not Stray Cats...

…but possibly Brian Setzer solo or with his orchestra.

That's actually who I was thinking about!

I kept hearing Stray Cat Strut in my head for some reason though.

yeah

Kinda kooky

Paul Anka or some vegas guy, Dick Cheeze I think is his name

Uno Mas

Whew!

No damage by Sori E, now let’s have the middle of the order rake!

Does anybody have a count on

the number of brother combinations we have played against this year?

3

Patterson, Gonzalez, LaRoche?

Hm, not sure.

I do recall that Eric and Corey Patterson very briefly played against each other in one game.

they did tis true

Probably already brought up a million times, but too bad about Jay Mariotti, eh?

MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

haha...

the Erin Zorn article reprinted by the tribune about his 2005 Sox comments was amazing…

i laughed my arse off reading that again this morning

bobby h - August 27, 2008 reply

Erin or Eric Zorn?

Erin Andrews anywhere?

I was thinking he's got Erin on his mind ... hee

i don't know...

i like the idea of an Erin Zorn… kind of a cross between Eric Zorn and Erin Andrews maybe?

i should really read what i write before i post it… sigh

bobby h - August 27, 2008 reply

Yes, too bad.

At least you’re being civil about it. (Was that thread deleted to too?)

no I just was reading it a few minutes ago

Oops, Didn't see that it was recommended

My bad.

Tragic turn of events. I couldn't even sleep last night.

Today I have to watch the game from work just to take my mind off it :-)

LOL - between him and Mike North being gone now

I will actually listen to the radio AND read the newspaper again. (huge evil grin)

FO8

2 down

go 4-3

mid 2

Duke is dealing.

Watch him

He’s been known to deal from the bottom of the deck.

heroine?

cocaine?
weed?

Well...

…he does have a one-hitter right now, so I’d have to go with that magical weed, marijuana.

John Q Freejazz - August 27, 2008 reply

Doc Ellis'

acid?

Madness!

Damn, you beat me to it

Then they briefly segued into Ozzy.

For the batter, I think

Pitcher's duel?

between two guys with +5 ERAs?

until the 4th....

then all hell breaks loose

great minds think alike :)

Haha :)

yeah for 3 innings until one of them meltdown

Make it 4

The Cubs should get to him in the 5th, although the 6-8th have been our best lately…

Cat's and Dogs living together...mass hysteria!

It's "dogs and cats."

For shame.

wut? leaf mi aloan!

good catch, sori

that won't be posted very often

good catch, VE!

more often than "nice catch Theriot"

or nice curveball Howry

or nice bunt Onedec

Nice comment BlueMike?

lol

way to stay out of the DP Lee!

Great idea DaBard?

HAHAHA!!!

burn

+1

why haven't you written a fanpost lately, ivy walls?

HA!

LOL!!

I find "TWSS" to be deplorable.

Please discontinue its use.

Request considered

and denied

TWSS

Metajoke!

Luv it.

You set 'em up . . .

aside from last night he's actually been catching well this past week

FO 7

no hop
1 down

Thank you for designating the catch "hop" or "no hop."

All plays by soriano should be preceeded with the H or NH to signify hop or no-hop.

Enter this into the BCB Dictionary somebody!

lol!

GO 3

2 down

FWIW, the Pirates are playing 'furious' today

check the Post-Gazette here

Let's hope they play "Fast and Furious"...

…and, ultimately, unsuccessfully.

here's my favorite part of the article

Any particular pitch giving Hansen trouble?

“Every [expletive] pitch,” he answered.

LOL - classic!

Hansen was not happy.

Which makes me happy – go figure.

We're looking at the polar opposite

of last night’s game.

Who’d of thought Z and Marquis playing like, well, Marquis and Z.

The Original Dave - August 27, 2008 reply

More Coincedence

The last time Denver hosted a major political party convention was 1908.

OK, now let's get some runs!

K

end 2

Andy LaRoche now 0 for 25.

Oh, brother.

Soto Sighting!

sweeeeet

Sweetness

I approve of this.

save this one for a SWL/Milton photoshop special

No...somethings are fine the way they are and should just be left the hell alone.

well said

I'm sanantonecub and I approve this message

I watched "The Girl Next Door"

a few nights ago, for the umpteenth time. Highly underrated.

I concur.

I watched "The Girl Next Door"

a few nights ago, for the umpteenth time. Highly underrated.

say again?

OMG.

FO 8

1 down

Checking in from Thrapston, United Kingdom

REPLY BUTTON WORKING TODAY - whoo-hoo - I'm here!!!

Long lunch break in Atlanta, here

Here

Milwaukee. Until my 1:00 meeting

Present, sir!

Hailing from the heart of enemy territory.

parrotsburgh?

St Louis

from the office in Indianapolis

giddyup

Here until 1:15

then I go off to be beautified

Goin' on...feelin' strong!

Downtown Chicago, IL.

yo!

Here!

Live

From the office in Oak Lawn.

live from St. Peters, MO.

Here

Here today

Lou In Blue - August 27, 2008 reply

gone tomorrow?

Lou better not be gone tomorrow!

downtown Chi

Here for lunch break

Have to work after that ( damn)

Doggie Stalker - August 27, 2008 reply

Here

Itchy - August 27, 2008 reply

Loop

Representing Manhattan

John Q Freejazz - August 27, 2008 reply

I got midtown west and west village

What part you want ?

Doggie Stalker - August 27, 2008 reply

Here

here

The Deputy Mayor of Rush Street - August 27, 2008 reply

Ho.

Bo?

hum

Here!

C’mon, Cubs—make the Pirates say, “ARRRR!”

jdb-44 - August 27, 2008 reply

Here!

From deep within the Cheese Curtain…

MikeOxbyg - August 27, 2008 reply

What's da weather like at the game?

Look like we’ll get it in? (No TWSS damnit…)

questionable

JMarq Ks

2 away

K

2 down

guess hack check swinging number 5 starter hitter

Remember to breathe when you say that.

Soriano

2-2. Also, the ONLY 2.

1B 7

NH

stealing?

Yes...

and getting caught.

sigh

You don't want to be caught, Emelie?

heh

Cause I can catch ya, you know ;)

or so you'd like to believe

Is that a challenge?

no ;-)

caught 1-3-6

guess hack runner

didn't see if he posed

Hrm

Should it be W or NW for his ABs? Watching vs. Not Watching?

p or np

posing

Soriano playing like a leadoff hitter?

I've been saying that.

unfortunately, he just got caught stealing.

Soriano playing like Theriot?

precisely

Scrappiano?

Paisano!

does that count pickoffs?

He's trying to make Theriot feel better.

jeebus Sori

it's only the 2nd time this year he's been caught stealing

5th overall pickoff

really

everything he does is magnified.

yeah, it was fun

i got to go through all the box scores to look up the pickoffs when he got picked off during the Cincy series and people got nervous about him.

I would have said

that no matter who got picked off. I like Sori.

i know

i just needed somewhere to put the stats.

He's playing with his head up his ass today.

This is crunch time and every game matters. Pay attention Soriano.

Kornchex - August 27, 2008 reply

nope, i'm not going there...

yes!

as the guy who has the only hits for his team today…

wait, what were we saying?

Yeah, he's clearly the MVP of this game.

0 Runs, 1 Error, 1 Pickoff.

I’m not trying to rip the guy but you have to admit he lacks focus sometimes.

Kornchex - August 27, 2008 reply

wow ledge jumpers are out early today

focus has nothing to do with breaking for second on the first move

and getting picked off. it happens, especially against left-handed pitchers.

you left out one stat

2 hits.

THE ONLY TWO HITS THE CUBS HAVE.

I’m not trying to rip you, but you have to admit that you’re focusing on the bad and ignoring the good.

True

I’m actually reminded of how I used to rip Jacque Jones too. Backing away from the ledge.

Kornchex - August 27, 2008 reply

Sori CS

picked off

mid 2

mid 3

BTW...

Drinking Heineken, waiting for the jambalaya w/ turkey sausage to finish simmering.

BTW...

Me, jealous.

I'll trade it all

For a bests kosher hot dog w/ grilled onions in a small, cramped concourse at 1060 W. Addison

sounds way better than the cereal Im having for lunch

yum... I can smell it all the way over here in the West Loop

BTW

I’m jealous…

Can you send me some fish and chips from that place on Charing Cross?

Will the place in my village suffice?

Where the grease soaks through the newspaper?

I guess you're right...I'll take the kosher hotdog with some mustard and onions and relish....

Well, I was trying to make the fish and chips sound good....

Oops

I know. I was just kidding. I like greasy fish and chips in newspapers.....

Making me hungry.

Me too...Time for lunch....

Junior's Hot Dogs it is.

Good idea

Poor execution.

I like the fact that Sori is running more, though.

salparadise23 - August 27, 2008 reply

I have a question.

Why does Coors Light try to act like it doesn’t taste like a wet dishrag?

I hear it's that

newfangled PR stuff.

They oughtta just put it back in the horse.

All american beer = sex in a canoe

F**king close to water.

You’ve told that one before.

Really?

I thought he never repeats himself!!! :)

McRipper - August 27, 2008 reply

I do enjoy my Budweiser.

And to be frank, I’m not entirely thrilled with European brews – I like to drink my beer, not eat it.

But Coors sells watered-down malt liquor and tries to act like it’s a gourmet beer that has to be kept chilled so it doesn’t lose one ounce of its precious flavor. It’s ridiculous.

Ah, yes...

…the blue thing on the bottle…which also begs the question, why is anyone drinking Coors Light out of bottles?

because you can use the bottle as a weapon in a bar fight

There probably would be a bar fight

in a bar where multiple patrons are drinking Coors Light longnecks…

my point exactly.

Yeah, what's up with that?

The bottles are worth more than the beer. Coors is designed to be drank out of 40s.

I drank a Coors Light once.

’Nuff said.

The Deputy Mayor of Rush Street - August 27, 2008 reply

I drank a Coors light once...

Once.

Or shotgunned from cans.

By me when I was in high school.

Shotgunning is the one time

Cheap domestic crap is acceptable

Amen.

When I drink for the enjoyment of beer it’s decidedly not American.

my brother in law

and sister drink it. They have not been able to explain it to my satisfaction, so my son is only allowed there under close supervision.

i think we've all had it at one point in our lives.

it’s called college.

yeah, but

they’ve been married for ten years and have two kids.

It’s time for them to grow up.

yeah, that's inexcusable.

even as a 26-year old on a budget, I refuse to drink it.

"Guys, I think if we pool our money together we can get a 12 pack of ramen...

…and a 12-pack of Coors. If not, we’ll ditch the ramen and get the Coors!"

Haha...

…Or, in HS- “Guys, I can steal like, 3 warm beers from my Dad…”

lol

It might be shipped cold and sold cold,

but it is room temp in the backroom of the grocer I work at.

Itsadam - August 27, 2008 reply

Thats amusing

But they sponsor the Freeze Cam!

Because it gets delivered to

stadiums by a frozen, magical train that crashes through the stands.

Did Sori 'hop' when he was picked off?

I heard he hopped out of bed this morning.

NH NP Pickoff

Maybe he should have.

1B 8

BLANCO!

HAH! SIDDOWN, YOU!

CS?

he threw the ball to the guy and the othe guy was out.

In other words

A failed bunt cut down the lead runner?

Just setting up the DP

Damn - base hit.

nice slide?

Nice throw Hank!

Nice play, Hank

Pastadiving

Cedeno

What?

What happened?

FC 2-6

failed sac bunt

We plays deeeefense here!

Hank w/ a strike to Theriot

ARGH WGN audio probs

1B

2 on two out

sry, meant to say 2 ON

Marquis needs to bear down here

Frog up!

anyone else having WGN digitization/audio probs or is it my feed?

Mine seems OK.

Maybe...I just heard Bob talking about picking his friend's nose.

I'm getting comcast issues

but I hate them anyway, so this is just icing on the cake

I am

I'm getting a buzz

every so often……..

From magic brownies?

You're not drinking fast enough, then.

very choppy with frequent audio drop outs

ARGH

pro-pirate comment

ban her, jk

this is painful... almost unwatchable

FO8

2 down

Seriously, McLouth? Depeche Mode?

Seems like more of a Fall Out Boy kinda guy to me

Maybe XOXO would work.

Been a while since I listened to Under The Cork Tree.

got it!

Good 2 RISP for the Parrots

and duke got to stand on the bases all inning

Dollar Dog Day

Remember, 7 hot dogs might seem like a lot, but that’s less than 1 an inning.

salparadise23 - August 27, 2008 reply

pop to scrapparino no score through 3

FO 6

end 3

just got in from work

Have I missed anything?

Stan Cox - August 27, 2008 reply

Soriano missed a ball when it landed in his jersey.

Theriot dove the wrong way on a groundball.

Fukudome struck out twice in one AB.

Cubs fans go into a tizzy.

Just a normal day then :)

Stan Cox - August 27, 2008 reply

Not really, no.

nada

sori 1 error

1 picked off trying to steal 2nd

Al was elected prisident.

Unfortunately, the party chose Ronnie Woo as his running mate

I think Al would resign

immediately

That would make Ronnie President

Good point......

maybe try and get him to resign.

Just imagine a debate with him . . . .

Just woke up...Wow Mar-queef 3 scoreless? Nice

He can do that once in a while.....

PieFan08 - August 27, 2008 reply

Like last game

He likes to bunch his runs allowed into one big inning.

The 4th inning....

….when 5th starters start showing why they’re 5th starters…

Ralph Kiner

Launching Parrot dogs

ya baby

Double to left by Riot...

…yeah, you heard it right

Impossible.

Does not compute.

The Riot + XBH = -pi

Can't believe I heard "pulled" and "Theriot"

in the same sentence

Barkman - August 27, 2008 reply

sounds like something you go on the DL with

Double? to left? All right scrappington! Slugging percentage approaching OBP

riot being riot

Forget the double.

He pulled the ball!

double

for Riot

Hey cwyers

How’s that factor analysis goin? I start regression tonight…

Published last Friday.

Right now I’m trying to decide if I want to mess with RMSE.

On your blog? I’ll read it if you got it!

No, on StatSpeak.

Here. It’s been a nice gig so far.

regression

like the pirates for the last 3 decades?

Was that a double hit by Theriot? To Left Field?

Moss was playing center - he had a ways to run to scoop it up

he's had to make significant adjustments

the Pirates are actually playing him as someone who hits to right.

Good games coming up

Dempster vs Coles THR
Harden vs. Blanton FRI

ill be there friday!

lucky you!

I envy you!

I also will be there Friday

Itchy - August 27, 2008 reply

my envy knows no bounds

scratchy too?

Badger 3

Second time in 2 weeks I see Harden pitch!

harden blanton

a’s bobblehead day?

Lilly v Meyers SAT
BigZ v Moyer SUN

Hes learned to double or steal because dp i mean dlee keeps doin that!

Theriot has learned to steal?

Since when?

Fukudometer - August 27, 2008 reply

He has 20!

how many CS?

Fukudometer - August 27, 2008 reply

14

ouch

Fukudometer - August 27, 2008 reply

just goes to show he has to try in front of lee

13...I know I know

and he just

GOT THROWN OUT RUNNING ON A GROUNDER AHEAD OF HIM!!!! WTF??

That's two

double play grounders Lee has hit. Good think nobody was on first either time :-(

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=crasnick_jerry&id=3555410&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab2pos1

Interesting article bout late-season producers by Crasnick

Cites a few guys in the NL we might be seeing later…Wright, Rollins, Big Unit, CC…

Dan

they also had an article about September call-ups

Ceda was mentioned: here

Not an "Insider"...

well, i'd give you the magic password

if you asked nicely

I tried a few Harry Potter spells to no avail

TWSS

Something for you to think about...

Over here, Coors Light, Budweiser, etc. are all imports, and priced that way. A 4 pack of bottles would be about 5 pounds or so.

That goodness for the Base Exchange, where I can get my cheap domestic brews at cheap domestic prices. Cause I sure as hell ain’t paying $10 for 4 bottles to take home