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First Pitch Thread: Cubs vs. Pirates, Sunday 8/3, 1:20 CT

Win this series!

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I'm here at the moment...

...but have to take off pretty soon. May the Cubs score aplenty and the Bucs nary a one.

Go Cubs Go, me hearties!
I'm here

albeit shortly

Present and ready for ACTION.
I'm around

I might even post in some game threads for once, instead of just lurking…

I'm here today, though I might be in and out...
Here at work

will be back here again once I get home a little after two

I'm caught up on TiVo and here (finally)!
QUE: Van Halen Jump Intro

GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE!!!

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

SNELL

LIGHT EM UP

For the trifecta!!!
I'm here...

Go Cubs!

Hello everyone

looks like I got here just in time

YOU KNOW Galvan

is here :)

How ya feelin?
Alot Better

Thanks for asking

Nice anthem by the Messman and his lady...
Messner is great

Only the Yankee stadium guy (whose name escapes me) can compare

the irish guy?

ronan tynan, or something like that, i believe.

Hawks bitching about a call

ITS THE SECOND HITTER OF THE GAME. Hes a tool

hawk complains?

never heard that before…

CHICAGO CUBS BASEBALL IS ON THE AIR!!!
ATTENTION! ATTENTION PLEASE:

Get your Pencils and Scorecards ready as I give you the Correct Line-ups for Today’s Ballgame:

1. L Rivas, 2B .
2. D Mientkiewicz, 1B .
3. N McLouth, CF .
4. R Doumit, C .
5. A LaRoche, 3B .
6. B Moss, LF .
7. S Pearce, RF .
8. J Wilson, SS .
9. I Snell, P

A Soriano, LF .
2. R Theriot, SS .
3. D Lee, 1B .289
4. A Ramirez, 3B .
5. K Fukudome, RF .
6. M DeRosa, 2B .
7. J Edmonds, CF .
8. G Soto, C .
9. C Zambrano, P .

If Sori is batting A

shouldnt Theriot be batting B?

My English teacher told me

when making an outline, “If you have a 1, you’ve gotta have a 2; if you’ve got a A, you’ve gotta have a B.”

Yeah, but your English teacher doesn't know squat....

about baseball.

Go Carlos!

Thank you..

signed: Pat Piper..

Lets do this...get this W
Good luck Z!!!!
Don't like the blue jerseys..

but if it helps Z, then I’m all for it.

I've heard that people don't like them. Why not?

I’ve always liked them second to the traditional Cub pinstripes.

They look amateurish to me
Blue pinstrikes and road grays look more professional
I think I'm in the minority...

most here like them I think…reminds me too much of softball jerseys…

Was that Al? Leaning up against the back fence?
No
I kinda just threw that up there

I dont even know what he looks like lol

nice....

way in the LF corner seats.

I'm going to see

if I can work, watch the game, and blog all at the same time…because I really really should be working.

good luck with that.
I have an airport pick up at 330

DAMNIT. Have to leave by 3

Friend/Family at airport

PICK EM UP

LOL
nice

the girlfriend is back…she was away for 8 days. I love her and the time away :)

Cool - hope she doesn't read that last part, though!
And while your at it...

Make some cole slaw please…i’m hungry..:)

lol! the cabbage is in the fridge, ready for the next batch
Ha..awsome!

A friend brought me some walleye he caught in Canada, the slaw would be perfect with it…

A triple threat!!That should increase your BCB value!!!

If you can pull that off, you're the star of BCB.

I think a lot of us have tried it and given up!

Hope it works

out for you.

The Button report!

Brought to you by Len Kasper and Bob Brenly

Perhaps we should send them a BCB sewing kit?
Z is up to about 20 pitches this inning.
An excellent analysis on our team's outlook for the rest of the season:

HERE HERE HERE

Dan

(new window)

The guy should proof read

The Cubs are the best team in the NATION league.

Yeah, I saw that too. Oh well.
good job though
crapola.... the Sori we know and love
Why would Theriot make that throw....

the man is scared to dive in LF

haha
Do you have the pirate graybar on your site too?
Good afternoon everybody
So they get a run on crap....

Z gives up a 2 out, 2 strike walk, and then the old Sori on defense resurfaces.

Ugh!

nice!

soriano’s a stud

hahahahahah

look who’s back

wow a troll from Pirate land
Were these trolls here late yesterday during the game?

I doubt it. Must be no one on the Bucs blog. Nothing to cheer for?

I predict won't be here for long today either....
He was here yesterday.

Calling the players names is one of his specialties.

and I didn't say anything here yesterday....
Seriously, no one on the Pirates blog?

Are you their only fan?

Sad.

nah

there are people on there too. But we don’t need like 50 threads per game so this is worth a look

Do you love that new stadium?

Its a little too far for me to get to but looks amazing.

It is.

but the atmosphere is awful as you would expect. I was at Wrigley in April and that was like 50x better.

Thats what I kinda figured.

That back drop with the rivers and city is great.

I live down the street from Wrigley and the atmosphere is always great. I can hear it and it spoils whats gonna happen——damn delay.

I would give many, many things to say "I live down the street from Wrigley"
We have a sweet house too.

not to brag…im just a renter.

built in 1897
awesome

that’s one of the reasons I loved it. The neighborhood is just so cool.

Yeah man I don't care

the par-tay’s over here at BCB anyway!

I wasn't talking about you.

I was talking about tarbox

Pirates have fans? And trolls?
I don't think he's a Bucs fan.

Check his profile: Probably a Brewers guy.

not being a troll...

but I was watching your conversation during yesterday’s game and the reactions to this guy were admittedly hilarious.

monkey-milker
That guy is the most recent tool on this site
i was the first.
you aren't a tool

but he definitely is.

All Hammers are tools ITS A FACT
gotcha...took a while

but I got it.

I find your choice of words, "too", ironic, sue, for a guy named "Hammer"
"tool"
Yeah I'm really

tired today…..a littls slow.

I kinda find him entertaining, actually.
agreed

they all are.

Better than the Gay Jesus dude...

that guy was way out there..

I missed that one.
Lucky for you...

worst I’ve seen since I’ve been here…

sounds like I am lucky then
For real...

fastest ban I’ve seen…he came on late at night and by morning all his posts were deleted by Al.

I saw everyone talking

about it this past week right?

good thing
yes

that guy was by far the worst jerk that has made a scene on BCB since I have been here.

Damn you people

wish there was a link sounds like funny stuff.

This dude wasn't too funny

If Al deleted him it had to be bad.

it wasn't. it was gross
he was scary awful
No big deal

come on offense.

gotta score 1 to win anyways...
Fonzie reminded me of myself going after a ball like that

when I was 9

well hey

that was a really tough ball to get in front of

Unfortunate run but we need more than one to win anyways....

just keep out of tons of dumb mistakes like that…...we are fine…..

LINE DRIVE DOWN THE LEFT FIELD LINE

......foul!!!!!

Sori HR

would make up for that error jsut fine

nice hit by scrappy doo
Theriot to left?
THERIOT SINGLES? NO WAY!!
you guys diss theriot

but he’s far and away the best hitter on your favorite team

Len talks about DP Lee and guess what will probably happen...

dang it Len…stop it!!

He'll

take a walk?

Im gonna go with a 1 out walk
good guess
+1 I wish he would stop talking about it
He's an analyst what do you expect him to do?

go back to the “button report” LOL

ok, make Snell pay Aram!
Keep jacking up that pitch count

would love to get to the Pirates bullpen early

Right Fielder is really playing DOME to left center

WOW. Im guessing theyll pitch him away

most of Fukudome K's occur because of the away pitch
steve pearce isn't a very good right fielder

there’s a chance he’s just confused.

he's just new

shortcoming is the hitting…he’s actually pretty good out there

i've watched him for a while now

he should be at first. his defense leaves a bit to be desired.

Isn't he a first baseman

that they’ve moved to right field?

yes

but that was at the start of last year

he actually played the first half of this year in rf

then the pirates let him play first for the last month or so in indianapolis

You know

They let the men go topless at the games….

Why not let some of the girls do that once and a while?

+1

Especially the cold games. Ok, Ill stop.

+1

I say that purely in the interest of gender equality.

That means u take the good with the bad....
just

WOW

Just saying there would be some people we wished would keep their shirts on....
I prefer the men NOT go topless

only 1 in 9887655778273678273565987 can carry it off. The rest… well… it’s kinda like that Bud ad.

I dont even think there are that many people

On the planet :)

Is DeRo the "1"???
Soto, my friend. Soto.
bet you could shave his number into his chest

which we did in highschool to our leftfielder (he was a hairy bastard—he was known as “Beard”)

I'd take either... :-)
Relatively high pitch counts for both starters in the first inning so far...
DRAT!!!! Oh well....we are on to this guy......stay calm Big Z and we will get some runs!!!
Part of me feels bad for Snell...

...it’s young guys like this that get their confidence and mentality broken by being on such crappy teams. This guy would be a easy #2 on even a mediocre team.

76 Pitches through 4 for Sheets

Brewers Trail Atlanta 2 – 0

Is he giving up hits or walks or both?
The humidity must have come out of nowhere.
That ball was killed
Ummmm....that isn't supposed to happen.....methinks this might be a bad day....

who is Moss??????????

Don't think we're close to that yet.

This team is pretty resilient. And we’re not playing a pitcher who’s going to keep us down all day.

is it tough

to lose 2 of 3 to the pirates?

Wouldnt know that its the 2nd inning.
Bad stats on WGN...

Brandon Moss hit at least one home run with the Red Sox (on opening day). That was his first witht the Pirates.

Ummm....Big Z...these are scrubs dude....you must smoke them.....

not allow them to smack you around….come on….get it back please…...don’t lose your composure…..

Why do I feel like being 2 runs down to the Pirates isn't really...a big deal?
I agree

its not. A guy that walks a lot of hitters to the Cub lineup may not fair well.

considering the 5 runs

the cubs have managed in two games vs. the pirates this weekend, i don’t know why you feel that way

Why do I feel like flagging you every time I see your posts?
Because he's a troll
trolls work on Sundays?
lmfao

The Cubs have scored the most runs in the NL and have dominated the Pirates all year. 2 games vs the whole season of pounding? Hmmm…..

And the Pirates have now scored what? 5 or 6?

especially in the 2nd inning.
+1

I don’t want to be cocky, but I don’t think it’s time to get crazy.

It's not a big deal

lots of baseball yet to play

Because more often than not the Cubs score about 5 runs

and the Pirate don’t?

I would step in here and say

that the Pirates offense is actually good…the pitching just sucks

but now we traded bay and X that might not be the case…

plus Ad. LaRoche and Sanchez are hurt.

nice to see the early lead though

Pirate fan?

I didnt think you guys existed.

Yeah but he's been nice
I know, just messing with him

I dont mind the Pirates at all. I wish their ownership would allow them to become more competitive though.

The pirate ownership scammed the taxpayers into building a new stadium,

and then continues to be cheap by not signing the best available players in the draft and keeping their own good players that they develop. This is definitely bad for baseball.

Scamming the taxpayers

Is par for the course these days. Even if there’s a pretense of private funding, the owners get ginormous tax breaks and other deals from the local government, which takes the taxpayer money as well, just not as prominently

My sympathies to Pirate fans,

they deserve better than the product that their cheap ownership has put on the field.

What's the word on the trades?

Was Bay and Xaiver just going to be too expensive for the Bucs to pay em?

no

they aren’t FA’s until after next year.

They were both at their highest possible value and we need pitching. Badly.

And our minor league system is unbelievably bad. Even with all those high draft picks….it is.

Most intelligent fans are actually pretty happy with the moves

I thought

Moss was a really nice pick up

That's good. I don't mind the Bucs...

...and don’t appreciate shitty ownership. I’d rather see the Pirates do well and we have to compete against that, rather than with an incompetent owner and managemnet.

Dan

I got my ass chewed

for using that word. Hope you have better luck with it.

Ahhh. Wasn't trying to cause problems, just came out. Slip up here-n-there ususally isn't a big deal. Whoops.
it's a little more liberal in the game threads

the main posts are where you need to be cognizant

Whats up with Gorzelanny?

He used to play in an Independent League around my area. I’ve liked the guy ever since

injury?

Some have also questioned work ethic. But it’s crazy, he was so good last year and he couldn’t get anyone out this year.

Pirates pitching

seems to have that problem. Snell and Duke come to mind. Could be worse though, Matt Morris could still be pitching

After today, I wish the Bucs all the luck

Baseball fans in the ‘Burgh deserve better. At least they have a great ballpark and live in a vastly underrated city.

Believe he was sent to AAA as he was really bad this year.

Something happened in the 2nd half of last year. He was good in the first half and has been bad since. Maybe the league caught up with him?

Fair enough

I see they are 5th in the NL in runs scored.

we're alright

we will score at least 4 today, time for Z to get in a rhythm

2 runs

is nothing, considering Snell is on the mound

We are only down 2-0 to a minor league team so no biggie.....
Not to mention the fact that this is our best possible lineup today

We have all of our best hitters playing

Why does WCIU get to braodcast any games???? Isn't it a public access channel???
Think the game tomorrow night is on the Red Sox Network...

i.e., ESPN.

will chicago market get to see espn game tomorrow night with it being on wciu?
Anyone who doesn't

get WCIU should be able to get the game on ESPN. That’s how it’s worked before.

k thanks

live in indy

just able to tune in...Z shaky?
doesnt have his best control yet,

a walk, a hit and an error scored the first, and a home run scored the 2nd

gotcha, thanks! at the plate we look patient, good sign
Weird...., first run a cheapie on a Soriano error, second on a well-hit dinger.
No..

Just another crappy station that shows mostly reruns.

DeRo!

let’s get going offense!

runner in scoring position
Heres my take

Snell wont get out of the 5th inning.

that's happened 7 times to him this year

might as well make it 8

Nice to have a great hitter hitting 9th
2-1

Cubs!!

GEO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That’s my guy!!!!!

BRING 'EM IN ZZZZZZZZZZ
2-1, soto brings DeRo home!
The trolls are back under the bridge
Soto!!!! Still no outs......Big Z will either get a RBI or bust his bat against his knee!!!
Awwright

still nobody out!

Note the arm in RF. Is he always that accurate?
awfully quiet on here today!
not that quiet.

it seems lots of “negative nancys” hanging around. :-)

sort of amusing.

Atlanta 3 Brewers 0.....go Bravos!!!!
I was in the bleachers last year

where the whole stadium was doing the tomahawk chop—-its was crazy.

I was there

was awesome, was my wifes first ever cubs game

Weren't they just doing that to make DeRo feel at home?
don't think so
go Brewers!

Yeah, Brewers rule!

LETS GO

Z!!!!!!!!!!

Haha

Ron: Zambrano will be swinging away

Any contact

should score a run here

DP Z!!

damn

but it did get a run int

2-2

Damn DP

TWSS!!!!
I've always thought TWSS on a DPs is a bit of a stretch

just sayin’....

2 - 2

LETS GO SORI!!!!!!!!!!!!

DP scores the tying run.....Z is both happy and pissed.....will he break the bat just a little???
no, but he almost broke the base!
I love Z
Love how he plays to win in every aspect of the game!
he was hussling too...big man can move a bit
Hope Carlos didn't wear himself out.

Gotta love the effort and the desire.

Manny Ramirez, take note.

Luckily Sori got a hit to get him some more bench time
Ice cold ammonia towels......mmmmmmmm.......
really? It sounds awful

but never having experienced it…

no twssing :D

It probably feels

pretty good for them.

bloop single into CF for Sori
Snell @ 45 pitches
atta boy, fonzi!

way to stretch out the inning

Keep the hits coming, Riot
Balk by the first baseman

Theyd never call it but you need to have both feet in fair territory.

you have a golden eye

for the balk dont ya?

Umpire for 14 years----since I was 13
wait

You can call balks on people other than the pitcher?

news to me

but I will take his word for it

Field balks...

I personally have only seen it called once. (By my brother—-he changed it to a warning)

how does the field balk rule work?
What's the temperature at Wrigley today?
not sure but I have my windows open.
"Feels like" 109 here in Kansas, and it was 114 yesterday
Cooler in Denver today, only 93...
81... it's a nice day
Back to even steven!!!! Keep the pressure on Snell and he will implode....

Just chill Z…....

White Sox losing 6 nothing

Hawk Harrelson has disappeared and is now fighing with the 1B umpire

Idk why the Sox got Griffey

That trade made no absolute sense.

LOL!! wouldn't surprise me
I know some people on here root for the White Sox.

I lost all respect for most Sox fans some time back, and now, I hope they lose early, late and often.

+1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
I cant stand the White Sox

I am also a Twins fan though….....

Didnt he challange a fight with one of the brewers in the 90’s?

Paging DrCrawdad...
I don't know what kind of Dr he is

...but I wouldn’t let the guy take out my garbage.

He really annoys me But every White Sux fan pretty much does.

I guess we won't get a house call from the Dr today
Sure we will.

He can’t help himself.

Am I the only one of thinks Moss looks... with the tight sleeves?
flamboyant?
I didn't want to say "homo"
what if he were?
than his attire

would make sense. Not that there is anything wrong with that

Seriously, what does that have to do with what kind of baseball player he is?
Maybe he is.

I was just making an observation that I’ve noticed the past 3 games.

McLouth = Scraptaclous
But, our SS is the essence of "scrapyness".
whats

wrong with that?

Meant it as a compliment.
Carlos

at 50 pitches

That play was scrappy.
Let's get some runs!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice to see Kerry pitching there.
Whoever said they

thought Fox pitched a simulated game today he did indeed pitch one.

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