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this one would be tough to lose
TROLL LEAVE US THE F ALONE!!
wow, how was that trolling?
He's a troll man, trust us
RJ and Sori

chase the troll away. Valiant knights of the Cubs slay the benighted troll of Pitt.

I've been waiting for you Horace. Where you been?

Only showing up when your team is going good. If you had an ounce of class, you would have blogged the whole game with us.

You’re pond scum.

Yeah, we did have that one Pirates fan here most of the game, and he was nice
yes it would be

too bad it’s not going to happen (for you its too bad)

Go Cubs!!!

Looks like we have a close one here!!!

chance to gain a game on the brewers

and piss it away?

Seriously, the negativity gets a little old.
TROLL TROLL TROLL TROLL TROLL TROLL TROLL TROLL TROLL TROLL
Horace: don't piss into the wind without a raincoat
Whore-ass is probably gone for the year

now…. Or do we play the Pirates anymore?

whore-ass...lol
One more series...
One more series against them.
we need a Homerun Race

between Sori and Aram

If Soriano hadn't been hurt it wouldn't be a race

He is on a 162 game pace of 45 homers and 110 RBI

Yup

hopefully it can bring a little friendly competion

You know, that's why this team so so special,

EVERYONE contributes!

RJ and Soriano say shove it Pirates!

Lets get this win 3 outs to go!

my call for the field goal in the bottom of the 8th got answered

...now let’s put it away, Carlos.

Nice work

Wanna go to Vegas? NFL season is right around the corner …

White Castle Time!!!
don't you know that the cubs are back up

3 run lead is back!!

Soriano is the king of insurance runs

And Piniella is the king of PH match-ups

goodness, that was a fun inning!
I turned it on right for RJ's dinger. Nice timing.
Marmol definitely gotta come in here?
Yes, we don't want to let this slip away. It's a genuine save situation.
Just before Reed Johnson came up to the plate, I was about to post that

Sean Burnett (who had just come into the game) was 0-1 with a 4.25 ERA and he should be hittable.

Well, I guess he was indeed pretty hittable.

How many guys have had big, late-inning HRs this year?

DeRo against the Rockies
RJ today
Ramy has a walk-off
Sori’s hit a couple

I’m sure I’ve missed some…

It’s a different guy every day, that’s what makes this a team.

exactly, we don't have to sit around and wait for a Pujols or a Ortiz to come up
I just watched that Rockies comeback game on TiVo today....

Hank White with 2 run shot, JEdmonds with homer and Double, and DeRo with the game winner, all in the 6th and 7th innings…

Also, Eyre was really good in that game. Every day is a new hero…one guy fails, someone else picks him up….a special, special team…

no love for Freddy
PAGING HORACE TARBUCK, PAGING HORACE TARBUCK!!

How about it, you piece of crap!

His head is currently between his legs. Don't disturb him...
I think he started the game that way.
OK. Let's not compare Ryan Braun to an elf. Let's compare your brain size to an elf's instead.
Go Cubs!!!

K!!!

I believe that was BACKWARDSSSSSS
Sanchez had a little temper tantrum there.

As Horace Tarbox says: this is a tough game to lose for the Bucs.

CUBS WIN!!!!!!!!!
WE WIN WE WINNNNNNNNNNNNNN
CUBS WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes!!

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awww Milton I love your reassuring face
If I ever ran into Milton at Wrigley

I’d treat him like a celebrity. It’ll prolly freak him out. Strange woman rushing up and giving him a big hug.

He's be like...wtf?

and then get a big grin on his face.

I look forward to this Bump Bailey's post every day!
Hopefully we post him a lot in October too!
22 GAMES OVER .500!! HIGH WATER MARK OF THE YEAR!!

*

High water mark of the season so far

when was last time over 22 games
Usually when we say high water mark, it means the highest that the 'water' got for the entire event

Just saying that we will go above 22 games over .500 later in the season

sorry BIG Z
would have been nice to get him

the Win, but a cubs win is the important thing

fly it and sing it! cubs win!!!!
Fly it!

go Cubs go!!

5 games up....keep the pressure on!
"Now I see the funny side. Now I'm always smiling!"


CUBS WIN!!!!!

where did you find this
Can't remember what the site was

some random blog I happened upon yesterday…had to save it just for a moment like this!

Ya, this is epic
gained that game back on Mulehockey
though Z did not get the win, this was a nice MoJo builder.

this team just has a lot of character!

The scorer could give the win to Z

as neither Cotts or Gaudin deserved it. Most likely it should go to The Shark. It is his decision.

Wha?

Isn’t it Gaudin W and Marmol S?

Up to the official Scorer.

I didn’t hear who he gave it to. But if he decided that Gaudin didn’t pitch well enough to deserve the win he could give it to someone else. It isn’t done often but it is within his power. I’m not sure of he decision he made.

That's really rare...

but I see your point..

This is not an official scorer's decision

Gaudin gets the W because he was the pitcher of record when the winning run scored

No. Gaudin was the pitcher of record.

Gaudin was the pitcher of record when the Cubs took the lead. He vultured the win.

No, I think it has to go to Gaudin.

He was the “pitcher of record” when RJ hit the HR.

Correct. No discretion to scorer

(except when starter goes less than 5 and the team was up the whole time)

Gaudin now with 4 wins...3 more than Harden

That is just crazy…

Gaudin is 3-1
Yeah, like I said..

Gaudin now with 3 wins… ;-)

ahh...you're right...
didn't see your post

when I responded to above

Is listening to Joe Morg$$ a prerquisite to joining your thread??
maybe not...

listening to people complain about his ABSOLUTE stupidity is. lol

Go Cubs Go!

Yeah and a 5 game lead on the amazing Brewers squad.

Astros up next

And they just swept a slumping Mets team. Dempster/Harden/Marquis. Could be interesting.

Revenge!

Time to get those Stros!

Hate the Astros more than the Drake....

Could be a tough test….

Will we see Oswalt?
No Oswalt
Moehler-Rodriguez-Backe

The same rotation the Cubs saw in Houston right after the ASB.

Except we are at home this time

They better be ready for some revenge.

He pitched yesterday...

but I wouldn’t mind facing him. He’s been pretty sucky this year so far.

Its crazy the things we do at home

Blow leads only to get them back. Spot a team runs just to make a comeback. It sure is fun as hell!

Thank you, Blue Jays

your cut is our gain

22 over .500

and now we start the journey to 25 over .500.

Go Cubs!!

must be nice

to have that huge payroll. just spend more than the other team. that’s the best way to run a club.

is that the best you got??
Whine

Would you like a little cheese with that whine?

Actually that is the best way to run a club.
the roster

The roster is still quite a bit homegrown either by growing themselves or using our young players to get something we needed.

the only high priced free agents we have are Soriano and Fukudome.

And ramirez and lee, sort of

I regard huge extensions for guys you traded for to be essentially the same.

The Yankees had the best approach in the late 90s early 2000s

Homegrown talent built around some big free agents

Why don't you go over to the other BCB? You're signed up there too.
And the hero today

was a guy the Cubs got off the scrap heap from Toronto.

Please prepare a little better than that.

LOLOLOLOL

Thanks for the giggles, Horace, it’s been real.

Just wanted to say thanks for Ramirez...IIRC, y'all didn't HAVE to trade him....
ya your right, id rather do it the right way and hope to god the prospects turn out good

or else wait another 10 years for little success

Ummm.....

We’re paying RJ the league minimum. Marmol, too. Soto, too.

BTW, the Pirates could have signed RJ—he was a FA..

Must be hard

to root for a team with a pinch penny owner who staffs his club with idiots who can’t build from within. Look at Oakland for a team that has a small budget and still is competitive.

or the Marlins

lowest payroll in baseball and hovering around the top of the NL East

are you still basking in the "golden shower" you gave yourself?
Horace, treating us to the MLB equivalent of "oh yeah?"

Isn’t it time for your medication?

It's not how much...

It’s how you spend it that determines success.

Guys

Guys did you ever think we’d see a day when other teams whined about the Cubs payroll?

Just saw the RJ replay on gameday

First person to high-five him in the dugout was Edmonds. Shows just how much of a team this is. Guy has your job half the time and you can don’t give it a second thought.

Ooooh, that's neat. Thanks for the info, Mizzou
See MU and kU can get along, at least until Arrowhead Pt. 2
Don't lowercase our "K"! How disrespectful!!
Seriously, the Johnson/Edmonds platoon has contributed to a number of wins....

It is ridiculous how good Edmonds is against righties and Johnson is against lefties.

Platoon

Thats what platoons are for.

I'm aware of what a platoon is...

...I was commenting on how good this particular platoon has been…

Hit post

Hit post too soon meant to add and for once for the Cubs it’s working.

Ah...no problem....
absolutely right - great combo
Rings

If we win it all this year I really can’t think of anyone on the current 25 man or our DL man who wouldn’t completely deserve their ring.

Throw in a few front office people as well.

Lil early...but you're right, this is a T-E-A-M
talk to me if you ever

go to the world series. i’m sure read johanssen will get you there.

who are you? and nice loss by whatever team you support
Can't anybody swat this gnat?

Or should we just make a pact to ignore him.

Why

Why do I have a feeling if Al does an ISP check it will be the same as our friend Gay Jesus from the other day>

Is that the same guy "Mikey" who tried to flame Al???
Not sure

Not sure but the guy was posting pictures of men getting happy together,

I hate games on CSN.

I have to watch on MLB.TV, and they don’t even show the sign-off, let alone the post-game show.

Boo MLB.TV

Changes needed:

-Pre and post game shows
-Choice of home/away feeds
-Highlight clips – no need to edit them so brutally. For a home run clip, don’t start it right when the pitch is delivered. Build up to it for 10 or 20 seconds – provide some context!
-Leave camera on field between innings instead of showing the same promos 50 times per game and/or a staionary MLB.TV logo for 90 seconds. And no, don’t start showing ads.

I love it.

Trolls that bring up the WS are trolls that have just gotten their asses kicked.

Okay, how should I contact you? Where is your cave located?
Read Johanssen?

If your going to be a stupid troll at least come close to getting the name right, Next thing you’ll know he’ll be talking about Kerry WoodS.

I think your grandma just called. She wants her handkerchief back.
Boo Hoo.

Life is so hard. Go on down to the market for a Pimanti’s sandwich and stuff yourself to make up for you failings. I feel so bad for the poor Pirates. Just like people did for the poor Brownies.

He's a Brewers troll

which makes this even more lame.

Yeah Poor Milwaukee

First you steal the Braves and don’t support them. Then you steal the Pilots and don’t support them. And then you complain about other teams who beat yours having to high a payroll. I guess getting CC and Durham wan’t the key to the pennant.

We're talking to you now, Turdbox. And the Cubs own your team.
the hebrew hammer

will dominate this division for the next ten years

Jason Marquis?
I think Mr. Crybaby means Ryan Braun.
Ha ha. Not with Ned Yost as his boss :-)
I hope you're right! His defense is so brilliant I hope he's in LF for a loooooooong time!
You mean Dobby the elf

Didn’t he suck something major against the Cubs this week. Bunch of sore losers who couldn’t take the ass kicking they got. Your bush league manager had to turn to throwing at Edmonds and Prince threw a little baby hissy fit.

Dude, DOBBY? I LOVE THE HP REFERENCE! BLOODY BRILLIANT!
I could see trolling here if the Cubs were playing the Brewers today

but this is kind of lame. You hate the Cubs more than you love the Brewers. That’s sad.

You're kidding me. This guy roots for the Brewers??

If that’s the case, he’s really got to get a life. I mean, I hate the Cardinals, but I don’t spend time on their blog, hoping to taunt their fans.

That’s just sad. Just sad.

By the way, the Bucs fan that was posting on her (avatar was the Jolly Roger) was Ok, and he’s welcome back anytime in my book.

Two things

First, I don’t know if HT is a said “Brewers fan”. He doesn’t have any posts over at the other BCB last time I looked.

And second, yes, that Pirates fan was very nice and fun to talk to.

Let's ask him

Horace, are you a Brewers fan? Because I can see how a brewers troll would be more motivated than a Pirates troll, since the Brewers are contending. (And since you signed up the Brewers blog and not the Pirates one.)

see below

He is talking a lot of pro Brewers stuff… So I would say yes….Even more pitiful than if he was a Pirates troll

Sweet.

So what’s the pitching staff look like next year? Oh BTW, Zambrano and Harden looks to be a nice combo for years to come!

Hey now Sheets and CC will be a nice combo

for the Yankees

Haha. That shut him up.
maybe they can sign CC
Don't you mean the Kosher Butcher?

By the way he misplays fly balls?

your anti-semitic comments are unwelcome

comparing a jewish man to an elf is out of line

Pretty sure if we were to compare

“Unwelcomeness” and “Out of lines”, you would come out ahead, HT. And I don’t think he was making any comment out of line, just a facial comparison.

Dan

No were talking about how C.C. wears the pants in the relationship with Prince.
No one cares about braun or the brewers

Thanks for letting us borrow your park for the week though, we know your team can’t use it properly. Enjoy sheets and sabathia for 2 more months though, seriously.

Sorry, Dyson. Wouldn't want to upset ya.
I'm gettin outta here.

Good game to all. Nice to see another team win, and nice to see Z and Shark and Marmol look nasty. I feel good about where we are right now. Have a good night, all.

Dan

Later Dan..

Have a good one!

I'm just going to ignore the crybaby tarbox and leave. Great game, all!!!!
Samardzija and Howry

Does anyone else think every time Jeff goes out there he’s nailing another nail in Howry’s coffin?

Howry has his own nails and hammer.
But we needed

But we needed a person to do the hammering and nailing.

If Jeff gets a few more good ones in before Kerry returns I think Howry will be told to take a later bus when Kerry’s activated.

Does anyone think playing in front of 100,000 at Notre Dame helps him deal with the pressure?

If Samardzjia keep this up, he's locking down 7th inning duties...

...and I’m guessing that Howry is not back next year, particularly if Guzman and Hill can come all the way back.

Howry is a FA next year

doubt the Cubs will resign him

melvin

will sign sabathia. not sheets though. too many injuries.

Wait I thought spending money wasn't a good way to form a baseball team.

Enjoy your draft picks

Hey LaPorta is on the US Olympic team

Oh…forgot…he’s no longer a Brewer

CC

I think the actress who played CC on The Nanny is as likely to pitch for the Brewers as CC Sabathia next year.

Haha. You're a funny one.

Who plays first when Fielder bolts?

Sorry Ned screwed up Gallardo’s knee.

Really Dyson? Will Melvin be the GM of the Dodgers then?
good joke, the brewers will never win a bidding war, and the way our 26th man Ned Yost

is abusing his arm, he should be pretty useless come next year, if he’s able to pitch at all

More likely to sign

Matt Clement.

CC

loves milwaukee already.

Too bad he can't beat the only good team he has faced

Who has he beaten? rockies, braves, weak cardinal offense, reds. But when he faces the cubs he wilts

Dyson, you are begging...

The only CC you might have in your rotation next year is Chris Capuano.

Is it because he gets to sleep with his boy Prince?
We all love Brats

and bad beer. Isn’t that what Milwaukee is famous for?

and being chicago's playground
Feel bad

Feel bad for Brewers fans. Not only did their team lose 5 games in the standings in 7 days but at the end of the day they still live in Milwaukee.

Well

Well theres a lot of sausage there and guessing by his size he probably likes sausage a lot.

I'm sure he had a great time on monday

and an even better time the rest of that series.

too bad

we have a far superior farm system

too bad we have a far superior major league team
And a better GM

And a better GM and Manager.

Dyson, Congrats on those A, AA, and AAA championships your affiliates might win...

It will more than make up for the Brew Crew finishing third.

Your running out of things to say

I would say you are seeing our farm system developed in front of your eyes. Riot, Marmol, Soto, Z, Fontenot. The Brewers system is farther behind in development.

Horace, from reading your posts, you're a .22 caliber mind....

in a .357 magnum world.

isn't your AAA team about 15-20 games behind the Iowa Cubs?

but who is counting?

...do we have any parting gifts for this poor soul?

Our farm system won't be too far behind.

We definitely have superior farm pitching. Couple of elite guys. I don’t think they have a guy with the potential of Vitters. Gamel’s got nothing on Vitters.

People we've had one of the best weeks of being a Cubs fan

and the best you can do is argue with troll. Lets enjoy the moment…....... these weekks don’t come around very often!!!!

Agree

I’m having fun toiling with the troll but agree on the great week.

I am enjoying it too.

Though he is pretty weak…

I like to argue with trolls
nij232 when is the last week you enjoyed cubs baseball this much

mine would be winning the series to get th NLCS.

2-3-4 of the NLCS no question
prolly right..

I tend to block out the NLCS all together. LOL

Funny that you bring that up

This is a strange road to put us on, but I recently saw the Sosa homer from game 1 of the NLCS. You can hear the radio booth going nuts on the TV. and that is all I have to say about that.

It's been an awesome

week and I hope it continues for many more weeks to come.

+1

and that Z, Harden, Demp, and Lilly are healthy for the playoffs…

bump

hows your reading going?

Finished Moneyball for the 2nd time...

and getting into 3 Nights In August now. How about you?

I read the first 20 pages online of It's Good to be Alive by Roy Campanella

I have reserved at library. It seems awesome.

Oh I hope they are
This is getting Silly

we’ll see what happens in September and October. Otherwise it is a lot of hot air and we have enough global warming going on from Bullshit.

yep agreeing w/ bubba
Ta Ta for now.

Go Cubs Go!

And

And today the Sox fell out of first place.

They will be back

That being said the Twins finally got a clue and brought up their best pitcher.

Best thing

Best thing was on tv Mariotti was predicting the Sox would stay and build a lead while the Cubs fell on their butts.

What a shocker. He said the opposite of what everybody else was thinking.
Frosting on the cake.

Sorry if I got heated up by the troll. I bit on all the juvenile stuff. Ignoring him is probably the best policy.

That's the beauty of the Cubs having such a great team...

I hadn’t even noticed!

How soon

How soon til the media boobs start a closer controversey?

They’re already having a grand time being as stupid as possible on the QB controversey with the Bears. (wouldn’t it be nice if the guys in that one were even half as good as Marmol and Wood comparitvely?)

I'm sure Lou will just flip a coin
Just looking at Reed

makes me smile. He and Jimmy have both brought so much to this team. This team seems to have such good chemistry too. Gawd, I love it.

Yes I love

Yes I love this team too

Bwhhahhhhhaaaaaaa
Listening to Reed on radio

He talked about how he thinks everything happens for a reason. Had he not hurt his back he would like still be a bluejay and the Cubs are by far the best team he’s ever been on.

He has to be ecstatic....

...that he’s playing on grass instead of the turf. Look at what it did for Dawson…

I'm not surprised

he got a standing ovation in his first AB when we played in Toronto. What’s not to love about the guy?

Time for me to go. See you all tomorrow.
I will have a Cardinals vs Phillies Sunday Night Baseball

Game Thread tonight given the race is now starting to heat up somewhat.

So if you’d like catch the game stop if have a laugh or two and watch and blog the Phillies vs Cards Tilt

great idea!

I’ll be there. :)

I hate when WGN has the games...

their postgame is like 5 minutes long, and now it’s freakin’ Will & Grace! I miss Plesac and his Big Blue Train!

can you get 720 ?

they are having post game… but they are going to take callers. I think they screen to get people saying nasty things lol

PS I HATE Will and Grace. It would rate as one of my lease favorite shows.

Yeah I get 720

but it’s more fun to watch the video highlights. Although hearing Ron go nuts is pretty entertaining…

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