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First Pitch Thread: Cubs vs. Phillies, Sunday 8/31, 1:20 CT

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Let's take this series!!!!
WOOHOO

Lucky thread!

I sure hope so.
alright!

here we go!

LET'S GO CUBBIES
All this talk about birthdays

Mine is on the home opener of the MIL series. Oh, yeah, we’ll win it. It’s kismet.

Thanks Sue..

Couldn’t find the thread on the main page…

you're welcome
Marshall Plan:

Cubs score early & often and Marshall pitches well.

Let’s do this!

+1

The name of today’s game—run support

hear, hear
I've got less than 2 hours left in Chicago so I am hoping for a quick &

decisive victory for the Cubs.

+1

What a gorgeous day!

it was a GREAT/beautiful morning.

I am already at the airport. :-(

Have a safe flight.
A peek at the out-of town scoreboard

MIL: 1
PIT: 0
Bot. 3

STL:0
HOU: 0
Bot. 1

Sabathia's pitching

Yeah, good luck with that, Bucs

He's due to be lit up..

Maybe not today though.

could be just like last weekend

wait him out, get to the bullpen, then score. of course, the bucs would need to win in extras this time…

Something's wrong...

I’m here in a game thread on time…

Shit. There goes the party
Sorry I blew it for you... :-)
Wind's blowing in...
There goes the perfect game...
2 down
party pooper

I’m stuck on mlb.tv delay

We are all ruining your party today, aren't we?
There ya go--the first K is the toughest
gah

it’s like they have a script that gets followed every game!

well it worked the first two games

when the cubs went ahead first, they would up losing

unfortunately

it now looks like yesterday’s script, not the day before

yeah, it's starting to look very 'cottsian'

if i do say so myself

Well, looks like another

come-from-behind win today

Well, thanks for coming out folks

That’s the ballgame!

these top 5-6 hitters on Philly are very tough. no easy outs.

I’ll still take our full line-up day in and day out, however.

Is Z unavailable? :-)

Sean doesn’t seem to have it so far.

CC walks the first batter of the inning...
The first three games of this series

The team that scored first lost

Hopefully this

is Sean’s worst inning. He’ll settle down and the Cubs will get those runs back.

hopefully the cubs offense will show up for a change

We’ve scored only 5 runs in 20 innings this series against their starters. Can’t except ace performances from SP every game. Even Pinella has admitted the offense is out of sync lately.

Moyer

Light ’im up!

+1

I think we’ll get some runs against him….he’s crafty, but hittable too.

Nate McLouth lines into a double play in Pittsburgh

Sabathia caught the ball bare handed and threw to first.

Sheesh.

Wonder why

Gaudin didn’t start—one of the reasons we got him was for the occasional spot-start, right?

arm strength might not be built up to it at this point
I think Marshall will be good enough

Again, the offense needs to show up for a change.

Man...

… if this were a video game, I would have restarted it

there's no mulligans

in baseball…

Sean Marshall

Doesn`t he realize by now that Ball 1 is his worst enemy?

Moyer's no-no and perfecto

Dust

Still early.

Let’s start chipping away

Hmmm.....

Too bad DeRo’s not good enough to bat #2 in this lineup.

jeebus--doesn't a strike on the outside corner

actually have to cross the outside corner?

I thought Moyer was pitching today

But apparently the home plate umpire thinks it’s Tom Glavine and 1993

Useless stat of the day...

DLee: 536 AB, 18 HR, 77 RBI
DeRo: 437 AB, 18 HR, 79 RBI

wow...

… this has the makings of a long day….

Ump is garbage

If Moyer gets that call pack it in. Terrible series for umpires, and that goes for both sides who have equal right to compain. Of course the Cubs historically are terrible against pitchers with good changeups. They NEVER learn.

Honesty compels me to admit that Sean Marshall

looks like he’s asleep right now.

Ump is garbage

If Moyer gets that call pack it in. Terrible series for umpires, and that goes for both sides who have equal right to compain. Of course the Cubs historically are terrible against pitchers with good changeups. They NEVER learn.

Anyone else

having problems with SNB? I clicked out and couldn’t get back in til just now.

My BCB froze on me
Good so it

wasn’t just me then.

Oh Sue...

But it was just you.

You were just wow.

It was timing out for me until just now
locked up on me

for ten minutes.

I was getting no response for a little while

but am back in now (obviously)

you sure?

check again.

Yeah, I froze in the middle of posting a comment.

It seemed very quiet, so either everyone was locked out, or I just wasn’t seeing everyone’s nuggets of gold.

HEY!

I just got a Dome jersey for my birthday… and the guy drops the ball when I put it on! Go Cubs!

Synchronicity, baby,

Buy me one from Wrigleyville, and I am CERTAIN Reed will homer!

lol

I think I’m breaking some sort of rule, tho. A “Believe” bracelet, a “It’s Gonna Happen.com” bracelet, my cubs hat, my Dome jersey, my BCB shirt and Cubs sleep-pants I got yesterday too.

The Sun - That is why God meant baseball to be played in the sun
Looks like Lou placed a call to

Acme Run Manufacturers, LLC

come ON reeddddddddddd
Right back in it!

Sean with the sneaky hit!

Still 1-0 in Pittsburgh

Pirates break up the no-hitter with an infield single that Sabathia can’t handle. Brewers announcers whine about it being a hit for several minutes.

Full count .. runners on the corners
Got tossed and just got back

in time for Marshall to help his own cause! Woo hoo!

Failing to turn a double play tends to come back to haunt you.

This rally is the direct result of the Phillies failure to turn the DP.

3-2 Phils .. Cubs come back even though Reed flies out

drew .. buy me that jersey .. QUICK!

sorry

when I brought it up to the wife, she looked at me as if I were insane…er than usual.

tell her you love her

and that you have do what it takes for the team

Why did we need to know they were nudists?

Furthermore, I will never watch one single episode of that show advertised by the annoying laughter .. that’s TV I WILL ignore.

and why Woody Woodpecker, for goodness sake?

Pepsi Co, for crying out loud .. must have had a billion of them left over from Expo 67

Marshall

just needs to get outs. Put the ball in play, trust your defense.

Wouldn't hurt

if he played some defense, too

good night .. the bases are clogged

Come on, Marsh .. get these bums

did they eliminate second base?

I see two runners.

don't worry, that may happen shortly
Eliminating second base,

would make for some interesting base running!

wait til the run down and steal comes down
Honesty compels me to admit that

Marshall is a terrible fielder.

NOW that's what I call "redemption"
from what?

That grounder was as routine as they come. If he gets his ass off the mound, it’s two out and a runner on third.

Yep. It's the dictionary definition of the word.
Did they say anything about when Marshall found out he would start?

It seems like he just wasn’t ready to pitch today. His location is bad, he is making bad decisions on defense. He gets credit for the hit, but overall it seems as if he is lacking focus.

don't know, but I have got to hear that song you quote in your sig some time

dude, that’s just a fascinating play of lyrics

I'll send you an MP3, if you are interested...

give me an e-mail address and I will send it to you.

Marshall almost threw that away
and Dome keeps the bases clogged!
NICE THROW

Dome!

I love watching the right fielder for the Chicago National League Ballclub.
Wow, Dome found the plate!
let's go Marsh .. let's go baby
62 pitches for Sean
I always how players end up

as left hand hitters and right hand throwers. (Like Fukodome)

and Marsh PITCHES out of his jam

pheeeeeeeeeeeUUUUUU

nice!

got out of it!

ok, order that jersey, drew .. tell your wife you'll throw the garbage out
And Marshall uses his

Get Out of Jam Free card

Phillies: Do not pass home. Do not collect a run.

Was getting texts after the 1st inning that the Cubs better fear the Phillies in the NLCS. LOL.

bad offensive series

haven’t scored more than 2 runs against any of their SP. Our pitching has been more than good enough against a potent Phils offense and I commend their effort.

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