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First Pitch Thread: Cubs vs. Phillies, Friday 8/29, 1:20 CT

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poor Wayne. no audio
MLB had to borrow the line input.........
Wayne's World. Excellent.
All I heard was organ music.
The Messman gets it done!
I'm here to do the K tracker today!

Thanks so much to drewishdrewid for picking it up when I couldn’t make it last week! I was stuck on a bus :(

Time for Harden to dominate.
CHICAGO CUBS BASBALL

IS ON THE AIR!

c'mon cubs, score early........
Make it true Chicago style

Score early, score often!

wondering who would finish that for me
Wayne Messmer gives me the chills

when he sings the Anthem. Too bad I couldn’t hear him on the MLB.TVcast.

we couldn't hear him on CSN either
what makes it more strange is that

Len said something to the effect of “what a great combination, the voice of Wayne Messmer and the lowry organ.”

Weird. I could hear him on my Gameday audio.
Let me get this straight

Len and Bob claimed Howry pitched last night. And pitched perfect.

I simply refuse to believe it. MLB.tv must be acting up again.

he didnt give up a hit...and got the win
Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Maybe Howry’s become Yrwoh.

let's get #7 in a row!!

Go Cubs!

make my weekend in Chicago a successful one.

woohoo....three day weekend!!!
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sue's here!!!!
all day
You've been here all day long

Or could go all day long? I’m confuzzled as usual

I should have

said I’m here for all the game but yeah I can go all day long. :P

Now, that's truly a

TWSS :)

she... wants to rock and roll all night...

and party ev-er-y day…

And they call me Dr. Love.
thats one

one pitch one out

2 pitches 1 out

I like!

lets go rich!
Hey i love that huge sori poster. Lets go take it sometime.
harden is rather quick

Checking in from the future, watching on MLB.tv

here until 3 or so
You'll be here later than that

if the Cubs need you!!!!

rockford is accounted for
In my cube and feelin' no pain.
Ho.
Hey hey hey!

That’s personal escort to you, buddy!

yo!

was JUST about to do this.

Home of the Washington Nationals is here.
I post therefore I am.
ATL checking in
AZ representing in the heezy

(I think I hurt myself saying that)

madison checking in
Late

I hate when work get’s in the way of Cubbies, but down one we can do this….

just returned from volleyball team photos
ONE... unassisted!

Harden pitches, fields…

4 pitches

2 outs

utley

hit in the backside…2 out 1 on

Wow! That fan shot had some material to it!
C'mon Harden
I noticed last night in the 9th

we were pitching Howard in, even though he stands off the plate – to keep him from diving out to get the outside pitch?

yea

he likes to extend those arms and go oppo

Does Ultley have a pulse?
xene

when are we going to steal that poster? think anyone would notice?

we'd go at night. camu.. the whole deal.
nice....we agree i get to keep it
now thats not fair is it?
walk of howard

2 on…lets go richhhh

Cue the Janet Jackson tune - Control!
Some ass is

yelling in the back ground.

yeah ...

let’s hope he loses his voice soon

Or someone decks him
Is BlueMike at the game today?
LOL!

You know I thought of that.

Yeah, he could put the yelling guy in the hospital with one punch.
that would be fun
harden

doesnt really have the feel on the fastball right now

Howard

walks. 2 on, 2 down. Burro (sp?) to the plate.

Come on Richie

throw strikes

so much for his low pitch inning

shut ’em down

Hope this is just a warm up inning for Harden
He WALKED a guy?!??!?

they’re ALREADY standing at Wrigley. It’s the top of the first. It’s still August.

Whew.

1-0 phillies

burrel single

Right where we want them.
damn damn damn
more drama this way
just like last night

and we know how THAT turned out.

i don't see blanton blanking us over 7

even though he pitched well against ‘the other team’ in chicago this year.

and another.

Utley scores. 1-0 Phils.

Agh!

Can someone shut the lights off in Chicago?

k

number 1…1-0 phils bottom 1

can Marshall

go today? How much did he pitch last night?

Len said Marmol

will close today.

sure, but who pitches

the 6-7 if Harden needs to stop?

while we're on break...

what a twerp cubs0505 is… I commend one and all for handling it beautifully.

egg yolk.

What was this, Em?

I must of

missed that. What happened?

blatant violation of no politics rule

so bulk of responses were nonsense

I see his fanpost is gone.

What, did Al delete it remotely?

it's there under recent fan posts

labeled OT: McCain’s VP Pick

No, it's gone now.

It was just there, though. Maybe cubs0505 deleted it himself.

defintely

deleted.

so I see

good on us! Our ridicule worked.

24 pitches

not what we want from him in the first..lets hope he has a couple low pitch innings

Meh

Only 1 run. According to Al, the 3 Cubs who have faced Blanton in the past have all hit him well. Long way to go in this one.

posted this earlier

but a win today will give the cubs more HOME victories than Seattle has TOTAL wins

hmmm interesting stat
Come from behind win #39 coming
it would have been nice to get out of the first without giving up a run today

but im not worried about getting to blanton.

Well

starting off with a Phils run last night worked out awesomely in the end. Perhaps we can get more of the same today?

cubs 58-23

when soriano leadsoff…1 game under when he doesnt

Ohh Cupcakes Blanton

I hope the Cubbies can ring him up like most teams do.

He might fool you and have a few good innings, but he always blows up in the 5th or thereabouts. (I say this from watching all his A’s starts this year)

Glad we have an advanced scout :-)
Heh... I don't think too many A's fans were sad to see him go

although I did enjoy yelling “CUPCAKES!” at the TV all the time when he screwed up

nice trip fonzie
walk

soriano on first..almost hit him in the chest

Harden gave up a run in the 1st.

This game is over. Our season is over. It’s the June Swoon

(oh shit wait, it’s almost September… nevermind…)

always a good since

when the opposing pitcher walks soriano

he almost always scores

knocks on wood

"stop it!, just let me be" - kerry wood
Soriano

that typical lead-off hitter, walks. Was down 0-2 and he worked a good at bat.

He's been acting more leadoffmannish lately.
WOW. 24 pitches for Harden after ONE? Damn.
bad for any pitcher

especially bad for rich

Riot flies out to right.

But was it scrappy?
not really

any Eckstein could have done it.

lee

is due for a monster game

stolen base

for soriano

woo hoo! miffled ball!
I knew he was going, really.
seems like everyone tries to pick sori off now
he's got his legs back
cuz it works?
Soriano steals!

safe at second!

See, this is the problem with Soriano.

What kind of leadoff man draws a walk and then steals second? I mean, come on!

OT but...

I am headed to Vegas on Sunday for three days. Any pointers or hidden treasures I should know about? It’s me and 7 of my friends from high school going. We are staying at the MGM Grand. Thanks in advance!

the pictures

they hand out, of the girls who will come visit you in your room?

Some of them aren’t girls.

Ok

will keep that in mind except that we are all 30 yrs old and women. I don’t think anyone has had a crisis of that kind yet, lol

oh, well.

then here’s a tip:

those guys who give you the beads? they just want to see your, uh, upper womanly bits.

There's a great place to see Cubs games there...

Omelet House…in Summerlin….

The couple is from Chicago, and he’s a rabid Cubs fan….and they have pretty good food also.

I will look it up, thanks!
Harrah's on the strip...

Cheaper tables and looser slots than most of the other, “prettier” strip hotels.

Across the street from the Mirage. My wife won $500 on a quarter there the day before our wedding.

How about Circus Circus?

My sis in law said it was a good place to gamble.

haven't been...

Have just had better luck, personally, at Harrah’s than elsewhere, but I suppose it is all kind of subjective. We started going there because they had $1 drafts. The “free” drinks weren’t coming quite fast enough for us at the other hotels. Also, I’m not quite classy enough yet for the $15-$25 minimums at most of the table on strip over the weekend. Harrah’s has $2-5 craps and blackjack.

I liked handing out at TI as well, but that’s just because I have a thing for pirates.

The mall/shops at Caeser are worth checking out as well. Bellagio has a nice sportsbook.

It is August though, so be prepared to be HOT

yeah, was lookin like 110 degrees or so each day. oh joy!
Love the sports book at the Bellagio

Watched an NBA Finals game in there, had a great time.

that was the first place i went...

when i got off the plane, sort of on accident. nothing like sports gambling and drink at 1 am

good hit ball

jus died out there…soriano to third

seems like the game thread is running much more smoothly today
not for me :(
yes

don’t jinx it. :P

oops! ok, lips are sealed

mandalay has a great sports book, very comfy place to watch the games and races… or just sit in the poker room and watch the game there.

thanks!

it’s kind of exciting to think I coudl place a bet on my favorite team and very likely win!

check out the shops at ceasars

also a few years ago pete rose was doing autographs at one of the memrobelia shops in ceasers… i’m positive he was on the phone w/ his bookie while i was getting my picture taken with him.

there a usually some B lvl atheletes or other celbreties there on a daily basis doing pictures/autographs for $10-$20

100 is an even number
Good to see D. Lee hit it the other way
that's only the second

stolen base against Blanton this year. 165 innings or something like that.

Lee

sac fly to left, Soriano goes to third.

technically

sac flies are only when the runner goes 3rd to home

can anyone explain to me....

…..when a pitcher, like madson (i think) last night, gives up runs and doesn’t record an out, how do they figure that into his era?

Until he records at least ONE out, I believe "infinity"
infinity

the sideways eight

aka a lemniscate

so sue me, I’m a math geek

cool, that has a name
Just add the ER to the ER total

And 0 to the IP total – re-divide

They're not gonna give

Ramirez anything to hit.

Or perhaps they will
Listen to that applause
ground out

back to pitcher

20pitch

inning for blanton…hopefully we can get to that bullpen a lil early tonight haha

Rami

grounds back out to the pitcher. Sori stranded. 1-0 phils.

Wind blowing in from left center

but 1 run will not stand up the way the Cubbies are raking the ball this week.

1 out

flies out to Dome.

fastball today

consistently at 88-89mph

Last couple

90+ so he needs to locate a bit better…

oh my god he must be injured

everyone freak out!

92

on that one and just missed

Blanton

bunts. Ruiz to second. Two outs.

seems like harden

is falling behind a lot of pitchers today

He should take off the 40 lb necklace
maybe that's Hardin's problem today

someone replaced his titanium necklace with one made from cast-iron.

I've fallen behind a few pitchers in my day...

…if ya know what I mean.

usually

one is in front of the pitcher.

Does a pitcher have a front? It's kinda round.
he should tie his shoelaces

he won’t trip as often then.

The Phils are batting more than one pitcher?

This should be easy.

Perhaps

he should try falling in front?

C'mon Harden!
another

walk ..two on two out…doesnt look sharp today at all

Very UnHarden-like

3 BB and 50 pitches in two innings…

Blanton's dilemma: "Real beard? Neckbeard? Real Beard? Neckbeard?"

“How about a compromise?”

yet another example

of really bad baseball player facial hair!

Rollins

walks. This is eerily similar to yesterday.

thank you

sit downnnn

backwards K on the second one, Schmiffty

he went down looking.

oops, didn't catch that

there's a joke in there, somewhere........
Ley's get some runs!!!!!!
48 pitches

through 2…not soo good

Yeah, he's struggling.

Let’s hope for some quick innings or it’s gonna be bullpen time far too soon.

i'm guessing gaudin has to get used

along with anyone else that used to pitch for oakland

yeah at this rate

he wont be around long enough to even QUALIFY for a win.

as long as the team does

I don’t think I care.

with a six game lead

pull him after four if need be

werth-less outfielder

Edmonds

GO to Utley. 1 out.

OMG we're losing 1 to 0! PANIC!
and we have no quality players

on the bench to pinch hit

My window doesn't open

I can’t get to the ledge! What am I gonna do?

break the window???
Edmonds needs to get it going.
Jim Edmonds, past seven days:

.333/.500/.778

He, uh, has it going.

And, before it comes up, Fukudome in the past seven days:

.313/.429/.563

It’s going for Dome, too.

And Lee:

.409/.519/.591

Lee’s hot right now, too.

he can't be

everyone says he needs to be dfad

Just to wrap this up.

Soriano: .357/.438/.500
DeRosa: .444/.483/.963
Soto: .280/.308/.600
Johnson: .300/.333/.350
Theriot: .286/.375/.321

maybe that's how they've won 6 in a row.
Too small a sample. He's 3 for his last 21. No hits in 9 of his last 10 games.
DeRosa

ducks under some chin music.

andnow he Ks

2 outs.

did someone mention this Phils pitcher has a

NO-HIT SHUTOUT going!!!

eh Cuppa sucks, don't worry about it
and a neckbeard.

Aw cmon, he has a very bad billy-goat goatee, but no neckbeard :)
OMG that is gag inducing
TWSS
5/5
Are you keeping track of my TWSS success?
Yes...

…I’m forwarding the data to cwyers so he can create a spreadsheet.

it's your

TSR. TWSS Success Rate.

well, she woulda

if she weren’t, well, you know…

and he's an outstanding citizen

that spends every off day at the childrens hospital

no hits

for cubbies through 2…1-0 phils

Dome

flies out to left. Three outs.

36

for blanton through 2

just got here...

…noticed there’s a no-hit shutout going? what else has been happening in the game?

harden hasnt looked sharp and has almost 50 through 2
Harden is wild and has thrown waaaay too many pitches - walking guys too
whats up with harden today and demp yesterday starting wild?
who knows?

but if we win…

welcome, how's yer weather

harden has no command

gustav is on his way

i’m hoping to evacuate later today. thanks for the update!

good luck...

it’s scary to see that headed for NOLA

Yow, sorry to hear it.

Best of luck!

Not much. Harden doesn't have his control just yet...

but he’l get it. He’ll probably only go 5 though. So the game will be decided in the later innings. You didn’t miss much, I guess…

Harden needs a QUICK inning BIG TIME... like um NOW
k number

3..bye utley

Well done, Rich.

Now two quick GOs, please.

howard

gone….fly out to center

for future reference...

don’t type “howard….gone” anymore….

Howard's End?

(of at bat)

Howard

flies out to a running Edmonds.

1,2,3

inning…burrel k’s…64 pitches through 3

wrigley fields?

what is wrong with parents

couldn't agree more
growing up

our neighbors where the peace family…..so they decided to name their kid reece

you jest, I hope
i wish.....

……they also had double digit pitbulls…..classy family

There was a girl

who played basketball here in Iowa and her name was Fonda Dicks. It’s true.

http://nameoftheyear.blogspot.com/2008/03/2008-noty-first-round-no-5-baffelly-woo.html

it beats naming a child Espn, i suppose
Or...

Amanda Lay
Bud Wiser

Dick Harden...oh wait...
better than the triplets

tequila, sherry, and margarita

or troutfishinginamerica
Much better.

If the Cubs don’t get those bats going I’m going ot fall alseep.

you can't fall asleep

your rallystarting may be needed in an hour

Just yell at me

if I fall asleep.

put yer headphones on :D
2 great changes

to close out the top of the third

Burrel

KS!

Harden back on track, maybe! 1-2-3 inning!

Two runs here.

Calling it.

1 out

blanco pops out to short

Harden: 64 Pitches Thru 3
pitch count only matters if you count the pitches
Blanco

pop-flies out to short. One out.

wtf?

Blanton blocks Harden’s line drive with his FOOT.

sheesh. 2 outs.

Surprised he didn't use his beard.
Does he throw his hands in the air

ala the ivy?

He's got another one
Hockey goalie?

Where’s he from?

he once was on a team with a guy

from canada

no hits

through 3

Sori

Ks. Three outs.

49 Pitches for Blanton
I think we had some late nights from some of these guys.....hmmmn
walk

to leadoff inning

No sweat..........

we have to give up a few more to get these guys where we want them!

1 out

running catch by fukudome and almost a dp

3 out

blanton pop out bottom 4

82 pitches

through 4 for harden…1 more… maybe 2 more innings for him

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